Today it's All About Alpha's

Hey Guys, Lyn here and today I have a CAS card using some of the fun new alphabet stamps available at the Sweet N Sassy Stamps Shop. And in case you missed it... they are actually on sale as part this weeks special - Oh yes they are!

I used some water color paper for my card base and went with a one layer card. I wanted some rich colors so I dug through my inks until I found exactly what I was looking for and for fun, I went with some mixed fonts. After stamping up the chunkier words, I went over the inks with my water brush to make it look more like water color. Then all there was to do was add the perfect final touches - a manger scene and a star. The manger was colored in using some inktense pencils and the waterbrush.

It took me a while to get it the way I want it, but now I absolutely love it. I have to be honest. I am not sure this will ever be sent as I now kind of want to cut of the front and put it in a frame. What do you think?!

SNSS Stamps used:

• Peace - Shake it Off Caps and Shake it Off Lower Case Alpha
• on - Classy Script Alpha
• Earth - Chunky Alpha
• Manger - Receive the Savior

Have a great one and thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

The Reason for The Season

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Fall!

We are enjoying cooler weather in my neck of the woods and that makes me longing for soup, sweaters and pumpkins!  It means that Christmas will be here before you know it!
We are featuring this month's new Christmas Release, which is chock full of amazing stamp sets.  I love this Krista Hamrick set, Receive the Savior.

I paired this wonderful image with the sweet, tiny sentiment from the Born This Day Stamp Set.
The image is colored with Copics- E40s- and I almost didn't get to complete it as two of the markers ran dry and I do not have their refills yet.  But persistence paid off as little by little, giving the remaining ink time to refill the tip,  I was able to finish the image.  A simple design allows the image to take center stage.
Thanks for stopping by- Happy Crafting!

Lee Ann 

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