Botanical Branches + June Insta Hop

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in to share a little June inspiration with you. Today is our monthly hop over on Instagram, so be sure to hop on over there for even more inspiration from the team and a chance to win a $25 gift code to the shop! Winner will be drawn from comments across the hop and announced on the SNSS Instagram page on June 16.

On the hop today, I'm sharing a couple of cards with the gorgeous new Botanical Branches set. For the first one, I pulled out a watercolor palette to color up the main image as an olive branch. I trimmed by hand with a slight white border, then added a bit of twine to the stem.

I created a mini slim background using the Fern Fronds Stencil in a few different distress inks, then then over stamping randomly with the Psalm 23 Background stamp. I went with black accents for the mats, and a white embossed sentiment for contrast. The finished size is 3.5 x 6"

For the second card I stamped the same image a few times on kraft cardstock then colored with prismacolor pencils. I rarely use colored pencils, but I love the way they pop on kraft cardstock! This was a super fun and pretty simple image to color with just a few pinks, greens, and a white pencil. I added some texture to the background with distress ink and the Script Stencil The sentiment from Truth Quotes 1 is embossed onto vellum to finish things off, since I couldn't bear to cover up the coloring!

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Two cards to share.....

Hello friends, Stephanie here today.  I have 2 cards to share with you today.

This first card uses Girl Power 2 which is back in stock along with a few older sets, Be Encouraged,
Choose Faith and Truth Quotes.  I wanted a fun, cheerful card to give to our neighbor who is fighting Ewing's Sarcoma and I think these stamp sets all worked well together.  I colored her with copics and paper pieced her shirt, the papers come from Pink & Main.

I made a bridal shower card which could also be used as a wedding card or engagement card using the heart from Forever & Always and the word love from His Love.  This paper is from DCWV.  I stamped the heart with pink ink and heat embossed it and did some fussy cutting and added it to an embossed circle.  Wow, those two cards used a lot of stamp sets!  Don't forget that if you spend $75 you will receive the stamp of the month for free!

Itty Bitty Blossoms, Scripty Thoughts and Truth Quotes 1

Hello SNSS friends, Stephanie here with a couple cards for you today.  My first card uses Itty Bitty Blossom and Scripty Thoughts this was my first attempt at a wreath, pretty simple but not to bad.  I colored with copics and the paper is by Simple Stories.

This second card is using an older set Truth Quotes 1 and the little flower is from Itty Bitty Blossoms. Again colored with copics and the paper is from Simple Stories. 

Faith

I admit it...I'm a bit obsessed with shaker cards lately...I simply can't stop making them! They are so much fun! I've even gone out and bought a whole bunch of shaker filling...sequins, in lots of fun colors and shapes, and chunky glitter and mica chips. Swoon...

Today's card features three stamp sets, Truth Quotes, Landscape Silhouettes, and a bird from the Nature Silhouettes set.

I started by die cutting a card base using a stitched die. I then added clouds just by sponging Distress Ink around a hand cut cloud shape. Once that piece was finished and attached to my card base, I got to work on the shaker part of the card.

I created the sunset by again using Distress Ink, a blending tool, and a die cut circle. Put the yellow ink on the cardstock first, then use the circle to create a mask and add darker ink around the circle...instant sunset!

The bird was stamped directly onto the sunset paper, the lighthouse was stamped on a separate piece of cardstock and then fussy cut. The sentiment is stamped directly on to the piece of acetate that is the front of the shaker portion of the card. I die cut the frame using two nested Spellbinder dies.

To create the shaker card I adhered the acetate piece to the frame, and then added the lighthouse. I build up "walls" around the frame using foam tape, filled the walled in area with mica flakes and glitter, and then used the foam tape to attach the sunset piece. That entire piece was then attached over the cloud card base. Here's a close up of the finished card...

Thanks so much for checking in today! Happy Crafting!!

Kim

Scribble Flowers

Good Morning, Sweet 'n Sassy friends! 

It's Ceal here to share a card with you today featuring a couple sets that have quickly made it to my favorites list. I can't seem to get enough of Scribble Flowers this set is So versatile, it can be used for card making or bible journaling. I also love the Truth Quotes 1 set too, both of these sets work so well together. 

To make my card I started with a white card base, attached some striped designer paper to it and then cut out a smaller panel for my focal piece. I stamped a couple of the images (did I mention the Scribble Flowers has 23 different images!) and masked them and stamped more so  it would appear they are in front of the others.  I colored them with Copic markers and attached some silver metallic thread to panel.

Have a beautiful day!

Ceal

His Timing

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends, it's Ceal here to share with you today.

I am using two different sets for my card, The Sea, one of my all time favorites and Truth Quotes 1 recently released.

God's timing is something I think we all struggle with, we are an instant gratification society and therefore it is hard to wait upon the Lord for things in our lives. We may think that God is silent or distant as we are waiting, God knows us and wants the best for us after all He created us. His thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways, neither is his timing our timing, but we must have faith not only in Him but in His timing as well. The struggle is real but God is patient.

I love this image because it reminds me of the story where Jesus was in the boat with the disciples, who like us had very little faith. The storm was raging and He calmed the wind and waves. In my mind this is what I see after he calms the sea. 

To achieve my background I masked off the sun and blended distress inks.

Sets Used

If Not, God is Still Good

Happy Wednesday Sweet 'n Sassy Friends!

It's Susie here to share a card using the brand new Truth Quotes 1 clear stamp set. I also added the cute butterfly from Winnie's Garden stamp set which is packed with some of the sweetest springtime images!

My sentiment is stamped and embossed in black as is the butterfly.  I stacked the black circle frame three deep to add some dimension to the card.  I added some banners, sequins and enamel dots to complete my card.

Here is a look at the first stamp set I used:

And here is the second:

Both sets are available in the Sweet 'n Sassy store.  Click right here to see what's new.  We can't wait to see what you will create with our stamps!

 

Susie

while you're waiting

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing a card using the new Truth Quotes 1 stamp set, along with flowers from Bloom & Grow and butterflies from New Beginnings.

 

The flowers were stamped all over the background and then the same ink was used with a stencil on 2 corners.  The butterflies are shimmery with some Wink of Stella added to the wings.

Thanks for popping in and… happy stamping!

Diane