Delightful Doilies With a Spin

Hello friends and stampers!  I hope you've had a wonderful, COOL week!  It's been sweltering here, so not many walks were taken.  Kody will be ready for a good long run when the weather cools off a bit!  

Since it's the third Saturday of the month, there's a SPIN on the new sketch at The Sweet Stop!  Use DOILIES on your stamped creation for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy Store.  What a timely spin since
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps just released a new clear stamp set called Delightful Doilies and what a beautiful set it is, so that's what I used for this week's sample.

Creative Nugget:  This card was a mixed media experiment.  Three doilies were stamped in VersaMark ink and clear embossed on mixed media paper.  Water was sprayed on the panel before spraying on Dirty Martini, London Blue, and After Midnight Dylusions.  This was then wiped with a paper towel and heat dried. The other two doilies were white embossed on Blueberry Sky and Winter Wisteria card stocks.  The same Dylusions colors were sprayed on a craft mat and then spritzed with water.  The doilies were dabbed in the ink, fussy cut, and popped on the doily background.  This panel was matted in True Black and popped onto a Solar Crest card base after adding a lace border.  The Mini Tag Die was stamped with a sentiment from the Special Friends stamp set and tied onto the lace along with a seam binding bow.  A few pearls and a button tied with floss were added to finish the card.  I'm sure if I tried this again, the results would be quite different which is what makes mixed media so much fun!

Take a look at all the amazing samples made by the Sugar Babies this week.  Then take out your doilies and play along with SSS220 at The Sweet Stop for a chance to win the prize.

Sugar Babies
Ann Tuck
Ceal Pritchett
Cynthia Olheiser
Debbie Owens
Jamie Moore
Marlena Peduzzi
Melissa Schultz
Monika Davis
Robin Parker
Stephanie Serrano

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a delightful weekend!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Delightful Doilies, Special Friends (SNSS)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, VersaMark (Tsukineko), Shaded Lilac Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper: Solar Crest (Neenah), True Black, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria (PTI), Mixed Media (Strathmore)
Accessories: Mini Tag Dies (SNSS), Dirty Martini, London Blue, and After Midnight Dylusions (Ranger),Clear EP (Stewart Superior), White EP (WOW!), Seam Binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Button, Kaiser Pearls, Lace 

Flower Blocks 2

Hello again sweet friends!  Have you been enjoying 
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps new release features so far?  If you like floral images, you are sure to love today's hop.  The first Flower Block stamp set was a huge success.  The images in that set are perfect for coloring, sponging, paper piecing, and even 3-D paper piecing.  Now we have even more of your favorite flowers to play with!

Today's feature is:

Flower Blocks 2

This is the second set in our Flower Blocks series.  These bold and beautiful blooms...a Wild Rose, a Petunia, a Lotus Flower, and a Daisy...make perfect focal images and can be easily paper pieced or colored.

• Stamp set includes 4 images and 4 sentiments
• Set measures approximately 6" x 8"
• The images measure approximately 2 5/8" x 2 5/8"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set is priced at $26

Since daisies are my favorite flower, that's the one I chose for my sample.

Creative Nugget:  The background for this card was made on paper from a mixed media pad.  Bubblegum Pink and Pure Sunshine Dylusions were sprayed on the paper, dried, and sprayed again to build up the color.  The extra color left on the craft mat was sprayed with water and dabbed onto a tag which was used for the focal image.  The paper was randomly stamped with the Daisy Flower Block using Jet Black Archival Ink.  This was cut to size and stitched to True Black card stock and mounted to a Golden Harvest card base.  A strip of Bo Bunny DP was stitched to True Black card stock that had been punched with an e.k. Success border.  The daisy image was stamped on the tag and the center watercolored with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  This was cut with a Square Nestie and mounted to a Spellbinders Marvelous Square Die.  Some Lemon Drop Baker's Twine and pearls finish the card.

This second card was made with some of the left over scraps.

Creative Nugget:  Even though this card was made with the same scraps as above, it has an entirely different look.  On this card you can see some of the leafy ghosting which was done by spraying water through a mask.  The water removed some of the Dylusions ink creating a ghost image.

To see more fabulous samples created by the talented Design Team, click on the thumbnails below!

Be sure to leave a comment on each blog along the way because we're giving away this fabulous stamp set to one lucky commenter!

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is Friday, June 21, 3013 at midnight EST.  The winners will be announced on our website homepage on Monday, June 24, 2013.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

Hugs,

Cathymac