Thoughts of You

Hi Friends!

I am sharing my final card that I created this past weekend using a quick Acrylic Block Watercolor Stamping technique (this is a fun technique and I am sure that I will be sharing cards with this type of background again in the future).

I wanted to play along with a few online challenges and will be linking to the Happy Little Stampers September CAS “Silhouette” Challenge along with the Simon Says Wednesday “STAMPtember- Stamp It” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #298-#299 “Anything Goes”Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- as always, fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). SwipeTim Holtz® Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink onto a medium sized acrylic block, spritz with water, flip the block over onto a piece of watercolor paper and put something heavy (I used my electric pencil sharpener on my desk) and allow it to stay on the paper for five minutes.

2). After five minutes, lift the paper off the block, pat any excess water and dry with the heat tool.  Spritz again with water to add a few water spots and dry with the heat tool.

3). Once the panel has thoroughly dried, de-static with an embossing powder tool, stamp the floral image and sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes (designed by Korin Sutherland available at Sweet ‘n SassyStamps) with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.

4). Trim around the image and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.

5). Use a water brush with Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves ink to add a light wash to a piece of vanilla cardstock, add a bit of splatter with black ink, trim and mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim and add to the white card base.

6). Mount the embossed floral image with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Long Stem Silhouettes (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; Tim Holtz® Distress Inks- Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves

Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla (Stampin’ Up!), Canson™ Watercolor

Accessories/Tools: Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! May the Lord keep all of you safe in the path of Hurricane Irma- hugs, sweet friends!

Nature Silhouettes - Thinking of You

Hi Friends!

I had a chance to create a few cards this past weekend and am finally getting an opportunity to post them.  This card was designed with three different Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps- Long Stem Silhouettes, Nature Silhouettes and Nature Silhouettes 2 (all designed by Korin Sutherland).

I decided to keep this card Clean and Simple (CAS) for the September CAS Watercolour "Silhouette" Challenge and the Watercolor Cooler #134 “Anything Goes”Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites or the SNSS Blog/FB Page yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). For the background- tap a Distress Oxide Twisted Citron ink pad onto the mat, lightly spritz with water, press a piece of white cardstock into the ink, lift up, press again and dry with a heat tool. Continue to build up the layers using Worn Lipstick and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. 

2). Once the panel has thoroughly dried, ink the silhouette images from NatureSilhouettes and Nature Silhouettes 2 with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp onto the panel (lining up at the bottom) and heat set with the heat tool.  Trim the panel and mount onto black cardstock.

3). Ink the bird image from Nature Silhouettes 2 with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, heat emboss with clear embossing powder and once the embossing has cooled, fussy-cut the image.

4). Ink the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.

5). Add the landscape panel to the card front, adhere the entire card front onto a white card base and mount the bird with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

  

Stamp Sets:  Nature Silhouettes, Nature Silhouettes 2, Long Stem Silhouettes (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide Ink- Twisted Citron, Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope all of you have a blessed week!  

Pretty Potted Floral Birthday

Hi Friends!

While I had the colors out for the Splitcoaststampers CC649 Color Challenge for my previous post, I decided to create another quick Clean and Simple (CAS) card for a few more online challenges.

This card uses the Pretty Potted Florals Clear Stamp Set (designed by NinaB Designs) along with Long Stem Silhouettes (designed by Korin Sutherland) – both available at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I am also linking this card to Joanne's PP358 "Clean and Simple: Get Colouring" Challenge at The Paper Players along with the Seize the Birthday “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge sites or SNSS Blog/FB Page yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Ink the Pretty Potted Florals image using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, stamp onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. Once the embossing powder has cooled, use a water brush with ink from the Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay and Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Markers to watercolor the image.  Fussy-cut and set aside.

2). To create the background, slit open an acetate envelope (I use the clear envelope packaging from the SNSS stamp sets:-)), scribble ink from the Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist markers onto one half of the envelope, lightly spritz with water, close the envelope and “smoosh” the ink around, re-open the envelope and press a piece of white cardstock into the ink.

3). Trim the background, stamp the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes using Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink and mount onto a piece of gray cardstock.  Adhere the entire panel onto the white card base and add the fussy-cut flower with dimensional foam.

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

Stamp Sets:  Pretty Potted Florals, Long Stem Silhouettes (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Lemon Lime Twist; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White PaintPen

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray

Accessories/Tools: Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Clear Acetate Envelope, Water Spritzer, AquaPainter™ 

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope all of you have a fabulous week!  

Pretty Potted Florals Birthday

Hi Friends!

I had a chance to create another card using the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Pretty Potted Florals Clear Stamp Set designed by NinaB Designs along with Long Stem Silhouettes. 

This card was so much fun to design and create! I will be linking this card to the Seize the Birthday Challenge as well as the Flower Challenge #6 "Anything Goes" Challenge. 

 If you have not had a chance to visit the challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Ink the Pretty Potted Florals image using archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, heat set with a heat tool before coloring with alcohol and water based markers.  Die cut the panel with a stitched die and mount onto black cardstock.

2). Use a stencil brush to apply tumbled glass distress ink with a flourish stencil to a piece of white cardstock, layer onto black cardstock and add the designer paper layer.

3). Heat emboss the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes with white embossing powder onto black cardstock, layer the floral image along with the sentiment using dimensional foam.

4). Use a Sharpie Extra Fine White Paint Pen to add highlights to the flower center and finish off the card by adding shimmer to the petals with a clear glitter pen.

Thanks again for taking the time to visit, I hope I have inspired you and that you will stop by again soon- hugs and have a blessed week, sweet friends!

SNSS Pretty Potted Florals

SNSS Long Stem Silhouettes

Happy Birthday, Korin!

 Hi Friends! 

I hope you are having a great week so far!! Today we are celebrating Korin’s birthday (the founder of Sweet ‘n SassyStamps) with a surprise card shower at the Sweet ‘n Sassy (SNSS) Facebook page.

Korin is such an inspiration to all of us on the SNSS Creative Team- we just love her sweet spirit, love for the Lord and how she has used her God given talent to glorify Him!  

Not only are we celebrating Korin today, she has decided to bless us with savings and a chance to win a Bible along with a Creative Worship Journaling Kit (just like her- she is so generous)!  

www.creativeworshipsnss.blogspot.com

www.sweetnsassystamps.com
 

This card was created with the SNSS Nature Silhouettes 2 Clear Stamp Set along with Long Stem Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set.

I incorporated the Just Add Ink JAI305 Sketch Challenge along with the Seize The Birthday “Water” Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’ CC568 Color Challenge.

To create this card:

Cut a clear envelope open on the side, add ink from the Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay Classic Ink pads onto a the envelope interior, spritz with water and lay a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto the ink.

Smoosh the ink onto the paper, lift up and dry with the Heat Tool.

Ink the stem silhouette images from Nature Silhouettes 2 using Smoky Slate Classic Ink and repeatedly stamp over the panel.

Trim the panel into 
thirds, mount onto Smoky Slate cardstock, trim and mount onto Whisper White cardstock.

Add the 1” Gray Satin Ribbon over the panel (wrapping the edges behind the panel).

Ink the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes using MFT Steel Gray ink, stamp onto Whisper White cardstock, trim the sentiment layer and add the banner with the Hexagon Punch.

Mount the layered panel onto the Smoky Slate card base using dimensional foam, add the bird image from Nature Silhouettes 2 with dimensional foam and the Rhinestones on the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Nature Silhouettes 2, Long Stem Silhouettes (SNSS)

Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate

Paper: Whisper White, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Hexagon Punch, Rhinestones, 1” Gray Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a fabulous week and take time to visit the SNSS Facebook page to see the rest of the designs created for Korin’s surprise card party!! 

Happy Birthday, Korin- praying that you have a wonderful day celebrating with your family and friends!

Thoughts of You- His Wings

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter weekend!! 

My husband and I were able to spend Saturday with family and we had a great time celebrating our Risen Savior!!  

Today it is my turn to share a card on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Blog and I designed this fun Clean and Simple (CAS) card using His Wings, Creative Worship Stamp Set (a division of Sweet‘n Sassy Stamps), along with the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) Long StemSilhouettes. 

I incorporated the #AYSI129 As You See It Sketch Challenge along with the Splitcoaststampers’ CC568 Color Challenge (did not include the “dessert”) and the Addicted to Stamps and More #186 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the SNSS blog or the above galleries yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

De-static a piece of Vellum using the Embossing Buddy®, ink the feathers from His Wings (SNSS) using Versamark™ Ink, stamp onto the prepared Vellum, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set the images with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing powder has cooled color the feathers using Stampin’ Write Markers- So Saffron and Soft Sky and fussy cut each of the feathers.

Ink the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes (SNSS) using Smoky Slate Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim the panel and mount onto the Whisper White card base with dimensional foam.

Add the Vellum feathers using narrow strips of dimensional foam (behind the shafts) and finish off the card with a few Rhinestones.

Stamp Sets:  His Wings, Long Stem Silhouettes (SNSS)

Ink:  Versamark™, Smoky Slate, Stampin’ Write Markers- So Saffron and Soft Sky

Paper: Whisper White, Vellum

Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Rhinestones

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a fabulous week!

Thoughts of You- A CAS Winter Scene

Hi Friends!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I had a chance to stamp a few cards this weekend and wanted to share a quick and easy card that I created using two Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp Sets- Landscape Silhouettes and LongStem Silhouettes.

I decided to incorporate the Splitcoaststampers’ Way To Use It WT563 “Christmas Eve” Challenge (Shadows and/or Silhouettes) along with the Simon Monday “Winter Wonderland” Challenge and 4 Crafty Chicks 4 CC #279 “Crazy Egg/Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites, I hope you will find the time to do so- gorgeous Design Team samples and inspiration from all!

This card was very easy to create:

Using Sponge Daubers, apply Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie and Midnight Muse Classic Ink to a piece of Whisper White cardstock to create the night sky.

Stamp the silhouette image from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Landscape Silhouettes onto the sponged sky using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink.

Using a paint brush with Titanium White Acrylic Paint, add a few stars to the sky.

 Trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card base.

Add the silhouette scene using dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: LandscapeSilhouettes, Long Stem Silhouettes (SNSS)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Classic Ink- Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, retired Midnight Muse; Titanium Acrylic White Paint

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Paint Brush

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a blessed day, my friends!