Season of Change

Today I have a fun autumn card I made using Season of Change from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Pitt artist Big Brush pens (no ink pads, shock and awe I know!).  I colored directly on the stamp using Dark Chrome Yellow and flicked on top of it with Orange Glaze prior to stamping on white card stock.  I love the two-toned look on the leaves...  To add some filler to the white space I inked the Friendship Script Background with the Light Yellow Glaze Big Brush pen.  The sentiment was inked with Caput Mortuum and and some flecks by coloring with the same marker on my craft mat, spritzing with water and then flicking over my panel using a water color brush...uber cool technique, and a favorite!

Here is a closer look at the flecking:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

CAS Sympathy

Today I have a quick sympathy card that I made for the family of Lynn Brookside.  I met Lynn via StampTV and she was always such an encouragement to me and so many others.  I have met some sweet people online as well as in person through paper crafting and thank the Lord for it!!

For my card I used Sheltering Cherry Blossom from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and stamped the flower image with Memento Dandelion.  If you would like more info about Lynn, please check out Melanie's posts HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Your Kindness

I managed to squeeze some card making in this morning while Jeb was working on some coloring papers. I know you have seen these leaves (from Foliage Fancy) before...but I am longing for fall. This set was illustrated by my dear friend Nina and love the two-step stamping possibilities.    

The solid leaf image was stamped with a spectrum pad and with the outline image was stamped with Rich Cocoa. I  distressed the edges and I sprayed it with a little Rich Cocoa Fireworks spray. I am entering this into the Moxie Fab World: Card Design Handbook Week: The Repitition Challenge. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Dreams Soar

Hello!  Today I have a CAS design to share using Social Butterfly and a sentiment from Free Flight. I stamped the butterfly using Versafine Oynx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder, and colored with Copics. I added some Want2Scrap bling to highlight my focal point.

I am entering this card into the Card Design Handbook Week: The Focal Point Challenge. Looking forward to this new special issue from Paper Crafts!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Wildflowers

Hello!  I managed to make a quick card last night using Wildflowers from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and coloring direct to stamp using PITT artist Big Brush pens (in Ochre, May Green, Green Olive and Caput Mortuum).  I stamped over the image Friendship Script Background with Old Paper distress ink and distressed the edges.  Very easy peasy.... :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Thanks

I have a quick card to share that I made really fast using Foliage Fancy from Penny Black. The solid image was stamped using a Spectrum ink pad from Tsukineko and then each leaf was stamped a second time with the outline image using Memento Black Tuxedo. I stamped one extra leaf on scrap paper, trimmed and added a sentiment to a ribbon die.

 Really FAST...in fact, thinking of making an assortment of these to have on hand.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Season of Blessings

 Today I have a card to share that I made for the CPS278 sketch challenge.  I used Leaf Silhouettes from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and Memento ink.  The bling from Want2Scrap was added for fill in/interest.  Sometimes I have a hard time with blank space...lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Happiness

I have a card to share today that I made for the Play Date Cafe Challenge using some Penny Black stamps.  The background was created by generously sponging Tim Holtz distress ink onto an ivory panel and then water stamping with Harmony (a slapstick background stamp).  The Petal Party flowers were stamped on a separate piece that had been sponged in similar fashion, trimmed, and popped up using Glue Dots.  

Here is a look at the fun color challenge from PDCC:

Had a great time this weekend with some dear paper crafting friends at the CKC Charlotte show.  It was so much fun getting together and we had a blast!  Great memories ladies...  Linda had a "particular" Shell service station she wanted to go to, lol and Patti definitely KNOWS her way around Charlotte!!!  Love that! Here is pic of Linda, Patti, Olga and I at a fabulous scrapbooking store called The Stamper's Alley:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Grateful For You

 I recently won a contest over on the Penny Black blog and received some wonderful goodies from Penny Black...such a FUN package to open... thank you Penny Black :)  One of the sets I received was Foliage Fancy which I just LOVE!!!  

I made this card using the solid images from the set and gelatos from Design Memory Craft (Faber Castell). I spritzed the stamp with water and used the chapstick tubes to color directing on the solid leaf images before stamping on ivory cardstock. (Some generational stamping was done as well to fill the panel). After I was finished, I used a Black Big Brush pen which I colored onto my craft mat and picked up the ink using a wet paint brush flicked onto the panel. It added some cool speckles!!! The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Oynx Black and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Season of Blessings

Hello! Today I have a card to share that I made for the sketch challenge over on SCS this week. LOVED this sketch and thought immediately of the new SNSS set Leaf Silhouettes. The leaves were stamped with Memento Morocco, Cantaloupe and Bamboo Leaves and obviously wanted it to coordinate with some fun Bo Bunny patterned paper. 
It has been HUMID the past two days and looking forward to some cooler weather that fall brings!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Sew, What's New?

 Hey there!  Can you believe the summer is winding down...and fast?!?!?  

Today I have a card to share made using the Swiss Dots stencil from The Crafter's Workshop and stamps from The Craft's Meow.  Using the Swiss Dots stencil and distress stains, I created a fun background for the center panel from the TCM sketch.  For my sewing themed card, I used Sew Lovely and Sew Happy and anchored it with the labels stamp from Lovely Labels 18 (also with polka dots).  The cute pin cushion was die cut using one of the Spellbinders Sewing Elements dies, which coordinate perfectly with the stamp set Sew Happy. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

SNSS August Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps August release blog hop!  All of the August releases are available right here. Hope you can join us over on in the SNSS forum on SCS for the party as well as a fabulous set of challenges throughout the day! 

The first card I have to share with you today is Leaf Silhouettes: 

I stamped the leaves using Morocco, Olive Grove, and Peanut Brittle Memento ink.  Then I spritzed it with some Rich Cocoa Fireworks spray.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut with a Spellbinders die and attached with some baker's twine.  

And here is one using Tree Background:

I stamped the tree image with Versafine Vintage Sepia and embossed with clear embossing powder. I created the moon by masking (using a sticky note that I punched with a circle punch and used as a mask with Versamark and clear embossing powder).   Then I sponged liberally with distress inks and stamped the sentiment from Leaf Silhouettes.


Hope you can join us for our Virtual Stamp Day over on SCS.  There will be 3 winners from the challenges who will each win a $20 credit to the store.

Also, be sure to hop along today as one random commenter on a random DT member's blog will win two sets of their choice from the release
 (must comment by 8:00 PM EST today)

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Monika Davis

Jessica Fick

Cathy McCauley

Mary Faus

Kim Singdahlsen

Bridget Finlay

Taylor Usry

Dina Kowal
Lee Murphy

Kim Schofield

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Jennie Harper * you are here

Korin Sutherland

Next stop on the hop...Korin!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,