PARISIAN POSTCARD

Good morning friends, today I am sharing a card using Parisian Postcard, my granddaughter loves,  anything to do with Paris so I just had to have this set.  I stamped  with Versafine black ink and heat embossed with embossing powder, the paper is from My Minds Eye.
Stephanie

Bouquets for MOM

Hello sweet friends and Happy Mother's Day!  I hope all of the moms out there receive all the pampering you deserve on your special day!  Here are a few bouquets just for you made with the Mason Jar Bouquet stamp set designed by Nina Brackett and available at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

After coloring the Jar of flowers with Copic Markers, a frame was cut out of the panel.  This created three layers...the first was covered with vellum, the second was popped up with one layer of foam tape, and the third was popped up with two layers of foam tape.  The larger flower was colored, cut, and popped onto the outside frame.  The sentiment was white embossed on a pennant banner and a metallic thread bow was added.

The single flower from Mason Jar Bouquet was stamped randomly on a piece of patterned paper for the background.  The mason jar image was colored, cut with a circle die and stitched to the background with a black strip down the left side.  The Mother's Day tag was tied to the card with some organdy ribbon.

  "Motherhood is more than a stage—
it’s a lifelong calling from God.
With it He gives us hearts that love deeply,
hands that serve tirelessly, and vision to see
His blossoming image in the precious ones
entrusted to our care."

Have a very blessed Mother's Day!

Hugs,

Cathy

Pretty Potted Floral Birthday

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here to share a Mixed Media birthday card using the Pretty Potted Florals  Clear Stamp Set (NinaB Designs) and Long Stem Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set (designed by Korin Sutherland)  - both available from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

To create this card- stamp the Pretty Potted Florals image with archival black ink and watercolor with water based markers.  Die cut and mount onto black cardstock.

Use a sponge dauber with dijon ink and a flourish stencil for the background, mask the horizontal strip, apply white picket fence distress stain to tone down the background around the masking, score  a few lines near the horizontal strip before trimming and mounting onto black cardstock.

Mount the background panel and horizontal strip onto black cardstock, mount onto the white card base and add the floral image panel with dimensional foam.

Heat emboss the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes with white embossing powder onto black cardstock, create the banner by hand and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the floral petals as well as the background panel and add the pearl to the flower center. 

Thanks for stopping by- hugs and I hope all of you have a blessed week, sweet friends!

Happy Mother's Day

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri Gilson here with a new card to share with you.  I'm super excited to announce that Korin has asked me to extend my stay as a guest designer!  Thank you so much, Korin!!

With Mother's Day only a couple days away I thought that I would give you a little inspiration of a card I created for my Mom.  For the main image I used a digital stamp called, Happy Flowers.  I love using digital stamps as you can purchase them and have them immediately to use.  For those of you that like a physical stamp, this image can also be found in the Happy Place stamp set.  The Mother's Day sentiment is from the newly released Mason Jar Bouquet.  This set is filled with a bunch of sentiments for all types of cards.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Calms His Child

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! 

It's Ceal, here to share a card using one of our newest releases paired up with an oldie but goodie.

To make my card I started with a top folding white card base and a piece of white cardstock. I sponged the light blue ink over the piece and then stamped the waves from the set Master of the Sea in the darker blue. Next I used a stitched die to cut random pieces for the ocean. I stamped the greeting from Calms His Child in versafine black ink and then wiped off the top and bottom border so there was none. To complete the card I stamped the life ring image and fussy cut it out to add to the front. 

I thought it was fitting to pair these two sets together because the Master of the sea always calms His child. When the storms of life are raging around you, just remember that the wind and the waves still know His name and he will give you rest.

Mother's Day....

{jane bosi}
This seems to be a popular set, Mason Jar Bouquet, around here lately! And, why not?  The flowers just beg to be colored.  The design of the main images, lend themselves, with clear crisp lines, to a variety of coloring options!  For this one, I did some water coloring with my distress inks, layering different colors to create this beautiful bouquet.  To finish things off, I chose one of the seven sentiments available--I'm all ready to wish my momma a happy day....are you?

TTFN, Jane

Mason Jar Bouquet in Watercolor

For today’s card, I went simple and let the image speak for itself and did a little watercolor with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. The new Mason Jar Bouquet set is so beautiful and so versatile - you can do a lot with it!

After I colored my image with the watercolors, I went back and shaded some of the details with my Polychromos Color Pencils. This gives me the opportunity to worry a little less about the shading in the water coloring – and just have fun with it. AND it is fun! I hope you are inspired to try it!

I love it! This image just makes me happy!

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

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Hello Sweet Friends! It's Monika here today with a simple but elegant card. I love using vellum. It adds an elegant and soft touch to your project.

 

 

 

The butterfly (Majestic Monarchs clear stamp set) is heat embossed with white embossing powder on vellum, then fussy cut. If you happen to have the coordinating die (retired), it's even easier and faster to make this pretty number.

 

 

The background is stamped with the floral image from Floral Greetings clear stamp set. It adds a nice backdrop to the vellum image. I also spritzed the background lightly using my Spritzer Tool and a black marker. The simple greeting is from Keep in Touch, Too clear stamp set. I used washi tape, gold thread and gold rhinestones to embellish my 'simple' card. What more does a girl need? Right?

 

I hope I inspired you to create something today!

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

 

Fun With Skinny Caps

Hello sweet friends!  Happy Friday...hope you had a good week and are ready for the weekend.  There are so many wonderful alphabet stamp sets in the Creative Worship line at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  These are great for card making as well as Bible Journaling.  I've been having lots of fun with the Skinny Caps Alpha!

The beautiful flower from the Mason Jar Bouquet set was randomly embossed with Liquid Platinum EP over the Mixed Media background and water colored with Kuretake water colors.  Since I didn't want to cover the pretty flowers, a frame was cut using some rectangle dies.  Skinny Caps were white embossed to spell YOU and part of a sentiment from the Treasured set was embossed on vellum to finish the sentiment.  The great thing about Alphas is you can create just the right sentiment for your card!

Exclamations, a brand new set designed by Krista Hamrick, was just added to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  I used the Exclamations set along with Skinny Caps Alpha for a Bible Journaling page.

I just love that little tea cup from the new set!  The color swirl background was watercolored with Neocolor 2 crayons and white gesso was painted on through a stencil to look like steam.  The images were colored with a combination of Neocolor 2 crayons, Pitt Artist Pens, and Prismacolor Pencils.  Other sets used to complete the page include Outline Alpha, His Book, and All Your Heart.

People try to quench the thirsting of their soul with many things the world has to offer.  As the woman at the well discovered, only Jesus can quench our thirst and feed our hunger in a way that satisfies.  The Samaritan woman left her water jug at the well and went away filled!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Cathy

Mother's Day Card with Mason Jar Bouquet

It's Gracie Chavez and today I'm sharing my first card using one of Sweet 'n Sassy's new stamp set Mason Jar Bouquet! This set is so pretty, so versatile and is perfect for coloring.

I stamped the flowers in hot pink dye ink and colored them in the same color, to create a tone on tone effect. I have been using watercolor markers to color a lot lately and I've also been drawn to bright, summer colors. I watercolored this flowers in hot pink using very little water and added a fresh green on the leaves. I decided they would look great with a few green leaf die cuts. I used foam squares to give them dimension.

The sentiments in this set are so beautiful, a very nice font and size. I was able to stamp this Mother's Day greeting  in black, on one side of the die cut panel matching the rest of the card design.

The images are so striking and pretty I really didn't need to do much for my card base. I just die cut a large intricate panel, cut it in half and layered the pieces creating a lace border like design. Details such as the black ribbon and pearls tie the card together.

I hope you enjoyed today's post! Until next time.