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Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here with a Thank You card featuring the March 2022 Stamp of the Month! The stamp set is called Spotted and is FREE with any $65 order. This is a perfect set to create backgrounds or add texture to your cards. I LOVE polka dots so it has become a fast favorite.

 

Do you ever think about customizing your pattern paper? Well I took a piece of plain black & white stripped pattern paper and stamped the Solid Polka Dot stamp from the SOTM to create a more dramatic backdrop. Depending on where your focal image is placed, you can get away with just stamping around the outer edges of the paper. I think the bold polka dots add a huge impact to the design. What do you think? Hope you will consider giving this technique a try!

Now onto the card design. I stamped images from the Forever Loved and a butterfly from the Made New stamp sets with alcohol friendly ink and used copic markers to color them. Next I took the coordinating dies sets and cut all the images out. Don't have the dies, they can easily be fussy cut out. I then cut a rectangle strip to stamp the sentiment on and arrange all my stamped pieces. For embellishment I added a few rhinestones.

Card Measurements:

Mini Slimline Card Base: 3 1/2" x 6" (7" x 6", scored at 3 1/2" on the 7" side)

Black Panel: 3 1/4" x 5 3/4"

White Scallop Panel: 3 1/8" x 5 5/8"

Pattern Paper Panel: 2 13/16" x 5 5/16"

Black Rectangle Mat: 2" x 4 1/2"

White Stamped Panel: 1 7/8" x 4 3/8"

 

 

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Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here with a CAS (clean and simple) Thank You card perfect for showing your appreciation after the holiday season!

I pulled out two of my favorite stamp sets from 2021 to create my card! The focal image is from the Botanical Branches stamp set which I found very versatile. The sentiment is from the Thank You stamp set which has a variety of sizes and fonts. 

 

I stamped the berry branch with alcohol friendly ink and used Copic markers to color. I kept the design very clean and simple and only added a few sequins and a touch of Spectrum Noir clear overlay pen on the berries for a little sparkle.

 

Card Measurements:

White A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")

Red Mat: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

White Panel: 3 3/4" x 5"

 

 

 

  

 

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thank you

 Good morning! Today I am sharing two cards using the new Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Stamp of the Month, Thank You. I also used the fun, new Summer Vibes Stamp & Die Bundle (also available separately).

For my first card, I cut part of the card front off diagonally, then added a strip of black to the edge. The patterned paper was added to the inside. I stamped the pineapple, inking it with various colors, and then masked it to add the splatters with the Paint Splatters Stencil. The cherries were stamped, die cut, and popped up with foam tape.

For my second card, I cut various colored strips of cardstock which are 1" x 3" and 1 1/4" x 3". Then I stamped several of the "thank you" words on each and layered them all onto a black strip and trimmed the sides. A popped up, die cut flower finished the card.

Have a great day...stay cool and dry!

Diane

  

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

Today I have three Thank You cards using this months "stamp of the month" free with a $60 purchase. It is called (wait for it...) Thank You (haha!) 

This set it so fun. There are chunky thank yous and scripty thank yous. They go with so many card designs. For my projects, I pulled some backgrounds together and mostly let the sentiment carry the card. I am pretty happy to have some thank you cards in my stash that are versatile too!

1st - I created a abstract back ground using copics to color the heat embossed my sentiment on black with white embossing powder. 

2nd - I used the Background Builder Stripe set to create a fun black and white background, heat embossed my sentiment on black with white embossing powder and mounted everything on red for a pop of color.

3rd - I had a left over chick from March's Hoppy Spring set and I used it as an accent to a background using the Chicken Wire Stencil (right...). Then I stamped my sentiment onto the background. 

I hope you are inspired - this set is seriously worth it! It will be one I go to again and again!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lyn

Thank You

Welcome to July and a brand new release! The July Release is pretty awesome and I know you are going to love it and the inspiration from the team! My card features Thank You (stamp of the month) and Texture Tiles 6 from the new release along with previously released Peony Cluster and Script Stencil. 

As you may know by now, I have been on a mission this year to use up pieces from my extra bin. I rescued the floral piece from this bin. I colored this image months ago as a practice piece with some new watercolor pens never intending to make it into a card. In fact, I was so unhappy with my results (color of the flowers and the leaves were originally all different colors of greens) that I almost pitched it in the trash. I could hear Korin in my head, practically gasping at me throwing it out that I hung on to it thinking maybe one day I can salvage it. The sand colored piece was also in the same bin just minus the chicken wire.

 

When a sentiment set, like Thank you, is released I always reach for my bin to see what I might be able to pair it with. When I saw this floral image and the background piece I knew it was time to fix what I did not like about it. I added water with a brush and dabbed off color with a paper towel. Once I was satisfied with lightening the colors I added more color to the flowers, but in darker shades to try to give a little bit of depth. I redid the leaves so they looked like they belonged together. I used a combination of Arteza and Altenew brush pens/markers to color the image both times. I fussy cut the image when it was dry and set aside.

I thought the script background was a good fit for the floral image, but I felt like it needed a little bit more. I used the chicken wire from Texture Tiles 6 and Versamark ink to add a bit of texture to the background. To be honest, I was hoping it would be darker, but I'm kind of glad it's not and is more subtle. I used Wheat ink to stencil the script onto Sahara Sand cardstock.

I glued the floral to the front of the script panel, die cut out and adhered to a Garden Green card base. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on the same cardstock as the background panel. I trimmed the sentiment, attached to the front with foam tape and added three enamel dots to finish off the card. 

This Thank You set has ten sentiments all with different fonts. How often do you go digging through your sets to find just the right sentiment with the font you are looking for? I love having one set with the same sentiment in different fonts to go with my many styles of cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Karen

Inspired Thank You Cards | Julee Tilman

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! Welcome to 2019! I love a fresh new start and a chance to reflect on the things I'd like to do to better myself and the world around me in the coming new year. One of my crafty resolutions this year is to make more "mailable" cards. I love adding embellishments to my cards, but all the added doo-dads and chunkiness often make the cards hard to find an envelope for and a bit expensive to mail. So during the holidays, when I saw Korin's live video on the Creative Worship Bible Journaling Facebook group, I was inspired to make some quick thank you cards. For a short 3 minute overview of this method, check out her awesome 1 sheet - 9 cards video on YouTube.

My son Trevor has been creating a series of watercolor trashcan paintings. He's having a blast sketching our kitchen trashcan and then watercoloring it all the colors of the rainbow! So precious.  During one of his sessions I did a little Crayola watercoloring alongside  him and then showed him the magic of adding a bit of table salt to the wet paint to get some fun effects. I really wasn't thinking about cardmaking at the time, but I loved how vibrant the colors came out, so decided to use my project to follow Korin's footsteps and make some quick mailable thank yous!

I had only painted about a 3.75 x 7.25" swath of watercolor on my sheet, so decided to go for square cards to get the most out of my strip. I cut the watercolor sheet down to 1.5" x 3.5", so I could make four cards. I glued these strips to 4 inch square cardstock panels, then pulled out the fabulous All About You set and stamped the thank and the you using my MISTI to get the same placement on all of them.

Next I pulled out Winnie's Warm Wishes stamp set. This set is currently a steal of a deal in the $5 blowout section of the shop.  Speaking of deals, there have also been some new additions to the 20% off and 50% off categories, so be sure to check those out! 😀  I used the sweet little mug of cocoa and marshmallow, stamping it in black and then coloring with Copic markers and adding some crystal lacquer to the hearts and marshmallows. I then fussy cut and popped up on a little foam tape.  I added a bit of washi for a little interest, then finished with black mats and 4.25" square card bases.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to make a few quick cards. Here's a look at the sets I used today.

thanks for everything.

Hello! It's Monika here today with a thank you card. 
I didn't have a lot of time but really wanted to use the gorgeous flower image from Floral Greeting clear stamp set, so I decided to use just leave it black & white:

I love making simple cards, but I don't like one layer cards... so I just cut the flower image out, and adhered it loosely to the inked background, adding a little bit of dimension to my card.
The background was sponged with Tim Holtz Pistachio Distress Oxide ink. I splashed some water on the card for some interesting pattern, then spritzed black ink over it...

The greeting is from Keep in Touch, Too clear stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

Thank you

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri here with another card using the recently released Sweet as Honey stamp set.  I just had to make another card with this set.  Not sure if you can tell but this card has some serious dimension.  Every layer except the bottom is popped up with foam pop dots and it took everything for me not to raise that too.  I just love how dimension brings a card to life.  I normally hand deliver or use padded envelopes to mail my cards.  Hope you will be inspired to add a little dimension to your next card.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Thank You

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri here with a Thank You card featuring the Fantastic Flowers and Kindess Matters stamp sets.  I love how by keeping the design very clean & simple that this card could be used for anyone.  I embossed the background using a Cuttlebug folder and then heat embossed the sentiment with fine detail white embossing powder.  I also used copic markers to color in the main image.  Hope this will inspire you to create some quick & simple cards.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Thank You for Your Kindness!

I am loving the great new stamps sets SNSS has this month and today's cards use a couple of them - Kindness Matters and  Fantastic Flowers. 

The sentiments in the Kindness Matters set are fantastic! They can be used on a variety of cards and the Flowers really are Fantastic - they are pretty big, but they are great and there are several to choose from including leaves.

For my first card, I played around with emboss resist and ink blending.

For the second one, I went pretty simple using the twig of leaves and water color (with Distress Inks). I colored it up twice, then created a 3D effect then added the "Thank you!" sentiment and that is all there is it. For some reason, this one really makes me happy.

Finally, I got out my Inktense pencils and a Grid stencil and created a background for the bigger sentiment. The background was a little bight so I went over it with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

This is really exciting - Now I have a thank you cards for my stash which is something I don't really think about too often so... yay!!

I hope today's cards provide you with a little inspiration! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Lyn