Wish Big

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee popping in to share a little inspiration with some stampy goodness. We're celebrating 14 years of Sweet 'n Sassy this month with weekly mini releases + sales!  This week's sale is 20% off stamps in our Backgrounds and Creative Worship Stamps categories. While supplies last, through November 14.

Today I'm going to share a few cards that feature stamps from these two categories. First up is one combining the NEW Script Background (just released on Monday) with my Joyful Day set (new this month), and a previously released Creative Worship set, Old Fashioned Alpha.

I placed the Script Background in my MISTI, then inked up with a rainbow of Catherine Pooler mini inks and stamped. I then went over the stamp lightly with a waterbrush and stamped again to give a little watercolor effect to the script. When this was dry I lightly blended the same color of ink over each color of stamping on the background. The cupcakes are from the Joyful Day set and colored with Copics and then fussy cut.  I then used the Old Fashioned Alpha set to create the wish big sentiment. I finished off with some sequins and bling.

My next card uses the beautiful Creative Worship: Wonder of Wonders set from our October release.  I colored up these rejoicing women with Copic markers, then trimmed around with scissors.  The sentiment from Timeless Hymns is embossed in white onto purple cardstock. I then stenciled the Vintage Doily Stencil onto white cardstock with villainous potion distress ink. 

My third card features the Spectacular Snowflakes set from our Backgrounds category.  I stamped them randomly in versafine clair fallen leaves onto kraft cardstock, then added a little ink blending around the edges.  The focal snowflake is created with the Large Snowflakes Die Set. I die cut the snowflake three times, then layered together for dimension.  I then inked the edges with brown ink.  Next I coated the entire snowflake with versamark ink and embossed with sparkle embossing powder.  This is added to my card with dimensional foam tape for some extra life.  The sweet little tag is from the Mini Tags Die Set, and I stamped the Noel sentiment from Christmas Wordfetti on it, then tied with some string.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to create something today.

antique ornaments

 Hello! Today I am sharing a few cards using the Antique Ornaments set (sold in a bundle and separately). I also used Wonder of Christmas (also sold in a bundle and separately), Pinecone Background, and Spectacular Snowflakes.

There's just something about antique ornaments that brings back memories and evokes feelings of nostalgia. I instantly remember the bubble lights that accompanied them! My cards today were created with those images and memories in mind. In fact, my first card was colored to resemble an antique Christmas card.

I threw out traditional colors in my second card and went with colorful, old-fashioned ornaments.

My last card started out monochromatic but then I decided to add some green branches to hang it from.

Have a great day!

Diane

How to Make a Circle Shaped Card

 Happy Saturday Stampers!

This is Michelle here from East Bay Stamp Chick with another fun card. Today's card is a circle shaped card. Have you ever made one before? They're pretty easy. Let me show you how I did it.

This card measures 4.25 circle and opens on the left side just like a regular card.

To make the base for this card I used a circle die that was 4.25 inch diameter. I took a pre-folded A2 card base from my stash and lined up the die so part of it hung over the fold.

You can see in this photo how the die over hangs on the fold side. This will leave part of the card connected and won't cut it into 2 unconnected circles. This creates your base.

Next I cut a background circle with the same die. Mine is in a silver glitter cardstock. I glued it to the card base.

In this photo, you can see the back of the card. The base has the flat area where the circles are attached. You can also see the edge of a completed circle which is my glitter cardstock. By doing this when you look at the card from the front all you see is a complete circle with no flat spot. The flat area is hidden from the front.

Here is close up. From the front it's a complete circle.

So what fun stamp sets did I use to create this card? That giant snowflake in the back is from the Spectacular Snowflakes Stamp set. The coffee cup is from the new I Like Big Cups. I used the smaller snowflakes from the same set as the giant snowflake to stamp on the coffee cup. And the sentiment comes from the Mini Grunge Type Alpha. I added some paper streamer and sequins from my stash to complete the card. The snowflake is heat embossed in white.

Here is a closer look at the stamp sets.

I hope you find some time this weekend to get crafty. If you do make sure you share it with us. And let me know if you try a circle card!

Happy Stamping!

 

 

winter ATC frame

Hello friends! I have a special project to share today that I made for a Christmas gift. I wanted the recipient to be able to enjoy it all winter long, though, so I went with a snowy/winter theme. Each little card in my frame is ATC size (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches) and I used lots of my favorite Sweet 'n Sassy stamps and dies.

I wanted to be able to switch out the ATC's for each season/holiday or whatever theme I want...so they were attached in the frame with Removable Glue Dots. I found these to work perfectly for the right amount of adhesion needed, yet still be able to be easily removed.

Here's some close-ups of each ATC. For the first one I scored and folded a rosette and centered it onto a Sweet 'n Sassy Large Snowflake diecut. The "brrr" is from my Snowman Soup stamp set.

The second one has some stamped skating friends from the SNSS Winter Silhouettes stamp set, with one popped up for dimension. There's a few tiny snowflakes from my Snowy Hello stamp set lightly added to the top. The edges of this one were stitched on my sewing machine.

The mittens were made with a punch I had and the white tiny clothespins came from Michael's.  Crochet thread was perfect for the string.  I faintly stamped snowflakes in the background of the Let it Snow words from the Spectacular Snowflakes stamp set.

On the left, below, I used one of the Bookmarks & More dies to create a tag. The heart was cut from the Heart dies and the tiny snowflakes and words are from my Snowy Hello set.

On the right, 3 circles were punched and popped for dimension. The snowman's face, hat and scarf are from the Warm Hello stamps.

The tree, deer, and bird, below are from Forest Silhouettes dies. On the right, I lightly stamped the Music Background. More Snowy Hello flakes were stamped (this time in green) and the bird from Peace of God was popped up.

The Hillside Edges dies made a cute snowy scene and the words from Winter Silhouettes went with it perfectly.  For the next one, I stamped the sleigh ride image from one of my fave Christmas sets, Old Fashioned Christmas.

The words and snowy fella below, drinking hot cocoa, is from my Snowman Soup set. The mug, scarf, and mittens were paper pieced. Then I applied a Puffy Velvet Fabric marker (like Liquid Applique) to the marshmallows and heat them with a heat tool to puff them up.

The skates are a die I had. The blades were heat embossed with silver e.p. and the branches, along with a tiny jingle bell, finished them off.

Lots of glitter and bling were added to each one to make this frame sparkle!

Have a great start to the New Year...thanks for popping in! 

Here are the Sweet 'n Sassy products that I used...

♥ Diane

give thanks

Hello friends!  Where has the year gone?  Thanksgiving will  soon be upon us so today I have a super simple project to dress up your holiday table and help put the emphasis on giving thanks.

I created a super simple Silverware Pocket that would look great at each place setting.  (Or they would look cute to fill them up and place them all in a basket if you have a large family gathering and serve the food buffet style.)

I didn’t add the napkin behind the utensils so I could get a photo of the scored back but you can easily slip a napkin in there too and they’d be good to go!  Directions are here on my blog for creating this fun and easy pocket.  I used Season of Change, So Grateful, and Grunge Borders stamp sets, and the Season of Change Leaf dies and Bookmarks & More dies.

I also have a CAS Christmas card to share today if you like to get ahead on making your Christmas cards!  I used some Sweet 'n Sassy stamps along with silver and gold cardstock, plus gold embossing powder to make this sparkly and shimmery holiday greeting.

The gold embossed snowflakes are from the Spectacular Snowflakes stamp set.  The sentiment is from Mod Ornaments and was embossed with white e.p.  The little scallop border was diecut with a die from the SNSS Bookmarks and More set of dies.

I hope today's projects will inspire you to get started on your holiday creations!

♥ Diane

Christmas Blessings

Hi friends,
Are you ready for Thanksgiving?   Tomorrow I put my timeline into action.   But for now, it's time to share one last November Release card with you.   About a week ago I stopped to get a drink at my local Starbucks, and while waiting, looked at this years Christmas gift cards.

Hmm, I think I have everything I need to create my own "gift card" as it were, and include a little surprise for the recipient as well.    And so she did (smiling).

Here's a little something about me you might not know.    As a stamper and card maker, I love to create scenes and write stories to accompany them *wink*.    Oh, you knew that?!  *tehe*   I want to share with you how easy it is to create a scene with multiple stamp sets.    First I made a card base from light blue card stock.   Then used the Landscape Silhouettes Stamp set for the background trees.   I stamped them with Memento Northern Pine and Grey Flannel (a little darker than the London Fog), then placed the first hill on top of them.   The trees in the foreground are from our November Release Stamp Set, Tender Thoughts.   I embossed them and used the coordinating die, Birch Forest to cut them out.   Then I cut out several hills.   Don't worry if you don't have a die.   These types of hills are easy to free hand cut.    The snowman is also from our November Release.   He's part of the Snowy Hello collection illustrated by Diane Zechman.    The circular tag uses our Spectacular Snowflakes Stamp set, and sentiment from our October Release, Born This Day. 

Now of course I had a little mishap *frowning*    I hadn't used my Mister Huey's Calico White mist in about two years.   Well, of course it came out like gang busters - ack!   Sometimes you can recover and sometimes you can't.   But there's no crying in baseball so you just have to move on *laughing*.   I think I'm going over to our Starbucks for a hot beverage!   That's the ticket!

May this Thanksgiving be a blessed one for each of you.   I'd like to leave you with this quote.   Teddy's grammy shared it the other day and I'd like to share it with you my friends.

"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds."

~ Theodore Roosevelt.

May the words of our mouth come from our heart, and may we sow kindness to all.

Happy Thanksgiving, and blessings be unto you and yours.

a suspension/tent card

Hello and happy Saturday!  For my card today, I combined a Suspension Card with a Tent Card to create this snowy hello...

I used the new Sweet 'n Sassy Spectacular Snowflake dies to cut an opening in the card front.  A large snowflake was stamped through the opening, onto the inside of the card.  Then I borrowed some of my husband's fishing line ;) to suspend the smaller die cut and stamped snowflakes.  The fishing line is adhered at the top and bottom with Scor-Tape.  The lighter purple layer was embossed and additional snowflakes were added, along with a sentiment banner (from my Snowy Hello stamp set).

Since there's no place on the tent cards to write a short message and sign it, I like to add a little something to the back.  Sometimes it's a pocket with a tag but this time I simply added the negatives from the die cut opening on the front.

Have a great day, friends!

♥ Diane

Thanks Snow Much

 

Hi there and thanks for stopping by!  

It's Ceal here, we have snow in our forecast for tonight and tomorrow so I could not help but use two sets from our November release Spectacular Snowflakes and Snowy Hello.

I Stamped and colored my image and then masked it off and  random stamped the snowflakes from Spectacular Snowflakes in Baked Brown Sugar and Coastal Cabana. Next I sponged distress ink over it to give it more of an aged look. I embossed a piece of white cardstock and then used a circle die for my image to show through once I put the pieces together. to finish it off I added my sentiment and adhered the panel to kraft cardstock

Winter Girls

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Friends!  I hope you've been enjoying all the gorgeous peeks at the upcoming stamp sets being released tomorrow!!  Can I tell you...it is one fabulous release!

With the weather tuning blustery here, it's time to get out the winter coats, scarves, and gloves and bundle up, which is exactly what these adorable girls from the new Winter Girls stamp set have done.

The background on this card was created by embedding some of the new Large and Small Snowflake Dies from the new release with a snowflake embossing folder.  The Winter Girls were colored with Copic Markers and the Spectacular Snowflakes falling around them were stamped with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  Some Echo Park papers, stitching, and a button tied to one of the Small Snowflake Dies finish off the card.  Now these darling little girls are ready to bring warm winter wishes and a smile right to you!

Now that you've seen peeks from almost the whole release you probably can't wait until Friday to see it all.  The good news is...you don't have to!  Join us tonight at 8:00 pm EST for our Release Party at Splitcoaststampers on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Forum.  You'll get to chat with the DT, see the new sets in their entirety along with some fabulous samples, and play along with some fun challenges!
Hope to see you there!

Hugs,
Cathy