sew thoughtful

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!  Where has June gone?  I can't believe the month is almost over.

Today I have a card to share with sweet Cocoa mouse.  I made this card quite some time ago but never got around to sharing it.  This image and sentiment is from Sew Happy Cocoa.

The stitching was done on my sewing machine...it was acting a little wonky at the time but I ended up liking the not-so-perfect stitches.  The button border is a punch.

If you like Cocoa Mouse, check out all the sets available in the SNSS store.

Hope you have a fabulous week!

♥  Diane

Friendship

Greetings all! Kim here with a blast from the past card...a card featuring Cocoa! It's the darling and lovable Sweet 'n Sassy mouse. I haven't used a Cocoa stamp in ages so the time was right...

This card features the Sew Happy Cocoa stamp set, which includes this darling Cocoa image and six sewing themed sentiments. My card was created using all kinds of decorative papers, I confess that I adore mixing patterns and colors, and spotlighting Cocoa right in the middle of the card. (All of my papers are from Jillibean Soup) Cocoa was colored with Copic Markers and I just added a wee bit of bling to finish the card.

Hope you enjoyed today's card and be sure to check out all of the great Cocoa stamps in the store!

sewn with prayer

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!

 

It's Tutorial Monday and today I am sharing a Faux Quilt Card.  Our favorite little mouse, Cocoa, in the Sew Happy Cocoa set was perfect to add.  The sentiment is from Prayerful Thoughts.

To make my faux quilt background, I cut several pieces of patterned paper into 1" squares.  Then I applied adhesive (I used a tape runner but a Xyron would be great too) until I completely covered a scrap piece of white cardstock cut to the size I wanted for my background.  Mine was 4" x 5 1/4".

 

Next I adhered the patterned squares in random order, on the diagonal.  Then trim off the extra paper that hangs over the edges.  When completely covered it looks like this...

 

Now select an embossing folder that might look like a stitch pattern on a quilt.  I chose to use this Lattice Circles folder.

Emboss your patterned paper background and your Faux Quilt is done.

Add this to your card base and finish as desired.  Here's a close up of Cocoa Mouse.

And the finished card...

Thanks for visiting us!  The stamps I used on my Faux Quilt card are below.

 

♥  Diane

 

Sew Happy Cocoa...

Hello! It's Monika here today, bringing you a sweet Cocoa card. Sew Happy Cocoa seems to be very popular around here!

I decided to make a 'one-layer' card, using the brand new sketch from The Sweet Stop, SSS184.

I stamped the image from Sew Happy Cocoa clear stamp set on white card stock, and colored it with Copic Markers.

I ran into some bleeding, so I decided to do some shading around the image and bland the bleeding in with the shading. It also gave Cocoa a somewhat rustic/shabby look.

Since my goal was to keep it without too many layers, I only added one dry embossed strip that I stitched on top, and used the yarn on the bottom to hide the seams... giving the illusion that it is a one layer card.

The greeting (which is originally 2 lines) was stamped on one line. First I drew a pencil line on my card, then inked up the top line and stamped it... then inked up the rest of the greeting, and using a piece of Scotch tape, I masked the top lane, and stamped the rest of the greeting.

To give some dimension to my card, and still keep it 'one layer', I cut the side of the spool image (with a craft knife) and wrapped the spool image with yarn. I used a needle to do it.

I did my usual distressing around the edges with brown ink and my handy tool, my finger nails... also spritzed some light yellow color all over the card.

Don't forget that all Cocoa and Cookie in stock clear stamp sets are on SALE right now. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

Cocoa Mouse stamps are on sale!

Good morning!

Today I have a couple of Cocoa mouse cards that I made in honor of this week's Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps sale event going on in celebration of SNSS's 5th birthday!

I used Sew Happy Cocoa on my first card and Fall Time Cocoa on my second card below.  

Don't look at my coloring too closely though... I stamped the images in Memento Espresso ink, colored with Copics and then trimmed - all the while not loving the ink color.  I've decided that I can't stamp in brown inks when I color with Copics - it has to be black!  So, I went over the sentiments and images with a Copic multiliner black pen but due to the details of the stamp images, my tracing wasn't perfect.  I didn't have time to redo them, sorry...! agggh!

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But, as you can see Korin's Cocoa Mouse is pretty adorable anyway!  Check out her awesome sale page HERE and grab some sets while they are available for such great prices!

Have a great day!
Jessica