Gilding Polish

 Did you know Sweet n ' Sassy Stamps is in the process of adding product from their brick 'n mortar store (The Stamper's Boutique) to their online site? Check out all the fun NEW stuff added to the Art Mediums category! There will be limited quantities of these products until Korin gets a feel for what sells well, so if you see something you like, grab it up fast!

I'm showcasing Gilding Polish on today's card. After embossing the azalea's I went over the raised design with two shades of blue polish. Don't you love that beautiful shimmer?

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Supplies and Tools:

• From Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps:
• In This Together
• Script Background   
• Script Sentiments  
  
• Script Sentiments dies
• Gilding Polish (Summer Sky & Mediterranean Blue)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink
• Areteza Real Brush Pens
• Azalea Embossing Folder (Sizzix)
• Crochet Lace
• Prize Ribbon Distress Ink (Ranger)
  

 

Masked Background

Hello friend, Esther here today with a clean-and-simple card featuring a quick way to create a masked background. 

I cut a piece of scrap paper the size of a card front and then tore a jagged opening in the middle. I placed this scrap paper over my card front before stamping the script background stamp, and wa-la, a pretty partial stamped background!

 

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CLICK HERE to be taken to the challenge album. 

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Supplies and Tools:

• These Supplies from Sweet n Sassy Stamps:
  
• In This Together
• Script Background  
  
• Friend Die
  
• Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink   
• Arteza Real Brush Pens
• Dashing Rectangles Dies (Elizabeth Craft Designs)  

 

Just a Note

 

Esther here today sharing a bee themed card. I started by watercoloring the top left part of mix media card front with watercolor paints from Zenacolor. Next I stamped the honeycomb design from Sweet as Honey in Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide (Ranger), and added a few white paint splatters. To finish it off, I added a sentiment from Everyday Greetings and embossed the entire panel with the Organic Lined 3D embossing folder from Altenew. 

The bees and flowers (In This Together) were stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. I stamped, colored, and popped up an extra flower in the center of my arrangement for a bit more dimension.

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Fall Winter 2020 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Hi coffee, tea, and cocoa fans! It's Julee here popping in with a super fun post today! We're so excited to be amidst a long list of fabulous Super Sponsors for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! 'Tis definitely the season to enjoy a little mug of something toasty, papercrafted or otherwise.

The hop kicks off today and runs through Friday, November 13. To be eligible for any of the fabulous Super Sponsor prizes, simply create a new coffee, tea, cider, or cocoa project and link it up over on the official Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop post. Enter as many cards as you like, the more the merrier! The deadline to link up is Friday, November 13.

We're having a mini digi release today and as part of our month long 13th Birthday celebration, this week's sale is an amazing 50% off all digital products! No code needed. Sale ends November 12.

Did you spy the new Holiday Cuppa DIGI in the sale graphic? Most of you coffee loving papercrafters know I love to design coffee releated images!  So let's take a closer look at this fun digital I designed in honor of the hop.

Here's my first make with the Holiday Cuppa DIGI.  I printed on smooth bristol, sizing the image down to fit inside the cup, then colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. When I was finished I added some accents with Stickles and a white gel pen, then fussy cut the whole shebang.

The background is done on the gel press with some alcohol inks. I laid down the alcohol inks, then stamped the huge snowflake from Spectacular Snowflakes with Alcohol Lift Ink and then stamped onto the gel press.  I made the pull, then I added a thin layer of acrylic paint and did another pull.  I added some splatters of paint all over the background, then stenciled on some stars with dimensional paste in either corner. Some distressed shabby edges and the coffee image up on foam tape and this card was finished!

When you head to the shop, be sure to check out all our half price caffeinated digis!

If clear stamps are more your style, we happen to have a few lovely coffee themed sets in the shop! Here's a little sampling of some of our most recent hot beverage sets.

Winter Gnomes

Card by Guest Designer Bobi Hart features Winter Gnomes.

Coffee Talk

Card by Sheri features Coffee Talk and Grunge Elements 2

In This Together

Card by Karen features In This Together and our Fear Not fundraising set.

We have a lot more coffee, tea, or cocoa sets, but we know there's a lot of hopping to do, so I'll just leave you with the link to our coffee category. 

Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Sets in the Shop

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out all the amazing toasty beverage creations on the official Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post. Happy hopping!

2020 National Coffee Day Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in with a super exciting blog hop today! We're so excited to be a Super Sponsor for the National Coffee Day Blog Hop! This is a traditional blog hop hosted by the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog with prizes for commenting on the company blogs in the hop. Each of the stops on the hop are hosting their own giveaway, so you'll definitely want to grab yourself a cup of something awesome and hop along!

We've got a few caffeinated creations to share, along with our giveaway info, so be sure to read to the end and comment with one of your favorite coffee related sentiments for a chance to win! If you want to take a gander at our coffee/tea/cocoa stamp offerings, we're not going to stop ya! Or if you're into caffeinated digis, we've got those, too! {grin}

Speaking of stamp offerings, for my card today, I'm so excited to be sharing a super sneak peek of a set releasing on October 1. Squee! I love this sweet little gnome holding a cuppa something awesome from the upcoming Winter Gnomes set and couldn't wait to ink him up! I colored him up in winter blues, and then masked off to do a little ink blended sky behind him. Pure caffeinated slimline fun.

From Esther comes this Autumn beauty featuring Bushel of Blessings, Incredibly Blessed, and the Coffee & Bible Journaling Digital. Such a fun chalkboard effect and I love how she dressed up the cups for fall!

Jane created this fabulous fall creation by combining cups from Fill Me Up and the coordinating dies, leaves from Give Thanks and a sentiment from Sentimental Wordfetti.

Lee Ann filled her cup from In This Together with images from Fur-Ever Friends and a sentiment from Tea for Two on this delightful card.

Sheri has us at coffee with this fabulous sentiment from Coffee Talk and a cup from the Jesus & Coffee set.

Karen creates the perfect background for this sunshine in a cup card. Stamps featured are Sunshine in a Cup DIGI, Grunge Elements 2, Coffee Talk, and Sentimental Mash-up.

Guest Designer Michelle Hale served up this holiday creation featuring Fill Me Up, Folk Art Snowflakes, and our September Stamp of the Month, Holiday Greetings.

Alright, now it's time for the giveaway! Please leave a comment below telling us one of your favorite coffee related sentiments for a chance to win a $25 gift code to the Sweet & Sassy Stamps shop. Our giveaway will be open through 11:59PM Eastern on October 6. Winner will be announced here on the blog on Wednesday, October 7.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to leave a little shout-out in the comments for a chance to win. Then hop along to the next stop on the hop list below.  

The next stop on the hop is Therm-o-Web.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Best Gift Ever

I know, it's only September and we are all thinking pumpkins and apple picking right now. However, this is also the time to be thinking about making your Christmas cards too, before you run out of time. Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has an awesome new release featuring amazing Christmas sets you will want to add to your stash. 

For today's card I paired the brand new Best Gift Ever sentiment set with the previously released In This Together.

I stamped the flowers from In This Together onto Canson mixed media paper with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink. I colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens (red, olive green, seaweed green and sunset yellow) and hand trimmed out. I stamped the sentiment with the same black ink onto a white stitched scallop edge die cut. Next, I die cut a stitched scallop edge rectangle piece of pattern paper (wonderful winter My Mind's Eye). I assembled the pieces as seen, popping the oval and flowers up with foam tape and adding gold sequins to finish it off.

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

Karen

Thinking of You

Hello Sweet Friends!  Sheri here today with a card featuring the NEW Flower Garden stamp set along with a sentiment from the In This Together stamp set.  The In this Together set is also available as a digital stamp.

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I used a monochromatic design with a fun pop of color.  I was able to achieve this by mixing a bunch of black & white pattern papers I found in my scrap bin and the pop of color comes from the sweet flower and decorative scallop border I added.  I think the flower really pops with the mix of patterns from the arrange of papers I used.  What do you think?  Do you like using pattern paper on your cards?

Card Measurements:
A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")
Black Mat: 4" x 5 1/4"
Pattern Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Black Belly Band Mat:3 7/8" x 3"
Pattern Paper Belly Band Layer: 3 7/8" x 2 7/8"
Red Scallop Border: 3 7/8" x 3/8"
Black Rectangle Mat: 2" x 3 1/2"
Pattern Paper Rectangle Layer: 1 7/8" x 3 3/8"
Black Rectangle Mat (Image): 2" x 3"
White Stitched Layer (Image): 1 7/8" x 2 7/8"
Circle (Sentiment): 1 1/4"

 

 

Happy Stamping!!

For My Tea-rrific Friend

Hello Sweet Friends!  Sheri here today!  Did you know that Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps is one of the Super Sponsors for the Spring/Summer 2020 Coffee Lovers Hop?  Well I thought it would be FUN to play along!  There are lots of prizes up for grabs even a $25 Gift Code to the Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Shop. You can find all the details to play along HERE. 

I created a tea themed card featuring the NEW In This Together stamp set from the May 2020 Release along with a sentiment from the Tea For Two stamp set.  There is also a digital version of the In This Together set in the shop.

Card Measurements:
A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")
Kraft Mat: 4" x 5 1/4"
Pattern Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Pattern Paper Strip: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Kraft Mat: 3 1/4" 4 1/2"
Pattern Paper Layer: 3 1/8" x 4 3/8"
Doily: 4"
Circle: 2 3/4"

 

 

 

Happy Stamping!!

can't wait

Good morning! My cards today pretty much sum up how we all feel... anxious to get together again with friends and family! Here I used the SNSS In This Together digital printable. You can also easily use the In This Together stamp set. Either one works for a quick and easy set of cards to let someone know how much you miss them.

To use the digital images, I first sized and placed them how I wanted them in a Word document. Then I cut pieces of patterned paper to fit my card front. I used a temporary double-sided tape to attach the patterned paper panels to a sheet of copy paper and ran them through my printer. Then I ran another piece through to print several sentiments and layered them on with a ribbon.

I hope these cards inspire you to try out some digital images or use your stamps to make some CAS cards. Have a nice Sunday!

Diane