Happy 8th Birthday Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 

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I decided to share a card that I designed using the fun Snowman Soup Stamp Set along with WinterBlessings for a warm, winter celebration card!   FYI- I am also linking this card to the Splitcoaststampers' F4A298 "Coffee Please" Challenge (I rarely drink coffee but love hot cocoa in the winter) :-)

To create this card:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- Snowman Soup, Winter Blessings

Ink the Snowman Soup image using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla cardstock.

Color the hat, coat and mug with a water brush and retired Stampin’ Up!  More Mustard and Midnight Muse Classic Ink, use Stampin’ Write Markers for the scarf and mittens (Pear Pizzazz), the carrot nose (Pumpkin Pie) and Sahara Sand for the shadows.

You can cut the image out with the coordinating Snowman Soup Dies (I have these on my wish list so I  fussy-cut the image) and set aside.

Ink a portion of the Winter Blessings stamp with retired More Mustard Classic Ink and stamp onto retired More Mustard cardstock.

Trim the More Mustard stamped panels and stitch a rectangle with a zigzag stitch onto Midnight Muse cardstock, trim carefully and mount onto a piece of More Mustard cardstock.

Add the Snowman Soup image to the panel using dimensional foam and adhere the 5/8” Gold Satin Triple Ribbon Bow.

Adhere a piece of My Mind’s Eye™ Asparagus™ Designer Paper to a piece of More Mustard cardstock with a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine, trim carefully and mount onto the Midnight Muse card base.

Add the horizontal strips of stamped More Mustard panels mounted onto Midnight Muse with the zigzag stitch and mount the entire panel onto the card base (I generally use white but you can use any color you choose since you will not see this base from the front of the card).

Stamp the sentiment with Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto a scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, huff onto the previously inked portion of the Winter Blessings stamp, lay the sentiment down to stamp a bit of the background onto the panel, trim and create the flag by hand or with a punch.

Adhere the snowflake charm with gold thread to the card front (making sure that the end will be behind the sentiment- I use Hot Glue for this step) and mount the sentiment to the card front using dimensional foam.

Add the focal image panel to the card and finish off with a few Pearls to the corners of the card and a Rhinestone to the center of the snowflake charm.

I hope you enjoy this fun card!  I would love to see your comments and hope you have time to visit and comment on all of my DT Sister's blogs for our Special 8th Birthday Blog Hop!  Don't  forget to comment for a chance to win this fabulous Birthday Party Prize!!

Linky Code:

Snowman Soup

Stamp Sets: Snowman Soup, Winter Blessings  (SNSS)

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink- retired More Mustard and Midnight Muse; Stampin’ Write Markers- Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie

Winter Blessings

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Very Vanilla, retired More Mustard and Midnight Muse cardstock; My Mind’s Eye™ Asparagus™ Designer Paper

Accessories: Sewing Machine, Hexagon Punch, Snowflake Charm, Pearls, Rhinestone, 5/8” Gold Satin Ribbon

Hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!