Floral cards with a message

Hello everyone! I love to use short messages on my cards so the Peony Cluster stamp set and the Surrounded in Prayer set had some beautiful stamps for me. I used the stamp sets in combination with the flower and leaves from the Be a Flamingo set.

 

I stamped the images on white paper and colored them with alcohol markers. After that I cut them out and searched for some matching floral patterned papers.

I stamped the messages on papers with a soft background color or pattern so the message would still be readable.

When you're in doubt about the colors that you want to use for your images; take a look at all the beautiful patterned papers. You can get a lot of color inspiration from them!

   

I hope you're inspired to create :)

- Lucinde

Trust in the Lord

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal, here to share card with you featuring  a couple of our sets, Delightful Daisies and Surrounded in Prayer.

To create this card, I started with a top folding white card base and a white panel cut down a 1/2 inch smaller.  I stamped the largest daisy and then used a mask so I could stamp the smaller ones like they are behind it. 

The background was created using a stencil and the Life Changing Blender Brushes.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping! 

Surrounded in Prayer

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal here to share with you today featuring the Surrounded in Prayer set. I created two different cards with it for two of my friends who are battling two different types of cancer.

The cool thing about this set is that first it was created to Honor one of our team members who battled breast cancer and second $10 from the sale of each stamp goes to help (read below)

To create the first card I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel. I stamped the image from the Surrounded in Prayer set on the panel, masked it off and then using a Life Changing Blender Brush I blended some Sea Glass ink around the image.  I removed the mask, colored the image using Copic markers and then added the greeting to finish the card. 

To create the second card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel. I stamped the greeting from the Surrounded in Prayer set in the center of the panel and then again using the Life Changing Blender Brush I blended some Passionate Pink ink around it. Next I stamped the ribbon also from the Surrounded in Prayer set using Gina K embossing in and embossing it with white embossing powder. I stamped the daisies from the Delightful Daisies set using Bubblegum pink around the outer portion of the panel to finish the card.

Surrounded in Prayer

Hi Friends! 

Hi Friends! Today I have more projects (CAS to more complex) for you using the same stamp set. Today I am using Surrounded in Prayer which is a great stamp set AND it is for a cause..

My first project is a clean and simple card. I used the sentiment and ribbon from the Surrounded in Prayer set then, to frame it, I used a short border stamp from the Hymn Block set. It is so fun when you are able to use those little stamps from one set on project after project and in different ways! Do you have some sets you can stretch?

Recipe :

• Paper – Neenah Solar White card stock
• Image – Surrounded in Prayer and Hymn Block
• Ink – Stamped image with Gina K Amalgam Ink And Copics (RV02, RV04, RV06, RV17)
• My background paper is cut with an AJVD rectangle die and Spellbinders Square Die

My Second project is a mixed media art journal page in my 6x6 disc bound journal. This one has a fun layer that make me smile out loud! I found a free copy of Amazing Grace online, printed it and used gel medium to adhere it to my journal page (I put gel medium under it and on top of it) Then I started building from there. A layer of Distress Oxide spray, splattered and edged with ink, some fun washi tape and my favorite elements - the people (colored with Copics) and the sentiment (cut apart and put down in pieces) from the Surrounded in Prayer set. I wanted the characters to look like they were singing soooo I looked through my stamp sets until I found a solid circle (the period in the Chunky Alpha set - woo hoo, how about that!)  I love the colors in this one and I LOVE the song peaking through

Here it is a little close - see the music! So happy right now!!

Recipe :

• Background - Gel Medium (Golden) and sheet music of Amazing Grace (printed on copy paper)
• Background ink - Distrss Oxide Spray Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo
• Splatters - White Pebeo acrylic and Black Dylusion Paint
• Image and Sentiment - Surrounded in Prayer and Chunky Alpha "Surround" is embossed with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and clear Embossing Powder
• Main image colored with Copics
• Washi Tape - By Grace from Illustrated Faith
• Outline image with Stabilo All Pencil and water brush

I hope you are inspired today. Think about the all the little elements from your various stamp sets and use them in a new way!! Just have fun doing it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Trust In The Lord

Hello friends, Stephanie here with a card made with our new Stamp For A Cause set called Surrounded in Prayer.  This heartfelt stamp set was created in honor of our Creative Team member Jane Bosi and her recent battle with breast cancer for the purpose of raising funds for a cause that is dear to her heart. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Aspirus to raise funds for their Family House project which will support families while their loved ones undergo treatment. $10 from each stamp sold will be donated to the Aspirus Family House project. I colored my image with Copic Markers and the paper is from BoBunny.   You still have a few days left to get the stamp of the month called Happy Day for FREE with a $75 order and as always, you will get free shipping with a $75 order.
Happy Stamping!!!!!!

Trapped Resist...Two Ways

Hello sweet friends!  Cathy here with two cards to share using some of the stamp sets from the SNSS April Release.  I was reminded of the Joseph's Coat Technique after watching a video on Jennifer McGuire's Blog and decided to try out some of her tips on my cards.

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A rainbow blend of Oxide Inks were applied to a mixed media panel.  The flowers from the Happy Day stamp set were clear embossed randomly over the panel.  A Versafine Onyx Black stamp pad was swiped over the entire card.  A paper towel was used to wipe off the black ink from the embossing and heat applied to bring back the shine on the embossing.  The Surrounded in Prayer image was colored with Copic Markers and the extra flower and butterfly were watercolored using the same Oxide Ink colors.

The background for this card was made exactly the same way except instead of applying black ink over the embossing, white ink was used.  The sentiment from the Happy Day stamp set was black embossed on vellum and extra flowers added to finish the card.

The stamp sets used for this card are available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  Happy Day is the Stamp of the Month and will automatically be added to your $75 order before tax and shipping.

If you haven't had a chance to check out the April Release Blog Hop, there's still time to enter your comments to be eligible for the PRIZE.  Just click on the link for more details!

I hope you will be inspired to give this fun technique a try!

Happy stamping!

Hugs,

Cathy