Star of Wonder

Hi Friends!

Happy New Year’s Eve!  I hope all of you are having a safe and fun New Year’s Eve!

Tonight I am sharing another Christmas card designed with We Three Kings from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I love the We Three Kings stamp set with the silhouette images and all the different sentiments- perfect for so many styles of cards.  I needed a few additional Christmas cards and decided to pull out my Distress Oxide inks to create a fairly quick and easy card.

I enjoy participating with online challenges and am linking this card to the Simon Says Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge. 

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

To create this card:

1). Using Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide Inks, apply Tumbled Glass with a sponge dauber onto a piece of white cardstock.  Add a bit of Faded Denim and Picked Raspberry until you are satisfied with the color.  Lightly spritz with water and dry with a heat tool.

2). On another piece of white cardstock, de-static with an embossing powder tool, ink the wiseman image from We Three Kings with archival black ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the image with a domed stitched die.

3).  Using the same distress oxide inks as in step 1, apply ink to the sky area to mimic part of the background on the main panel.

4).  De-static the left hand side of the panel with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment and star image from We Three Kings with archival black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. 

5). Mount the die cut domed image with dimensional foam and add a rhinestone to the center of the star.

 

6).  Add a few stars with a Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: We Three Kings (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide- Tumbled Glass, Faded Denim and Picked Raspberry

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White

Accessories/Tools:  Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Dome STAX Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- hugs and I hope you have a great week!

SC671 Christmas Wishes

Hi Friends!

It’s Wednesday and time again for the weekly sketch at Splitcoaststampers! Carey is our sketch artist this week and I thought her sketch design would be perfect for a Christmas card!

I envisioned the lower circular element as a nature scene so I decided to pair the Tender Thoughts Clear Stamp along with the We Three Kings Clear Stamp Set (both Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps ) for this fairly simple Mixed Media Christmas card.   Pssst....don’t forget that we are celebrating the 10^th Birthday at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps- come check out all of the details here!!  

I decided to go with a monochromatic color scheme to participate with the Inspired By All The Little Things #72 Challenge and will also be linking to the Happy Little Stampers November “Anything Goes” Christmas Challenge as well as the Word Art Wednesday #308-#309 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch gallery or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- such wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Ink the birch tree image from Tender Thoughts with pumice stone and hickory smoke distress ink, stamp onto a piece of white cardstock.  Heat set with a heat tool, use an embossing powder tool to de-static the paper and stamp the deer image from TenderThoughts with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink.  Apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. 

2). Die cut the image with a stitched circle die then die-cut again with a stitched square die.  Die cut a piece of black cardstock with the same circle die, mount the image onto the black circle (allowing a bit of the cardstock to show) and trim the edge close to the die cut.

3). Use a waterproof black marker to fill in the grass area, quickly apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool (I could not find my Versamarker™ pen).

4). Die cut a piece of light gray cardstock with a stitched border die, die cut a piece of black cardstock with the same die.  Emboss the light gray cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder and use the same embossing folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock.

5). Layer the embossed light gray cardstock over the black border, mount onto the white embossed layer and adhere the entire panel onto the white card base.

6). Ink the sentiment from We Three Kings using Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto a scrap piece of white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. Die cut with a label die, mount onto a piece of black cardstock (die cut with the same size die- layer two behind the sentiment to create a frame).  Mount onto the card front with dimensional foam and add the die cut scene directly onto the card front per the sketch.

7). Die cut snowflakes from silver foil, mount onto the card front.  Add a few pearls to the centers of the die cut snowflakes as well as a few of the embossed snowflakes.

8). Finish off the card by using a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the tree trunks.

Stamp Sets: Tender Thoughts, We Three Kings  (Sweet‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; TH Distress Ink- Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, MFT Pierced Circle STAX Dies, retired SU! Project Life® Framelit™ Dies, Lawn Fawn™ Stitched Hillside Border Die, Impression Obsession™ Small Snowflake Set Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Clear EP, Heat Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- if you have time, come join us at Splitcoaststampers for this week’s sketch challenge!  Hugs and I hope all of you have a blessed week, sweet friends!

We Three Kings

Hi Friends!

I had a chance to create a Christmas card this evening and decided to pull out the We Three Kings Clear Stamp set (designed by Korin Sutherland) available from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.  

I love the sentiments that come with this stamp set- so versatile and they reflect the true meaning of Christmas.

 

I love to participate in online challenges so I incorporated the Freshly Made Sketches #307 Sketch Challenge, the TGIF! #127 "Fun Tic-Tac-Toe" Challenge (far right column down- Die Cut- Doilies- Metallic) and the Jingle Belles “Embossing Around the Christmas Tree”Challenge (I used dry and heat embossing) into the design.

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). Die cut a piece of white cardstock with a circle die.  Using a stencil brush, apply Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide Inks- Abandoned Coral at the bottom of the circle, Broken China in the middle and Faded Jeans at the top, blending the colors together. Dry with a heat tool.

2). De-static the circle with an embossing powder tool, ink the main image from WeThree Kings along with the star with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto the circle (not all of the image fit onto this size diecut).  Apply clear embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.  Once the embossing has cooled, dilute a small amount of white acrylic paint with water and use a paint brush to splatter a bit at the top of the circle for the additional “stars”.

3). Die cut a piece of black cardstock with another circle die (a bit larger than the focal image size) and adhere this circle behind the focal image to create a frame.  Ink and emboss the sentiment from We Three Kings in the same manner as step #2 above, once the embossing has cooled, trim and create the fishtail banner and mount onto black cardstock.

4). Trim a piece of white cardstock, dry emboss with a snowflake embossing folder and mount onto a black card front. 

5). Add a metallic snowflake doily directly to the card front (cut into four pieces- add two for the horizontal elements of the sketch) and mount the focal image along with the sentiment using dimensional foam.

6). Add a rhinestone to the center of the star to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  We Three Kings (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide Ink- Abandoned Coral, Broken China, Faded Jeans; White Titanium Acrylic Paint

Paper/Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White

Acessories/Tools: Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stitched Circle and Circle Dies, Hexagon Punch, Rhinestone, Stencil Brush, Paint Brush

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

Christmas Wishes

Hi Friends!

I hope you are having a great week so far!  

I know that Christmas is over but I wanted to share a card that I created using the Sugar Pea Designs SPDSS34 Sketch along with the Power Poppy Dec15 “Rewind” Challenge (I chose “Shabby & Chic”).  I like to create Christmas cards all year long so I have them ready to mail at Christmas (although I am still always a bit late getting them in the mail- working on this for sure :-)).

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!

To create this card:

Stamp the titmouse image from Sweet ‘n Sassy (SNSS) Peace of God  stamp set using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock (stamping another image onto a piece of sticky note paper for a mask).

Color the titmouse image using an AquaPainter™ with Smoky Slate and Hello Honey Classic Ink (also using a Smoky Slate Stampin’ Write marker for shadows on the feathers) and Pear Pizzazz with Old Olive for the leaves.

Color the berries with a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker and add highlights with Titanium White Acrylic Paint.

Once the ink and paint has dried, mask the bird image and use a Sponge Dauber with Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink to stencil the background.

Ink the snowflakes from the Winter Blessings (SNSS) stamp set with Smoky Slate Classic Ink, stamp off and stamp onto the background.

Use a 1 ¾” Circle Punch to round the corners and a sewing machine with a zig zag stitch to adhere the panel to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock (rounding the corners of the Basic Gray cardstock as well and distressing with the Distress Tool).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Boho Chic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of retired Designer Series Paper, distress the edges with the Distressing Tool and lightly sand with the Sanding Block.

Use a zigzag stitch to adhere this background panel to the Basic Gray card front.

Stamp the sentiment from We Three Kings (SNSS) onto Whisper White cardstock, create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Create the horizontal panel from a scrap piece of Real Red cardstock (mounted onto scrap strips of Basic Gray cardstock) along with the Doily Borders Die (SNSS) Die cut from Whisper White cardstock.

Add the snowflake embellishment with the Silver Cord over the horizontal panel.

Add the titmouse focal image panel and mount the layered red strip at the top.

Add the sentiment with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Peace of God, We Three Kings, Winter Blessings (SNSS)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Smoky Slate, Hello Honey, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Stampin’ Write Markers- Smoky Slate

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Real Red; retired Stampin’ Up! DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Doily Borders Dies (SNSS), Boho Chic Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, AquaPainter™, Sewing Machine, Snowflake Embellishment, Punches- 1 ¾” Round, Hexagon, Silver Cord

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

Wise Men Still Seek Him

Hi Friends!!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- We Three Kings

Here is another card I designed for the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog using the new We Three Kings from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

This card features a Cracked Glass technique for the Splitcoaststampers' F4A284 “Everything Old is New Again” Challenge- the Cracked Glass technique seemed to be popular years ago and I thought that the We Three Kings wisemen image would be perfect to give it a try!

I hope you will stop by my Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog Post to check out the details on how to create this Cracked Glass panel- it was a fun project for sure!!

Stamp Sets:  We Three Kings (SNSS)

Ink: Versamark™, Midnight Muse

Paper: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse; Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Stampin’ Emboss® Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder (retired), Heat Tool, Sewing Machine, retired 3/8” Stitched Midnight Muse Satin Ribbon, Pearls, crochet lace from my stash

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed day!!

Wise Men Still Seek Him

Hello Friends!

I wanted to share a card that I created with the new We Three Kings stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps using the Splitcoaststampers SC556 Sketch Challenge.

This card was created by sponging the background, heat embossing the images along with a bit of layering and dry embossing. 

I hope you will hop over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog to check out more of the details on how I created this card and while there, leave a bit of "love"  :-)

We Three Kings

Thanks again for visiting- hugs and have a blessed day, my friends!

Sweet 'n Sassy September 2015 Release and Blog Hop!

Hello Friends!

Welcome to Sweet 'n Sassy StampsSeptember 2015 Release and Blog Hop!

We are super excited to be releasing five brand new stamp sets this month and adding four new products from the September Sweet Perks Club to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!

Time to check out our gorgeous release for September…

I designed this card with the new WeThree Kings stamp set using a Mixed Media background:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- We Three Kings 

Apply Gesso® to a piece of White cardstock and once dried apply Gold Champagne and Iced Chai Gelatos®, spritz with water and add Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy and Tarnished Brass Distress Stains. 

Use a stencil along with a baby wipe to remove portions of the background and once it is completely dry (I use a Heat Tool to speed up the drying process), heat emboss the We Three Kings image using Navy ink and Clear Embossing Powder.

Stamp the sentiment onto Vanilla cardstock with Navy Ink, trim and mount all onto Navy cardstock, then onto Vanilla cardstock.

Add a Pearl to the star to finish off this card.

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- Wondrous Miracle, We Three Kings

My second card is an easel card created with the new stamp set, Wondrous Miracle along with the new We Three Kings (for the main panel sentiment). 

Stamp the images with a waterproof black ink onto White cardstock, color with a sponge dauber for the sky and grass along with markers and a water brush for the rest of the images.  

Trim and mount the main panel to Navy cardstock and add the green seam binding ribbon.   Adhere the embossed white background panel onto Navy cardstock, add the focal image and mount onto the front of the easel.   

Mount the sentiment with dimensional foam and add the interior layered panel along with Rhinestones to finish off the card.

To see more gorgeous samples made by the Design Divas using the new stamp sets from the September Release, please click on the links below for our blog hop! Don't forget to leave a little "love" on each blog as you hop along  :-)

Then head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store to pick up your favorite stamp sets from the release!

Thanks again for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend, my friends and God Bless!