Kindness Matters

Hello sweet friends!  I have a card to share using two brand new stamp sets at the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!

Fantastic Flowers includes three LARGE flowers along with stems and leaves perfect for Bible journaling and card making.  Kindness Matters includes nineteen words and phrases that can be mixed and matched in different ways to create just the right kindness sentiment.

The background for my card was made by randomly white embossing several images from the Fantastic Flowers set and dabbing on watered down distress and oxide inks.  Stripes of gesso were then painted through a stripes stencil.  A circle was die cut from the background to make an aperture for the shaker card.  One large flower and leaves were colored with Copic Markers and cut out to frame the sentiment from the Kindness Matters stamp set.  Prills were added to the center of the flower and sequins were sandwiched between the sentiment panel and the background to complete the shaker card.

Be sure to check out these two new stamp sets and two others being released today at the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!

Spread some kindness today! 

Thanks so much for stopping by...happy stamping!

Hugs,

Cathy

latte prayers

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing this card using two stamp sets…Mason Jar Bouquet and Fill Me Up.

 

I needed a card for a friend whose cancer has returned.  I wanted to include a couple gift cards so she and her husband could get a good meal or stop for a quick cup of coffee to keep them going on some long trips for treatments. I think these two stamp sets combined pretty well to suit my needs. I hope when she looks at this, she is reminded that lots of people are praying for her.

Here's a sketch I made if you would like it...

 

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Quick and Easy

Hello friends, Stephanie here with a quick and easy card using Parisian Post Card, I just love this set.  I just stamped away on the background with black and red inks and then did the tower as the focal point. I then did a little distressing with Tim Holtz distress ink.  Like I said, quick and easy.

Lord Fill Me Up!

Today I have a card with this month’s release - Creative Worship: Exclamations Clear Stamp Set.

It is perfect for Bible Journaling but I was in the mood to make a card. I am actually thinking I want to make a CAS set, but I started with the coffee cup and went not so CAS with it :)

Even though I didn't create a Bible Journal page today, I did think it would be fun to use the arrow image to create a corner bookmark. I wanted to be able to mark a potential journal page. It points right at what I want...I really like it and it was really simple!

Here is a close up:

I dove into my OLD stash for designer paper and used Strathmore Bristol Paper and Polychromos colored pencils. For my set, I am thinking Copics as they are so much quicker for me.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are inspired!

Have a great day!

Lyn

Creative Worship: Exclamations Clear Stamp Set.

God is Our Refuge and Strength

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here to share a quick Mixed Media card using Floral Greetings (Graciellie Designs) and Peaceful Peonies Clear Stamp Sets (NinaB Designs)- both available from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I love how both of these stamp sets offer such beautiful flowers and sentiments- don't you?

To create this card- heat emboss the floral image from Floral Greetings with black embossing powder onto white cardstock.

Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor the image using water-based markers and tumbled glass distress ink for the watercolor background.

Trim the panel and mount onto the black card base.

Heat emboss the sentiment from Peaceful Peonies with white embossing powder on black cardstock, create the banner points by hand and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the flower petals and a Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen to add highlights to the flower centers.

I hope I have inspired you today to get your Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps out and be creative this week.  Thanks for stopping by- have a blessed week, sweet friends!

Furry hello

Hello Sweet Friends! It's Monika here today with a CUTE card... I usually make girly cards with flowers, but I love working with CUTE little images from time to time... so today I have a little furry friend (along with a flower)!

 

 

The CUTE little mouse image is from Furry Friends clear stamp set. I stamped the image on water color cardstock, then colored it with Tim Holtz distress inks. I did the same with the flower image from Scribble Flowers clear stamp set. While I hand cut the flower, there is a coordinating die set available if you don't like cutting or simply want more precise die-cuts.

 

The greeting is from Keep in Touch, Too clear stamp set. It is a must have set with all those different sentiments.
The background was sponged with distress inks, then splashed with water... the grass was added with Copic markers. To add more depth to the card, I also added a die-cut fence and a strip of torn silver shimmer paper. Sometimes, it's all about the little details!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

 

 

 

Thoughts and Prayers

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Friends!

It's Ceal to share a card with you today. As sat down to make my card my thoughts were on what happened in Manchester, England, 22 lives lost because of a senseless act. Our world needs lots of prayers these days, we need to pray for our leaders and the leaders of our allies.

To make my card I started with a top folding white card base and a piece of cold press watercolor paper. I stamped the flowers from the Mason Jar Bouquet set in versamark ink and embossed them in white, masking off the others so I could place one in the middle. I used Daniel Smith watercolors to color them and splattered some across the front to finish the card.

Congrats Grad

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri Gilson here with a couple Graduation cards to share with you.  I'm in complete denial that my baby will be graduating high school next week!! Where did the time go?!?!

For my cards I used the Congrats Grad Stamp & Die Bundle.  You can also purchase the Congrats Grad stamp set separately. Another option you can find in the store is the Graduation Digital Stamp Set.  I originally planned to incorporate school colors in the design but then decided to stick with a classic color combo when I found these foiled velum sheets in my stash.

You Did It...

Congrats Grad!

Way to Go...

Congrats Grad!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

 

 

With thoughts and prayers

I love to use flowers on my cards so I can't get enough flower stamps ;). So it's no secret that I love the new 'Mason Jar Bouquet' stamp set too. When I saw these beautiful flowers I couldn't wait to start coloring.

For this card I stamped the image with a very light color of Distress ink on watercolor paper. Because it's a light color the lines are hard to see in the finished image but they give a very subtle idea where the lines should be. I colored the image with watercolor brushes so that made the lines fade out even more. It's a very detailed image and that made the coloring a bit more challenging but it was a lot of fun to do. A good moment to relax a bit after a stressful day ;).

When the image was dry I decided to die-cut a panel from the watercolor paper. I die-cut a smaller panel too, so I could stamp the sentiment on a raised panel. I used a dark card as a base for the card and some purple patterned paper as a background for the panels. I adhered the smaller panel with foam tape and added a couple of sequins as a finishing touch.

I used the 'Mason Jar Bouquet' stamp set for this card.

- Lucinde

Master of the sea

Good morning!

 

Today I am sharing this card using two stamp sets... a new set, Master of the Sea, and an older one called Choose Faith.

 

I kept it pretty CAS and one layer...except the two boats are popped with dimensionals.  The words Master and Sea were colored with lighter shades of Copic markers to minimize any bleed-through showing.  For the waves, I stamped them with 6 different shades of blues and blue/greens.

On the inside I finished my sentiment and added the anchor image to coordinate with the front.

 

Have a great day!

Diane