Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps July Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome the Sweet 'n Sassy July Release Blog Hop - with summer in full swing, we've got some fantastic stamps and dies to showcase for you today!  To add to the fun we've got a Virtual Stamp Day going on at Splitcoaststampers in the SNSS members forum with some great challenges to inspire you.

The full release is immediately available in the SNSS store and you can also get a free stamp set with a $50 purchase!

One very lucky hopper will win the entire July release - the winner will be picked at random from comments left on DT blogs and you have until Friday, July 13th at midnight EST to comment.

Here's my first card:

I love silhouettes so the minute I laid eyes on the set The Sea I couldn't wait to start sponging (and have been practicing some brayering too.)
I then used some of the beautiful accents from a set called Decorative  Frame Toppers along the middle panel to highlight both the oval image panel and the sentiment.  I masked a circle so that I could add a pink sun to create a sunset scene.

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps The Sea

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Decorative Frame Toppers

Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

SU Cool Caribbean, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride ink

Sizzix plaid embossing folder

Sewing Machine

For my second card I've used the fantastic new set, Decorative Frame Toppers, which has matching dies called Decorative Plaques.  There are four beautiful label shapes in the die set and a whole variety of ways to add highlight sentiments and images with the accents included in the Decorative Frame Toppers set.
I sponged around the plaque die cut and then used an encouraging Bible verse from a previously released set called Under His Wings.  The pearls have been colored with copics to match the color scheme.
Supplies include:
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Decorative Plaques dies
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Decorative Frame Toppers
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Under His Wings
Lily Bee Designs Double Dutch dp
Marianne Designs bird and branch die
MFT Pinking Edge Die-namic
Twine
Pearls
Copics
Ranger Distress Shabby Shutters ink
Memento Tuxedo Black ink

I couldn't resist making another card with the Decorative Plaques dies and Decorative Frame Toppers stamps, this time using a verse from the newly released The Sea set.  I added some popped up seashells colored with copics from the set Beauty by the Sea.  The pearls were colored with copics.
Supplies include:
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Decorative Plaques dies
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Decorative Frame Toppers
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps The Sea
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Beauty by the Sea
Lily Bee Designs Handmade dp
SU Poppy Parade cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Ranger Distress Scattered Straw ink
Copics
Sewing machine

If you're hopping with us, your next stop is with the very talented
Taylor
and watch out for an opportunity to win a prize on her post!
Here's a full list of everyone participating today,
so you won't miss out on anything.
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Bridget Finlay

Taylor Usry

Jennie Harper

Kim Singdahlsen

Cathy McCauley

Jessica Fick

Giovana Smith

Mary Faus

Kim Schofield

Dina Kowal

Monika Davis

Korin Sutherland 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day - hope to see you over at Splitcoaststampers for the
Release Day Celebration!

You're Amazing

Here's a card I made honoring the Featured Stamper today at Splitcoaststampers, Loll Thompson, who has a gallery full of wonderful CAS designs and THIS is the card I chose to CASE.
I used Marianne Creatables flower dies to layer up some red felt (MFT Wild Cherry).  

My parents are staying visiting us right now from Alaska and my Mom brought me some craft goodies from the U.S.   She's doing a bit of craft shopping over here and picked up some Papermania dp yesterday - she handed me a piece of white and gray dp and told me she wanted to see what I'd make with it...hence my red, white and gray color scheme.  I added  little snippets of flourishes from die-cuts using Cheery Lynn Designs and some gray pearls to finish.  

Supplies include:

MFT Complimentary Greetings

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Papermania dp

SU Basic Gray card stock

MFT Wild Cherry felt

Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish die

Marianne Design flower dies

Pearls

Vintage Butterflies

Today's Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers is Laura O Donnell and I created this card based on her beautiful card found HERE.

I used Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Vintage Postcard set for the main panel and the New Beginnings set for the butterflies.  They were cut using the coordinating butterfly dies.

All edges have been distressed with Ranger Distress Scattered Straw and I used the same ink to sponge the cream rose so that it would match the dp.

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Vintage Postcard

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings butterfly dies

Versafine Vintage Sepia ink

Ranger Distress Scattered Straw ink

Prima rose

Pearl brads

Twine

Cosmo Cricket, My Minds Eye, October Afternoon dp

Sewing machine

Butterfly Crazy

Lately I've been finding it hard to make a card NOT using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings set!  The three butterflies in various sizes with coordinating dies are so easy to use, not to mention such a variety of sentiments which can be mixed and matched.

For today's card I lightly sponged a cream shimmer card base with Ranger Distress Scattered Straw ink. I used SNSS's Lacey Eyelet border die, which is cut in half so that there's just a hint of lace peeking out behind the dp strip.
In order to give the twine more definition against the dp, I stretched it across a thin strip of cream card.  The finishing touches are some green flourishes and a rich red rose.

Wishing you a great weekend, hopefully including a little bit of crafty time!

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginning Butterfly die set

Sweet 'n Sassy Samps Lacey Eyelet Border die

Cosmo Cricket dp

Stampin Up Lucky Limeade cardstock

Marianne Design Creatables flourishes die

Rose (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Twine

SU Real Red ink

Ranger Distress Scattered Straw ink

Butterfly Trio

Today's Queen for the Day at Splitcoaststampers is my sweet friend Roberta or stampin'nana.
It was a pleasure to honor Roberta with a CASE of her lovely maple leaf card found here.  I changed the leaves to butterflies using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings set with the coordinating dies.  The bg is masked with post-it-notes and speckled with black ink and a toothbrush.  The butterfly wings were curled around a paintbrush handle before being popped up on a black flourish.
Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings butterfly die set

SU Cool Caribbean ink

Versafine Black Onyx ink

Stayzon Black ink

Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish

Toothbrush

Post-it-notes

Pearls

An Open Door

I'm hosting the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoaststampers today and we're honoring Emily Keaton, aka ejkeaton this week.  Emily is hugely talented and has a wonderful gallery - I based my card on her butterfly card, but changed it into a square card with a slightly different style.  

I used Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings set and matching New Beginnings Butterflies die set. It's so easy to color and cut out these butterflies and my friend Dina Kowal gave me a tip for using dies with matching stamp sets so that they cut out perfectly.  

Use your die to cut an extra shape from a piece of light cardstock and then place the negative piece perfectly over the stamped image, securing the outside edge with tape.  Then, as Dina puts it, "snug" the die back into the cut out shape, and put it back through your cutting device.  You can use a little piece of tape for that also but I've found it's usually not necessary.  The stamped image cuts with perfectly even edges.  

Thank you, Dina, mf!

Right now I'm praying that God will open a door in the life of a loved one to make up for the pain of a recently closed one, so this is the sentiment I chose from a number of really encouraging ones in the New Beginnings set.

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps New Beginnings stamp set

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Butterflies die set

Echo Park Victoira Gardens dp

My Favorite Things Flower Trio Die-namics

Twine

Pearl

Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Copics 

Under His Wings

It's been a while since I've posted - I haven't been myself and even making a simple card seems to take so much energy.  However, this sentiment is so encouraging, it did my heart good to think about it while I made it.  I used Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Under His Wings set, masking the bird and sponging a background with Ranger Distress Broken China ink.  The sentiment is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx.

To highlight the words about God's love I used a pair of heart pins along with some twill ribbon which was wrapped around tea towels which someone gave me as a present.  

Supplies include:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Under His Wings

Echo Park dp

SU Taken with Teal, Real Red card stock

Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish die

Copics

Twill ribbon

Heart pins