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! 

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. 

Happy Birthday w/ Hanging Fuchsia

Morning-

Happy gloomy Saturday!!  Love the overcast weather, great day to spend outside doing some yard work!!!  My middle boy LOVES veggies and I mean LOVES!!!  He eats tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers right off the tree/vine!  A few months back his class visited a local farm, where they got to pick veggies like carrots, beets, and sugar snap peas!   He loved the sugar snap peas that we planted the seeds they give him and this plant is well over 4 feet tall!!!  This morning we found the first peas!!  Very exciting!!

I've been loving playing with my embossing paste on my cards and I hope you don;t get tired of seeing them!!  One this card I used white embossing paste and re-inkers to create the colored background!!  Very little goes a long way, remember that if you decide to try this technique out! 

Colored the image with Zig Clean Brush Markers again!  :)  Loving them very much!! 

Here is a list of all the SweetStamps products I used and links to the shop:

Hanging Fuschia- Large

Simple Greeting Sentiment  (Happy Birthday)

Stone Path Stencil 

Dreamweaver White Embossing Paste

Black Soot Re-inker

I would like to share in the following challenges:

Thank you again for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs. 

May's Anything Goes Challenge

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

We have a new monthly challenge...

Our theme is....

Anything Goes 

Remember you still have time to join in our 
April's Anything But A Card Challenge & since last month's Anything Goes challenge posted late it's overlapping with this month's challenge which means you have the opportunity to enter twice, but only for a few more days!  :) 
April's Anything Goes Challenge

Here are this month's DT Sweeties inspirational projects...

Nazeema Thompson

Leah Tees

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

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

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Eskimo Folklore

Morning everyone. 

Nazeema here!! Today I am sharing a card made with the beautiful quote from the Eskimo Folklore stamp set.  

I have a hard time with sympathy cards, not making them, just finding the right words. 

That is why I love the sentiment because you can use it on the front of a card like I have or on the inside. 

I created the background using Tim Holtz distress inks: 

Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Blue China and Faded Jeans

Then I lightly misted the watercolor paper, so that colors would blending, but not too much water.  I didn't want them to run into one another too much. 

I then took my Tim Holtz Splatter brush and Lumin-Arte: Heavenly White, to give it some shimmery splotched.  Stamped the scroll star stamp with pigment ink. 

The sentiment is embossed using SweetStamps Detailed White embossing powder on Parchment paper.

Hope you've enjoyed my card today! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs.

Wooden Chick Tags

Happy Easter everyone!!! 

Hope you have a fun-filled weekend planned with lots of CANDY and LOVE and LAUGHTER! 

This year we bought some See's Candies thru my son's school and I love the pretty Easter paper, but it was just lacking a little something!   So I turned to my supplies for a little help. 

I had so much fun making these wooden tags. 

Here is a picture tutorial on how I achieved it. 

Supplies: 

Memento Ink: Rich Cocoa

Wooden Tags 

Stamps: Bunny and Chicks Circles

I bought the wooden tags from Michaels, during Christmas, not sure if they still have them, but there are lots of other companies that make them too.   I took the black round sticker off and lightly sanded it, to give it a smoother surface.   Then I stamped the image using the Memento ink and I held it in place for about 15 seconds, that way the wood would soak up the ink. 

Then I colored them using Prismacolor pencils.   I only used three colors and not a lot of pressure was needed when applying color.  Just remember to color with the grain of the wood first and then go back and fill in the gaps, once the first layer has been applied. 

Here is a close up of one of the tags.

 Happy Easter and thank you for stopping by today! 

Hugs. 

Peep Peep

Morning sweeties. 

Easter is right around the corner and I love having the perfect stamps from SweetStamps, to create those special cards!! 

So, while you are still playing with March's release...Did see April's release!!??
24 brand spanking new sets!!! 

OMG...They are so cute and I mean REALLY CUTE!!!

Check them out HERE

For my card today, I am using Easter Baskets, which was released sometime last year.

The image has been colored using Copics and then used a die cut to create the shape it's in. 

I adhered some fun foam behind the image before applying it to the card base.  Once the card was completely assembled, I added glitter glue (Stardust) to the edge of the white base and the purple bow.  

Hope you've enjoyed my card today, as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you.

Until next time.

Hugs.

March's Anything Goes Challenge

Hello, Sweet Stamp Friends!

Ready for another challenge?!

First up, our winner from February....

Beautiful one layer card!!!

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 Goes

DT Sweeties projects...

Nazeema Thompson

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 February's Anything But A Card Challenge!!  Check it out here!!

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Birdie Birthday

Morning sweeties. 

Are you getting some craft time in this weekend?  I AM!!!  I had an extra day this week to do absolutely nothing and I think I took advantage of it!!!  :)   I always wish I could accomplish more in one day, but I think we all do!

So have you taken a look at the new stamps being released in March!???  

OMG...They are so cute and I mean REALLY CUTE!!!

Check them out HERE

For my card today, I am using Happy Bird Day

Love these little guys!!  Looks like they are playing the secret game!!  HAHA

Those always go terribly bad, don't they?!?!?  :) 

Turn my card into a little shaker card, which is always fun at any age!

Make sure to swing by tomorrow as we start March's Anything Goes Challenge. 

See you then. 

Hugs.

Feburary's Anything But A Card Challenge

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

First, our winner from January's Anything But A Card Challenge....
Drum roll please......

16. Claire C

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


Just wanted to let you know of a few things going around here at SweetStamps central!!  We are having a Guest Designer Call.  Click the link to get all the details.   

Have you been by the SweetStamp shop yet?  If not, you may want to swing by there and check out March's New Release.  Super CUTE!!!  Just sayin'!!!  :)

We have also made a small adjustment to the Challenge Rule.  We  are now asking that you only submit 3 entries per challenge.  Any more than 3 entries will be deleted. 

So with that business out of the way, let us get to this months challenge. 

Our theme is....

Anything But a Card

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

DT Sweeties projects...
Nazeema Thompson

Kendra Sand

Leah Tees

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

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Die-cut Foiled Burlap Bags

Hello Sweeties and HAPPY Saturday!!

I've been on foiling kick, ever since I made my hubby's Valentine's Day card. 

It is so much fun and SUPER easy too!! 

So I found out that I could foil material!!!  Yes!!!! 

I grabbed the most intricate dies from SweetStamps: Flourish Medallions and Mini Medallion and I put this kit to the test.  The Deco Foil Iron Adhesive Sheets: includes5 sheets of bonding paper and parchment  paper too.

My girlfriend, Jennifer sent me these bags that she told me she picked up from Michaels for my birthday.  The instruction how to use this is every simple.  I used dies, so I placed the parchment paper down first, them the rough side of the bonding paper and then my die.  Ran it through my cutter.   Since these dies are so intricate, it took a little bit of work to get the bonding paper out. 

I made sure that the parchment paper was removed from the back of the bonding paper.  Placed the die cut on my burlap bags, sandwiched between two sheets of printer paper and ran it through my laminator!!!  I did run it through my laminator!!!  It was thin enough to feed through with no problem.  So try this at your own risk!!!  :)  Once it cooled, I removed the paper that's on top of the bonding paper.  So by running it through the laminator the first time, we simply bonded/adhered it to the burlap bags, now by removing the thin sheet will expose the adhesive to allow the foil to stick to it!!!  As you can see in the photo above, the far right photo is what it looks like once the paper is removed!!  :) I chose Deco Foil Lime, I trimmed a section of the foil, sandwiched again between the two printer paper and ran it through again.  Let it cool for a few second and lift the foil to reveal the beauty of the foil!!  :) 

Here is a photo of the completed bags!!!!

I have a new addiction and I am loving it!!!

Thank you for swinging by today and make sure you stop by SweetStamps tomorrow, for the start of our new monthly challenge. 

Hugs. 

Delicate Hearts Foiled

Morning love birds, Nazeema here!  

Are you ready for Valentine's Day tomorrow?!! 

Don't laugh, but my hubby and I have a tradition of going to In & Out for Valentine's Day.  It started years ago when we started dating and it just stuck!!  We get a lot of mixed views, but I think he's lucky cause he gets off the hook!!  LOL

I created this card for my husband and I just LOVE how this Delicate Hearts image looks foiled in red!!  I used Super Sticky Tape 3/8  and Deco Foil: Red to create the border and also foiled it, then I placed the heart image on top.  I also used the sentiment from the set: "Lots of LOVE" inside the card also foiled, but I can not take great pictures handed!  

A few things to look out for on the SweetStamps blog:

Guest Designer Call

March's New Release Stamps

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Hugs.

Surfs Up

Morning- Nazeema here~ 

We've been experiencing very weird weather patterns here in California.  It's a bit frustrating because it does not feel like we had a winter at all, but I am so ready for Summer to be here.  

So before I move into my card today, I want to remind you to check out January's release HERE!!

For my card today, I used Splish Splash 6x6 stencil and distress ink markers Peacock Feathers and Broken China to create the background.  Once the background was dried, I used Star Dust Glitter Glue to accent the tips of the drops.   This surfboard bear is from the Beach Bears collection.  I colored the image using the same watercolor paper as the stenciled background.  I then used gamsol to give it a more smooth finish. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

See you back tomorrow! 

Hugs.

Happy Day Wishes

Good morning everyone, Nazeema here!! 

Chiming in a little late this week.  Trying to get back in the groove and find my mojo spirit. 

Do you ever sit at your desk and just stare at your supplies?

When I get crafters block, I turn to my distress inks. 

With no plan in mind, without a guide, I just color, blend, spritz until something clicks. 

So before I move into my card today, I want to remind you to check out January's release HERE!!

So for my card today, I am playing with my distress inks. 

I used the following colors on my card today: 

Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot 

I painted my Piccolo: Cock A Doodle Do with black gesso and simply laid it on top of the colored background.  I then stamped the sentiment using Versafine ink. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

See you back tomorrow! 

Hugs.

January: Anything Goes

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

Ready for another challenge?!

Thanks to all those who joined us last month, we love seeing all the wonderful crafty inspiration!!

First up, our winner from December....
 194. Pooja 

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 Goes

DT Sweeties projects...

Britt Bass

Nazeema Thompson

Kendra Sand

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.

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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

Just a reminder you have a chance to enter our December/January Anything But A Card Challenge!!  Check it out here!!

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Couple

Good morning everyone, Nazeema here!! 

First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  Can you believe it...2016!!  

Speaking of which, SweetStamps has an AWESOME release!!!

Have you had a chance to check them out??

Check it out HERE!!

OMG... I want them all.... I think I will be getting them all!!  hehe

So today, I created a simple card using Happy Together Couple

Cute right?!?!?  I adore this image!!!  

Used a lot of fun stuff on this card, here is a product list:

Copics

Checker Flower Stencil

Rusty Hinge

Spiced Marmalade

Ripe Persimmon

Thanks for stopping by today. 

See you back tomorrow! 

Hugs.