Poinsettia Greetings

 Today we're showcasing four fun ways to use our Poinsettia Greetings Stamp set.

Esther used Arteza Real Brush pens to color hers and combined it with Texture Tiles 4 and Script Sentiments stamps and dies for a Christmas birthday card.

Susan colored hers with Copics and combined it with our NEW Softly Snowing Digital Paper Packs for a soft winter look.

Sheri created her clean-and-simple, classy card using gold embossing powder over a beautiful teal card stock.

Nina used colored pencils, glitter, and an old hymn page to create her beautiful card.

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Something old, something new

 

Happy Monday! Esther here today sharing an Easter card that features some BRAND NEW stamps along with some back-in-stock dies. (Have I mentioned how excited I am that Sweet n Sassy Stamps is now carrying dies and has a new line of stencils coming?!)

To create my sunrise cross scene, I sponged versamark watermark ink through the rays stencil and embossed it in clear embossing powder. Then I sponged three colors of distress ink over top to create the sunrise.

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I die cut the Calvary Die  and Fence and Grass Die out of black paper and layered them over top my sunrise piece. The background uses the set Background Builders: Stripes in a grid pattern on one side, and a matching sunrise piece spot stamped with the  Psalm 23 Background on the other. The sentiment comes from the NEW Easter Innies set and is stamped in white on black card stock and fussy cut.

 

He heals the brokenhearted

Hello stamping friends! Esther here with a card that I'm casing from myself!! If you hopped along in the October blog hop, you saw the fun version of this card using the "Welcome Home" stamp set to create a little village under the sentiment. Today I'm sharing the elegant version using one of my favorite 3D embossing folders on the bottom half of the card.   

REMEMBER: This stamp set is part of a fundraiser for 17 year old Nick who is fighting cancer. Sweet n Sassy Stamps will donate $10 from every purchase to his cause.

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Supplies and Tools:

• Fear Not (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Quilted Delight M-Bossabilities (Spellbinders)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Circle Dies
• 3D Botanical Embossing Folder (Sizzix -Tim Holtz)
  
• Black Rhinestones
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)

 

Traditional Christmas

  

Happy Monday!! Esther here with a Christmas card in traditional red and green! This was super simple and fun to create. I embossed my red card stock with a knitted folder and lightly rubbed white ink over top to make the embossing stand out. Add a sentiment, some pine die cuts and lots of paint splatters and wa-la a festive holiday card!

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Supplies and Tools:

• Best Gift Ever (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Pine Branch (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
  
• Knitted Embossing Folder (Couture Creations)
  
• White Acrylic Paint
  
• Brilliance Moonlight White Ink (Tsukineko)
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• White Embossing Powder

My Anchor Holds

Hello Friends, Esther here with two new cards to share with you.  I'm loving all the masculine stamp sets in this month's release, and this first card features a little scene created with "Peace Be Still" on an ink smooshed background.  I stamped my images on mix media paper and colored them with Arteza real brush pens before fussy cutting and adding them to my card front. For extra texture I added some cheesecloth behind my collage.

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Supplies and Tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamp Sets
• Peace Be Still
• Texture Tiles 1
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Canson Mix Media Paper
  
• Lighthouse w/clouds (Cottage Cutz)
• Shells Cutups Dies (The Cat's Pajamas)
• Ornate Ovals (Divinity Designs)
  
• Cheesecloth
  
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger
• Broken China
• Cracked Pistachio
• Black Soot
  

My second card features a set from last month called "My Father's House"

For this card I created a fun vintage scene with script and newsprint designer papers from The Paper Studio, die cuts from various companies, and four different Sweet n Sassy sets.

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Supplies and tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamp Sets
• My Father's House
• Encouraging Thoughts
• How Tweet
• Texture Tiles 1
• Kirby Teesdale Paper Pack (The Paper Studio)
• Canson Mix Media Paper
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Dotted Ovals Dies (Sizzix)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix -Tim Holtz)
• Callista Rectangle Shadowbox Frame (Spellbinders)
• Scallop Basic Edges 2 (My Favorite Things)
• Fishtail Banners (Stamp Simply)
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
• Vintage Photo Distress Oxide (Ranger)
  

Coffee Love

Hello Friends, Esther here sharing two fun coffee themed cards with you. I'm sure you're aware of that the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is in progress, and Sweet n Sassy Stamps is one of their sponsors. You can find an awesome line-up of Sweet n Sassy beverage themed stamps by CLICKING HERE. They also have a digital stamp that I'm using on my cards today -- the fun thing about digitals is you can purchase and play immediately AND make them whatever size you want!!

My first card is feminine with a quilt themed background, strip of paper lace, and a bold flower accenting my coffee cup.

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Supplies and Tools:

• These Stamp Sets from Sweet n Sassy Stamps:
• Consider The Wildflowers
• Encouraging Thoughts
• Coffee and Bible Journaling 
• Alphabet - Typewriter Blocks
• Canson Mix Media Paper
• Real Brush Pens (Arteza)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Denim and Pearls Paper Stack (The Paper Studio)
• Fishtail Banners (Stamp Simply)
• Skeleton Leaves (Sizzix - Tim Holtz) 

My second card could be considered more masculine in nature.

I pulled out my long-neglected "Refresh My Soul" cactus stamp set

and combined it with the digital coffee cup.

Supplies and Tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Sets
  
• Coffee and Bible Journaling
  
• Refresh My Soul  
• Canson Mix Media Paper
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Baker's Twine
• Fishtail Banners (Stamp Simply)
• Brilliance Moonlight White Ink (Tsukineko)
  
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)

Encouragement Zine

Hello stamping friends, Esther here with something a little different to share with you. 
It's a little book make from one sheet of 8.5 x 11 in. paper and called a "zine."

For this zine I used a piece of designer paper from the Barnwood Pretty pack by The Paper Studio.

I'm also showcasing quite a few of the new release from Sweet n Sassy for the month of May.

Here's an illustration of how to fold a zine that I found on Pinterest.

(click here to go to source)

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Supplies and Tools:

• Sweet n Sassy Stamps
• Begin Again
• Consider The Wildflowers
• In This Together Clear Stamp Set
• optional: In This Together Digital Set
• Texture Tiles 1
• Barnwood Pretty Designer Paper (The Paper Studio)
• Canson Mix Media Paper
• Real Brush Pens (Arteza)
• Ornate Ovals Dies (Divinity Designs)
• Doily Die (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Crochet Thinlits (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Album Tags and Accents Die (Heartfelt Creations) 
• Vintage Doilies (Maya Road)
• Pink Embossing Powder (Recollections)
• Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)

Blessings & Love

Hello friends. Esther here with two cards to share with you. One features the just released "Dragonfly Dreams" and the other an older stamp set. For this first card I did some ink blending on mixed media paper to create a sunset scene. After stamping the tall grasses along the bottom, I die cut and matted the center to create a focal point. The dragonfly was stamped in wilted violet distress oxide and then just the tips of his wings and parts of his body was re-stamped in salty ocean distress oxide. (Yay for stamping platforms that allow you to layer colors without the worry of lining things up right!)

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Supplies and Tools:

• Dragonfly Dreams (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Sentimental Mash-Up (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Scene Silhouettes: Tall Grass (Sweet n Sassy Stamps) 
• Canson Mixed Media Paper
• Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
• Labels 3 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• White Embossing Powder
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
•  Wild Honey
• Abandoned Coral
• Picked Raspberry
• Candied Apple
• Wilted Violet
• Salty Ocean
• Black Soot

My second card features the Hymn Word art stamp set, some pretty designer paper, and my favorite embellishment - a paper doily! I love making cards like this to send to names on the card ministry list I belong to. 

Supplies and Tools:

• Hymn Word Art (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Boho Vibes Paper Pack (The Paper Studio)
• Scallop Basic Edge Dies (My Favorite Things)
• Doily Die (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Broken China
• Abandoned Coral
• Large Flower Punch
• Small Flower Punch
• Baker's Twine
• Mini Pearls

Shape Cards & Birthdays

 Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing two fun cards featuring three newly released Sweet n Sassy stamp sets! For my first creation I decided to make a mini shape card using the Springtime set. If you look closely you'll see a bit of white ink smeared on my black circle to create a chalkboard effect.  (The second photo shows it up better.)

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Supplies and tools:

• Springtime (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Canson Mixed Media Paper
• Sonnet Water Colours
• Prismacolor Pencils
• Petals and Blooms Paper Stack (The Paper Studio)
• Teardrop Circles Dies (Spellbinders)
• Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• Small Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix  - Tim Holtz)
• Christmas Quilt Embossing Folder (Couture Creations) 
• Brilliance Moonlight White Ink (Tsukineko) 
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Black Embossing Powder
• Baker's Twine

My second card is a bright and cheerful birthday card using both the Birthday Borders and Sentimental Mash-Up sets. I used gel pens to color in my confetti - just to make it a little more fun and exciting looking! 

 Supplies and tools:

• Birthday Borders (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Sentimental Mash-Up (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Black Soot Distress Ink
• Gel Pens
• Sonnet Water Colours
• Canson Mixed Media Paper
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Black Embossing Powder

Happy Birthday

Hello Sunday Friends!

I just wanted to quickly share the card I made for our Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps leader, Korin.  Her birthday was Tuesday and we "showered" her with cards to wish her the happiest birthday.

My image and top sentiment are from the One of a Kind digital stamp set.  I love how easy it is to search through the digital stamps on the site.  They are completely organized and just a few clicks away from being in your stash.

I added a layered Birthday die cut to finish my card and I hope it made her birthday just a bit brighter.

Have a great day and we'll be back very soon with another post. 

Susie

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