Mason Jar Bouquet with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing my last project for the month

Guest Designing for

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp Set

Whew!  February went by in a flash!  So, I'm bringing you some spring

cheer with my card today!  I chose everything ahead of time with this

card project.  I made an A2 size top folding white card base, adhered a

piece of double sided patterned paper to the front 1/8" smaller than the

base.  I embossed an olive color panel for the front that measures

3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and from the patterned paper I cut 2 strips - one is about

an inch or more and the other about 3/4" wide.  I tore the ends of these

2 strips diagonally.  I heat embossed my image and my

sentiment with gold embossing powder onto watercolor paper.

My plan was to watercolor my floral image to match the colors in

the patterned paper.

I put a wash of color on my elements of the image.  I used a watercolor

set that contained a nice rainbow of colors.

My set did not contain orange or purple so I mixed colors where I was

lacking.  I bumped up the color with some shading using a darker, more

concentrated version of the colors.  After everything was painted and

dried, I fussy cut both the image and the sentiment.

I foam taped my mason jar image and then put the sentiment half over the jar

and one half hanging off.  On the part that hangs off I  added the same

same foam tape so it would be level with my jar.  I added some glittery

enamel dots that really looked nice against the colors and that

finished my card!

I hope I've given you a month of inspiration as we head into

spring!  You can find this stamp set and many more as well

as digital stamps at

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Til next time...

Butterfly Flower Pots with Polkadoodles

 

Bluebird with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hoppy Spring with Kate Hadfield Designs

 

Hello everyone!  A little more spring inspiration coming at you today using

products from

Kate Hadfield Designs

Springity Spring Digital Stamp Set

Nothing says spring like flowers, frogs and sunny days!  Let me show you

how I made this card.  I composed my card panel in the computer and

printed it out onto white card stock.  I flipped, angled and layered the

flowers for more variation - one of wonderful things you can do with

digital stamps!  I also die cut the panel at this point.

Although I didn't know what direction I would be headed in to complete

my card, I find that die cutting my panel helps me to visualize the

final card and it's just easier to maneuver.  The die I used was for a

full 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card panel.  I also die cut the sentiment using

a banner die from my stash.

I started my coloring...not getting overly fussy and keeping the colors

bright and happy!

This images are fairly simple so coloring was very easy.

Copic colors used:  YG00, YG11, YG23, YG17, Y11, Y15, Y17, Y02,

C1, C3, C5, B000, BV000, G82, G94, G85, E93, E71, E95, E81 and E85.

I was still unsure at this point what I was going to do for the background so

I added glitter glue to the bumble bee wings and yellow body parts, the

sun's rays, the centers of the flowers, the spots on the frog and the shell

of the snail.  I decided to do soft ink blending with a cloud stencil for

the sky and just some green around the bottom.

I backed the sentiment banner with a piece of soft yellow glitter paper.

I liked how the yellow looked so much, I cut down the panel so it was

4" x 5 1/4" and placed it on my card base that I had covered with the

yellow glitter card stock.  I added some tiny butterfly sequins around the

flowers and that finished my card!

I hope this has inspired you to make a happy card as spring is right

around the corner!  Find this stamp set and many others at

Kate Hadfield Designs

Til next time -

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Kate Hadfield Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

Bee Sweet Stamp Set with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  I'm back with another project using stamps from

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Bee Sweet Stamp Set

I love anything bee themed and this stamp set is so cute!  There are

13 stamps in this set to choose from!  There are also coordinating

dies available. Let me show you how I created my card.

I started by stamping my images onto a piece of A2 size Kraft

card stock.

I die cut my panel with a scalloped rectangle die from my stash.  I

used the Kraft card stock because I wanted to use my colored pencils.  I 

used a hybrid black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I started with lots of light layers of pencil, in order to build up

my color.  I used my Faber-Castel Polychromos colored pencils.

Colors used:

Naples Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Dark Chrome Yellow, Cold Grey IV,

Cold Grey II, Cold Grey V, Cadmiium Yellow, Black, Brown

Ochre, Burnt Umber, Light Yellow Ochre, Light Green, Permanent

Green, Leaf, Chromium Oxide Green, Green

It wasn't until all the coloring was done that I realized my sentiment

was crooked!  😱

Not to worry, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment again and then used

a stitched circle die and foam taped it over the crooked one.  Then I chose my

background paper and prepared an A2 size top folding white notecard base.

I used a white acrylic heart on the sentiment, Stickles on the bee wings and

some yellow gem stones around the hive!  And that finished my card.

I love how this card looks!  And I only used 4 of the stamps...imagine what you 

can do with others!  You can find this stamp set along with the dies and

many more at

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Til next time!

Gold Finch Collage with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  A springtime card for you today using products from

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Gold Finch Collage Digital Stamp

I was really drawn to this digital stamp.  I love vintage vibes and this one

is so gorgeous!  I had a little hiccup along the way and I'll show you how I

fixed it!  I started by sizing my image in my computer and printing it out onto

white card stock.

My intent was to color this with my Copic markers.  So I colored the

gold finch first and then the background.

This did not work for me on so many levels.  So I decided to cut the

gold finch out and proceed from there.  I fussy cut it out - minus the

feet - and then went around the edges with a black marker.

Next I printed out the image onto some paper from my stash that

actually looks like old crinkled paper.  I used various shades of yellow

to color the bird and a little bit of orange for the beak.  To make the eye

stand out, I went around it with a white gel pen, then made the black

pupil bigger so you could barely see the white pen.  I added a little

white to the beak as well.

I die cut this image with an A2 size die from my stash.  Then I inked around

the edges with brown ink.  I did a tiny bit of coloring to make the branch 

stand out and I colored the feet.  I stamped a sentiment from the Mason Jar

Bouquet Stamp Set and it didn't look good.  So, I took a scrap of the

background paper, stamped it again, trimmed it out, went around the edge

with a black marker, glued it flat to the surface and adhered some nail head

sequins to each corner.  I adhered this to a Kraft colored A2 size card base

and my card was done!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  It is really a quick way to make

a card in a hurry!  You can find this digital set and the sentiment set

and so many more stamp sets - both photopolymer and digital at

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Flower Meadow with Polkadoodles

 

Sparkle & Shine with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing you another card using products from

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sparkle & Shine Stamp Set

You know how sometimes you're making a card and you know how you want

it to look, but everything seems to be going sideways as you are making it?

Yeah...that's what happened with this card!  Let me show you!  😅

So I cut a standard letter size piece of white card stock in half so each piece

was 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".  I took one one of that and scored each end at 2 1/8".

Then I folded it so it created a gatefold card that still fits into an

 A2 size envelope.  I also cut a label with a die from my stash.  This is part of

a set of nesting dies - of which I will be using more than one size.

Next I used a panel of 140lb cold press watercolor paper taped to a piece

of hardboard.  I first sprayed this with water - not a lot to start and then

sprinkled on shimmer watercolor powders.  

I used my fan brush to pick up the powders and sprinkle them on.  I sprayed

more water to help the pigment move and used my fan brush where the 

pigments were not moving enough on their own.  I tilted the board and held

a piece of paper towel to absorb some of the excess water.  I let that dry for

a little bit - but not completely.  Then I added some Micah spray.

Once the Micah spray had dried a bit, I sprayed it with a white pearl

spray...I was trying not to get everything on my desk sprayed as well,

as a result I have a swath of pearl spray on my studio floor!  Once 

this spray had dried a bit, I then added some iridescent spray.  This

is the panel dry.  I needed to get the 2 side panels for the front and

the smaller label out of this paper.  I couldn't cut the paper length-

wise, because there would not have been enough room for the label.

So I ended up cutting it the other way, which meant the 2 main

panels were a bit short.  

So, although I had not planned on it, I could add some snow

banks along the bottom.  But first I wanted to heat emboss the

snow flakes from the Sparkle and Shine stamp set on the

sides and the sentiment and bits of the snowflakes on the label.

I heat embossed and put one layer of white glitter stock on the

bottoms of the side panels and I sprayed the white label background

die cut with the iridescent spray.  I think because I had so

many textures with the blue, the embossing ended up looking

rather distressed.  And, once the embossing was done, I ended up

spilling the entire container of embossing powder onto my lap!

This was not just white embossing powder - that would have been

too easy, right?  It was sparkle embossing powder, so I had the

glitter element to contend with. 😱   I have less than a quarter of an

inch left of the embossing powder. 😞

Did you notice that there are 3 layers of glitter stock to make the snow

banks?  That's because I measured wrong twice!!!!!  It doesn't look

horrible, in fact, I like the layered texture that the 3 layers give.  I

adhered my layered label onto the left half of the card.  Then I added

some snowflake sequins and nail gems for extra sparkle.  And

that finished my card!

I was pleased with how this card turned out - despite all the mishaps

along the way!!!  You can find this stamp set along with many others at

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

I hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful - even with all

the mishaps!  😅  For the rest of the month I'll be creating cards with

more of a springtime vibe!

Snowman Soup with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

 

Hello everyone!  I have a special project today.  For the month of

February I will be Guest Designing for 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

I've started out with a winter project using the Hot Cocoa Mug digital

stamp and Hot Cocoa Sentiments digital stamp.  Both are so cute

to create with!

I started by composing and printing my design and sentiment onto 

smooth white card stock.

I knew I wanted to color my image with Copic markers but I really didn't have

a clear color palette idea.  So, I colored the image with various markers.

Copic colors used:  B000, B00, B02, V01, V04, V05, RV10,

E50, E51, E71, E77, E43,G82, G85, G97,

YR15, YR16, YR07

I fussy cut my image after coloring and I fussy cut the sentiment.

These were the components for my card.  I blended white pigment ink onto the

bottom of the snowflake paper and didn't like it.  I also had issues with the heart

that I placed on the snowman - I didn't like the color.  I added some white

glitter paper to the bottom of the snowflake paper to resemble snow.  I also

replaced the heart on the snowman with a holographic embellishment heart.

I adhered the "snow" across the bottom of the card flat.  I popped up the

snowman and sentiment with foam squares.  My last bit of embellishment was

tiny holo hearts for steam coming out of the cocoa!

I hope you've enjoyed today's project.  You can find these digital stamps

and photopolymer stamp set at

Sweet 'n Sassy

Stay tuned for more inspo!  I have another 5 projects coming your way

this month!

Betsy