Everything Beautiful

 Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee here, excited to pop in and share a fun little card featuring some favorite sets of mine.

This shabby creation started with the beautiful clock face from Time Well Spent. I embossed it in copper onto some old prima patterned paper, then cut with a circle die and matted with another circle die that I also embossed the edges in copper. Next I stamped out some of the flowers and leaves from Consider the Wildflowers and watercolored and then hand trimmed to form a little collage around the clock.

The Ecclesiastes verse is from the Begin Again set, and I embossed it on the same paper as the clock, then cut some little fish tail banners to layer behind it to form a banner.  I aged the background paper a bit with distress oxides, then finished off with a touch of black lace and half of a butterfly from Begin Again.

I hope you have a fantastic day! Thanks for stopping by.

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In HIS Time!

Happy Friday friends!! Today I have a journal page I created in my 6x6 disc bound journal. 

I pulled out quite a few stamp sets to put this one together - here we go...

First, I covered my page with Acrylic paints and stamped some background texture with Archival ink and pieces from Gear Up and clock hands from Time Well Spent.

I colored up some Scribble Flowers and fussy cut them and the big clock face from Time Well Spent and tried to channel my inner Gayle Bond to create a flower bouquet. I inked up the Bitty Minnie Alphas and the new this month alpha called Country Fair for my focal sentiment. I also inked the scripture sentiment from Begin Again to put on the back of my page.

I inked around the page and added some splatters to finish it off. It is a little messy, but it was a lot of fun to create and I really like the final page. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Masculine Distress

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal, here to share with you today. 

If you are like me, masculine cards are challenge to do. Well Korin made things easy with this Masculine set, Time Well Spent.

This set is the Stamp of the Month so you have a couple days left to be able to earn it for free with a $75 purchase. 

To create my cards I paired it up with a couple other sets, Texture Tiles 1 and Sentimental Mash-up. 

To create my cards I started with kraft bases, black panels and bristol panels. On the bristol panels I stamped the clock image from the Time Well Spent set with embossing ink and embossed with Embossing Glaze by Tim Holtz, next I sprayed the panels with Distress Oxide sprays in Tumbled Glass and Vintage Photo. To add more texture I used the Texture Tiles 1 set stamped in Vintage Photo distress ink. 

The sentiment on the Slimline card is from the Sentimental Mash-up set. 

Time for Dad

Hello Everyone! 

Dad's Day is right around the corner!  When I saw the Time Well Spent Stamp Set, I immediately thought of my Dad.  The sentiments are perfect, even if they do not say 'Happy Father's Day' directly. 
With my parents living in Florida and I in Missouri, I rarely see them, making these sentiments even more significant. 
This first card is for my dad this Father's Day. 

This was also the perfect stamp set to use a mixed media panel that I was hoarding, lol.  I used my Gel Printing Plate, acrylic paints and a Tim Holtz stencil to create this time themed panel.  The stamped clock is actually 3D.  The image was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with antique gold embossing powder.  I then fussy cut the clock out. 
Using circle dies, I found one to match the size of the clock face and die cut the face out.  I stamped the clock image again, this time in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and used the face portion for the back of the clock.  Basically I created a shaker out of the clock, minus the shaker bits (I did not think my Dad would appreciate them!). 

I sandwiched a piece of acetate and dimensional adhesive between the front panel of the clock and the back panel.  A fabulous sentiment banner was added and that finished he card.  No girly sequins or anything either! 
I love how this turned out and I especially love the sentiment.  I am hoping to get to Florida this summer to see my parents. 
This next card uses the same stamp set, Time Well Spent,  and is a good old CAS card~

Done in neutrals, this is another very masculine card.  The clock face image was stamped in a light grey.  The clock image was then stamped over the first, in a darker grey.  I framed the sentiment with what are actually the clock hands, or I should say one of the clock hands.  I stamped the clock hand, then stamped it a second time, superimposing the rounded end of the hand over the already stamped rounded end.  I did this two times to create the ironwork-like elements framing the sentiment.  I used the MISTI to achieve the alignment of the clock hands and the sentiment. 

That's it for me!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week~

Lee Ann 

time well spent

Good morning! Today I have two cards to share with some great new Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps sets called Time Well Spent (the June Stamp of the Month) and Gear Up. I also used the Texture Tiles 2 set. These are great for Father's Day (which is coming up soon!) or any other time that you need a masculine card.

I used the brick pattern for the background on my first card and then sponged the panel. The time piece was popped up with dimensionals.

For my second card, I cut the top of the time piece off and turned it into a watch. The band is an old Santa's belt die from my stash! You could easily just layer it onto a strip without the buckle or possibly create one with small rectangle dies.

Have a good day!

Diane