Tis the Season

I'm back today with another Christmas card featuring the super cute new Christmas Gnomes and the previously released Happy Camper from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. 

 

 

I began by stamping the images onto white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I colored with Shuttle Art markers, creating a dirt floor to ground the image and fussy cut the presents and wreath out. I cut a frame for my scene with a scalloped stitched rectangle frame die (Gina Marie Designs) from chocolate chip cardstock (SU!). This post highlights a way to use the inside cut piece. I stamped the sentiments in green and red ink and put all the pieces together as seen.

 

 I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by,

Karen

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps September Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps September Release Hop! The team has been having so much fun creating with this month's releases and we are 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, September 23.

 

 

I have two cards for you this month featuring four of the new September releases paired with two previously released sets. 

My first card features the adorable Christmas Gnomes, a fun Christmas Text Background and the versatile Holiday Greetings along with some elements from Happy Camper. 

 

I stamped the cute gnome and other images on white cardstock with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I colored the images with Shuttle Art markers and fussy cut out. I stamped the sentiment in real red ink  and backed with a scrap of the same color cardstock. Next, I stamped the Christmas Text background with VersaMark ink on a die cut piece of cucumber crush cardstock (Gina Marie Design dies). I assembled the card as seen adding a couple of green sequins to finish it off. The gnomes in this set are so cute!

 

 

For my second card, I paired a sentiment from the amazing Best Gift Ever with the gorgeous True Beauty set. 

 

This card went together pretty quick with simple coloring and the use of dies. I started by embossing the roses and leaves in white onto Canson mixed media paper. I colored the roses and leaves with watercolor brush markers (red/Arteza and moss/Altenew) and set aside to dry. Once they were dry, I went carefully over the top with Wink of Stella to add some sparkle, let dry and hand trimmed out. I die cut the background and sentiment panels (Gina Marie Design dies) from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment with black ink. I assembled the card, popping the sentiment panel and some image edges up with foam tape. I decided between the sparkle and background texture this card needed no other embellishments. Clean and simple for the win!

 

 

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

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Julee Tilman

Ceal Pritchett

Diane Zechman

Esther Asbury

Jane Bosi 

Karen Decknick

Lee Ann Barrett

Lyn Tomlin

Sheri Gilson 

 

 

Have a fantastic day,

 

Karen