Forest Silhouettes Scene

Hello! It's Monika here today with a fantastic scene I built with dies. I love stamping, but these days I am crazy about dies. I love the sharp lines the dies can cut, the sweet images... oh, I get so excited looking at my box full of these metal pieces.

 

I decided to create a masculine scene for a frame I got at Ikea ages ago.

 

 

I wanted dimensions so I used different colored cardstocks and lots of foam adhesive.

 

 

The background was sponged with Peacock Feather Ranger distressed ink, then was blended with a wet paintbrush.

Can you spy all the different die sets I used? Ok, you don't have to guess... here they are: Forest Silhouettes, Bare Tree, Fence & Grass, Hillside Edges die sets. The verse is from Our Refuge clear stamp set.

 

I hope I inspired you to create something.

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

paper napkin background

Hello! 

It's Tutorial Monday and today I am sharing how I made the background for my card. 

Here it is completed...

I used a butterfly from SNSS's New Creature and the words are from Our Refuge.  I also used one of the coordinating New Creature butterfly dies.
 

My background was made with a pretty paper napkin that I've had left over from some occasion for quite a few years.  I guess they were too pretty to throw away!
 

First, open the napkin.  You can get quite a bit of use from just one.  For this project, I made 4 backgrounds from 1 napkin.

As you can see the edges were a bit worn but that's ok...I discarded the edges and just used the center from this one anyway.
 

Next, grab a corner and gently peel off the top layer.  Discard the un-printed layer underneath.

Now cut a piece of scrap cardstock the size of the background you want.  You can cover it with double-sided adhesive but I prefer to just add Elmer's glue and then spread it with my finger until the entire piece is covered.  Using the liquid glue gives it more of a linen look.

Make sure your edges are covered with glue and then lay your napkin on top.  Pat it down and let it dry completely.  Then trim the extra napkin from the cardstock layer and adhere to your card base.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of vellum and wrapped it around the floral background, adhering each side of the vellum to the back.  Then I stamped, diecut, and sponged ink onto the butterfly.  Clear Wink of Stella made the butterfly sparkly.  Add a few rhinestones and you are done!

Have a great week!

♥  Diane

I will Say of The Lord ~

Good morning Sweet'nSassy friends! Mary here to share with you my love for Fall, the crisp air and falling leaves. So naturally my card takes on a fall theme. I paired my images with a scripture  from Our Refuge, any scripture that tells of Who He is becomes a favourite. The Leaf silhouette set and matching die brings balance to my favourite moose die image from Forest Silhouette dies. 

Materials Used:

Stamps: Our Refuge, Leaf Silhouette

Paper: Basic Grey, SU

Inks: Versafine inks, Ranger inks

Accessories: Jute, SNSS forest silhouette dies, SNSS Leaf silhouette dies.

Enjoy your Fall days! Have a great week! 

In God is my Salvation ~

Happy Wednesday everyone! It is the day before Thanksgiving and what better time to declare where our salvation, strength and refuge come from? One of the reasons I love Sweet'nSassy are the scriptures we can use on cards and layouts. This particular scripture comes from the Our Refuge set that comes with four scriptures. I combined it with Nature Silhouettes that I have been wanting to use for quite some time. I love the subtle image you can create with this set. I stamped the scripture on white shimmery cardstock using versafine ink. I stamped off the wildflower image once and then stamped it over the scripture. The bird was stamped directly over the top right hand corner of the scripture. This piece was layered onto matching cardstock and then onto the cardbase. To embellish, I used twine and glued a paper flower in the centre. 

 

Don't forget, Sweet 'n Sassy is celebrating this whole month in honour of their 5th Birthday!!! You, the loyal customers and fans participate in the fun of discounts, prizes and an upcoming Birthday Bash blog hop! Yay!!!! Are you a Facebook Fan? You might want to find us on Facebook to get in on the fun! ;)

Happy Thanksgiving! 

~ Mary

Materials used: 
stamps: Our refuge, Nature Silhouettes
paper: SU cardstock
Inks: versafine black, Crumb Cake SU
Accessories: bakers twine, mft royal rose die

A Few of My Favorite Things...

I have had the honor and joy of serving on the Sweet 'n Sassy Design Team for the past year but, very sadly, this is my last official post.  As we all know, life often has surprising and exciting new plans for us and with the changes in my life, I simply do not have the time to give my Sweet 'n Sassy cards the focus that they deserve.

I love Sweet 'n Sassy stamps and wanted to give you a few samples of what I so love.

First, Rhubarb and Cocoa...two of my favorite  characters!!  Here's Rhubarb all dressed up for Christmas!!  Santa Rhubarb can be found in Rhubarb's Christmas clear set.  Cocoa is an absolutely charming mouse with his own line of stamps.

Second, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps do cute well, but they also have a variety of lovely and elegant stamps.  Here's a sample using Autumn Collage with a background using Friendship Script and a few elements from Vintage Postcard

Third...Christian stamps!!  Many of their stamps, such as Our Refuge as used on the next sample, are beautiful enough to stand alone.  There are also a large array of gorgeous florals and birds and wedding and baby sets and more, each of which includes Christian sentiments in the set. 

I do love Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and they will continue to be an important part of my own card making! I look forward to each monthly release to see what I can add to my personal stash!!

With love and prayers,

Kim Singdahlsen

Joyful Creations with Kim