Love Bug

Happy Saturday everyone! Ever since Vintage Van was released, I have wanted to use the van to create a Valentine's Day card. I had a blast creating it!

 

 

The background on this card started out as a test piece for another card I made for the January release. I messed up the embossing and decided to test out background colors on it. Once I was done testing out the colors I was going to toss it, but decided to hang onto it for a bit and I'm glad I did.

I embossed the hearts from Grunge Elements 2 with clear embossing powder on white cardstock and cut with a stitched rectangle die. I ink blended with cracked pistachio, weathered wood and chipped sapphire distress oxide inks. At first, I wasn't sure I liked this combo but it grew on me.

I stamped the Van and love sentiment from Vintage Van with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on white. I colored with the above distress oxide inks along with mustard seed and black soot. I stamped the sentiments from Love Wordfetti on white and trimmed down to size. It's hard to see in the photo but I popped the sentiments and van up with foam tape. 

 

 Love Wordfetti and Grunge Elements 2 are part of the awesome Overstock Sale

going on for the entire month of February. Check it out!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by!

Karen

All My Love

Happy Saturday! I'm sharing two vintage style cards with you today featuring Vintage Romance. I couldn't decide on which color combo I wanted to do, so I did both. Let me know which one you like better. Don't worry, it won't hurt my feelings if you like one more than the other. 

I kept the layout the same for both cards. I changed up the backgrounds to create a different vibe for each one. I stamped the sentiments and images with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and colored with Arteza Watercolor Brush Markers.

For my first card, I went for a more traditional vintage look. 

 

 

I stamped the Typewriter Text Background with vintage photo distress ink on kraft cardstock. Next, I stamped one of the small pieces from Grunge Elements 2 with antique linen distress ink, cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and ink blended vintage photo around the edges. I cut a lacy crochet die in black and attached to the front of the panel. I stamped the sentiment and used vintage photo around the edges again and matted on black. I assembled as seen popping the perfume bottles up with foam tape.

For my second card, I decided to brighten it up a bit.

 

I stamped the Delightfully Delicate Background in a light green on white cardstock and cut with a stitched edge rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment directly on the panel. I used the same lacy crochet die again, but in white. I attached it to the front of the die cut panel and matted on light green. I had a little bit of a crooked cut so I distressed the edges of the green piece to hide it. I assembled as seen popping the images up with foam tape.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

I Wonder . . .

I love the aroma of coffee and just the thought of it makes me happy! I confess, I think about coffee a lot. So when I saw the sentiments in the new Coffee Talk set I knew which sentiment I had to use first. 

 

 

Wouldn't it be nice if coffee thought about us as much as we think about it? 

I started by ink smooshing a background on Canson mixed media paper with mowed lawn and peacock feathers distress oxide inks. I dried in between layers of ink and kept going until I reached the desired depth of color and cut the panel with a  stitched rectangle die. Next, I used four of the images from Grunge Elements 2 to create the background. I chose a combination of Distress Ink (antique linen, vintage photo) and SU! inks (close to cocoa, creamy caramel) to get the coffee stain look I desired. I stamped the sentiment from Coffee Talk with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I matted the panel on black and then onto a teal card base. 

Then, I stamped the coffee cup image from Fill Me Up with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto Canson mixed media paper and colored with Altenew watercolor brush markers. I stamped the cup cozy on white paper with peacock feathers distress oxide ink and cut both images with the coordinating dies. I attached the cup cozy to the cup and popped the coffee cup up with foam tape on the front. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day,

Karen

Scripture Cards

{jane bosi} I'm always looking for new projects and ways to art and tie together the other pieces of my life that I love.  Scripture is, of course, a favorite interest.  I've been collecting my favorite verses in a note book or three for some time.  I decided to get a little more artsy using a file folder die I found while cleaning recently--somewhat like the notion of an artists trading card, but a little bit larger surface to work on.

A while ago, I made several colorful sheets using my Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate.  I knew I had saved them for a reason--this project became the perfect one!

I printed each scripture on card stock and then used Sweet N Sassy stamps, sewing, modge podge and bible pages to create these fun file folder pages.  Excitedly, I share them with my husband whose response was...."Cool!.....what do you do with them?"  Silly man.

Spring Blossoms

Women of Praise, Grunge Elements 2

Choose Faith

I'm going to keep going.  I don't know what I will "do with them" just yet.  It's a wonderful work of worship and a great way to memorize the Word.  I'm sure I'll figure out some kind of box or binding eventually.  For right now, in this season of my life, the more Word the better and arting the Word is just a little slice of heaven for me.

Be blessed--Jane

Punny Love

Hello sweet friends!  It's hard to believe that 2019 has arrived (where did 2018 go?)...hope you all had a fantastic New Year's Day!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is starting 2019 off with a bang.  I've been having so much fun with the new Punny Love Stamp Set in the January Release.  I have to warn you...once you start playing with this set, it's hard to stop.  I have four cards to share with you today using this adorable stamp set!

The hearts from the Grunge Elements 2 set were white embossed on a piece of heavy mixed media paper and the panel was smooshed over watered down Oxide Inks on my craft mat.  The grid from the Texture Tiles 1 stamp set was then stamped over the panel for added texture.  The donut image was colored with Copic Markers and Glossy Accents applied over the icing.  A few sequins were added to finish the card.

The muffin card was made the same way except the script stamp from Texture Tiles 1 was used instead of the grid.

The third card is very clean and simple.  All images were colored with Copic Markers and Glossy Accents was added to the hearts.

The plaid background on the fourth card was made using one of the plaids from the Texture Tiles 4 Stamp Set.  Of Course eggs...even EGG-stra special ones need salt and pepper so the splatter from Texture Tiles 1 was used to sprinkle the card.  Glossy Accents was again used on the row of hearts.

See what I mean...how fun!

Here are the stamp sets used to create all the cards above:

Be sure to check out the whole new release over at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!

Thanks so much for stopping by...Happy stamping in the new year!

Hugs,

Cathy

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi Sweet Friends!

Julie here, and today I am sharing a card designed with the new  A Mother’s Love Clear Stamp Set from the SNSS April Release and the previously released stamp set, Grunge Elements 2.

With Mother’s Day only a few weeks away, A Mother’s Love Clear Stamp Set is perfect for quick and easy cards as well as more layered cards not to mention, new Mother cards or overall general encouragement.

This is an easy card to create- ink the images from A Mother’s Love  using archival black ink, emboss with clear embossing powder and add the heart image from Grunge Elements 2 with violet distress oxide ink.  Layer the panels, add the crystal drops and satin bow along with a few rhinestones to finish off the card.

Also, don't forget that you can receive the Rose Banner Clear Stamp set as the April Stamp of the Month free with a $75 (US$) net after all discounts.  

 

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope all of you have a wonderful week, sweet friends!

His plans far exceed

Good morning!

Today I am sharing two cards using the Celebrate Today and Grunge Elements 2 stamp sets.

Both cards were masked with post-it notes and then I sponged the green and blue.  The flowers were then stamped with Versafine Black ink.  Some hearts from Grunge Elements 2 were stamped lightly in blue.  Then the masks were removed.  I added a few tiny drops of water which turned quite white!

On the first card I added a band of ribbon and a few buttons, and some diecut butterflies from the Monarch dies.

I had a tiny scrap of ribbon left from the strip I cut, so I turned it into a ribbon butterfly for the second card.  A strip of grass was also added from the Fence & Grass dies.

Thanks for popping in and… happy stamping!

Diane

Loved A Latte!

Hello friends, Stephanie here with a card using 2 sets today. The first set is one of the Creative Worship sets called Fill Me Up, I LOVE this set and it is great for making cards as well as journaling.  The second set is called Grunge Elements 2 and this set is perfect for making your own backgrounds which is what I did with it today.  The designer paper I used is from Simple Stories.
Have a blessed day!

 

I Am Loved

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here to share a card that reflects a bit of patriotic colors, summer flowers and the freedom that we have here in the United States.

"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends".  John 15:13  NKJV

Today is Memorial Day here in the United States and may we never forget the men and women who laid down their lives to defend our country and the families that they left behind....we are free because they were faithful. 

This card was designed using Grunge Elements, Grunge Elements 2, I Am Loved and Prim Blessings clear stamp sets.

On a piece of white cardstock, I masked an area for the “stars” on my homemade flag and stamped the Grunge Elements 2 heart image with Versamark™ Ink and heat embossed wut white embossing powder.

After the powder cooled, I applied Ranger® Tim Holtz® Faded Denim Distress Ink and removed the mask. I re-masked the heart “star” area and stamped the strip image from Grunge Elements using Ranger® Tim Holtz® Fired Brick Distress Ink (overlapping the images in a row to create the stripes).

The background seemed a bit bright so I lightly applied Ranger® Tim Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink and a light layer of Gesso®.

I trimmed the panel and embossed it with a woodgrain embossing folder, added the knotted hemp twine and mounted it onto the black card base.

I stamped the sunflowers from Prim Blessings and used a water brush to watercolor the images with markers along with distress inks and finished off with a coat of Clear Wink of Stella®.

To finish off the card, I mounted the three sunflowers to the card front, added the fussy cut heat embossed image of the girl from I Am Loved with dimensional foam and the layered heat embossed sentiment from Prim Blessings.

I had fun creating this card and hope that you enjoyed it- hugs and have a blessed day!

Hello!

{judy} I am pretty terrible about putting things away on my craft table before I get something else out. I can't imagine that I am alone. :)

This card came about after deciding it was TIME to clean up a bit (because I couldn't find my tools!), and I used things just laying on the table. I love how it turned out with the combination of FILL ME UP and GRUNGE ELEMENTS 2. I used both black and brown shades of ink, some die cuts, and a button that had fallen on the floor. Even the embossing folder for the front panel hadn't been put away. So.... there is SOME good to be said for leaving things out.......right?

Take a peek at the two sets I used today. They are two of my favorites!

Just Tape It!

Hello everyone…happy Friday!  Cathy here with some sweet news from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and several samples to share with you.

Is there a day that goes by that you don't use some kind of tape…packing tape, scotch tape, duct tape, masking tape…oh, and don't forget that washi tape?

Where's the tape on this card?  The distress inks were applied with masking tape.  Water was dropped on the horizon so the blues would blend and drip down the card front.  The image and the sentiment come from one of my favorite stamp sets…The Sea.

Now for a little bit of washi tape!

Washi tape was applied on the diagonal for the side panel.  The hearts from the Grunge Elements 2 stamp set were embossed and Color Burst powders were spritzed with water to create the background.  There's Cocoa popping out to send a little love from the Cocoa Sends Love digital stamp set.

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Speaking of Digital Stamps…there are two new Bible Journaling digital stamp sets designed by Rebecca Rios that were just added to the store.  If you are a coffee drinker or a tea drinker and love to journal in your Bible, these sets are for you.  Wait…you will love them even if you are not a Bible journaler!

The Sweet as Candy digital stamp set released in January was so popular that it is now also available as a clear stamp set!

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Many of you love the Be Encouraged stamp set.  Now there is a Be Encouraged 2 stamp set that is equally amazing.  There are only a limited number of these at this time so grab one while you can.  When they are sold out, it will be available as a pre-order which will probably ship by the end of next week.  This beautiful sample was created by Korin using the Be Encouraged 2 stamp set and Parisian Postcard.

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YEA!!  The Creative Worship: Lovin' God's Word Bible Journaling Kits have been shipped, so if you ordered the kit, you should be receiving some happy mail shortly as long as your order did not include any pre-order items.  We were amazed that these kits sold out in just one day!!  If you missed getting one of these fabulous kits designed by Krista Hamrick, do not worry…the Decorative Banners and His Book stamp sets are now available for pre-order.  We will be receiving the stamp sets from our manufacture by the end of next week!

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One last thing….today is the last day for Our Dies are to Die For Sale!

Thanks so much for stopping by…we had a lot of information for you today!

Have a blessed weekend!

 Hugs,

Cathy