Girl Power X3 in Red and Teal

Hi Friends! Today I have some fun projects using the new Girl Power 2 set. I have also used other sets (I will point them out as I go) but this one is the focus on all of my projects. I wanted to show how a single stamp could be used in different styles and complexities (is that the right word? I'll go with it :)). To show this versatility, I decided to use the same color pallet on them and red and teal is the color combo I chose. These projects are all different but the each make me smile out loud! So here we go...


My first project is a mixed media art journal page. I saw a 6x6 disc bound journal and felt ready to commit to that as it was less intimidating than a bigger journal with two pages to cover. This is my more complex project as it has acrylics, and archival ink, and texture paste, and Copics, and Washi tape, and a masked (many times over) image. I even pulled out my gelliplate and got so messy and had so much fun. If you haven't tried a journal page - I encourage it. It is very rewarding.

Recipe (in order of use haha):

• Background - Acrylics Dina Wakley Acrylics Ocean, Turquoise, and Sterling
• Background stamps - Texture Tiles 1 using Archival Inks Cobalt and Paradise Teal
• Splatters - White Gesso and Sterling acrylics
• Corner texture - Stencil with texture cream (Momenta Art-C in Platinum)
• Sentiment (big) Be Unique Clear stamp set from SNSS, (little) typed on computer
• Image - Girl Power 2 Masked over and over. Main image colored with Copics R24, R27, R29(shirt), E53, E55, E57, E59 (Hair), E00, E21, E11(skin) Other images colored with warm grays - adhered with Multi Matte Medium
• Washi Tape - not sure brand
• Outline image with Stabilo All Pencil and water brush

My Second project is a less complex and uses only a few dies, designer paper (from my stash)some tulle, and sequins. There is a mask though :) It is a shaker of sorts...

Recipe:

• Spellbinders circle dies (two sizes so I could add the frame on top) This card allows you to see through to the inside
• Designer paper from my stash
• Tulle - folded in half filled with sequins and closed up with score tape the taped down between the paper layers and the card base
• Image - Girl Power 2 (I chose the girl that looks like me) Keep in Touch Too (sentiment) and Home for the Holidays (gift). I stamped the gift first then masked it then stamped the girl.
• My background paper is cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic Polka Dot Die

My Final Project is kind of Clean And Simple but still has a few steps. It still uses a mask (I cut them out so I wanted to use them as many times as possible I guess haha!) I cut out some frames, stacked them and colored up my image. to pop into the frame. I wanted this to look like a selfie pic of me and one of my best friends so I chose girls with our hairstyles. For fun I decided to try to video it. It isn't awesome but it is my first time doing this and the video stopped and I had to add in the end...oh well - feel free to check it out if you want to HERE)

Recipe:

• Spellbinders Rectangle and Square dies (taped together to create a frame and cut multiple times to stack and remain the same).
• Image - Girl Power 2 Masked over and over. Main image colored with Copics R24, R27, R29(shirt), E53, E55, E57, E59 (Hair), E00, E21, E11(skin)
• Sentiment - You and Me set from SNSS
• My background paper is cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic Polka Dot Die

I hope you are inspired to pick up a stamp set and see what other ways you can create with it. See how you can combine sets for a single project and most of all, this should be fun so make it FUN!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lyn

Something Old and Something New

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy friends!  Cathy here with something old and something new to share today.

First, something new...

This month the Creative Team will be sharing samples made with some of the new Christmas stamp sets that have already been added to the store but have not been featured yet.  That means…they are available now…Woooo-Hooo!  SNSS illustrator, Krista Hamrick, has three brand new stamp sets perfect for Bible journaling AND for creating Christmas cards and gifts.  The card I have to share with you today uses her Receive the Savior stamp set.

A Brown Tombow Marker was used to color the outline image from the Receive the Savior stamp set which was stamped on a piece of Mixed Media paper.  A water color brush was used to pull the brown ink into the image.  Other Tombow colors were scribbled onto an acrylic block, picked up with the brush, and painted onto the image as well.  The background panel was created with the same Tombow markers applied to an acrylic block, spritzed with water, and smeared onto another piece of mixed media paper.

Here is the stamp set used for this card along with Krista's other two sets that you can find at the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store:

…and now for something old:

White, black, and pink sponging and stamping were used with the Keep in Touch stamp set to create this card.  Typewriter Text was used on the background and the Classy Script Alpha was used to stamp "hello."  Alphabet sets are ideal for creating the perfect sentiment for your card and SNSS has so many fabulous alphabet sets from which to choose!   The Mojo Monday Sketch was used for the design.  A few gems were colored with Copic Markers and added to the card.

Why not head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store and check out all that is new…and while you are there, you just might find something old that you haven't noticed before!

Be sure to check back often to see more Creative Team Creations using the new Christmas sets!

Have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs,

Cathy

poppy note

Good morning Sweet 'n Sassy friends!

 

Today I am sharing a card with 2 of my favorite SNSS stamp sets combined...the Keep In Touch stamp set and Precious Poppies.  I also used the Keep in Touch coordinating dies and the Typewriter Text Background.

I was inspired to create this card by the Vera Bradley wallpaper on my desktop monitor.  You can be inspired by many things...just look around you!

 

Enjoy your day!

♥ Diane 

 

Celebrate Independence Day!

Happy July 4th to all my U.S. friends!

My family and I celebrated with a bbq and pool
time at our home yesterday.  It's always so much
fun to have a relaxing day together.

My card today carries on the celebration of the
birth of our nation with a bright, totally 
red, white, and blue sparkly creation 
using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and dies.

Credit goes to a family friend who owns a 
print shop and gave me all kinds of wonderful
shimmery card stock.  I hope I was able to 
capture it for you!  Just love that blue and gold paper!

You can find all the marvelous Sweet 'n Sassy products
 below, and everything I used on my card up on my blog.

Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend!

Hugs,

Jenny

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Friday Feature: Keep In Touch

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy friends!  Welcome to this week's Friday Feature.  The samples we have to share with you today are as different as can be.  From splashy to shabby chic…you are sure to find a sample that speaks to your heart.  Here is Keep in Touch by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps! 

Today's feature is:
Keep in Touch

• Stamp set includes 6 images and 12 sentiments
• Set measures approximately 4" x 6"
• Typewriter image measures approximately 2.25" x 2"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
  
  

This fabulous vintage stamp set containing a little bit of ephemera is perfect for dropping a little note in the Snail Mail or keeping in touch with those friends too far away to visit. 

With a little bit of masking, Monika was able to create a beautiful one layer card using the Keep in Touch stamp set.  Love the ombre effect and the water marks made by spritzing the sponged part of the card.  The typewriter image was cut with the matching Keep in Touch Dies making this card easy to reproduce!

Similar colors were used to create this card with a bit of a shabby chic look.  GMTA!!  Ink was applied to an acrylic block, spritzed with water, and stamped directly onto a piece of patterned paper.  A few splatters were applied with watercolors.  A shabby bow and stitching help to create an aged, vintage look. Once again, the fountain pen and typewriter images were cut with the matching Keep in Touch Dies.  A few of the postage marks from the Parisian Postcard stamp set were also used on this card.

We reached back into the archives to pull out these amazing samples 
made with the Keep In Touch stamp set:

As you can see, the Design Divas were able to create a variety of looks and styles with the Keep in Touch stamp set.  Two other stamp sets that are perfect companion sets to Keep in Touch were used in a lot of the samples... Grunge Elements and the Typewriter Text Background which is currently out of stock but will be available in the future.

Keep in Touch is now available for just $13.50 for a limited time!

No Coupon Needed!

   Head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Store and pick up a fabulous deal 
on this nostalgic stamp set and don't forget the matching dies!!

Thanks for stopping by…have a wonderful day!

July 2015 Happenings

Hello sweet friends!  Can you believe it's July already?  That means the summer is almost half over!  Thank you so much for your sweet comments, your friendship, and your overwhelming support of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.   During the month of July, you can look forward to the talented Design Divas focusing on stamp sets currently in our store…and as always...few special surprises!

Here's the scoop for July…

Friday Features

Fridays are special at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!  On the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog, the Design Divas will share different ways to S-T-R-E-T-C-H your stamps using featured stamp sets.   

That's not all…the featured stamp set will be available for purchase at a 10% discount during the week the set is being featured and that mean they sell out quickly which is what has happened to this week's featured stamp set.  Don't worry…we will have another fabulous stamp set featured this Friday!

Design Diva Demos

Be sure to join us each Monday on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog as the Design Divas continue to present tutorials showing step by step instructions for creating fabulous projects using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  You will LOVE the inspiring demos full of tips and techniques that can easily be incorporated into your own paper crafting projects.  You can look forward to seeing tutorials by Ceal, Diane, Jane, and Kim this month!  

If you did not see Kim's video tutorial from this past Monday, you will want to check it out HERE!

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Finally, here is a card made with some of our favorite products currently available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store:

An Anna Griffin Poppy Embossing Folder matches the wonderful Mini Flower Blocks 3 poppy image perfectly.  Colored with Copics, the poppies look fabulous against the clean white background.  Every flower garden needs a few fluttering butterflies…this Majestic Monarch was easily cut with the coordinating Monarch Die.  The sentiment from the Keep In Touch stamp set was stamped on just the edge of one of the Decorative Plaques Dies.  The design of this card was taken from the Splitcoaststampers Sketch for this week.

These Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps products were used to make this card:

That's a wrap for July…thanks so much for stopping by.  Blessings to you and have a wonderful first day of July!

Hello Friend

Hi there!

It's Ceal here to share a card with you, today I am using the set Keep In Touch. I love this vintage typewriter and I found the perfect design paper to go with it from My Minds Eye.

To make my card I started out with a Pool Party base cut to A2 size, next I added the quotation design paper cut to 4 x 5 1/4. The next step was to add my 2" strip across my card. I then stamped the typewriter in Pool Party on a scrap sheet of paper and on my stitched circle.  Next I stamped my greeting on a small piece of paper to fit the typewriter, curled it a bit, then glued it down, I then used the coordinating die to cut the one I stamped on my scrap paper, and placed it on top of the other for dimension and this makes it look as though my paper is feeding out of the typewriter.

Mid Winter Shape Up

Hello Everyone!
 We have made it half way through February and I have to believe that spring is right around the corner!  That said, these cold winter days do make good crafting days!
I have 3 cards to share with you today~

I used the very versatile Shape Up Stamp Set for this masculine and very mailable birthday card.  The shape was stamped in a repeating pattern to create my background.  The sentiment panel uses a technique I do not use enough- stamping a sentiment over an image. I used a stamp from the Serene Silhouettes Stamp Set and using kraft ink, stamped off once and then stamped onto my card stock.  I added the sentiment and drew a line around the panel with a fine tip marker.  I have been hoarding this ribbon for quite some time, but this seemed the perfect card to use it on. 

This next card uses another image from Shape Up and also uses its coordinating die.

I also used the  Bloom and Grow set as well as the Delightfully Delicate Background.  I stamped my three hexagons and die cut them out.  The flower was stamped and fussy cut out and I used the Small Leaves Die for the leaves (well, I guess that was obvious!).  My background panel was stamped in red on kraft card stock using the Delightfully Delicate Background image.  I added a decorative edge using the Scalloped Border Dies.

Lastly, I have a cheery card made with the Keep in Touch Stamp Set~

Washi tape is the main ingredient on this card.  I added diagonal strips of 4 different tapes to a panel of white cs and popped it up on dimensionals.  The rest of the background is dry embossed.  I curved the sentiment stamp to be able to stamp it around the inside edge of my circle.  The phone was die cut out with its matching die and popped up on dimensionals. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

So good to hear from you

Hello friends! Hope you all are having a fantastic day, today I have a very "Clean and Simple" card for you, but really means a lot to me! Why, you may ask? Well, you may know I am from Peru and my whole family lives over there, I do Skype a lot with them, but yesterday I had the chance to see family members I haven't seen in more than 30 years!!!

Anyway, this cute and old fashioned phone is from the Keep in Touch Stamp set and coordinated dies., stamped in Coffee Archival Ink, the sentiment was stamped in memento Love Letter ink, added few mini red rhinestones and voila!!

Hope you like it!
Have a fantastic day!

Keep in Touch

Hello Everyone! 
Are you recovering from yesterday's festivities?  I had a very quiet and relaxed Christmas at home.  I so appreciated the time to slow down during this very busy season- a time to reflect on the Christ's birth  and spend time with my son.  Now things get crazy again, squeezing in all of the errands and chores to be done during Christmas break! 
Today's card has a wonderful vintage feel and is easy to make-perfect for a quick set of cards.

I used the Keep in Touch set and stamped the Typewriter, then die cut it out with its matching die.  The card base is stamped with a wonderful grungy image from the Grunge Elements set.  I added several banners, popped the typewriter up on a dimensional and tied a bow in my most favorite twine. 

Thanks so much for popping by during this wonderfully busy time of year! 

 Happy New Year to all!

Lee Ann  :)