Love Is Like A Butterfly

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here to share a Mixed Media card created with several Sweet ‘n Sassy clear stamp sets- Butterfly Flourish, Majestic Monarchs, Music to My Ears and Grunge Elements (all designed by Korin Sutherland).

I had fun designing this card and thought I would add a bit of Spring to this winter day!

The images on this card were heat embossed with black embossing powder onto white cardstock and I used water-based markers to watercolor the wash behind the SNSS Majestic Monarchs sentiment and SNSS Butterfly Flourish image as well as applying a wash onto the white background panel.  

I added a bit of distressing with the SNSS Grunge Elements stamp set (hint- I cut a small section of the large splatter stamp for smaller splatters).

The yellow circle in the background was created from scrap designer paper by stamping the SNSS Music To My Ears background lightly with archival black ink and using a yellow ink to create a watercolor wash as well.

All were layered onto black cardstock and large circle and SNSS Butterfly Flourish panels were split to cover more of the card and allow you to see more of the images.

The large butterfly from SNSS Majestic Monarchs was heat embossed with black embossing powder on white cardstock and colored with markers using with a water brush to soften the ink.  I applied a clear shimmer pen to all of the butterfly wings to give them a bit of shimmer (hard to see in the photo).

Once everything was mounted I added a few rhinestones to finish off the card.

I hope I have inspired you today to create something fun this week! 

Plus don't forget our sale on discontinued items:

Hugs and I hope you have a blessed week, sweet friends!

Merry Christmas!!

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy Friends and

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It's Cathy here, popping in with just one more Christmas card to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Scripture Tree is probably my favorite of all the Christmas stamp sets released this year by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  The scripture verse used on the tree perfectly expresses what Christmas is really all about.

Shimmery gold and silver embossing powders were used on both the Scripture Tree and the Music to My Ears Background to create this very CAS Christmas card.  Black paint was splattered on the background and silver and gold pearls were added to the tree.  Finally, some metallic silver and gold thread was added to finish the card.   

I wish you all a most blessed day as you celebrate the birth of our Savior!

See you next year in 2017!

Hugs,

Cathy

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Alpha Script Joy

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here to share a card created with the Creative Worship Rebecca Alpha Script Clear Stamp Set designed by Rebecca Rios  and Celebrate the Savior Clear Stamp Set (designed by Krista Hamrick) along with SNSS Music To My Ears Clear Stamp Set (designed by Korin Sutherland).

I had fun creating the "JOY" sentiment for this Christmas card and am looking forward to using the SNSS Alphabet sets for Scrapbooking, Card Making, Tags, Personalized Gifts, Home Décor as well as Bible Art Journaling!   Love that you can create your own sentiments- perfect customization!  

Plus, this month Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps is celebrating with their  "It's All About Alpha" Sale- Buy 2 Alphabet Stamp Sets and Get One Free now thru December 15th!

I used water-based markers to watercolor the SNSS Celebrate the Savior angel, poinsettias and holly images and added shimmer with a clear glitter pen to the angel’s wings, gown and white highlights with a white extra fine paint pen to the poinsettia centers before fussy cutting the images.

I used the SNSS Music To My Ears Clear Stamp background image for the one panel as well as sporadic background around the SNSS Celebrate the Savior angel and sentiment.

I used water-based markers to watercolor the SNSS Celebrate the Savior angel, poinsettias and holly images and added shimmer with a clear glitter pen to the angel’s wings, gown and white highlights with a white extra fine paint pen to the poinsettia centers before fussy cutting the images.

I used cherry distress ink to stamp the CW Rebecca Alpha Script letters and finished off by layering all of the images and adding a cherry bow along with pearls to finish off the card

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I hope I have inspired you with this fun Christmas card!

Thanks for taking the time to visit- hugs and we hope you have a wonderful week!

Music Speaks

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to today's project, featuring two beautiful sets, Music to my Ears (a fantastic background set!) and Scribble Flowers. 

Here are the steps that I took to create my 5" x 5" card...

1. Using VersaMark and black embossing powder, stamp the music background stamp on a piece of 5" x 5" cardstock. (I used Neenah solar white) Be sure to keep the image towards the center as you'll only see the image through the circle cut out.
2. Using Distress Inks, smoosh some ink out on a non-stick craft sheet, and a water coloring brush add color to the background. The embossed areas will resist the inks. Since I wasn't using water color cardstock, I just dropped the ink on to the cardstock and let it spread on its own, which preventing the paper from peeling. Set aside to dry.
3. Using Memento Ink, stamp various images from the Scribble Flowers stamp set on to a piece of scrap cardstock, color with Copics, fussy cut.
4. Using a Spellbinders circle die, cut a large circle out of a piece of 4.75" x 4.75" cardstock, use foam tape to attach to the cardbase.
5. Using a Spellbinders scalloped circle die, with a smaller circle die nested inside the scallop circle, cut a frame out of black cardstock, attach around circle opening.
6. Stamp sentiment on piece of white cardstock, cut out with ribbon cut on one end.
7. Attach sentiment, flowers, and bee using foam tape.
8. Use Glossy Accents and Wink of Steller glitter pen to add some sparkle and shine, see up close photo below.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed the project! Be sure to check out the Sweet 'n Sassy web site for the two sets used on my card (there is also a new die that coordinates with the Scribble Flowers set!)!

Happy Crafting!

My Comforter wall hanging

Hello Sweet Friends! It's Monika here today, bringing you a mixed media project. It is a small wall hanging, that can be also showcased in a shadow box or picture frame.

So the base is a recycled card board piece, torn and distressed, then stamped and heat embossed with the music sheet image (Music to My Ears clear stamp set):

 

 

Then covered with rocks, flowers, star sequins, a button, dew drops... and primed with white gesso:

 

 

Then spayed it with red (which had an orange hue and looks totally like orange on the picture) and black ink:

 

 

The main image (Creative Worship: My Comforter clear stamp set) was stamped on water color paper with Jet Black Archival ink and water colored with distress inks... to add some more texture, I added cheese cloth, twine, micro beads, sequin strips and a wood veneer dove. The greeting (Be Encouraged clear stamp set) was stamped with Jet black Archival ink.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

 

 

Christmas Blessings

Hello! It's Monika here today with a Christmas card. We've been showcasing the new Christmas sets this month, and today Christmas Pine clear stamp set is in the spotlight: 

 

 

What a beautiful set. I love the branches and the separate pine cones... and oh, the wonderful greetings... the different styles are so pretty...

 

Here is what I came up with:

 

 

The background was stamped with the music sheet image from Music to My Ears clear stamp set with VersaMark ink, then it was heat embossed with white embossing powder and sponged with distress ink. The pine branches and cones were stamped with Jet Black Archival ink, then sponged with green distress inks... to add texture to the colors, I splashed water on the sponged images and the water 'bleached' out the colors a little bit...

 

 

The red rhinestones and baker's twine, and the gold frame finished off the card.

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika

When Words Fail

Hi friends! Kim here today to share a card I recently created using the brand new stamp sets Scribble Flowers and Music to My Ears. First, I need to share that Scribble Flowers may be my favorite set ever...so many design options available! OK, now I can chat about my card...

I stamped the Music to My Ears background stamp on 100 lb. Neenah Solar White Cardstock, and then added color using Distress Inks and a water brush. Setting that piece of cardstock aside to dry, I worked on the flowers, which were stamped on the Neenah paper and colored with Copic Markers.

I created the circle cut out in my card using Spellbinders dies. (The scalloped frame was created using a large Spellbinders scalloped die nested with a plain circle die). The sheet music image was placed behind the circle die cut, the frame was attached to the outer edge of the circle.

The flowers were fussy cut (although there's no need to...this set has a matching die set!) and attached to the card using foam tape. I also added that cute little bee and the sentiment, which is from the Music to My Ears set. I added a tiny bit of shimmer, using a Wink of Stellar glitter pen, and shine, using Glossy Accents, to finish my card.

Happy Crafting!

Supplies:
Scribble Flowers
Music to My Ears

Music to My Ears!

Hi friends, Stephanie here with a pretty clean and simple card for you.  I am using stamps from the new Music to My Ears stamp set.  I stamped the background stamp for the top half of my background and the striped paper is from My Minds Eye.  I used one of the Doily Border dies to break up the background papers and made the flower by cutting 3 circles and spritzing with water and then I crinkled them up, then opened them up and added a brad to the middle.  Love this new stamp set, so many fun ways you can use all the stamps!