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Sunday, February 10, 2013

February Features Day 2

Welcome to Day #2 of your February Release Features!

Today's featured set is...
This adorable set will make your Easter & Spring creations sweet as can be. Create fun scenes or use the images alone.  Either way will be cute, cute, cute!!
  • Set includes 10 images and 3 sentiments 
  • Set measures approximately 6"x4"
  • Taller bunny image measures approximately 1 3/4" x 2 3/4"
  • Illustrated by Korin Sutherland
  • Set is priced at $15

    Here is the card I have to share with you today:
DSC00344 copy I colored the cute little bunny with copics and I used feathery line strokes as opposed to blending smoothly to kind of look like fur and add texture.

Here is a close up view of the image:
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Check out some more fabulous samples made by the rest of the talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.

I would also like to enter this card into the MarkerPOP challenge which is adding texture to colored images.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

February Features Day 1

Welcome to Day #1 of your February Release Features!

Today's featured set is...
Easter Blessings


This lovely set will help you create gorgeous Easter cards and projects. The image is wonderful for coloring and even monochromatic cards.
  • Set includes 1 image and 5 sentiments 
  • Set measures approximately 4"x4"
  • Image measure approximately 2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
  • Illustrated by Korin Sutherland 
  • Set is priced at $11
Here is my sample that I have to share with you today, it is going to be for my friends who are being baptized tomorrow at church:

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Supplies:
Stamps- Easter Blessings
Cardstock- Mft white, PTI white diamonds
Accessories- cb embossing folder, rhinestones, silk ribbon, oval and labels dies
Copics- N0, N2, N4, G40, G21, G24, E23, E25, E27, E29, R81, R83, YR21

Here is a closer look

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Check out some more fabulous samples made by the rest of the DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  Enjoy the hop!

Friday, February 8, 2013

Sweet N Sassy Stamps February release

Hello friends!  Today is release day at Sweet N Sassy stamps and we have 4 fabulous new stamp sets plus one coordinating die available!



The Design Divas have been busy little bees creating with our new stamps and we are so excited to finally be sharing them with you!

We'll be featuring each of the new sets over the next 4 days.  We want each set to have it's own day to shine, plus you will also have a chance to WIN each set over the 4 days of features!  How fun is that?


Without further ado, our February 2013 Release...


Easter Blessings   4x4    $11






Springtime Babies    6x4    $15




Jesus Paid It All    4x6    $15



Calvary Die  3 3/8 x 2 1/2  $9.75 




Springtime Sparrows    6x4    $15



Now if you are anything like me, you love and want them all....so this offer is just for you...

Get all 5 items (a $65.75 value) for just $58 when you purchase the


 One more thing...
We've got a fabulous surprise for you this month...in addition to our release we are offering a BRAND NEW stamp set for preorder called Be Encouraged.  

Korin designed this set a couple days ago after struggling with a heavy burden and she thought the truths it contains might uplift us all.

Be Encouraged Preorder  6x4   $15 
 
I'm sure you want to rush to the website right now to order your sets, but let me remind you...after you're done shopping you'll also want to head over to our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers for our February Release Virtual Stamp Day.  We've planned 5 fun challenges for you plus more prize opportunities! 
  
The challenge schedule is as follows: 
10am EST - CAS Challenge hosted by Ceal
12pm EST - Color Challenge hosted by Bridget
2pm EST - Inspiration Challenge hosted by Mary
4pm EST - Technique Challenge hosted by Jennie
6pm EST -  Theme Challenge hosted by Cathy

See you there!



Be sure to visit the Sweet N Sassy blog tomorrow the 9th through Tuesday the 12th for oodles of eye candy featuring our new sets, PLUS a chance to win each one!!

Monday, February 4, 2013

CAS Valentines

Hi everyone!  Today I want to show you a few quick and easy Valentine cards that I made all using Sweet N Sassy stamps Bottom of my Heart stamp set and the coordinating heart dies.

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Supplies
Cardstock- kraft, white, and red
Patterned Paper- Papertrey Ink
Ink- PTI pure poppy and hibiscus
Stampin Up border punch, button, and twine

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Supplies

Cardstock- SU primrose petals, white, early espresso
Patterned Paper- MME Hazel
Ink- SU pink pirouette and early espresso
Fiskars border punch, rhinestones


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Supplies
Cardstock- white sparkle
Ink- SU cherry cobbler and pink pirouette
Spellbinders pennants die, button, bakers twine, Scor-Pal

Thanks for visiting today!


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Only One

Today I have a card to share with you that I made just for fun. I think I will give it to my husband for Valentines Day. My Favorite Things has a guest designer contest every month and this month they gave us a fabulous sketch to use for the contest entries. I really enjoyed making this card and I am happy with how it came out, hope you like it too.   Take a look:

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 To create my card, I used Lovey Dovey sentiments. I masked off the "only one" and stamped the rest of the sentiment with kraft ink and then went back with a pink marker to stamp the rest of the sentiment. I used a spica clear glitter pen over the pink for a touch of sparkle. I distressed part of the bg panel with kraft ink before sewing around the edges.

 Here is a look at the inside of the card:

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Supplies used: 
Stamps- My Favorite Things Lovey Dovey sentiments
patterned paper- MME Hazel and Prima Madeline 
Cardstock- MFT kraft, sno cone, pink lemonade, whip cream 
Dies- MFT Fishtails (for inside), Nestabilities circles, SNSS heart die 
Ink- MFT sno cone, MFT kraft, SU pink marker 
Accessories- twine, button, sewing machine, paper piercer, pearls, MS border punch, foam tape

Thanks for visiting!!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Love You!

Yesterday, I was the sketch challenge hostess on Splitcoast. So, today I thought I would share the sample card that I made for the sketch. I hope you like it.

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I used the new Bottom of my Heart set from Sweet N Sassy stamps along with the matching Heart Dies again. I seriously love this set, I have used it quite a bit lol. The hearts were stamped and die cut, then mounted with foam tape on top of the circles which were sponged with pink ink while still in the circle die. I then accented each with buttons and twine. Easy peasy. I really like these colors together.

Supplies: 

Stamps- SNSS Bottom of my Heart 
Cardstock- SU riding hood red, baja breeze, PT sparkle white 
Ink- SU pink pirouette, baja breeze, riding hood red 
Accessories- SNSS heart dies, SU buttons, twine, foam tape, sewing machine, circle nest abilities

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy- circles

Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful day and stay warm and cozy!

Monday, January 21, 2013

My Heart Skips a Beat

Hi everyone!  I hope that you have been well and avoiding the widespread flu that has been going around.  Unfortunately, it has hit me and my family.  The good news is that I seem to be getting better now.  So, I would like to share a card with you that I made a little over a week or so ago.

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I used the new Bottom of my Heart set from Sweet N Sassy stamps along with the matching Heart Dies. I stamped several hearts and cut them along with a few others from dp out using the dies. I then layered them using foam tape and accented with rhinestones.

 Here is a peek at the inside of the card:

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Supplies:
stamps- SNSS Bottom of my Heart 
patterned paper- Echo Park Be Mine
accessories- SNSS heart dies, rhinestones, MS heart border punch, twine, foam tape

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz- use at least 2 punches
Sweet Stampin- Frills
Cute Card Thursday- diamonds
Pile it on- Hearts

Thanks so much for stopping by- have a fabulous day!