Brotherly Love- Through the Trees

Hi Friends!

Woohoo! Welcome to the June Release at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps! This month has a wonderful selection of stamp sets for cards, Bible Art Journaling and more!! hope all of you are having a great week so far!

Today I am sharing a card using the new stamp set, Brotherly Love along with previously released sets, Through the Trees (NinaB Designs) and Long Stem Silhouettes.

I incorporated the CAS(E) This Sketch #274 Sketch Challenge (I elongated the sketch a bit and used a square vs circle for the central element :-)) into the design and am also linking to the Simon Monday “Masculine” Challenge as well as the As You See It #177 “Greeting for Guys” Challenge (the hat and jacket are a "weathered" blue but look more grey in the photo :-)).

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).  Using archival black ink, stamp the images from Brotherly Love onto designer paper along with white and chocolate cardstock (I used a retired blue/woodgrain type of paper).  Stamp the bald head image along with the glasses and jacket/tie image onto white cardstock, the beard and moustache images onto chocolate cardstock and the hat along with the jacket/tie image onto the designer paper.  Fussy-cut all of the images and color the head image and sunglasses with water-based markers.

2). Paper piece the image of the man together with the pieces from step 1.

3). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the tree image from Through the Trees with archival black ink onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Die cut with a square stitched die, mount onto espresso cardstock and trim close to the edge.).

4). Die cut the woodgrain designer paper with a rounded stitched rectangle die, cut into two pieces horizontally, mount onto another die cut (using the same rounded stitched rectangle die) from espresso cardstock.

5). Using stitched rectangle dies, die cut a piece of white cardstock for the card front. and mount onto a larger piece of espresso cardstock (die cut with a slightly larger stitched die).  Position the pieces from step 4 and 3 onto the card front (do not adhere yet) to decide where to stamp the sentiment (per the sketch).  De-static the area with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment from Long Stem Silhouettes with an archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Mount the panel onto the die cut espresso card front and adhere to a white card base.

6). Mount the woodgrain rounded rectangle pieces directly onto the card front. Thread a piece of chocolate grosgrain ribbon through a pewter ribbon slide, add to the corner of the square tree image and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam.

7). Add the pieced Brotherly Love image with dimensional foam (at the bottom) and directly onto the stitched square tree panel.

8). Use a glitter pen to add shimmer to his sunglasses to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Brotherly Love, Through the Trees, Long Stem Silhouettes (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Blush Blossom, Aleays Artichoke, Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Cardstock/Designer Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, retired Well Worn Designer Series Paper (all Stampin’ Up!)

Accessories/ Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Dies- Stitched A2 Rectangle Set 1 & 2, Stitched Square STAX, Stitched Rounded Rectangles, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, ½” Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Pewter Ribbon Slide

I had so much fun piecing this guy together! Without the beard, he could be my hubby (with hair under the hat- lol!).  Also, don't forget Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps has a new stamp of the month- Texture Tiles 2, free with any $75 US order.  

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and stop by again soon!

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!

Through the Trees

Hi Sweet Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far! It has been extremely cold here on the East Coast so I had a chance to stamp several cards using the brand new Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps January release stamp sets!

I shared a card earlier with the new Scene Silhouettes: Wetlands stamp set (see the post here) and don’t forget, this is the stamp of the month that you can receive free with any $60 Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps order!!

This card uses the brand new Through the Trees stamp set along with the December release sets- Scene Silhouettes:Woodland and Thoughtful Words.

I am linking this card to the CASOLOGY #281 “Encouragement” Challenge , the As You Like It 01/04 “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Little Red Wagon #425 "Winter Wonderland" 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- terrific inspiration from all!

The main panel of this card is one layer (the bear is the only dimension) and was very easy to create:

1). Create a mask for the snow banks and mask a piece of white cardstock.

2). Ink the bare tree image from Through the Trees with archival black ink, stamp onto the masked panel, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Stamp the tree image again onto a piece of scrap paper and fussy-cut for a mask, place over the embossed image, re-ink the stamp and stamp again for another row of trees.  Repeat the embossing and stamp the final set of trees on the far right side of the panel. 

 

3). Once the embossing has thoroughly cooled, watercolor the sky portion using watercolor pencils and distress inks (see colors in the recipe below). Watercolor the trees with hickory smoke and black soot distress inks.

4). Use a black pen to draw the snow line, add shimmer to the snow banks and trees.

5). Stamp the sentiment from Thoughtful Words onto the lower part of the panel and emboss with clear embossing powder. Trim the panel, mount onto black cardstock and adhere to the white card base.

6). Stamp the bear image from Scene Silhouettes:Woodland with archival black ink onto white cardstock, apply black embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once cooled, fussy-cut the bear image and mount onto the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

 

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

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Up! Bermuda Bay Watercolor Pencil, Tim Holtz® Distress Inks- Peacock Feathers, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

 

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black

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

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