Wise Men and All the Things

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! Today I'm sharing a couple of Christmas cards using some old and new favorites. This is such a busy time of year, and all the things can sometimes overshadow the reason for the season. So for today's post I chose to focus on cards that shift the focus back on the true gift of Christmas.

First up, is this "almost" one layer card using the beautiful and timeless We Three Kings stamp set. I have loved this set from afar for many years and am so happy to have it in my hands now! To start the background, I did a bit of ink blending with evergreen bough, salty ocean and chipped sapphire distress oxides. I then stamped the wise men  and the star image in versamark ink and embossed in white.

Next I free hand cut a snowy bank from white paper, then embossed the sntiment in silver.  A bit of ink sponged along the edge gives some dimension and I finished with a silver bow.

For the next card, I started with this darling tree from the Christmas Topiaries set (50% off in the shop right now!). I colored in with Copic markers and then fussy cut.  I tucked a circle that I blended some spun sugar and warm lipstick distress oxides onto for a little glow.  The sentiments are both from the Jesus + Coffee set and I embossed them in silver. I finished off this sweet little square card with some Holly Jolly Christmas papers from Bella Blvd.

  

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The Celebration Continues.....

Hello Sweet friends, have you been taking advantage of our month long Birthday Specials?  I sure hope so!  This week Korin is offering 11% off all Creative Worship Stamps and All Digital Products...  Since Korin is offering a discount off of digitals I decided to print off some of my favorite images and make a few cards.

This first card is using this adorable penguin image called Pippin's Christmas Lights.  I colored with Copics and the paper is from The Paper Studios.

This next card is using one of the very first Cocoa images called Cocoa's Stocking. I colored with Copics and this paper is also from the Paper Studios.

Now this one is a go to image for me if I need a quick Birthday Card, Celebrate is so fun and makes a great Birthday card.  I colored with Copics and the paper is from Pink Paislee.

Last but not least my absolute favorite.  Flowers in Bloom is such a beautiful Digi set...  I colored it up with copics, did some distressing and I used a retired stamp (music notes)  but you could use Texture Tiles 1 for the same results.  I added the sentiment from Cocoa Sends Love.    Remember that if you spend $60 this month you can pick from one of 4 stamp of the month stamps- pictured below.
Hugs,
~Stephanie

Christmas Botanicals

Hi friends, it's new design team member, Julee Tilman, here! Today I'm super excited to be sharing a couple of cards featuring the beautiful Christmas Botanicals  set for my first official design team post on the blog. All month long we're celebrating SNSS's 11th birthday with weekly specials and design team features on stamp sets from through the years.

A couple of my picks to feature this month are the beautiful Christmas Botanicals set and the We Three Kings set. These both have beautiful traditional Christmas imagery and the sentiments in We Three Kings really speak the true spirit of the season. I've also paired these with one of my favorite background sets ever, Texture Tiles 1.

I started this first card by stamping the two flower images from Christmas Botanicals in tuxedo black Memento ink and then coloring with Copic markers. I fussy cut the images and then accented with a crystal clear lacquer pen and a sprinkling of glitter.

The music background paper from the Old World Winter pack I've been working through seemed like the perfect backdrop, so I sponged with a big of antique linen and gathered twigs distress ink. Then I cut a couple flourish corner die cuts from brown cardstock for accent.

For the sentiment panel, I started with one of my favorite SNSS stamps, the script background from the Texture Tiles 1 set, stamped in antique linen across the paper. Next I stamped the We Three Kings sentiment using Versafine Clair ink and clear embossing powder.  The final touch was to layer everything together and add to a regular A2 sized card base.

My second card using Christmas Botanicals has a very traditional Christmas vibe to it. I colored the poinsettia and an extra leaf and berry sprig with Copic markers and fussy cut, then accented the berries with some clear glass glitter.  The greenery is cut with the Mini Holiday Greens die from Sizzix. I stamped the sentiment panel with the music background from the Textured Tiles 1 stamp set and then embossed the sentiment in the middle. All of the papers are from the Old World Winter collection from The Paper Studio.

Here's a look at the stamp sets I featured today...

Thanks so much for stopping by! There are some fabulous celebrations going on all month in the Sweet 'n Sassy shop. This week's promotion is FREE US shipping through 11/14! Hooray! I love a good free shipping offer, how about you?

And all month long, if you place a $60 net order, you can choose one of 4 popular sets for free. Just add your selection to the order comments when you place your order and they'll tuck it in when your order ships. Hooray!

It's Our Birthday!!!!

We are all so excited to be celebrating along with Korin!!!  Sweet 'N Sassy is 11 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Korin has planned all kinds of fun things during the month so make sure you check back often to see what is going on.  Check out our FB page too as there will be live videos going on and lots of fun stuff!

This week she is offering 11% off November's new release sets which there are two of.  Both of the new sets are throwback sets and they are AWESOME!

Remember Cocoa the mouse? Well, he's back!!  I am using this sweet, sweet image from one of the new sets called Cocoa's Cups which features 3 images of Cocoa and one of Cookie (his girlfriend)!  I colored with copics and did some paper piecing.  The design paper is from Reverse Confetti.  This month if you order $60 you can pick one of 4 stamp sets which I will post below.  If you spend $120 you can pick 2 sets and so on and so on!!  Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
~Stephanie