Hawaiian Chicken...yum!

Hello!  Today I am sharing one of my favorite recipes in a 6x6 format. While you are reading this, I am spending the day stamping with good friends from NY and PA.  This recipe was scrapped for one of the swaps we are having.

I stamped the little chicken from my Get Well Critters stamp set.  I didn't want his bandaged wing to show since I was doing a Hawaiian scene, so I gave him a tropical drink to cover it up!  ;)  The drink, sun, beach ball, and palm tree are from the Wish You Were Here stamp set.  And I gave the sand a little "texture" by stamping some speckles from Grunge Elements.

The Get Well Critters Dies and Beach Dies made cutting all the pieces out a snap!
 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you try the recipe... and like it!

Diane

 

 

Relax!

Hello! Good day! It is Gloria with you today. I have a beach-themed card to share. I had some fun with the NEW Beauty By the Sea stamps and August Release die cuts! 

I created a standard 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch card (top fold) with a soft color palette and some wonderful starfish images!

I stamped the starfish images onto printed cardstock and colored them with alcohol markers. I used the Beauty By the Sea die set to cut the starfish. Don't they look amazing?! I used a photo slide frame to hold my little beachy cluster. 

For this cluster, I used a punched postage image and some twine to "anchor" my die cut starfish. I stamped the sentiment from the Beauty By the Sea set and cut it out in a banner shape.

Here is a peek at the inside of the card. I stamped the Scripture sentiment from the Beauty By the Sea set in brown ink. I also added another die cut starfish.

Thanks for looking!

~ Gloria

Wish You Were Here

Hello sweet friends!  This week Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is featuring the stamp set Wish You Were Here.  Since we'll soon be heading to the beach to soak up some sun for our summer vacation , I thought I'd share a sunny card with you today using the featured set.

The background was created with Gelatos, Gesso and spritzes of water on Mixed Media paper. Real sand was sprinkled on the Kraft beach, and both the positive and negative wave die cuts were used for the ocean.  Of course you can't head to the beach without your umbrella, flip flops, and lemonade!  These beach accessories were colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching Beach Dies.  Everything was painted with a clear Wink of Stella marker for shimmer, but it's hard to see on the photo.  The sentiment was stamped on a pennant die, and Baker's twine was added to finish the card!  

Wish You Were Here is the perfect stamp set for making fun beach scenes and this week you can get it for 20% off the retail price.  

It's not too late to enter our Fun at the Beach Challenge for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy Store!  Check THIS post for the details!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I think the sun is finally to show its bright smile today so it might be the perfect day to soak up the sun!

Hugs,
Cathy

Fun in the Sun!

Good morning Sweet 'n Sassy friends!  I hope you've been staying cool on these hot steamy days.  I'll be trying to do just that today...as you read this post, I'll be heading to the beach for the day!  It was a perfect day to grab the newly released stamp set, "Wish You Were Here."

This is such a fun set and the matching Beach Dies make it easy to create wonderful, summery, beach cards.  The foreground was stamped with the ever popular chevrons from the Grunge Borders stamp set with Dandelion ink.  The palm tree, sun, and flip flops were die cut, stamped, and colored with Copic Markers.  A piece of Baker's Twine was tied around before popping the panel on a Solar Crest card base.  Stickles was added to the sun and several colored rhinestones were scattered on the top panel to finish the card.

Since we are revisiting the new release, here is another card using Delightful Doilies and The Sweet Stop sketch for this week....love this set!

Check out THIS post for more information on this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a blessed day!  Try to stay cool!

Hugs,
Cathy

Featuring Wish You Were Here & Beach Dies

Welcome to day 5 of our July feature Blog Hops!  Today we're featuring the fun and fabulous new stamp set called Wish You Were Here with coordinating Beach Dies.

• Stamp set includes 10 images & 7 sentiments
• Stamp set measures approximately 4" x 6"
• The umbrella image measures approximately 2 3/8" x 2"
• Die Set includes 10 dies 
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set priced at $15
• Die set priced at $17.50
• Get the bundle for just $30

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this bundle to one lucky winner! 

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Friday, July 19th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage by Monday, July 22nd.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!