Celebrate

Happy Thursday everyone!  Hey...it's almost the weekend!!  So today, let's talk about dies, shall we?  Any guesses on what one of my favorite Sweet 'n Sassy dies?  That's right, the Star Set!  I use this set constantly!  It's perfect for my little boy scrapbook projects, welcome baby cards, 4th of July creations, and even cards that are entirely white and contain only one word!! 

As you might have guessed, this project contains most of the star sizes that come with the Star Die Set.  I also incorporated some embossing (behind all those stars), edge punching (a super old punch from SU!) and a tiny bit 'o bling.  The sentiment shown on the card is from the Rose Collage
 stamp set.

So how about you?  What's your favorite die and have you check out all that SNSS has to offer?  Once you find the die that you love, why not give an all white card a try...It's a really fun challenge!

God Bless You!!!

Wendy Jordan here, one more time!!

Awww...my last Guest Designer post!!!

I had such a great time designing with Sweet & Sassy Stamps!!!

I chose to use a set from Sweet & Sassy Stamps, that I had bought a while back and hadn't had a chance to use, Sing Unto the Lord Clear Stamp Set. I also added a sentiment from the Rose Collage , a February New Release!

I also am in love with the French Pastry Doily Die by Cheery Lynn Designs!! It makes a fun and easy background!!!

A HUGE thanks to Korin and Taylor for allowing me to design with Sweet & Sassy Stamps!!

Thanks for taking a peek this week!!!

A Sweet Set For Any Occasion!!!

Hi there!!

Wendy Jordan here again!!

As you can tell, I can't get enough of Rose Collage by Sweet & Sassy Stamps!!

I LOVE to color, so I had a great time with this little 3 x 3 card. Very simple and too the point!!

Look at all of the super sentiments also!!!! ♥SWOON♥!!

Enjoy your day!!!

Beautiful Backgrounds

Hello friends!  Hope you all had a marvelous Super Bowl weekend!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has done it again...the February release was fabulous!  The collage images and silhouettes are perfect stamp sets to be used with many wonderful background techniques.  So I grabbed my distress inks and some alcohol inks and started playing around.

For my first sample, I used two new Sweet 'n Sassy clear stamp sets, "Rose Collage" and "You."  To make the background for the beautiful Rose Collage stamp, I started with a piece of white card stock and crumpled it up...just bunch it up into a little ball...the more creases, the better!  Flatten it out and rub a distress ink pad over the creases.  I used Spun Sugar on my sample.  Then spritz it with water so the ink begins to spread and run. Use an old iron or a craft iron to help dry the card stock and flatten the paper even more.  You can leave it as is, or sponge on more color.  I decided to add some Scattered Straw and Antique Linen. When you are happy with the results, stamp your image.  A few torn edges, distressed ribbon, paper piercing, and pearls finish the card.  What do you think?

For my second sample I used the lovely "Morning Glory" clear stamp set.  The background for this card was made with glossy card stock and several alcohol inks.  Begin by choosing several colors of alcohol ink.  I used Stream, Wild Plum, Lettuce, and Gold.  Put two to three drops of each color unto a felt applicator, adding just a drop of the metallic gold last, and dab the ink onto the glossy card stock until it is covered.  Add some alcohol blending solution to the felt applicator and continue dabbing onto the card stock.  The more blending solution you use, the lighter the colors become. Continue until you are happy with the results.  You can stamp an image directly on the background with a permanent ink, or use it as a background panel as I did here.  I hope this makes sense to you, but if not, visit Tim Holtz's blog to see a video tutorial on both of these beautiful background techniques.

I hope you'll grab your Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and give these techniques a try.  We'd love to see what you create!   Happy stamping and God bless!

Rose Collage Fancy Fold

I'm hosting the SCS sketch again this week and while the sketch itself is pretty simple you have the option to make it interactive or use a fancy fold, which is what I did for my Rose Collage card below :).

Here is the closed view...

And here is the open view. The inside sentiment is from Dina's new set You.


The card measures 4.25" x 5.5". I cut about 3" off the top of just the front of my card....which you can see it a bit better in the above picture.

I hope you'll give this sketch a try!

And be sure to stop back tomorrow for our amazing DT Blog Hop featuring our February Release :)!!

~Korin