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 :)

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!

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

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!

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:)

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.

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 :)

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

Butterflies are Free

Hello, Josette here with my Tuesday Card.  I love backgrounds and making them.  I have stacks of failed backgrounds and with jumbled up colors.  I save all of them.  I have created a card using die cuts and these backgrounds.

Flutterby #1  and Flutterby #2

This is a very simple A2 Card.  The background was cut down, the butterflies were die cut and mounted with 3D squares.  Added a sentiment and a ribbon.  Done.

Thank you For stopping by

Happy Crafting,

Josette

A watercolor card with Leah :)

I created a fun watercolor card for you today using these products from Sweet Stamps:

Antique Leaf Scroll Border stamp
Three Rose Garland stamp
Framed Handwritten Words stamp
Medieval Metals embossing powder

I enjoy making watercolor cards so much, there's just something about this medium that makes you want to play lol.  And just a word about this embossing powder, it is seriously my go-to metal embossing powder.  It is so gorgeous, and pictures just don't do it justice!  If you would like to see more details about how I created this card, please visit my blog at Ode to Paper.

See you again next Thursday for more inspiration and fun :)

Technique Focus: Resist Stamping and Pigment Powders

Hello, Josette here with another Tuesday card.  Todays card is a bit different.  It involves a technique that has been around for a while with a new twist.  So let's look at the card:

This photo does not do the card justice.  Here is another shot, double click to see detail.

So this technique is very simple.  Stamp the images in embossing powder and heat emboss.  Then using a pigment powder, sprinkle on the image, spritz with water to activate and let dry.  Once dry, place between  a folded piece of computer paper, and either heat with iron, or in my case I ran it through my MINC to remove the embossing powder.  In some instances I go back and color the image or enhance it, but with this card I left it be.  Mounted in onto a black A2 card base and let it be.

On my blog there is a detailed instruction of this technique: Here

All of the supplies are available at Sweet Stamp.  Any pigment powders will work,  I used a product by ColourArt, but there are many on the market.

Thank you for stopping by,
Until next week,
Happy Crafting ,
Josette

Tick Tock Kitties

Josette here with my Tuesday installment.  Sometimes, you just don't know what to make.  I was playing with my piccolo's and embossing them with different powders, when I thought about time and cats looking at the moon.  Not sure why I thought of that, but my blog is about little bits of inspiration, so this is a good example.

So here it is.  Cute, maybe but interesting yes.   This is a very simple card, A2 in size.  Primarily made with piccalos that have been embossed with different powders, mounted on dimensional and those cute cats colored with Copics.  A couple of ribbons, voila!! a Card.

So, let me tell you about the design and what techniques I used as there are some hidden treasures here.  The first one is the background paper.    I started with an embossing folder and waxed paper.  Then I ran two pieces of card stock with the wax paper in the middle through my MINC and inked it with Distress Inks and a dauber.  If you visit my Blog: Wax Paper Technique, I discuss the whole process with up close photos.

Next I embossed  the Piccolos: Vintage Clock with various powders.  The Frame: REAL_RUST
The Clock and Swirls: VINTAGE_GOLD.  These are all popped up on using dimensionals.  The stamp set is: What's new Pussycat?  It's a party time is from an unknown source that was embossed in gold.  Matt is a brown card base and a bronze and Rust colored ribbon completes the pictures.

Well that is all for today,
Stop back next week for more MINC techniques using Sweet Stamp products.

Happy Crafting,
Josette

Happy Penguin: A Birthday Card

Josette here with another Tuesday Installment:  Todays' card is just plain cute!!

This is a fairly simple card with a big bang happy!  So let's discuss how I made it and the product used.  This is a 5.5" square card.  The base layer is white cardstock.  The Mat, is a piece of watercolor paper.  I randomly dropped Distress reinkers onto my craft sheet, misted with water until very thin, and dragged my paper through the puddles.  Once dry, I enhanced by further misting with water and letting dry.  I usually created several back grounds at a time, trying out different color combos.  Then when I need a base, just pull out the stack and go from there.

The image is from February Release: Cool Penguin.  I used  Classy Circle Frame and coated it with Enamel_Powder_ENCHANTED_AUBERGINE.  Using a circle die, cut out the Penguin just slightly larger than the opening and glued in place.  Added a circle of fun foam to the back.  Stamped the Birthday greeting from:  Kitty_Sweets_Clear_Stamp in black ink and heat embossed with fine clear embossing powder.  A black and white polka dotted bow was all that was needed to finish this card.

The Penguin was colored with Copics.  I used W0 to add shadow and R24 for the Bow with R27 for shadow.  Ready for mailing!!!

Hope you enjoy my Happy Penguin Card,  Come back next week for more card ideas!

Happy Crafting,
Josette

One Sheet Wonder with Leah Tees

Hello everyone!  I have created some fun cards for you today, using the one-sheet wonder technique and some paper that I decorated myself using products from Sweet Stamps.

I created 14 cards from one sheet of 12 x 12 card stock, and I am showing you 8 of them here.  For the other 6, you'll have to visit my blog at Ode to Paper...I know, I'm sneaky hehe.

The Sweet Stamps products used in this project include:

ASM-008 Moroccan Tile ATC Stencil
AS66-008 Checker Flowers 6x6 Stencil
Shades Dye Ink Duchess Rose
Shades Dye Ink Latte
Shades Dye Ink Amaryllis
Shades Dye Ink Beach
SS4406 Framed Handwritten Words Clear Stamp Set
1019H Apple Blossom Branch Rubber Stamp
AF1 French Script Artsy Fartsy Rubber Stamp
1004G Spring Blooms Rubber Stamp

I forgot to take a picture of the paper I created before I cut it up ahahaha, so check back again next Thursday and I'll make another sheet and post a picture for you :)

All of the linked products can be found in the Sweet Stamps online shop, and don't forget to come and join in the fun with the two challenges every month!  The next one starts on Sunday, and the theme is Anything but a Card!

Scripty Butterflies with Leah

Alas, my reign of watercolor has ended for this month, lol, but that doesn't mean I won't do it again soon muwahahahaha.

For this project, although not watercolor, it is an equally fun technique, that you can find more about on my blog at Ode to Paper.  I used the Flutterby #2 Sweet Cuts die for this technique, as well as the Artsy Fartsy French Script ATC background stamp, Framed Handwritten Words clear stamp set, some Glastique and some Shades Dye Ink in Amaryllis.

There are so many dies, stamps and other fun stuff in the Sweet Stamps online shop, and you create so many different things with them!  The possibilities are endless, and i want to try them all!!!!!

See you next month (lol) for more Sweet Stamps creative fun :)

Watercolor Wild Rose Bunch with Leah

I have one more watercolor card for you today, using the Wild Rose Bunch stamp and the Framed Handwritten Words clear stamp set from Sweet Stamps.

If you would like to see more about how I created this project, please visit my blog at Ode to Paper.

I think this might be my favorite of the watercolor cards I created this month, and you know what they say about practice...lol...well, ok, it's not perfect, but it is definitely an improvement!

You can find these stamps and many more at the Sweet Stamps online store, and keep checking often because there are more new stamps coming soon!  I am so excited :)

See you soon!

Watercolor Butterfly with Leah

For my watercolor fun this week I chose to create with the Flowery Butterfly stamp, and the Framed Handwritten Words stamp set.

Sweet Stamps has so many fun images to create with, and this fun butterfly caught my eye.

If you would like to see more details abut how I made this card, please visit my blog at Ode to Paper.  On my blog you'll find posts from all the watercolor projects this month as well as some lessons learned ;)

I am finding more and more gorgeous images to color and paint over at the Sweet Stamp online shop, and I'll tell you a secret...there's more to come!!!!  And they're coming soon.  Stay tuned!

You and me: Sweet Kitties by Josette

Hello again.  I am back with another Tuesday Card.  This one is also from the April release.  You can see the stamp set here:  What's New Pussycat?

This turned out sweet.  The background is one that I made as an exercise in finding the right color for another project.  The posting where I describe the making of the background  can be found Here.

Just scroll down and you will see the background for this card.  

After the background was completed, the rest of the card was straightforward.  Cut a sentiment out of White and mounted it with a piece of left over purple cardstock.  Created a mat from a white textured paper.  The Kitties were colored with Copics and take front and center stage.  All that was needed was a purple bow to tie it all together.  Sweet isn't it.

Remember to visit Sweet Stamps for all your paper crafting needs.

Until Next week,

Happy Crafting,

Josette