Pink Bells

Hi folks!  It's Holly with my last guest post here on the Sweet Stamps blog.  I truly appreciate this opportunity to share my Sweet Stamps creations with you during the month of December.  I've had a wonderful time playing with these beautiful stamps.  I'm leaving you with this card that I created using the gorgeous Bells with Bow stamp.

This week's Sweet Stamps challenge is Something New.  This Bells with Bow stamp is a new stamp to me, and it is such a relaxing image to color.  I created this card for my grandparents.  Their 69th anniversary is coming up in a few weeks, and I knew this stamp would be perfect!

I picked these colors specifically for my grandparents.  How can you go wrong with a pink and brown color combo??  :-)  I stamped the Bells with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then pulled out some Copic markers to color it with - E44, E49, R81, R83, and R85.  Once I finished coloring, I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink around the edges.

For the card base, I pulled out some papers from the Pretty In Pink 6x6 paper pad (Glitz) and adhered them to a white layer.  Everything was glued down onto a brown card base.  Then I die cut some corner pieces and added a white pearl to each one.  Finally, I adhered my Bells image with foam tape in the center of the card.

Check out the Something New challenge on the Sweet Stamps blog and play along with us.  You could win a $20 shopping spree at Sweet Stamps!  Thank you for stopping by to check out my artwork here this past month.  Here's to a wonderful new year in 2014!!

Poinsettia Christmas

Hi, it's Holly, the Sweet Stamps guest designer, posting today.  I realize Christmas is over, but I just had to share this card that I made a couple weeks ago.  Since this week's Sweet Stamps challenge is Anything Goes, I figured I'd share this with you today.

I stamped the Poinsettia Corner with Tuxedo Black Memento ink in the opposing corners of the white cardstock rectangle.  I then carefully positioned the Merry Christmas Script sentiment in the center and stamped it with the same Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  Next, I colored the poinsettias and leaves with Copic markers, and then I filled in the centers of the flowers with Goldenrod Stickles.

Once the Stickles was completely dry, I then sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink to tone down the whiteness of the piece.  I glued this to a green layer and then wrapped some red seam binding around this and tied it with a bow in the corner.  I then glued this down onto a card base with some designer paper on it.

I hope you had a wonderful and very Merry Christmas with your friends and families.  If you have a chance, check out the challenge and play along with us!  You could win a $20 shopping spree!  :-)

Glittery Gingerbread House Easel Card

Hi friends!  It's Holly posting today as the guest designer for December.  Have you checked out the challenges that were posted on this Sweet Stamps blog this week?  There are two challenges - the Easel Card challenge that was posted on Sunday (the monthly challenge) and the Glitter challenge that was posted on Tuesday (the weekly challenge).  I've combined both of them on this card that I'm sharing with y'all today.

I started with the adorable Sweet Gingerbread House and Wishes stamp set.  I stamped the gingerbread house scene with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto some white cardstock and then colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  I then sprayed the entire piece with adhesive and covered it with Clear Rock Candy distress Stickles dry glitter.  Then I mounted this piece onto the front of my easel card.

For the inside of my easel card, I stamped the sentiment from the Sweet Gingerbread House and Wishes set with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto white cardstock.  I cut the sentiment out with a circle die, mounted it onto a larger black circle, and then adhered that to a label shaped die cut from red cardstock.  The final touch was to thread some red and white bakers twine through some white buttons, tie them into bows, and adhere them on each side of the sentiment.

Take some time to check out the fun challenges here on the Sweet Stamps blog.  Play along and you could be the lucky winner of a $20 shopping spree!!  :-)

Guest Post: Holly Brown with a CAS Christmas card

Howdy folks!  My name is Holly Brown, and I'm happy to be here as the Guest Designer for the month of December.  I was thrilled when I was asked to join Sweet Stamps as a guest designer - their stamps are awesome!   A little bit of trivia about me - I live in Texas with my hubby and our puppies, and I've been stamping for about 12 years now.  I love making cupcakes and I love to read when I'm not busy making cards.  My only problem is that I need a maid to clean up after me in the kitchen and the craft room.  LOL!!

I love the Christmas season and I love making Christmas cards.   This week's Sweet Stamps challenge is to make a Sweet and Simple Christmas Creation, so I kept that in mind when I created this card.  I pulled out the Holly & Berries stamp and stamped it in all four corners of my white cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  Then I stamped the Merry Christmas Script sentiment in the center of the card with the same black ink.  The leaves and berries were colored with Copic markers and then I covered the berries with some Christmas Red Stickles.  Love that gorgeous glittery shimmer from the red Stickles!

To keep this card sweet and simple, I adhered the white cardstock to a green card base.  There's no extra layers and no bumpy embellishments, so this card is perfect to pop in the mail with a single first-class stamp.  I hope you play along in this week's Sweet and Simple Christmas challenge - you could win a $20 shopping spree!  :-)