You Are SPEC-tacular

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing several cards over on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog using products from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps April and May release.  First up is a card using the popular Girl Power stamp set.  

Creative Nugget:  The little glasses in the Girl Power set was the inspiration for this card.  After stamping and coloring the frames, Glossy Accents was added to the lenses for texture.  The speckled back ground was stamped with one of the Texture Tiles 1 stamps and white embossed.  Nuvo Embellishment Mousse was sponged over the embossing for a glorious shimmer. The cool Girl Power girl was colored with Copic Markers, fussy cut and popped onto the card.  Three stamp sets were used to create the sentiment, (Words of Life: Common Words 1, Skinny Caps Alpha, and Mini Grunge Type Alpha), which was divided into three parts.  How fun!

My next sample is a shaker card created with the adorable unicorn from the Be Unique stamp set.  

Creative Nugget:  The "Wrinkle Free Distress Background" was created with the little diamond stamp included in the Be Unique stamp set and one of the stamps in the Texture Tiles 1 stamp set. The rainbow and unicorn were Copic colored, fussy cut and popped onto the front of the card.  Sparkly sequins were used to fill the shaker card.

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks #405 - Crazy Egg/ATG

A Gem of a Challenge #220 - Use Three of Something

CAS-UAL Friday Challenge #200 - Birthday Celebration

Fab' n' Funky Challenge #396 - For a Child

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge 116 - Anything Goes With Dots and Stripes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by...until next time!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Give Me Jesus

Hello Friends!  I'm sharing this card today on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog.  Can I just tell you how much fun the new Girl Power Stamp Set from the May Release is to use?! You will seriously want to start putting these girls on every card you create.  The possibilities for dressing them up are endless! 

Creative Nugget:  I started by creating a galaxy sky with Distress Oxide Inks.  A circle was cut from the panel for the world from the Send Me stamp set.  The sentiment from Timeless Hymns was white embossed and then the fun began!   Five of the girls from the Girl Power set were stamped and dressed using many of the little accessories included in the stamp set.  I had so much fun practicing different skin and hair colors using Copic Markers.  ***LOVE***

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #68 - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge #292 - Make Your Mark

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dots

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 19 - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #211 - No Patterned Paper

Thanks so much for stopping by..have a wonderfully blessed day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Girly Birthday Wishes

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a girly birthday card made with the new Girl Power Stamp Set released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps this month.  What a fun set...it's like playing with paper dolls...the way we used to...ages ago!

Creative Nugget:  Dare 2B Artzy papers were attached and stitched to the card front panels.  The top layer was embossed with a burlap texture plate.  The wavy-haired girl from the Girl Power set was copic colored and dressed up with a paper pieced top and gold embossed sunglasses.  A sentiment from Scripty Thoughts, the May Stamp of the Month, was split and part was white embossed on a banner die cut.  The panels were tied together with a die cut heart and sequins added to finish the card.

The design for this card is from Freshly Made Sketches.

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches 336 - FMS336

Always Fun Challenge #57 - For a Female/Mom

Always Happy Birthday May Challenge - Anything Goes (Optional Flowers)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #203 - Cute + A Sentiment

The House That Stamps Built Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - M918 (Pastel Colors, Stitching, Patterned Paper)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Wishing all you moms out there a Happy Mother's Day!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Itty Bitty Blossoms

Hello Sweet Friends...happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing over at the SNSS Blog using some of the awesome new stamp sets from the May Release!  Both cards feature the Itty Bitty Blossoms stamp set which is soooo much fun.

Creative Nugget:  The small elements in the Itty Bitty Blossoms set are perfect for creating wreaths which is what was done here. There was just enough space in the middle of the wreath to stamp one of the girls from the fun new Girl Power stamp set. The girl was cut with a stitched circle die so the wreath frame could be popped up.  SNSS Alphabet sets can be used to add just the right sentiment...the Rebecca Script Alpha was used on this card.

Love the new Itty Bitty Blossoms paired with Whimsy Bouquet for creating backgrounds!

Creative Nugget:  Flowers from both sets were white embossed...then Katherine Pooler inks were sponged over the embossing to create a vibrant rainbow.  A SNSS retired birthday word die was cut from the panel and then cut five more times to be stacked and popped back into the card.  (You could use any word die you have for this.)  The "Happy" from the Companion Words stamp set was stamped in rainbow colors along the left side.  "To You" is from the new Scripty Thoughts stamp set which is the Stamp of the Month for May and is FREE with a $75 purchase!  (Hint: This will be easy to do since you will want this whole release...it's amazing!)

These card will be submitted for the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenge #56 - Flowers

Always Happy Birthday May Challenge - Anything goes (Optional Flowers)

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #198 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

CCEE Stampers - CCEE1818: May Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #210 - Birthdays

Thanks so much for stopping by...hope you enjoyed your visit!

Hugs,

Cathymac