Autumn Blessings

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here and today I am sharing a quick Mixed Media card using the So Grateful Clear Stamp Set (designed by Gloria Stengel) along with the Skeleton Leaf Background Clear Stamp (designed by Korin Sutherland). 

To create this card, I tapped a few distress oxide inks onto my craft mat, spritzed lightly with water and placed a piece of 4 ¼” x 5 ½” white cardstock into the ink.  

I repeatedly lifted the cardstock and pressed back into the ink (smooshing the ink until I was satisfied with the coverage :-)) and used a heat tool to dry the panel thoroughly before proceeding to stamp the Skeleton Leaf Background  with versafine onyx black ink onto the panel.

I trimmed the stamped leaf background panel into thirds, mounted each panel onto black cardstock and trimmed close to the edge. All three were mounted onto the card front with dimensional foam.

I stamped the sentiment from So Grateful onto vellum and embossed with gold embossing powder.  I trimmed the sentiment panel and used a bit of adhesive behind some of the letters and corner to adhere it to the card front.  

I added a looped black satin ribbon bow along with a antique metal brad to hide some of the adhesive and a few copper sequins to finish off the card .

This was a fun card to create and I hope I have inspired you today! 

Also, don't forget about our 

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Thanks for taking the time to visit us- hugs and God Bless, 

sweet friends!

Leaves Are Everywhere!!

Happy Fall Y'all and Happy Halloween!!

I don't know about you but I have leaves EVERYWHERE. As soon as they are cleaned up a wind blows down an equal or greater amount to replace them! Ughh.

I finally got all my reports done and got a chance to play in ink this weekend. I played with some Splitcoast Stampers techniques and am in L-O-V-E with the results!

The first tutorial is called Joseph’s Coat.  I used the Falling Leaves Clear Stamp Set and the Autumn Collage Set. I created the background with distress inks (Spice Marmalade, Candy Apple Red, and Mustard Seed) then embossed the leaves over the colors and covered it all with vintage photo ink.  I embossed the sentiment with White embossing powder.

The second technique is a Wrinkle-Free Distress technique and the Leaf Skeleton BG. I created the colors of fall for this fun challenge. I embossed the sentiment from Autumn Leaves Clear Stamp Set with copper embossing powder on vellum.

I hope these inspire you to try something new!

Have a great one!

Lyn

autumn thanks

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing these cards using the So Grateful, Autumn Leaves, and Skeleton Leaf Background stamp sets.  They are 4 1/4" square, perfect for a little note of thanks.

 

I inked the leaf background image with 2 colors before stamping, a yellow and a peach.  Then I swiped the same inkpads over a scrap of white cardstock to stamp the Autumn Leaves on.  Although they look black, the leaves and sentiment are a dark brown.  The cards were simply finished with a few orange sequins.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Leaves and Forest Silhouettes~

Good morning everyone! Mary here to share some leafy inspiration! Korin recently released some amazing new dies for current sets available in the store.

 

My first card is using the leaf silhouettes and newly released matching leaf silhouette dies! I layered these squares onto the leaf skeleton background that is perfect for quick colourful and textured coverage.

The second card is using the falling leaves stamp set with the Forest silhouette dies! I love the look of these images against the sponged background. For the "floor" I sprinkled some stampendous embossing fragments, tinsel and powders and melted them all together. I adhered the deer to the floor with the leaves falling gently. So serene.

Have a wonderful Day!

Materials used: 
stamps: Falling leaves, Skeleton leaf BG, Leaf silhouettes
Paper: SU 
Inks: Versafine inks, SU inks, Ranger distress inks
Accessories: Stampendous powders, SU punch

September 2014 Release Day!

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy  friends!  It's our September 2014 Release Day!  Autumn is such a wonderful time of the year.  Just think of cool crisp mornings, warm colors, ripe, juicy apples, changing leaves, and Thanksgiving and you have the makings of our fabulous release!

So Grateful

• Stamp set includes 24 mix and match words 
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Gloria Stengel
• $11

Beary Bountiful Autumn

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 5 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 4" x 6 "
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $15

Falling Leaves

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 2 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $11

Skeleton Leaf Background

• Stamp set includes 1 image
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $11

Here are the Sweet Perks Club stamps and dies that can now be purchased individually!

Autumn Mum Greetings & Autumn Mums Dies

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 7 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 6" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $15
• Die set includes 2 dies
• $12.50

Forest Silhouettes Dies
(Coordinates with the Forest Silhouettes stamp set)

• Die set includes 9 dies
• $22.75

Flowers in Bloom Die

(Coordinates with the Flowers in Bloom stamp set)

• Die set includes 1 die
• $10.25

Leaf Silhouettes Dies
(Coordinates with the Leaf Silhouettes stamp set)

• Die set includes 10 dies (5 are embossing dies)
• $17.75

Please also join us today for our release day blog hop featuring our talented DT creations.  You are going to FALL for all of their gorgeous projects! :)  The DT blog links can be found in the Linky Tool at the end of this blog post.

One random commenter from one of the DT blogs will be selected to win a $10 Gift Code to be used at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  You have until Thursday, September 18th at midnight EST to leave your comments.  The winner will be posted on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog on Friday, September 19th!

 One more thing before we let you go...

We can't forget our fun Release Day Challenge!
"Create a Fall Themed Card"   

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:

            

- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image to enter (although we sure love when you do!)
- Please create a NEW card (no back linking)
- We ask that you enter your card in no more than 3 challenges
 - You'll have until Thursday, September 18th at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  
If there are 25 participants, (not including the DT), we'll draw 2 winners!
- Please use code SNSSEPT2014RC when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries 

To enter simply share a link to your creation below, but don't forget to visit the DT blogs to see their beautiful release creations!

Thanks for joining us today!  Be sure to join us again on Friday, September 19th to see if you've won!

A beautiful Season...

Good morning!

Jessica here with a card to share with you using a couple of new stamp sets that will be available for purchase this Friday, September 12th as part of the September new release: Skeleton Leaf Background and Autumn Mum Greetings.

A simple CAS autumn themed card = LOVE!

Stay tuned all week for more previews of things to come!

Enjoy your week!
Jessica