SNSS – Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas sweet friends! I thought it would be fun to create a project that wasn’t green and red so this is what i got 🙂

I used In the Morning and landscape silhouettes and the library card from the Library Ephemera set given on SNSS Creative Worship set.

I hope you have a very blessed day!

Lyn

Adore Him!

I am not sure about you guys but Christmas stuff is popping up everywhere around me – It is 93 degrees here in Georgia so it is a little hard to get into the Christmas spirit, but this new set from Sweet N Sassy surely has done it! It is called Adore Him. It is so precious. It has so many different elements in the Christmas Story that I have lots of ideas running through my mind.

Today’s images were colored with Polychromos pencils. They take a little while to build up the color, but the end result is great!

My first card uses Distress Oxides to create a night time sky.  I used Wood Backgrounds to create “wood pieces” for the “manger” and the colored the baby , fussy cut it, and popped it up on fun foam. I used the sentiment from an older set called Peace on Earth (retired) And that is all there is too this one – clean and simple but not really, right?

My second card uses The Three Wise Men. This one is very  clean and simple. I colored them, fussy cut them, and glued them onto a white card. I rounded the corners for a little added interest. For this one, I used a sentiment from We Three Kings – I love this sentiment!

These were so much fun! I hope you are inspired to get your Christmas cards started. It will actually be here before you know it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

SNSS July Release Blog Hop

Hi friends! Welcome to the July 2019 Release Blog Hop! 

Each month I think “this is my favorite new release” and then the next month comes and I love that one even more…This month is no exception. The sets are sweet and powerful and awesome!! I think you are going to love what you see today.

You should have arrived here from Lucinde’s page. If not, jump back there so you don’t miss anything.

Hop along to all of the blogs (listed below just in case something goes wrong along the way…🙂 ) for even more inspiration with the JULY stamps. Leave a little comment love on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $10 gift voucher to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, next Tuesday.

Hop Order:

Sweet’n Sassy Blog
Julee Tilman
Cathy McCauley
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Jane Bosi
Lucinde van Ballegooijen
Lyn Tomlin
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Stephanie Serrano

 

My projects today features The Shepherd’s Voice and this month’s free stamp with purchase Sentimental Wordfetti.  I created a CAS project and a mixed media project for your inspiration today.

The first project is a clean and simple set using both stamp sets.

• I used Strathmore water color paper and colored the image from The Shepherd’s Voice with Inktense pencils.
• To finish my card, I used the sweet, simple sentiments from Sentimental Wordfetti.

My second project today is a set of Bible journal cards with a mixed media background.

• I used Canson watercolor paper for this one
• I ink smooshed on my watercolor paper with shades of gold and brown Distress Oxides.
• I created texture with Texture Tiles 1
• With Gina K Amalgam Ink, I stamped the sentiments using the sentiment from The Shepherd’s Voice and Hello My Name Is
• I didn’t originally have the print (from Texture Tiles 1) over my third one, but I messed it up and instead of throwing it out, I doctored it up and now I love, love, love it!

Now it is time to hop on and see what the incredibly talented Monika Davis has for you!

I hope you are inspired to create today and see how you can stretch your stamps (or bring old ones to life again!) And if you get the opportunity to craft with some of these great stamps (or any other SNSS stamp) we would love to see what you create on our SNSS VIP Group Facebook Page; Or tag your creations with #snss or #sweetnsassystamps on Instagram.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lyn

Sweet N Sassy April Release Blog Hop – Walk Humbly!

Hi my sweet friends! Welcome to the APRIL 2019 Release After Party Hop! (YES APRIL – the year is already on quarter over huh?? How did that happen?)

 

We have some super stamps sets again this month and you are going to be so inspired by what the team has to share with you! You should have arrived here from Lucinde’s page. If not, jump back there so you don’t miss anything.

Hop along to all of the blogs (listed below just in case something goes wrong along the way…🙂 ) for even more inspiration with the April stamps. Leave a little comment love on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $10 gift voucher to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Tuesday, April 23.

Hop Order:

Sweet ‘n Sassy Blog
Julee Tilman
Cathy Mac
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Jane Dehring Bosi
Lucinde van Ballegooijen
Lyn Tomlin – YOU ARE HERE!
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Stephanie Serrano

My projects today features Walk Humbly, an incredible set by our very own Colleen Gaddie! It is so sweet and very versatile. To show you this I have created a couple of cards AND a Bible journal page. It isn’t just good for one or the other!

Walk Humbly 4 x 6 set

The first card is clean and simple using the long haired girl and elements and sentiments from several other sets(listed below) to create a birthday card.

• I used Strathmore Coldpress watercolor paper and colored the image up with my Polychromos colored pencils. I wanted to test out color pencils on the texture of watercolor paper and it was pretty cool!
• Her hand out and ready to hold whatever you put in it, so I added the gift from Home for the holidays and then created a perfect sentiment combining sentiments from Scripty Thoughts and All Wrapped Up – Look through your stamps and see what you can combine for a new look and feel. It is so much fun!
• To finish my card, I mounted my panel on Yellow cardstock then I mounted that on a card base made from the Papertrey Ink Ecru cardstock.

My second card today uses the girl who looks like she may be praying so… I used some sentiments from the new Surrounded in Prayer set (this is a stamp for a cause – you will here about it on the hop!!).

• I used the word prayer to stamp a continuous run with mustard seed, spiced marmalade, Abandoned coral, and festive berries Distress Inks.
• With Versafine Black Onyx Ink, I stamped the sentiment. (I lined the word prayer up with one already on the page so it would look like a shadow.)
• I stamped my girl on Xpress it Blender paper and colored her with Copic markers then fussy cut her glued her onto my card and added a little washi tape to ground her.
• For a finishing touch, I added some white gel pen details and mounted my finished piece on red cardstock then onto a Neenah Solor white base.

By the way…My Copic colors included R17, R25, and R29 (for the reds), E00, E21, E11 (for the skin) anf E35, E37, and E39 (for the hair).

Finally, I have a Bible Journal page using the long haired girl and the sentiment (inspired from Micah 6:8)

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly^[a] with your God.”

• She is inked with Archival ink and colored with Polychromos pencils!

Now it is time to hop on and see what the incredibly talented Monika Davis has for you!

I hope you are inspired to create today and see how you can stretch your stamps (or bring old ones to life again!) And if you get the opportunity to craft with some of these great stamps (or any other SNSS stamp) we would love to see what you create on our SNSS VIP Group Facebook Page; Or tag your creations with #snss or #sweetnsassystamps on Instagram.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lyn

SNSS – Texture Tiles 4 (x3) – Bee Amazing!

Hi Friends!

Today I have some more fun projects using one stamp (well two really) from Sweet N Sassy creating three looks. The new Texture Tiles 4 makes for some great background and to tie my projects together, I added the bee from Sweet as Honey. Of course I have also used other sets (I will point them out as I go) but these are the focus on all of my projects.

My first project is a mixed media art journal page (in my 6×6 journal). This is my more complex project as it uses the most stash supplies and got me the inky-est 🙂

Recipe:

• Background – Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap Melange; Distress Paint in Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon
• Background stamps – Texture Tiles 1 using Archival Inks Manganese Blue
• Splatters – White and Black Arcylic Dylusions
• Corner texture – Tim Holtz Stencil with Black Modeling Paste (TCW)
• Sentiment (big) God is For You Clear stamp set from SNSS inked with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink, (little) From Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker book.
• Border Image – Texture Tiles 4 stamped repeatedly around the edges over and over.
• Bee image from Sweet as Honey stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam and colored with Copics Y17, Y19, Y15 and W0, W1, W3, W5 (with Wink of Stella on wings)- popped up with foam felt and adhered with Multi Matte Medium
• Highlights added with White gel pen

My Second project is a less complex and uses the four plaid tiles to create “quilty” look.

I used a circle stitched die from Simon Says Stamps and a Circle die from Spellbinders to cut out the image using the out of the box die technique. I added a foam dot under the bee’s wings to make them look more dimensional.

Recipe:

• For the Bee, I used a circle stitched die from Simon Says Stamps and a Circle die from Spellbinders. For the squares, I used square stitched die from Simon Says Stamps and a square die from Spellbinders.
• Bee image from Sweet as Honey stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam and colored with Copics Y17, Y19, Y15 and W0, W1, W3, W5 (with Wink of Stella on wings).
• Background Image – Texture Tiles 4 – all four stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam Ink on Neenah Solar White
• Sentiment – So Thankful
• My background paper is cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic Polka Dot Die

My Final Project is a Clean And Simple card on kraft.

Recipe:

• My rectangles are all cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic and/or Polka Dot Dies
• Background Image – Texture Tiles 4 – stamped with Versa Mark for a tone on tone look
• Bee image from Sweet as Honey stamped with Gina K Black Amalgam and colored with Polychromos pencils. I stamped right on top of the plaid background and colored over it.
• Sentiment – “Bee” from Sweet as Honey and “Amazing” from Bitty Minnie Alpha
• I added twine and enamel dots then popped the center panel up with foam felt

I hope you are inspired – see how you can stretch your stamps by trying multiple ways to use it. And no matter what else you do, HAVE FUN!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

 

SNSS – Girl Power (x3) – Teal and Red

Hi Friends! Today I have some fun projects using the new Girl Power 2 set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. I have also used other sets (I will point them out as I go) but this one is the focus on all of my projects. [By the way, if you feel like you just need any of these stamps, I have a discount code for you (woo woo!!). If you spend $10, LYN10 get you 10% off your entire order.]

For these projects, I wanted to show how a single stamp could be used in different styles and complexities (is that the right word? I’ll go with it :)). To show this versatility, I decided to use the same color pallet on them and red and teal is the color combo I chose. These projects are all different but the each make me smile out loud! So here we go…

My first project is a mixed media art journal page. I saw a 6×6 disc bound journal and felt ready to commit to that as it was less intimidating than a bigger journal with two pages to cover. This is my more complex project as it has acrylics, and archival ink, and texture paste, and Copics, and Washi tape, and a masked (many times over) image. I even pulled out my gelliplate and got so messy and had so much fun. If you haven’t tried a journal page – I encourage it. It is very rewarding.Recipe (in order of use haha):

• Background – Acrylics Dina Wakley Acrylics Ocean, Turquoise, and Sterling
• Background stamps – Texture Tiles 1 using Archival Inks Cobalt and Paradise Teal
• Splatters – White Gesso and Sterling acrylics
• Corner texture – Stencil with texture cream (Momenta Art-C in Platinum)
• Sentiment (big) Be Unique Clear stamp set from SNSS, (little) typed on computer
• Image – Girl Power 2 Masked over and over. Main image colored with Copics R24, R27, R29(shirt), E53, E55, E57, E59 (Hair), E00, E21, E11(skin) Other images colored with warm grays – adhered with Multi Matte Medium
• Washi Tape – not sure brand
• Outline image with Stabilo All Pencil and water brush

My Second project is a less complex and uses only a few dies, designer paper (from my stash)some tulle, and sequins. There is a mask though 🙂  It is a shaker of sorts…Recipe:

• Spellbinders circle dies (two sizes so I could add the frame on top) This card allows you to see through to the inside
• Designer paper from my stash
• Tulle – folded in half filled with sequins and closed up with score tape the taped down between the paper layers and the card base
• Image – Girl Power 2 (I chose the girl that looks like me) Keep in Touch Too (sentiment) and Home for the Holidays (gift). I stamped the gift first then masked it then stamped the girl.
• My background paper is cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic Polka Dot Die

My Final Project is kind of Clean And Simple but still has a few steps. It still uses a mask (I cut them out so I wanted to use them as many times as possible I guess haha!) I cut out some frames, stacked them and colored up my image. to pop into the frame. I wanted this to look like a selfie pic of me and one of my best friends so I chose girls with our hairstyles. For fun I decided to try to video it. It isn’t awesome but it is my first time doing this and the video stopped and I had to add in the end…oh well – feel free to check it out if you want to HERE)

Recipe:

• Spellbinders Rectangle and Square dies (taped together to create a frame and cut multiple times to stack and remain the same).
• Image – Girl Power 2 Masked over and over. Main image colored with Copics R24, R27, R29(shirt), E53, E55, E57, E59 (Hair), E00, E21, E11(skin)
• Sentiment – You and Me set from SNSS
• My background paper is cut with A Jillian Vance Design Basic Polka Dot Die

I hope you are inspired to pick up a stamp set and see what other ways you can create with it. See how you can combine sets for a single project and most of all, this should be fun so make it FUN!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

 

SNSS All Things are Possible…

Luke 1:37

³⁷ For nothing will be impossible with God.”

All things are possible – ALL THINGS – when you have faith in the Lord. While God can do all things, he does not promise to make all of our wishes come true. We must have faith and remember He knows what is best for us, and He has a plan for us, and to that end, nothing is impossible for Him. 

I think I need to say this to myself every morning before I start my day just as a gentle reminder that everything is in the right hands and everything is going according to plan and even when times seem bleak they are not impossible – nothing is because I have Faith in God for whom NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Today’s journal page (I hope) conveys this verse.

I used Distress Inks for my background and flowers. I did prep my page first, but I wish I hadn’t – the inks didn’t want to set and it took a while to get it to look like I wanted it to. My stamps were the Creative Worship: Whimsy Bouquet Clear Stamp Set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. To finish it off, I decided to try my own handwriting for the words. Maybe a little more practice is needed 🙂 but it is good I think.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Day!

Lyn

The Source of Hope

Romans 15:13  “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit”.

I read this verse today and it just made me so happy. The idea of letting go is scary and hard, but the picture of myself filled with JOY and PEACE and overflowing with HOPE is just so awesome!

I have lots of decisions I need to make this year and am praying for answers and this verse reminds me that everything is going to be exactly how it is supposed to be and I will be OK with whatever happens…(How can I not be at PEACE :))

Today I used Sweet N Sassy Stamps sets Through the Trees and Choose Faith and Scenes Silhouette Wetlands (Note: To create Peace, I used the last part of both Hope and Grace and it looks perfect!)

To set up the page, first I created a mask out of the bunch of flowers then stamped them across the border. I did a wash of watercolor for the sky and ground using distress inks, then I used colored pencils to color it. I “wrapped it up by drawing a doodled box around the whole thing. 

I think my page today reflects this verse in a happy colorful way. I hope you like it and were inspired!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

 

SNSS In the Morning…

Psalm 143:8

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
    for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.

What better way to start the day than knowing of God’s love for me. In trusting Him, I I better walk the walk He wants me to. It is when I try to do it on my own that things become more confusing. As a new year approaches, I resolve to work harder on trusting in the Lord and starting each day anew in His love.

For today’s journal page, I have combined a couple of digital images from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. I printed them onto vellum (Strathmore printer Vellum) and colored my page with Polychromos pencils (pencils work great on vellum!). Then I inserted it into my new small pocket Bible – this is a fun little Bible that I can’t wait to play with a little more.

I don’t play with SNSS digis very often but there are a lot of cute ones in the store. The links to the ones I used are: In the Morning Digital Stamp and Butterfly & Flower Digital Stamp

I hope you were inspired today and I wish you a Happy and Blessed New Year!

Lyn

SNSS Wise Men Still Seek Him

Matthew 2:7:12

⁷Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. ⁸He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you have found him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

⁹After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. ¹⁰When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. ¹¹On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

These Magi, knowing of the prophecy of the Messiah, followed the star. They found him, worshiped him (as one would God), and gifted him treasures (fit for a King). These very wise, important men knew how special this baby was! How could someone like you or I fail to do so?

This time of year is often very stressful and hectic. We are trying to get the perfect gifts for those on our list and often we forget that this is His birthday, His day to be celebrated. So this year, when you are out shopping and fighting the crowds, take a breath and remember what the season is about the remember that no matter what you choose, the greatest gift was already given with the birth of Jesus and to this day… “Wise Men Still Seek Him!”

After I created a clean and simple Christmas card using the We Three Kings Clear Stamp Set, my friend insisted she wanted it for her Bible.

I tried a couple of things and finally got the formula right. I used vellum and distress inks for the background and archival ink for the silhouette and created an insert for my Bible.

The thing I love about this vellum page and silhouette stamps is that the beauty is on both sides of the page.

I hope you have a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!Thanks for stopping by,

Lyn