Steps to Serenity Attitude of Gratitude

Here's another clean and simple card using the Steps to Serenity stamp set. 

 This stamp set is fantastic for quick cards.

This card was so fast and easy all I did was cut out a stitched rectangle and stamped the images with two different blue inks (SU! Night of Navy and Not Quite Navy) for a little added interest.

The sentiment was stamped with SU! Basic Grey because I thought black would be too harsh. 

 I often use a grey ink or a dark brown ink instead of black for sentiments.

The sentiment was die cut with an old SU! Framelit set called Apothecary Accents.

to finish the card I popped it up with foam tape onto a navy blue card base.

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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Steps to Serenity Don't Quit

For the first day of Autumn I of course had to post a tree card.  Tree stamps are some of my very favorite stamps...I must collect them all!  I hope you like this SUPER quick and easy card using the 

Steps to Serenity stamp set, this set from Whimsy Stamps has several serenity slogans/sayings sentiments. Try to say that sentence three times fast!

This is a single layer card and all I did was sponge ink onto watercolor paper.  I was going to flick some water drops on it or blend the ink with water but I actually ended up liking just the sponged on colors and went with that.

I inked the tree stamp up with two different colored markers and stamped the in the area that I created the "tree" shading with my sponging.

Then simple stamped my sentiment and the card was done.  

Doesn't get much easier than that ;).

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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Steps to Serenity Keep it Simple

Here's another card using the Steps to Serenity stamp set released this month at Whimsy Stamps.  I tried to "Keep it Simple" by only using only 3 products...stamps, ink and paper.

I started out by stamping the bridge with a medium tone grey ink.  For the tree I used a sponge to apply two different colors directly onto the stamp, then used a marker to darken in the trunk and a few of the branches after I stamped it.

I stamped the sentiment and matted the image onto a craft card base.  Oh and I used a wood grain (hard to see) washi tape along the left edge of the card.  So technically I used 4 items, stamps, ink, paper and washi tape.  I think this makes a nice masculine card which can often be a challenge.

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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Steps to Serenity

Hello my stamping friends, today I have an inspirational stamp set to share with you called, "Steps to Serenity".  This stamp set has two beautiful images with several inspirational sayings that are often referred to as slogans ;).  

UPDATED 9/13/17: I schedule my blog posts a week or so in advance.  I also live in SW Florida and we just went through Hurricane IRMA 2 days ago.  Thank God our home made it through (unlike hurricane Charley in 2004) so we are beyond grateful.  We also somehow have power whereas the majority of people in our area do not...another blessing (for us).  So while we were spared, so many others where not and our hearts hurt for them.  We have opened our home for showers, hot meals, just to cool off for a few hours or anything else we can do to make friends and family more comfortable during such a terrible time.  So this post (which was scheduled pre-hurricane) is aptly named Steps to Serenity.  I pray that all of those affected in Florida and other states and countries are able to find some serenity through all of this chaos and loss.  God bless everyone.    

I used my go-to favorite distress inks to watercolor the background.  (Tip: Before starting to watercolor I used painters tape and taped off the edges so the image would have a white border around it).  Once the background was dry the "sun" was created by using a clean paint brush and plain water and removing color from the background.

The tree was stamped using black Versafine ink then I added a little more shadowing with more distress ink and a slightly damp paint brush to get a more saturated color.

The "Serenity" die cut is from our new Gratitude word dies set you can see HERE.

To complete the card I matted the image on black cardstock then onto a soft yellow card base. 

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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