Fishing You Well

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Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here today with a FUN Fishing You Well card featuring the adorable Fin-Tastic Friends and Mer-Mazing stamp sets but before we get to today's card...

I wanted to share a birthday card I created for last months Instagram Hop featuring the Mer-Mazing stamp set. Isn't she adorable?! 

For Card Details, Click HERE.

Well I thought that it would be fun to create a landscape version with both the Fin-Tastic Friends and Mer-Mazing stamp sets. Here's what I came up with. 

 

I first stamped out a bunch of images from the two sets with alcohol friendly ink and colored with my copics before cutting them out with their coordinating die sets. I then grabbed a couple dies from my stash and created a frame to build my little aquatic scene. For a final touch I stamped a sentiment and added a few dew drop embellishments. What do you think?

 

Card Measurements:

Blue A2 Card Base: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Light Blue Frame: 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"

Light Blue Embossed Panel: 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"

Blue Sentiment Strip: 1 7/8" x 1/2"

 

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 Happy Stamping!!

Keep Swimming

 Hi friends! It's Julee popping in today with a colorful little encouragement card.

As soon as I saw the Paint Splatters Stencil I knew I wanted to do a rainbow background with it.  So I pulled out a rainbow of ink pads and got to work.  The background seemed like it would go with the fun critters from Fin-tastic Friends, and Mer-mazing, so I stamped them out, colored with Copics, then cut them out.

The keep swimming sentiment is from Mer-mazing and I embossed it in white on black cardstock and doodled a frame around it,  I thought it would be fun if the lobster was holding the sign.  The friend is cut with the new Friend Word Die, and I added it behind the lobster, so the two sentiments are connected.  A little glossy glaze on the eyes, and this fun card was done.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day.

featuring Jenn Nilsson

 Hello friends! If you haven't heard, it’s Customer Appreciation month at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps and this week SNSS is spotlighting illustrator Jenn Nilsson with a buy 2 get 1 free sale. If you love her images as much as we do, head on over to the store...the sale on Jenn's stamps ends today! Also this month you get to choose your own $11.95 value Stamp Of The Month with each $60 order!

I used two sets she illustrated on my cards today. The first is called Flower Garden and I created some Mother's Day cards with it. I also used a sentiment from the new Rose In Bloom Digital set. This is a 3x6 Mini Slimline card.

My second card was made with her Mer-mazing stamp set. This set has a sweet little mermaid and several other cute sea themed images to accompany her. I used the "keep swimming" sentiment...I think we all can relate to that one! lol. The background was created with Distress inks which were applied to acetate, spritzed with water, and "smooshed" onto the paper.

Have a great day and don't forget to check out the SALE!

Diane

  

Mixed Media and Garden Flowers

Hello Friends!

Today's post is all about using background panels and scrap pieces of panels that I have had in my stash.  I paired these panels with various different images from the Flower Garden Stamp Set.  As you will see, you may not even recognize that the same stamp set was used in each card.

First up, nothing says summer like a beachy/sea themed card!  I love this mermaid from the Mer-Mazing Stamp Set.  She was stamped on Neenah Solar white cs and colored with Copics, then fussy cut out. And that crab!  I love this crab!  He is the cutest!  Colored and fussy cut as well.
I used a water color panel that was done with water color paper and Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders.  I used the water colored panel as my base and then built upon that.
For the image panel, I sponged some Salty Ocean Distress Ink onto the panel and followed that up by using a circle stencil and sponging Mermaid Lagoon ink.  Finally, the seaweed.  It is actually from the Flower Garden Stamp Set; as soon as I saw this image I knew I wanted to use it for an underwater scene.  The seaweed was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and quickly colored with Copics.  The sentiment was stamped using my MISTI, in Versamark Onyx Black Ink.
I popped up the top half of the mermaid and the crab on dimensional adhesive, added some sparkle to her and added Glossy Accents to his eyes.  A few sequins finish it off.

Next up, a simple card with NO coloring.

No flowers here; this time I stamped the bitty butterflies from the Flower Garden Stamp Set and fussy cut them out.  They were grounded with a black cs circle and a white cs strip.  The sentiment is from The Future Stamp Set and is heat embossed in white ep.
The background panel is one I created with when crafting with a friend; I had just received some new Distress goodies in the mail and went to town spritzing and spraying.  I love how this panel turned out.  It was the perfect panel for this card.   Sequins added to the butterfly bodies finish the card.

Lastly, a pretty straight forward, floral card~

These whimsical flowers screamed for bright colors!  I pulled out a coloring medium I had not used in a long, long time.  I stamped the image on water color paper and colored them with Inktense Water Color Pencils.  They really popped on a background panel that was done with Distress Sprays.  I fussy cut the flowers out and popped them up on dimensional adhesive.  I added some strips of white cs (per the CASE This Sketch sketch) and added my sentiment, which is from the Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp Set.
That's it for me!  3 background panels used, same Flower Garden Stamp Set used, resulting in 3 very different cards!
I hope I have inspired you; thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann 

That's Just Fin-tastic!

Hello sweet friends!  I have a few cards to share with you today using the new Fin-tastic Friends stamp set released this month by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

My underwater scene was created with stamps from the Fin-tastic Friends stamp set along with some images from the Mer-mazing set which is a perfect complement.  The underwater background was sponged using a torn paper mask and Oxide inks.  The sandy bottom is torn Kraft card stock stamped with texture from Texture Tiles 1.  The adorable images were colored with Copic Markers, cut with a Scan 'n Cut and popped onto the background.  The sentiment was white embossed on teal card stock to finish the card.

On my second card Stitched Edges Dies were used to cut two panels from a piece of Yupo paper that was swiped with Alcohol Inks.  These were popped onto a white panel leaving without the center piece.  The Copic colored images from the Fin-tastic Friends set were cut and pieced onto the card.  The sentiment was pieced together using the Sentimental Wordfetti and Typewriter Blocks Alpha stamp sets.

The stamp sets used in the cards above are available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.

To see more cards made with these fabulous stamp sets and others released this month, take time to participate in the July Release Blog Hop which begins HERE.  It's not too late to comment for a chance to win the prize!

I'm so glad to SEA you stopped in for a visit...be sure to stop back often for more inspiration! 

Have a wonderful weekend and stay cool!

Hugs,

Cathy

Fin-tastic Friends

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! 

Whats so happy about this Monday? It is another Monday behind me before we leave for the outer banks beach trip. 

Since I have the beach on my mind I decided to use the Fin-tastic Friends for my cards. 

To create these cards I started with white top folding card bases and a panel of layering white card stock. To create both of the backgrounds I used stencils by Gina K Designs and the Life Changing Blending Brushes by Picket Fence Studios. I also used the Fin-tastic Friends set on both cards as well, and colored them using Copic markers. The greeting on the second card come from the Mer-mazing set.

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Mer-mazing shaker

Hello everyone! Today I want to share a card I made with the Mer-mazing stamp set.

 

I didn't create a shaker card for a long time but I thought the starfish from this set would be really cute in a shaker so I colored two starfish and added them to the shaker part with a lot of sequins 'floating' around them.



I colored the images with alcohol markers and cut them out. I didn't have beach themed patterned papers so I used a blue background and I used a strip with little anchors. Even though they're not really beach themed, I think they can still fit the theme. I added a couple of extra pearl drops and sequins to finish the card.

I hope you're inspired to create!

- Lucinde

Summertime Fun!

Hello friends, have you seen one of the newest sets called Mer-mazing by Jennifer Nilsson? Well, it is just that, Mer-mazing! So much fun to play with and perfect for all your summer cards.

For my first card I used a stencil on the background with oxide inks and added some waves using a diecut.  I did not have a sun stencil so I made my own using the negative from a die.  I colored the mermaid with copic markers and fussy cut her, she is popped up on foam tape.

This next card I made my background stamping with oxide ink on kraft paper.  I decided to use a couple other stamps from the set, I love this cute little seagull.  One of our favorite places to vacation is Sanibel Island which is one of the best shelling places in the world so this set is close to my heart, I have a huge shell collections from all of our visits to the island.

You still have a few days left to get this month's stamp of the month Happy Irises, spend $75 and it's yours for FREE!
~Stephanie

Iris Inspiration

Hello sweet friends!  I have a few card samples to share using some of the new products from the June Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps release.  

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My first card uses the Happy Irises set which is the Stamp of the Month.

Distress Oxide inks were applied to an acrylic block, spritzed with water, stamped off once, spritzed again and stamped onto a mixed media panel.  Texture was added with one of the stamps from Texture Tiles 1.  The panel was framed with a Penny Black die cut and mounted to pink card stock.  The framed piece was layered onto a panel embossed with a TH embossing folder.  The iris from the Happy Irises stamp set was colored with Copic Markers, cut with a Scan 'N Cut and popped onto the card front with fun foam glued to the back for dimension.  The sentiment was white embossed on hand cut banners.  A few sequins were added to finish the card.

This card was made with the Mer-mazing and Llama Love stamp sets for a little girl from my church who just moved and will no longer be in our class.  We will miss her, but hopefully this cute little crab will remind her how much Jesus loves her and we do too!  A TE Sunburst Die was cut from different papers and pieced back into the frame to create the top of the card.  Oxide inks were used to create the bottom of the card.  Shells from Mer-mazing were stamped on Kraft card stock for the center strip.  The sections of the card were divided with jute twine and some of the images were colored with Copic Markers and popped onto the card.  The little crab was watercolored with Zig Clean Color Markers, the sentiment from Llama Love was stamped and google eyes were added to finish the card.

These products from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store were used to create the cards above:

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Don't forget...the blog hop winner of the $10 gift voucher to the SNSS Store will be announced here on the SNSS Blog on Tuesday June 25th!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathy

count it all joy

Good morning! There's a fun release this month at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps! Today I’m sharing two projects with the new Life & Lemons stamp set. I also used a few images from Mer-mazing. AND.... for a limited time, when you order Life & Lemons, you will also receive the Squeeze the Day printable for FREE! It will be emailed to you separately once your order is completed.

 

For my first card, I cut away half of the card front. The lemon slice was stamped in various colors for lemon, lime, orange, and grapefruit.

 

 

The jar and part of the sentiment are actually on the inside.

Next I stamped some images from both of the lemon and mermaid sets on the background. I tried to keep them on the lighter side so the words would show better.

 

The jar and flower were popped with foam dimensionals.

 

I "squeezed" in another card quick with the FREE printable! :) I put the images together in Photoshop but you could resize them in a Word document, print them out, cut and layer.

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

June Challenge - Get Beachy!

Hi Friends!

Today I have some mer-mazingly adorable projects using the new Mer-mazing set. It is seriously so much fun and I can't stop coloring these beach themed cuties! For fun, I created a challenge at Sweet N Sassy's VIP Facebook Group with a video tutorial. If you are not a member of this group, you should join - it is so much fun and chock full of inspiration 
and encouragement!

All my projects use the scene building technique from the tutorial but they all use a different medium... Use what you have, it is easy and fun!

My first project uses the beach scene technique with color pencils and the sentiment is built using the Scripty Thoughts set


My Second project uses Copics to build my scene.

My Third project uses Distress Oxides and white acrylic paint to build my scene and Copics to color the images. I used Texture Tiles 1 to create the texture in sand.

Recipe :

• Paper – Canson Watercolor card stock (for color pencils), Strathmore Bristol Smooth (for Distess Oxides), Xpress It (For Copics)
• Image – Mer-mazing set
• Sentiments (not from Mer-mazing set) are from Scripty Thoughts set
• Ink – Polychromos Color Pencils, and Distress Oxides, And Copics
• Ink for Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

I hope you are inspired today. Come on over to the Sweet N Sassy's VIP Facebook Group and join the challenge - there is a prize for one lucky winner!

Thanks for stopping by!
Lyn