Doodle Florals

Hello everyone! Today I want to show you two cards I made with the Doodle Florals stamp set.

I stamped the  images on marker paper with alcohol markers and after that I cut them out. I colored a bunch of flowers and leaves at the same time so I had a lot of flowers to choose from when I made these cards.

I used light purple cards as a base and added a couple of colorful patterned papers to give the cards a brighter feeling.

I hope you're inspired to create!
- Lucinde

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps + My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's a fabulous day today because Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is joining forces with My Sweet Petunia for an awesome collaboration blog hop and giveaway! There's a chance to win a $50 gift code to each shop, so we hope you'll join the fun and hop along with us! To be eligible for the drawing, just leave a little comment on each stop along the hop. (Official hop list at the bottom of this post.) Winners will be posted here on our blog and on the My Sweet Petunia Blog on August 27.

I'm a great lover of my MISTI and rarely make a card without either the Mini or the Original. It completely changed the way I stamp, taking out all the wishing and praying for a great image, leaving just the joy of stamping! 😀

One of the super fun things I like to do with the MISTI is to add dimension to solid stamps. For this card, I used the Delightful Daisies set and stamped the outline of the flowers on a panel of cardstock. I then flipped my Mini MISTI around and aligned the solid image stamps.  Once I had it all set up, I inked up in a lighter color and stamped, then inked with a slightly darker color just around the edges of the stamp, using a paper towel to soften the ink edges towards the center so you don't get a harsh line.

Since I was using water reactive inks, when I was finished with my ink layering, I went over the entire stamp lightly with a waterbrush (you don't want too much water), then stamped again to help the colors to blend even more. Since everything was still lined up on the mini MISTI, I could just flip the cardstock again and repeat the process with whatever colors I wanted, then grab a new panel of cardstock and make more! So handy for color layering!

It was so quick and satisfying, that I ended up creating a bunch of flowers.

I fussy cut them all out, then got to work stamping in some stems.  I used the stem from the single daisy in the set, straightening it out and masking off the end so I could stamp just the stems.  I then used a sticky note to mask off parts of the stems while I stamped in some leaves from the Doodle Florals set. I just love these swirly leaves, don't you?

The sentiment is from the Sentimental Wordfetti set. I love these small sentiments, and the Cut-Align makes it a breeze to trim a teeny tiny border around them! I love this little tool, and I keep it handy on my desk always! It's a clear acrylic ruler with lots of guidelines. The ruler has a slit in the center, allowing you to insert your craft knife and make an easy straight cut, and by lining up the guidelines, you can make sure you get an even border every time.

I finished off the card with a bit of ink blending of the sky and grass.  Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the hop.

The next stop on the hop is Colleen Gaddie.

Here's the Official Hop List

SNSS Blog (You are HERE)
Colleen Gaddie
Diane Zechman
Gayle Bond
Jane Bosi
Jennifer Powell
Julee Tilman
Julie Cassell
Lyn Tomlin
Sheri Gilson
Kia Gibson-Clapper
Stephanie Severin
Ilina Crouse
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Ceal Pritchett
My Sweet Petunia
Lydia Fiedler

Remember to leave comments as you hop for a chance to win!

Kindness Matters

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal, here to share with you today. We have a new release today but I have been out of town for my birthday so I am sharing one more card with last months stamp of the month that is now available for regular purchase.

Here's a graphic of our current release

And our stamp of the month 

Now for the details on how I made this one layer card.  I started with a top folding white card base and the Doodle Florals and Wood Backgrounds stamp sets. I stamped one of the flowers (I think it looks like a daisy) using the Fade Out ink and then masked it off and stamped another coving the other one jus a little. I stamped a third one by itself and colored them all using copic markers.

I added a mask to each flower and then stamped the wood slice over the top of them and then removed the mask. By masking the flowers and stamping the piece of wood over the top it looks as if they are on the wood itself.

To finish the card I added the sentiment from the Kindness Matters set by stamping the "kindness" directly on the card and then the "matters" on a black strip of paper and embossing with white embossing powder.

Doodle Florals

Hello everyone! Today I want to show you two cards I made with the Doodle Florals stamp set; this months stamp set of the month!

I stamped a lot of the images, cut them out and colored them with alcohol markes so I had a couple of flowers to work with.

For the first card I made a horizontal arrangement with the flowers and some of the leaves. I added matching background papers and stamped the message Hugs and prayers on the card. It's from the Peaceful Peonies set, a great set if you're looking for beautiful sentiments.

For the second card I die cut a circle from patterned paper and I used it as a guide to arrange the flowers. I just added three flowers and a couple of leaves behind them. This card is really easy to make when you already pre-colored the flowers. Two background papers, a card base, some enamel dots and the stamped images. That's it!

For these cards I used the Doodle Florals and Peaceful Peonies stamp sets.

I hope you're inspired to create!
- Lucinde

You Will Rise

Hello friends!  Happy Friday!  Cathy here to share several projects using some of the new stamp sets  from the March release and some other wonderful products from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.

I've been having so much fun with Doodle Florals, the Stamp of the Month which is free with your $75 purchase.  A frame was embossed using a square die.  The outside border was masked and the Doodle Florals stamped inside the frame.  Then a smaller square die was used to cut out the center and only the blooms from this panel were watercolored with distress inks.  The panel was layered onto black card stock and popped back onto the card.  Butterflies from the Made New stamp set were used to create the layered butterfly.  A sentiment from God is Bigger was stamped under the embossed square and twine was tied around the card for a finishing touch.

My second project is a tag that was made with some of the ladies at a local women's shelter to remind them how much God loves them.  The tag was sponged with Memento inks.  

The John 16:33 cross from Scripture Crosses was stamped in white pigment ink.  A little texture from Texture Tiles 1 was randomly stamped around the border of the tag.

One of the women from the Love One Another Printable was added on a doily at the bottom of the tag.  Several Doodle Florals were colored with Copic Markers, cut out and scattered around the tag.  White acrylic paint splatters were added to finish the tag.

We can rise above because no matter what we face in this world, Jesus has overcome the word!

Thanks so much for stopping by...Happy stamping until next time!

Hugs,

Cathy

Risen

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee here, popping in to share a card made with a couple of the new March release sets.

I just love the imagery in the He is Risen set illustrated by Rebecca Rios. Such a beautiful set that puts the meaning of Easter front and center.

If you haven't been to our Facebook page in a while, there's a lot of new events, activities, and VIP perks happening over there. Including a new monthly challenge! The March challenge is New Life and the idea is to create something with flowers or an Easter theme and upload it with #snssvip319 to the challenge album in our SNSS VIP Group for a chance to win a prize!

So with the challenge in mind, I started my card with the crown of thorns image, stamping once in frayed burlap distress oxide and then rotated the stamp and stamped again to form a completed crown. I used a frayed burlap distress marker to connect the lines where the two stamped impressions met, then used a waterbrush to spread the stamped ink around to "color" the image.

I then stamped the Risen sentiment in the center of the crown with Copic safe ink and colored with Copic markers. Serendipitously, I set my stamp set down on my desk over my stamped panel, and just happened to see that the hill with crosses image looked like it fit the word Risen perfectly. So I stamped risen again on post it note paper, then cut out the tops of all the letters to mask off my colored letters and stamped the cross above the word inside the crown. Love how well it works together, don't you think? I finished coloring the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut around the crown.

Next, I pulled out the Doodled Flowers March Stamp of the Month set. This beautiful set of floral images and leafy sprigs illustrated by Krista Harnick is just delightful and perfect for making quick backgrounds. The stamp of the month is available this month exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 or more purchase. Yippee!

I placed all of the floral images onto my MISTI stamp platform and stamped them in both mustard seed and spiced marmalade distress oxides.  I then accented some of  the circle elements on the panel with orange Nuvo drops. Next I stamped a single flower and leaf image, then colored with Copic markers and trimmed by hand to place at the bottom of the crown of thorns. My final touch was a tiny rhinestone in the center of the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you haven't already, there's still a chance to get in on the Early Bird Bundle of this fabulous release at a savings!

Doodle Florals

Happy Monday, Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal, here to share with you today. 

I have been under the weather for a few days and it has been rainy, gloomy, foggy and now its snow again so I needed something springy and this new set, Doodle Florals was perfect to make a spring floral card to lift the spirits of someone who needs it. This is also the March Stamp of the Month, which means you can earn it free with a $75 purchase and you would also qualify for free first class shipping. How cool is that!?!

To create this card I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel cut down a quarter of an inch smaller. I randomly stamped the floral images using Versamark ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder. Next I used a Life Changing Blending Brush to add pink for the flowers and then stamped the leaves using Gina K Lucky Clover ink and colored them with a Copic Marker.
To finish the card I added it the panel to the card base and added a greeting from the Rose Banner set. 

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Doodle Florals

Hello, Friends!  Yea...it's time for a new release at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  Cathy here with a little peek at the new Stamp of the Month being released for March.

Do you see those fun flowers?  Doodle Florals designed by Krista Hamrick is the Stamp of the Month and will be included FREE with any purchase of $75 before tax and shipping.  Other stamp sets used on this card include Made New...which was the stamp of the month last month, but is now available for purchase...Texture Tiles 3 and Thoughtful Words.  The greens in the Doodle Florals set were stamped around the sentiment.  The flowers and the butterfly from the Made New stamp set were Colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped onto the card.  

All of the new stamp sets are available in the March Early Bird Bundle.

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathy