Showing posts with label Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps. Show all posts

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Twofer Card Challenge #2

We were blown away by your enthusiastic response of the first Twofer Card Challenge and hope this month's prompt will inspire you even more! Here it is...





I tried to see if I could use the little stamps that come in stamp sets and are often neglected and make them the stars of my cards. I used the same size little heart in the Hero Arts "Prayers" set (see below) to make the four-leaf clovers on the first card and the background behind the letters on the second card.



Stamps: Hero Arts (hearts), Uniko (sentiment)
Dies: My Favorite Thing (mini scalloped rectangles)
Other: butterfly (punch), hand drawn (stems, ladybug, and grass)

The first card has a layered look and even uses some patterned paper.  I created a little scene featuring four-leaf clovers, a hand drawn ladybug (covered in glossy accent and a butterfly punched out from a scrap that was sprayed with shimmery blue. The panel is layered on a red panel and mounted with fun foam on a die cut layer of polka dotted paper. 



Stamps: Hero Arts (hearts and sentiment - from the prayer set)
Dies: Essentials by Ellen (hinged alphabet), Sweet 'n' Sassy (red heart), My Favorite Things (dotted chevron)



The second card is more CAS with lots of white space. I die cut the new-to-me hinged letters from Ellen Hutson (so, so cool) and the dotted chevron border, stamped the hearts in red and purple on the card underneath, and attached the panel to the card. Stamped the sentiment on a heart die cut from red card stock and sprinkled more hearts in three different sizes around it (the purple one above the big red heart is the same one I used to make the background behind the letters and the four-leaf clovers). I put Stickles on the little purple heart and Glossy Accents on the small red one to add a little interest.

I really hope that I have inspired you to play along this month and can't wait to see the different designs you create using a heart stamp or die! Remember to take one picture of both cards. And now hop over to the Twofer Card Challenge to see the spectacular designs that my team mates came up with!




I am going to enter my second card to the
STAMPloration February Challenge "Paint it Red"





and to the
AAA Cards #108 "All You Need Is Love"
(Isn't that frog the cutest ever?)





ETA: I was encouraged on Instagram to enter the second card at the
Calling All Sistahs #10
Happy to do that! A challenge with an important mission!







Be well and keep in touch!


Monday, August 21, 2017

Two Cards, Two Techniques

Today I have two cards for you featuring two different techniques. The first one has a strip of Yupo paper (sort of like a sheet of thin plastic) and alcohol inks. In the close up you might be able to see a bit of gold there, too. It's very fascinating to watch how drops of alcohol inks react on Yupo paper. If you haven't tried it you should definitely put it on your list of techniques to try!








Stamps: My Favorite Things (sentiment)
Die: My Favorite Things (happy)


On the second card I played with watercolors on watercolor paper sprinkled with salt. The salt sucks up the color and creates an interesting pattern. I die cut the hearts and the word love from the sheet I created. The close up is supposed to show you the Wink of Stella sparkle that is so hard to capture on a photo!








Stamps: PTI (sentiment)
Dies: PTI (love), Sweet 'n' Sassy (hearts, SSS (stitched frame)


Challenges (click on the links for more information and lots of inspiration from the DTs and the galleries):

CAS Mix Up August Challenge






My Favorite Things Camp Create 2017 "Delightful Die Cutting"








Thanks so much for visiting and commenting if you feel like it! Let me know if you have any questions!


Be well,


Saturday, January 14, 2017

Masculine Retirement Card

Another masculine card - this time for my newly retired brother-in-law!




Stamps: Winnie & Walter (sentiment), unknown (guy)
Dies: Hills (MFT Die-namics), clouds (Sweet 'n' Sassy, Penny Black


That guy is an unmounted stamp that, I believe, I bought at the first Rubber Stamp Convention I went which was almost 18 years ago. Unfortunately I don't remember who made it. Might have been "Stamp Out Cute" that has since closed. I don't think I have ever used him (he had a nice long nap you could say). 


Challenges (click on the links for more information and lots of inspiration from the DTs and the galleries):

The Male Room Challenge #51 "Anything Goes"







Happy Little Stampers January Anything Goes With Dies







Inkspirational #126 "Flutter"
Hey, a newspaper flutters in the breeze...







Be well,


Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Thanks a ton

Every month my friend Gundi from papierelle gives out a prize to one of the commenters of her most visited post of the previous month. Isn't that a great idea? I was the lucky winner of the prize for the month of August. So, a few weeks ago I got this in the mail:





Two cute Christmas stamps and a Christmas embossing folder! Just the right thing to put me in a Christmas mood! The dragonflies on the card are really sparkly. It was all packaged with love in that sweet little bag she made.

This deserved a "ton" of thanks so I got out a NBUS set from Clearly Besotted and made her this card:






Stamps: Clearly Besotted (whale, sentiment)
Dies: Memory Box (waves), Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps (clouds), SSS (frame)

The waves are cut out from a photocopied picture of lake water, a leftover from one of the calendars I always make for my family (told you I keep every snippet)! The whale is stamped on glossy paper and fussy cut.


Challenges:


Pixie's Snippets Playground - week 197
The waves and the clouds are snippets



Pixies Crafty Workshop



Time Out Challenges #41 'Autumn... the year's last, loveliest smile'
Since the whale wears a big smile I thought I would enter here too, focusing on the word "smile" and bring a touch of blue into the see of autumn colored entries... ;)



Grab Our Badge!



Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes"



Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog



Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday "Stamp"



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Simon Says "World Cardmaking Day"



Simon Says Stamp Blog



Happy Little Stampers "October sketch"








Thank you for visiting and leaving me a comment!

Hugs,
Susanne



Friday, September 18, 2015

NBUS New Home

Quick, quick, another card before the door closes on the NBUS #5 challenge hosted by the fabulous Darnell! Don't panic, you still have until the end of today (Friday, started writing this on Thursday but didn't have time to finish and post it), so go ahead, pick something from your "Never Before Used Schtuff" pile (because I know you have one), make a card and post it!

I should have at least entered one card per day to make a dent in my Mt. NBUS but unfortunately time would not allow it... My card actually features two NBUS: The Brevilla Houses and the Arbocello tree, both from Memory Box. Cut out the tree from a scrap of watercolor paper and watercolored it.

Made this for my friend who recently moved away. The airplane symbolizes the hope for many visits back here!



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Stamp: Winnie & Walter (sentiment), Inkadinkado (airplane)
Dies: Memory Box (houses, tree), Sweet 'n' Sassy (clouds)



Challenges:

NBUS #5 (second entry)







Pixie's Snippet's Playground #194 (second entry and also closing soon!)
The tree and the clouds are cut from snippets



Pixies Crafty Workshop



Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Die Cuts"



Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog



Memory Box #4 "Terrific Trees"



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Wishing you all a fun and creative weekend!

Hugs,
Susanne

Monday, July 27, 2015

When times are tough...

Just popping in with a card for the Memory Box Challenge "Red, White, and Blue" and 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Sparkle and Shine". Underneath the raindrops is blue mirror paper. You'll see the shine in the close up.




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Stamps: Art Impressions (sentiment)
Dies: Memory Box (raindrops, umbrella), Sweet 'n' Sassy (clouds)
Other: Marco's (mirror paper)


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Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog



Thanks for your visit! Hope you have a fantastic week!

Hugs,
Susanne

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope your day is filled with love and chocolate!
You might be relieved to know that this is the last love card for now. ;)

This year the 7 Cardologists made their own challenge: We had to use the swirly heart die from SSS that Dora gave us all for Christmas. If you want to see all the different and amazing cards we made with it hop over to Dora's blog where she shows them all!

Ooops, I just realized I haven't taken a picture of it and it's dark now. Well, I'll try to do my best (good that I have an extra one)... Be right back...


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Dies: Simon Says Stamp (swirly heart), PTI (Love), Sweet 'n' Sassy (small heart), the dark heart is the cut out from the Love
Stamp: Stampin' Up (swirls on the small heart)

Ok, back to eating more chocolate...

Hugs,
Susanne


Thursday, January 29, 2015

Retro Rubber Challenge #6

ETA: This card was a winner at the Retro Rubber Challenge!

Another last minute post!
I recently discovered a challenge that is all about using your "retro" stuff, stamps that are at least a year old. And you know how much I love to dust off my older stamps so, of course, I had to play. Thinking I still had plenty of time I leisurely worked on my card until I checked the closing time...

This time we are given a sketch:


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Stamps: Stampin' Up (swirly heart background, swirly heart), Winnie & Walter (sentiment)
Dies: MFT (scalloped border), Sweet 'n' Sassy (glitter heart)

Made a background with Distress Inks and white embossed the background stamp (from 2001!) on it. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. If you have questions please let me know.

Challenges:

Retro Rubber Challenge #6

Check it out, surely you have some older stamps that have been neglected because are having fun with you new stuff!

Time Out Challenge #23 "Valentines with an optional twist of hearts"

And now I'm off to bed!

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Muse Challenge #101

I immediately loved the colors on Marion's card this week.





Blue and white looks so crisp and fresh. Instead of embossing I used dies but did emboss white on white on the heart.



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Stamp: Hero Arts (background)
Dies: Memory Box (border), Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps (heart)

This goes to the Muse Challenge #101.


A warm welcome to two new followers:

Sid from "Harpies Crafty Corner"
Hazel from "My Card Attic"

Lots of fantastic artwork and inspiration to be found on their blogs so take time for a visit!

My welcoming quote to thank you for following my little blog is from Anne Bradstreet:

If we had no winter
spring would not be so pleasant.

Now, isn't that true? And hopefully a little consolation for those of us who can't wait for winter to end.

Thanks for your visit and your kind comments! They brighten my day!

Hugs,
Susanne


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Baby Girl for SSS flickr challenge

Just popping in with a card I made for the Simon Says Stamp flickr challenge. They want to see any kind of embossing - dry, heat, or paste. I used one of their amazing stencils with embossing paste mixed with pearl acrylic paint to make it shimmery.





Stamps: Lawn Fawn (Milo's Alphabet), SSS (baby girl)
Stencil: SSS (falling stars)
Dies: Sweet 'n' Sassy (clouds)

Did you see that Dora and Cathy have their "Get To Know You" posts up? If not, go for a visit and leave them some love! It's always fun to learn something new about our stamping friends!

That's it from me for now. I am trying to get over a strep throat but the antibiotics are not kicking in as fast as I would like to...

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Susanne

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

SSS Wednesday (Mother's Day)

This is my second post today and, as usual, I am sliding in at the last minute for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Mother's Day or Special girl that closes tomorrow morning (so you still have all night to create...).

I used a Mojo Monday sketch #270




and made this:




That's it for today! Thanks for looking and please come back!

Be well,
Susanne

Paper: S.E.I. (patterned paper)
Dies: Sweet 'n' Sassy stamps (heart die)
Punches: CarlaCraft
Impression Plate: PTI
Sentiment is computer generated 


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