Simple Christmas Card

Hello Crafty Friends!

Last December we were expecting a baby so I did not make any Christmas cards. This October our family moved and I still don't have all my craft stuff put away (baby's 1st birthday party took priority) but I  missed being crafty for the holidays and really wanted to make cards this year. I was running out of time but I was able to scrounge up a few supplies from my stash to use and I am happy with the finished product - what do you think?

I also wanted to share with you a little fix I had to use on some of the panels that were no-so-greatly-embossed. Take a look at the photo below and you'll see what I mean...the "joy" is there, but not embossed so well. Quickie Glue Pen to the rescue! I love my Quickie Glue Pens, they are great for gluing small areas (like on diecuts).

The glue goes on blue and dries clear, but the best part is you can put your embossing powder over the glue when it's wet or after it dries...it stays sticky after drying until you put something on it. Great for when you need to do a few things at a time.

I let the glue dry clear and added another sprinkling of Fantasy White EP , heated it to melt and viola! all fixed! This EP has a sparkle to it but I didn't get a good photo of it.

 

We hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas! Here's a couple of our favorite holiday photos:

 Merry Christmas from the Adams family

Stencil Time!

Hello crafty friends!

Spring has finally arrived in Michigan, but I took advantage of the cold weather and stayed indoors designing dozens of NEW stencils and a catalog of ALL our stencil designs!

To celebrate, you can get 10% off ALL Stencils now thru May 15 with coupon code MAY5.

Click here to see the catalog and when you're ready to start shopping click here.

Happy New Year!

Hello 2018!
You may not know, but in 2017 I married a wonderful man and we had an adorable little girl in December. Here is a photo of our happy little family:

We now live in Lansing, Michigan and look forward to bringing you new products as well as doing some local shows this year.

Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!

- Stacey, Will and Alayna Adams

Smile

Hello! Kim here to share with you a card using The Cabbage Rose and Keep Calm stamp set. I am also using the Tangrams Art Stencil to create my background.
I embossed the Cabbage Rose using white embossing powder. I then created the background using Sweet Stamps' Tangram art stencil in shades of Dandelion and Montego Bay. I created a mask for the cabbage rose using a piece of post it note. I colored in the image using a shade of yellow, green and red. I used a water brush to distribute the colors. The sentiment is from the Keep Calm set. I freehand the banner and adhered it onto the card using 3d tape. I felt it needed something so I randomly added some rhinestones.

I made a mistake of swiping the red ink with the first card below and it smeared a bit onto the stenciled background so I ended up with two cards :) The top one I placed the stencil in a different direction.

Birthday Wishes

Hello! This is Kim. You can never have enough birthday cards. Today, I am using Sweet Stamps Party Mouse to make my card. I created the background using Sweet Stamps Roof Tile stencil. The light purple was done using a combination of pink and purple inks.The mice are colored in using Copic markers. I added blue around the image and randomly placed rhinestones on the image panel.

Mini Birthday Gift Bags witih Leah

Hello everyone!  I hahve some fun mini Birthday Gift Bags for you today for Sweet Stamps :)

I created these gift bags using several products from the Sweet Stamps store, can you guess which ones?  To find out for sure, you can visit my blog at Ode to Paper.

Come back soon for more inspiration from our talented design team :)

Merry Christmas

Hello! Kim here to share with you a Christmas in July card using Mr. and Mrs. Snow Duo. I created the scene using a snowflake embossing folder and die cut the snow. The snow couple was colored in using Copic markers and I added snow and polka dots to them using a white gel pen. I also added glitter to the snow.
Be sure to check out our current challenge and enter to win a prize from the store.

Gerbera Daisy Bunch with Leah

HI!  I have a simple card for you today, with a great image that's unusually colored lol.

I colored Gerbera Daisy Bunch image with a mechanical pencil...lol.  The background is colored with Prismacolor Premiere pencil number 936 (Slate Grey).  Took a risk and it worked out!

You can find this stamp in the Sweet Stamps online shop :)

See you soon!

Hello Sunshine

Hello! Kim here. I am so happy to be able to stamp and share a card with you today. I am using the Field Flowers Silhouette set. I started by sponging the circle using Sweet Stamps' Ink Spots in Montego Bay and In the Pink. 

July's Anything Goes Challenge

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!

Welcome back to another monthly challenge!!

Are you ready?!?!?! 

First, our winner from June's Anything Goes Challenge....

Drum roll please......

Ema!

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!

And here are our  DT Sweeties projects...

Leah

Kim

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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Thinking of You Dragonflies with Leah

I have a purplishious Thinking of You card today using some Dragonflies Accents from Sweet Stamps.  I used a different technique for the background, and if you'd like more details, you can find them on my blog at Ode to Paper.

To create this card I used the following products from Sweet Stamps online shop :)

Dragonflies Accents
Framed Handwritten Words stamp set
Picocolo enamel and embossing powder adhesive fluid
Enchanted Aubergine enamel powder

Don't forget to visit the Sweet Stamps blog this week for a special announcement regarding the two monthly challenges :)

Hello Sweet Stamps fans!

We have a brief announcement regarding the Anything Goes and Anything but a Card Challenges here on the Sweet Stamps blog.

  For the rest of the summer (July, August, September) we will only be having one challenge per month.  The Anything Goes challenge will continue on the first Sunday of every month, except for this month (July) when it will begin on the second Sunday. I hope everyone will continue to play along!  

The Anything but a Card challenge will begin again in September or October (not sure on the dates yet), but we will announce the winners of the June challenge on the third Sunday of July as usual.

See you all soon!

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!

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