birthday fishes

Have you checked out the new Sweet 'n Sassy die sets yet?  They make creating with their companion stamp sets fun and easy!  Here's a card using the Happy Ocean Friends stamp set and dies.  I also used the Tall Grass die.

 

The fish and bubbles also have some sparkle from a clear Wink of Stella brush.

 

You can see how nicely the dies cut these little fishies out.

 

These images aren't just for summer...you can "fish" someone a happy birthday all year 'round.  And now that the kids are starting to hit the books again, how about making a card to wish them a great "school" year?  I bet the teachers would appreciate one too.  ;)

 

Have a fabulous day!

♥ Diane

 

Happy Ocean Friends

Hi there and thanks for stopping by It's Ceal sharing a fun card with you today. I

love this cute little set Happy Ocean Friends and now there are coordinating dies. 

To make my card I started with a white piece of card stock and sponged the background using a stencil, next I spritzed it with some color shine to get this playful background. I colored my images with Copic markers and then used the Happy Ocean Friends Dies to cut them out. I also added the Tall Grass die for the fish t swim through 

Thanks for looking!

Swimming By with A Birthday Wish ~

Good morning SNSS fans and friends! Mary here sharing another card from the Happy Ocean Friends and matching dies. Aren't they just teeming with Joy and sweet greetings? I chose the happy paper from MME and coloured the little oceanic friends with coloured pencils and gamsol. The sentiment is stamped in a curve, punched and layered using various punches.

If you didn't yet, be sure to leave a comment on our recent bloghop and release challenge for a few chances to win some SNSS prizes. Try one of the challenges and be sure to upload them to the linky tool at the bottom of the bloghop post. Have fun!!!

Materials Used:

Stamps: Happy Ocean Friends, Beauty by the sea

Inks: Archival Ink black, SU Bermuda Bay

Paper: MME, SU

Accessories: SNSS Happy Ocean Friends dies, SNSS Beauty by the Sea dies, Gamsol, coloured pencils, rhinestones, SU punches

Fishing you a happy birthday!

Hello! It's Monika here today, bringing you a fun and playful card using one of the brand new die sets from our August release: Happy Ocean Friends Die set... along with the coordinating Happy Ocean Friends clear stamp set.

I started with splashing blue watercolor on the background. Then I attached a piece of torn gold glitter strip, and grass that I die-cut with the Tall Grass Die... I also added a sign with the greeting that's glued to a tooth pick:

Next, I stamped, colored, and die-cut some of the sweet images from the stamp set, and adhered them to the background piece... I also added a small piece of cheese cloths: 

Then, I die-cut a circle out of a light blue square and framed my scene:

Finally, I added some gold half pearls and done!

This sweet card is perfect for all three of our August Release Party Challenges on SplitCoast Stampers. Challenge #1: use at least 3 bright colors (orange, blue, green); Challenge #2: use water in some way (ocean scene and water color in the background); and Challenge #3: use 3 different textures (cheese cloths, tooth pick, glitter paper). There is still time to play along with us and WIN! 

I hope I have inspired you to make something today...

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

August 2014 Release Blog Hop & Challenge

Hello, Sweet 'n Sassy  friends!  Welcome to the August 2014 Release!  Dies seem to be the trend in card making right now and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has some fabulous new dies to release this month that coordinate with several of our summer stamp sets already available in the store!  The bonus is that even though these stamps and dies were designed to be summer sets, they can be used all year long!

Before we get started, we want to let you know how much we enjoyed seeing all of the beach scenes in our Friday Feature Challenge last week. 
The random winner for the "Beach Challenge" is #4

Donna Witten
Here is her beautiful beach card…I'd love to be sitting in that adirondack chair right now:

Donna, please send an email to jacquie@sweetnsassystamps.com to claim your $10 gift code!

 Now, for the Release!
First up…Beauty By the Sea Dies 
which coordinate with the Beauty By the Sea stamp set:

• Die set includes 6 dies
• Price is $15.25
• Coordinates with Beauty by the Sea stamp set below which sells for $15

Next is Happy Ocean Friends Dies
which coordinate with the Happy Ocean Friends stamp set:

• Die set includes 7 dies
• Price is $16.75
• Coordinates with Happy Ocean Friends stamp set below which sells for $15

And Finally…Flourish Seashells Dies
which coordinate with the Flourish Seashells stamp set:

• Die set includes 5 dies
• Price is $11.75
• Coordinates with Flourish Seashells stamp set below which sells for $9

Want it all?  Then this bundle is for you!!

Now that you've seen our new spectacular dies, you'll want to join us for our release day blog hop featuring our talented DT creations.  They are going to knock your socks off as always! :)

The DT blog links can be found in the Linky Tool at the end of this blog post.

One random commenter from one of the DT blogs will be selected to win a $10 Gift Code to be used at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  You have until Thursday, August 21st at midnight EST to leave your comments.  The winner will be posted on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog on Friday, August 22nd!

 One more thing before we let you go...

We can't forget our fun Release Day Challenge!
"Create a Summery Card & include a Die Cut"   

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:

            

- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image to enter (although we sure love when you do!)
- Please create a NEW card (no back linking)
- We ask that you enter your card in no more than 3 challenges
 - You'll have until Thursday, August 21st at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  
If there are 25 participants, (not including the DT), we'll draw 2 winners!
- Please use code SNSAUG2014RC when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries 

To enter simply share a link to your creation below, but don't forget to visit the DT blogs to see their beautiful release creations!

 Here are just a couple to whet your appetite.

Thanks for joining us today!  Be sure to join us again on Friday, August 22nd to see if you've won and to check out the next Friday Feature & Challenge!