Today I have another “gingerbread person” project to share with you using the new Sweet Holiday Wishes Stamp Set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps – so so cute!!
I created some texture on my base card using the Starry Night Stencil and Distress Oxides. I stamped the holly garland on watercolor paper, masked it off, then stamped the Gingerbread boy on top of it, in order to make it look like the little guy was holding the garland. I colored my image with water colors then added some brighter highlights (the yellow and red) with glaze pens. I used a white pen for my final touches.
I used a stitched die to cut out my image. I mounted it on a dark green card stock and added that onto my stenciled kraft base.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired! Lyn
Today I have two projects using the new Christmas Hymn Word Art Set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. Both are for Christmas gifts which means I am ahead of the game already – woohoo!!
First, I have a twisted fold card – this is one of my favorite folds. I haven’t made one in a long time so I really had fun with it. It creates two pockets; one on the outside which I sealed and one on the inside which is perfect for a gift card. Get the tutorial here. I added a cute candy cane heart from Gnomie Christmas Digital on the front to pair up with my sentiment. Love it!!
By the way – This card fits perfect into an A2 envelope so no worries there 🙂
For my second project, I made a cute tiered tray decoration for a friend. I used a piece of scrap wood that I sanded down, painted black then white, then I sanded it again to get a rustic, distressed look. The Hymn Word Art is perfect. I am not going to lie, I may need to make another one for me 🙂
Today I have a SWEET project to share with you! I am using the new Sweet Holiday Wishes Stamp Set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps and and let me tell you – these gingerbread people are oh so adorable!
I decided to go clean and simple with my project because….coloring! I stamped the Gingerbread girl on a kraft card front and colored it with pencils. It was so relaxing and satisfying and I love the simple one layer card.
I rounded the corners of the bottom of my top fold card and opted to add my sentiment “Wishing you a very sweet Christmas” on the inside of my card. It makes me happy!
I love coloring on kraft cardstock with color pencils. What about you? What paper do you prefer for color pencils?
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired! Lyn
For today’s Instagram Hop with Sweet N Sassy Stamps, I have created two card styles using the new Vintage Holly Set. This set is absolutely beautiful!
I also have the die for this one. I don’t always get dies, but this seemed to be a great one to get because it is a set that sort of “builds” the holly branch, and the die (or the negative really) helped to perfectly place the individual pieces. I set up each of the holly pieces in my MISTI using the die cut negative as my guide and once placed, I could move my card front around the MISTI to build my holly and create a one-layer card. As I started the set up, I thought it could be helpful to video the process.
My first card (or set of cards – there will be more) is clean and simple. I stamped the holly then used the story stamp and the postmark stamp in the set to create some texture. It feels very “vintage collage” and I love it!
My second card uses last week’s Technique Lovers Challenge from Splitcoast Stampers to create a “spot-light” on the image using simple masking to build a background behind it. This isn’t my usual style, but I wanted to try the technique and it was fun!
I hope you were inspired today and if you want to participate in the Hop, it starts on the SNSS IG.
Today I am featuring the Tree of Life Stamp Set from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. It is a beautiful stamp and is great for Bible journaling, art journaling and card making. I love when a stamp can be stretched like that!
I decided to go “water color” with my technique today. And by water color, I mean Distress Oxides with water spritzed on before stamping. A little water allows you keep some of the definition of the stamp and a little more allows for a softer look.
My first card is a simple scene. I added a few flowers from the Itty Bitty Blossoms set for some color and a simple sentiment from the Roses For You set. I sometimes go straight to sentiment sets forgetting that there are some really perfect sentiments found in the image sets – note to self…remember to look through sets before “settling” on a sentiment. 🙂 For this one, I used Distress Oxides for the greenery, and Polychromos pencils for the trunk, and Copics for the flowers. I stamped the sentiment with VersaClair Nocturne.
For my second card, I tried out the new technique from SplitCoast Stampers called Starburst Background. I created a circle mask to stamp my image through then cut it out with a circle die just a little bigger so I could get a white ring around the image. I grabbed greens from my stash of scraps for my star burst then added a sentiment from The Future with VersaClair Nocturne..
I love that the technique for the image is similar yet these two cards are so different. I had a great time with this stamp set and hope I have inspired you to try some “water coloring” with your stamps 🙂
Today is my day to host the technique challenge at SplitCoast Stampers. I decided on a tone on tone background using a stamp, stencil, embossing folder, etc., Versa Mark, and Clear Embossing powder. It is a clean and simple look with some texture to keep it interesting. Both cards use the new Background Builder Funky Borders Set
My first card is a Mothers day card. I used the borders to create a background then added a floral image from In this Together which I colored with Polychromos pencils. The sentiment is from Favorite Mom – a digital set.
My Second card is an encouragement card using the Funky border background and the image from Walk Humbly which I also colored with Polychromos pencils (when they are on the desk…).and the sentiment is from Faith Phrases inked with Versa Clair Nocturne.
I hope you are inspired and I would love if you joined the Technique Lover’s Challenge at SplitCoast Stampers this week.
Today I have a couple of cards using the new Birthday Guy Stamp set from Sweet N Sassy. This is the stamp of the month for May so you can get it free with a $65 order.
I made the cards clean and simple(ish) because the sentiments are so bold, they can really carry the cards. However, I decided to add a little texture to the background with embossing folders.
First, I used the new digital paper called Man of the House and embossed it with a birthday embossing folder and then added the sentiment as my focal image. The texture is subtle but it adds the perfect touch.
My second card uses a geometric embossing folder. I added Versa Mark to my folder before I ran it through the machine, then I added black embossing powder when it came out. It is a little messy but that is part of the fun of this technique. I added the sentiment onto a scrap background sponged a little of the same Distress Oxide colors onto the embossed piece to tie them together. That is all there is to this one. I love the black and white color scheme on this one.
I hope these inspire you to grab out those embossing folders (if you’re like me, you may need to dust them before using haha!)
Today I have a fun shaker card. I have been playing with Sweet N Sassy’s Be Uniquestamp set and dies all month and trying to come up with different looks/techniques so they are “unique”.
When I saw the little flower dies I thought that, while I wouldn’t want to fussy cut enough flowers for shaker piece, die cutting them would be perfect for shaker pieces! I grabbed a background card from my stash that used the Grunge Grid stencil and I built everything around that and the idea of shaker flowers haha!
I used Distress Inks in Worn lipstick, Squeezed lemonade, and Broken China (Those were the first blue, pink, and yellow inks I saw.) I stamped all my images on watercolor paper using VersaClair and water colored with the Distress Inks. When I needed orange, purple, and green, I mixed them up with the three colors I had.
When I had it put together, I decided it would be a birthday card so I grabbed a simple sentiment from the Lots of Love set and heat embossed it in white on a black cardstock. It is simple but it is super fun!
Here are the others from this month 🙂
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to try different techniques and stretch your stamps a bit! Lyn
Today’s card uses last month’s “water color” challenge technique at Splitcoast (originally found HERE). Essentially, you add some water based ink (I used Distress Inks) to a craft mat, spritz it, and then use that to “ink up” your stamp. Best of all…you do not have to be exact about this! This technique is so addictive and fun that I have been trying it with lots of different stamps just to see if they work haha!
My card uses a bunch of left over color paper cut into strips for the background then I “water colored” the unicorn from the Be Uniqueset using colors similar to my scraps. I did a little bit of shading with color pencils, fussy cut it out, and adhered it to my card with foam tape. I added the sentiment from the set to finished it off. I think it is pretty cool looking but what do you think?
Thanks for stopping by – I hope you try out the technique!
My last cards for the fun SNSS birthday month use the Gnomie Christmas Digital Set. These little gnomes are so cute!
My first card is a mini card (2.25″x4″). I colored the image with Copic markers, fussy cut it, and popped it up with fun foam. I used a simple sentiment from the Stamp of the Month Mini Tag Sentiments, It is the perfect size for a gift tag but I think it could be a fun mailed card too.
My second card uses a watercolor background from my stash (extra points for this one!). It uses the Folk Art Snowflakes Set embossed over a distress ink blended background. I colored the image from the Gnomie Christmas Digital Set with Copic markers, fussy cut it, and adhered it onto a white band with the sentiment on it. I am loving the colors on this one :).
I hope you have enjoyed this fun birthday month with Sweet n Sassy and were inspired along the way! Thanks for stopping by today!