Honey of a Bear

Hello Blogger friends!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has been reviewing some of the stamp sets released during 2014, so I have two cards to share with you made from stamp sets that have been featured so far this week.  The first was made with Beary Bountiful Autumn, the feature for today.

Creative Nugget: The colors for today's Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers were perfect for my card…Hello Honey, Black, and White.  I also used the MOJO Monday Sketch for this week to help with the design.  The hexagon from the Shape Up stamp set was inked in So Saffron and Hello Honey and spritzed with water before stamping on Mixed Media Paper.  Modeling Paste and a Heidi Swapp stencil  were used to add texture to the background. The Skeleton Leaf Background was clear embossed on Hello Honey card stock for the second panel.  Apple picking Rhubarb was colored with Copics and cut with a Circle Nestie.  A sentiment from the Beary Bountiful Autumn set, a Doily Border die cut, and some seam binding finish the card.  Here is the MOJO377 sketch that was used:

My second card was made with From Cocoa's Kitchen which was featured yesterday on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog.

Creative Nugget:  The apron from the Baked for You Die Set was used for the apron shape on the front of this card.  The pockets were made with a corner rounder, a circle punch, and a Doily Border die cut.  Chef Cocoa was colored three times with Copic Markers and different parts of him were fussy cut and popped up for dimension.

Here are the featured stamp sets that were used for my cards today: 

Be sure to check out all of the featured stamp sets and dies on SALE at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store until the end of the year…now that is coming faster than I like to think!

Thanks so much for stopping by…only two days until Christmas!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Cathymac

SNSS September 2014 Release

Hello Blogger friends! Welcome to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps September 2014 Release!  Autumn is such a wonderful time of the year.  Just think of cool crisp mornings, warm colors, ripe, juicy apples, pumpkins, changing leaves, and Thanksgiving, and you have the makings of a fabulous release!

This release is a little different from those in the past as some of the items have already been released to Sweet Perks Club participants…but now, there are a few more Fall surprises we have to share with you!

 First, our new stamp sets!

So Grateful

• Stamp set includes 24 words 
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Gloria Stengel
• $11

 Beary Bountiful Autumn

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 5 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 4" x 6 "
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $15

Falling Leaves

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 2 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $11

Skeleton Leaf Background

• Stamp set includes 1 image
• Stamp set measures 4" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $11

The following stamps and dies can now 

be purchased as single items!

Autumn Mum Greetings & Autumn Mums Dies

• Stamp set includes 2 images and 7 sentiments
• Stamp set measures 6" x 4"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• $15
• Die set includes 2 dies
• $12.50

Forest Silhouettes Dies
(Coordinates with the Forest Silhouettes stamp set)

• Die set includes 9 dies
• $22.75

Flowers in Bloom Die

(Coordinates with the Flowers in Bloom stamp set)

• Die set includes 1 die
• $10.25

Leaf Silhouettes Dies
(Coordinates with the Leaf Silhouettes stamp set)

• Die set includes 10 dies (5 are embossing dies)
• $17.75

Here are a few cards I made with these fabulous new products!

Creative Nugget:  The large mum from the Autumn Mum Greetings stamp set was stamped on a piece of Solar Crest card stock and colored with Copic Markers.  A narrow panel was cut from this piece with a craft knife leaving the mum attached to the white card stock on the sides.  I saw this technique on Pinterest, but can't remember now where it was from.  A strip of Solar Crest card stock, slightly smaller than the strip cut from the mum panel, was sponged with Memento inks and embossed with a Wood Grain Impression Plate.  This was adhered behind the mum.  The whole panel was then attached to a piece of True Black card stock to form a mat which was then mounted to a Solar Crest card base to finish the card.

Creative Nugget:  The split sentiment from the So Grateful stamp set was stamped in two different colors on a piece of Solar Crest card stock and embossed with a wood grain pattern to create the card front.  A watercolor wash was painted on a piece of Watercolor paper, and the Skeleton Leaf Background was stamped over the colors with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  This layer was cut with a Square Nestie and mounted to a piece of orange card stock.  The banner was hand cut.  A few Leaves from the Leaf Silhouettes stamp set were cut with the Leaf Silhouettes Dies, tied to a button, and attached to finish this CAS card.

Creative Nugget:  I found this background panel stuck in one of my paper pads and decided it would be perfect for this adorable image from the new Beary Bountiful Autumn stamp set.  Rhubarb was colored with Copic Markers.  A little Colorless Blending Solution on a towel was dabbed on Rhubarb to achieve the texture.  The apple image was colored three times, fussy cut, and popped onto the card.  One of the arrows from the What's Up Arrow Die Set points to the Harvest sentiment which was stamped on a Mini Tag die cut to finish the card.

Please join us for our release day blog hop featuring our talented DT creations.  You are going to FALL for all of their gorgeous projects! :)

The DT blog links can be found in the Linky Tool at the end 
of this blog post.

One random commenter from one of the DT blogs will be selected to win a $10 Gift Code to be used at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  You have until Thursday, September 18th at midnight EST to leave your comments.  The winner will be posted on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog on Friday, September 19th!

 One more thing before we let you go...

We can't forget our fun Release Day Challenge!
"Create a Fall Themed Card"   

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:

            

- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image to enter (although we sure love when you do!)
- Please create a NEW card (no back linking)
- We ask that you enter your card in no more than 3 challenges
 - You'll have until Thursday, September 18th at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  
If there are 25 participants, (not including the DT), we'll draw 2 winners!
- Please use code SNSSept2014RC when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries 

To enter simply share a link to your creation below, but don't forget to visit the DT blogs to see their beautiful release creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you were inspired by your visit!

Hugs,

Cathymac