Celebrating Sweet n Sassy Stamps in April!

Hello, Hello!

So, I know I say this every month, but this month, Korin REALLY knocked this release out of the park.  My favorite Sweet n Sassy Stamps Set this month?  Country Garden by Jenn Nilsson.  I have 3 cards to share with you using this set.  Hop along with us to see more inspiration!  Leave some love (in the form of comments along the way) for a chance to win a voucher to the Sweet n Sassy Stamps store.  Winner will be announced on the snss blog on April 23rd.

I adore this stamp set.  The flowers- oh my!  Look at this bucket of flowers!  I colored this image with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out.  The background was done on a piece of mixed media paper.  I tinted some embossing paste with some purple'y' pinky ink and then applied it over a Stamplorations stencil, Gridlocked.  I let the paste dry.  I added some diluted, black, Ken Oliver Colorburst watercolor paint in the 'grout lines to make it look old and weathered, then decided that the pinky purple was too bright, so dabbed some over that as well.
Lastly, I added some green and blue Colorburst watercolors to the remainder of the background- loosely- to give the illusion of grass and sky.  To finish the scene, I added a sign to the side of my building; the sentiment is from the By The Sea Stamp Set and is heat embossed in white ep on black cs.  The wood sign pole was done by stamping the brown cs with the Wood Backgrounds Stamp Set with brown ink.  sequins finish it all off.
I am linking this card up to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, 'E is for'.  In this case, E is for embossing paste. 

This peony in a jar is another image in the Country Garden Stamp Set.  What a beauty!  This was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  I kept things clean and graphic by covering the white cardbase with a black, multifaceted cardfront die cut.  The floral image was grounded on a die cut from Altenew- Midcentury Frame.  The center of the frame was colored with Copics and the sentiment, from the same Country Garden Stamp Set, was stamped in Versafine Black ink using my MISTI.   The image is popped up on dimensional tape and rhinestones were added around the frame.

Same colors, new image!  Yep, I tried to keep a theme of using the same colors on all three cards, yet you can see how different all three are.  This bicycle reminds me of growing up.  I had a yellow Schwinn bike that took me everywhere!  This aqua bike was colored with Copics, as was the grassy scene behind it.  The sentiment, which is from the Beautiful Birds Stamp Set, is heat embossed in white on black cs.  Some patterned paper, sequins, and  a bit of hemp twine finish this card off.

Ready for more inspiration?  Check out what the rest of the design team has for you!

Sweet n Sassy Stamps
Julee Tilman
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Esther Asbury
Jane Bosi
Karen Decknick
Lee Ann Barrett- You are Here!
Lucinde van Ballegooijen
Lyn Tomlin
Sheri Gilson

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann