Woodland Friends

 

Hello friend. I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog today with this woodsy themed card featuring the Graphic 45 paper pad called "Woodland Friends." I love how easy it is to whip up a card using designer paper, and Graphic 45 never disappoints.

   Check out  Stamp Simply's entire collection of Graphic 45 papers and ephemera by clicking here.

 

  Supplies from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:

• Woodland Friends Designer Paper (Graphic 45)
•  Typewritten Just Checking In
  

 Other Supplies:

• Yeti Ink (Lawn Fawn)
  

This post linked to:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• A Place To Start - Pick a Shape (rectangle)
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring

Old Fashioned Christmas

 I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog sharing this card that features one of the NEW stamp sets in their Vintage Christmas release.

I started by ink smooshing two colors of distress ink onto water color paper. Next, I added white acrylic paint splatters and ink the edges before adding the text background. An upcylced dictionary page and repeat stamping cover the background of my little tag, and the edges are inked in vintage photo distress ink. I added a bit of lace and red cardstock to two corners and a small embossed circled of vellum behind the deer to make it stand out more. A red seam binding ribbon completes the card.

 Supplies from Stamp Simply:     

• Vintage Christmas Images Stamp Set
• Vintage Christmas Images Die Set
• Crochet Lace 
• Lace Embossing Folder (Sizzix) 
  
• Seam Binding
  

Other Supplies:

• Slot Punch 
• Vellum
• Dictionary Page
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• White Acrylic Paint Splatters 
• Fallen Leaves Versafine Clair Ink
  
• These colors of Distress Ink (Ranger):
•  Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo
  

 This post linked to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon Challenge - Christmas in July
• Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamps
• Inkspirational Challenge - Woodland 
• Farmquest Challenge - Forest or Woodland

All Creatures Great and Small

Today on The House That Stamps Built, Cheri Weston picked "All Creatures Great and Small" as our theme for the current challenge.  She'd like to see you include some critters (big or small) on your cards and paper-crafting projects this week.
I chose to showcase the 703-P, Woodland Friends stamp by embossing it on a watercolor panel I created with sparkly, pearlescent paints.
Since my banner was a bit too small to stamp the entire sentiment on, I used 1/2 of it on the front and included the second half inside

Details: 

• For my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar
• There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built 
• you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link or win
• One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month

Check out what the other design team members created: 

Cheri  ~ Shirley ~ Heather ~ Laurie ~ Donna ~ Joy

Supplies and Tools:
Dies/Punches: Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Mixed Media Dies (Tim Holtz Thinlits), Butterfly Chain punch (Martha Stewart), Fence Punch (Martha Stewart), Ribbon Banners (Sizzix)
Ink:  Worn Litpstick Distress Oxide, Versamark Watermark, Black Embossing Powder
Stamps from Repeat Impressions:
703-P, Woodland Friends
1302-F, Some Bunny

This post linked to:
Use Your Stuff - Easter/Spring
Dies R Us - Anything Goes 
Allsorts - New Beginnings (Spring - new baby animals)

Winter Woodland

Today I'm sharing yet another card that uses Graciellie's Winter Blessings Digital Stamp set. (Can you tell it's been my favorite this winter!?)

This time I created a snowy background scene with distress inks before printing my digis overtop. One of the things I really enjoy about working with digital images is that you can resize them to fit whatever you're working on!

I added some paint spatter snowflakes using diluted white paint and fussy cut the pinecones to layer in the tree branch.

Supplies and Tools:
Inks: Distress Ink (Salty Ocean, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs), White Acrylic Paint
Stamps: Woodland Wonderland (Inkadinkado), Winter Blessings Digital (Graciellie), Fantastic Foliage (Stampin' Up)
Misc. Sponge Daubers, Small Paintbrush

This post linked to:
Allsorts - Snowflakes (mine are in the form of paint spatters!)
ModSquad Challenge - What a Flake (use snowflakes)
Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas Scene
Stamping Sensations - Winter Trees and Flowers
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Autumn Vintage Van

 

 Hello everyone! Today I have an autumn card to share with you that features several stamp sets from Sweet n Sassy stamps and a super cool ink smooshed background!!  I had so much fun creating this little scene and adding in some of the tiny characters from the woodland silhouette set!

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Supplies and Tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamp Sets
•  Vintage Van 
• Scene Silhouettes: Trees (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Scene Silhouettes: Woodland (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Canson Watercolor Paper
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger):
• Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

This post linked to:

• Mix It Up Challenge - Distressing (distress inks)
• Kat Scrappiness Challenge - Fall
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 
• Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge - Fall Foliage 
• Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Handcolored 
• If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - Inspiration Photo (autumn colors in cookies) 
• Stamping Sensations - Autumn Glory
  

The Card Concept - Woodland Nursery

Check out the new inspiration board over on the The Card Concept blog!

 The theme this week is: Woodland Nursery

Everyone is welcome to play along using the colors, the theme, 

textures, items, or just anything from the picture as your starting point. 

I was inspired by the deer and wood to create this Clean and Layered card.

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Supplies and Tools:

• Fur-ever Friends (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Sentimental Mash-Up (Sweet n Sassy Stamps) 
• Wood Backgrounds (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Canson Mixed Media Paper
• Watercolor Brush Pens (Benicci) 
• Prismacolor Pencils
• 3D Lumber Embossing Folder (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Skeleton Leaves Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Worn Lipstick
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain

This post linked to:
Inkspirational Challenge - Animal
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge - Lots of Layers
The Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes + optional St. Patrick's Day 

More Than Sparrows

 "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31

Faithdex card featuring three new stamp sets from Creative Worship Stamps (formerly Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps).

Shop the entire August release here.

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 Supplies and Tools:

• From Creative Worship Stamps
• More Than Sparrows
• Beautiful Branches
• Funky Textures 2
• Ticket Dies
  
• Heart Die Set  
• Foliage Dies
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens 
• Memorydex 2-Slot Hole Rolodex Punch (Heidi Swapp)
  
• Frost White Catalogdex (Catelogdex Co.)
• Prima Marketing Airy Bliss In The Moment Flowers
• Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide (Ranger) 
• Spanish Moss
  

 This post linked to:

• Try it on Tuesday Challenge - In the Garden
• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamps
• Inkspirational Challenge - Woodland
• Farmquest Challenge - Forest or Woodland

Background Stamps Two Ways

Hey friends, I'm up on the Sweet n Sassy blog today sharing two cards with you featuring the new Psalm 23 Background stamp. On the first card I used it for it's intended purpose -- as a background. On the second card I created a scenic background and used it as the main feature!

To create this first card I embossed the dandelion in white embossing powder on blue card stock, and then added some random leaves in a moonlight white ink. I distressed the edges and inked them in chipped sapphire distress ink. Since I love lace and doilies, I added a pretty strip of white lace to one side before adhering it over my Psalm 23 background. The dragonfly was embossed in blue, colored with real brush pens, and then made to sparkle with some Nuvo glitter drops.

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Supplies and Tools:

• Blessings In Disguise (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Psalm 23 Background (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Dragonfly Dreams (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Canson Mixed Media Paper
• Real Brush Pens (Arteza)
• Crochet Thinlits (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Lapis Embossing Powder (Stampendous)
• Brilliance Moonlight White Ink (Tsukineko) 
• Faded Jeans Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink (Ranger)
• White Blizzard Glitter Drops (Nuvo)
• Foam Mounting Tape

For my second card I created a scene using three different scene silhouette stamp sets before embossing the new Psalm 23 Background stamp over top. I wanted to keep this card fairly simple so a paper crimped background and some elegant photo corners were all I added.

(You can purchase these three silhouette sets
 as a bundle and save money!! 
CLICK HERE for the Woodland Bundle)

Supplies and Tools:

•  Psalm 23 Background (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Scene Silhouettes: Tall Grass (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Scene Silhouettes: Trees (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Scene Silhouettes: Woodland (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Album Tags and Accents Die (Heartfelt Creations)
• Fiskars Paper Crimper
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Black Embossing Powder (Ranger)
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Salty Ocean
• Broken China
• Faded Jeans
• Peeled Paint
• Pine Needles
• Vintage Photo

This post linked to:

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Clean-and-simple
Dies R Us - Things With Wings (Sizzix Dies)
Allsorts Challenge - Anything in the animal kingdom
Mix It Up Challenge - Anything Goes + optional smooshing

Boho Fall Leaves

 I'm up on the Stamp Simply blog today with this card featuring their BRAND NEW Boho Fall Leaves stamp and die set from their fall release. 

To create the background I embossed a piece of kraft card stock with the Interweave 3D embossing folder from Sizzix. I lightly inked over it with white pigment ink and inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink. To finish it off, I added metallic paint splatters and curled to corners. The leaves were stamped on mixed media paper and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens before die-cutting and adding metallic paint splatters. 

 Supplies from Stamp Simply:     

• Boho Fall Leaves Stamp Set
• Boho Fall Leaves Die Set
• Interweave Embossing Folder (Sizzix)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink     
  

Other Supplies:

• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Button
• Baker's Twine
• Metallic Paint Splatters
  
• Yeti Ink (Lawn Fawn)
• Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
  

This post linked to:

• Make My Monday Challenge - Coloring Mediums (Water brush pens)
• Inkspirational Challenge - Woodland
• Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge - Anything with embossing folder

Christmas Gnome

 

Have you seen the NEW Winter Gnomes stamp set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps? It has three adorable little gnomes that are perfect for both Christmas and winter cards. I went with some frosty blues combined with pink and red for my fun holiday card.

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Supplies and Tools:

• Winter Gnomes (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• The Christmas Stack Paper (DCWV)
  
• Canson Mix Media Paper
  
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Window Two Die (Spellbinders)
• Woodland Pine Trees (Cottage Cutz)
• Snowflake Punch
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger):
• Worn Lipstick, Salty Ocean
  

This post linked to:

Dies R Us - Anything Goes (Spellbinders)

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 

Peter Rabbit

Today I'm sharing some fun spring cards I created with Peter Rabbit digis. While I was looking for the vintage children digis (this post), I ran across THESE adorable Peter Rabbit downloads. The day I shopped they were on sale for $1 - so why not???

Since there are four designs, I went ahead and made them all into cards. It never hurts to have extra kids cards on hand for the children's names on the Shelter: Postmarked list. I think they'd also make cute "welcome baby" cards!

I used Distress Oxide and my Guidelines stamp set (Papertrey Ink) to stamp a design on both the front and the insert. I love how the oxide looks on kraft cardstock.

Supplies and Tools:
Peter Rabbit Digital Collage (Digital Collage Club),  Guidelines (Papertrey Ink), Distress Oxide (Peeled Paint, Broken China), Paper Doily, Phrases Set 1 and 2 (Spellbinders), Flower Punch, Pearls

This post linked to:
PINspirational Challenge - Photo (below)
Double D Challenge - Woodland Creatures
Mod Squad Challenge - Animal Fun
Allsorts Challenge - Something beginning with a "b" (bunny)

Winter Scene

  Hello friends. Today I have a fun winter card to share with you that features lots of die cutting and paper piecing with absolutely no stamping!!

Supplies and Tools:

• Birch Tree Dies (Impressions Obsession)
• Village Lamp Post (Poppystamps)
• Bicycle in Grass (Cottage Cutz)
• Woodland Pine Trees (Cottage Cutz)
• Vintage Holiday Car (Cottage Cutz)
• Stitched Snow Hills Dies (Stamplorations)
  
• White Acrylic Paint 
• Carnation Red Liquid Pearls (Ranger - Wendy Vecchi)
  
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Candied Apple

This post linked to:

• Try it on Tuesday - Winter Wonderland
• Creative Inspirations - Winter Wonderland 
• Shoppping Our Stash - Let it Snow, Let is Snow, Let it Snow 
• Color throwdown - Red, Green, Aqua, Silver
  

Two cards - One background

 Hello friend. I'm up on the Sweet n Sassy blog today sharing two cards.  My first card features the BRAND NEW Alleluia Lilies and coordinating Alleluia Lilies Dies that I used to practice some no-line watercoloring. I stamped the Background Builders: Stripes on white card stock and added some spot stamping with Psalm 23 Background. I trimmed it into a long strip and matted it on green card stock.  To add a bit of interest to the white card front I used the Delightfully Delicate Stencil and some peeled paint distress oxide. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

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Other Supplies:

• Canson Watercolor Paper
  
• Watercolor Paints (Zenacolor)
• White Acrylic Paint
  
• Peeled Paint Distress Oxide (Ranger)  
  

My second card uses the leftover piece of striped paper that I created with the Background Builders: Stripes set turned the other way and used across the bottom of my card. 

  I created a focal point for my card using Flower Garden and Sweet As Honey, which I colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. The top part of my card is a collage consisting of Flower Garden, Cheerful Hexies, and Psalm 23 Background. The Fence Die divides the two sections and a sentiment from Encouraging Thoughts is stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  ink across the bottom.

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Other Supplies: 

• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Circle Dies (Spellbinders
  
• Large Scallop Circle Dies  (Spellbinders)
  

 

This post linked to:

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Favorite Technique (watercoloring)
• Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Stripes, Dots, Celebrate 
• Alphabet Challenge - W for Woodland Flora or Fauna
  
• As You Like Challenge - Digi, clear, or rubber
• clear stamps because you can see through them to layer easily
  

 

Silhouettes and Sentiments SALE

 

Sweet n Sassy Stamps is celebrating their 13th birthday with sales every week of this month. The special for this week is Silhouettes and Sentiment sets --- Buy 3 get one FREE!!!

 

My card today features a couple of their silhouette sets on a fun ink smooshed background!

CLICK HERE to shop Sentiments ------- CLICK HERE to shop Silhouettes

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Supplies and tools:

• These Sweet n Sassy Stamps Sets:
• Fear Not
• Psalm 23 Background
• Scene Silhouettes: Trees
  
• Scene Silhouettes: Woodland 
  
• Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
  
•  These colors of Distress Oxides (Ranger):
• Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Black Soot
  

 

This post linked to:

• Love To Scrap - Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
• The Artsy Stamper Challenge - Critters