Showing posts with label August 2019 Release. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 2019 Release. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

August Blog Hop Winner

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends. It's Julee popping in with a little happy news for one of you blog hoppers!

We had so much fun sharing the current release with you on our August Blog Hop last week. We so hope you enjoyed it, too, and gleaned a little inspiration for using this month's stamps! While we think you're ALL winners, we did randomly select ONE lucky reader from among all the comments on the hop to receive a $10 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy shop.

And the winner is...


Congratulations Daylene!
Please send an email to korins@sweetnsassystamps.com to claim your prize.

Thanks to all of you who commented. We love sharing this wonderful craft with you and look forward to hopping with you again in September!

Didn't win this time?
There's still time to comment on our SNSS + MSP Blog Hop!
Commenting for the giveaway closes on
August 26th at 11:59pm ET.

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

August Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Release Blog Hop! 
We're thrilled about the new stamps available in the shop this month 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, August 21.


Here's the official hop list. If a link misbehaves along the way,
hop on back here to pick  up where you left off.

My card today features the darling new Back to School set. I love all the little images, but by far these little crayons had me itching to get inky. I've had a love for crayons for as long as I can remember, and I can remember my first box of 64 (with a built in sharpener) like it was yesterday! Unfortunately my boys felt they grew out of crayons at the age of 4! They're for colored pencils or bust. 😄



I started my card by stamping out all the images in the set. and coloring with Copic markers. This set is positively adorable and since my boys are headed to a new school for 2nd grade, I thought it would be nice to give a card to their teacher (bless her heart, super competitive twins in the same classroom!) on the first day.

I chose some fall patterned papers and aged them a bit with distress oxides, divided them down the center with a seam binding bow.  I layered on a couple of the crayon sets and the school image, then added the sentiment on another strip of patterned paper.  Some brown mats and a card base and this fun little card was done. Here's a look at the whole set all colored up. Isn't it the cutest?
Here's a fabulous card by Korin featuring the Faith Wordfetti stamp set. I love the rich texture she created with Texture Tiles 1 and Cheerful Hexies and it's perfectly framed with some of the fabulous sentiments from Faith Wordfetti.



And Julie Cassell pairs the School Days Alpha and Back to School sets beautifully on this rolodex card. So fabulous, makes me want to go find a rolodex and start stamping!


Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry.  But before you go, there's an AWESOME sale in the shop this week! Take a look...



Simply add THREE alphabet sets to your cart and you'll get one of them FREE! Woohoo!
Time to catch up on your ABC's! Offer good through August 19. We've got over 20 alphas, including our brand new School Days Alpha  so don't miss out!

And here's a little look-see at the sets included in the AUGUST release...

First up... the fabulous JULY stamp of the month, Sentimental Wordfetti. With 30 all occasion sentiments, this set is perfect for mixing and matching on your projects. The sentiments are the perfect size to add to a card to let your images and backgrounds shine. This may be a smaller set, but it packs a big punch and has quickly become a fave in my stamp room!


Next up is the AUGUST stamp of the month, Singing Praises. This elegant Scripture set is timeless. With uplifting Scripture and two gorgeous bird images, this set is sure to bring delight. Singing Praises is available exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 or more purchase during the month of AUGUST.



Our new illustrator, Jenn Nilsson, is back at it with two adorable new sets this month. The Back to School set is filled with images and fun sentiments great for encouragement cards, back to school, lunch notes for your kiddos, or cards for the amazing teachers that shape our little ones' minds. I especially love the you ring my bell sentiment! 😁




Next up is another ADORABLE set illustrated by Jen. The Tea for Two is a great all occasion set celebrating two fabulous things... friendship and tea! An adorable bunny in a up, a tea kettle and lots of coordinating images make this such a fun set!



Continuing on with a back to school theme, this next set has a little something for the artist in you. In His Image, illustrated by Rebecca Rios is filled with builder sentiments and artistic imagery perfect for both cardmakers and bible journalers alike. After all, we're created in the image of the ultimate maker!


Next up is a little set that packs a BIG punch. Meet Faith Wordfetti. Another fabulous sentiment set from Korin Sutherland, this faith inspired set of 32 sentiments is just fabulous.



Rounding out our back to school theme is the School Days Alpha illustrated by Rebecca Rios. This fun alpha with both upper and lowercase letters and a couple punctuation marks is super fun and versatile. The team has created some wonderful projects with it!


That's our August release in a nutshell! So many fabulous sets to choose from! Thanks so much for hanging out with me as I reviewed this fantastic release.


May you be blessed today and always!

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

The Cutest Bunny Ever

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in to share what I've been creating with the new August release. The stamps this month are so cute and fun. I just can't even. This bunny in a cup image from Tea for Two has to be the cutest bunny ever. I'm probably biased because I love anything coffee or tea related, but it's pretty cute, right?


So today's card uses the ADORABLE new Tea for Two set. I just can't even with the cuteness of this set. I had previously cut and colored all the images with Copic markers, and I put them to good use on this clean and {sort of} simple card. Lots of white space with a bit of blue I added by blending on some tumbled glass distress oxide and then stamping in the same color with the grid stamp from Texture Tiles 1. This texture set has to be one of my most reached for sets. It's just perfect for adding a subtle hint of something to make your images stand out.
 



The sentiment is die cut with a circle die and then I added one of the sweet little ladybug images to it. Had fun creating a few little clusters of images (aren't those lady bugs adorable?), then finished off with a black mat and a white card base.

Tea for Two Clear Stamp Set

Texture Tiles 1 Clear Stamp Set

My second card uses the gorgeous new August Stamp of the Month Singing Praises. It's available exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 order during the month of August.

Here, I started by stamping the bird onto smooth bristol cardstock. I then colored him in with Copic markers. Now, I like birds in stamping, but am pretty leery of them in real life. We had an incident a few years ago where a crow decided to make it's nest in the tree right outside our front door and it and it's murder of lookout friends swooped in for the attack every time I went to the mailbox. Since then I have a healthy respect for these winged creatures and keep my distance! That said, I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but I picked some colors I thought would look nice and went to my happy coloring place!


After I was done coloring, I masked him off and blended distress oxides to make a sky, splattering a bit of white paint around for a bit of texture. The Psalm 17:8 verse is stamped on a circle die cut and then blended with the same distress oxides and matted on a white circle. I tucked the sentiment under the shadow of his wings to go with the verse. Then I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the flowers and added them to the branch. The base of my card is embossed with the 3D Lumber Texture Fade and blended with gathered twigs and early espresso inks.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day is sweet!