I ordered this stamp set, then it got lost in the shuffle and I kept forgetting about it. After awhile I remembered to take it out and made a card or two. But now I’m kind of getting into it and made a cute card with it for a friend’s birthday. And I’ve seen lots of cute cards of all sorts made with this stamp set and punch! So here is my Sweet Jar Candies Card that was fun to make!
If you like this Sweet Jar Bundle with the cute jar and lid punch, be sure to check out the Jar of Joy Stamp Set that is the holiday version and also works with the Sweet Jar Builder Punch. I’m anxious to try out that one! You’ll find it in the Online Exclusives.
For this card I used two patterns in the Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper. You can see this paper is not only about drinks in spite of its name! The card base is Strawberry Slush, one of my current favorite colors. I cut it at 4 1/4″ x 11″ and scored at 5 1/2″ so the fold is at the top. Basically, this is cutting the sheet of cardstock in half lengthwise instead of our normal horizontal. The polka dot paper is 4″ x 5 1/4″. The Basic White background is cut at 3″ x 4 1/4″ and is layered on a piece of Strawberry Slush cut at 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. You could make these pieces larger if you wanted to. At the bottom of the Basic White piece I adhered a floral print pattern 1″ x 3″ to suggest a tabletop on which the jar is sitting.
The jar is stamped with the Sweet Jar stamp on a small piece of Basic White using Gray Granite ink. You could use black ink but I thought Gray Granite looked a little more like glass. I also heard the new In Color, Cloud Cover, is a good color to use stamping the jar. If you recall, the Cloud Cover ink pads did not meet Stampin’ Up! standard in the current ink pad style so they stopped selling them. However, the ink does work with the Stampin’ Spots.
If you want the Cloud Cover ink, you can buy the Uninked Stampin’ Spots and use the Cloud Cover Ink Refill OR you can purchase the Classic Stampin’ Spot Small Assortment 1 (this assortment is on sale in the In Color Sale right now) which has the Cloud Cover Ink Spot in the assortment. These Stampin’ Spots, if you don’t have any, are rather handy to have. They are good for inking a small area on a stamp and good for “going places” with your stamping supplies because they are so much smaller than regular ink pads to take along. And if you are subscribed to Paper Pumpkin then you already have a collection of other colors of ink spots because you get one new spot in every kit. However, I don’t think Cloud Cover has been in a Paper Pumpkin Kit yet.
The jar is kind of like two-step stamping. You stamp the jar and then you stamp the contents. There are several different stamps of contents in the Sweet Jar Stamp Set and you can improvise a little with those or just with the jar. For this card, I stamped the little oval shapes, which, on my card, are meant to be colored candies, but on my friend’s birthday card they were chocolate chip cookies! I had read a tip to stamp them in Basic Beige ink and then color over those inked images with markers if you want different colors. I did that and colored over the shapes with various colors of Stampin’ Blends, mostly going by what the coordinating colors were with the Celebratory Sips Designer Paper. I think they turned out fine. Next time I will try “stamping off” the ink once to get a lighter layer and see if that works a little better as far as coloring on top so that maybe the colors are a little more vibrant. But they are fine as is, really.
The Sweet Jar Builder Punch punches out the jar and the lid at the same time. Save those scrap lids. Even if they are the Basic White, you can color them with a marker to make them whatever color you want or punch a scrap of colored cardstock. For this card, I punched a lid out of the Gold Foil Sheets. I only needed the tiniest edge of a scrap of the gold foil. Put a tiny bit of glue on the top of the jar and adhere the lid. Or maybe you want to set the lid on the side of the jar as if the jar is open to reach inside.
The greeting is stamped on a small Strawberry Slush Stylish Shapes diecut circle in Memento Ink. It is in the stamp set as well as the word “Sweetness” which is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink, cut out in the little strip and adhered to the circle. The circle is then popped up on a small piece of a Foam Adhesive Sheet under which I stuck a small piece of Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon. I love this pretty ribbon and it certainly goes with the gold jar lid. The jar is also popped up on a scrap piece of the Foam Adhesive. These are small sheets and then you just cut the size and shape that you want. You could also use Stampin’ Dimensionals, which I always use, but this day I thought to use the Foam Sheet scrap I had which gives a little stronger backing to the piece and there’s only one piece to peel off instead of all those single covers that get everywhere! For a little embellishment, I used the Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems. These are so pretty that I bought a second package, especially since it is on sale 15% off in the 2025-2027 In Color Sale! This sale runs through August 31 and that date is getting pretty close now! Don’t miss out!
You can save 10% by purchasing the Sweet Jar Builder Punch and Sweet Jar Stamp Set in the Bundle. Also remember, the Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued but are available while supplies last in the Last Chance category. The new 2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers are on sale because they are in the In Color Sale. The other markers packages are still regular price.
Be sure to keep an eye on the Online Exclusives because there are a lot of great products in that category as well as the Last Chance category and possibly find some bargains.