Hello Sunshine

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in with a clean and simple design for you featuring the Like a Sunflower set.

This gorgeous sunflower just makes me happy.  It's a half image, so perfect for stamping on the edges of cards, or you can line it up and stamp it twice for a totally fantastic large sunflower.  I stamped this in Versafine Clair ink and then tested out some new to me markers... the Arteza Twimarkers.

I must say, I really enjoyed using them. They blend well with water or with one other marker. Don't try three color blends, though, because it will pill (I was using Canson Smooth Bristol). I love the fine tip to add little details and was overall very pleased with the depth of color.

After coloring the sunflower image, I fussy cut it to give a bit more dimension.  For the sentiment I used the Marker Alpha set to spell out Hello, then masked off the "you are my" from the you are my sunshine stamp from the Love Wordfetti set and stamped just the sunshine.  I then masked off a portion of the panel and used a sun background stencil and some buttercup ink for the backdrop.  I layered everything together, adding my stenciled panel on a bit of foam sheet to add some dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a sunshiny day!

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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. 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 Donna!

Please send an email to snssassistant@gmail.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 next month!

If you're in the mood for a challenge, our August VIP challenge is still open for entries. This month we've got a fabulous color challenge for you to create from... pink, yellow, orange, and kraft! Find all the details in our VIP Group on Facebook. Then play along for a chance to win our monthly prize drawing!

We hope you'll play along!

August 2020 Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

Welcome to our August Release Blog Hop!

Wow! So hard to believe that we're already near the middle of August!  We've got a beautiful release to share with you this month, so let's get to it! Read on for a bit of inspiration and a little walk through of this month's new goodies, 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 19.

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
Jane Bosi
Karen Decknick
Lee Ann Barrett
Lyn Tomlin

For my card today, I chose the Bushel of Blessings set. I love these delightful fall images and had fun coloring up this basket of flowers with Copic markers. I cut the layer with a slimline die, then inked with wheat ink.

The sentiment is from the previously released Friendship is a Blessing set.  I embossed it onto a doily die cut and inked the edges to match my main panel. The banner strip is cut from peacock cardstock and then embossed with a striped embossing folder. I matted with the same color and added a grosgrain knotted bow before adhering to the 3.5" x 8.5" card base.  I finished with some stickles on the flowers, and added a bit of dimension with the sentiment panel up on foam tape.

Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry, with another creation from me! 

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

First up is the August stamp of the month, Coffee Talk. 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 July! Please note you MUST add this set to your cart to receive the discount. Once your order qualifies, the discount will apply to the set in your shopping cart.

Next up is the gorgeous Bushel of Blessings set by Jennifer Nilsson Art. With gorgeous autumn imagery and sentiments, this set is sure to become a fall staple.

If you love to mix and match, you can pair the set above with the grogeous new Like a Sunflower set, also from Jennifer Nilsson.

Rebecca Rios brings us the fabulous The Lord's Battle set this month. With boots and sentiments perfect for encouragement for everyone facing a battle.

Our final set this month is the fun and playful Marker Alpha from Korin Sutherland.

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

May you be blessed today and always!