God Is Our Refuge and Strength

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you in the USA had a great Labor Day weekend!  I had a chance to create a few cards using a new to me stamp set, Sunflower from Unity along with a verse sentiment from the Stamp Simply set,  Fear Not.

I decided to incorporate the Sweet Sketch Wed 2 #166 Sketch Challenge along with the Simon Says Monday “Something Clear” Challenge (I used clear embossing powder) and the WordArt Wednesday #402-#403 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the above challenge sites yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- fabulous galleries and inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Once the background has dried, stamp the sentiment with Versafine™ Black Onyx ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Stamp the sunflower image with Versafine™ Black Onyx ink onto a piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the image has cooled, watercolor with water-based markers and add distress oxide ink to the background before die-cutting the image with a stitched oval die.  Add white highlights to the center of the flower with a white paint pen and use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the sunflower petals.

Emboss the sentiment in the same manner as above and add a bit of distress oxide ink to soften the background before die-cutting with a stitched circle die.

Mount the dry embossed, layered panels per the sketch layout and add the black satin ribbon before adhering the entire panel to the white card base.

Mount the sunflower oval image along with the sentiment using dimensional foam and adhere the black satin bow.  Add a few pearls to the sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Sunflower (Unity Stamp Company), Fear Not (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black,  Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide; Stampin’ Write Markers- So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Designer Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired Certainly Celery and So Saffron Designer Series Paper (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories: Gemini™, Ornate Lace 3-D Embossing Folder (Crafters Companion), retired Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, My Favorite Things Dies- Stitched Oval STAX and Stitched Circle STAX; Circle Dies (Sizzix), Embossing Buddy®, Clear Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, ¾” Black Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I am honored that you have dropped in!  Hugs and I hope I have inspired you to create something this week!

Timeless Hymns- Tis So Sweet to Trust In Jesus

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a fabulous week so far!  I had a chance to create another card using several new Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps sets- Birds & Blooms , Timeless Hymns and Texture Tiles I (the March stamp of the month- see details here). 

I love all of the lines of the hymns included in the Timeless Hymns  Clear Stamp set- so many of my favorites!  Written by Louisa M.R. Stead in 1882 but still so revelant today :-)

I designed this card using the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #131 Sketch Challenge and am also participating with the Simon Says Monday “Easter/Spring” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #324-#325 "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). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool.  Ink the smaller bird image from Birds & Blooms with archival black ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock panel, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Watercolor the image with distress inks and markers, fussy cut and set aside.

 

2). Die cut an oval from white cardstock, de-static with an embossing powder tool, ink the branch images from Birds & Blooms with archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder, heat set with a heat tool and once cooled, watercolor the image with distress inks and markers.  Once the watercolor has dried, ink the grid image from Texture Tiles I with hickory smoke distress ink.

3). De-static the watercolored oval with an embossing powder tool, ink the sentiment from Timeless Hymns with archival ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

4). Create the pink background using distress oxide inks on a craft mat, pressing the paper into the wet ink and smooshing the ink around.  Continue to re-apply the ink until you are satisfied with the results. Once the ink has dried, ink the music image from Texture Tiles I with Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp repeatedly over the panel and cut the panel into strips.

5). Die cut three pieces from black cardstock using a stitched strip die.  Die cut a piece of white cardstock with a stitched rectangle die, add the layered music strips and the horizontal black die cuts (per the sketch). 

6). Add additional texture with the grid stamp from Texture Tiles I using hickory smoke distress ink. Mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim and mount onto the raspberry card front.

7). Layer the oval die cut along with the bird image using dimensional foam. 

8). Adhere the black organza ribbon bow with the button and a few white highlights with the Extra Fine White Sharpie® Paint Pen and shimmer with a clear glitter pen.

Stamp Sets: Birds & Blooms, Timeless Hymns, Texture Tiles I (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide Inks- Candied Apple. Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick; Hickory Smoke Distress; Distress Markers-  Picked Raspberry, Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn; Stampin' Write Markers- Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral; Extra Fine White Sharpie® Paint Pen,  Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Dies- Stitched Oval STAX, A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1, Horizontal Stitched Strips; retired Rich Razzleberry button, retired SU! 3/8” Black Organza Ribbon, AquaPainter™

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope all of you have a great week and visit again soon- hugs, sweet friends!

Through The Trees

Hi Sweet Friends!

I am sharing another card that I had a chance to create this past week using the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps January release stamp set, Through the Trees along with a few previously released stamp sets,  Scene Silhouettes:Woodland and Peaceful Peonies.

I also incorporated the following challenges into the design:

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #029 (Middle Row Down: Die Cut-Tree-Create A Scene, Top Row Across: Stamping- Die Cut- White)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 "Favourite Sketch of 2017" Challenge (Sketch #115 )

SimonSays Wednesday “Something New” 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). Using a scoring tool, score four lines on a piece of white cardstock for each of the horizontal portions of the sketch (I hope you can see the scoring in the photo:-)), trim and mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim and mount onto a white card base.

 

2). Ink the tree image from Through the Trees with archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the embossing powder has cooled, carefully fussy-cut the image.  Die cut a piece of white cardstock with a stitched oval die and a piece of black cardstock with a regular oval die (the same size as the stitched die).  Mount the black stitched oval behind the white oval die and adhere the fussy-cut tree image to the front.  Mount the entire oval element to the card front using dimensional foam.

 

3). Ink the deer image from Scene Silhouettes:Woodland with archival black ink, stamp onto white cardstock, apply black embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the embossing powder has cooled, fussy-cut the deer image.  Mount the deer to the card front using dimensional foam.

4). Ink the sentiment from Peaceful Peonies using Versamark ink, stamp onto a scrap piece of black cardstock, apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Hand-trim the sentiment and mount to the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Through the Trees, Scene Silhouettes:Woodland, Peaceful Peonies (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Oval STAX Dies, retired Circle Framelits™ (Stampin’ Up!), Embossing Buddy®, Clear, White and Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Scoring Tool

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

The Joy of the Lord

Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great weekend!  Today I am sharing a quick card using Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps  Titmouse and Hummingbird with Scripture digital stamps.    

 

I incorporated the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #126 Sketch Challenge along with the Simon Says Wednesday “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- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Trim a piece of green designer series paper to 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”, mount onto dark gray cardstock, trim and mount onto a 5 ½” square card base. Trim the vertical panel from a light pink designer paper, mount onto dark gray cardstock and mount onto the card front.

2). Using a word processing program or photo editing software, import the Titmouse and Hummingbird with Scripture images, re-arrange to leave enough room to die cut and trim and print out onto white cardstock.

3). Use a rectangle stitched die to cut out the titmouse and hand trim the sentiment.

Use a water brush along with water color pencils to watercolor the titmouse image and once dry, add shimmer to the titmouse using a clear glitter pen and highlights to the berries with the Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen.

4). Mount both onto dark gray cardstock, trimming close to the edges and mount both onto the card front using dimensional foam. 

6). Add a few pearls to the corners to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:   Titmouse and Hummingbird with Scripture (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Printer Ink- Black, Watercolor Pencils, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen, Clear Glitter Pen

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, retired Stampin’ Up! designer papers

Acessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Square STAX Dies, AquaPainter™, Pearls

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

Autumn Blessings

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a card that I designed using two stamp sets from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps- So Grateful and Tree Background. 

I am having fun playing with the 2017 Splitcoaststampers Falliday Fest Challenges and this card was created for the FF17StampmommaA “Abundant Blessings” Challenge.

I also incorporated the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #123 Challenge (flipped the sketch), the Tic-Tac-Toe #019 Challenge (far right column - Autumn, Layers, Geometric Shapes), the Crop Stop October Challenge- Link Party #33 (thanks Esther for the comment and recommendation :-))  and the Word Art Wednesday #304-#305 “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- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Tap wild honey distress oxide ink onto a craft mat, lightly spritz with water and press a piece of vanilla cardstock into the ink, lift up and dry with a heat tool. Repeat the process with spiced marmalade oxide ink, then again with worn lipstick oxide ink until you are satisfied with the ink coverage.

2). Once the oxide ink background has dried thoroughly, de-static with an embossing powder tool, stamp the Tree Background image onto the panel with ground espresso distress ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the Heat Tool. Spritz the panel with water, carefully dry again and use a paint brush with diluted espresso distress ink to add a bit of splatter.

3). Using the Big Shot™ with a pierced tag die, die cut the panel.  Ink the sentiment from So Grateful with ground espresso distress ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Mount onto a piece of espresso cardstock and trim close to the edge.

4). Trim a piece of vanilla cardstock to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”, emboss with a script embossing folder and mount onto espresso cardstock.

5). Trim pieces of designer series paper to approx.. 2 ¼” x 4 ¾”, mount onto espresso cardstock, trim close to the edge.  Adhere to the embossed background panel (per the sketch- I flipped the sketch over). 

6). Add the die cut focal image tag a bit to the right center of the card with dimensional foam and adhere the polished hemp twine over the panel (wrapping the ends behind the panel).

7). Mount the layered card front panel to a piece of tangerine cardstock, trim and mount onto the white card base.

8). Add the polished hemp twine bow with the wood button (I used hot glue to adhere to the card front).  Add a few dew drops with Nuvo™ Orange Marmalade Jewel Drops to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: So Grateful, Tree Background (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide- Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick; Tim Holtz® Ground Espresso Distress Ink; Nuvo™ Orange Marmalade Jewel Drops

Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango; misc. designer series paper (from my stash-not sure of manufacturer)

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Pierced Jumbo Tag STAX Dies; Tim Holtz® Sizzix™ French Script Embossing Folder, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Polished Hemp Twine, Wooden Button

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

SNSS So Grateful

SNSS Tree Background