Merry Christmas!

Hello friends!  Just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and to thank all of you for your kind comments and support.  I hope you've been inspired and blessed by all of the cards and projects posted this year and I look forward to keeping in touch with you in 2017!

Now…one last Christmas card for 2016 using Scripture Tree, one of my favorite Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Christmas sets.

Creative Nugget:  It was hard to capture the shimmer of the gold and silver embossing powders used on both the Scripture Tree and the Music to My Ears background.  Black acrylic paint was splattered on the background, and silver and gold pearls were added to the tree.  Some gold and silver metallic threads were used to finish the card.  I love how this scripture verse from Matthew expresses the true meaning of Christmas.

This card will be submitted for the following challenges:

A Gem of A Challenge #184 - Anything Christmas Goes

CAS-ual Friday Challenge 163 - Christmas & Hanukkah

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round December Challenge - Anything Christmas/Holiday

Pile It On Challenge #123 - Any Holiday/Celebration

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful and blessed day celebrating the birth of our Savior!

Hugs,

Cathymac

SNSS Features Christmas

Hello friends!  Last month Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps added nine new stamp sets to the store for 2016.  This week we are featuring the two Christmas stamp sets designed by Korin.  Love both of these sets and have been having loads of fun adding to my Christmas card stash for this year!

My first card uses the new Christmas Pine set along with Music to My Ears and Celebrate the Savior.

Creative Nugget:  The design for this card is the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.  The music score, the pines, and the pinecones were white embossed on Kraft card stock and either sponged or colored with Copic Markers.  A piece of designer paper from my stash was added behind the pines along with a Scallop Border.  The sentiment  from Celebrate the Savior was clear embossed over Crumb Cake ink.  A few splatters of acrylic paint and some twine finish the card.

Here is a previously posted card using the same Christmas Pine stamp set:  

My next three cards were all made with the Scripture Tree stamp set.

Creative Nugget:  The Scripture Tree was white embossed on mixed media paper.  Tombow Markers were scribbled onto an acrylic block, spritzed with water, and smeared over the embossing.  This is becoming one of my favorite techniques for creating a water colored look!  The mats were created the same way.  The panel was then sprayed with Art Anthology Gilded Gold Shimmer Mist.  Stitching, metallic thread, and gems were added to finish the card.

Creative Nugget:  Diagonals were scored onto a piece of mixed media paper.  Tombow Markers were again used to water color over the scored lines.  A tree shape was hand drawn and cut from the center of the panel and the edges sponged with Hickory Smoke distress ink.  This was popped up onto the Scripture Tree which had been embossed using Hologram Highlights Embossing Powder.  This really sparkles IRL!  Sequins, gems, and metallic thread were added to finish the card.

Now for a very different look!

Creative Nugget:  The Music to My Ears background was stamped onto Neenah card stock and mounted to the card base.  The Scripture Tree was black embossed and a reverse mask was created to mask off the area around the tree.  Post-It notes were used to mask each line on the tree and sponged with distress inks.  Splatters of black acrylic paint were added as well as a black sequin and gem to finish the card for a more masculine look.

These stamp sets from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store were used to create all of these cards:

These cards will be submitted for the following challenges:

Mojo Monday 464

Addicted to Stamps and More #210 - Photo Inspiration

Word Art Wednesday #247 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment Challenge #163 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment

Just Us Girls #360 - Sequins

CAS on Sunday #91 - Pastel

Thanks so much for stopping by…hope you were inspired to stamp a Christmas card!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

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Scribble Flowers

Hello, friends!  I have a card to share with you today using a new stamp set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps that is just being released today.  Scribble Flowers is a large stamp set filled with 23 fun flowers, leaves, and fillers, and the best part is that there are 20 new coordinating dies to go with it, but only as a Scribble Flowers Bundle for a limited time while supplies last!

Creative Nugget:  This card was created with Gayatri's Dare to Get Dirty Challenge at Splitcoaststampers in mind.  The card base was splattered with Ken Oliver's Yellow Gold Liquid Metals and black acrylic paint.  Liquid Metals was also used to color some Texture Paste which was spread through a Tim Holtz stripes stencil to make the angled background.  Color Burst pigment powders were used to color pieces of Mixed Media paper.  The flowers and leaves were stamped on the colored paper with Jet Black Archival ink and cut.  A Decorative Plaques die cut matted with black was used as a frame on which to pop the flowers.  The sentiment from the God is Bigger stamp set was gold embossed on a black Banner and tucked under the flowers along with a strip of Washi tape.  A gold piece of Washi tape was cut with the little scalloped border from the Bookmarks & More Die Set which is currently out of stock.  Gold metallic thread was used to make a bow and pearls were added to finish the card. 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has also made their entire 2016 Christmas Release available for preorder for those who want to get a jump start on their Christmas cards for this year.  These sets will be shipping next week so be sure to check out the nine new sets!  Here is a peek at several cards made with two of the new sets, Scripture Tree and Christmas Pine.

Here are the products from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store used to make these cards:

Some of these cards will also be submitted for the following challenges:

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Snow Cone (Colors)
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge #77 - Show us Some Sparkle
Inky Chicks Challenge #70 - Use 5 or More Flowers
{PIN}spirational Challenge #171

Thanks so much for stopping by…have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs,
Cathymac