January Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our January Release Blog Hop!

We're feeling the love for the January release and are so excited to share the projects we've been working on with you! Read on for a bit of inspiration and a little walk through of our new release, then hop along to the blogs linked below for all sorts of papercrafting inspiration.

Plus, there's a GIVEAWAY! Leave a little shout out in the comment section on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $10 gift voucher to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced here on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, January 22.

Here's the official hop list. If a link misbehaves along the way,

hop on back here to pick  up where you left off.

Sweet 'n Sassy Blog
Julee Tilman
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Esther Asbury
Karen Decknick
Lee Ann Barrett
Lyn Tomlin
Sheri Gilson

For my first card I pulled out the Love Wordfetti set, with the idea of doing a sunny card with the you are my sunshine sentiment.  I grabbed some patterned paper, then grunged it up a bit with the Typewriter Text Background and Delightfully Delicate Background stamps.  I then stamped the several times across the bottom of the panel. Next I started sponging yellow inks in, then unfortunately grabbed an inkpad that had the wrong lid on it! It was a rich brown instead of a yellow, so my card took on a darker feel than I wanted, but I went with it anyhow.

The butterfly is from Made New and I embossed it in copper on vellum, then colored the wings with Copic markers.  I added the hello beautiful sentiment popped up and accented with some sequins and thread to finish off the card.

My next card pairs the Love Wordfetti set with the January Stamp of the Month: Texture Tiles 5. I just love these background stamps!  I started by inking up my stamp with three inks at a time for the rainbow background. First I stamped with candied apple, carved pumpkin, and mustard seed, then mowed lawn, salty ocean, and wilted violet.

Next I found an old rainbow die in my stash and cut it from white cardstock.  I then sponged the red, orange, yellow, and green inks onto it, then taped together, coated with Versamark ink and embossed with sparkle embossing powder.  The you are my happy place sentiment from Love Wordfetti is embossed in white on a thin black strip of cardstock and adhered in the corner.

Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry. 

Here's a little look-see at the sets included in the JANUARY release...

First up is the January stamp of the month, Texture Tiles 5. Our January stamp of the month is a definite must-have in your stamping collection. It includes some super versatile heart, polk dot, and cross background tiles. This set is available for purchase for $15.95, OR you can get it as a FREE gift with a $75 purchase (after any discounts and before shipping and tax) during the month of January!

In our Lots of Love set, illustrator Jenn Nilsson brings us an adorable set of valentine critters, sure to steal your heart!

Korin brought us the beautiful Grace So Amazing set this month. These grace filled sentiments are simply gorgeous paired with images, but steal the show on their own!

Our Creative Worship set this month is the elegant With Love Alpha set. These beautiful scripted letters make for the most beautiful words!

And if you've loved our previous wordfetti sets, you'll be happy to see this fabulous new Love Wordfetti set. So many fun phrases for Valentine's Day, as well as throughout the year.

That's our January Release in a nutshell! So many fabulous sets to choose from! What's your favorite? 

May you be blessed today and always!