Blizzard of Hugs

 Hello crafting friends, Esther here today sharing fun winter card that features the sweet Winter Hugs stamp set that now has coordinating dies! 

I had so much fun creating that night sky by blending three shades of distress ink on mixed media paper. I started by swiping three strips of the lightest ink (cracked pistachio) in the center of my paper and adding the next darkest color (peacock feathers) around the strips and over the rest of the card front. To finish off I added the darkest ink (prize ribbon) just around the edges, coming up a little deeper on the bottom to make it look like ice. 

This card was simple enough to make that a couple of my Sunday School girls (10 and 6) created their own versions during a recent card making afternoon I had with their mom. 

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Supplies and Tools:

• From Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps:
• Winter Hugs
• Thrill Of Hope
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 
• White Acrylic Paint
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• These colors of Distress Ink (Ranger):
•  Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Prize Ribbon

A Snowy Hello

 

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Friends!

It's Ceal, here. 

Today I am sharing a card using the Stamp of the Month, Sparkle & Shine along with a few others, A Snowy Hello with Coordinating Dies, A Thrill of Hope and Folk Art Snowflakes. 

You can find all the deets on how I created this card and the dreamy background over on my blog, Simply Beautiful. 

The Snowy Hello stamp set is an older set that we brought back and added Coordinating Dies and I love that!  

Vintage Romance and a Christmas card

 Hello, Hello!  

I hope you all had a very blessed Thanksgiving, despite the fact that some of our gatherings may not have looked like they did in past years.  I have learned to be grateful for and enjoy the quiet, no frills holidays as I have no family in town.  That means more turkey for me!   

Jenn Nilsson knocked it out of the park with her newest stamp set in the December release, Vintage Romance.  Have you checked out the whole release yet?  If not you really should go see all of the pretties this month.  

There are no references to Valentines Day in this set, so it is really quite versatile- I'm thinking anniversaries and birthdays in addition to Valentine's Day.  

My first card is done in red with a touch of blue, perfect for a Valentine card for your sweetie~ 

 The locket was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  I paired it with a bit of a background panel I had in my stash; it was made by inking up bubble wrap and stamping with it!  A bit of red patterned paper and a kraft colored mat are all that was needed to finish the card.  The sentiment is separate from the blue panel as I wanted to pop it up on dimensional tape.  

The next card using the Vintage Romance set is a lovely bit of mixed media and no red to be found anywhere on the card!  

This beauty was colored with Copics and fussy cut out- I searched 'perfume' bottle on the web and found a perfume bottle of green glass.  That was my inspiration.  

The background was done with a stencil and embossing paste.  To get the gold specks, I dropped in course ep while the embossing paste was still wet.  When the paste was partially dry, I hit the ep with the embossing gun.  Once the paste was dry, I used some distress inks as watercolors and painted the background in.  

This set- it is a must have!  I love, love, love the images~

And how could I not share a Christmas card with it being December 1st??

The background is basic ink blending with Distress inks.  I used Picked Raspberry,  Seedless Preserves, and Chipped Sapphire inks.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the trees on the left with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, then stamped the tree on the right, and then stamped the deer.  I filled in the ground with a black Sharpie.  The moon was stamped on white cs and fussy cut out.  All of these images as well as the sentiment are from the Thrill of Hope Stamp Set.  I used watered down acrylic ink for the snow.  

That's all for me!  I hope I have inspired you to get creative- not an easy thing to do during the busy Christmas season!  Thanks for stopping by, 

Lee Ann  

Christmas Tags -- SALE

 

Hello everyone. Esther here with some warm and cozy Christmas tags using two silhouette stamp sets. I stamped the trees, snowflakes, and sentiment on kraft tags and then sponged around them using brown ink to give them a vintage feel. The little houses were stamped on watercolor paper and fussy cut. I also sponged some brown around their edges so they wouldn't be too bright for my tags. Adding snow was quick and easy with a bit of diluted white acrylic paint.

Have you been following along with Sweet n Sassy's 13th birthday celebration sales this month?  The special for this week is Silhouettes and Sentiment sets --- Buy 3 get one FREE!!!

Check out all the stamps on sale by clicking here! 

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 Supplies and tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamp Sets
• Thrill Of Hope 
  
• Welcome Home 
  
• Manila Tags Nesting Dies (Stamplorations)
  
• Crochet Lace
• White Acrylic Paint
• Graphite Black Brilliance Ink (Tsukineko)
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger):
• Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Pine Needles, Fossilized Amber, Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo

Silhouettes and Sentiments

Hi all! Happy Friday! It's time for another fabulous birthday sale, and this week we've got a super deal for you! Buy 3 sets from our Silhouettes & Sentiments Sale category and receive an additional set of equal or lesser value from the same category for FREE! When you add the 4th set, the discount will automatically apply in your cart. Sale ends November 26.

My first card today is a quick and easy card. To make it,  I masked off a rectangle of cardstock, then blended a rainbow of color on with a stencil.  Then I embossed the sentiment from the Hymn Word Art set in Black in the center. My stamped panel is then popped up on a foam sheet and adhered to a card base. Easy peasy!

For my next card, I stamped the trees from the Thrill of Hope set in forest moss, then embossed in clear. I then ink blended a sky with blue distress oxides. I laid the stamps down over my embossed images as a mask and flicked on white glimmer ink for a little falling snow, then finished off with a thinking of you sentiment from By the Sea.

In other news, there's an absolutely adorable new digi set illustrated by Jennifer Nilsson in the shop today! Be sure to check it out! Don't these little bears just melt your heart?

Have a fabulous weekend!

-Julee

Blizzard of Hugs

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal, here to share a couple cards with you for my last post of the year. I can't believe that it will be 2020 on Wednesday. 

The first card uses the adorable set Winter Hugs. I stamped the igloo, masked it off and then created the background. I used the trees out of the Thrill of Hope set.

My second card is a CAS card that can be used for Valentines day which is another holiday I love making cards for.

I used the Cheerful Snowmen set and colored it using Copic markers. 

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Today I have three cards to share with you. I decided to use up backgrounds I found on my desk - mostly from last month's fun with Folk Art Snowflakes and Snow Much Fun. Then I inked up and Copic colored all of the adorable critters from this month's Winter Hugs Clear Stamp Set. I also used the sentiments from this set as they were so perfect for my cards.

For my first card, the background was from when I practiced some ink blending with Distress Oxides (Shaded Lilac, Hickory Smoke, and Black Soot). Squee - the sweetness!

For my next two cards, I created some dimensional hills with a stitched border die. For these backgrounds, I used Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide.

For this last card, I also added some background trees using the Thrill of Hope Set - I love this silhouette set! I added some snowflake buttons to finish my card. 

This was super fun and these critters make me so happy!! Aren't these polar bears so so so cute!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Winter Friends

Hello All!

The countdown to Christmas is on!  Are you still making Christmas cards?

Today I am sharing a couple of cards that can be Christmas or general winter cards.  The first one uses the brand new Winter Hugs Stamp Set.

He is just the cutest!  I colored him with Copics, using the pointillism technique to give him a bit of a warm, fuzzy, baby penguin look.
The background was actually a reject from a prior project.  I stamped snowflakes from the Folk Art Stamp Set in Versamark ink and heat embossed them in white.  Then I used the Smooshing technique to add pink and red color to the background.
Snowy hills, a sentiment and a few sequins finish it off.
This next card uses some oldies but goodies stamp sets.

I started with the line of trees from the Thrill of Hope Stamp Set.  I used my MISTI to get perfect placement and did second generation stamping in red ink.  I stamped the larger two trees in the same red ink, again using my MISTI so I could get good coverage of ink.
Next, I stamped snowflakes from the Thrill of Hope Stamp Set as well as the Snow Much Fun Stamp Set in grey.  Lastly, I stamped the deer image in the Thrill of Hope Stamp Set in Versafine Black, using the MISTI to get solid ink coverage.
I was inspired by some of Korin's recent cards to use patterned paper and do some layering; this was difficult as it is not something I do often anymore!  I do like how it turned out though.  I added a sentiment strip across the bottom, heat embossing several sentiments from the Christmas Wordfetti Stamp Set in silver ep.  Some embellies and a linen thread bow finish it off!

That's it for me!  I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I will see you back on the blog next year!

Lee Ann 

Never Lose Hope

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in with a couple cards using one of today's Friday Features sets, Choose Faith. This set is just $13.50 today only, after combining the Friday Features and Black Friday discounts!

I started with the background, smooshing broken china and shaded lilac onto some packaging and then spritzing with water and pouncing onto watercolor cardstock. Next I embossed the hope and the never lose stamps with chipped sapphire ink and clear embossing powder.  I then masked off the never lose portion with a post it note and then stamped the flowers from Nature Silhouettes in a combination of shaded lilac and chipped sapphire inks, then embossed in clear. A super quick, fun card.

Next I did a watercolor wash on watercolor cardstock with broken china and cracked pistachio distress oxides. Then I splattered on some of the same colored inks.  When this was dry, I embossed the JOY stamp from Choose Faith in white, then added the trees and snowflakes from the Thrill of Hope set to complete a winter scene. I cut this with a die and matted with navy cardstock.  The back panel is embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've enjoyed these quick cards.  Be sure to check out all the Friday Features today!

And while you're there, don't forget that everything in the shop is 25% off during our Black Friday/Small Business Saturday sale!

Warmth of Christmas

Happy Thursday!!  I'm not really into planning ahead, but for those of you who like to plan ahead and get a jump on things...this month's release from Sweet N Sassy Stamps is going to get your Christmas card mojo going for sure!!  There are three new Christmas sets this month, CHECK them out!!

Today, I'm sharing a few ideas using Warmth of Christmas.  The front panel is tucked behind an adorable gate, held closed with an evergreen wreath:

The inside panel includes a sentiment and peaceful snowy bench scene.

My second card, also features Warmth of Christmas and Thrill of Hope.  This card makes me think of my nephew and his love of ski hills.  It feels a little weird to be thinking about snow already, but....here in Wisconsin, it's inevitable!!

That's all for me today--make it a great week!  Get inky and be kind,
TTFN Jane

doves of peace

Good morning! I have 2 cards to share today using the Sweet ‘n Sassy Doves of Peace stamp set. I also used Texture Tiles 3 and Thrill of Hope.

 

I thought the texture stamp on the first card would be a perfect background to mimic the water used in baptism.

 

The second card is a CAS Christmas card because we all need a little "quick & easy" during the holidays! Here I simply heat embossed the images in white and added a silver strip to the left.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

 

Masculine

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal,  Here to share another card using our Wood Backgrounds stamp set. 

Masculine cards can be very hard to make and this set makes it much easier.

To create my card I started with a white top folding white card base and a white panel cut down a quarter of an inch smaller. I stamped the tree ring from the Wood Backgrounds set (which by the way is the stamp of the month you can earn free with a $75 order now through Dec 31st) in Versamark ink and embossed it with clear powder.  I used some Gathered Twigs distress oxide ik ad blended it over the tree ring. I stamped the trees from the Thrill of Hope set in Green and the went over them with Pine Needles oxide ink and fussy cut them out. The deer is from the Tender Thoughts set which is an older set that makes a great guy card. To finish the card I added the greeting from The Scripty Thoughts set.

Crazy About Snowmen!

Hello! It's Monika here today with couple of snowmen cards using Crazy About Snowmen clear stamp set! To celebrate Sweet n' Sassy Stamps' 11th birthday, we have a throwback stamp set full of SNOWMEN from the past! How sweet is that?!

My first card is a SHAKER!I just love making shaker cards, and they are not hard to make!
I started by stamping snowflakes all over the blue card stock. Then I splashed white paint onto the panel to add more dept to the card. I stamped the greeting with Onyx Black VersaFine ink.
Next I stamped the sweet snowmen images (for both cards) with Onyx Black VersaFine ink, and colored them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors before cutting them out. 

To make my shaker, I cut a slightly smaller rectangle than the blue panel out of white fun foam. Then I cut a circle out of the blue panel and also out of the fun foam. (I set the blue circle aside for the next project!) I also cut an extra circle out of white card stock, sponged it with various blue inks, then stamped the tree and moon images from Thrill of Hope clear stamp set with Onyx Black VersaFine ink. 

Next I adhered the fun foam and the stamped circle onto a white base card. I adhered a piece of window sheet to the back side of the blue panel (covering the circle window opening). Then I covered the fun foam rectangle with double sided tape and glue and carefully filled the circle (in the fun foam) with micro beads and sequins. To finish the shaker, I adhered the blue panel onto the card. 

To decorated the front of the card, I adhered white thread, the snowman (with dimensional tape) and  silver rhinestones.

I turned my second card into an anniversary card. Those snowmen are just so adorable and perfect holding a heart! I used the leftover circle from the shaker as the background! Easy and economical! LOL! The greeting was stamped with Onyx Black VersaFine ink from Thoughtful Words clear stamp set (my new favorite sentiment set!).

Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by,

Monika