December 2020 Blog Hop Winner

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

As always, we had so much fun sharing the current release with you on our December 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 $25 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy shop.

And the winner is...

Congratulations Monika!

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!

There's still time to take advantage of our awesome Year End Sale! Save 25% site wide through December 31, 2020.  No code needed.

If you're in the mood for a challenge, our December VIP challenge is still open for entries through Thursday, December 31. This month we're challenging you to create a new SNSS creation inspired by the sketch. 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!

All My Love

Happy Saturday! I'm sharing two vintage style cards with you today featuring Vintage Romance. I couldn't decide on which color combo I wanted to do, so I did both. Let me know which one you like better. Don't worry, it won't hurt my feelings if you like one more than the other. 

I kept the layout the same for both cards. I changed up the backgrounds to create a different vibe for each one. I stamped the sentiments and images with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and colored with Arteza Watercolor Brush Markers.

For my first card, I went for a more traditional vintage look. 

 

 

I stamped the Typewriter Text Background with vintage photo distress ink on kraft cardstock. Next, I stamped one of the small pieces from Grunge Elements 2 with antique linen distress ink, cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and ink blended vintage photo around the edges. I cut a lacy crochet die in black and attached to the front of the panel. I stamped the sentiment and used vintage photo around the edges again and matted on black. I assembled as seen popping the perfume bottles up with foam tape.

For my second card, I decided to brighten it up a bit.

 

I stamped the Delightfully Delicate Background in a light green on white cardstock and cut with a stitched edge rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment directly on the panel. I used the same lacy crochet die again, but in white. I attached it to the front of the die cut panel and matted on light green. I had a little bit of a crooked cut so I distressed the edges of the green piece to hide it. I assembled as seen popping the images up with foam tape.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

December 2020 Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our final Blog Hop of 2020!

Who's ready for some fabulous inspiration with our December Release? There's a whole lot of eye candy, plus there's a chance to win a $25 gift code to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps shop! Read on for a bit of inspiration and a little walk through of this month's lovely new goodies, then hop along to the blogs linked below to get inspired! 

GIVEAWAY: Leave a little shout out in the comment section on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps shop. Comment deadline for the prize drawing is 10 pm ET on Tuesday, December 22. Winner will be announced here on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, December 23. Happy hopping!

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
Michelle Hale
Sheri Gilson
Korin Sutherland

My card features the new My Punny Valentine, Rose Background, and Texture Tiles 7 stamp sets. Isn't that typewriter just the best?

Let's take a little look-see at the December release...

First up is the December stamp of the month, Much Love. 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 December! Please note you MUST add this set to your cart to receive the discount. Once your order qualifies, the discount will automatically apply in your shopping cart.

Deeds created this lovely valentine with the I love us sentiment from Much Love. She also featured Rose Background and Fill Me Up.

Who loves hearts? We've got a FABULOUS new texture tiles set this month. Xs and Os, hearts, music notes, and a tiny text background... your heart will be aflutter for this awesome Texture Tiles 7 background set!

Deeds created another fabulous valentine using the xo tile from Texture Tiles 7, Much Love, and My Punny Valentine.

My Punny Valentine is the next set in our spotlight. These whimsical images and punny sayings make the best little valentines, lunch notes, or pick me ups.

Guest Designer Lieschen Harshbarger created this fabulous little card with My Punny Valentine. Love how she used the sucker for the background as well as for the focal point.

Our next set is the beautiful  Vintage Romance set. With a Parisian feel and elegant script, romance is definitely in the air!

Lieschen has us all craving macarons with this beauty she created with the Vintage Romance set.

Our next spotlight set coordinates beautifully with the other sets in this release. Rose Background is a lovely background of roses.  For even more from this set, stamp and cut the roses separately as accents.

Love the drama in this card by Lieschen. She embossed the Rose Background on black cardstock, then added a sentiment from Vintage Romance to create this beauty.

Our Creative Worship set this month is a lovely prayer themed set. Prayer Time has a whopping 36 stamps in it, perfect for journaling and other projects.

Colleen created a lovely prayer journal with Prayer Time. She also used our Typewriter Text Background and Texture Tiles 1.

That's our December Release in a nutshell! So many fabulous sets to choose from! What's your favorite? Let us know in the comments.

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

May you be blessed today and always!

Love You

For today's card, I paired the super fun December Stamp of the Month, Much Love, with Forever & Always to create this quick colorful card.

 

 

I started by stamping six of the striped hearts in different colors and fussy cut out. I cut a piece of white cardstock with a crimped frame die and adhered the hearts. I stamped one of the small hearts with Versamark ink on a Bashful Blue card base. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and hand trimmed the banner tail. I assemble the card as seen popping the white panel up with foam tape. I love how simple and quick this card was to create!

The stamp of the month is available in the shop to purchase, or you can receive it as a free gift with a $75 order in the month of December. Just add it to your cart before you check out and it will automatically apply the promotion.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Love You More

 Hi friends! It's Julee popping in to share a little inspiration with the December release. My cards for today features the December Stamp of the Month, Much Love. Our stamp of the month is available in the shop to purchase, or you can receive it as a free gift with a $75 order in the month of December. Just add it to your cart before you check out and it will automatically apply the promotion.

On this first card I layered things up with Valentine's papers from years gone by.  When I was a kid my favorite time of year was when we'd make valentines in school.  I just loved layering all the papers and construction paper hearts.  Guess I'm still a kid at heart!

The sentiment is from the Much Love set, and I stamped a background using one of the tiles from the NEW Texture Tiles 7 set.  I just love these sweet hearts! I finished off with some die cuts and then layered everything together for this fun Valentine.

This second card uses the title sentiment from Much Love, embossed on white cardstock. The background is the beautiful new Rose Background, which I embossed in white, then ink blended with tumbled glass and salty ocean distress oxides. The heart locket is from the NEW Vintage Romance set.  I colored with Zig markers, then fussy cut and added to this fun square card.

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

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