Winter Tree

Hello!  Angie here hoping you are enjoying the weekend after Christmas!  We enjoyed a lovely celebration earlier in the week so I had plenty of time to stamp this week.  

For today's card, I am featuring the beautiful Tree Background stamp and Birds & Feather Die.  

Since it's been so warm here I've been reminiscing of my snowy childhood winters and decided to flock my tree branches with flower soft.  That's likely all the snow I am going to see this year!

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Faith & Feathers ~

Good morning family and friends! Mary here with some samples from one of my favourite sets from Korin. Faith is an ensemble of inspirational quotes and scriptures. It comes with seven sentiments/scriptures. The feathers are from the Nature's Silhouette 2 and the birds and feathers die.

My second sample uses the same combination of stamps with second generation stamping. Very simple with no embellishments.

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A bit about myself:

I was born and raised on an Ojibwe-Cree reservation in Northwestern Ontario. My heritage is one that I cherish and appreciate very much.  Both my parents have now departed for the next life, so I especially find it important to continue  imparting to my now grown kids, the values of who we are as a people. It gives me great joy when I hear them quote our values in various life experiences. Currently, my husband and I own a home exteriors business. We also serve in our home church and we travel extensively for prayer related ministry in various networks.

I was introduced to stamping 20 years ago! aacck! I cringe when I think about my first creations. haha. For the most part, I like what I create. Then there are some days I should've left my inks and stamps alone but that too is part of the creative process.

My first introduction to SNSS was through a little humble store. I gravitated to the stamps because of the scriptures. I fell in love with Cocoa!!! I served on the Crazy4Cocoa DT and then on the Digi Challenge in 2011. Since then, I have served on the SNSS team. I am so privileged to have walked with all these women over the years. So much talent, inspiration and sisterhood.

I love finding my stamping inspiration through stories and people. My first card (above) I call "messy faith". The reality of growing in our faith is rarely a clean cut journey. I'd rather say it gets messy as we deal with the realities of our own heart. The messy background is symbolic of that. If we stop and listen to faith stories, it is seldom without a mess but the result is beautiful. I added feathers to my card because it is symbolic of my heritage. Feathers represent honour. We need to honour all people. We honour because it flows out of who we are and not what the other deserves. Jesus did that.

Best advice for stamping: get to know your inks and the different uses of each type. 

My all time favourite SNSS is Cocoa! Here are a few creations from the past:

FAITH Cards - Materials Used:
Stamps: Faith, Nature's Silhouette 2
Paper: SU, Hampton Arts
Inks: Paint, SU, Versafine
Accessories: SNSS dies, jute, bead

        

CAS Silhouettes

Hello friends!  It's Cathy here with several clean and simple cards to share with you today. Many talented stampers, like our fearless leader, Korin, have mastered this technique and seem to effortlessly create such gorgeous CAS cards.  I, on the other hand, seem to struggle with this technique.  I always want to fill that white space with more layers or embellishments.  LOL!  BUT...Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' line of silhouette stamps have helped me tremendously with this style...love how quick and easy these can be used to create beautiful CAS cards.  For my samples today, I used the newly released clear stamp set, Nature Silhouettes 2...LOVE this set!

For this card, the frame was masked and the grass and clouds were sponged on.  The other images were then stamped using London Fog and Onyx Black inks.   Couldn't resist adding the piercing and the twine!

SNSS stamps used: Nature Silhouettes 2, Music Background, Sentiments For Him

Strokes of Distress inks were brushed on watercolor paper before stamping the images and the sentiment.  Easy Peasy!

SNSS stamps used: Nature Silhouettes 2, Long Stem Silhouettes

A CAS Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers provided the inspiration for this card.  Some gradient sponging was done on a panel before cutting it into three sections.  Clouds were sponged on the background and the music score was stamped.  The sentiment was stamped on the middle section.  The Birds and Feather dies were used to add the contrasting elements.

SNSS stamps used: Nature Silhouettes 2, Be Encouraged

SNSS dies used: Birds and Feather Die Set

The ultimate inspiration for this technique comes from God's glorious creation and this stamp set perfectly reflects that.  Hope you've been inspired to try your own CAS creations!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Cathy