Year End Favorites

 

Hello friend. Esther here today sharing nine of my favorite cards that I created using Sweet n Sassy Stamps products this year.  Their 25% off year end sale goes through December 31st, so hop on over and shop your favorites before the year is over. 

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Vintage Postcard 

using: I Like Big Cups, Going Postal, Texture Tiles 9, Texture Tiles 4 ,Coffee Talk 

On My Heart Today

using: Script Background,  Heartfelt Thoughts, Encouraging Peonies 

 

He Will Give You Rest 

using: Floral Background, Faith Phrases, Typewriter Text Background, Background Builders: Stripes

Get Well Soon 

using: Rise & Shine Stencil, Everyday Greetings, How Tweet

Rustic Elegance 

using: Mr. & Mrs. Stamp Set, Mr. & Mrs. Die Set

Happy Mother's Day 

using: Mason Jar Bouquet, Bookmarks & More Dies, Grace So Amazing, Psalm 23 Background 

Love You "Cherry" Much

 using: Summer Fruits , Texture Tiles 4,  How Tweet 

With Love and Prayers

using: Blooming Anemones, Encouraging Thoughts, Texture Tiles 6, Script Stencil, Friend Die

Sunny Sunflowers

 using: Like a Sunflower, Texture Tiles 4, Friend Die, Bookmarks & More Dies

Like A Sunflower

 

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends! 

It's Ceal, here.  Today I am sharing a couple cards that use a new release set, Garden Whimsy with an older set, Like a Sunflower. We I see sunflowers for some reason I think of ladybugs so I decided to pair these two stamp sets together.

To make my cards I started with top folding white card bases and white panels in which I stamped the images and then colored them using Graph-it markers.

Thankful Booklets

 Hi Everyone! This is Michelle here today! I am the newest member of the design team and I am so happy to be here with all of you!

I wanted to share with you 2 little booklets I made. This time of year always starts me thinking about being thankful. I don't know if it's because of the Fall season or because Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

I made 2 little booklets using one sheet of 12x12 paper each. Inside I added 1 scripture about thankfulness on each page. There are 6 pages. I even have a little room to journal on each page or add a photo.

I used 3 stamp sets to create the front covers. The lettering comes from the In Stitches Alpha  set. That wonderful sunflower is from the  Like a Sunflower set an the adorable little fox is from the Fur-ever Friends set. I colored all the images with alcohol markers.

Here you can see what the inside looks like.

Here is a quick and easy diagram of how to fold the paper if you want to make your own booklet. They are great for collecting verses, recipes or photos.

Enjoy your weekend and get crafty!

Like A Sunflower

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!

It's Ceal here today and I am sharing a couple cards made with the set, Like A Sunflower. 

You can find the details on how I made the both of these over on my blog, Simply Beautiful.

 

Hello Sunshine

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in with a clean and simple design for you featuring the Like a Sunflower set.

This gorgeous sunflower just makes me happy.  It's a half image, so perfect for stamping on the edges of cards, or you can line it up and stamp it twice for a totally fantastic large sunflower.  I stamped this in Versafine Clair ink and then tested out some new to me markers... the Arteza Twimarkers.

I must say, I really enjoyed using them. They blend well with water or with one other marker. Don't try three color blends, though, because it will pill (I was using Canson Smooth Bristol). I love the fine tip to add little details and was overall very pleased with the depth of color.

After coloring the sunflower image, I fussy cut it to give a bit more dimension.  For the sentiment I used the Marker Alpha set to spell out Hello, then masked off the "you are my" from the you are my sunshine stamp from the Love Wordfetti set and stamped just the sunshine.  I then masked off a portion of the panel and used a sun background stencil and some buttercup ink for the backdrop.  I layered everything together, adding my stenciled panel on a bit of foam sheet to add some dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a sunshiny day!

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Mini Art Journal

Today I have a super fun project. I have been playing around with a mini, mixed media journal I made with watercolor paper (pages are about 4"x 5" so it's a small manageable canvas). I played around with background colors one day - just to get something done on a no-mojo day. now when I want to do a journal page, I can flip to color page I like and start building on it! It really is a great project!

For your inspiration, I have created two pages in my journal.

The first one uses this month's Stamp of the Month - Coffee Talk and one of its great little sentiments. To compliment the sentiment, I inked up one of the people images from Walk Humbly and tried to make it look like she was holding the cup of coffee from her favorite coffee house, breathing in the smell, and just in her own little paradise (I drew fingers on the cup for to this end.) I used the Tim Holtz Splatters stencil, and Texture Tiles 1 to add dimension to the background. I love it!

My second page uses the big sunflower from this month's Like a Sunflower set. I L-O-V-E this one! For the texture on this page (you know there has to be texture!), I used Texture Tiles 3, and Typewriter Text Background

This project has really renewed my mojo! I can't wait to do more pages in it!

I hope you are inspired too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Autumn Blessings

Hello friends, Esther here with a fall card in non-traditional colors! I created a subtle background by stamping a sunflower in versamark watermark ink on my dark blue paper, and added interest to my label with some faux stitching done with a white gel pen. The main image was colored with Arteza Watercolor Pencils -- I'm still trying to get the hang of them!

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Supplies and Tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamps sets:
• Bushel of Blessings
• Like a Sunflower
• Canson Mix Media Paper
• Arteza Watercolor Pencils
  
• Album Tags and Accents Die (Heartfelt Creations)
  
• Brilliance Moonlight White Ink (Tsukineko)
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• White Gel Pen
• Foam Mounting Tape
  

Two Cards, Same Color Palette

Hello! 

I hope you are enjoying all of the new release inspiration; I have been having so much fun creating with the August stamps. 

I decided it would be fun to make two completely different cards , but in the same color palette.  Let's start with the more subtle of the two~

This beauty is from the stamp set, Bushel of Blessings; the image is stamped on Neenah Solar White cs and colored with Copics.  I am really trying to loosen up in my coloring; I hope it shows here!   I used a sentiment from the set as well- don't you just love the font!!?! - and stamped it in a dark brown ink.  Then I embellished the image panel with layers of patterned paper and cardstock.  A few sequins and a hemp twine bow finish it off. 

Next up, the EXACT same marker colors, using the Like a Sunflower Stamp Set.   

Yep, this one is BOLD!  I stamped the image multiple times on Neenah Solar white cs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored the images and the background with the Copic markers.  I also added Glossy Accents to the flower centers. The sentiment, from the Rose Banner Stamp Set, was heat embossed in white on black cs.  I die cut a small circle from a sponged scrap panel I had sitting on my desk and used it to ground the sentiment strip. 

Here are the marker colors that I used~

That's it for me!  Don't forget, you can get a great discount on this month's release when you buy all 4 stamp sets! 

And with a $75 purchase you get the August Stamp of the Month for Free! 

And if that isn't enough, a $75 purchase gets you FREE shipping!  (US only)

Have a crafty day! 

Lee Ann 

Stand Tall

Sunflowers are my favorite flower! Love them so much! I am super excited for the release of the new Like a Sunflower set this month. Beautiful images with lots of ways to mix and match the sentiments!

When I first saw the half sunflower image, I immediately knew I wanted to try to make it into a full sunflower. It worked just like I imagined! I originally thought it wouldn't fit on an A2 card and was pleasantly surprised that it did.

I stamped the images on Canson mixed media paper with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink. I stamped the first half of the sunflower head, then cleaned off the stamp repositioning on the other side (lining up as close as I could) and stamped again. I did have some very minor gaps, so I used a permanent black marker and filled them in and you can't even tell.

I colored the flower and leaves with a combination of Arteza and Altenew watercolor brush markers and fussy cut out. I dry embossed a piece of Kraft cardstock with a honeycomb folder and then die cut with a stitched edge die. I stamped the sentiment with the same ink as the images and hand trimmed the banner ends. I assembled the card as seen popping up the sunflower with foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by!

Karen