kindred spirit

Good morning!  I have a clean & simple card to share with you today.
I used Sweet ‘n Sassy’s Together Silhouettes and Landscape Silhouettes to create my card.  The SNSS silhouette stamps are so beautiful and so easy to work with!

The background was sponged with orange, pink, and dark blue inks.  Then the images were stamped with Versafine Black.  The panel was then lightly spritzed with water.  Korin has a great tutorial for this technique HERE on the Splitcoast website.

Have a great day and come join us on Friday for a new release!

♥ Diane

So Happy ~

stamps: Together Silhouettes, holiday baubles

Happy Monday morning, it's time to get ready for school! My husband tells me the story of many mornings when his mother would wake up a household of eight sleepy kids with this call from the hallway ~

I am so happy to share my back to school challenge card that I made showcasing dkDesign images from Together Sihouette. I fell in love with this set when it came out and these two images remind me of children walking to school. I layered the silhouettes on a piece of dp that I cut into a school house shape. The Bell is from the pre-released Holiday Baubles set. The sentiment is one that I inked partially from the together silhouette set and fashioned a label and adhered using a corduroy button layered on a round felt.  

Enjoy your week creating and thanks for stopping by!

~ Mary

Customer Spotlight Sunday

This week I've found an absolutely darling card by one of our customers to share!  Take a look at what StampinAK shared in her gallery over on Splitcoaststampers:

Cynthia used the lovely Together Silhouettes stamp set, and a sketch she chose from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge's archives to play along in the 3rd birthday celebration over there.  Did you know you can now see ALL of the Sweet Stop Sketches at a glance in our forums on Splitcoast?  Take a look!

Thanks so much for sharing such fabulous creations with us!  You never know when we'll spot your card in our gallery or on one of our challenge blog linky collections, so be sure to keep those amazing uploads coming (we are always on the lookout in our Splitcoaststampers gallery,  Paper Craft Planet, and the linky collections for the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge and the Digi Challenges)!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

There is a Blessing ~

I love sharing moments with loved ones! This adorable image from a DKowal design speaks that language loud and clear. The sentiment is one of the five included in this Together Silhouette set released in January! Everything from the images, sentiments and the fonts that come in this set compliment each other very well.

From the time I saw this set, I wanted to combine it with the Cloud & Raindrop die set! The paper pieced umbrella is fun to give dimension and the raindrops made it fun to create the showers of blessing depicted.

Why not try your own creation using the unique dies that SNSS has to offer!

Materials used: Together Silhouette, MME paper, Versafine black ink, SNSS die, Spellbinder, twine

Thanks! Have a great day!

~ Mary

Scallop Border Dies

I made a couple of cards to go along with this week's Ways to Use It challenge over on Splitcoaststampers this week.  The first one uses the lovely Together Silhouettes clear stamp set - I love that sweet image!

The second one uses the fun You & Me set.  I love the orange and green together!  It is so cheerful, and totally makes me smile.  Both cards use the great Scallop Border Dies from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I love that they come in two different sizes; they can be used for so many different projects.  I also used Echo park patterned paper on both cards - from the Candy Shoppe and Metropolitan collections.  They are both available in the store!

Supplies (You & Me Card):
Clear Stamps: You & Me (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe Collections (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Fibers: Flax baker's twine (The Twinery)
Accessories: button (unknown manufacturer)
Tools: Scallop Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps); Pennant Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)


Supplies:
Clear Stamps: Together Silhouettes (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe Collections (Echo Park)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Tim Holtz/Ranger)
Accessories: Buttons (Cosmo Cricket)
Fibers: Brown satin ribbon (May Arts)
Tools: Scallop Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Classic Circle and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Love You Lots!!! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Wendy Jordan here today to share my last Valentine of 2012!

This one will go to my FANTASTIC hubby!!! I hope he likes all the ribbon!!!!

The focal image was achieved by die cutting the Swedish Spring Oval Frame from Cheery Lynn Designs and stamping from

Together Silhouettes

and Rose Collage

I stamped the focal image with Embossing Ink and heat embosses White Embossing powder.

Enjoy your Valentine's Day!! I hope you get some ♥yummy♥ chocolates!!!

Supplies:

Paper: Brick, Bazzill Black (Bazzill Basics Paper)

Stamps: Together Silhouettes (Sweet & Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Versamark Watermark Ink (Tsukineko)

Extras: White Embossing Powder (Stampendous); doilies (Wilton), ribbon (Creative Impressions); die cut (Cheery Lynn Designs); button (second hand store)

I'm So Glad There Is YOU!!!

Happy Tuesday! It's Wendy here today, and I am super excited to be joining Sweet & Sassy Stamps as a Guest Designer this month!! I have to tell you that the first time that I saw Together Silhouettes, I didn't think of my loving husband, I thought of my best friend!! This set is perfect for cards and gifts for good friends.

Of course, this set is also perfect for your loved ones so don't be scared off. Enjoy your Tuesday and we can't wait to see what fabulous creations you can create with your Sweet & Sassy Stamps!!

Supplies:

Patterened Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle

Card Stock: Confetti (Bazzill Basics)

Dies: Cheery Lynn Designs

Stamps: Together Silhouettes (Sweet & Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Ribbon: craft supply store

~ In The Background ~

Hello Sweet N Sassy Friends!

Holly here :)  

Today I am going to share with you a CAS technique that I just love.   CAS (clean and simple) have always been a challenge to me, but I am starting to get the hang of it!

This technique, which I call "In the Background", is simply the use of the image as a watermark on the base cardstock, making the sentiment the stand out.

Here is my card:

I took the tiny hearts that are the negative on the heart border die and used them around the card.  I also used the new heart dies to carry the theme below the border.   Super simple and super fun!

Here are my details:

Stamps:  

Together Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set

Paper: 

Very Vanilla and Kraft

Ink:

Versamark and Chocolate

Accessories: 

Heart Die Set

Hearts & Stars Scallop Border Die Set

1" vanilla/red gingham ribbon

The Twinery brown/white twine

Label nesties

dimensionals

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs!