Grateful.

Good morning!

Jessica here with a card to share today along with some step by step photos of my card making process.  Nothing earth-shattering per se, but I took photos as I worked of the steps to make today's card.  They are pretty self-explanatory, so I'll leave you with the photos below.  If you have any specific questions, please feel free to leave a comment.

A few notes of my design process:

I was wanting to create a winter scene with a sunrise/sunset landscape with clouds behind the sun.  I'm always in need of thank you cards, so I decided to use a thankful sentiment, tucked into the ribbon/twine treatment.  I find that I like to use vellum for snowflakes, but like them better when they are backed with a solid card stock as it helps them stand out a bit better.

Sweet'n Sassy Stamps Products Used:

Have a great Monday!
Jessica

Thankful for Mother.

Good morning!

It's Jessica with a couple of cards to share with you that I made recently using several fun Sweet'n Sassy Stamps products!

Dies:  Mother sentiment, Bookmarks & More, and Scallop border

Stamps: Sunshine & Flowers and Thankful Innies.

My second card uses the same Mother die and Thankful Innies stamp set along with the fun Happy Home stamp set.  LOVE the images in this little stamp set - so fun to play with!

Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Jessica

What a Pear!

Hello Everyone!

Summer is almost here!  Here in St Louis, we only have 1 more week of school, then the pressure will be off!  These last few weeks have been full- showers, wedding, retirement dinners and parties - and spring has zoomed by.
 I needed a wedding card and pulled out one of my all time favorite sets, Punny Fruits and Veggies.

With watercoloring being so trendy right now, I decided to get out my water brush and reinkers to color my pears.

 To get my side by side pears, I stamped one then masked it, then stamped the second to make it look like it is just behind the first.  I decided I did not want the smiley face on the pears, so I masked that off before I stamped the images.  Once colored, I fussy cut the image out.
I used the vintage frame from the Vintage Seed Packet Stamp Set to frame my pears.  The sentiment is actually a combination of words from two different sentiments in the Punny Fruits and Veggies Stamp Set. 
Our most current Friday Feature Stamp Set is Sunshine and Flowers. 

Once again, I used the masking technique as I stamped my cascade of daises.  The daisy centers are colored with Copics.  For a bit of an added grunge look, I used the Grunge Elements Stamp Set, and stamping off once, added bits of the image around the daisies.
 Can you tell I love the current trendy color combo of black, grey and yellow?  :)
I hope you can play along with us in our Friday Feature Challenge!  You have until Thursday, May 29th to play.

Thanks so much for stopping by; I hope I have inspired you to get inky!

Lee Ann  :) 

Friday Feature & Challenge #8: Mother's Day

Hello sweet friends and welcome to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Release Friday Feature!

The Design Divas have some fabulous samples for you to see today as we feature four new April release products available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Store…Thankful Blooms, and Thankful Innies stamp sets, and the Thankful Blooms Die Set and the Mother Die.

Before we get started, let's take some time to congratulate some sweet winners!

First, the random winner of our Friday Feature Spots or Stripes Challenge is # 3

Cynthia Olheiser

Here is her gorgeous tulip card:

Cynthia, please send an email to jacquie@sweetnsassystamps.com to claim your $10 Gift Certificate

Our next winner for our Release Day Challenge to make something Happy is # 9
AJ
 Doesn't the turtle on this adorable altered journal just make you want to smile?

AJ, please send an email to jacquie@sweetnsassystamps.com to claim your $20 Store Gift Code

Now it's time for our April Release Blog Hop feature and Challenge!
Today's features are:
Thankful Blooms, Thankful Blooms Die Set, Thankful Innies 
& the Mother Die
                                             

• Stamp set measures approximately 4" x 6"
• The largest bloom measures approximately 2" x 2 1/4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set priced at $15
• Die set priced at $15.25

• Stamp set measures approximately 6" x 4"
• The Tender care sentiment measures approximately 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set priced at $15

• Die measures approximately 3 3/4" x 1"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Die priced at $7.25

Our challenge to you this week is to create a Mother's Day card!

The first 13 cards in the hop were created for your inspiration by the design team.  As you hop along, leave a little love behind, then create your own Mother's Day card and use the linky tool to add it to the gallery!

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:

            

- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy image to enter (although we sure love when you do!)
 - You'll have until Thursday, April 24th at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!
- Please use code SNSFFC8 when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries 

Share a link to your creation below.

Thanks for joining us today!  Be sure to check back again on Friday, April 25th to see if you won and to check out the next Friday Feature & Challenge!