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  

Congratulations on Your Wedding

 Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here today sharing a Wedding themed card featuring the NEW Just Married stamp set from the April 2021 Release.

 

I created a simple but elegant wedding card featuring an embossed background and a little ink blending. This card can easily be duplicated and be used for a Wedding or Anniversary card.

 

To Create Card:

1. Cut top folding card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2" - 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2").
2. Cut peach mat (4" x 5 1/4")
3. Cut peach panel (3 7/8" x 5 1/8") and emboss to add texture. I used the Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls embossing folder (retired). 
4. Die cut Stitched Oval (2 5/8" x 3 5/8) and stamp/emboss the cake image with white embossing powder. Lightly add peach ink to image with ink blending tool. 
5. Assemble card. I added a strip of ribbon and scattered pearls for embellishment.

Card Measurements:

White A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")

Peach Mat: 4" x 5 1/4"

Peach Embossed Panel:3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Stitched Oval: 2 5/8" x 3 5/8"

 

Here's a peek in the inside...

 I stamped the cake with peach ink and then stamped the sentiment over it in black ink.

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 Happy Stamping!!

Wedding Card for a Lovely Couple

 

    Happy Friday crafty friends! It's Lieschen again from Harshgul bringing you another fun card that I made using stamps from this month's new release. For this fun stamp set I used the Just Married and Through the Trees sets.

    To create the fun background, I used my T-ruler to create a frame around my front panel. I wanted to make it look as if the cute Volkswagen was driving into the picture/card. After that I used a pencil to sketch out my hills and roads. I used my Prismacolor pencils to color the background and my Copic markers to color the trees and the Volkswagen.

    To finish the card, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Just Married stamp set on holographic card stock, drew some balloon strings as if they were tied to the car, added some glossy accents to the lights of the car and some crystal drops on the hearts, and lastly I added some sequins to act as balloons.

    Thank you for checking today's post! I really hope this card has given you some inspiration create something fun & creative today. Until next time!

just married

Hello! This month Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps has some great wedding sets in the new release. I used the Just Married set on two cards for today, along with the  Script Stencil and a previous set, Engagement & Wedding Innies.

For the background on the first card, I blended some Distress inks and then sponged a darker color of ink over top with the stencil. I added a piece of paper doily, some linen thread, and a few sequins. The cake and word are popped with foam tape. I used the bouquet image on the inside.

 

The bouquet was used again on my second card, this time as the focal image. I simply colored it in soft pinks and layered it over an embossed strip.

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Morning Glories and Mixed Media

   Good Morning Everyone!  

Last's month's mixed media cards were so much fun that I decided to do it again.  This time I am using the Sympathy Morning Glories Stamp Set.  

I started with a piece of Yupo Paper, alcohol inks ad embossing powder.  Using pink, yellow and orange alcohol inks, I created a inked background.  Next, I stamped the Yupo with Versamark Ink and then carefully heat embossed it in gold embossing powder.  The panel did warp a little, but since I fussy cut the image out, it really did not matter.  

As the image had an Asian flair to it, I decided to go with red and black cs.  I found this black panel in my stash that had been embossed with Translucent embossing paste.  I added that and a red strip of cs and finished off with the flowers, backed with a white circle.  

The sentiment, from the Birthday Wordfetti Stamp Set,  was stamped and heat embossed in gold on black cs on a narrow strip of paper and then adhered to the card.  I did not feel any need to add bling to this.  You can see all of the shine and texture here~

Next up, another mixed media card using the Sympathy Morning Glories stamp set, but much simpler and subdued- much more appropriate for a sympathy card~

This card was started with a gel press print in blue.  I die cut a circle from it.  It would make a good base for some monochromatic blue flowers.  The flowers were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  I tried to stay really light, but I have such a hard time doing that!  

Once colored, I fussy cut the flowers out.  I opted to mount the circle and flowers in the bottom right corner of the panel, but the card seemed to need a little more so I added a white card front die cut.  The sympathy sentiment strip and a few sequins finish the card.  

And I cannot finish this post without sharing something from the new release! 

Yup, still trying to keep things, light, soft and pastel!  This time I colored the beautiful cake from the Just Married Stamp Set and fussy cut it out.  I kept things simple here, adding it to a patterned paper circle with a sentiment strip.  

Best Wishes

Hello everyone, I am loving all the new goodies in the April Release! For today's post, I chose to play with Just Married and Make Music Stencil to create a card you can use for either a wedding or birthday card. 

 

 
I began by stamping the image and sentiment with VersaFine Claire Nocturne ink on white cardstock. I colored the image with Nuvo watercolor pencils and fussy cut out. I die cut the pink panel first and then dry embossed with the Make Music stencil using my die cut machine. I found die cutting first is better so it doesn't flatten out the dry embossing.

As I was going to assemble the card I felt it needed something more. So, I decided to stencil the Delightfully Delicate Stencil with pink ink on the white card base. I assembled as seen, cutting a banner end on the sentiment strip and adding some light pink sequins. I also popped up the pink panel, cake image and sentiment strip with foam tape. 

The Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps VIP Group on Facebook hosts a monthly challenge. The April challenge is a themed one, upload any creation with a springtime theme. I think my card fits the bill. We would love to have you join us!

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

Karen