SNSS Birthday Blog Hop

Hello friends...and welcome to the SNSS Birthday Blog Hop!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is so excited to be celebrating four wonderful years!  It has been my privilege to be one of The Sweet Stop Sugar Babies, and on the Design Team for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps since August of this year!  I just love working with the many talented ladies on these teams, all who are both supportive and encouraging.  Korin, the owner and illustrator for SNSS, is such a sweet person who strives to honor the Lord with each stamp set she creates.  If you are familiar with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, you know that each set of images also contains many sentiments perfect for creating cards appropriate for any season...making them very versatile!


A fantastic group of SNSS design team members, past and present, along with other special friends, have put together this fabulous Birthday Blog Hop to kick off a whole month of fun!  We have 37 stops so the hop will take place over three days...feel free to take your time visiting each blog!  You have until 11:59EST on November 9th to leave comments on as many blogs as you can!  On Sunday, November 12, SNSS will announce FOUR WINNERS who will be selected at random from all the comments that have been made at random stops along the way. Each winner will receive a prize pack that includes stamps, paper, dies, and twine valued at $40. 


If you have come from Darcie Bruno you are on the right track...otherwise you may want to head back to the beginning of the hop at the SNSS Blog.  You won't want to miss any stops along the way! Remember to comment on as many blogs as you can...the more you comment, the greater your chance of winning one of the fabulous prize packs!


Since SNSS is celebrating their 4th year, I decided to make a birthday card featuring everyone's favorite mouse...Cocoa!

Creative Nugget:  The SNSS image and sentiment used for my sample are from a clear stamp set called "A Cocoa Kind of Birthday."  Cocoa and his yummy birthday cake were colored with copic markers.  After coloring the cake, White Opal Liquid Pearls was added to the icing.  The candle flame and Cocoa's eyes both got a dab of Glossy Accents.  The colored image was layered on Early Espresso and Pink Pirouette card stock, and then onto panels of DP from the Sweet Tooth Collection by Bo Bunny.  A MS border punch was used to make the scalloped lace down the middle of the card.  A die cut number 4, pearls, a button, and twill ribbon complete the card.


While I had these papers out, I decided to make a little note card for our Encouragement Ministry at church.

One of the things I love about Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are the scripture verses included with many of the stamp sets.  The verse used on my sample is from the clear stamp set "Wait on the Lord."  This card went together very quickly.  The floral flourish was die cut from a Sizzix die and Carnation Creations by Spellbinders.  


Hope you've gotten some inkspiration on the hop so far!  Don't forget to leave a comment before you head off to the amazing Beate Johns.  Here is a list of all of our bloggers today in case you get lost:

SNSS Blog

Korin Sutherland
Holly McMillen
Taylor Usry
Kim Schofield
Monika Davis
Lydia Fiedler
Harriet Shelly
Makiko Jones
Jerusha Borden
Mary Marsh
Lori Craig
Kim O'Connell
Chris Dickinson
Stephanie Wright
Shannon White
Janette Olen
Katlyn Traxler
Deb Felts
Stephanie Serrano
Jessica Fick
Kim Singdahlsen
Mary Faus
Sandy Domelle
Bridget Finlay
Ceal Pritchett
Dina Kowal
Margo Smith
Shelby Goolsby
Tami Mayberry
Lorie Souther
Darsie Bruno
Cathy McCauley < You Are Here
Beate Johns
Janice Melton
Jacquie Peifer
Lisa Hjulberg

Happy Birthday, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!  Thanks for stopping by today...enjoy the rest of the hop!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Cocoa Card Recipe

Stamps:  A Cocoa Kind of Birthday (SNSS)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)

Paper, Cryogen White, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette (SU!), Sweet Tooth Collection (Bo Bunny)

Accessories:  Square Nestie, Number Die, Twill Ribbon, and Button (PTI), Lacy Border Punch (MS), Word Window Punch, Oval Punches (SU!), White Opal Liquid Pearls and Glossy Accents (Ranger),  Kaiser Pearls, Copic Markers E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R00, R20, R81, R83, R85, R89, Y02, Y11, Y17BG0000, BG000, BG11, BG13

Wait on the Lord Card Recipe

Stamps: Wait on the Lord (SNSS)

Ink: Early Espresso (SU!), Spun Sugar Distress Ink (Ranger)

Paper:  Select White (PTI), Early Espresso (SU!), Sweet Tooth Collection (Bo Bunny)

Accessories:  Scallop Circle, Circle, and Square Nesties, Carnation Creations Dies (Spellbinders), Scribbles Swirls (Sizzix), Caribbean Baker's Twine (SNSS), Twill Ribbon and Button (PTI), Kaiser Pearl