Happy 8th Birthday Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 

 Hello Friends!

Woohoo!!  Today we are celebrating Sweet ‘n SassyStamps 8th Birthday with a fun Design Team blog hop!   Check out the Design Diva's links below to visit all of their blogs and leave a comment (we have a Birthday Prize drawing as well- see more details below) :-)

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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!

Snowman Soup- Wishing You A Merry Christmas!!

Hi Friends!

I wanted to share with you another card that I created using the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) Snowman Soup stamp set along with Holly Jolly Christmas stamp set for the Mojo413 Sketch Challenge (although I am too late to link to the actual challenge site) along with the Splitcoaststampers’ F4A286“Three Cheers” Challenge (use 3 die cuts or punches), CCC15 Christmas Card Challenge (Feb15 theme is snowmen)  and the WT548 "Coffee or Tea- Which Do You Prefer" (or Hot Chocolate) Challenge :-)

Although I do drink coffee occasionally, I have to "doctor" it up with Hot Chocolate so a true coffee drinker would say "That's not coffee at all!" - lol!!  So, I guess, Hot Chocolate would be my choice of drink :-)

Again, if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above links to check out their wonderful Design Team entries as well as all of their galleries!

This card was extremely easy to make:

Sweet 'm Sassy Stamps- Snowman Soup, Holly Jolly Christmas

Use the Big Shot™ to emboss the background paper with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (retired Stampin’ Up!) and stitch this layer to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock.  Mount the entire panel onto the white card base.

Stitch a coordinating piece of background paper to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock for the upper layer of the sketch and adhere the 5/8” Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon triple bow.

Punch out three circles from Chocolate Chip cardstock and add the three circles of background paper (also punched and mounted onto circles of white cardstock).

Adhere an embossed piece of Real Red cardstock to Chocolate Chip for the vertical layer of the sketch and add the three punched circles.

Stamp the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Snowman Soup image using a waterproof black ink and color with water brush and water based markers.  Carefully cut out the image (I decided to fussy cut but there is a coordinating Snowman Soup die set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps  as well).

Stamp the sentiment from Holly Jolly Christmas with black ink and create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch or by hand.

To assemble the card- add the stitched layer with the bow to the card front, mount the vertical strip with the three punched elements using dimensional foam, add the Snowman Soup image and Holly Jolly Christmas sentiment with dimensional foam.

Add a few Pearls to the center of the snowflakes on the punched images and the snowman’s hat to finish off the card.

Snowman Soup

Holly Jolly Christmas

Stamp Sets: SnowmanSoup, Holly Jolly Christmas ( both SNSS)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Sahara Sand

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, retired DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, retired Square Lattice and Pretty Petals Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders,  Punches- 1”  and 1 3/8” Circle, Hexagon; retired 5/8” Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Pearls

So which do you prefer- Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate?

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a great day, my friends!

Snowman Soup- Snowman Hugs and Warm Cocoa Wishes :-)

Hi Friends!

Woohoo!  I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps for the month of September and October!! 

This card highlights one of the stamp sets offered in the September Sweet Perks Club, Snowman Soup Bundle  and I have incorporated the Freshly Made Sketches FMS202 Sketch  as well as the  Splitcoaststampers CAS309 "Snowmen" Challenge for my design.

This card was extremely easy to create:

Stamp the Sweet ‘n Sassy (SNSS) Snowman Soup image using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and color with water based markers, trim and mount onto Early Espresso cardstock.

Mount the designer paper onto white cardstock, trim and mount onto the Early Espresso card base.

Add the sentiment banner to the Snowman Soup image (heat embossed using White Embossing Powder) along with the Cherry Cobbler button and Natural Linen Thread.

Mount the focal image onto the card front with foam squares to finish off the card.

I think this image would be a cute cover for a pack of cocoa as well, don’t you?

Products Used:  SnowmanSoup (SNSS); Stāz-On® Jet Black, various markers (SU!!), Cardstock- White, Early Espresso (SU!),  retired Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper (SU!), Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Natural Linen Thread (SU!), retired Cherry Cobbler button (SU!)

The Snowman Soup bundle along with Holly Jolly Christmas and Joy to the World are available at a discounted price until September 10th.  

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and have a blessed day, my friends!