Lemons and Lettering

 Hello!  

Have you been enjoying Customer Appreciation Month?  Sweet n Sassy Stamps has such talented artists.  

When I think lettering, Rebecca Rios pops into my head!  I love her calligraphy and sentiments.  Life and Lemons is one of my favorites of hers~

Rebecca's letters are exquisite and because of that you can keep your card fairly CAS and the lettering alone will make it shine!  But this lemon though...I love this stylized lemon.  It was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Ken Oliver Colorbursts.  It was then fussy cut out.  The card base was stamped with the same lemon and leaf, only this time it was stamped randomly in light gray.  A couple of white panels set the lemon apart and lastly, the sentiment is stamped.  a few sequins finish off the card.  

And I cannot forget one of her newest sets, Count Your Rainbows with coordinating dies.  This is such a fun set!  I needed some thank yous for some students at school; this was the perfect set.  I made simple 3 x 3 cards using the smallest rainbow and coordinating die, along with one of the cloud dies.  

The rainbow is colored with Copics and the sentiment is heat embossed on black cs.  The sentiment is from the Scripty Thoughts Stamp set. 

Rebecca's sets are currently on sale through May 20th, so now is the time to stock up!  

Thank you for stopping by! 

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  

I Thought it Was a Birthday Card!

Hello All!

OK, you can just call me crazy right now.  It is May 19th and I am posting a Mother's Day card.  That's right a day late (or a week and a half) and a dollar short, as the saying goes.

I really thought I had made this as a birthday card, but as you can see, that is clearly not the case.  But I had to share anyway because I love how this turned out and it is not often that I do lots of paper layers.
The butterfly, from the Begin Again Stamp Set, was stamped with Versamark ink on vellum.  I decided to use some embossing powder which I have had, NIP, for years.  It is a Verdigris color, a Tim Holtz distress embossing powder, which they apparently don't even make anymore, lol.  So, I am a little slow to use things!
Anyway, I loved the look; the butterfly was fussy cut out.  I had a piece of a monoprint that I made with my gel plate and the colors looked beautiful together.  I added several layers of patterned paper to make the butterfly pop.  Some twine around the monoprint and some sequins finish it off.  The sentiment is from the In This Together Stamp Set, but since it is past Mother's Day, I would recommend something else, lol!
Next up, a card with a sentiment that is actually perfect for the present time.

I was so excited to get this Life and Lemons set!  The lemons and stylized leaves...so fun! I colored up 3 sets of lemons and leaves with Copics and fussy cut them out.  Using a card sketch from CASE This Sketch, I assembled a super easy and very CAS card.  And in this case, that sentiment is timely!  I hope you are making lemonade where ever you are.  God is in the business of lemonade!

Have a great day, y'all!

Lee Ann  

count it all joy

Good morning! There's a fun release this month at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps! Today I’m sharing two projects with the new Life & Lemons stamp set. I also used a few images from Mer-mazing. AND.... for a limited time, when you order Life & Lemons, you will also receive the Squeeze the Day printable for FREE! It will be emailed to you separately once your order is completed.

 

For my first card, I cut away half of the card front. The lemon slice was stamped in various colors for lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit.

 

 

The jar and part of the sentiment are actually on the inside.

Next I stamped some images from both of the lemon and mermaid sets on the background. I tried to keep them on the lighter side so the words would show better.

 

The jar and flower were popped with foam dimensionals.

 

I "squeezed" in another card quick with the FREE printable! :) I put the images together in Photoshop but you could resize them in a Word document, print them out, cut and layer.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Life & Lemons and a Sale!

 Hello sweet friends,  I have a card for you today featuring Life & Lemons by Rebecca Rios.  I am just so in love with this set- So many ideas floating around in my head for this one!  I did some masking on this one and then colored with Copic Markers. The cover to my paper pad is MIA so I am not sure who it is by. The inside of the cards says "& make awesome Lemonade".  The Sweet 'n Sassy Shop is closed right now while Korin is away but she will be back in a couple of days, while she is away there is a coupon code (through the 11th) for you to use.  Use code PABOUND at check out for 15% off your order.  Remember if you spend $75 after discounts you will receive our stamp of the month for FREE and also FREE SHIPPING!
Happy Crafting,
Stephanie