Wild About Wood

Hello sweet friends!  I just love the texture stamps in the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store and the new Wood Backgrounds Stamp Set is no exception.  Cathy here sharing a couple of cards using Wood Backgrounds with a few other favorites from the store.

First is Wood Backgrounds with Winter Birds.

Papers from Carta Bella were used on the card base.  The wood round was stamped on a mixed media panel that was sprinkled with Color Burst Powders and spritzed with water.  This was cut with a circle die.  The cardinal and holly leaves from the Winter Birds stamp set were colored with Copic Markers and popped onto the Wood Background.  Glossy Accents was added to the berries and the sentiment was stamped on a banner die cut to finish the card.

Next up is Wood Backgrounds with the new Doves of Peace stamp set.

Wood texture was impressed onto the background and one of the Wood Backgrounds was white embossed on a piece of Kraft card stock cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die.  One of the doves from the Doves of Peace stamp set was colored with Copic Markers, cut out and popped onto the embossed wood panel.  Glossy Accents was added to the globe.  The sentiment was white embossed on a red banner.  Strips of red card stock and sequins were added to finish the card

These stamp sets were used for the cards above:

Wood Backgrounds is the December Stamp of the Month and is free with your $75 purchase until the end of the month.

Thanks so much for stopping by...only 14 more days until Christmas!

Hugs,

Cathy

Wooded Peace

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee Tilman here sharing a card I made with two of the new December releases. I just love these sweet little doves from the Doves of Peace set and decided to stamp them in wreath formation with the help of the Gina K. wreath builder template.

I stamped the dove eight times using the template, then placed the branch image and stamped it eight times and colored with Copic markers. The stamped and colored panel is cut with a circle die and matted in black cardstock. Next I embossed the peace sentiment in white on black cardstock and hand trimmed to place over the center of my wreath.  I stamped one additional dove image and fussy cut it to pop out over the banner on the right hand side.

The background is done using the Wood Backgrounds set which is the December Stamp of the Month. I stamped the wood panel stamp three times in fallen leaves versafine clair ink and then sponged with vintage photo distress oxide ink for a nice seamless wood panel look.  I slightly distressed the edges and attached this to an A2 card base that I embossed with the Sizzix 3D Lumber Texture Fade. I finished with a bit of glitter Nuvo drops for a sparkle and a linen thread bow around the bottom section of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. The December stamp of the month is definitely a must have! And you can get it for free with a $75 purchase this month.  Hooray!

Oh snap!

Good morning! How are we already a week into December? Yikes! I have 2 cards to share today using the Sweet ‘n Sassy Christmas Cookies and Sunshine Girl Alpha sets and the December Stamp of the Month: Wood Backgrounds set.

 

This wood slice background is a lot of fun! I already made 2 cards and have a few other ideas to try. Here I simply paired it with 2 images from Christmas Cookies. I used a white pen to "decorate" them.

 

For my second card with the cookies, I stamped and colored the gingerbread man, then cut him out. I cut pieces off his arm and leg and glued some bits beside him. The sentiment uses Sunshine Girl Alpha.

Have a great day!

Diane

 

Holiday Thank You

Hello Sweet Friends!  Sheri here today with a couple ideas for some Christmas Thank You cards.  I don't know about you but I love making special Thank You cards during the holidays to show my appreciation.

I wanted to use the NEW Wood Backgrounds stamp set which happens to be the December Stamp of the Month.  That means this set is FREE with any $75 order during the month of December.  I also used the Christmas Botanicals and Kindness Matters stamp sets to create my cards.

For my second card I did a little something different so I created a 4.25 x 4.25 square card.  I also not only fussy cut out the poinsettia but I also cut out the wood slice to create even more dimension.

Stamp Sets Used:

 

Don't forget that you can get the December Stamp of the Month set FREE with any $75 purchase in the month of December. 

AND...

 

 Happy Stamping!

Faith Moves Mountains

{jane bosi}  Hello Sweet Friends!  I'm sharing this project today and asking you to please join me in prayer.  Today, I am receiving my last chemotherapy dose. Praise God!  I've been blessed with healing so far, but there are mountains left to climb.  Will you join me in praising our Great Physician and join your prayers to mine for continued, full healing.

"I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"  Psalm 27:13

I'm so in love with this card--it turned out even better than I imagined it.  It's a simple one layer-ish card. I started with the beautiful wood grain image from December's Stamp of the Month set, Wood Backgrounds.  I added a blue bird from the Winter Birds set and a sentiment from Faith.  It makes my heart happy to create with such lovely things.  The only thing better will be having the right reason to share it with someone else.

I pray a rich blessing for each of you; be well--Jane

I got crafty with:

Snowman Love

Hello sweet friends, Stephanie here today with 2 cards featuring snowmen. I LOVE SNOWMEN!!!!

My first card is using this sweet snowman from Snowman Soup.  I colored with copics and the yummy paper is from The Paper Studios.  I punched some snowflakes from some sparkly paper.

This next card uses the same paper from The Paper Studio and this adorable snowman from the new set called Crazy About Snowmen.  Again, I colored with copics and added a snowflake with some glitter.   Remember if you place a $75 order you get our stamp of the month free.

Warm Wishes from Cocoa (and me ;))

I love Cocoa, so you can imagine that I was happy to see the 11th birthday Cocoa set. The warm wishes are also perfect for this time of the year. And well... with Cocoa's name in combination with the warm wishes... I think I'm going to make some hot chocolate when I'm done writing this blog ;).

I stamped the image of Cocoa on marker paper and colored it with my markers. After that I cut out the images and I die cut a couple of snowflakes for the background. I used dark blue cardstock for this card and stamped the sentiment with embossing ink. I love the bright white embossing powder on dark cardstock so that's what I used for this card too. I added a couple of pearl drops and sequins to finish the card.

I used the stamp set Cocoa's cups for this card.

Warm wishes!
- Lucinde

Merry Stitches

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal, here to share a card using one of our brand new releases. I love this new set In Stitches Alpha, it's so versatile. I am currently doing a series on my own blog, 25 days of Christmas Inspiration so I chose to use the letters to make a Christmas card. 

To create this card I started with a crumb cake side folding card base and a white pane cut a quarter of an inch smaller. Using the In Stitches Alpha I stamped the word Merry and then masked it off. For the pine branches I used the Christmas Pine set.

Fall/Winter 2018 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hi coffee, tea, and cocoa fans! 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, December 7. To be eligible for any of the fabulous Super Sponsor prizes, simply create a new fall or winter themed coffee, tea, 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, December 7.

Speaking of deadlines, today is the final day of our 11th birthday celebration! Use code HAPPY11SFC for 11% off all sentiment, fall & Christmas stamps through tonight, 11/30!

For your viewing pleasure today, we happen to have a few lovely coffee themed sets in the shop. Here's a little sampling of some of our design team's favorite hot beverage sets.

Jesus & Coffee

Jennifer Powell used Jesus & Coffee on this delightful Valentine's page

Diane Noble used Jesus & Coffee  for this warm you up, wintry bible journal spread

Special Blend

Jane Bosi used Special Blend, Bottom of My Heart, Texture Tiles 1, and Women of Praise to make this sweet little Valentine cuppa something special.

Diane Noble  combined Special Blend with Jesus & Coffee  for this lovely layout.

Cocoa's Cups

Julee Tilman used  Cocoa's Cups for this sweet little cup of holiday wishes

Lyn Tomlin used Cocoa's Cups for these adorably sweet one layer cards

Snowman Soup

Stephanie Serrano made this darling card with Snowman Soup.

winter wonderland

Good morning! Today is the last day of the Sweet ‘n Sassy sales for their 11th anniversary celebration. Be sure to check out the final special...

 

I have 2 cards to share today using the SNSS Winter Wonderland set. This set is so versatile with a ton of possibilities! I first used a snowflake patterned paper for the background, then stamped the tiny tree in the hand of the snowman.

 

Next, I used the snow globe and placed the church inside. This one has bright, fun colors. Both cards have some Stickles added to sparkle.

 

Have a great day!

Diane