SNSS Christmas in July Blog Hop

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is celebrating Christmas in July!  What a perfect opportunity to get an early start on those Christmas cards and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has some of the most wonderful images for the job!  Ready to see what the Design Divas and a few special friends have been up to with their Christmas stamps?  Take a look! If you've come from Monika's Blog, you've already seen some fabulous stamp sets in action.  If you just happened to stop by, be sure to begin at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog to read about how you can join in on this hop and win some prizes!

Creative Nugget:  For my sample, I used  the clear stamp set, Season of Love.  To begin, the silhouette image was stamped on Vintage Cream card stock and cut out with a square nestie.  The beams of light coming from the star were masked and sponged with Wild Honey Distress ink.  The rhinestones were colored with a copic marker and added to each star.  The patterned paper is from Graphic 45 and was layered onto True Black card stock.  All of the panels were layered onto a Vintage Cream card front.  A Spellbinders fancy label die was added to the bottom panel.  Some lace and ribbon were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink to age them.  Black rhinestones complete the card.


Lots of great things are happening at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps during these pre-holiday festivities!  ALL Christmas clear stamps are 20% off through Wednesday, July 25.  Three new holiday sets are available in the store right now!  You can get them before they are released in September and October...AND if you buy them now, you can take advantage of the sale price!

Every order of $25 in Christmas clear stamps will receive Gingerbread Man, a darling new 2" x 2" mini clear set.  And as always, all clear stamp orders of $50 or more get this month's free w/ stamp set, Christmas Candle (while supplies last).


Now head on over to see Mary Faus for more Christmas sweetness! Here is a list of the bloggers participating in the hop in case you get lost along the way!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Kim Singdahlsen

Bridget Finlay

Jennifer Ingle

Taylor Usry

Monika Davis

Cathy McCauley

Mary Faus

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Lee Murphy

Jennie Harper

Kim Schofield

Julie Ranae
Jessica Fick

Korin Sutherland 

And what's the best part about Christmas in July?  We want YOU to play along with us!  Use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps to create a Christmas project and link it below to join in our Customer blog hop.  You have until Sunday, July 22 at 11:59 PM EST to play along.  One randomly selected participant will receive their choice of one Christmas clear stamp set!


Thanks so much for hopping with us today.  I can't wait to see your Christmas creations!


Hugs,
Cathymac

Blooming Thanks

Happy Saturday, stamping friends!  My week was filled with wonderful church services, care giving...I care for several senior citizens in our community...walks with Kody, shopping, cleaning, and stamping.  I hope you had a good week also, and are ready for a new sketch from The Sweet Stop!  This was a fun one...I do love working with lots of layers!

Creative Nugget:  Today I'm giving you a sneak peek of a brand new stamp set called "Happy Place," being released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps this Thursday.  Please see my side bar for information about the June Release Blog Hop and Release Party.  These happy flowers are so much fun to color and paper piece.  Since I'm on a mission to use up my scraps of patterned paper, I took some favorite Bo Bunny papers and pieced the background together like a quilt.  I kind of got carried away with my paper choices and this panel turned out a little larger than the sketch!  LOL!  The circle panel was stamped with Friendship Script before mounting it on a True Black scalloped circle.  All of the panels were mounted on a Select White card base that was embossed with a new stripes impression plate to give it some texture.  Some ribbon, a tiny tag...love these, and rhinestones, finish the card.

The Christmas version is a little more like the sketch:

I hope you'll find time to play along with The Sweet Stop sketch this week.  Here are some fabulous samples by the Sugar Babies to give you some inspiration.

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Shelby Goolsby

Wendy Ramlakhan

Janice Melton

Shannon White

                 Chrissy Dickinson






Thanks for taking the time to stop by.  Come back again on Thursday for a fabulous June Release Blog Hop!


Hugs,
Cathymac


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Happy Place, Friendship Script (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Tiny Tags (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone, and Broken China Distress Inks (Ranger)
Paper: Select White, True Black (PTI), Neenah Solar White (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Back to Basics DP (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Rectangle, Circle, and Scalloped Circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Tiny Tags Die (PTI), Baker's Twine, Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Rhinestones (Recollections), Copic Markers BG000, 01, 45, 49, 53; V000, 12, 15, 17; YG03, 17, 21, 23

Telescoping Nativity

Hello friends...I trust everyone has had a wonderful week!  Thanks to everyone who hopped along with us on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps birthday celebration blog hop.  Don't forget to check the SNSS Blog to see if you've won one of the fabulous prize packs...4 winners will be announced today!  And now...since it is Saturday, it's time for The Sweet Stop sketch challenge!

Creative Nugget:  I apologize for the quality of the photo...the lighting was not very good when I took this picture.  A few weeks ago Holly, AKA Toy, over at SCS challenged us to make a telescoping card, and there were so many beautiful samples, I thought I'd give it a try.  The nativity image was stamped four times on  Select White card stock and cut with different sizes of square Nestabilities.  The square panels were matted on slightly larger layers of Enchanted Evening card stock.  Each panel was popped up on top of each other, telescoping out from the front of the card. 

Here is another view so you can see the telescoping technique a little better.  The base of the card is Enchanted Evening with a white panel embossed with the square lattice EF.  The side panel was given some texture with the canvas impression plate and mounted on Enchanted Evening with an eyelet border.  I couldn't resist adding this new Lacey Eyelet Border Die from SNSS...isn't it lovely!  Some crinkle ribbon was dyed to match the card and woven through the border. Sparkly rhinestones were added to complete the card.  This technique was fun and easy...hope you'll give it a try!  


The other Sugar Babies have outdone themselves with this sketch.  Take some time to check out what they have done...then use the sketch to create a card of your own.  Use the linky tool at The Sweet Stop to upload your creation.  One lucky participant will win a $10 gift certificate from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

The Sugar Babies

Korin Sutherland

Monika Davis

Wendy Ramlakhan

Janice Melton

Shannon White

Kim O'Connell

Lorie Ames

Chrissy Dickinson

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today...enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Season of Love (SNSS)

Ink:  Enchanted Evening (PTI)

Paper:  Select White, Enchanted Evening (PTI)

Accessories:  Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Square Lattice Embossing Folder (SU!), Canvas Impression Plate (PTI), Eyelet Border (SU!), Lacey Eyelet Border Die (SNSS), Kaiser Rhinestones, Crinkle Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon)