Wish Big

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee popping in to share a little inspiration with some stampy goodness. We're celebrating 14 years of Sweet 'n Sassy this month with weekly mini releases + sales!  This week's sale is 20% off stamps in our Backgrounds and Creative Worship Stamps categories. While supplies last, through November 14.

Today I'm going to share a few cards that feature stamps from these two categories. First up is one combining the NEW Script Background (just released on Monday) with my Joyful Day set (new this month), and a previously released Creative Worship set, Old Fashioned Alpha.

I placed the Script Background in my MISTI, then inked up with a rainbow of Catherine Pooler mini inks and stamped. I then went over the stamp lightly with a waterbrush and stamped again to give a little watercolor effect to the script. When this was dry I lightly blended the same color of ink over each color of stamping on the background. The cupcakes are from the Joyful Day set and colored with Copics and then fussy cut.  I then used the Old Fashioned Alpha set to create the wish big sentiment. I finished off with some sequins and bling.

My next card uses the beautiful Creative Worship: Wonder of Wonders set from our October release.  I colored up these rejoicing women with Copic markers, then trimmed around with scissors.  The sentiment from Timeless Hymns is embossed in white onto purple cardstock. I then stenciled the Vintage Doily Stencil onto white cardstock with villainous potion distress ink. 

My third card features the Spectacular Snowflakes set from our Backgrounds category.  I stamped them randomly in versafine clair fallen leaves onto kraft cardstock, then added a little ink blending around the edges.  The focal snowflake is created with the Large Snowflakes Die Set. I die cut the snowflake three times, then layered together for dimension.  I then inked the edges with brown ink.  Next I coated the entire snowflake with versamark ink and embossed with sparkle embossing powder.  This is added to my card with dimensional foam tape for some extra life.  The sweet little tag is from the Mini Tags Die Set, and I stamped the Noel sentiment from Christmas Wordfetti on it, then tied with some string.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you're inspired to create something today.

October Release Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

Welcome to our October Release Blog Hop!

Who's ready for some fabulous inspiration with our October release? Our cardmaking team is super excited to be hopping today, and 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 fabulous new holiday goodies, then hop along to the blogs linked below to get inspired! 

Before I get to the hop, though, we have a very special set available for pre-order starting today!  This set was designed in honor of Nick Saenz, a 17 year old battling bone cancer for the third time. As you can imagine, costs associated with treatment are high, and we wanted to help! Korin designed this set with Nick in mind, and $10 from the sale of EVERY Fear Not set sold (retail), will be donated directly to the Saenz family.

This encouraging set of scriptures on its own will be such a blessing as you encourage others with handmade kindness. Then to be able to help a family in need with the purchase is twice the blessing!

Look for samples with this beautiful set along the hop today!

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, October 20. Winner will be announced here on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, October 21. 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
Lyn Tomlin
Sheri Gilson

I used the adorable Winter Gnomes set on this fun wintery slimline card. The background is stamped with snowflakes from the Folk Art Snowflakes in white pigment ink for a soft, subtle look. The sentiment is from the October Stamp of the Month, My Thoughts of You .

Deeds created these fabulous encouragement tags with the new Encouraging Peonies set. Absolutely beautiful!

Nina continues to wow us with her amazing watercolor skills on this fall beauty featuring My Thoughts of You and Autumn Splendor.

Korin pairs Old Fashioned Alpha with Welcome Home on this stunning night scene card.

Guest Designer Lieschen Harshbarger created this happy little neighborhood scene with our new Welcome Home set. What a fabulous way to brighten someone's day!

Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry, with another creation from me! 

Here's a little look-see at the sets included in the October release...

First up is the October stamp of the month, My Thoughts of You. 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 July! Please note you MUST add this set to your cart to receive the discount. Once your order qualifies, the discount will apply to the set in your shopping cart.

Last month brought us Christmas Gnomes, and this month Jennifer Nilsson brings us an adorable Winter Gnomes set! These darling fun loving gnomes are sure to steal the show!

If you love creating scenes, this fabulous Welcome Home set from Korin is going to be so much fun! Such a sweet way to create a winter wonderland, but also completely usable in all seasons! That's a win in our book!

We're so excited about this first set designed by one of our Creative Team Members, Stephanie Gammon! The Old Fashioned Alpha set is so pretty and versatile. And there's more to come from Stephanie in future releases!

Flowers are timeless, especially beautiful ones like the flowers in Encouraging Peonies.

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

May you be blessed today and always!