Sweet Birthday Wish

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is having an Instagram Inspiration Hop with the August Release. Won't you join us for the fun! My card today features Sweet Treats from the new release.

 

 

I started by finding my pattern paper and chose three coordinating patterns. I stamped the apron and oven mitts from Sweet Treats onto white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I stamped the apron and oven mitts onto the pattern paper making sure to stamp the towel portion of the apron a second time on a different pattern. I fussy cut all the pieces and assembled my apron and oven mitts.

To create the background, I die cut a circle from an A2 panel and taped it down on top of another panel. Then, I stamped various images from Going Postal with different inks(see supply list below). I removed the circle template and die cut the bottom panel. 

 

I stamped the sentiment in the darkest brown, attached panel to a pink card base, popped the apron up with foam tape, glued down the oven mitts and added three small pink pearls to finish it off.

 

Supplies:

From Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps:

    - Sweet Treats

    -Going Postal

-Ink

    -Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain distress ink

    -Ballet Slipper and Honeysuckle ink (Concord & 9th)

    -VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink

-Other 

    -White and Pretty in Pink cardstock  

    -Foam Tape

    -double sided tape

    -A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2 Dienamics

    - Bearly Art precision craft glue

    -pink pearls(Pinkfresh Stuios)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Karen 

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Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps April Release Hop & Giveaway

We are so excited to be hopping today with some inspiration with the amazing April Release. Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be the lucky winner of a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, April 28th.

 

 

My first card features Just Married from the April Release and the out of the vault Hearts Die Set.

 

I stamped the image and sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on white cardstock. I embossed the car with clear embossing powder, colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens and fussy cut out. I stamped the love sentiment from the set with Versamark ink on white cardstock and embossed with clear embossing powder. 

I die cut the panel with a stitched edge rectangle die and then ink blended Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink over a portion of it. I die cut a small heart and colored it red then cut a banner tail on the sentiment. I assemble as seen on a gray card base popping the image and sentiment up with foam tape. 

My second card features the brand new Everyday Greetings 2 along with previously released True Beauty, Background Builders: Stripes and Bookmarks & More Die Set.

 

 

Everyday Greetings 2 is filled with fantastic sentiments and I love the mix of bold with a smaller font!

To create this card, I decided to pull from my stash of extras. I actually have quite the pile of colored images, backgrounds and die cuts so I was glad to put them to good use. The blue background was created with Versamark ink and the Stripe background set. I love this ink for a more subtle tone on tone look. 

The multi step roses were stamped with shades of pinks, purples and greens and fussy cut out. I stamped the sentiment with black ink on the bookmark and trimmed to fit the blue die cut panel. I assembled pieces on a white card base popping the bookmark and portions of the flowers and leaves up with foam tape. As the final touch, I added some small white pearls around the sentiment.

 

 

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 is 10 pm ET Tuesday April 27th with winners announced on the 28th.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Julee Tilman!

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Sheri Gilson

Michelle Hale 

Lyn Tomlin

Lieschen Harshbarger  

 Lee Ann Barrett

 Karen Decknick 

 Julee Tilman

Jane Bosi 

Esther Asbury

Diane Zechman

Charmaine Canham 

Ceal Pritchett

Have a great day!

Karen

 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps March Release Hop & Giveaway

We are so excited to be hopping today with some inspiration with the fabulous March Release. Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be the lucky winner of a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, March 24th.

 

 

 I love the playful design of the Garden Whimsy set and it pairs perfectly with Texture Tiles 11. 

I began by heating embossing the leaves from Texture Tiles 11 on white cardstock with clear embossing powder. I inked the background up with mowed lawn distress ink. Then, I wiped off ink from the embossed parts, used my heat tool to make the embossing shiny again and die cut the one end with a scallop edge die from Bookmarks & More Dies. 

Next, I heat embossed the butterfly from Garden Whimsy on white cardstock with black embossing powder. I colored the image with Arteza Real Brush Pens and fussy cut out. I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on a scrap of turquoise cardstock.  

I started to assemble the card, but decided to stamp some stripes on the white card base with Background Builders: Stripes and aqua sky ink. I assembled as seen, wrapping string around the front and popping the image and sentiment up with foam tape. 

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 is 10 pm ET Tuesday March 23rd with winners announced on the 24th.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the amazing Lee Ann Barrett!

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Julee Tilman

Ceal Pritchett

Diane Zechman

Esther Asbury

Jane Bosi 

Karen Decknick

Lee Ann Barrett 

Lieschen Harshbarger 

Lyn Tomlin

Michelle Hale 

Sheri Gilson 

 

 

Have a great day!

Karen

 

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers & Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Collaboration Hop

Welcome to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers + Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Collaboration Blog Hop! We're so excited to be teaming up with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers design team to bring you some fabulous caffeinated inspiration.... and a PRIZE! Leave a little comment love at each stop as you hop about for a chance to win a $25 gift code to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps shop.

 

 

If you've been hopping along, you just left Lieschen Harshbarger blog. To start from the beginning head over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog. After you're done here, your next stop will be Jane Bosi. If anything goes amiss, you can always head to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog for the complete hop list. 

 

 

My card today features I Like Big Cups, Cheerful Hexies and Birthday Wordfetti. I wanted to create a bright and cheerful CAS card. I stamped the large hexagon in six bright colors, cut out and attached to a die cut panel. I embossed the coffee cup with black embossing powder and colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. I stamped the sentiment on green with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, trimmed down and added a banner tail to it. I popped the image and sentiment up with foam tape. I decided not to add any embellishments and to keep it clean and crisp. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and have a fantastic day!

Karen

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps January Release Hop & Giveaway

We are so excited to be hopping today with some inspiration with the fabulous January Release. Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be the lucky winner of a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, January 20th.

 

 

 I'm sharing two cards today featuring three of the new January Release sets. 

My first card features two of the new coffee themed sets, I Like Big Cups and Coffee Talk 2. I love coffee and collecting coffee stamp sets!

 

 

I wanted to create a little bit snarky non-traditional color Valentine's Day card. I started by embossing the hearts from Grunge Elements 2 in clear embossing powder on bristol smooth cardstock. I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die, ink blended with chipped sapphire distress oxide ink and added a piece of washi tape. 

I stamped the coffee cups with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto white cardstock and pattern paper. I stamped the lids a second time and coffee sleeves on white. I fussy cut the cups, lids and sleeves. I stamped the sentiment from Coffee Talk 2 and XO from Much Love with chipped sapphire on the coffee sleeves. 

I paper pieced the cups together. I stamped Happy Valentine's Day from Love Wordfetti on white and cut a banner tail. I assembled the card on a white card base popping one of the coffee cups and sentiment up with foam tape. 

 

My second card features the fun new set Background Builders: Stripes and I used a previous layout from Freshly Made Sketches.  

I began by stamping the thicker stripes from Background Builders: Stripes with buttercup ink on so saffron cardstock to create a tone on tone effect. I cut the panel down and mounted on a black panel. Next, I stamped the Delightfully Delicate Background with VersaMark ink on a kraft cardstock base. 

I stamped the teapot from In This Together, with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, colored with Arteza watercolor brush markers and fussy cut out. I stamped the sentiment with black ink on kraft cardstock and assembled the card popping the sentiment up with foam tape.  

 

 

 

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 is 10 pm ET Tuesday January 19th with winners announced on the 20th.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the amazing Lee Ann Barrett!

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Julee Tilman

Ceal Pritchett

Diane Zechman

Esther Asbury

Jane Bosi 

Karen Decknick

Lee Ann Barrett 

Lieschen Harshbarger 

Lyn Tomlin

Michelle Hale 

Sheri Gilson 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

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Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps December Release Hop & Giveaway

We are so excited to be hopping today with some inspiration with the fabulous December Release. Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be the lucky winner of a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, December 23rd.

 

 

 My first card features the new dreamy Vintage Romance set.

 

 

I decided I wanted to do a no coloring card. I started by stamping the bottle with flowers with three different inks and fussy cutting out. Next, I cut a piece of pink cardstock with a crimped edge frame die. Then, I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and trimmed and matted with pink cardstock. I wrapped some white string around the pink piece and attached to the white base. Finally, I attached the images and sentiments to the front popping them up with foam tape.

 

For my second card, I paired the super fun Stamp of the Month, Much Love, with the previously released Lots of Love.

 

I began by stamping the background. I stamped the XO in green and blue, alternating the colors across the row and in each row. I cut the panel with a stitched edge rectangle die and set aside. Next, I stamped the pig on white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and cut with a stitched heart die. I colored the image with Arteza Real Brush Markers. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of blue cardstock and hand trimmed the banner end. Finally, I assembled as seen onto a light green base popping the heart and sentiment up with foam tape.

 

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 is 10 pm ET Tuesday December 22nd with winners announced on the 23rd.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the amazing Lee Ann Barrett!

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Julee Tilman

Ceal Pritchett

Diane Zechman

Esther Asbury

Jane Bosi 

Karen Decknick

Lee Ann Barrett 

Lyn Tomlin

Michelle Hale 

Sheri Gilson 

Korin Sutherland 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

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Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps November Release Hop & Giveaway

We are so excited to be hopping today with some inspiration with the fabulous November Release. Hop along and leave a little comment love for the designers linked below and you just might be the lucky winner of a $25 gift voucher to the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps shop. Winner will be announced on the SNSS blog, Wednesday, November 25th.

 

 

I have been having a blast creating with the fun birthday sets! My only regret this month, is not having more time to create, so many ideas and so little time. 

My first card features Humorous Birthday Innies and Make a Wish. I know, the innies are meant for the inside of cards but I confess, I prefer to use them on the outside.

 

I started by stamping the smaller candle on white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and coloring them with Arteza Real Brush Markers. Once dry, I hand trimmed them out and set aside. I  attached a happy birthday washi tape to the front of a piece of bashful blue cardstock and cut with a crimped frame die. Next, I stamped the sentiment with the same ink as the candles. Finally, I glued the candles to the front and attached the blue panel to a white base. 

For my second card, I decided to play with A Little Snarky, Humorous Birthday Innies and Messy Stamped Alpha. Originally, I had a different background planned and when I attempted it it didn't look right. I was thrilled, when I came up with the idea of the numbers because it works perfectly with the sentiment. 

 

I began by using the numbers from the alpa set and starting in the center of the white cardstock stamped the numbers in a spiral pattern and cut with a stitched rectangle die. Then, I ink blended the background with Buttercup, Sprout and Aqua Sky inks (C&9th). I stamped the sentiment on kraft and girl on white with VersFine Clair Nocturne ink. I colored the girl's hair, skin and lips with Arteza Real Brush Pens and her shirt with Marmalade ink (C&9th) and fussy cut out. I assembled the card as seen popping the image up with foam tape.

 

 

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 is 10 pm ET Tuesday November 24th with winners announced on the 25th.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop on the hop is the amazing Lee Ann Barrett!

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps

Julee Tilman

Ceal Pritchett

Diane Zechman

Esther Asbury

Jane Bosi 

Karen Decknick

Lee Ann Barrett 

Lyn Tomlin

Michelle Hale 

Sheri Gilson 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day,

Karen

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2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

The Fall/Winter 2020 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is underway through November 13, 2020.  So join in the fun and create something new! Don't forget to link it up to the official Fall/Winter 2020 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and you just might win a prize from one of the many Super Sponsors. You have until next Friday to link up, so there's plenty of time to play along!

 

 

I combined Coffee Talk and A Little Snarky from Super Sponsor Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps to create this fun card.

 

 

I originally made the coffee background a few months ago when Coffee Talk was released. My idea for it didn't quite work out so I put it aside figuring I would use it eventually. Fast forward to this month and the release of A Little Snarky and a new idea was born. 

I stamped her with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto white cardstock. I colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens and fussy cut out. My initial plan was to have her showing completly, but the blue ink from her shirt ran onto her arms and I couldn't fix it. So what's a girls to do but come up with an idea to make it work. I recently bought the polaroid shaker frame from MFT and knew that would be a good solution. I trimmed the girl down so she would fit inside the frame, stamped the sentiments and assembled as seen. 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Karen