A Special Thank You Card with Leah

HI everyone, I am on my way out of town today, but I have a classy Thank you card for you today first!

I created this project using three products from the Sweet Stamps online shop...can you guess which ones?  If you would like to know the answer please visit my blog at Ode to Paper :P

Come back again soon for more great inspiration from the talented design team!

Happy Birthday

Hello! This is Kim and I am sharing this birthday card today using the adorable Party Mouse set. I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored in using Copic markers. I created the background with the markers also. I wanted to make this a fun birthday card so I used a variety of patterned papers and added the heart embellishment.

Happy Birthday Mouse Tags

Morning-

Another project?  Well yes!!  :) 

This one is a bit simpler than what I have been trying out lately!

Today's project is geared towards kids/children. 

I have a few birthday's coming up and I wanted to make my own tags for the special birthday recipient!   The tag is colorful and fun!!  Who wouldn't shake those stars around?!?! 

The base of the tag is a wood veneer tags.  I simply traced the tag onto patterned paper and trimmed accordingly.   I used mod podge to adhere the paper to the tag.  I didn't want the paper to be my focal point, so I covered it with a thin layer of Golden Gesso.  Once it was dried, I applied a small of Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel to the edges.  While that dried I colored, fussy cut and create my shaker photo frame.  

See told you it was much simpler than my other creations!  

Hope you are having a great weekend. 

See you soon!  

Hugs! 

A Heartfelt Thinking of You

I have a Thinking of You card to show you today.  I used several products from Sweet Stamps to create this project, and you can find those products on my blog at Ode to Paper.

There are many versatile products in the Sweet Stamps online store, products that can be used for virtually any form of paper crafting.  See you soon with more fun and inspiration!

Simple Roses

Aloha friends!  kel from Scraps and photoGRAFFS here today sharing with you a pretty and CAS card using the Live, Laugh, Love Roses clear stamp set!!

This set is so simple and so pretty!!  I just love how these came out!!  I colored them up (which took no time at all btw!) and then trimmed them out before popping them up on some 3D foam squares and slapping them together on a white on white card!  So simple to do but so pretty!!

Thanks for stopping by today, see you again soon!!

lovies, =o) kel

A Cameo in Sepia: Technique

Hello, Josette here for Tuesdays project.  I love the look of Cameos and the stamp by Sweet stamp is the perfect image for this technique.  Lets Take a look and I will share the technique highlights.

Full details on the technique will be showcased on my Blog later this week, so stay tuned.  My blog is: Little Bits, stop by in a few days and I will have a photo tutorial posted.  

But I will share the process here.  Using 140# cardstock, I brushed a mixture of Distress ink and water loosely onto the paper and dried.  Then I used a dark brown Archival ink to stamp the image.  After completely dry, I brushed in more of the distress ink to fill the shadows.  In this photo I used Gathered Twigs as it bleaches with purple and teal tones.  The next step was using a liner brush, painted household bleach onto the stamped image and let dry naturally.  All that was needed was a tag and a bow.  Perfect!!

Here is the close up of the Cameo, I love the various browns with a hint of color!

Thank you again for visiting, and be sure and stop by my blog for detailed information on this technique. 

Happy Crafting,

Josette

Thinking of You

Hello! This is Kim. I just received some fun products and had to put them to use. I started by making the background with the Tangrams stencil using Sweet Stamp' Ink Spots. I then used the Field Flower Silhouette's stamp set to stamp the floral image and die cut using a scallop die and popped it onto the card front using 3d tape. The sentiment was heat embossed using white embossing powder and adhered to the card.

June's Anythng But A Card Challenge

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

Ready for another challenge?!

First up, our winner from May's Challenge....
21. Troppostella's Style

Beautiful ATC creation!!
Here is another one of her beautiful entries!!!

Please contact us (within one week at sweetstamps (at) gmail (dot) com) to claim your sweet prize!!

Time for another monthly challenge!
Our theme is....

Anything But A Card Challenge 

DT Sweeties projects...

Leah Tees

We'd love to see your beautiful creations, so come play along! {Cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, etc.} You could win a $10 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! 

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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***Check back throughout the week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties!!***

Just a reminder you have a chance to enter our June's Anything Goes Challenge!!  Check it out here!!

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Framed Garden Poppies

Hi everyone-

Have you missed me?  Well, I hope so, cause I have missed you all!

Things are still hectic around here, but they are going a lot smoother.

  

I've been staring at my stamps for weeks, so today I decided to actually make the time to do some crafting!  The idea for this card has been buzzing I n my head, since having a conversation with my friend Amanda!   So I had to get it out. 

All the items used can be found at SweetStamps and are linked back to the shop.
I stamped Italian Writing in Tuxedo black ink and sponged Antique Linen. 

Then I laid a thin layer of translucent embossing paste, using Kitchen Floor stencil. 

To accentuate Poppies Garden flowers; which were colored with Copics and fussy cut, I applied a black frame around it!

In the picture, the card looks a little warped but, once I put it between a few heavy books, it will straighten out!  

I hope you are all haveing a great weekend, see you soon. 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for June's Anything But A Card Challenge. 

Hugs. 

Kitty Sweets with Leah

Hello everyone! I have a sweet little card for you today using the Kitty Sweets clear stamp set :)

You can see more details about this card on my blog at Ode to Paper :)

You can find this stamp set in the online shop at Sweet Stamps, and don't forget, the monthly Anything but a Card challenge starts on Sunday!  See you soon:)

DIY Coloring Page

Aloha friends!  kel from Scraps and photoGRAFFS here today sharing with you a sorta DIY coloring page!!

This card is made using the Chalkboard Flowers #2 Clear set and the sentiment is from the Simple Greetings Clear set. 

Let me just say HOW FUN this card was to make.  I stamped a bunch of different of the flowers from the set all over the background, trying my best to not leave white space and trying not to stamp on top of another stamp.  I made it like a coloring page!!  You know, I never had much interest in those coloring books for adults but I TOTALLY have interest in them when they're ones I make myself!! haha!!

Thanks for stopping by today, see you again soon!!

lovies, =o) kel

Floral Distressing

Hello again.  Time for my Tuesday installment.  Today is a bit different.  I love techniques and spend a great deal of time "playing'.  My favorite application is to make backgrounds, so that is what I did.
Take a look at the card, and I will share the process.

This card was made with just backgrounds and then the image was stamped and colored.  Both the focal image and the background was the mostly the same inks but on different papers.

Close up of Tag:  double click on image to see better

Here is the background that is hard to see on the finished card.  Using distress stain, I placed them in puddles on my craft mat.  This group is Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feather, Frayed Burlap.  Then in the center of all of these stains added picket fence and ran Water Color paper through the puddles.  In this instance the paper was wet.

For the tag, I did the same, but on a manilla tag.  Inks were: Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber with Picket Fence Stain.  The tag was dry and I quickly dried to keep the Picket Fence "White".  Then I stamped in a black Pigment ink with this stamp:Black Eyed Susans and colored them carefully, just to enhance the color but stay with the basic background palette.  
The Picture does not do this card justice.  It finishes as an A2 size, top folding.  Perfect for any occasion.

Keep Calm

Hello! This is Kim, sharing this card using this new stamp set called Keep Calm. I love the serene look of the image and the flowing hair makes it so much fun to color. I used Copics and added yellow for a glowing highlight. I sprayed some splash ink to create the background. I then stamped the sentiment and added a button and bow.

Happy 'Bird'day!!!

Hello friends!! kel here today with these little flying friends are from the Happy Bird Day clear set.  Love these two cuties and that sentiment!  How fun is this birthday wish?!?

I colored them up with my Copics and then laid them across the card... it was actually laid out like this to cover up the seam!!  I had only one square-ish piece of this PP left and it wasn't big enough to use as a card front, so I cut it in half and separated it so it would fit on the card!!  Yay for being sneaky!!!  haha.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!!

lovies, =o) kel

A Clean and Simple Card with Leah

Hello everyone, I have created a fun CAS card for you today using the negative cuts from the card I created last week!

Clean and simple cards can be just as effective as fancy cards, and sometimes the simplicity of them says even more :)  I love the look of CAS cards, but sometimes it's hard to rain myself in!

I created this card using Pretty Petals and Betty's Bloom Sweet Cuts dies and the Framed Handwritten Words stamp set.

You can visit my blog at Ode to Paper to see more details :)

Come back soon to see more beautiful inspiration from our talented design team :)

Pucker Up!

Hello friends!! kel here today with this lovely hubba bubba from the Frog Prince Kiss clear set.

I just love the sentiment... so cute.  And look at that frog!!  He is just adorable!!  haha!!  I colored him up with my Copics and then added him to a CAS card because I wanted him to stand out... and I love the PP I paired him with too!!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!!

lovies, =o) kel

An Old Fashioned Floral Card

Josette here with my Tuesday Card.  This card is simple as well.  I created the background with pink and silver glimmer mist, added a touch of teal, and cut down.  Using a punch Created a doily.

The focal image was colored with Distress Markers, die cut and mounted onto a black card stock that was fussy cut using the die cut as the pattern. 

Daffodils

No sentiment required.

This is an example of a simple card that is easy to mail.

Thank you for stopping by, 

Happy Crafting,

Josette

Heartfelt Wishes

Hello! Kim here today to share with you this card showcasing the beautiful flowers and sentiment from two stamp sets. I have been dying to get this Wild Roses stamp colored. I used various shades of red and green Copic markers to color then fussy cut when done. I adhered the flowers onto the card front sung 3d tape. The sentiment is from the Heartfelt Wishes set. I die cut it using a doily die. I then added some sequins to the corners. The used Wink of Stella to add shimmer to the flowers.

June’s Anything Goes Challenge

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

Welcome back to another monthly challenge!!
Are you ready?!?!?! 

First, our winner from May's Anything Goes Challenge....
Drum roll please......

94. Kathryn at KTC

Please contact us (within one week at sweetstamps (at) gmail (dot) com) to claim your sweet prize!!
Our theme is....

Anything Goes

Remember you still have time to join in our Monthly Anything Goes challenge!

DT Sweeties projects...

Kelli Acopan

Kim Sherrod

We'd love to see your beautiful creations, so come play along! {ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, tags, etc.} You could win some SWEET things of your own by playing along in our challenge! 

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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An InLinkz Link-up

***Check back throughout the week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties!!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

A shaker card with Leah

Hello everyone, I have created a fun shaker card for you this week in some bright summery colors :)  If you would like to see more details about this project, please visit my blog at Ode to Paper :)

I have used the following products which are all linked directly to the store for you ;)

Betty's Bloom Sweet Cuts die
Pretty Petals Sweet Cuts Die
Fancy Leaf Sweet Cuts die
Beautiful Day rubber stamp
Moroccan Tile 5 x 7 stencil

Come back soon for more inspiration!

A Little Birdie...

Hello friends!! kel here today sharing a super fun card with these little flying friends from the Happy Bird Day clear set.

I just love these two telling secrets!!  haha!  And I went with another CAS card for this one too... and I even broke out the super old decorative scissors!! I needed a chevron/zig zag but my punches are in a drawer that is blocked off by some boxes in my craft room rehaul... so I had to get a little creative!!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!!

lovies, =o) kel