Dare to Get Dirty with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Hello friends!  Welcome back for two more Dare to Get Dirty cards.  I love the color orange, but don't use it very often. It is the perfect color for fall and fruity cards!

Creative Nugget:  Sponging is a favorite technique and was used for all elements on this card.  Sponging and splashes of water were used to create the background.  Sponging and embossing were used for the stitched panel.  Sponging and stamping were used on the leaves.  Autumn Leaves and the coordinating Autumn Leaves Dies are currently part of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Sweet Perks Club, but the bundle price is only good for one more week. The Skeleton Leaves Background is the perfect companion for this bundle!  This card was made for Lydia's DTGD Challenge.

Creative Nugget:  The background is watercolored with Kuretake watercolors on watercolor paper.  The other papers were salvaged from by scrap box.  I just love this orange image and sentiment from the Punny Fruits & Veggies stamp set…he just makes me smile!  The orange was masked and stamped three times, one of which was cut and popped up on an action wobble spring.  Stitching and Baker's Twine finish the card.   This card was made for my sketch challenge and two of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges.

These products from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store 

were used to make these cards:

These cards will be entered for the following challenges:

Sister Act Challenge #118 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Tie It Up

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge - Anything Goes

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge #160 - Frame it Out

Until next time…have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Feeling Fruity

Good morning...it's my day to post on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog so I thought I would share that post here as well!  Hope you are having a great week!

The new Sweet 'n Sassy clear stamp set, "Punny Fruits & Veggies," reminded me of the fact that when I taught first grade we would always celebrate Valentine's Day with a party.  Being conscious of food allergies and heath issues, we would have "February Fruit and Valentine Veggies," with dip of course, at our party.   Since I was feeling kind of fruity today, I decided to play with the cute fruit from this adorable set!

Creative Nugget:  A little 3 X 3 box holds the set of four fruity notecards. There's a wonderful tutorial for this little box which can be found HERE in the resources section on Splitcoaststampers.  Each of the fruits from the set were colored with copic markers and cut with a Spellbinders Circle Nestie and mounted on a scalloped circle that matched the card base.  These were then layered onto Basic Grey patterned paper and a heart embossed panel that had been punched with a scalloped border. A strip of patterned paper was added under the scallops and a bit of Baker's Twine finished the card.  Here are all four notecards.

I just love how each of the sentiments is perfect for each piece of fruit!

After seeing this post, you may be feeling a bit fruity, too!  Hop on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy store and pick up some fruit and veggies and have fun!

Blessings to you and thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Cathymac


Card Recipe
Stamps: Punny Fruits & Veggies (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Select White, Orange Zest (PTI), Cherry Cobbler, Apricot Appeal, Gable Green (SU!), Cryogen White, Sugar Rush DP (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Sizzix Embossing Folder, Circle, Oval, and Scalloped Nesties (Spellbinders), Piercing Tool, Scallop Border Punch (SU!), Baker's Twine (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Copic Markers R32, R39, R59, R89, YR00, YR04, YR12, YR68, YR82, YG13, YG17, YG21, Y15, Y17, E43, E44, E47