Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps + My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's a fabulous day today because Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is joining forces with My Sweet Petunia for an awesome collaboration blog hop and giveaway! There's a chance to win a $50 gift code to each shop, so we hope you'll join the fun and hop along with us! To be eligible for the drawing, just leave a little comment on each stop along the hop. (Official hop list at the bottom of this post.) Winners will be posted here on our blog and on the My Sweet Petunia Blog on August 27.

I'm a great lover of my MISTI and rarely make a card without either the Mini or the Original. It completely changed the way I stamp, taking out all the wishing and praying for a great image, leaving just the joy of stamping! 😀

One of the super fun things I like to do with the MISTI is to add dimension to solid stamps. For this card, I used the Delightful Daisies set and stamped the outline of the flowers on a panel of cardstock. I then flipped my Mini MISTI around and aligned the solid image stamps.  Once I had it all set up, I inked up in a lighter color and stamped, then inked with a slightly darker color just around the edges of the stamp, using a paper towel to soften the ink edges towards the center so you don't get a harsh line.

Since I was using water reactive inks, when I was finished with my ink layering, I went over the entire stamp lightly with a waterbrush (you don't want too much water), then stamped again to help the colors to blend even more. Since everything was still lined up on the mini MISTI, I could just flip the cardstock again and repeat the process with whatever colors I wanted, then grab a new panel of cardstock and make more! So handy for color layering!

It was so quick and satisfying, that I ended up creating a bunch of flowers.

I fussy cut them all out, then got to work stamping in some stems.  I used the stem from the single daisy in the set, straightening it out and masking off the end so I could stamp just the stems.  I then used a sticky note to mask off parts of the stems while I stamped in some leaves from the Doodle Florals set. I just love these swirly leaves, don't you?

The sentiment is from the Sentimental Wordfetti set. I love these small sentiments, and the Cut-Align makes it a breeze to trim a teeny tiny border around them! I love this little tool, and I keep it handy on my desk always! It's a clear acrylic ruler with lots of guidelines. The ruler has a slit in the center, allowing you to insert your craft knife and make an easy straight cut, and by lining up the guidelines, you can make sure you get an even border every time.

I finished off the card with a bit of ink blending of the sky and grass.  Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy the hop.

The next stop on the hop is Colleen Gaddie.

Here's the Official Hop List

SNSS Blog (You are HERE)
Colleen Gaddie
Diane Zechman
Gayle Bond
Jane Bosi
Jennifer Powell
Julee Tilman
Julie Cassell
Lyn Tomlin
Sheri Gilson
Kia Gibson-Clapper
Stephanie Severin
Ilina Crouse
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Ceal Pritchett
My Sweet Petunia
Lydia Fiedler

Remember to leave comments as you hop for a chance to win!

Back to School

Good morning! Today I’m sharing a card and project with the Back to School stamp set from the new release at Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. Don't forget that SNSS also has a great sale going on NOW on all alpha stamps! Be sure to check it out!

I made a fun collage card with many of the images and sentiments to wish my daughter (who is a teacher) a great year.

I also made her class a pile of pencils to start the year off. Here's a sample of them. The smaller sentiments on the bottom were stamped with Stazon ink using Sentimental Wordfetti. The larger sentiments on the top are obviously too large to easily stamp on the pencils so I stamped them on scraps of clear sticker labels and stuck them on.

Have a great day!

Diane

August Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our August 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, August 21.

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
Cathy McCauley
Ceal Pritchett
Diane Zechman
Jane Bosi
Lucinde van Ballegooijen
Lyn Tomlin
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson

My card today features the darling new Back to School set. I love all the little images, but by far these little crayons had me itching to get inky. I've had a love for crayons for as long as I can remember, and I can remember my first box of 64 (with a built in sharpener) like it was yesterday! Unfortunately my boys felt they grew out of crayons at the age of 4! They're for colored pencils or bust. 😄

I started my card by stamping out all the images in the set. and coloring with Copic markers. This set is positively adorable and since my boys are headed to a new school for 2nd grade, I thought it would be nice to give a card to their teacher (bless her heart, super competitive twins in the same classroom!) on the first day.

I chose some fall patterned papers and aged them a bit with distress oxides, divided them down the center with a seam binding bow.  I layered on a couple of the crayon sets and the school image, then added the sentiment on another strip of patterned paper.  Some brown mats and a card base and this fun little card was done. Here's a look at the whole set all colored up. Isn't it the cutest?

Here's a fabulous card by Korin featuring the Faith Wordfetti stamp set. I love the rich texture she created with Texture Tiles 1 and Cheerful Hexies and it's perfectly framed with some of the fabulous sentiments from Faith Wordfetti.

And Julie Cassell pairs the School Days Alpha and Back to School sets beautifully on this rolodex card. So fabulous, makes me want to go find a rolodex and start stamping!

Okay, the next stop on the hop is my blog, Poetic Artistry.  But before you go, there's an AWESOME sale in the shop this week! Take a look...

Simply add THREE alphabet sets to your cart and you'll get one of them FREE! Woohoo!

Time to catch up on your ABC's! Offer good through August 19. We've got over 20 alphas, including our brand new School Days Alpha  so don't miss out!

And here's a little look-see at the sets included in the AUGUST release...

First up... the fabulous JULY stamp of the month, Sentimental Wordfetti. With 30 all occasion sentiments, this set is perfect for mixing and matching on your projects. The sentiments are the perfect size to add to a card to let your images and backgrounds shine. This may be a smaller set, but it packs a big punch and has quickly become a fave in my stamp room!

Next up is the AUGUST stamp of the month, Singing Praises. This elegant Scripture set is timeless. With uplifting Scripture and two gorgeous bird images, this set is sure to bring delight. Singing Praises is available exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 or more purchase during the month of AUGUST.

Our new illustrator, Jenn Nilsson, is back at it with two adorable new sets this month. The Back to School set is filled with images and fun sentiments great for encouragement cards, back to school, lunch notes for your kiddos, or cards for the amazing teachers that shape our little ones' minds. I especially love the you ring my bell sentiment! 😁

Next up is another ADORABLE set illustrated by Jen. The Tea for Two is a great all occasion set celebrating two fabulous things... friendship and tea! An adorable bunny in a up, a tea kettle and lots of coordinating images make this such a fun set!

Continuing on with a back to school theme, this next set has a little something for the artist in you. In His Image, illustrated by Rebecca Rios is filled with builder sentiments and artistic imagery perfect for both cardmakers and bible journalers alike. After all, we're created in the image of the ultimate maker!

Next up is a little set that packs a BIG punch. Meet Faith Wordfetti. Another fabulous sentiment set from Korin Sutherland, this faith inspired set of 32 sentiments is just fabulous.

Rounding out our back to school theme is the School Days Alpha illustrated by Rebecca Rios. This fun alpha with both upper and lowercase letters and a couple punctuation marks is super fun and versatile. The team has created some wonderful projects with it!

That's our August release in a nutshell! So many fabulous sets to choose from! Thanks so much for hanging out with me as I reviewed this fantastic release.

May you be blessed today and always!

You're my cup of tea

Hello Sweet 'N Sassy Friends!  Sheri here today with a couple cards featuring the NEW Tea for Two stamp set illustrated by Jennifer Nilsson.

***THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU***  

This new tea set is so sweet!  I just had to create my own pattern paper with some of the images in the set so I randomly stamped the cup and tea bag and colored them with copic markers. It's a fun way to use the little stamps in a set and to get the colors to coordinate perfectly.

  

For my second card I created a 4.25" Square card.

Don't forget about our Stamp of the month! It's FREE with any $75 order!

Make sure to join us tomorrow for the August Release Blog Hop!  There will be lots of inspiration and a GIVEAWAY!!

 

Happy Stamping!!

The Perfect Blend

Hello friends, sorry this is just a wee bit late, life has been crazy at my house.  Today I have a card for you using Tea for Two by Jenn Nilsson.  I absolutely love this set, so much fun to color up.  I have colored with Copic markers and the paper is by American Crafts.

Don't forget about our Stamp of the month! This month it is Singing Praises and it is just gorgeous.  Free with your $75 purchase.

We will be having our August blog hop starting on the 14th so make sure you stop back and hop along with us for your chance at a gift code to the SNSS shop.  We also have a sale on Alpha's starting tomorrow so look for that information also.
Hugs,
Stephanie

Love

Hello everyone! Today I want to show you a card I made with the 'In Stitches' Alpha and the flowers from 'Be a Flamingo'.

The alpha stamp sets give you lots and lots of possibilities. You can write every word you want and they're perfect for bible journaling pages. But I also like to use them on cards to create short words. That's what I did for this card.

I stamped the word 'love' on patterned paper and cut it out. I stamped the leaves and flower and colored them with alcohol markers and cut them out too. After that I created the background with the hearts with a stencil and some purple ink. I die cut a circle out of patterned paper and adhered the stamped elements on top of it. I added a couple of enamel dots and sequins to finish the card.

- Lucinde

Here's to a Great Year!

I can't believe it is time for back to school already, but since I am a sister of a teacher (Kindergarten) and have spent a few days putting up posters of numbers, shapes, and colors helping her get ready to welcome another class of cuteness into the wonder that is school, I am ready.

My sister is also an avid scrapbooker so I love make special cards for her because she uses them as embellishments for her scrapbooks and I know they are appreciated and loved (not read and tossed haha!) This month's new Back to School Set is perfect for a special teacher card and I know a special teacher (see above)!

I think she is going to love this one! It has looks of fun embellishments for her classroom scrapbook! It has a fun background and a schoolhouse...

and a school bus...

And the perfect sentiment!

I created the background with an ABC embossing folder and Distress Inks and colored the images with Copics.

I also created a whole set for the elementary aged kiddos in my life - they go in the mail this weekend so they get them next week. I will share more on those and on how I created a set for next week's blog hop... you'll have to join us to see more :)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are inspired!

Lyn

Everything

{jane bosi} Hello, Friends!!  Today, I'm sharing a few projects with the August release!  I love these sweet birds found in the Stamp of the Month, Singing Praises!!  

I also love Lauren Daigle, you guys!  I often play her music on repeat when I am in my studio.  One of her songs (Everything), focuses on Psalm 84:3. It's a beautiful song and reminder of God's provision in our lives.  This morning, I listened to the That Sounds Fun podcast where Annie F Downs interviewed Lauren Daigle.  It is such a beautiful interview.  I hope you all take the time to enjoy it!

My page features the following stamp sets:  Sunshine Girl Alphabet, Words of Life: Action Singing Praises, and Faith Wordfetti.

My card also features the Stamp of the Month--I love coloring that bird!!  I used Healer of My Heart to complete the sentiment.  These stamps are so versatile, they can be used on a card, AND in your bible or other journal.  The possibilities are endless!

Wishing you rich blessings,  Jane

The Cutest Bunny Ever

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in to share what I've been creating with the new August release. The stamps this month are so cute and fun. I just can't even. This bunny in a cup image from Tea for Two has to be the cutest bunny ever. I'm probably biased because I love anything coffee or tea related, but it's pretty cute, right?

So today's card uses the ADORABLE new Tea for Two set. I just can't even with the cuteness of this set. I had previously cut and colored all the images with Copic markers, and I put them to good use on this clean and {sort of} simple card. Lots of white space with a bit of blue I added by blending on some tumbled glass distress oxide and then stamping in the same color with the grid stamp from Texture Tiles 1. This texture set has to be one of my most reached for sets. It's just perfect for adding a subtle hint of something to make your images stand out.

 

The sentiment is die cut with a circle die and then I added one of the sweet little ladybug images to it. Had fun creating a few little clusters of images (aren't those lady bugs adorable?), then finished off with a black mat and a white card base.

Tea for Two Clear Stamp Set

Texture Tiles 1 Clear Stamp Set

My second card uses the gorgeous new August Stamp of the Month Singing Praises. It's available exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 order during the month of August.

Here, I started by stamping the bird onto smooth bristol cardstock. I then colored him in with Copic markers. Now, I like birds in stamping, but am pretty leery of them in real life. We had an incident a few years ago where a crow decided to make it's nest in the tree right outside our front door and it and it's murder of lookout friends swooped in for the attack every time I went to the mailbox. Since then I have a healthy respect for these winged creatures and keep my distance! That said, I have no idea what kind of bird this is, but I picked some colors I thought would look nice and went to my happy coloring place!

After I was done coloring, I masked him off and blended distress oxides to make a sky, splattering a bit of white paint around for a bit of texture. The Psalm 17:8 verse is stamped on a circle die cut and then blended with the same distress oxides and matted on a white circle. I tucked the sentiment under the shadow of his wings to go with the verse. Then I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the flowers and added them to the branch. The base of my card is embossed with the 3D Lumber Texture Fade and blended with gathered twigs and early espresso inks.

August SOTM - Singing Praises Clear Stamp Set

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day is sweet!