Fun with Wood Backgrounds

Hi Sweet Friends!  Julie, here and today I am sharing two different cards using the December Stamp of the Month, Wood Backgrounds along with several other new and previously released sets.

My first card uses the large image from Wood Backgrounds along with the buffalo check from TextureTiles 4, the reindeer image from Christmas Silhouettes and the sentiment from Home for the Holidays.   The images were heat embossed and layered onto dry embossed panel for a fairly quick Christmas card.

My second card uses the smaller image from Wood Backgrounds stamped several times with a light gray ink to create a panel for the front of the card.  The dove and sentiment are from the new stamp set, Doves of Peace  and I finished off the card with silver cord and sequins. 

You have until the end of the month to receive the December Stamp of the Month, Wood Backgrounds free with any $75 net order (US$) plus you receive free shipping and handling with net orders over $75 (US).

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope all of you have a fabulous week and a very Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas- A Quick Mixed Media Card

Hi Sweet Friends!  Julie, here and today I am sharing a quick Mixed Media Christmas card using non-traditional colors along with one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, Christmas Silhouettes and images from Home for the Holidays and Texture Tiles 1 .

The background panel was created using distress oxide inks, smooshing the ink onto a piece of white cardstock and when the ink had dried, adding splatter with the splatter image from Texture Tiles 1.

The reindeer image from Christmas Silhouettes was stamped with archival black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before fussy-cuting.  The sentiment from Home for the Holidays was created in the same way on another piece of white cardstock and die cut with a stitched circle die. 

The script image from Texture Tiles 1 was stamped onto the diagonal die-cut square before mounting onto the card front with dimensional foam.

A bit of silver cord and a few rhinestones were added to finish off the card.

Don’t forget, we are still celebrating our 11^th Birthday Celebration all month long!  This week, you can save 11% off Sentiment, Fall and Christmas stamps (good through 11/30/18 with HAPPY11SFC code) plus....

Check out the special stamp sets you can choose from for your Stamp of the Month with a net order of $60 (US) and don't forget, add a few more $$ to your order to get free shipping and handling (with net orders over $75 (US)). 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope all of you have a wonderful week!

Merry Christmas with Christmas Silhouettes

Hi Sweet Friends!  Julie, here and today I am sharing a card using one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, Christmas Silhouettes along with images from the Texture Tiles 1 and Texture Tiles 4 stamp sets.

This layered card was fairly easy to create- a few layers, images and a large bow to finish it off! 

I started with creating the white background panel by heat embossing the snowflake image from Christmas Silhouettes and watercoloring with a light wash of light gray distress ink for a heat resist background.. 

The banner was created with the buffalo plaid image from Texture Tiles 4- I love how easy it is to line up the plaid to create your own background paper!  I die cut the banner with a stitched die, split it in half to layer onto the white background with a horizontal panel of black cardstock and burgundy grosgrain ribbon.

The reindeer image from Christmas Silhouettes was heat embossed in black, fussy cut and mounted with dimensional foam onto a circle created with the music image from Texture Tiles 1.

The card was finished off with sentiments from Christmas Silhouettes along with a large bow, snowflakes and rhinestones.

Don’t forget, we are celebrating our 11^th Birthday Celebration all month long!  Right now, until 11/14 we are offering Free Shipping and Handling on any order!  

Plus for any order $60 and over (net US $), you can choose one of four stamp sets as your Stamp of the Month in November!

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Happy Birthday! Choosing Faith with that Special Blend

Hi Sweet Friends!  Julie, here and today I am sharing a card using the June Stamp of the Month, Texture Tiles 2  along with the previously released stamp sets, Choose Faith and Special Blend.

I had fun creating my own background paper by first creating a wash of worn lipstick distress ink onto white cardstock, then stamping the solid words from Choose Faith (Grace and Joy) with a light pink ink and following with the brick wall image from Texture Tiles 2 using navy ink.

I heat embossed the stacked cup image and sentiment from Special Blend onto white cardstock, watercolored the cup image using water-based markers and die cut the image with s stitched rectangle die.

All of the panels were mounted onto navy cardstock and I finished off the card with a bit of a paper doily, a few buttons and shimmer and shine from a glitter pen and clear enamel drops (on the coffee).

Don’t forget, you have only a few more days left to obtain the Stamp of the Month, Texture Tiles 2 free with a net $75 (US$ order after all discounts and before shipping) plus any $75 or more order receives free shipping (US)- woohoo! 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Brotherly Love

Hi Sweet Friends!  Julie, here and today I am sharing a card using the brand new stamp set, Brotherly Love along with previously released sets, Through the Trees (NinaB Designs) and Long Stem Silhouettes.

Look at all of the fun images in the Brotherly Love set!  The possibilities of combinations are endless- perfect for all sorts of occasions (including Father’s Day, Birthdays, Anniversaries) as well as Bible Art Journaling!

To create this card, I stamped the images Brotherly Love onto designer paper along with white and chocolate cardstock (I used a retired blue/woodgrain type of paper).  I fussy-cut all of the images and colored the face and sunglasses with water-based markers (my husband thought that this looked like him- if he had a beard :-)).

After paper piecing the man’s image, I heat embossed the tree image from Through the Trees onto white cardstock and used a square stitched die before mounting it onto espresso cardstock.

I layered the additional designer paper and cardstock for the card front (adding the ribbon and pewter slide to the corner) before adding the heat embossed sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes and the paper pieced guy from Brotherly Love  with dimensional foam.

I finished off the card with a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to his sunglasses.

This was such a fun card to create and I cannot wait to design more “guys” in the future- lol!!

Don’t forget, we have a brand new Stamp of the Month, Texture Tiles 2 free with a net $75 (US$ order after all discounts and before shipping) plus any net $75 US receives free shipping- woohoo! 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Sorry, I Was So Prickly

Hi Sweet Friends!

Julie, here sharing another card designed with May Creative Worship release stamp set, Refresh My Soul. 

I love all of the images that Korin designed for Refresh My Soul stamp set- perfect for cards as well as Bible Art Journaling, scrapbooking, gifts and home décor. 

To create this card, I stamped three of the cactus images with archival black ink before heat embossing with clear embossing powder and using water-based markers to watercolor.

I also heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto black cardstock before layering with designer paper and a bit of twine.

I fussy-cut each cactus image before mounting them onto the card front with dimensional foam.   Quick and easy and perfect for that time when you spoke before you should have – know what I mean?

Also, don't forget- there are a few days left to receive the May Stamp of the Month, Scripty Thoughts free with your $75 net order ($US after all discounts) plus free shipping and handling on any $75 (net $US order). 

Hugs and thanks again for taking the time to stop by!  

Tomorrow on Memorial Day, may we all take some time to reflect on the sacrifice paid for our freedom here in the United States.  May the Lord bless the families of those who have lost loved ones serving our country to protect our freedom and may we never forget!

Let's Do This!

Hi Sweet Friends!

Juliehere and I am sharing another mixed media card using the May release stamp sets, Refresh My Soul and Let’s Do This. 

I love the fun images and sentiments in Refresh My Soul as well as the wonderful worship words in the Let’s Do This- perfect for cards, Bible Art Journaling, scrapbooking as well as gifts or home décor.

To create this card, I layered a die-cut a piece of white cardstock onto black cardstock and added the layered strip of designer paper before mounting the card front onto the white card base.

I stamped the various words from Let’s Do This with embossing ink onto a die cut tag, heat embossed the images with white embossing powder and added the gingham ribbon bow before mounting onto the card front with dimensional foam.

The cacti images from Refresh My Soul were stamped with archival black ink onto white cardstock, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and once the images cooled, watercolored with water-based markers. The images were fussy-cut and mounted onto the card front with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, I used a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the images and a few rhinestones for a bit of shine.

I hope I have inspired you today and don't forget, you can receive the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps May Stamp of the Month, Scripty Thoughts free with a net $75 US$ order (after all discounts and before shipping) plus any net $75 US receives free shipping! 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Welcome to the May Release!

Hi Sweet Friends!

Welcome to the May release!!  Julie, here sharing a fun card created with the brand new Creative Worship Refresh My Soul clear stamp set along with the May Stamp of the Month, Scripty Thoughts!

That's right, you will receive the May Stamp of the Month, Scripty Thoughts free with a $75 order (net US$ after all discounts and shipping) as well as free shipping and handling on a net $75 US order.

I absolutely love both of these new stamp sets- the images and sentiments are perfect for cards, Bible Art Journaling as well as home décor!  For this card, I also used the splatter image from the previously released stamp set, Texture Tiles I.

The Refresh My Soul images were stamped with archival ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before coloring with water-based markers and fussy-cutting out each cactus image.

I used a "smooshing" technique to create the background with peeled paint distress ink and added a bit of distressing with the splatter tile image from Texture Tiles I using archival black ink.

The sentiment from Scripty Thoughts was heat embossed with clear and white embossing powder and the card was finished off with a few crystal drops.

I hope you enjoyed this quick and fun mixed media card and check out the rest of our Creative Team's designs on our FB page! 

Also don't forget, through May 9th, you can order the entire May release in the Early Bird Pre-Order for $75 US (an $86.75 value) plus you will receive the May Stamp of the Month, Scripty Thoughts free. 

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a blessed month!!

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!

Have a Magical Birthday

Hi Sweet Friends!

Julie, here sharing a fun card created with the April Release stamp set, Be Unique.

The unicorn and rainbow images were stamped with archival ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before coloring with water-based markers.

I fussy-cut the unicorn along with the rainbow images and finished off the card with a few sequins.

This is such a cute stamp set and sure to be a favorite!  

Also, don’t forget our April Stamp of the Month- Rose Banner.  

You can earn this stamp set free with your $75 order ($US net after discounts) and remember, with a $75 US order, free shipping and handling as well!!

Thanks again for stopping by sweet friends- I hope all of you have a blessed month!!

Lead Me In Thy Truth

Hi Sweet Friends!

Julie, here sharing a Mixed Media card created with my distress oxide inks along with the March stamp of the month, Texture Tiles I and previously released sets, Majestic Monarchs and Wait on the Lord.

FYI- I was experimenting with distress oxide ink and realized that I should have used watercolor paper versus white cardstock for the direct to paper technique- oops!  I used broken china, seedless preserves, picked raspberry and abandoned coral in swipes directly to the cardstock.  It dried too quickly for the ink to move so I added splashes of the same colors to soften the background.  

Once the background dried, I stamped the sentiment from Wait on the Lord with archival black ink, heat set the ink with a heat tool before die cutting with a stitched oval die and mounting onto an ornate oval die.

I also added splashes of distress oxide ink in coordinating colors to the designer paper and stamped the script image from Texture Tiles I with picked raspberry ink over the sentiment oval as well as the black and light blue background panels.

The butterflies from Majestic Monarchs were stamped in black archival ink, heat embossed with clear ep before watercoloring with the distress oxide inks.  I fussy-cut each butterfly out and added them along with a few sequins to the card front.

Shimmer was added to the butterflies as well as the oval sentiment and fram using a clear glitter pen to finish off the card. 

I absolutely love the different tiles in the Texture Tiles I Clear Stamp Set- perfect for adding texture for so many cards!!  And don’t forget, Texture Tiles I is the Stamp of the Month for March! This means that you will receive this stamp set free in March with your $75 order ($75 net after all discounts) and you will also receive free shipping and handling (on $75 US only)!!  

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful Easter and Resurrection Sunday!!