Valentine Cards

Good Morning!  I haven't made or shared any cards for quite a while it seems...but last night I made some Valentine cards and had fun with some wonderful Hero Arts stamps!  The one above is for a friend, I like to give a few friends little goodies and a card on Valentine's Day.  The hearts are from Hero Arts Many Hearts clear set and the sentiment is from their Celebrate Everyday clear set.  That lovely script background is an older wood stamp from Hero Arts too, one that I purchased a really long time ago and still love!

This card is for my husband, I just love that background and can't wait to use it more.  It is called Watch Gears, the sentiment is from the Many Hearts set too.  I love all the glitter I added to this one, not overwhelming but just enough to highlight all the hearts!!

And last but certainly not least today, is a simple card I made for one of my little boys.  They appreciate simple cards so I just die cut a heart, added some woodgrain paper and glitter - done!!

Thank you for stopping by today and thank you to everyone who ordered stuff from me this last week!  I hope you all enjoy your new stuff!!  Have a very Happy Valentine's Day if I don't stop in before then!!

Updated Sale Page

Hey there!  Just quickly letting you all know that I updated my sale page with a whole lot of Papertrey card stock and twill.  The card stock is all unopened, 50 sheet packs.  If you want any or all of it, please keep in mind that shipping card stock can be expensive so our best bet will probably be priority rate boxes (the larger ones).  Also, the twill is all opened and slightly used but there is still a lot on each spool, I can take it off the spools to send it or just send it on the spools (which will cost slightly more to ship).  I also have quite a few cute stamp sets left in case you're interested!  Please send me an email at geny.cassady@hotmail.com if there is anything you want!  Thank you so much!!!

Cool Scoop Birthday

Hi there!  Today I get to share my last Sweet Stamp Shop card as a member of their Design Team.  I have really enjoyed working with Nicole and the rest of the DT girls, helping Nicole start this fun new company.  Thank you so much Nicole for asking me to be a part of the inaugral team, I loved it!!!  I used one of my favorite all time sets, Cool Scoop, to create a sweet birthday card.

I started by creating a background with the cute little spoon and heart images, using some favorite colors - fuschia and turquoise!  Them I stamped my sweet ice cream cone and colored it with Prismacolor pencils with a little gamsol blending.  I trimmed it out and added it to the embossed panel, before outlining it with glitter.  I really like how the ice cream turned out even though I am so not a "colorer" - I will try to do it more often!

Thank you all for stopping by and for supporting me on my little journey with Sweet Stamp Shop!  I hope you all have a sweet start to the week!!

Against The Grain

Good Morning!  Today I get to share another fun card I made with the new Against the Grain set from Sweet Stamp Shop!  It is such a fun set, full of possibilities, able to be used exclusively or easily combined with other sets. 

I took a more masculine approach to this card, using blues and browns and a simple layout.  I am sure that men do not appreciate pink or big poofy bows, but usually they are fine with a little twine and more subdued colors.  I used the large stamp on the bottom to create a background and then added the little circles along the top, instead of stamping each individually, I lined them up on my block and stamped them all at once.  I love that Nicole included 4 separate circles in the set. 

 
Hope you are having a great week!  Thanks for visiting today...we are finally getting some weather this week, here comes winter:)!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Scoops

Today I get to share a fun Sweet Stamp Shop card using the Cool Scoop set, which I love! 

I used the individual scoop and paper pieced it with lots of purply, dotty patterned papers!  Then I stacked them right up on a kraft piece that had been embossed with a sort of waffle cone type pattern.  I added a little light purple strip on the bottom to showcase the sentiments!  Perfect little card for a girl's birthday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Sweet Stamp Shop New Release Day 2

Hello and welcome to the first day of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release blog hop!

If you arrived here from Donna's blog, then you're in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the beginning, Sweet Stamp Shop.

Today we are previewing the swanky new Against the Grain set, it features a really cool woodgrain pattern that you will love!  I have a simple card to share today with a great layout.  Sometimes time is short but you want a card that packs a punch, well this layout will do it.  It works for all kinds of shapes too, definitely will do it with hearts for Valentine's Day!

Now, hop on over to Aga's blog for more inspiration!

Nicole is also offering a great deal if you buy one of the new release sets, you will the get the other for 40% off! The coupon code is JAN40!

One more thing, don't forget that Sweet Stamp Shop is looking for some fresh faces for their next design team, all the details are here! You have until the 17th to apply! Good luck!!

Sweet Stamp Shop Release Hop

Hello and welcome to the first day of the Sweet Stamp Shop new release blog hop! 

If you arrived here from Donna's blog, then you're in the right place.  If not, you might want to start at the beginning, Sweet Stamp Shop.

Today we are previewing the new Sentimental Birds set, which I totally love.  Some of you lucky folks *might* already have it from last months Scrapbook Steals deal but for the rest of you, it's brand new.  It is a set with lots of nice sentiments and some cute birdies hanging out!  I am going to share two cards I made with it, the one from last months steal and a new one. 

This first card is full of pink and lots of lovey dovey sayings!  I just used some Fresh Ink (Fuschia and Slate) to create the background and added a felt heart to the bottom.  Easy peasy!!

Now for my second card, I used lots of different inks to create that rainbow bird background, love how it turned out.  Then I just glued strips of card stock in a rainbow on a thin piece of card stock before die cutting it and adding the sentiment.  At the last minute I decided to add those small glittery hearts, they are my favorite element on this one!

Now, hop on over to Aga's blog for more inspiration! 

Nicole is also offering a great deal if you buy one of the new release sets, you will get the other for 40% off!  The coupon code is JAN40!

One more thing, don't forget that Sweet Stamp Shop is looking for some fresh faces for their next design team, all the details are here!  You have until the 17th to apply!  Good luck!!