Easter Round Up

 Today we're sharing inspiration from some of our favorite Easter stamp sets. 

Korin's card features Alleluia Lilies, Texture Tiles 8, and Delightfully Delicate Stencil

Julie's hymn journaling page features:  He is Risen, Alleluia Lilies, Bold and Outline Alpha, and Grunge Elements 3

Sheri's adorable little gift bag features: Hoppy Spring and Fence & Grass Die Set

Karen's Bible journaling page features: Rustic Easter, Typewriter Alpha, and All of Me

Card by Charmaine features: Easter Innies and Alleluia Lilies

Bible journaling page by Deeds features Because Jesus, Resurrection Words, and Landscape Silhouettes

Card by Esther features Old Rugged Cross and Christ Arose DIGITAL stamps

Korin's card features: Calvary Die, Hallelujah Word Die, and Sunburst Layering Stencils

Check out our entire line of Easter stamps here.

Hopping by with Blessings

 

Esther here today sharing a fun little spring bunny card. To create my background I sprinkled some Merlot Color Burst powders on a piece of watercolor paper, spritzed with water, and heat set. Then I stamped one of the roses from HAPPY DAY in VERSAFINE CLAIR NOCTURNE INK all over the background.  I stamped one of the bunnies from HOPPY SPRINGand colored it with Arteza Real Brush Pens before fussy cutting. I die cut the BLESSINGS DIE from black card stock and added some white polka dots with a gel pen.  I glued the die cut sentiment to a white tag and added "hopping by with" in seedless preserves distress oxide. 

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Spring Has Sprung!

 Hello Friends!

I know the calendar says it is winter, but my mind tells me that it is spring, or at least heading towards spring!  Warmer temps, sunshine and longer days have me wanting to use spring images on cards in all the pretty pastel and bright colors.  

The new Hoppy Spring is the perfect set for this.  Goodness, I love everything about this set, from the adorable bunnies, to the eggs and the adorable bitty chicks.  

Doesn't this card just scream spring?!  I started with coloring the eggs- I had another idea, but it did not work out like it was in my head so on to plan B.  I colored the adorable bunny with Copics and fussy cut him out.  I used 3 of the pastel colored eggs around him.  For the background, I stamped the clover- like image from the Long Stem Silhouettes Stamp Set- I stamped with two different colors of green and did first, second and third generation stamping to get the illusion of depth.  I grounded everything with a sentiment strip that I colored in ombre fashion with Copics, then stamped the sentiment using two different sentiments from the Hoppy Spring Stamp Set.  

The sentiment strip and bunny are popped up on foam tape.  A few sequins finish the card.  

For this card, I wanted to use the new Fern Background Stamp for a technique that I watched Jennifer McGuire do.  I started out by selecting bunches of sentiments (I have listed all of the sets at the end of this post).  I placed them on my cardstock in my MISTI and then closed the door, keeping all of the sentiments perfectly placed.  I actually made 3 backgrounds doing this- so easy- once they are in the MISTI, you can stamp them as many times as you want.  But I am getting ahead of myself.  I stamped the sentiments with white pigment ink.  Once dry, I stamped the Fern Background Stamp in ink that was a close color to the cardstock for a tone on tone look.  

Once my background panel was done, I die cut a circle in the panel.  I then die cut a white frame for the opening. Behind this circular opening, I adhered a pretty,  springy, pastel, floral paper.  My sentiment was made with the new Blessings Die.  I love this die and for the price, you can't beat it.  The word, 'sending' is from the Hoppy Spring Stamp Set.  I heat embossed it in white on black cs.  I love how the black ties in with the black in the patterned paper.  3 little yellow sequins finish off the card.  

If you have not checked out the Sweet n Sassy Stamps March Release, head over to the store; there are so many great new products.  The Fern Background Stamp is also the stamp of the month and is free with a $60 purchase.  The Hoppy Spring Stamp Set also comes with dies in a bundle, saving you some $$. And if you need the whole release (trust me, it is worth it) you can save over $30 when you purchase the New Release Bundle.   

And here are the stamps that I used various sentiments from for the Blessings card~

Happy Mail
So Thankful
Springtime
Sentimental Mash Up
Birds and Blooms
Sweet Little Lamb
Precious Poppies
Beautiful Birds
In This Together
Just Be

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Lee Ann  

February Release Hop Winner + Inspiration

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee popping in with a little inky inspiration and some happy news for one of you blog hoppers!

As always, we had so much fun sharing the current release with you on our February Blog Hop. We so hope you enjoyed it, too, and gleaned a little inspiration for using this month's stamps! While we think you're ALL winners, we did randomly select ONE lucky reader from among all the comments on the hop to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy shop. This month's winner was randomly selected from Julee's post comments (that's me).

And the winner is...

Congratulations MargeE!

Please send an email to snssassistant@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Now onto a little inspiration from me, mixing a couple of this month's releases with a couple of previous releases. I love how well the line of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps mix and match!

I absolutely love the new Alleluia Lilies stamp set. The flowers are just so beautiful. So this card started with the flower and extra leaf. I stamped them on watercolor paper and then watercolored with distress inks and fussy cut.

I then stamped the wood sign from Rustic Easter and sponged with distress inks, then embossed the Blessings sentiment in white over it.  This is fussy cut and layered over the bottom of the flower.

For the circle background I pulled out the Rise & Shine Stencil and stenciled with distress inks one way, then flipped the stencil around to fill a complete circle.  The background is done with the Wood Backgrounds set (one of my favorites), and I stamped it in brown on kraft paper, then ink blended to get a fun dark wood effect like the word sign.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-Julee

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Alleluia

 Hello! Yesterday I posted a few cards with the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Alleluia Lilies and Alleluia Lilies Dies for the blog hop. If you missed the hop, be sure to check it out. Today I have another card with this pretty set. When I was creating with it, something reminded me of the old Faux Cloisonne Technique I learned many years ago and I set out to try it again. The original technique was to heat emboss the image with gold powder on glossy magazine pages and layer it onto black cardstock. Well, I couldn't find a magazine page that I liked so I used patterned paper. Then I decided to add some layers on the black...so in the end, it ended up a variation of the technique but I still liked the results. :)

To try the FAUX CLOISONNE TECHNIQUE: gather some colorful, glossy magazine pages.  Stamp a detailed image with Versamark ink on both the black cardstock and the magazine pages.  Heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Cut out portions of the image on the magazine pages and adhere on top of the image on the black cardstock.

I added a layer of gold paper to accent the gold embossing and some black rhinestones to match the card base. The word was embossed in black. It's fun to revisit old techniques as well as learn something new. Whether you've tried this before or not, I hope it inspires you to create something!

Have a great day!

Diane

  

Something old, something new

 

Happy Monday! Esther here today sharing an Easter card that features some BRAND NEW stamps along with some back-in-stock dies. (Have I mentioned how excited I am that Sweet n Sassy Stamps is now carrying dies and has a new line of stencils coming?!)

To create my sunrise cross scene, I sponged versamark watermark ink through the rays stencil and embossed it in clear embossing powder. Then I sponged three colors of distress ink over top to create the sunrise.

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I die cut the Calvary Die  and Fence and Grass Die out of black paper and layered them over top my sunrise piece. The background uses the set Background Builders: Stripes in a grid pattern on one side, and a matching sunrise piece spot stamped with the  Psalm 23 Background on the other. The sentiment comes from the NEW Easter Innies set and is stamped in white on black card stock and fussy cut.

 

Simple Easter Cards

Hi friends! Hope you're having an awesome week so far! Today I'm popping in with a couple of simple Easter cards I created with the beautiful new Rustic Easter set. This set is filled with farmhouse florals, rustic crosses, and elegant sentiments.

For my first card, I colored up this gorgeous floral bouquet in spring colors, thenb hand trimmed. Next I stamped and colored the wood sign, embossing the Alleluia! sentiment in white, then fussy cutting. I used designer paper for the background and a little horizontal panel (flipping the design to give a little interest.  The yellow seemed a little bare, so I added the cross background from Texture Tiles 5 to the yellow portion in yellow ink for a subtle look.

For my next card I wanted a bit more manly look and I found this awesome patterned paper in the same paper pad that was just the look I was going for.  I stamped, colored and cut the cross image, then darkened up the edges with some walnut stain distress oxide.  I finished with the Happy Easter sentiment on the horizontal strip, matted with a bit of gray cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day!

Rustic Easter

Texture Tiles 5

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Rustic Easter

Hello! 

Lee Ann here, with a couple of cards made with the new Rustic Easter Stamp Set, illustrated by the talented Jenn Nilsson. 

This cross and nails image is just amazing, and so central to the real meaning of Easter.  I just had to use this image. 
I stamped it using my MISTI in Memento Desert Sand ink and then colored with Copics, using the no line coloring technique.  Once I was done coloring the image, I put the panel back in the MISTI and inked up the wood cross portion with Memento Rich Cocoa ink to add some of the definition of the wood back in.  Finally, I fussy cut the image out. 
The background panel was one from my stash, made with leftover distress inks from a previous smooshing or painting project.  I loved how the bluish gray color of the background panel draws the eye to the gray nails.  Lastly, for a bit of interest, and even more so, to represent the strips of linen that Christ left behind in the tomb, I added some cheese cloth  behind the cross.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

This time I used the Easter lilies image.  I used a fun technique for this bouquet.  I stamped the image 3 times, but 1 of the 3 times I stamped the mirror image.  You can do this a variety of ways but I happen to own a water media mat and was able to use that in the MISTI to do the mirror image stamping.  For an explanation of mirror image stamping, check the tutorial out here. 
Once the flowers were colored with Copics, I fussy cut them out.  I did the same for the sentiment sign.  The background panel was done by debossing the white cs with a cover die.  I spritzed some Shimmerz spray on the panel and splattered some black acrylic paint as well.  To tone down the blue spray some, I watered down some white acrylic paint and applied it to a few areas spritzed in blue. 
I added a few overlapping fine frames in varying sizes to the left hand side of the panel and then adhered the bouquet over that.  A few spring colored sequins finish it off! 
I love the variety of images in this set~

You can get the March Release Bundle at a generous savings through March 9th. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Lee Ann 

He is Risen

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee here, popping in with another Easter card using the fabulous He is Risen set from the March release! I just love these meaningful images and sentiments. There's so much power in the message that you don't really have to add to much to make a wonderful card.

I started this card, by stamping the He, is, and Risen sentiments on a 2.5 x 3.5" panel of cardstock.  I then colored in the words with Copic markers and added a few white gel pen accents.  I decided I wanted a bit of a background instead of the stark white, so I masked off the He and the Risen words with post-it notes and then smooshed some squeezed lemonade distress oxide for the background.  

When this was dry I stamped the image of the three crosses at the bottom of the panel and colored in the hills.  This panel is matted with black cardstock and then I layered this onto yellow cardstock, embossed with a sun ray embossing folder. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! If you haven't had a chance yet, hop on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy shop to check out this month's releases. Here's a look at the awesome He is Risen set and a couple of promotions going on this month.

The March Stamp of the Month, He is Risen is FREE with any $75 order (after discounts and before tax & shipping) and is still available until 3/31/19.

And...

Happy Stamping!!

scripture crosses

Good morning! Today I have 2 cards to share with a very popular set from this month’s Sweet ‘n Sassy release, Scripture Crosses. This set sold out quickly but you can pre-order now...more are coming! I used the same sentiment image on both cards with various flourishes. I also used flowers from the sweet new Genuine Love stamp set.

 

Here I stamped the cross onto patterned paper. Then I masked it and stamped some flowers "behind" it.

 

I went with different colors for my second card but stamped the cross on patterned paper once again. This time I added flowers to the corners of the main image and popped one up.

There's plenty of time to get your Easter cards done and these sets are perfect to use!

Have a great day!

Diane

 

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!