Wine a Little

The challenge for this week is Lovely Layers.

Did you see yesterday's post and awesome projects from the DT?!

If not...scroll down just a tad. 

I have a few layers, a pinch of green and lots of purple!

Thank you for taking time to stop by today!

Have a great day today and if you need to Wine a Little...go for it!

~Donna K 

Fortune Teller Ink Spot	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Copic Sketch Markers	Core'dinations Grass Greens
I'm A Winer Clear Stamp Set	Wink of Stella Brush Marker	Daisy Center Medallion SweetCuts Die	ATC Mini Art Stencil TIRE TRACKS

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Challenge #195 - Lovely Layers

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!
Happy Monday!!

Ready for this week's challenge?!
Our theme is....

Lovely Layers

Let's see how many layers you can get on your project!!

First up, our Guest Designer Leah from Paper Blossoms!

Love all the layers!!

Now for our DT Sweeties projects...

Kendra Sand

Monica Edwards

We'd love to see your lovely layer 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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Many Thanks

Good Morning. I'm Teresa and I am new here. I am bringing you a fall colored Thanksgiving Card. 

I used several thin strips of assorted paper scraps for the background of the card. I glued them down onto a plain copy paper backing and then trimmed to fit my blank card base. Then using the Winter Village Scene Die I cut a circle from a lighter card stock (I kept the winter scene for a later time). Aligning the "frame" where I wanted it to go, I embossed an almost sheer layer of Mermaid Tears enamel to soften the background for the metallic copper leaves. The leaves are two cuts using the Fancy Leaf Die that I layered and then trimmed the "extra" from. I stamped and embossed the sentiment. The final detail was the addition of eyelets and some textured yarn. tie on a button. Now this one is ready to leave as a tiny token by everyone'e Thanksgiving plate.

Have a wonderful remainder of the weekend.

TERESA

Enamel EP MERMAID TEARS	Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	Framed Fancy Words Clear Stamp Set	Enamel EP COPPER KETTLE
Fancy Leaf SweetCuts Die	Winter Village Scene Circle SweetCuts Die	Ultimate Glue 4 oz.

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Two Toned Embossing and Layout Share...

Hi!  Happy Friday Sweeties!  Lisa here today to share a layout as well as an embossing technique that has beautiful results. 

I started this layout by distressing my background patterned paper with scissors and a distressing tool. Next I added the trimmed hounds tooth.  I gave my vellum the royal embossing treatment by stamping various leaf images from the newly released Leaves Stamp Set.  After a few more layers of cardstock I worked on my Piccolo Word Accents.  To create a two toned look I simply dabbed the entire sentiment with Enamel and Embossing Powder Adhesive Fluid and covered the top half with Medieval Metals and the bottom half with Fall Fiesta Fine Detail Embossing Powders, then heat set before adding them to my layout.  I LOVE this look, and can't wait to play around more with it.  I have also created my own little embellishment by stamping one of the owl images from the Fall Owls Stamp Set, and then coloring and fussy cutting it out.

It's fun to incorporate stamping into layouts and I hope I've inspired you to try it too!

Supplies Used:

Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive

Fiesta Sparkle

Medieval Metals

Leaves clear stamp set

Fall Owls clear stamp set

Copic Sketch Markers

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Happy Crafting!
Lisa

PS - Don't forget to join in our Stripes Challenge for your chance to win a $10 gc! woo hoo!

Mixed Media Stripes

Shelly here with my Stripes challenge card.

 I added color to the background using Ranger Distress Inks.  The inks were tapped onto the craft mat and spritzed with water.  I dragged/ran the cardstock through the color- each color was dried with a heat gun before I applied the next color.
 I added the 'stripes' with a stamp and brown Distress ink. I also sponged the edges of the card with Brown Distress ink to add stripes with the Rounded Square stencil.
  The 'buck' head is a Picolo accents and is embossed with Enamel EP. I used Mermaid Tears on the top and Brownstone on the body.

Here are the SweetStamps products I used on my card:

Distress Ink Pad PEELED PAINT	Distress Ink Pad WILD HONEY	Distress Ink Pad RUSTY HINGE	Distress Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP	Always on My Mind Clear Stamp Set	Vertical Note	Art Stencil ROUNDED SQUARES	Core'dinations Sandy Tans
Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	Enamel EP MERMAID TEARS	Enamel EP BROWNSTONE

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I hope you will join in with the STRIPES challenge this week found HERE.

Shelly

Leaves

Hi Roxie here to show you a couple simple ideas for Thanksgiving.  
Both cards in this post were done using the masking tape technique where you ink up the tape, place it on the glossy cardstock, very lightly rub then remove the tape.  This first card was actually the second panel created and the tape technique was applied only once.  

Images: SweetStamps - Leaves
Paper, for the first card: Pantone glossy, Basic Grey designer orange, Die Cuts with a View green
Ink: Shades - Butterscotch, Papaya, Palm Grove, Memento - Tuxedo Black
Tools: Scor-Pal for line embossing on each side of the inked strip, Perfect Layers Mini from Perfect Paper Crafting to cut the borders,  EK Success corner rounder
Enamel Dots: Eyelets Outlets and Brads

 

I started this card first and the masking tape I used was flawed leaving an open space in the application so I set it aside and made the first card in this post but I can never throw anything out without an attempt to save it.  So I traded rolls of masking tape with my husband and inked up a second time which made the color much brighter but I lost all the texture so I took one of the new ATC Mini Art Stencils from SweetStamps and sponged on grey ink and was happy with the results.  

This card also uses the same Leaves set but different images, I like this set because it offers both realistic and whimsical images. 

Different Supplies from the first card:
Ink: Shades - Stormy Gray
Tools: We R Memory Keepers corner punch
Paper: same glossy, The Paper Company orange, Remember When black textured

Leaves clear stamp set ATC Mini Art Stencil VICTORIAN ROMANCE Stormy Gray Shades Dye Ink

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Stripes with Donna K

Hello everyone!

Did you notice that our weekly challenge start date has changed to Monday?!

Well I'm here to nudge you along to join us in our Stripes challenge.

My card has obvious stripes as the background.

And less obvious ones within those amazing little leaves.

I hope you'll share your stripes creation with us this week!

Have a wonderful day today!

~Donna K 

Leaves clear stamp set	Red Rhinestones	Flourish Accents A126	Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze	Core'dinations Nostalgic Grays	Copic Sketch Markers
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Fall Owls clear stamp set

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Challenge #194

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!
Happy Monday!!

Can you believe it is November already?!
November here at Sweet Stamps begins another new term for us!  So we are switching things up a little bit!

We are going to have new challenges each MONDAY for you to join in!

You have a chance at winning a $10 GC to the SS store!!

Ready for our theme this week?
It's all about....

STRIPES

Let's see some stripes on your cards!!
Whether stamped or paper....we just want to see some stripes!

First up, we have a new Guest Designer this month!

We welcome Leah from Paper Blossoms!
We are so excited to have you creating with us this month!!

Hello! My name is Leah Cornelius and I am thrilled to be guest designing with Sweet Stamps for November. I have loved crafting since I was little but after discovering stamping and papercrafting in 2006 I really found my niche. I have been married to my wonderfully supportive husband for 15 years and we have three children. I am so blessed to stay home and homeschool them. Other things I love to do are cook, garden, crochet and read a good book. I hope you enjoy my projects this month!

Now for her first card:

So beautiful!!

We also have some beautiful eye candy from two of our DT Sweeties....

Monica 


Denise


We'd love to see your stripe creation, 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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