Wild About Wood

Hello friends!  I just love the texture stamps in the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store and the new Wood Backgrounds Stamp Set is no exception.  Today I'm sharing a couple of cards over on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog using Wood Backgrounds with a few other favorites from the store.

First is Wood Backgrounds with Winter Birds.

Creative Nugget: Papers from Carta Bella were used on the card base.  The wood round was stamped on a mixed media panel that was sprinkled with Color Burst Powders and spritzed with water.  This was cut with a circle die.  The cardinal and holly leaves from the Winter Birds stamp set were colored with Copic Markers and popped onto the Wood Background.  Glossy Accents was added to the berries and the sentiment was stamped on a banner die cut to finish the card.

Next up is Wood Backgrounds with the new Doves of Peace stamp set.

Creative Nugget: Wood texture was impressed onto the background and one of the Wood Backgrounds was white embossed on a piece of Kraft card stock cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die.  One of the doves from the Doves of Peace stamp set was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped onto the embossed wood panel.  Glossy Accents was added to the globe.  The sentiment was white embossed on a red banner. Strips of red card stock and sequins were added to finish the card.  The design for this card is from Freshly Made Sketches.

These cards will be entered for the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches 366

A Gem of a Challenge #233 - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is For Your Favorite Thing

Crafting With an Attitude Challenge 46 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With the Times 86 - Anything Christmas

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge 130 - Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by...only 14 more days until Christmas!

Hugs,

Cathy

Fall into Christmas

Hello friends!   Now that fall is officially here, I plan to enjoy the crisp mornings and falling leaves even though we are already seeing signs of Christmas!  Today I am sharing several cards from the SNSS August and September 2018 releases on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog.  First...my fall card:

Creative Nugget:  This jolly scarecrow from the Happy Scarecrow stamp set just make me so...HAPPY!  All of the images were colored with Copic Markers and were mounted to a watercolored panel made with Distress Oxide Inks.  The brown horizontal panel was also made with DOX inks and the Texture Tiles 2 stamp set. The sentiment was cut with a stitched circle die and some jute twine was added to complete the card.

Now...on to Christmas!

Creative Nugget:  The holly leaves from the Winter Birds set was stamped around the outside border of a panel and colored with Copic Markers.  The center of this panel was cut with a stitched rectangle die.  The sentiment was stamped, a Texture Tiles 3 image was lightly stamped in blue ink and texture was added with an impression plate.  The panel was mounted to black card stock and popped back onto the border.  The dove was colored, cut out and mounted to the center with foam tape and sequins were added to finish the card.

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge 1838 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #422 - Happy Fall Y'all
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #311- Anything Goes
Back to Basics and Beyond Challenge #12 - Inky Backgrounds
52 Christmas Card Throwdown September Technique Challenge - Colouring

Thanks so much for stopping by...take time to enjoy fall!

Hugs,

Cathy

Christmas with Winter Birds

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing two cards on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog using the wonderful new Winter Birds stamp set designed by Krista Hamrick!

Creative Nugget:  The cardinal and the chickadee from the Winter Birds stamp set were colored with Copic Markers, cut out, and placed on the hanging ornaments which were made with an old retired ornaments die.  The ornaments were layered onto a textured background with some holly leaves in the corner.  The sentiment was white embossed on a black banner.  Some Glossy Accents on the berries and metallic thread bows finish off the card.

Creative Nugget:  The black color block frame was cut with a Tailored Expressions die and each section of the frame was filled with elements from the Winter Birds stamp set.  Black Nuvo drops were added for some extra texture.

These Christmas cards will be perfect for some of the "boys" in my family this Christmas!

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Color Crazy Craft Challenge Week 37 - Anything Goes Coloring Challenge

Crafting With an Attitude Challenge 43 - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers #217 - All Creatures Great and Small

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #174 - 3+ Layers

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 547 - Dies and Punches

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says: Pop It Up

My thoughts and prayers are for all those impacted by Hurricane Florence...stay safe!

Hugs,

Cathy

SNSS - Winter Birds

Hello friends!  Praying for those on the East Coast as they prepare for Hurricane Florence...stay safe!

All the rain we've been having is an incentive to stay inside and get stamping projects finished.  Today I'm sharing a card using the new Winter Birds stamp set just release by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, a new technique, and the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch.

Creative Nugget:  Forest Moss, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Inks were applied directly to a tree stencil. This was spritzed with water and pressed onto a piece of heavy mixed media paper.  I rubbed the back of the stencil with a paper towel, carefully lifted the stencil off the paper and dried the inks with a heat tool to create the background.  A frame was cut using stitched rectangle dies.  The sentiment from the Truth Quotes 1 stamp set was embossed inside the frame. The blue jay and holly leaves from the Winter Birds set were colored with Copic Markers and Glossy Accents applied to the berries.  Clear Nuvo Drops were added to finish the card.

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch #288

Pause Dream Enjoy September Challenge - Always Cards Any Theme

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge - Sept 11, 2018

Sunny Day Crafting Aug 15- Sept 14 Challenge - Animal Project Any Theme

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Cathymac