Berry Branch Background

Our Product of the Week is the Berry Branch Background stamp. 

Regularly $12.95, you can get it for just $7 through December 26th. 

Sheri's beautiful card features: 

Berry Branch Background and Holiday Greetings

Julee's slimline card features:

Berry Branch Background and Endless Love

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Vintage Doily Love

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy fiends! It's Julee popping in today to share a couple of cards I created recently with the new Vintage Doily Stencil and my Endless Love set. This stencil is absolutely dreamy!

For my first card I stamped the cross and poinsettia (doing a little masking) from Endless Love on white cardstock and then colored with Copics. I then masked off the main parts of the cross and poinsettia (not worrying about the smaller branches) and inked over with antique linen and the doily stencil.  I loved the warm glow of it so much that I decided to use the same ink and stencil for my card base layer. I finished off with some foam tape under the cross image and the Merry Christmas sentiment centered below.

My second card uses the same poinsettia stamp and cross image from Endless Love, but this time I stamped the poinsettia multiple times and then colored and cut different portions of the flower to get some variations in size.  I colored and cut the cross image, then layered one of the smaller poinsettias in the center.  The sentiment is from the new Wonder of Wonders set and I stenciled the background with antique linen and the Vintage Doily Stencil.  A few strips of patterned paper and one of the Doily Border Dies finishes things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you haven't already, be sure to check out all the fun new holiday products in the shop this month.

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Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here with a card for the October 2021 VIP Challenge over in our Facebook Group. Each month we host a new challenge and a chance to WIN a $10 Gift Code to the SNSS shop. One random winner is selected each month.  You can find the details on how to play along HERE.

 

This month we are challenging you to "THINK PINK" in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

 

 

You just need to create a project featuring the color Pink using at least one SNSS product! Don't have an image that will work...we have a FREE digital image over in the VIP Group that you can download and use!

 

For my sample I created a Christmas card featuring the NEW Endless Love stamp set with a Pink & Red color combo. I love using non traditional color combos and it was perfect for our challenge!

 

Card Measurements:

White A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")

Red Mat: 4" x 5 1/4"

Pink Panel: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Gold Scallop Border: 1/2" x 5 1/8"

Red Rectangle Strip: 1 3/4" x 5 1/8"

Red Circle Mat: 2 3/4"

White Circle: 2 5/8"

 

Steps to Create Card:

Cut A2 Top Fold Card Base: (4 1/4" x 5 1/2", 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2") 

Cut Red Mat: 4" x 5 1/4" 

Cut Pink Panel: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8", you will then dry emboss it with the Peppermint Stripe Stencil to add texture. You can also use any embossing folder.

Cut Gold Scallop Border strip using the Scallop Border die set.

Cut Red Rectangle Strip: 1 3/4" x 5 1/8", you will then emboss with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Folder or any folder from your stash.

Cut Red Circle Mat: 2 3/4"

Cut White Circle, stamp sentiment from Endless Love stamp set in black ink. 

Stamp two of the floral images from the Endless Love stamp set. Color with your favorite coloring medium and fussy cut them out. I used Copic Markers.

Assemble the card. I used foam tape to pop up the circle and both floral images.

 

For embellishment I added a few gold pearls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Stamping!!

Snowflakes

Today I am sharing how to get two cards from one technique featuring the Large Snowflakes Die Set. These dies were very popular and sold out. Don't worry, more are on the way and you can preorder yours today.

I LOVE these dies so much! You can see some more of my cards here. 

I wanted to do something non-traditional so I chose an unusual color scheme. 

 

I started by inking up a piece of cardstock with shabby shutters distress oxide ink. Then, I die cut a bunch of snowflakes and adhered them with pixie spray. The snowflakes didn't want to stick(this was an experiment) so I laid some heavy books on top for a few minutes and this worked, but I had to be careful. I made sure I was holding onto the snowflakes as I went over the areas carefully with rustic wilderness distress oxide ink. Once complete, I peeled the snowflakes off and went over the entire piece with bundled sage distress oxide ink. I added a sentiment strip and layered snowflakes to finish it off.

 

After creating this card, I was left with snowflakes that were partially to fully inked up. I got to thinking I could finish inking them and use them to create a background for another card, so that's what I did. I inked them up more using bundled sage and rustic wilderness distress oxide inks. Then I glued them down on white cardstock.

I kept the layout the same as the first one, sprayed the background and snowflakes with a sheer shimmer sparkle spray and created a different sentiment strip to complete the card.

Do you have a favorite? My favorite is the second card.

Supplies:

Large Snowflakes Die Set

Endless Love 

Christmas Pine 

Inks: shabby shutters, bundles sage and rustic wilderness distress oxides, versafine clair nocturne and yeti white pigment ink

cardstock: white and garden green

white embossing powder

Imagine sheer shimmer craft spray  sparkle

Bearly Art precision craft glue

 

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Karen

Holiday Wreath and an Instagram Hop

Hi friends! It's time for the SNSS September Release Inspiration Hop on Instagram. You can head over to the SNSS Instagram feed to start the hop. There's lots of inspiration with this month's release as well as a chance to win by commenting on the hop posts, so be sure to head on over there for some fun!

 Today I'm featuring the beautiful Holiday Wreath set, paired with a few other goodies.

For my first card, I colored the wreath in some winter blues, adding a bit of glossy glaze and some sparkle lacquer to accent the flowers, berries, and pinecones in the image. I hand trimmed the image and added foam tape to the back for dimension.

The scallops are cut with the Scallop Border Dies from aqua and navy, then offset and layered for a fun accent on the card. I finished with the Merry Christmas sentiment from my Endless Love set and a thin navy mat.

For my second card, I went with pinks and reds for my color scheme, coloring the Holiday Wreath with Copic markers and adding some frosted lace stickles to the pine cones.  I hand trimmed again, and this time chose to stamp the Christmas Text Background on pink cardstock for a fun background. I finieshed off with a sentiment from Christmas Wordfetti embossed onto a sentiment strip, and then a few scattered sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day.

Endless Love

 

Happy Monday! Esther here today sharing two cards using the BRAND NEW Endless Love stamp set designed by Julee Tilman! For my first card I created a fun Christmas shaker in bright and cheery colors. 

I used watercolors to paint the striped background before adding some text and splatters. To create the mottled effect on the hearts, I laid them on my distress oxide pads and lightly pressed in places.

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Supplies and Tools:

• From Sweet n Sassy Stamps:
• Endless Love 
• Psalm 23 Background
  
• Heart Die Set  
• Delightfully Delicate Stencil
  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 
• Christmas Candy Sprinkles (Kat Scrappiness)
• Acetate
  
• Watercolor Paints
• White acrylic paint splatters
  
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger):
•  Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries
  

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My  second card uses the same stamp set for a fresh and clean encouragement card. I colored my images with Arteza real brush pens and fussy cut them before adding them to my white on white background. I love how the polka dots on the sentiment add a little extra "pop of interest" to the card.

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Supplies and Tools:

• From Sweet n Sassy Stamps
  
• Endless Love
  
• Texture Tiles 8
• Faith & Hope Word Dies 
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• White Gel Pen
• Inspire Embossing Folder (Fun Stampers Journey)
• Elegant Ovals (Spellbinders)
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries
  

Endless Love

Hi friends! It's Julee and I'm popping in to share some of my makes featuring my second stamp set with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps... Endless Love. This set is a faith inspired Christmas set celebrating the reason for the season. I hope you love stamping with it as much as I have!

First up is a mini slimline card using two of the images and the title sentiment from the set. I colored the images with Copic markers and gel pens, then hand trimmed and added to a panel of patterned paper. The sentiment is cut with a circle die and matted with the same pattern paper. Foam sheets and a white panel add some dimension to the finished card.

For my next card, I paired the star and sentiment from Endless Love with a previously released SNSS set, Scene Silhouettes: Jesus is Born. I stamped the shepherds on the hill in midnight ink, then masked off the lower section of white on a cardstock panel.  I ink blended with tumbled glass, stormy sky, and faded denim until I achieved the night sky I was looking for.  Next I placed the stamp and sentiment together, fussy cutting the teeny star to pop up on a foam dot.  I then matted my panels with silver cardstock and adhered to a white card base. Super simple, yet very striking.

My next card uses the flower spray and sentiment from Endless Love, paired with a background created with the Berry Branch Background. This 4 x 4 background stamp is the September Stamp of the Month. It's available to purchase individually, or you can get it as a free gift with a $60 order this month. Y'all know I'm a fan of blues and aquas, so that's the color combo I went for on this mini slimline card. The branches and flower images are colored with Copic markers and I blended some stormy sky around the edges of the background panel to tie it all together.

I couldn't leave out the Merry Christmas sentiment from my original makes, so I created one more card pairing Endless Love with the Berry Branch Background. This time I went with more traditional colors and added a bit of bow and a couple of jingle bells for accent.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've been inspired by my makes.