SNRS Blog Hop

Good morning again friends! I'm glad you are here! I'm really excited to be part of the HUGE SNRS Blog Hop!

First off...if you have just started this blog hop at my blog you'll want start back at the BEGINNING to see all the wonderful art work! You will head onto your next blog by going to Becky's Blog, My Adventures In Stamping, HERE.

My card is a simple, fun card made with the Paper Pretties June Stamp of the Month. Isn't she just adorable? She is called Thank You Sophia but I figured she could be patriotic as well! This card is pretty straight forward so I won't bore you with details but if you do have any questions please let me know!

Don't forget I have some 1,000 blog post blog candy to give away to one lucky person who becomes a follower of my blog...you must become a follower of my blog to win. You can see the blog candy, become a follower and comment on THIS POST. Do not leave a comment here for the candy. This blog candy includes Copic Markers, ribbon, and Unity Stamps so go check it out! You have until Sunday at 7 p.m. Pacific time to comment so tell your friends to spread the fun!

Have a great time blog hopping today and a wonderful 4th of July! I hope you get to spend it with friends and family!

Celebrate America and Blog Candy (Soon)

Good morning friends! I hope this Tuesday morning brings you a fun and sunshiny day!

Today is my last day as a member of the Sweet N Sassy Stamps design team. What a 6 months it's been. The design team is a wonderful group of women and I hope you all will continue to check out their fun projects and keep up with all the new SNS stamps that come out!

For my final design team card I decided to try one of SNSS digital stamps. I have never used a digital stamp before and other than having a couple of frustrating moments (before I switched from a jpeg to the png file) it went pretty darn smoothly! I encourage you to give it a try! My firecracker and sentiment are from the Celebrate America set. This set has five Americana sentiments and two fun images. And, honestly, you know me...I'm a sucker for anything Americana! This card will be going to one of my two secret sisters that I have this summer. Fun stuff! I know you can't really see it but the black and yellow on the firecracker are both colored with Spica Glitter Pen. It is such a fun, sparkly card!

I'd like to thank all the design team member from SNSS. You are all amazing women of God who show your love for Him through your craft, your life, and your love for others. I've been honored to serve with you! You are supposed to hop on over to Sarah's blog after mine but she won't be able to post today. I encourage you to head on over there anyway and click on her SNSS category and see all the amazing cards she's made over the 6 months.

Now...onto something kinda fun. I have a combination of a blog milestone and a fun little competition for ya. Over the next three days I'll be giving you hints as to where my husband and I are headed for my 40th birthday in October. If, on July 3rd, someone guesses the correct location then I'll send them a gift. Why July 3rd? 'Cuz it will be my 1,000 post here on this blog! I know...isn't that crazy!?! On the 3rd I'll be posting my blog candy. I'm not sure what it will all be yet but I do know it will be good and will probably include a couple of somethings that start with the letter "c".

Okay, ready for the hints? I'll give ya a couple since you will only get a couple of hints. First, this place is no where close to my current home. And, it probably isn't a place you'd think an adult would want to go for their 40th birthday. You may guess now but I won't take your official guess until the 3rd.

Alright, now go! Have a super Tuesday and I'll see ya tomorrow!

easter blessings

Woohoo! It is Friday and that makes it...Jon's 17th Birthday! Jon...I love you and I'm so proud of the young man you've turned into!

Today's card is another sneak peak of a new release set from Sweet N Sassy stamps. This set is illustrated by Courtney Fowler and is called Easter Blessings. My second favorite flower is the Stargazer Lily and I've yet to figure out how to color one but I'm going to keep trying! There are several sentiments in this set that are perfect for many different occasions. The paper that I used is from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection. All it took to finish this card was a sentiment and a lovely satin ribbon bow.

Aren't the releases you've seen so far beautiful?! What a wonderful selection you will have tonight...oh, and guess what? The fabulous Korin has some WONDERFUL surprises for you during the release party so make sure you are there!

Alright...have a super Friday! I'll see you tomorrow when I will announce the winner of the blog candy I have up for grabs (see three posts down)! See you then!

My final note for today...if you've been around my blog for long you know that today is also the day my mom died 11 years ago. Such a bittersweet day. So...what should you do today? Hug your kids, call your mom and never forget that there may not be a tomorrow.

day two

Good morning! Is this week going by slowly or is it just me? Tomorrow is Jon's birthday and he's been counting it down all week talking about how slow it is going...I bet that didn't help much!

Since today is day two of Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop I thought I'd give you another peak of one of the sets being released called Elegant Blessings. I have not even come close to tapping the potential with this set as it has many greetings and another image in addition to the one you see here.

The card size here is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4". The paper that I used is from the retired SU! DP called Holiday Harmony. And, although you can't see it well, there are several silver rhinestones on the cross that really give it some sparkle.

Now...if you'd like to check out all the ladies on today's blog hop just check out my sidebar for the links. You'll be starting with Cindy's blog today! Have fun!

blog hop day

Woohoo! It is a Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop! Today, tomorrow, and Friday you will get to hop around from one blog to another to see some AWESOME artwork!

Today you came here from Courtney's blog. What? You didn't? Well, then...head on back to the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog to get started!

Today I get to show you the brand new, super cute set called I'd Pick You. Along with this cute image and sentiment, with the full set, you will find many fun way to use this set! Today I used some Basic Grey Urban Prairie patterned paper and some white twill. I added some dots around the image and the outside border of the card to carry through the dots in both papers. Really this is such an easy card to make but I really think it is cute!

So...are you ready to hop on over to another blog? How about you head over to the fabulous Faith's blog and check out what she has to show you! Then on Friday night how about you join us for the New Release Party that will be held in the Sweet N Sassy Stamps community HERE. It will be going on from 9:00 p.m to Midnight. I will not, unfortunately, be able to be there for the entire release as Friday is Jon's 17th birthday. I know you will just have a fabulous time though!

Please know that all of the blog hop information is listed in my sidebar so make sure you check it out tomorrow and Friday too!

Oh, and don't forget to comment to win some blog candy HERE. Read the entire post so that you know how to qualify!

new release party

Good morning friends! So...where you there? Did you enjoy the release party last night? I wasn't even up late and I was still tired when it was all over...lol!

As you may know three of the design team members gave us some challenges for the party and I thought I'd show you my favorite today. Sarah gave us a color challenge of Real Red, Pretty In Pink, White, and Black/Gray. Well, I almost got it correct, right?

I know this is so simple but in real life it is quite lovely with its 3-D effect. The holder is a Lucite picture frame that I've had for AGES. I grabbed it out of storage added some of SU!'s new Raspberry Tart paper, a SU! rub-on and a beautiful sentiment from Love of a Friend to make this "picture." The two Lucite pieces are held together by a pretty flimsy magnet so I was not able to go too fancy inside of it. I think the sentiment behind this is all that is needed though.

You can still play in all the challenges from the party. Just have them uploaded to SCS by next Friday and you are all set. Go to the SNSS forum for all the information you need! And at the bottom of THIS post you will find the winner of the Dino-Mite set that was up for give away on my blog!

As you know tomorrow is Page Plans sketch day so I hope you will be back for that. I must say I'm pleased with my card. Oh, and there will be another fun stamping challenge for ya too so make sure you come back and check it out!

Have a fantastic Saturday everyone!

dino-mite!

Good morning stamping friends! If you are following along with the Sweet N Sassy Stamps Blog Hop then you have arrived here from Sandy's blog. Hasn't all the artwork you've seen on this hop wonderful?! I'm privileged to be on a DT of this caliber!

Today I get to share with you the new set called Dino-Mite. Oh, yeah...Dino-Mite is the set you can win from my blog! To make this card was very fun and easy. The patterned paper is from Basic Gray and is called Archaic. I just added some black and white paper with the Archaic paper. I have paper pieced the palm tree to match the background then popped up just the ends of the leaves. That is a super easy way to make something fun and special.

So, whatcha doing tonight? I'm hoping that you'll be joining the design team in the Sweet N Sassy Stamps forum HERE for the New Release Party! We will be chatting, laughing, and will even have some fun challenges! I hope that you will take the time to join us at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. on the west coast...woohoo!).

So...you wanna win this super cute and fun stamp set? Just leave a comment on this post. I'll be announcing the winner at the Release Party tonight so leave that comment quick!

Alright...so go on over to the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog for your last stop on the hop and have a super day!

THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED HERE!!!

day one of blog hop

Good morning friends. I'm so sorry that I'm posting late. It seems that Todd has caught a stomach flu (no...not the bottle flu) that started at about 2 a.m. last night so the couch and I were friends and I tried to get some extra sleep this morning.

Today is the first day of the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop! Yay! While my blog is not a featured blog until tomorrow I wanted to make sure that those stopping here would get to see something made with one of the new sets. So...I'd like to introduce you to the Purr-fect Day. This is such a fun and cute set for many different occasions!

Along with the cute stamp set I used some patterned paper from Basic Gray called Urban Prairie. The colors are So Saffron, Regal Rose, Taken with Teal, and of course, White. I used my Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circle, added some Summer Sunset twill as a compliment, and used a super cute yarn ball button (that Todd found for me) to complete the card.

So, if you haven't started the blog hop yet go to the Sweet N Sassy Stamp Blog first. Korin will give you the link for the next blog in the hop where you will get a chance to win one of the new release stamp sets. Have a good time and be sure to stop at all the blogs! Make sure you do the hop early tomorrow as the winners of the new release give aways will be announced at the New Release Party tomorrow night! I will pre-post tonight for tomorrow so stop back early!