You Brighten My Day

 

Here's a quick and easy card using Ranger Distress Sprays Stains and one of the Art Stencils from SweetStamps and the clear stamp sets named You Brighten My Day.

I cut the panel to desired size, attached it to the stencil with painters tape and sprayed then carefully blotted the stencil with a paper towel and removed it from the cardstock.  It's that easy!

The stems of the flower were stamped on the panel as is the sentiment.  The blossoms are stamped, colored with Copic markers and cut out then popped up on the panel with foam tape.

Images:  You Brighten My Day

Paper: The Paper Company - white, Remember When black, unknown white for stencil design

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: Y38,17,13, RV29,25,23,21

Art Stencil VICTORIAN ROMANCE Copic Sketch Markers You Brighten My Day Clear Stamp Set Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad Perfect Layers Deluxe 3 Tool Set

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enjoy the moment

Hello!

Enjoy the moment is a sentiment that goes with any occasion and 

I really love the simplicity of this card.

Using the Buckled art stencil I created a lovely background paper to mount my

oval cut sentiment and foliage image.

I wanted a bit more texture so I added pearls and a few droplets of Glastique and finished

off my card with a sweet sheer bow.

Thank you for stopping by today and don't forget our weekly challenge that started on Monday!

The theme is Something New

Be sure to check out all of the Sweet Stamps links listed below

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Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze

Snow Pearls

Enjoy the Moment

Foliage #1 Clear Stamp Set AF4613

Art Stencil BUCKLED

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Challenge #203 - Something New

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!
Happy Monday!!

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

Something New
Did you get some new crafty tools/stamps for Christmas?!
Or have something in your stash that you have yet to use?

First up, we have a new Guest Designer!!
Please welcome...
Donna

We are so excited to have you designing with us this month!

What some beautiful cards she has to share with us today!!

DT Sweeties projects...

Denise Paxton

Monica Edwards

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!!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

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Mama's Chili

The latest challenge at SweetStamps is food related. I made kitchen art for my girls
 and am sharing one of my favorites today.

The crusty old guy is a hunter and the On the Hunt Piccolo Accents were perfect for my chili recipe.

I first color copied my original (complete with spatters). Then using the standing buck from the kit, I colored the accent using Mossy Glen and Brownstone  Embossing Enamel Powders. After deciding the placement of the accent, I added additional grass with the Hilly Grass stamp and more Mossy Glen Powder.

I glued everything down and trimmed it square. Then added fall color leaves cut with the Fancy Cut Leaves Die (my favorite) as accents.

The girls are framing their recipes in large frames with candid photos of various family meals.

( Note: you can substitute ground beef or a beef and sausage mixture if venison is not in your freezer).

If you try the recipe, let me know what you think.


Happy 2015.

Teresa

Pretty Packaging

Happy New Year everyone!! 

I (Calypso) am so happy to be back in a somewhat full affect blogging mode.  

I LOVE anything kraft!!  I love that you can do so much with it and my project today is a perfect example of that.  I bought these kraft bags, for sending gifts and little "thank you's" to some of my crafty friends.  The bags themselves are pretty bland, but you can dress it up in no time at all. 

I used White Dye ink and Braided Flower Border, to create the bottom design of the bag.  

Easy right?!?!?  You can do this with practically any border stamps.  I love my SweetStamps stamps and love finding new ways to use them. 

The tag was super fun and also very simple to create.   I stamped Tree Gift Tag with the same White Dye ink, onto kraft cardstock.  I trimmed around the stamp to leave a thin border of kraft on the outside.  Then I used my Copic markers (YG67, 17, 25) to color the tree.  I added clear gems and those too were then colored with Copic (V17, BG45, R27, YR18, Y38).

Thank you for visiting today and I hope you can join this weeks challenge:
Challenge #202: Food and/or Drink(s)

Products I used on today's project:

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A Snow Layout

Hello!!! Happy Friday and New Year!!!  Lisa here today to share a layout I've made using lots of Piccolo accents, as well as embossing powders/enamels, and some art stencils! woo hoo!!!

Supplies Used:

Snowflake Ornaments Piccolo Accents	Crystal Snowflakes Piccolo Accents	Happy Snowman Piccolo Accents	Embossing Paste WHITE
ATC Mini Art Stencil SNOWFLOWER	Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze	Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	White EP
Black EP	Fantasy White	Enamel EP SIAM SILVER	Enamel EP MERMAID TEARS

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To create this layout I started by first embossing all of the snowflakes and the snowman.  Next I used 3D Enamel Gel and sprinkled the word snow with Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter, and let dry.  To seal the glitter I went over it with Glastique.  I also added some stenciling with white embossing paste behind my layered patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I've given you some ideas on how to use your Piccolo Accents!  Don't forget to link your projects up to our current challenge: Food or Drink for a chance to win a $10 store credit!!!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Girls Night Out

The challenge for this week (HERE) is Food and drink. 

 The Girls are 'Out' catching up over drinks : )  Maybe they are discussing their 2015 New Year Resolutions.......
 I made the background using Ranger Distress Inks dabbed onto the craft mat, spritzed with water- and dried between each color.  I used Wild Honey and Barn Door, and  I flicked on a tiny bit of Black Soot. The Silhouette image from the Wine! set was stamped onto the panel. I added the chandeliers in using Fantasy Silver EP- they are actually the smaller wine glasses upside down.... : )
 I was imagining the girls sitting in front of the big glass window enjoying the view.  So, I took the Stone Path ATC stencil and added embossing paste and embossed with BrownStone Enamel EP.  Normally, you let the paste dry prior to embossing, but I thought the bubbly look would be cool on the bricks, so I did not wait. I love the way it turned out.

Here are the Products I used from the SweetStamps store:

Wine! Clear Stamp Set	Distress Ink Pad WILD HONEY	Distress Ink Pad BARN DOOR	Distress Ink Pad BLACK SOOT	Distress Clear Embossing Ink	Embossing Paste WHITE
Enamel EP BROWNSTONE	Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	ATC Mini Art Stencil STONE PATH	Fantasy Silver	Core'dinations Fade to Black

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We'd love to have you join us for the challenge. Our winners are chosen by Random.org- and if you use a Sweet Stamps image, your entry will count x's 2!

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly