October 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 October Blog Hop last week. 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 Christine!

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 in November!

Happy Fall

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee Tilman, popping in to share a little autumn loveliness I've been creating with this month's release.

This little bear from Rhubarb's Harvest holding his pumpkin makes me smile. It reminds me of when my boys were younger and Trevor picked out a pumpkin almost twice his size. He's never shied away from a challenge, and watching him try to lift that big pumpkin sure did make me laugh!

I wanted to give the feeling of a beautiful October afternoon, so I colored him up with Copics, then blended around the edges with tumbled glass distress oxide. I did a little stamp surgery with the two uppermost falling leaves on the image, cutting them out so I could stamp them individually.  I added them to the largest stitched circle and colored with Copics, inking the edges with tumbled glass.

The sentiment is the final circle element, stamped in gathered twigs distress oxide and embossed clear.  The lovely embossing folder background is debossed with gathered twigs distress oxide, and I finished off with a seam binding bow and a glitter leaf sticker.

For my next little project, I made some fun treat bags for my kiddos. They love candy corn, so I couldn't resist coloring up the Candy Corn Cocoa digital image. This image is available as a freebie in our VIP Facebook Group this month.

These bag toppers are super quick to make. I cut a piece of black cardstock 3.5" x 4.25" and scored at 1.75". I then added a strip of patterned paper to the front that measures 1.5" x 4.25".  The digital image was printed on my laser printer and colored with Copics, then I cut with a circle die and matted onto a scalloped circle die cut. The sentiment is from the Heart Candy set. Then it was just a matter of filling a little bag with candy corn and closing it up. I like to staple each side of the bag to the back flap and use a strip double sided tape to secure the front flap to the bag.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a fantastic weekend!

October Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our October Release Blog Hop! 

We're thrilled about the new stamps available in the shop this month and are so excited to share the projects we've been working on with you! Read on for a bit of inspiration and a little walk through of our new release, 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, October 23.

Here's the official hop list. If a link misbehaves along the way,

hop on back here to pick  up where you left off.

Julee Tilman
Cathy McCauley
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Jane Bosi
Lee Ann Barrett
Lucinde van Ballegooijen
Lyn Tomlin

My card today features the Autumn Splendor set. I just love the size of these beautiful Autumn leaves.

To create the card, I stamped the leaves randomly on a cream panel of cardstock in distress oxide inks (fired brick, rusy hinge, wild honey, and cracked pistachio). Next I embossed the smaller oak leaf in cracked pistachio and then watercolored with the same colors of ink. I then fussy cut this and masked off a rectangle for a background and watercolored it as well.  The sentiment is embossed in copper and then I added some distressing with antique linen and gathered twigs distress oxides and a few splatters with glimmer metallic ink.

Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry.  But before you go, there's a SALE in the shop right now! Take a look...

Take 15% off stamps in our Autumn category through October 31.

Now back to the release. Here's a little look-see at the sets included in the OCTOBER release...

First up... the fabulous SEPTEMBER stamp of the month, Donut Worry is now available for purchase! his whimsical stamp set brings some sweet fun to your crafting. It includes punny builder sentiments and sweet donut imagery.

Next up is the OCTOBER stamp of the month, Grateful Heart. This elegant set of fall imagery and classy sentiments will make your seasonal stamping a breeze. Grateful Heart is available as a FREE gift with a $75 or more purchase during the month of OCTOBER.

Illustrator Rebecca Rios brings us a beautiful set of Succulents this month. So many options with these beautiful stamps.

Our Creative Worship set for this month is the beautiful Fall in Love with Jesus set from Rebecca Rios. Her beautiful lettering brings so many options for focusing God's love and her beautiful fall accents will make for some beautiful creations.

Next up is one of our fall remixes of older sets by Korin Sutherland, with new sentiments created by me. Autumn Splendor is a beautiful autumn set with lovely leaves and acorns in two sizes making them great for focal points and backgrounds.

Our next fall remix is Rhubarb's Harvest. This adorable set depicting Rhubarb Bear in fun autumn scenes is just delightful.

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

May you be blessed today and always!

Grateful Heart

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee Tilman here, popping in to share a couple of cards with the October Stamp of the Month: Grateful Heart.

Grateful Heart is a sweet remix of images from a retired set by Korin with a few new sentiments I designed sprinkled in. For my first card, I went for a traditional Thanksgiving card using the cornucopia image from the set. I remember in 2nd grade making a "stained glass" cornucopia project with aluminum foil, saran wrap, and markers. Ever since then I get delighted every time I see a cornucopia, so I had to start with this image!

I colored it with Copic markers, then highlighted with glossy accents and glitter for a little shine.  This panel is matted with brown cardstock and the corners rounded.  I did a similar treatment with the Thanksgiving Blessings sentiment and then finished with some patterned paper from my stash.

For this next card, I strayed just a bit from traditional colors, adding in a bit of aqua. I love all the aqua and sage fall decor I've been seeing, so colored this fall bouquet with  an aqua flower and bow.  The background for the card is a sage patterned paper that I stenciled with a ledger stencil then used distress inks to shade the edges.  I added a bit of patterned paper for interest and some lace trim.  Each of my focal circles is matted with a vellum scallop circle. I love the soft look to it.

Since Grateful Heart is our stamp of the month, it's available for purchase right now. Or you can get it for free with a $75 order (after discounts and before shipping) in the month of October. Don't miss the rest of the October release, coming on Monday, October 7!