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

We Go Together with Kate Hadfield Designs

 

You Warm My Heart with Prickley Pear

 

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is well and enjoying this time of year!  Today I'm

sharing a cute winter card using a digital stamp from

Prickley Pear Stamps

You Warm My Heart

This is such a cute digital stamp!  I wanted to make use of the fun background that

is included in the set.  I first sized it in my computer and then printed it out along

with the sentiment.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do for my card.  I finally decided to die cut

the image with part of the background with my Gina K Designs Fabulous

Labels Die set.  Everything fit into the label so well!

I then prepared my background panel from a piece of Bazzill Ocean card

stock.  Then I embossed it with Simon Hurley's Sparkling Snow 3D Embossing

folder from Spellbinders.

I colored my image with Copic markers that were the same shades found

in the digital background.  Copic colors used:

C0, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, 100

R00, R02, R20, R22, B00, B12, B23

On the raised parts of the embossed panel I applied Twinkle Stickles with

a pointed cotton swab and set it off to the side to dry.

I felt that just mounting the label with the embossed background would not be

enough.  I needed another layer between the card base and the blue embossed panel.

I decided to use a piece of Silver Luxe Glitter card stock from Simon Says Stamp.  I

love the effect of that very glittery paper peaking out from behind the embossed

panel!  So much sparkle!

I die cut my sentiment using an oval die I had in my stash.  I made an A2

Let It Snow with Kate Hadfield Designs