2 cards and a journal

 

Hello SNSS friends... happy Tuesday!

 

Today I have a couple of completely different projects to share!  First I have a card I recently made using my Snowman Soup stamp set (It now has matching dies!). 

 

 

I wanted to create a “hot cocoa” background…boy was that a challenge!  lol.  But I liked how it turned out. I just "smooshed" ink onto a craft mat, spritzed with water, and laid my cardstock on top.  My snowy guy was colored with Copics and popped up.  I masked off the word “you” in my sentiment and replaced it with a big diecut word.  Then I stamped a few extra marshmallows to float in my chocolately background.

 

My next card is for an anniversary and I used my Prim Blessings stamp set which ALSO has new matching dies…

 

 

A close-up of this CAS card...

 

And last I have a super quick journal I decorated.  I used the Sweet 'n Sassy sets called Wildflowers and His Peace.

 

 



This was reaaallly a quick project...I had about 20 minutes to make it.  LOL.  I started with a pre-purchased journal and picked out the sentiment I wanted to use.  Then I found a pretty flower image to stamp as a background.  I snapped a quick pic and sent it on it's way.  Later I realized that I forgot to add some pearls or bling!  ugh.  I hope the recipient likes it anyway!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

♥  Diane

 





Happy Birthday Wildflower~

Good morning Sweet'nSassy friends! Mary here to share with you a very simple card I created using the Wildflowers stamp set. The sentiment is from the Companion Words. I combined different papers from MME and stamped directly using SU ink pads. The banner is tied with coordinating baker twine.

Have a great day!!! 

Materials Used:
Stamps: Wildflowers, Companion Words
Inks: SU, versafine
Paper: MME, SU
Accessories: Bakers twine, SU die

May All Your Weeds Be Wildflowers

Greetings everyone and welcome to another fabulously **sweet** post!  Today I'm sharing a card I created after learning about a new technique at a recent Ranger training day (yes, it was fun!!)  This is called the gesso resist technique, shown on the background, and it's created by using gesso and Distress Stains.

I also created a  video on this technique, which you can see here, but the basic concept is that once the gesso has been applied to a surface, it will act as a resist when you put a water-based color over the top, such as Distress Stains.  Fun stuff, right!

Once my gesso and stain was dry, I distressed the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and used Archival Ink to stamp the beautiful floral image from the Wildflowers stamp set on top of the background design.  Oh, I did also very lightly stamp the Friendship Script stamp on the background first.  You can just barely see if behind the flowers...love the soft look of the text in the background! 

I attached the entire stamped piece with foam tape and then just added the sentiment, which is included with the Wildflowers set, also using foam tape for a bit of dimension.

Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope you enjoyed the card and technique!

Kim

Wildflowers Encouragement ~

Good Morning everyone! Mary here with a quick and easy project. I was at the Heirloom show last weekend and got to meet many of you! At our make and take table, we made two styles of very pretty silhouette cards and I must say, I am addicted! I love how each one turns out unique and so pretty!

So, I created 3x3 notecards with a matching tote. You can find directions for these adorable totes right here. I created mine from the youtube video, simply because I learn better that way. You know, I multi task. lol.

The 3x3 cards are perfect for those quick notes to tuck into meals you might make for friends or slip into lunch boxes or a co-worker's desk. You might want one for yourself or make one for a quick gift. Super easy to create!

If you get any crafting done and you use any of Sweet'nSassy stamps please be sure to let us know on FB or SCS. We love to see what you create! 

Have a wonderful weekend!!! 

Mary ~

Materials Used: 

Stamps: Wildflowers, Be Encouraged, Amazing Grace, Prayerful Thoughts

Inks: Ranger Distressed Inks - Dusty Concord, Worn Lipstick, Pine Needles, Versafine Black

Paper: SU Crumb Cake

Accessories: CTMH Brad

Wildflower Wishes

It's my turn again to host the sketch challenge over on Splitcoaststampers, and this week I'm sharing one that can be completely CAS, or semi-jazzed up.  I made two different card samples for the sketch; the one I'm sharing today is the sort-of jazzed up version (but I still think it is sort of CAS!).  I'm also standing in for someone this week and hosting the Hump Day Challenge over in the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps forums - the original challenge planned for this week was to add real or faux stitching to your cards.  I'm sticking with that, because I love it!

I stamped my Wildflowers image directly on my patterned paper and had stitched it to the black card stock. I added an extra circle panel to the original sketch, and used a sentiment from the Smell the Flowers set.  I used some silver self adhesive half pearls to finish off the card.

Stay tuned on Friday - I'll be sharing the second card I made using this sketch!  I hope you get a chance to play along with both the sketch challenge and the Hump Day Challenge this week!

Supplies:
Stamps: Wildflowers, Smell the Flowers (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah), Black (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: For the Record (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Pearls (Queen & Co.), Thread
Tools: Classic and Scalloped Circles, Pennant Banner (Spellbinders), Circle Punches (SU)

Vintage Postcard Set

Hello! Monika here today, bringing you a mini note card set with a darling case. It's super easy and so much fun to make.

I decided to combine Vintage Postcard, Wildflowers, and Friendship Script Background clear stamp sets. My goal was to make the case from one 8-1/2" x 11" piece of card stock, and adjust the note cards to whatever size the case would fit. The case ended up being 4" x 4-1/2".

The front is decorated with designer paper from Victoria Gardens Collection by Echo Park, satin ribbon, Baker's Twine, and a hand-made felt flower. The leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch, the border punch is from Fiskars. I also used some pearls and added stitching to the top edge of the DP. The magnets for the closure are from Basic Gray.

For the 3-3/4" x 4-3/8" note cards, I just layered all the pretty images with SU! Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride, and Crumb Cake inks. On 2 of the cards, I used vellum. Stamped Friendship Script on the pieces with Crumb Cake ink... then sponged and distressed the edges. I used Tim Holtz mini staples to secure the vellum to the card. I did add tiny pieces of double sided tape here and there to make sure the edges were secured.

I also used Baker's Twine and pearls to decorate my set.

Hope you give this a try and surprise someone with this lovely set. There will be a tutorial coming on the case itself on our SplitCoast Member Forum at the end of March, so keep an eye out for it.

Thank you for visiting!

Monika

Cherished Friend

Happy Monday! Hoping everyone enjoyed a lovely weekend! I had the pleasure of spending my Saturday with a friend and we crafted the day away...it was delightful!! And I'm delighted to be able to share a new card, featuring a new Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set, today!

My card is showcasing a sentiment from the True Friend stamp set and main image from one of my favorite SNSS stamps, Wildflowers. To create my card I stamped the Wildflowers image in VersaMark ink on glossy paper. Then I used clear embossing powder to emboss the image. A few Distress Inks and a blending tool adds color to the background and really makes the focal image pop. I then added my sentiment (cut out with a Spellbinders die) and grosgrain ribbon. (Oh, and three rhinestones!)

Enjoy today's card and check out all of the new SNSS sets!!

Thank You with Wildflowers

I hope that everyone had a festive, magical and worshipful Christmas!!

It's a season full of generous acts, wonderful gatherings of family and presents, and special gifts - so for my post today, I wanted to say "Thank You"!

I used the Wildflower set which is so very versatile.  It can be gentle and pastel, bright and cheery, or in my case, I kept it to a holiday look with rose reds and greens.  I inked the edges, rolled down one corner and sprinkled it with some antique browns, yellows and shimmer to give it an old-fashioned look. The paper is from a small paper pad by K&Co called Julianne.

I want to say "thank you" to the entire Sweet 'n Sassy group for allowing me to be part of their team and for their caring and graciousness on a daily basis.

Stay tuned for Sweet Peeks of new sets starting Wednesday!!

Kim Singdahlsen
Joyful Creations with Kim

Comforting Thoughts

Good morning, friends!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  With only a week left until Christmas, I thought I'd deviate from the festivities for a while and bring you some comforting thoughts and a technique I have not used in a while.

Some of the most comforting words come from Psalms 23, so I grabbed two wonderful Sweet 'n Sassy clear stamp sets, "Psalms 23" and "Wildflowers."  I began by stamping Psalm 23 with Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of Select White card stock and cut it out using a Spellbinders label die.  The wildflowers were then stamped with VersaMark ink and clear embossed.  Peeled Paint, Tattered Rose, and Weathered Wood distress inks were then sponged over the wildflowers while the panel was still in the die.  The ink was then removed from the embossing by rubbing over the whole panel with a paper towel.  This was layered onto a black panel embossed with the Square Lattice EF.  Other layers of white, black, and Basic Grey DP were added and mounted on a Select White card base.  Black gingham, a little get well tag, and black pearls embellish the card.  


As we franticly finish our Christmas preparations this week, let us ponder the wonderful words of this psalm, remember what the season is really all about, and take comfort!

...Finally...

Since we are focusing on Cocoa this month, I thought I'd wish you all a very merry Cocoa Christmas!  There's one week left of the Cocoa special...all Cocoa clear stamp sets and digi images are 10% off at the SNSS store until the end of the month!  What a perfect last minute gift for that special stamping friend!


Thanks so much for visiting with us today!

Wildflowers in Thanks

Good morning everyone!  I hope that all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful and relaxed holidays!  I found myself within enough time to really think about everyone for whom I was grateful and I made sure that I called and/or made cards for them. 

This card is for a particular friend who has recently gone so far above and beyond for me.  Her own cards tend toward vintage collage.  I don't have the talent nor the supplies for that style, so I tried to base the card in my own fairly simple style but by adding a text background and some sponging on the edges, I think it takes on a vintage look.

The stamp set is Wildflowers.  I also used Sweet 'n Sassy's Lacey Eyelet Border Dies to add the lace and ribbon embellishment.

The wildflower stamp that I used is so flexible.  Bridget created this "simply" stunning card; Harriet used it on this soft and gentle card and Jessica created a bright bouquet on her cheerful card!

The inside uses a sentiment from Blessing & Thanks which has a few sentiments that are perfect for Thanksgiving but is also great year-round with its thank you and blessings sentiments.

Thanks for dropping by!

Kim Singdahlsen

Distressed Wild Flowers

Hi, it's Beate again.

For this post I thought I share a card I created to update an older tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. The Foxy Oxi Technique. I created it back in 2004 when OxiClean was a pretty new product. I was wondering if it would act just like Bleach. Well, it does and it doesn't. Depending on what ink and paper you use, the results vary.

For my sample I used a shipping tag and Distress inks. Distress inks don't bleach out all the way, the get darker spots. When I created the tutorial, I used Stampin' Up! Classic inks and Whisper White cardstock. That combination bleached out into white spots.

I sponged my shipping tag with Peeled Paint, Broken China and Wild Honey Distress inks before I sprinkled OxiClean over it and sprayed it with water. After the tag dried, I cut it with a Petite Oval Nestabilities die and stamped the main image from the Wildflowers set in Jet Black Archival ink over it.

The oval was first layered on a slightly bigger white oval, then on a piece of black cardstock that had been cut and embossed with a Label 18 Nestabilities die.

The pieces of My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Sunshine paper were stitched to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of black cardstock. The bottom corners were rounded. A 4" strip of white cardstock was cut and embossed with a Lacy Doily Accent die. It was adhered over the horizontal patterned paper strip.

A doily was cut apart, sponged with Antique Linen and adhered under the Label 18 layer. White Organdy ribbon was run under the main image and tied around the layers. It was topped with a button that was tied on with Linen thread.

The sentiment is also from the Wildflowers set. It was stamped on a piece of white cardstock that had been cut and embossed with one of the Fancy Tag labels and sponged with Wild Honey Distress ink.

To finish the card off a Pearl swirl was cut apart. The bigger part was adhered to the top right, the smaller one to the lower left of the card front. The layers were adhered to a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Kraft cardstock, folded in half.

Here is a video I created for this technique for the visual learner:


Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

Faux Tile Wildflowers

Good morning and happy weekend everyone!  It has been such an exciting week for SNSS with the SCS company member opening, the announcement of Dina Kowal as our new stamp designer and the introduction of dies to the SNSS line of products!! What a fun time I had at our release party this week and it was equally as fun getting ready for it!  I think the SNSS team needs this weekend to recover from all of the excitement!
Today I have a card using one of my favorite SNSS stamps, Wildflowers.  This is becoming my go to set when I need flower silhouettes.  This is also the first time I have done the faux tile technique.  I got the inspiration for this card from Taylor's Inspiration challenge here on SCS.  I also used last week's Sweet Stop sketch for my layout.
I hope you take some time to play in the many challenges offered by the SNSS DT this weekend!

Customer spotlight Sunday

Hi and thank you for checking in with us today! Today's customer in the spotlight is Lynette Neus.



Lynette used the Wildflowers stamp set for her lovely card today. I really like the CAS design as well as the colors in her card. Also, the flower soft she used in the centers of the flowers is the perfect accent.

Thank you Lynette for sharing your card with us today!

Wildflower shaped card

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing an oval shaped card that I created using the Sweet 'n Sassy Wildflowers stamp set and Spellbinder's Petite plain and scallop dies.  If you haven't made a shaped card before, I encourage you to give it a try!  Using dies, such as those from Spellbinders helps the process be as painless as it can be quick and easy and even better than that - it's a great way to make a clean and simple card look special. 

Korin has a great watercolor marker video on The Sweet 'n Sassy Connection for you to view on how to color this bold image that you will want to check out, if you haven't already.  For my project today, I did not spritz my image with water before stamping, that's why the image is so crisp and clear.  However, I did use a marker spritzer with a light yellow marker to spritz a bit of color in the background - I thought that helped to soften it a bit. The floral image in this stamp set makes a great focal point for a card front and by coloring the image with dye based markers BEFORE you stamp it, all the work is practically done for you once you stamp the image!  No coloring necessary!

When creating shaped cards such as this one, I like to score the inside die cut shape around 3/4" from the top and always use 1/4" Scor Tape to adhere the panels together, lining the scallops together before assembling.  That way the card front itself shows the entire die cut shape without the scored line.  Here's one more photo that shows you what the inside looks like if you score the inside panel of the card and leave the front panel intact:

Happy stamping - hope you can make a shaped card soon!
Jessica

May Your Weeds Be Wildflowers

Hi everyone - this is my first post here for the Sweet 'N Sassy blog and I'm so excited to be a part of the Design Divas!  My card today uses this week's sketch from The Sweet Stop Challenge blog - SSS107.  I rotated it to fit my image.  I used the Wildflowers set from this May's release.  I used the marker watercolor technique that Korin featured in her video.  I used markers to color on the stamp, spritzed it with water then stamped onto the white card stock.  I love the way it looks!
Thanks for coming by!
Supplies: Stamps - Wildflowers; Paper - DCWV Sring Mat Stack, PRISM; Ink - Versamagic; Misc - Markers, EKSucess Border Punch, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, MS Butterfly Punch, Water Spritzer, Pearls, Foam Squares

Love is like Wildflowers

I'm still having a grand 'ol time playing with the latest release stamps, how about you? The Wildflowers set has to be one of my all time favorites!

On today's card, I first created the background by first, using a circle to mask a sun, and blending tools and Distress Inks to create the sunset and ground. Then I simply stamped the Wildflowers image on top of the background. The sentiment was stamped, punched out, and adhered with foam tape.

Enjoy and be sure to check out all of the latest releases!