Tulips

Esther here today with a pretty purple tulip card. The background was created by sponging wilted violet ink through the script stencil and inking along the edges to give the panel more color. A piece of white lace separates the stenciled design from the solidly inked bottom part of the panel. The flowers, leaves, and butterfly were stamped in waterproof ink on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor brush pens.

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 Supplies and Tools:

• From Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps:
• Church Family 
• Spring Blossoms   
• Fantastic Flowers
• Made New
• Script Stencil
  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink
• Decorspark Watercolor Brush Pen
• Circle Die (Spellbinders)
• Wilted Violet Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Lace  

Dream Big by Charmaine Canham

Good Morning Flowers! 

I have a quick and fun card to show you today. I wasn't in the mood to color, so I grabbed the next best thing guaranteed to make a big impression!  I just got the Fantastic Flowers stamp set and wanted to play with my Distress Oxide Sprays. Here are the instructions for this happy pairing!

I started with stamping three flowers and clear heat embossing them.
This way, you can easily clean the spray from the black embossed lines. 

Here I used three Distress Oxide Sprays that work well together. Use an old box to spray into and in a well-ventilated area. Alternate the colors, drying them in between spraying again.

Next, stamp the Typewriter Text Background stamp with a dye ink or

 Amalgam ink, like Gina K's, onto the cut-out flowers. This will give the flowers more interest.

For the actual card base, I decided to use a slimline card (8 1/2 x 3 1/2) and spray
that with Distress Oxide spray and Mica Spray for some shine. 

Stamp the leaf stamp with VersaMark and white heat; emboss this. Make sure to use
your antistatic tool and wait for the base to dry.

No card is complete without "bling"! I had an old circular flower die and cut three circles. Glue these to the center of each flower. I then added a gemmed brad to each after piercing a hole through the center with my punch tool. 

Curl and shape the flowers with your hands, and place foam tape under each flower.
Stamp a small sentiment and "hide" it in the folded flowers. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card. Let me know what you think!

Talk soon!
Charmaine 

Love One Another

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!  The new What a Savior stamp set designed by Nina Brackett contains beautiful images and lyrics for creating encouraging cards.  This set was used to make the card I am sharing today.

The Gilded Faux Silk Technique was used to make the background for this card. The beautiful scripture image from the What a Savior stamp set was stamped once in Cherry Cobbler ink and once silver embossed.  The silver embossed banner was cut and popped onto the Cherry Cobbler image.  A few hearts were die cut and wrapped with metallic silver thread.  A few rhinestones were added to finish the card.

Have you had a chance to check out the new Love One Another Printables designed by Diane Noble? They were created for Bible Journaling, but oh, how perfect for creating cards and other wonderful projects!  The printables were used to make magnets, table centerpieces, and tags/bookmarks for the ladies who attended our church's Ladies' Conference.

Alcohol Inks were used to cover two inch unglazed tiles.  The Printables were resized, cut out and attached to the tiles with gel matte medium.  A label maker was used to make the Godly descriptions.  Each tile was covered with a clear glaze and a magnet attached to the back.

Quotes were computer generated and the Printables were again resized and attached to the top of each quote.  Distress inks were used to watercolor mixed media paper and flowers from the Whimsy Bouquet and Fantastic Flowers stamp sets were cut out and used to frame the quote.

The Love One Another Printables were also used to create this tag/bookmark. Memento inks were sponged over tissue paper on which Proverbs 31 had been printed.  Images from the Just Be and Whimsy Bouquet stamp sets were also used on the tag and were colored with PrismaColor Pencils.  

These products are available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.

Be sure to check out these products and more at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  We can't wait to see your creations made with our stamps!

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

Hugs,

Cathy

Art Journal Layout - God Writes the Gospel

Hello friends! Kim here with you today to share an art journal layout I created using the Fantastic Flowers stamp set. This beautiful set features three large flower stamps along with a variety of leaf designs, and the generous size of these images make them perfect for art journaling. I created a video to walk you through the steps I took to create this spread. It all started with two pages that I had basically ruined with a background. A little tissue paper, some paint, and this set covered up the mistakes and created a fun design. I hope you enjoy today's project! Happy crafting!

sweetness to the soul

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing this card using the Sweet As Honey and Fantastic Flowers stamp sets.  Who says a card with bees has to be black & yellow? Pink bees? Yes, please!

 

I love using this set for a collage.  If you look close, there are also some leaves in the background.  The flower was paper pieced and I added Stickles to the center.  The bee was popped up.  I had a few scraps of black cardstock laying close by so I added them in the corners and was happy with the simple layout for this busy panel.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Thank You

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri here with a Thank You card featuring the Fantastic Flowers and Kindess Matters stamp sets.  I love how by keeping the design very clean & simple that this card could be used for anyone.  I embossed the background using a Cuttlebug folder and then heat embossed the sentiment with fine detail white embossing powder.  I also used copic markers to color in the main image.  Hope this will inspire you to create some quick & simple cards.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

He WILL!!

Decided to get the watercolors out today!  I just find water coloring so relaxing!  Today I am using Fantastic Flowers which is a new release and I have paired it with an older set, Be Encouraged.  this is one of my favorite quotes and sometimes it is a hard on to grasp.  We know he can but sometimes we wonder if he will, but...HE ALWAYS DOES!  I stamped onto watercolor paper and used watercolor markers and a paintbrush, distressed the edges and added some pearls!
~Stephanie

You're Too Kind

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy friends! 

It's Ceal here to share a card with you today and I chose to work with the Fantastic Flowers and the Kindness Matters sets, these are two of the June releases and they are amazing! 

This card was super simple to make, using watercolor paper and archival ink, I randomly stamped the leaf image from the Fantastic Flowers set along the border of the card front and watercolored it with the Daniel Smith Pearlescent watercolors and then added a greeting from the Kindness Matters set. To finish the card I added it to a crumb Car card base.

Romans 8 and a thank you card

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing two projects, a card and a bible journaling page, using the Fantastic Flowers stamp set.  The card I made also uses Kindness Matters.

 

This card is simple but very striking with the flower layered onto the white panel. I simply sponged 3 colors of ink onto white cardstock and stamped the flower on top in black. After I cut the flower out, I hated to throw away the leftover sponged piece, so I stamped the leaves, cut it down to the size I needed, and used it for my background.  I stamped the sentiment and added a few Nuvo drops to finish it off.

 

After my card was done, I loved the color combo and decided to re-create it in my bible. I chose Romans 8:37-39 to journal. The colors are a little more muted on the bible page but it still turned out fine. I masked the verse and purposely sponged the color lighter on the top left corner.

 

The same leaves and flower were stamped in black and highlighted a bit with a white pen. "Made for More" was stamped with the Love Ya Like A Sister Alpha. "Nothing can separate us..." was typed on my computer and cut out.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

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Spotlight on SNSS

Hello, sweet friends!  Hope your weekend has gotten off to a great start.  I have several cards to share with you today using some of the new June Release by SNSS.

One of the large flowers from the Fantastic Flowers set was stamped on a panel and three concentric circles were cut from it.  Two of the circles were colored and the pieces were put back together.  The sentiment was made with the new Grunge Type Alpha.  The inspiration for this card came from Freshly Made Sketches #292.

Another new stamp set released this month by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is Child of the King designed by Krista Hamrick.

The jewels were white embossed on the background and watered down distress and oxide inks were dabbed over the panel.  The King's robe and crown were colored with Copic Markers and the sentiment was white embossed on the angled magenta panel.  A few sparkly gems fit for a king were added to finish the card.  

Don't forget about the Fabulous Moving Sale going on right now at the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!

Everything on the site, including these fabulous new stamps, is 25% off...no coupon code is needed!  

Happy shopping and happy stamping...until next time!

Have a wonderful day,

Cathy