Peaceful Sympathy

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!  Have you been having fun with all of our 10th Birthday Celebration activities?  

Yesterday we gave away two wonderful sentiment stamp sets to one lucky winner.  The cards I am sharing today use both the So Grateful and Keep in Touch, Too sets that were given away.

Both cards use a stencil mono printing technique found on Karen Dunbrook's Blog for the background.  Apply inks (Oxide inks were used here) to the back of a stencil.  Spritz with water and press onto a heavy piece of card stock.  Several prints, each getting a little lighter, can be obtained by continuing to spritz and press onto different pieces of card stock.  More colors can be added to each panel, turning the stencil slightly as each layer is added.

Since I found myself needing a sympathy card this week, I reached for the beautiful Peaceful Peonies stamp set.  The same Oxide Ink colors used for the mono printing were applied to my craft mat and spritzed with water.  The craft mat was used as a stamp pad to randomly stamp the peony on another piece of card stock.  One of the sentiments from the same set was stamped randomly over the flowers to finish the background.  The inks on the craft mat also became a paint palette for watercoloring the focal image.  The sympathy greeting from the Keep in Touch, Too stamp set was white embossed on a cut vellum banner and stitched to the card.  The design of the card came from Freshly Made Sketches.

The same mono printing technique was used to create the background for this card.  The Typewriter Text Background was lightly stamped over the panel.  Silhouette images from the Nature Silhouettes set were stamped on the left side.  A quote from Faith Quote Blocks was added along with a white embossed sentiment from the So Grateful stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for more fun discounts and giveaways during the month of November...We're celebrating all month!!! 

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Cathy

Refuge In Him

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here and today I am sharing a Mixed Media card created with the clear stamp sets, His Wings (Creative Worship set designed by Korin Sutherland) and Faith Quote Blocks (designed by NinaB Designs).

I love the designs in both of these sets and thought that they complement each other, don't you?

To create this card, stamp the feathers and bird image from His Wings using archival black ink, heat emboss with clear embossing powder, color the open feather images with distress oxide inks and fussy-cut the images.

I used distress oxide inks for the background panel wash before stamping the Faith Quote Blocks image with archival black ink and heat embossing with clear embossing powder.

Layer a woodgrain panel of designer paper (embossed with a woodgrain folder) onto black cardstock, add the twine at the top and mount onto the card front.  Add the fussy-cut feathers and twine bow with the accent.

Add the bird image with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit us today and I hope I have inspired you to create something this week- hugs and God Bless, sweet friends!

Majestic Monarchs

Hello! It's Monika here today with a scrappy card. I love designer papers... I don't use them, but I sure do love collecting them! In the quest of using up some designer paper, I made a small project that needed a card... here is what I came up with:

 

 

It was very simple... the designer paper panel was die-cut with a border die, the butterfly (Majestic Monarchs clear stamp set) was stamped on a coordinating piece of designer paper then it was fussy cut. I stamped out extra butterflies, one of each, so I can use those as decoration on my project...

 

The greeting is from Be Encouraged clear stamp set.
Here is the full project... a Midori style notebook with inserts I made out of copy paper and writing paper:

Do you remember when we had to hand write letters? LOL! Back in the old days, I collected writing pads and the other day I happened to dig them out... and since I was looking for thin paper sheets, I decided to use some of that. I used Creative Worship: Name Above All clear stamps set to decorate the cover of each of the signatures that made up the journal. I also made a bookmark using Faith Quote Blocks clear stamp set.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

Bright Future

Happy Sunday

It's Ceal, here to share with you today a card using one of our new releases along with an older favorite. 

For my card I started with a black top folding card base and a white stitched panel. I made the background by randomly stamping the diamond from the new set Worthy King to cover the panel and colored them in with Copic markers. 

I made a focal point with one of the quotes from the set Faith Quote Blocks.

I embossed the greeting in white embossing powder and then colored the word "bright" and the heart with comic markers.

Worthy King is in the Creative Worship line, I wanted to show it can be used for a card as well.

Refuge

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy Friends!

It's Ceal, here to share card with you today using one of our most recent sets Faith Quote Blocks.  I needed a masculine card to send to my bestie's husband who is fighting cancer and this sentiment was perfect. 

I stamped it in Early Expresso ink and then colored it in with some Copic Markers C4, Bg72 and W1. This card was quick and easy to make and will bring some encouragement to him.

The Future is Bright

It's Susie here to share a card made with two great new sets.  The saying is

from the brand new Faith Quote Blocks clear stamp set.  There are five 

uplifting quotes in this set and each is beautiful.

Here's a look at the whole set:

 The other set I used is the Furry Friends clear stamp set.  I focused on the

smaller images to make my background.

 I hope you have a creative day.  Be sure to stay tuned for more 

projects from our design team. 

Susie

Faith Quotes

Hello, sweet friends!  It's is hard to believe the month of November is almost at an end which means our Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 9th year birthday celebration is coming to an end as well! 

Here is a sampling of some of the fun we've had this month:

Faith Quote Blocks was one of the new stamp sets released this month.  This quote by C. H. Spurgeon was stamped twice in different colors and some of the parts cut out and popped up for a two-toned sentiment.  Some stitching and die cut hearts were added to finish the card.

The scripture verse from the Faith Quote Blocks set was stamped randomly with Kaleidacolor ink to create a background for this fall card.  Harvest Blessings was one of the stamp sets available during the 20% off all Fall and Christmas stamps week.

Speaking of Christmas…how cute is this pop up box created with stamps from the Holiday Hugs stamp set!

Finally…the little stamp single freebies offered last week were just the icing on the cake!  Leave it to the Lord was popped up on a background created with Color Burst powders and the Skeleton Leaf Background stamp.

 We hope you have enjoyed all of the birthday festivities and have taken advantage of all the cool specials and daily deals!  Stay tuned…we have one more fabulous deal for you and there is still time to take advantage of the drawing for a free $99 Shopping Spree!  All who have purchased at least $9 this month will be entered into the drawing and the winner will be announced early in December.

I hope you've enjoyed taking another look at all the fun we have had this past month.

Look forward to more sweetness coming your way in the month of December!

Hugs,

Cathy

The promises of God

'The future is as bright as the promises of God', one of the beautiful stamps from the new 'Faith Quote Blocks' stamp set. The messages are so beautiful that you don't have to do a lot to make a great card ;). For this card I stamped one of the quote blocks on a piece of patterned paper and I added a bright background to emphasize the message.

I hope you have a wonderful day and that you're encouraged by the message of this card!
- Lucinde

The Future is as Bright...

It's Susie here to share a card made with two of my favorite sets.  The saying is from the brand new Faith Quote Blocks clear stamp set.  There are five uplifting quotes in this set and I love them all!

Here's a look at the whole set:

 The little flower is from the Scribble Flowers clear stamp set.  You already know it's my all time favorite stamp set in the whole wide world!

 What can you make with just two sets?  I would imagine you can think up quite a few designs using just two sets!

Don't forget - this week you can save on Christmas and fall stamp sets.  Here's the deal:

 

Have a creative day and stay tuned for more creative
projects from our design team. 

Susie

Faith Quotes and a Birthday Celebration!

Hello Everyone! 

Happy 9th Birthday to Korin and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!  So many fun things are going on this month! 

We will have weekly and daily deals in our appreciation of your support and business over the years.  The current weekly special is~

And of course there are new sets being released.  I have used the fabulous new set, Faith Quote Blocks, for my card today. 

As I love this scripture verse and all of the gorgeous fonts, I wanted to keep the card relatively simple.  I opted to create a background panel with the Leafy Flourish Background and More Stamp Set, using a technique I have been wanting to try.  First, I sponged green, aqua and coral inks on cardstock.  The Leafy Flourish Background stamp was stamped in Versamark ink and clear embossed.  Using a Black Soot Distress Ink Marker, I colored in the non-embossed areas.  A simple matted sentiment panel makes the sentiment pop. 

That's it for me today!  I hope I have inspired you to get creative today! 

Lee Ann  :)

November 2016 New Release Set, Faith Quote Blocks and Birthday Celebration

Hello Sweet Friends!  Woohoo, Julie, here and we have exciting news this month from our November 2016 New Release sets to our 9th birthday celebration!!  

WEEKLY DEAL 11/04/16-11/10/16

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps turned 9 this month so don't forget to check out all of the SNSS 9^th Birthday Celebration specials either on the SNSS FB Page or here on the SNSS blog!  We will have weekly and daily deals in our appreciation of your support and business over the years!

Plus, SNSS released several new stamp sets for November 2016 and today I am sharing a card that I designed with the new clear stamp set, Faith Quote Blocks designed by NinaB Designs! 

I absolutely love the quotes in this set and thought they would be perfect for the chalkboard technique.

To create this card, I first heat embossed the SNSS Decorative Frames image with white embossing powder onto black cardstock, then lined up the SNSS Faith Quote Blocks image in the center and heat embossed it as well with white embossing powder.

I fussy-cut the frame and applied a bit of craft white ink with my finger to mimic chalk dust.

I layered the embossed heart background onto black cardstock, added the ribbons and additional layers before mounting the embossed SNSS Faith Quote Blocks image with dimensional foam.

I decided to add a few rolled roses to finish off this quick, easy card!

I hope I have inspired you today with this card using the previously released SNSS Decorative Frames clear stamp set along with the fabulous new SNSS clear stamp set, Faith Quote Blocks :-)

Hugs and have a blessed week, sweet friends!