Silhouette Love

I have a huge soft spot for silhouette images. They are not only easy to stamp but you can achieve such a variety of looks with them. This is a newly released set that is just gorgeous called Forest Silhouettes. August 7th my husband and I celebrated 11 years of marriage and this was the card I made for him. I love the sentiment because it is so true to me! I first started my card with just my white card base. I then took several Distress Ink colors and with my felt blending tool began to create my background. I started with the green and worked my way up. I then stamped my trees adding some second generation stamping to create a misty look and to add depth. I then chose the moose as my focal image and finished it with stamping the sentiment from the Love Sentiments set and knotting some tied twine. Take a moment today to tell the ones you love that you love them, you'll be blessed because you did! Hugs....

A Gift for Snowman

Hello! This is Cheryl. I decided to get a jump start on my Christmas cards using A Gift for Snowman digital image. I just had to have him as soon as I saw him. He is so cute and easy to work with.


I thought he would look great with these vintage looking papers and distressing. He is colored with a combination of Copic and Prismacolor markers and I finished off the card with some twine and punched snowflakes.

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my card with you.

Cheryl

The Honest Truth

Sometimes the truth is hard to swallow and that is just the case with my card today....well, at least the sentiment on the card, anyway.


It comes from a new set being released in a couple of weeks called Prayerful Thoughts. The statement may be hard to swallow, but it certainly it an encouragement to know that God will always take care of us :).

I went with a monochromatic look for this card and chose a color that I would typically not use but I think it turned out quite nicely. I dug out one of our older sets, Floral Flourishes--which happens to be one sale right now :), to create the background on the two panels. I stamped the flourishes using Versamark and then chalked over them to add the soft color. I also chalked around the Nestie die to accent the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by the Sweet 'n Sassy Blog today!

May your day be blessed!

Customer Spotlight Sunday

Anyone getting ready for a baby shower? Then you must check out this stunning card created by Andrea Vernagus! This beauty would be the hit of the show!!

This precious elephant and baby image is a digi called Bella & Baby and is so perfect for a shower or your new arrival card. I love the way that Andrea printed the image on patterned paper and then layered the head and body sections for added dimension. I also really like the color combo (seeing as I have two boys!!) but couldn't you also see this in varying shades of pink or yellow? And the stripped brads adds the perfect finishing touch!

Wonderful card Andrea, thank you so much for allowing us to share it with our readers!!

Serene Silhouettes...

Good Morning!
Today I am back with a shaped card. I LOVE circle cards (in this case scalloped circle) so I decided to make one. This time I picked Serene Silhouettes clear stamp set, which was perfect to make this simple (other than cutting out the tiny butterflies), but elegant card.

I love checking out color challenges. I always find a new color combination that I would never think of... I was surprised how well these colors worked for this card. I used Spellbinders Circle and Scallop Circle dies. To add some texture to my card, I dry embossed the dark blue piece with my Victoria Cuttlebug folder. The greeting came from Poppies and Greetings clear stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by today.
Monika

Birthday Friends

Good Morning! I made this card using the cute Sweet 'n Sassy digi called "Fence Friends". I always need more birthday cards, and this one looked like it would be a perfect fit for that occasion. I colored the image with Copics. The sentiment is also from SNSS, and is from the digi set called "Feminine Birthdays".

Now, I know my card isn't very autumn-ish... But there are plenty of great autumn sets at Sweet 'n Sassy if you are ready for scarecrows and red and gold leaves. :) Be sure to check them out!!

Have a great day, everyone, and thanks for stopping in!

For the Bride and Groom

Wedding cards are some of my favorite cards to make. The Wedding day stamp set makes it even better since the images and sentiments are terrific. So, I am going to show you a card using the wedding bells image from the set. This bells image is also available as a digi stamp too.



I chose a nice soft palette for my card and used papers from the Basic Grey Capella collection which work beautifully. I stamped the image, colored it with copics, then sponged some sky ink around it while still in my die. I then used frosted lace stickles for the bow and pearls in the middle of the flowers. The scallops of the circle were pierced and all the edges were sewn.

Here is a closer look for you


Thanks for looking today and I hope you have a blessed day!