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,

 

Crayon Resist

Hello!  Getting back in the swing of things after a little getaway with the family and have a card to share that I made using Floral Thread background, Butterfly Kiss, and Gratitude.  I stamped the image with Versafine Black Onyx and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I die cut the image using Labels Fourteen and colored over the flower petals with a white crayon.  After the were covered with crayon, I generously sponged the die cut (in the die) with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink.  It really makes the flower POP!  

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

Blessings,

 

Hoot!

We are heading home today from a wonderful getaway to Maggie Valley, NC... it was a first for us and we have so enjoyed ourselves!  As we head home, we are dropping our oldest off at camp for another week... she is so excited to return and proud of her because this time she is going without knowing anyone and that is quite a big step!!  I made this little card for her and hoping she gets it at the start of her week....  I used the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps set Owl Be There

and did some paper piecing with some older October Afternoon patterned paper.

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

Blessings,

 

Welcome Little One

I have a quick card to share today that I made for a recent publication call which didn't quite make the cut.   No worries though... some others were accepted and this gives me something to share with you, as stamping time has been slim to none! :)  

I used two Gina K. Designs stamp sets: Special Delivery and Ticket Trio (clear).  The ticket was embossed with Versamark and white embossing powder and to coordinate with the dp I stamped the baby carriages in Stephanie Barnard ink from Clearsnap.  Quite quick and easy, which I love!

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

Blessings,

 

Merry Christmas

 A quick card to share today using Vintage Ornaments and Christmas Sentiments from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  They are pre-releasing these sets early for a limited time so if you miss out this time, know that they will be available again in the fall. I used Memento ink (Love Letter, Peanut Brittle and Bamboo Leaves) to stamp the ornaments and then sponged with Desert Sand to age it just a bit.  The patterned paper is a Christmas collection from Bo Bunny. 


Sweet 'n Sassy stamps has a special sale that ends today 
All of their Christmas stamp sets will be 20% off July 19th-25th!!  No coupon code necessary!  

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

Blessings,