New Creature

I have a couple of pretty CAS cards to show you today. Both of them are pretty similar but I made a couple small changes to differ them a bit. I used the New Creature digi stamp set from Sweet N Sassy stamps and it is also available as a clear stamp set as well.





I printed my butterflies and sentiments onto blanc sparkle paper. I colored the butterflies with copics, cut them out, and accented with stickles. I added rhinestones to both cards but the top card was finished off with ribbon and the second card was finished off by scoring a frame around the sentiment.

Supplies:
New Creature digi set from Sweet N Sassy stamps
blanc and noir sparkle cardstock from Paper Temptress
Lacey Squares nestabilities
Classic Squares nestabilities
Copics- top card R08, R05, R02, YR02, Y12; bottom card BG0000, BG72, BG75, BG78
Stickles
Scor-Pal
black rhinestones
black satin ribbon

Challenges that I am entering:

All Sorts- All about the Sentiment


Happy Valentine's Day!

Watercolored Gladiola

ETA: A huge thanks to the Allsorts Challenge DT for selecting this card in their top 5!

I took a break from my copics and decided to watercolor my image with ink pads and an aquapainter. The beautiful gladiola is one of the birth month flowers from Sweet N Sassy stamps. The image was stamped with versafine onyx and watercolored with soft sky, blue bayou, and olive ink pads from SU. I accented the flowers with crystal stickles.

here is a close up of the flower



Supplies:
stamps- August Gladiola from Sweet N Sassy stamps
paper- blue bayou, blue bayou dp, SU watercolor paper, paper temptress cryogen white, soft sky
accessories- crystal stickles, pearls, ek success border punch, ivory satin ribbon, aquapainter, sewing machine, polka dots cuttlebug embossing folder

I am submitting my card for the following challenges:

All Sorts- Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes

Well LOTS of stuff to do today so I'm off. Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day!

A Merry Little Christmas

I am still scrambling to get Christmas cards made so I need to make some CAS in order to finish them. I think today's cutie fits the bill



The snowflakes were embossed with iridescent ice ep and baja breeze ink was sponged over the top. I added stickles to the center of the snowflakes and the edges of the torn paper snow.


Supplies:
stamps- Welcome Jesus stamp set OR digi Smiley Snowman, sentiment from Santa's Helper Cocoa- all from Sweet N Sassy stamps. Snowflake from an older SU set.
paper- blanc sparkle, red columns both from Paper Temptress
accessories- copics (R24, 27, 29, 59, 89, 00, 20, N0, 02), rhinestones, stickles, iridescent ice, gingham ribbon)

Autumn tree birthday

I needed to make a birthday card for a friend of mine and wanted to go with a fall theme since their birthday is in the fall. I really love the tree image from Sweet N Sassy stamps Forest Silhouettes set. I love making winter scenes with it but this time I thought I would try to make it into a fall tree. To my delight it worked! Take a look



I stamped the image with memento rich cocoa and then used my copics to make dots for the "leaves". I sponged olive ink for the grass and sky ink around the image while still in the nesties.

Here is a close up and you can see the sparkle in the cryogen white paper



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Forest Silhouettes
paper- Paper Temptress cryogen white, basic grey mellow dp
accessories- Spellbinders fancy tags, oval and labels nesties, copics (YR23, YR14, R24, YG93), green twill, pearls, cuttlebug vintage dies, paper piercer, sewing machine

Thanks for visiting. I hope you will stop back soon as I will have some nice blog candy for you in celebration of my birthday!

Snowflake Silhouettes

I am super excited as my Snowflake Silhouettes stamp set is officially released and for sale at Sweet N Sassy stamps! I made a couple more cards with it using this week's Sweet Stop Sketch. Below are my samples and this week's sketch.







I chose to make one vertical and one horizontal for the sketch. This is a great sketch to use if you have some small images like my snowflakes or the images from our Christmas Itty Bitties set work very well also. I of course blinged up my snowflakes and used stickles and silver beads on the first card and rhinestones on the second card. I wanted to get these posted for you sooner but I wanted to make a matching ornament which just did not happen lol. I am sure that many of you can relate.

Supplies:
Stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Snowflake Silhouettes
paper- blue bayou, soft sky, pink pirouette, real red, and blanc sparkle from paper temptress on both.
accessories- nesties, ribbon, rhinestones, silver beads, fiskars apron lace punch and snowflake punch, snowflake and swiss dots cuttlebug folders

Before, I go I want to tell you about the awesome sale going on at Sweet N Sassy stamps. We are celebrating our 3rd birthday this month and you receive the newly released Santa's helper Cocoa stamp set FREE with your purchase of 3 stamp sets or if you want to purchase it separately you receive $3 off of it. There are a total of 8 new sets that were just released on Monday! I am off to get mine- what are you waiting for?

Next Tuesday November 9th, we are having a HUGE blog hop in celebration of our birthday. The DT, past DT members, and some friends of SNSS are participating for more than 30 blogs! Of course, there will be TONS of stamps and digis given away so it is something that you will not want to miss. I wonder what stamp set I will be giving away (wink)?

Thanks for stopping by today. I always appreciate your visits and sweet comments.

Pumpkin Cocoa

Have you seen the new digis that were just released the other day from Sweet N Sassy stamps yet? I think that this digi release is especially fabulous! I love Cocoa and the Cocoa's pumpkin image is one of my new favorites. So the card I have to show you today uses it and the layout is the sweet stop sketch for the week. If you like sketches, you are sure to LOVE this blog. I am a guest sugar baby for the month of October. Below you will find the sketch and my sample.





This is image is so fun to color! I used my copics to do so and I also used vintage photo distress ink to sponge around my colored image so the white did not look so stark with my papers.

Here is a closer look for you:



Supplies:
stamps- digi image Cocoa's Pumpkin from Sweet N Sassy stamps
paper- CTMH abundance dp, new england ivy, autumn terracotta, neenah white from paper temptress
accessories- taffeta type ribbon, artichoke button, linen thread, orange brads, corner rounder punch, circle nesties, distress ink
copics- Pumpkin- YR21, YR12, YR14, YR18, E33 (body of pumpkin)/ E42, E44 (stem)/ YG93, G99 (leaf)
Cocoa- E30, E31, E33, E35, E37/ R0000, R00, R02 (nose and ears)
Shadow under pumpkin- W00, W01, W03

Challenges that I am submitting this card for:
Simon Says Challenge- Autumn
Paper Sundaes- something from your stash (I have had the ctmh dp forever)
Cupcake Inspirations
Stampin for the Weekend- Autumn Inspiration
Copic Creations- Orange


Thanks for stopping in today and have a blessed day!

Mojo Monday 150- Contest week

Hi everyone! Can you believe that August has already arrived? Wow, my summer is certainly flying by! We have out of town guests staying with us for the next week and we sure are enjoying our time with them. I was able to sneak in a small pocket of time to make my mojo sample for you all. Below is the sketch and my sample.





I used the Wedding day stamp set from Sweet N Sassy stamps and colored it with copics. I used frosted lace stickles on the bow and pearls in the middle of the flowers.



Supplies:
stamps- Wedding day from Sweet N Sassy stamps
paper- blanc sparkle cardstock from Paper temptress, blush blossom from SU, basic grey capella dp
accessories- pearls, circle nesties, sewing machine, copics, stickles

Challenges that I am entering this card in:
Paper Sundaes-stitching
Dutch Dare- anything goes
Creative Inspirations- anything goes

Well, I am off to take the girls to the pool for their swimming lessons. It is such a beautiful sunny day here so it is perfect for a day at the pool. I hope you have a wonderful day in whatever do today.

Don't forget to stop by the mojo Monday blog for the contest details as 6 Verve sets are up for grabs and that is something you certainly would not want to miss!

Clean and Simple Poppies

Hi everyone! How is your summer going? My girls and I have been busy but enjoying spending time at the pool and at soccer. I won't have as much time for crafting most likely until school starts so I have a fairly simple card to show you today.



I stamped my flowers from the Poppies and Greetings set onto Paper Temptress blanc sparkle. I colored them with copics, added stickles to the centers, and sponged blue ink around the image. I matted my poppies with white and attached to my card base. To accent my pretty poppies I scored a double frame on the base. I finished off by tying a knot at the with satin edged organdy ribbon.



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Poppies and Greetings
paper- Paper Temptress sparkle blanc
accessories- copics, stickles, scor-pal, ribbon

Thank you for stopping by today- many blessings to you!!

mojo Monday 145

This is a busier than normal week for my daughters and I. They are going to VBS this week and the 2 youngest have it in the morning and my oldest has it at night so I have been doing quite a bit of driving. This has not left me with much crafting or blogging time. I am just now getting to show you the mojo Monday sketch for the week. As always, Julee gave us a great starting canvas. I did struggle with it a bit at first but once I figured out what I was going to use it fell into place. My sample and the sketch are below.





I stamped the butterfly from Sweet N Sassy stamps Everyday Miracles set 3 times onto Neenah white and colored with copics. I cut 2 of them out and layered them on top of one another curling up the ends to give it extra dimension. I added black pearls to the body and stickles on the wings for sparkle. The card measures 5.5 inches square and truthfully was about 1/2 inch too big in my opinion. When I was putting the card together I was not happy with the open areas so I just *had* to add something. Well, I pretty much cleaned out most of my stash of pearls so that I could outline the edges with them. I like how it came out but would go smaller next time. I could not really change it this time because I had already sewn the edges before I noticed I was not happy with the size.





Supplies:
clear stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Everyday Miracles
paper- Neenah white and black from Paper Temptress, amethyst dp from SU
accessories- white crocheted lace, black grosgrain ribbon, white pearls, circle nesties, stardust stickles, black pearls, foam tape, sewing machine
copics- BV0000, BV00, B63

Please stop on by the mojo Monday blog for info on this week's sketch and you certainly would not want to miss what the other mojo makers have to show you.

I am also submitting this card for the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Friday- monochromatic with wings
ABC Challenge- Xtra dimension

Sweet!

Happy Lord's day Sunday. We are just about ready to head out to church and I had a few minutes so I thought that I would show you a card using one of my favorite images these days- Cocoa mouse. This cutie is from the newly released So Sweet Cocoa set from Sweet N Sassy stamps.



I stamped the image onto Neenah white, colored with copics, added stickles to the frosting, distressed the edges by sponging with antique linen distress ink, and then sewed around the edges. The strip across the middle was run through the heart cuttlebug folder and lace followed by ribbon was added on top. The roses were spritzed with dazzling diamonds glimmer mist. There is alot of dimension on this card as each layer is adhered with foam tape (good thing I have a gigantic roll that I got at Staples lol).

close up


another view


Supplies:
clear stamps- So Sweet Cocoa from Sweet N Sassy stamps
paper- Neenah white, mountain rose glimmer, brown columns all from Paper Temptress, basic grey bittersweet dp
accessories- pearls, antique linen distress ink, sewing machine, stickles, glimmer mist, MS heart and branch punches, wild orchid roses, kraft taffeta ribbon, lace, heart cb folder
copics- cupcake (E50, E42, E44, E27, E29), frosting (RV000, RV10), cocoa (E31, E33, E35, E37, R00, R20)

Challenges that I am submitting this card for:
Sew Many Cards- anything goes
Stamp Something- Vintage with flowers
Fun with Shapes and more- distressing
ABC challenge- Xtra dimension
Paper Sundaes- birthday card

Now, I want to let you know about a SWEET sale that is going on over at Sweet N Sassy stamps. If you are a Cocoa fan then this is definitely for you- Crazy for Cocoa bundle featuring 3 Cocoa sets and one of which is not even released yet. Make sure you check it out!

As always, thank you for visiting and have a blessed day!

Embossed Poppies

It has been awhile since I used my heat tool and did some embossing so I thought it was about time to dust it off and use it lol. The challenge on SCS and Crafty Ann's was embossing so that gave me the final nudge.





I used a couple of new stamp sets released from Sweet N Sassy stamps for my card called Amazing Grace (on 6/27) and Poppies and Greetings. I embossed the scripture verse with gold ep onto cryogen white (which is on sale at Paper Temptress) and then sponged turquoise ink around it while still in the labels die. I then used a gold paint pen to edge around the shape to further accent it. This was adhered to a turquoise oval and then onto a scalloped gold oval and then finally onto a gold fancy tag that I cut in half. I stamped 3 poppies and also embossed them with gold before cutting them out and adhering around my scripture verse. The card base is the super yummy candido incandescent from Paper Temptress which is an ivory color with a touch of texture and gold shimmer- love it! The color combo for the Creative Inspirations challenge to use turquoise, gold and cream so that is why I used these colors on my card. My layout is the sweet stop sketch for the week and I kept the layers fairly minimal for me with this card.





Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Poppies and Greetings, Amazing Grace (releasing 6/27)
Paper- blue ice sorbet, candido incandescent, cryogen white, antique gold metallic all from Paper Temptress
accessories- pearls (cream, gold), fleur de lis punch EK Success, nestabilities- ovals (classic and scalloped), labels 8, fancy tags, gold ep, heat tool, gold paint pen

Challenges that I am submitting my card for:

Sweet Stop sketch
Crafty Creations challenge- shine
Crazy 4 challenges- use paper flowers (my poppies)
Crafty Ann's challenge- embossing
Creative Inspirations- color combo tuquoise, cream and gold

mojo Monday 144

Hey folks! Well, apparently I forgot to post last week's mojo card sample I made- ugh. Back on track for you this week though. We had a great sketch to work with this week which works well with many types of images. Below are the sketch and my sample:





I tried to do something a bit different this week. I tend to use clean lines on my cards so I thought I would try something out of my comfort zone- distressing. I struggle a bit with it and this time is no exception as maybe I went overboard. I stamped my gorgeous June rose from Sweet N Sassy stamps onto Neenah white and colored it with copics. I used distress inks in antique linen, vintage photo and walnut stain for my distressing. I roughed up the edges with scissors and crumpled the paper as well. I also used a deco silver glitter pen on the distressed edges which is something that Kim Piggott does and I thought looked cool. I think maybe what I will do next time is either do a cracked glass technique or stamp over the colored image with a linen bg stamp. All of the layers were roughed with scissors, then distressed with walnut stain before blinging them up with the glitter pen.

closer look



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps June Rose
paper- Neenah white from Paper Temptress, K&Co dp
accessories- deco glitter pen, crochet lace, brown pearls
copics- R0000, R00, R81, R83, R85, R89, G000, YG93, YG95, BG0000, BG000

As always there is some great inspiration for you to see on the mojo Monday blog so you will definitely want to check it out!

I am also submitting my card for the following challenges:
Aly's Sunday challenge- Flower Power
Charizma cardz- bling
mojo Monday- sketch

Thanks for dropping by today, hope you have a great day!

Mojo Monday 142- contest week!

Hi there! It is the mojo Monday contest week. The first Monday each month Julee gives away up to 7 Verve sets to the entries judged to be "mojo-est". Below is the sketch for the week and my sample.





I am pretty pleased how this card came out. The butterfly and sentiment are from the newly released Everyday Miracles set from Sweet N Sassy stamps. Isn't it gorgeous! It is available in BOTH digi and clear stamps- pretty neat? I have used the stamp and digi for my card. I colored the butterfly with copics, added stickles for some sparkle and cut it out and raised slightly with foam tape. The paper I used has some great sparkle in it as well and is called blanc sparkle from Paper Temptress. This cardstock is awesome for copics and for digital images. It is available in both text weight which is great for layers and in cardstock 92# which works well for coloring and for the bases. It is one of my favorites and is a must-have in my opionion especially since it is on sale for 25% off in June. There are 6 colors to choose from and my black layers are noir sparkle from the same line. The beautiful roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts in the UK and come in so many colors and sizes. The ones that I used are 10, 15, and 25mm white that I sponged the tips with sky ink and added stickles to. The edges of the patterned paper, image, and sentiment were sponged/distressed with ink before sewed on. I added a tiny black rhinestone between each of the scallops and pearls in the corners. There is a lot going on with this card but I do like it and hope you do too. Now, the flowers would make it difficult to mail so this will be a hand delivered card.

some closer views for you





Supplies:
stamps- Everyday Miracles from Sweet and Sassy stamps
Paper- Making Memories Spearmint patterned paper; blanc sparkle, noir sparkle from Paper Temptress
accessories- wild orchid crafts roses, black rhinestones, pearls, grosgrain ribbon, apron lace punch, stickles, copics, oval nesties

Now I hope that you will get some crafting time in this week and be able to join us for the mojo challenge. Visit the Mojo Monday blog for some more inspiration and all the information on the contest.

Some great challenges that I am submitting my card for:

Pixie Dust Studio- challenge 25 punch it out
Create 4 Fun- black, white, and one other color challenge 23
Aly's Sunday challenge- sewing ASC19
Creative Inspirations- challenge 35 sewing
Cupcake Craft challenges- Challenge 94 Dazzle Us (sparkle)
Paper Play- Flowers and Sparkle week 22
Charisma cardz- challenge 22 Flowers
Stamp Something- digi challenge

I am so very blessed that you took the time to stop by my blog today! I appreciate you all. Until next time... have a wonderful day!

Sweet N Sassy stamps June blog hop

Well, the time has finally arrived. Clear stamps are officially back at Sweet N Sassy stamps and I am very pleased about it! To celebrate our first new stamp release we are having a blog hop to showcase all of the 6 new sets and a release party tonight at 8PM EST.

Now in the tradition of blog hops and release parties, you know that there are going to be some great prizes being given away! Two of our DT members are giving away some blog candy as part of our blog hop so you are going to want to be sure to stop by each of the blogs to see who has the candy.

I am featuring the "Woof You" set today. The puppy image is soooo cute, I just love it! This set is available in BOTH clear stamp or as a digital set that is called Puppy Love. So, you can chose whichever way you prefer- pretty cool right? Take a look:



I stamped my puppy image onto Blanc Sparkle cardstock from Paper Temptress (it's on sale too 25% off for the month of June) and colored it with my copics (all warm greys). I created my own patterned paper by stamping the little bone image repeatedly onto my paper. All the edges were sewn with my sew mini, and then it was fnished off with some brads and buttons. The scarf was paper pieced with a scrap of dp and I added some shading on it with my marker for depth. The layout for the card is the sweet stop sketch this week and there is still penty of time to play along.I was happy how it came out.

here is a closer look


Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Woof You
paper- Paper Temptress blanc and noir sparkle, kraft; PTI dp
accessories- brads, buttons, twine, copics, sewing machine

I wanted to show you a card that I made a little while back using the puppy digi image (which is the same as the stamp version). You can see how different but how equally adorable he looks just by coloring him with different colors.



Here is the list of the blogs you will want to visit for our blog hop. Now, in order to win the prizes you must comment on all of the blogs in the hop as well as the sweet n sassy blog. The winners will be announced tonight June 1st at the release party,

Ceal Pritchett
Darsie Bruno
Kim Schofield
Korin Sutherland
Leah Cornelius
Lisa Jurecek
Lorie Souther
Nancy Brown
Nicole Anderson
Tricia Traxler

Don't forget the grand finale, a FUN-tastic release party, tonight in our SNR forum at 8pm EST! Find out who won our fabulous blog hop prizes, chat with the DT, play along in our games and challenges for a chance at MORE prizes, make new friends and be inspired! Plus, we have a few special surprises for ALL release party attendees, so you won't want to miss the fun :). We'll see you tonight!

Challenges that I am submitting this card for:
Sweet Stop sketch challenge
Copic Creations- animal theme
Polka Doodles- sewing
Pixie Dust- Round and Round (buttons and brads are round)
Spoon Full of Sugar- celebration (this will either be for my husband or grandma's bday from my girls)

A little birdie told me

Hi there blog friends! It's mojo sketch time- are you ready? Below is my sample and the sketch:





I must admit that I really struggled with this sketch and the card. I colored this image while I was at Korin's last month and was pretty happy with how the image came out. However, I colored it to coordinate with some patterned paper that I had, problem is that I could not figure out which when I was trying to put the card together- frustrating. Korin even asked me if I was gonna remember which paper I used and I said oh yes for sure lol. I feel like it needs something although I just don't know what. I tried various ribbons in different spots, lace, and some more pearls but nothing seemed to work oh well. The image called One of a Kind from Sweet N Sassy stamps is colored with copics and the clouds are sponged in using my scalloped acetate oval as a stencil.



Supplies:
stamps- One of a Kind digi, retired sentiment both from Sweet N Sassy stamps
Paper- SU choc chip, My MInds eye dp, Neenah white and Tangy Orange from Paper Temptress
accessories- brown pearls, copics

Be sure to visit the mojo Monday blog for more details on the sketch and for some more inspiration from the mojo makers.

Challenges that I am entering this card in:
Stamp Something- birthday
Simon Says- birthday
Dare U2 digi challenge- anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day!

Hugs and blessings~ Janette

mojo Monday 136

Hi there! Today we have a terrific mojo sketch for you and you have the choice of whether to make a circle or square card. Below you will find my sample and the sketch





Giving my Verve stamps some love today. I created my bg paper by stamping one of the images from the Accent Notes set repeatedly across my square and then sponged the edges with ink too. Rather than sewing today, I thought I would pierce around the square for a change.

Inside


I created the border strip by stamping with 2 images from Accent Notes and the sentiment is from Because of you.

Supplies:
stamps- Verve stamps Accent Notes, Because of You
Paper- Paper Temptress blanc sparkle, noir sparkle, mountain rose glimmer
accessories- circle nesties, black pearls, fleur de lis punch- EK Success, PTI satin ribbon sweet blush, paper piercer

Stop on by the mojo Monday blog for details on this week's sketch and some great inspiration.

Hugs and blessings to you all!!

Blingy Tilda

Hi there! Let me just say that I LOVE everything that sparkles, shimmers, and shines! However, I did not originally plan for my card today to have so much bling lol.



I chose to make an easel card again (LOVE them) and it is for my friend Kathy. I was blessed to be able to stamp some of her Tilda images (today's included) and now I am hooked. I even placed my first Magnolia order today also. So, rather than the sentiment saying "you inspire me" it should say you enable me lol. Just kidding...Kathy does inspire me with her awesome work and you should definitely visit her blog. Anyway, dinner Tilda is colored with copics, stickles added to the outfit, rhinestones for the jewelry, and white gel pen for accents. I masked off the swing to create a scene with clouds. To make the clouds I used a piece of acetate as a stencil that I die cut with a scalloped oval and sponged ink over it. I colored some of the bridal flowers with my copics and blinged them up too.







Supplies:
stamps- dinner tilda, verve thoughtful florals and thankful accents, High hopes swing stamp
paper- DCWV citrus pack, pumpkin, neenah white from paper temptress
accessories- rhinestones, copics, oval and circle nesties, sewing machine, bridal flowers

Challenges that I am entering this card in:

Just Magolia- sketch and thank you twist
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- to create a scene
Magnolia Down Under- masking
SCS Ways to use it- patterns
ABC Challenge- S is for sparkle (got this one covered I think lol)
KL Stampin N Scrappin- bling
The Crafty Pad- stitching
Dutch Dare- easel card w/ repeat twist (I repeated flowers)

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous day!