Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps May Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps May Release Hop! There's another fabulous release in the SNSS shop that we've been stamping with and we're so excited to share our projects with you! Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be a lucky winner! One lucky comment from all the comments along the hop will win a $10 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, May 20.

You guys are going to love these new sets!

For my first card, I used the gorgeous butterfly set Begin Again. I love butterflies and I love this set! I stamped the large butterfly with VersaFine Clair black ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. I colored the image with Arteza Real Brush Pens (bumblebee yellow, orange, red) and fussy cut out. I die cut the white panel and splattered with orange and yellow ink. I stamped the sentiment with black ink, put a strip of washi tape underneath it and taped the panel to the yellow card base. As the final step, I attached the butterfly to the white panel, popping it up with foam tape.



For my second card, I used Begin Again and the May Stamp of the Month Encouraging Thoughts. Love the sentiments in the SOTM! I started by stamping the small and medium butterflies from Begin Again in VersaFine Clair black ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. I colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens (bumblebee yellow, rouge pink and arctic blue) and fussy cut out. I had a little oops when I was fussy cutting and accidentally cut the antennas off the pink butterfly. My fellow design team member, Sheri Gilson, suggested I stamp the butterfly in black and position my colored one over the top for a bit of depth. I cut the antennas off the other two butterflies, die cut my white layering piece and stamped the butterflies in black ink in the center of the panel, spacing evenly. I stamped the sentiment from Encouraging Thoughts on the layering panel and adhered to the card base. Finally, I attached the butterflies popping them up with foam tape. I think I am finally getting more comfortable with creating clean and simple cards (CAS).




For my last card, I used the beautiful new set In This Together. As many of you know, this was released last month as a digital set. Korin had lots of requests to make it into a clear stamp set, so she did and included a few new sentiments with it. The images are so pretty colored up! I stamped the teacup with Ranger Archival black ink onto Canson XL watercolor paper. I colored the image with Altenew's Spring Garden Watercolor Brush Markers (moss, warm sunshine, rubellite and evening gray) and fussy cut out. I die cut the white panel and green pattern paper. Next, I taped the pattern paper onto the white panel, stamped the sentiment in black and attached the panel to the card base. As the last step, I adhered the teacup with foam tape and glued on a few sequins. I utilized sketch 434 from Freshly Made Sketches for my layout.








Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the amazing Lee Ann Barrett!


16 comments:

  1. Wow! Gorgeous cards! I’ve gotta get those butterflies soon!

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  2. Gorgeous cards, Karen! I love the vivid shades you used to color the butterflies and the sweet lacy dies you used for the background. The teacup full of flowers is so cheerful!

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  3. These are all so beautiful, Karen! Love the bold pops of color and all that glorious white space.

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  4. These are so pretty! I love the colors and layouts!

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  5. Karen, these cards are lovely. My favorite is the teacup!

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  6. Love these bright and cheerful cards.
    ~Melissa

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  7. Oh my what beautiful cards. My favorite is the teapot and flowers.

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  8. Fabulous cards!
    Love the frames
    on them too.
    Carla from Utah

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  9. These are simply beautiful! I love the contrast of colors with the yellow and pink flowers!

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  10. Marisela Delgado said:such beautiful cards. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  11. Gorgeous colors on your butterflies and flowers! Beautiful cards!

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  12. Marisela Delgado said: I love those butterflies. So beautiful. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  13. Wow! What gorgeous cards! I love the vibrant colors on the first one, the CAS design of the second, and the third one is beautiful too!

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