more Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps September projects

Good morning!

I'm joining the designers from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps in showing a few more cards that I made with September's Release of new stamps and die sets.  For all the specific details on the new challenge that is also being posted today, please hop over to the SNSS company blog.

My first card using the beautiful Flowers in Bloom stamp set with its new coordinating die set.  I stamped and heat embossed the flower image, cut it out with the new die, and used my Peerless Watercolors to watercolor the image.   The tag was also water colored a bit with a wash of light 'sunset' colors.

My second card uses the fun Leaf Silhouettes stamp set with its new Coordinating dies.  I love that the die set includes the coordinating leaf dies as well as smaller, embossed die cut leafs!  I used both of the types of dies on my card, choosing to have the embossed die cut leaves be in color while the rest were stamped in white ink on kraft for a subtle look.  

Burlap ribbon, lace, gold shimmer twine all together with some stitching pulled this 'shabby' card together perfectly - just the look I was going for!  I love it when things work out the way you were envisioning them to as you create, don't you? lol!

My last card for today is the gift card holder.  I have a pack of these left over from Stampin Up from way back when..... I came across them this summer in one of my 're-organization' events (do you have lots of those too!?) and thought it was high time I pull them out and get to using them!

I used the beautiful new Autumn Mum Greetings stamp set and its coordinating die set along with the new So Grateful sentiment stamp set.  I also used the Grunge Borders stamp set to embellish the holder a bit with some backgrounds in white ink.

To see and visit all the other designers showing off more projects with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' September release, please check out the photo links below!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jessica

Reverse Confetti September blog hop!

Good morning!

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti September Release blog hop!

If you have been following along on the hop, you should have arrived from Amber's blog.

If not, please check out the RC blog for all the hop and new release information.

For my first project, I used the adorable new Sammy the Squirrel critter stamp set with the fun Tagged Tote.http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tagged-tote-confetti-cuts/

Sammy Squirrel

Tagged Tote Confetti Cuts

I stamped Sammy on some patterned paper and added some color with Copics.  It's a bit hard to tell but I added white flock to his tail and some clear glitter to his tummy.  I did the same with the Acorns - stamping on patterned paper with Versafine ink and clear embossed and then adding Copic coloring for shading. I made the bag a slider by wrapping the bag of mixed nuts around the twine/ribbon treatment.

My next card uses a couple of new products as well:

Cast a Spell

Cast a Spell confetti cuts

So many Stars

Triangles

Give thanks Label Confetti Cuts

along with these Reverse Confetti Classics:

Class Act Confetti Cuts

Love Notes Confetti Cuts

Next up on the hop today is Amy's blog!

Have a great rest of your day and enjoy the hop!

Jessica

Art. from the heart.

Good morning!

I'm popping in with a 'made just for fun' card I designed recently.  I love the Friendship Mason Jar stamp collection from PaperTrey Ink but haven't played with it as much as I would like to... but I sat down and did some coloring a few weekends ago.

A few notes: I used a couple of different scallop border dies from My Favorite Things for the 'ruffly' trim to the side of the jar.  I die cut a vellum jar and overlaid it on the stamped jar image and like the transparent look it gave.  I tried to use Copics to do and it ended up smearing the ink a bit (ahhh!) so a vellum overlay was the best way to salvage all that coloring!  I used an orange and light brown marker with my marker spritzer to add a few dots of ink to the upper right of the jar.  Finally, I stamped the button with black stazon ink from the polka dot jar image in the stamp set.

Have a great day and I hope you get to have some time to play today!
Jessica

Card Details

Stamps: Friendship Jar & die cuts (PaperTrey Ink)

Ink: Memento; Versafine; PTI; black stazon

Card stock: PTI solid and patterned; vellum

Other: Copics; SU ruffle ribbon; PTI twine; sewing machine; button; MFT scallop border dies 

Owl-ways here for you.

Good morning!

I'm joining the designers from Reverse Confetti for a Quirky Cuties blog hop!  If you are following along on the hop, you should have arrived here from Sarah Gough's blog.  

I love each of Jen's Cuties sets and thought I'd share a card today using the Oliver Owl set. I love the sentiment fonts and the line art images are perfect for paper piecing or coloring.

I colored Oliver with Copics and used a patterned paper from one of Lawn Fawn paper packs for the background.  The 'dirt' on the ground is some Judikins espresso speckles I've had in my collection for years. It's like glitter, but way more 'manly' - ha!

My second card uses the adorable Freida Fox.

This time I stamped the image on textured white cardstock and did some Copic coloring.  I love the linen pattern that peeks through.  The flourish images in the corners is from the So Very Special stamp set.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Kim O'Connell!

The full list of the 'Quirky Cuties' hop participants as well as the amazing prizes up for grabs - please check out the Reverse Confetti blog.

Have a great day!

Jessica

Owl-ways Card Details

Stamps: Oliver Owl (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Memento; Colorbox chalk; Versafine

Card stock: PTI solid; Lawn Fawn patterned paper; Copic Xpress it white

Other: Cappuchino baker's twine from The Twinery; Wild Orchid flowers; Judikins espresso speckles; Copics; MFT label tab; SNSS scallop border die; sewing machine; PTI clouds; White felt

Freida Card Details

Stamps: Freida Fox, So Very Special (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Versafine; Memento

Card stock: PTI patterned; White linen; Lawn Fawn patterned

Other: Doily; sewing machine; Wild Orchid flowers; Copics; Corner rounder; Felt; SNSS grass die; SU ruffle ribbon; Lawn Fawn die cut; MFT tab label die

Let's "Shell-ebrate" grandpa!

Good morning!

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my dad for Father's Day this year.  He loves fishing and just got back from his annual fishing trip up north, so I thought it would be fun to make his card this year using Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Sea stamp set.

He has 7 grandchildren, so I made sure to add seven sea creatures on his card - luckily there were plenty of animals to choose from in this fun stamp set!  I paper pieced each animal on some patterned paper scraps from My Mind's Eye and did some Copic coloring on them for shading.  Lots of very fussy cutting but it was worth it!

It may be a bit hard to tell, but I layered a vellum embossed circle over the scallop circle die cut to soften it a bit.  I thought the zig zags reminded me of waves a bit.  I didn't like how the scallops got a bit lost with all the images layered over it, so I free hand drew a few dashes and lines around the entire die cut.  

The sentiment is from Paper Smooches' Party Posse stamp set.  I spelled out 'Grandpa' using Paper Smooches Mini Monograms alphabet stamp set.

Enjoy the rest of your day!
Jessica

Card Details

Stamps: PaperSmooches: Party Posse & Mini Mongrams; Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea

Ink: PTI white; Versafine black

Card stock: Craft Card base from Michaels; Patterned paper from My Mind's Eye scraps; PTI solid; Vellum

Other: SU Scallop circle Sizzix die; SU and Leisure Arts texture embossing folders; Copics; Corner rounder; Fine tipped black sharpie

Reverse Confetti News and July Sketch Challenge

Hi there!

I have some fun news to share today:

When Jen contacted me a few weeks ago to invite me to join her Reverse Confetti Challenge Crew for the next 6 months, I jumped at the chance!  I love cutesy stamps and Reverse Confetti has quite a few of them with more coming each month!  What an honor - thanks, Jen!

Now, onto the business of today.  The new July Sketch for You to Try is a super versatile one, don't you think?

I pulled out my must have Be a Barista stamp set - it's one of my favorite Reverse Confetti stamp set.  I used my 'go-to technique' with line art stamp sets: paper piecing and Copic coloring.  I love patterned papers and enjoy altering them a bit with the stamped images and Copic coloring.  As you can see, I flipped the sketch for my card.  I wanted the green patterned paper on the left side of the coffee cup for some reason! lol!

To see the full details on the sketch as well as the other designers' samples please check out the Reverse Confetti blog!

Have a great day!

Jessica

Card Details

Stamps: Be a Barista (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Versafine; Black Colorbox chalk

Card stock: PaperTrey Ink

Other: PTI felt & heart die; RC notebook edge die; Wild Orchid flowers; corner rounder; May Arts silk ribbon; 1" circle punch for leaves

My cup runneth over...

Hi there!

I have a card to share with you that I made this morning using a couple of the new SCS challenges for this week:  Sketch and Colors.

Sketch Challenge 491

Saffron, Smokey Slate, Strawberry Slush

I didn't use the Stampin Up color but substituted PaperTrey Ink's papers and went as close as I could for the colors.  I used the adorable Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Special Blend stamp set with one of the new coordinating dies for the focal image.  I colored the image in Copics with the challenge colors.

Have a great weekend!
Jessica

Peachy Keen Stamps June Release blog hop!

Welcome to the June Release Peachy Keen Stamps blog hop!

All the new stamps are now available for purchase - yay!  To celebrate, the designers are joining together for a blog hop event to show the rest of the samples we've prepared for you using the new stamp sets.  If you've been following along on the hop, you should have arrived here from Jessica's blog.  

If not, please consider starting at the beginning so you don't miss out on anything along the way.  The full blog hop list is over on the PKS company blog as well as the prize available for YOU to win!

My first card for today uses several new products on it - it's pretty busy and colorful!  lol!  The clown is from the June Stamp of the Month (LOVE it!), the popcorn, cotton candy, sentiments, and one of the little tickets are all from the Circus Treats stamp set.  The other ticket is from the Elephant Ride set.  

I also used both of the new background stamps on this card - the Chinese Swirls was stamped in Vintage Cream ink on teal cardstock and the Polka Dot Circus was stamped on the inside of the envelope since the paper was single sided, but all the treats and clown ended up covering most of it up anyway...lol! 

My second card is MUCH simpler.  I used the adorable Clown Car and Elephant stamp set for the images and sentiments, stamped on the ticket die cut.  Simple but fun!

Next up on the hop is Joanna!

Happy Hopping!

Peachy Keen Stamps Preview Day 4.

Good evening!

Tonight I'm joining several designers from Peachy Keen Stamps in showing three new stamp sets that will be available for purchase tomorrow!  Be sure to check out the PKS blog for everyone's cards and links as well as how you can win some PKS goodies for yourself!

First up is a card I made using one of my favorites from this release: Little Peanut.  

It's so adorable and fun to build your own little 'peanut!' 

My second card was a fun one to make with lots of patterned papers and some older paper punches I've had in my stash for ages!  I used the new Clowning Around Faces 1 1/8" for the flower's center - so fun!  The sentiment is from the Elephant Parade stamp set.

My last card is a gift card of sorts. 

(Sorry for the poor photo - I was having a hard time getting my focus to work right on this one for some reason!)  

I used an older Stampin Up envelope die for the money holder and then added the peanut and a sentiment from Little Peanut, a face from the Clowning Around Face Assortment.  So fun!

Thanks for checking in on my tonight!

I'll be back tomorrow for the PKS new release blog hop - see you then!

Jessica