Road Trip

 Hello Friends!  

I have another desert scene, this time in the form of a road trip!  I combined the two sets, Just Married and Thirsty Soul to create this card.  

I made this with my niece in mind, who is ready to start life as a new RN.  

The VW Beetle was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  I used post it notes to mask off the heart banner and Just Married sign in the back window.  The car was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  

The cacti were also stamped and colored with Copics,  I stamped the tall Saguaro in varying heights and with various limbs to create a realistic desert of Saguaros in different sizes.  They were fussy cut out as well.  

The background was done with Daniel Smith Watercolors on Arches water color paper.  I had the desert, road and tall mountains in, then decided to add foothills to the mountains using the mountain stamp from the Landscape Silhouettes Stamp Set.  This is where things were almost ruined.  I selected the wrong colors of Distress Inks and then the paper got too wet.  Once the paper was completely dry, I went back in and brushed in a darker color (and I don't even remember what color I used) and this gave the illusion of shadows on the foothills and saved the background. 

The sentiment is from the Inspirational Word Art 1 Stamp Set and was stamped with Versafine Black Ink using my MISTI so I could stamp multiple times and get good coverage, even on the textured watercolor paper.  

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Give Thanks

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in this fine Saturday morning to share a couple of the creations I've been working on this month.

Both cards today feature the gorgeous Give Thanks set. I love the leaf imagery in this set. I started by smooshing some Shimmerz inks onto watercolor cardstock, then embossed the leaves in copper over the smooshed background and fussy cut. I then created a simple backdrop by inking up a long acrylic block with coordinating distress oxide inks and then spritzing with water and stamping onto the watercolor paper. I left the block in place with something heavy on it for 5 minutes to make sure I'd get a vibrant transfer of ink.

Once this was dry, I embossed the sentiment from Keep in Touch, Too in white on the panel and cut down to pop up on my card base. I then layered the leaves in a falling formation to finish off the card.

For my second card, I used the rest of the smooshed background leaves I had embossed and fussy cut, adding a bit more vibrancy by spraying with more of the Shimmerz inks.  I tucked in a few leafy sprig die cuts painted in copper and a bit of enamel dots for accent.  The sentiment is from the beautiful Inspirational Word Art 1 stamp set.

If you haven't shopped our Sweet & Sentimental Sale, you should definitely check it out. Both of the sentiment sets I used today, along with a whole host of other stamp sets are included in the sale. The more you buy the more you save!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Deck The Halls!

Today I have some super fun projects using the new Deck the Halls set!

During the September "new stamp" reveal on the SNSS VIP Facebook Page (join if you haven't already - it is lots of fun!), we were all talking about how one of the ornaments looked liked a hot air balloon and another looked like a light bulb...



In the hopes of inspiring you to look at your stamps in different ways, I have colored this one up and used it in ways other than the standard one. I hope you like them!

The first two cards are at least Christmas themed (haha!) For these, I used the ornament as an "O" in the word JOY. It is a fun way to use Alphas in combination with images. The Alphas for this one are from the Shake It Off Alphas set. I used Distress Oxides to color these.


The second card uses the argyle ornament. I flipped it over and masked the circle hanger. I drew a basket in with a Copic Multiliner and colored everything with Copics. I added a sentiment from the Inspirational Word Art set (on sale this month!)


Finally, I created two project with the plain ornament turned over with the circle hanger masked off and the bottom of a light bulb hand drawn in with a Copic Multiliner.
The first project is a CAS card with lots of sparkle and shine (via Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents). The sentiment is from the Be Unique set (perfect isn't it!)


The second one is a journaling card for my compact Bible. I used Texture Tiles 1 on the card's background. PS and by the way, if you get no other texture set, I highly recommend this one - I use it all of the time!

To finish my journaling car, I cut out the bulb and adhered it and added the sentiment (sorry! this sentiment came from an old set called Shining Light) 


I hope you are looking at all your sets in new ways - it makes them new again which is a win in my book! I can't wait to see what you do with these ornaments!

Thanks for stopping by! Hop over to the store to check out the Sweet and Sentimental Sale!
Lyn

Live Each Day...

Hello Friends,

Jenny here with a fun watercolor CAS card 

using a gorgeous sentiment from the 

Inspirational Word Art 1 set.

I started with four distress ink pads and stamped them

every which way on a large acrylic stamping block.

  Then I spritzed the block and a panel of watercolor 

paper lightly with water.  Next, I stamped the block 

onto the panel and let the magic happen.  

( I may have helped it along a bit with a hair 

dryer on the cool setting :)  Have I mentioned patience 

isn't one of my stronger virtues?! lol! 

 Once dried, I stamped the sentiment using 

Black Staz-On Ink, heat set it, and die cut it into a circle. 

And there you have it, watercoloring with an acrylic block.

Give it a try, it's fun to see how the colors combine together. 

As always, you can find all the supplies 

for my card up on my blog.

Have a fabulous Thursday!

Hugs,

Jenny

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CAS CONCEPT.........

Good Morning Friends!

How are you today?  It's a BEAUTIFUL Saturday here in PA!  The sun is shining and most of all?  It's NOT snowing!  Haha!  So glad you could stop by and check out my creation!

Ok..... so, I have been trying for some time now to work on my CAS technique or at least the concept of less is more.  Not only do we all want a beautiful "finished" project, but, we don't always have a lot of time to create that project in.  Right?  That being said, here is what I came up with, with that concept in mind!

What do you think?  I used two of our NEW clear stamp sets; Bloom & Grow and Inspirational Word Art I.  I have to tell you, these sets are absolutely AWESOME for CAS and creating something beautiful!  Both are so easy to create with and the possibilities are endless!  All I did was cut down my GP White cardstock to a 5x5 square base, add some flowers with my Colorbox inks, then I finished it off by stamping my sentiment onto a white scrap with Artichoke Colorbox Ink and adding some We R Memory Keepers olive colored washi tape.  I don't know about you, but, I seem to be stuck on the "tape" lately!

Alrighty, hope you enjoyed my creation!  don't forget to play along with our NEW Friday Feature Challenge.  You can find all the details on our FEATURE POST; just give a click on those words.  Thanks for sharing with me today!  I hope you all have a BEAUTIFUL Saturday! 


Blessings,

Delightfully Delicate Word Art...

Hello! It's Monika here today, bringing you an elegant card. 

How do you make a quick card with a little bit of interest? Do some heat embossing and voila... everyone will want to know how you did it. Heat embossing is in style again and it is very easy to do.

I started with stamping Delightfully Delicate Background stamp on a white piece of card stock with Versamark ink.Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next, I sponged the image with fired brick and mustard seed distressed ink (Tim Holtz). After I achieved the desired look, I wiped the card with a piece of paper towel to take the excess ink off. 

It looks so pretty and elegant, don't you think?

The greeting is from Inspirational Word Art 1 clear stamp set. The card itself is only 3-1/2" wide... making your card look extra long is another nice touch. To finish off the card, I rounded the bottom corners... then attached some yarn, a paper flower, cheese cloth, and silver rhinestones to it.

The inspiration to my card came from CASE Study Challenges #178. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

today is the beginning...

Happy Saturday, friends!  I have another sample today with stamps from the February release.  Here's some flowers from Bloom & Grow and a sentiment from Inspirational Word Art 1.

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for Spring!  ;)  I am longing for pretty flowers and warm, sunny days!

Have a wonderful weekend.

♥ Diane

February Release Blog Hop Day 3: Inspirational Word Art 1

Welcome to DAY 3 of our February Release Blog Hops!

Today the DT is thrilled to share the new Inspirational Word Art 1 with you.  This 4"x6" set includes 6 inspiring sentiments that are sure to encourage any recipient and go nicely with any stamps you already own.  This set is the first in it's series!

• Key sentiment measures approximately 1.75" x 2"
•  Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set is $15

The DT has shared their gorgeous samples in the thumbnails below.  Stop by each of their blogs and comment for a chance to WIN one of (2) $20 gift codes to our store!

Don't miss these other opportunities to win:

(1) $20 gift code drawn from all comments on Friday's release blog post
(1) $20 gift code drawn from all comments on full reveals in our SCS forum
(1) $20 gift code drawn from all participants in our release challenge hosted on blog

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Friday, February 14th.  The list of winners will be announced on our blog by Monday, February 17th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!