June Sweet Peek #2

On day two of our June Sweet Peeks, we have a great new addition to show you...a little bit of classic elegance, a little bit of collage, and a lot of beautiful!  Take a look:

~ illustrated by Korin Sutherland

~ set measures 4" x  6"

~ set contains 1 image and 4 sentiments

~ price: $15

The Design Divas, along with our wonderful June guest designer, are so excited about next week's New Release Celebration.  It all starts Thursday, June 7 at 8:00 AM EST right here on this blog, with our New Release Blog Hop.  It will be full of fantastic inspiration from the designers, who can't wait to show off what they've made!  

And all of that fun will be followed by our New Release Party over in our member company forums on Splitcoaststampers, beginning at 8:00 PM EST.  We'll have challenges, fellowship and chit-chat, full reveals of all the stamp sets...and of course we'll wrap it up by making the stamps available for purchase in the store!  Mark your calendars, and make plans to join us!


See you back here tomorrow for another great Sweet Peek!

June Sweet Peek #1

Today is the day! Are you ready to see what we have in store for our June clear stamp release?  Take a look at who is kicking things off today...bet you'll be thrilled about this one!

~ illustrated by Korin Sutherland

~ set measures 4" x  4"

~ set contains 2 images and 7 sentiments

~ price: $11

The Design Divas, along with our wonderful June guest designer, are so excited about next week's New Release Celebration.  It all starts Thursday, June 7 at 8:00 AM EST right here on this blog, with our New Release Blog Hop.  It will be full of fantastic inspiration from the designers, who can't wait to show off what they've made!  

And all of that fun will be followed by our New Release Party over in our member company forums on Splitcoaststampers, beginning at 8:00 PM EST.  We'll have challenges, fellowship and chit-chat, full reveals of all the stamp sets...and of course we'll wrap it up by making the stamps available for purchase in the store!  Mark your calendars, and make plans to join us!


See you back here tomorrow for another great Sweet Peek!

Meet Our June Guest Designer!

It's the end of May....the weather is definitely warming up, and we're ready to kick off summer! Tomorrow our Sweet Peeks for our fabulous June clear stamp release will get underway; before we do that we wanted to introduce our wonderful June guest designer!

Meet Brenda Weaver:

Hi!  My name is Brenda Weaver.  I'm a SAHM to three kids (two boys and a girl) ages 13, 10 and 7.  I've been a paper crafter for about 12 years now and love paper crafting of all kinds, from card making to scrapbooking to decor items and fun party decorations and everything in between.  When I'm not paper crafting or taking care of my family, you can find me browsing the aisles of my local thrift shop or flea markets for fun finds to incorporate into my home or even my crafting.  I also love to read, cook, bake and taking photos.  I've been so blessed to have been able to serve on several design teams and have had my work published in several publications and I'm so thrilled to be a guest of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps this month.  I love meeting people who share my love of paper and stamps, so stop by my blog, Sweet Paper Treats, and say hello!

We can't wait to see your amazing work this month, Brenda!

Owl Be There

Hello!  Jennie here again with my last Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps guest design spot of the month.  The month has flown and I have greatly enjoyed working with Korin and her fabulous stamps.  I had to finish off the month using this adorable set Owl Be There which was released back in April.  My favorite technique is paper piecing and this owl image is just adorable paper pieced!!!

Thank you Korin, Taylor and the rest of the SNSS DT!  It has been a wonderful month and so inspired by your designs.  Will certainly be stalking to see the sneak peeks which (I heard) start tomorrow for the June release.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Happy Birthday...

Hello! Happy Memorial Day! Hope you are enjoying your day with your loved ones.

Monika here today with a masculine birthday card, using Timeless Classic clear stamp set. This fabulous set, with 11 images, has everything that you'd need to make masculine projects for nearly every occasions.

This color combination (red, light blue and a touch of dark blue) is a really great one for patriotic cards too, and you can see that it works great for guys.
I decided to do some heat embossing. It gives great textures to any projects.



My background is a book page. I stamped the gears with VersaMark, embossed them with White embossing powder, then I sponged and spritzed some ink on top to make the white pop.

I also did some tearing and distressing. I tucked a piece of Tim Holtz Film Strip behind the tears. I also attached a piece to the banner die-cut piece (Pennants & More die set) with Baker's Twine.

The star and circle dies are from Spellbinders.

In the bottom right corner, I stamped "first class friends" from Vintage Postcard clear stamp set.

This extra touch have become a favorite of mine lately.

Hope I inspired you to make something today!

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika

Customer Spotlight Sunday

A joyful Sunday to you!  AND

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

 We are back with another Customer Spotlight Sunday and I have another wonderful customer to share with you.  Today in our spotlight is, Jennifer Morley aka jenn47 on SCS.  She doesn't have a personal blog yet but she has a SCS gallery and that's where we found her!

What I have to share first are a couple of her cards made with Patriotic Cocoa!  The great thing about this image is that you can purchase it in STAMP or in DIGI form!  These are so perfect for this Memorial Day weekend, for the 4th of July, and any military type cards you may make.  

I have shown you a few cards with the same image because it shows the versatility of that one image.  I love all the patriotic colored papers Jennifer chose and her embellishments for each card is perfect.  

Okay, one last card to share by Jennifer.  I love the fun summer color combo she has with Cocoa in the card below! For this card she used Berry Sweet Cocoa and it too comes in STAMP or DIGI form.

Thanks so much for sharing such fabulous creations with us! You never know when we'll spot your card in our gallery or on one of our challenge blog linky collections, so be sure to keep those amazing uploads coming (we are always on the lookout in ourSplitcoaststampers gallery, Paper Craft Planet, and the linky collections for the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge and the Digi Challenges)!

Butterfly Blessings

Hi, it's Bridget here today and I'd like to highlight a SNSS set called Blessings and Thanks

with a number of sentiments which are perfect for thank you cards or for simply sending your wishes and prayers for God's blessing as I did here on my butterfly card.

I love the beautiful font as well as the beautiful meaning behind these sentiments.  

I glued some tin foil onto cardstock before cutting the butterfly for a quick, inexpensive substitute for metallic paper or cardstock.  While I was in the kitchen I also reached for the Saran Wrap or cling film as we call it here in the U.K. and Ireland - by using a layer of it between the die and the cardstock, the die-cut butterfly pops right out of the die, which is so important with intricate dies like this one, or for example, doily dies!  I know some people like to use wax paper for the same reason - there's nothing worse than having die-cuts stick in the die, ripping or tearing in the effort to remove them.

This was made using a sketch for the Sketch Challenge which Korin gave us over at Splitcoaststampers a few weeks ago and it's such a versatile layout, perfect whether the focus of your card is an image or a sentiment.

I used pearls of various sizes and silver cord to finish.  

I know this is a special weekend for all of you in the U.S. as you celebrate Memorial Day - wishing you all a very happy and safe holiday!

Hugs, Bridget
Supplies used:
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blessings and Thanks
Marianne Design Creatables butterfly die
First Edition Dream Catcher dp
Sewing machine
Silver cord
Pearls
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Tin foil