My Sweet Petunia: blog hop

Friday, August 16, 2019

Collaboration Blog Hop with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Is there any sweeter image in the world than a shepherd and his flock?

When I saw this stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps, I knew the answer was a resounding no, because this is pretty much the cutest thing ever.

I stamped the image in Fadeout Ink onto cold-press watercolor paper and then painted it with Daniel Smith watercolor. I had originally had a grand vision of painting plowed fields in the distance, but I lost my nerve after I finished painting the image, because I was afraid I'd ruin it, and I enjoyed painting it so much.

First, I stamped the little lamb at his feet in Fadeout Ink, and then stamped it again on masking paper, and cut out the right side of the image and placed the mask on top of him. Then I stamped the shepherd on top of that image so that it looked like the lamb was resting against his legs on top of his robe.

Then I painted the image with Daniel Smith Watercolor, and on his robe I painted one section at a time so that I could preserve the dimension and shadow in this lovely image. When I was done, I stamped the sentiment from this little greeting set - the font is so clean and you get SO many sentiments at such an economical price. What I love about Korin's stamps is they are overwhelmingly positive and encourage. She's just a great lady, and it's an honor to collaborate with her.

This is what the rest of the set looks like - I love the heart image so much!! Those distant hills are sort of what I had in mind for my background. All the images just squeeze my heart!

Creative Worship: The Shepherd's... [ SWT ]	Sentimental Wordfetti Clear Stamp Set... [ SWT ]	Fadeout No Line coloring Detail Ink [ INK ]
VersaFine Clair Ink Pad, Nocturne -... [ ELH \| SSS ]	Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors [ BLIC ]	Escoda Versatil Brushes, Travel Round... [ UTR \| BLIC \| INK ]
Fabriano Extra White Cold Press... [ BLIC ]	Avery Removable Label Paper [ AMZUS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool [ MSP \| HA \| SSS \| ELH \| MFT \| UNT ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS \| ELH \| CST \| ART ]	Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -... [ BLIC ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two... [ SSS \| MFT ]
LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for... [ BRG ]	Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies [ ART ]	Mermaid tidy towel case and glue... [ ETS ]
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05... [ SSS ]	Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473 [ SSS ]	Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White [ GNK ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC [ ELH \| SSS ]	Crafter's Companion GEMINI... [ SSS ]	Essentials by Ellen Storage... [ ELH ]
Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets... [ CHC ]	XL Stamp Storage Pockets [ ELH ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring... [ SSS ]
Shop - Page 1 - Sweet 'n Sassy... [ SWT ]

Today's post is part of a collaboration blog hop between our two companies!

Please stop by and comment on all these amazing designers' blogs for a chance to win our $50 gift certificate and Sweet 'n Sassy's $50 gift certificate. Ours will be announced on our blog on August 27th!

Monday, August 5, 2019

Thermoweb, Picket Fence & MISTI Trifecta + Giveaways

Today we are doing three-way collaboration with two of our favorite companies - Picket Fence Studios and Thermoweb!

Be sure and visit both of their blogs for tons of designer inspiration in our hop today, and comment for a chance to win $25 shopping sprees from all three of us!

Thermoweb has some things that are ALWAYS close at hand in my craft room. Pixie Spray, which is a must for stencils - it's puts a very light tack on the back of your stencils so they stay in place during ink blending and can be used many times with one application. It's magical because it doesn't make them too sticky for storage, etc. so no need to clean it off!

Then, I love these large glue dots - I have used literally THOUSANDS of these, adhering half pans of watercolor into palettes for my Daniel Smith watercolor split group. They are so neat and tidy and have an incredibly strong bond on the slick surfaces I'm using them on. Love them.

I also happen to love my favorite thing at Thermoweb - Sue Doherty, who is just a peach and the genius behind their product development - she is a lovely person.

So I'm using two really fun things together on today's card - the toner sticker sheets, which are amazing and on a HUGE sale right now - and turn all your dies into foiling dies - and then this stunning marbled blue foil.

I used the Picket Fence Studios trees die and cut the toner sheet with it. See how the textured die comes through these so perfectly? Love. I removed the backing from the toner sheet and stuck the trees down on my card. Then I put the blue foil on, pretty side up, and ran it through my mini foil machine. Peel off the excess foil and huzzah! Shiny blue trees with the texture from the die clearly visible. Foiling is the new embossing I think because it makes me squee!

Nestled under these gorgeous, magical trees is this sweet unicorn, colored to match! The sentiment is from the same set, and it does come with coordinating dies. I set them up in my MISTI together, so it was an extremely quick card!

I did my best to capture its sparkly wonderment with my camera but that's a tall order!

Woodsy Forest Die [ PFS ]	Deco Foil™ PeelnStick Toner Sheets \|... [ THR ]	Kylee's Unicorn - Picket Fence Studios [ PFS ]
Kylee's Unicorn Coordinating Die -... [ PFS ]	Deco Foil Transfer Sheets - Lapis... [ THR ]	Zots™ Singles • Medium \| Therm O Web... [ THR ]
Pixie Spray \| Therm O Web Online [ THR ]	Heidi Swapp MINI MINC 6 INCH FOIL... [ SSS ]	Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05... [ SSS ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473 [ SSS ]	Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White [ GNK ]	MISTI Stamping Tool [ MSP \| HA \| SSS \| ELH \| MFT \| UNT ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -... [ BLIC ]	LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for... [ BRG ]	Mudder 10 Pack White Buffer Sanding... [ AMZUS ]
Xyron ADHESIVE ERASER 23675 [ SSS \| ART \| AMZUS ]	Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC [ ELH \| SSS ]	Crafter's Companion GEMINI... [ SSS ]
Essentials by Ellen Storage... [ ELH ]	Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets... [ CHC ]	XL Stamp Storage Pockets [ ELH ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS \| CST ]	Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies [ ART ]

All three companies are giving away $25 shopping sprees, so just leave us a comment to be entered to win all three!

Be sure and stop by the Picket Fence Studios Blog and the Thermoweb Blog and all our designers below for more inspiration and more chances to win! Thanks for stopping by!

Thermoweb Design Team