Sweet 'N Sassy Hearts

Coffee of the Day - Vanilla Macadamia

Hello everyone! So how are you today? Did any of you have yesterday off? Did you get to spend some fun time with your friends and family? My guys all went bowling while I got to stay home and craft! Happiness for everyone! :) grins!


I have 2 cards to share with you today using digis from Sweet 'N Sassy.

My first card uses hearts from the digi set 'All My Heart', which was released the first week of Jan. I made the hearts 2 different sizes prior to printing. Thr dark lines were outlined with a spica glitter pen for some extra sparkle. The papers are from the Basic Grey Sugared Collection. Added some neat May Arts leaf ribbon and dew drops along with a Prima flower.


The second card uses the newly released digi set 'Blowing Kisses'. This teddy makes me smile! :) I used some fun papers from Basic Grey Two Scoops for this one. The hearts are painted with shimmerz. The bear is stippled with ink over the watercoloring to add more texture to his fur. Gives lots more dimension irl. I am using this card for the sketch challenge over at Paper Sundaes, a new challenge blog. I was blessed enough to win their first blog hop blog candy! super exciting! This also qualifies for the challenge over at One Stop Craft Challenge - Love & Kisses. so happy to come across these fun new challenge blogs! :)

I am having so much fun at Sweet 'N Sassy! Everyone is just so kind! Have a glorious day!
Jennifer

Lotsa Sweet 'n Sassy love for YOU!

Coffee of the Day - Cinnamon Hazelnut

Hello! I hope that you are having a truly glorious day! I am showing cards that use Sweet 'N Sassy digis that were released this past week. They are just the cutest images and such fun to play with! :) Also, check out the 'Motivate Me Monday' over at SNR for a fun challenge going on this week. I hope to play later on.....

In both cards that I have made, I paired the digis with Basic Grey papers. The first card is made with 'A Note For You'. The papers are Basic Grey Junebug. I painted the envelope's heart with shimmerz to add a big of shine. I added a few buttons and used a fun Fiskars punch along the border. Of course he needed a big ol' heart! Some neat polka dot ribbon finished off the card.

The second card uses Basic Grey Nook and Pantry papers. The hearts, from 'All My Heart' are actually printed in 2 different sizes - one of the neat things about digital images. :) The centers of the flowers on the hearts have been highlighted with frosted stickles. I kept the card design simple here to focus on the fun hearts and sentiment. The trim is more of my JoAnn's find, and the flowers are Prima. little baby rhinestones were colored with sharipies and placed above the sentiment, which is part of this wonderful set.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow! Check back for a fun blog candy chance! May your day be overflowing with blessings! Jennifer

A Little Envie Filled with ..... a MOUSE?!?

Coffee of the Day - Cinnamon Hazelnut

Happy day to you! We are sooooooo buried in snow here, and I love it! :) Honestly, it has been snowing for at least 5 days now. We have several feet on the ground. School was closed yesterday, and it looks absolutely beautiful outside!


I want to show you a card I have made using one of the fun digis from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps. This little mouse is so cute! It is called Be Mine Cocoa. Two new digi sets are being released on Thursday, and it is also Digi Day over at SNR.


The papers are Basic Grey Lemonade. I added some neat trim from JoAnn's topped with baby pink ric rack. The heart on the envie is painted with pink shimmerz, and the trim on the valentine with wintergreen shimmerz. I finished the card off with a cute little crocheted flower and some buttons.




p.s. I am also using this card for the challenge over at Digital Tuesday Challenge - Valentine.

Sweet N Sassy Love Birds

Today is a new release at Sweet N Sassy Digis! and I am a guest designer for them for January! woooo hoooooo! how exciting!!!! So I wanted to show you a card I made using this beautiful digi called Love Birds.

The paper is from the K & Co. Que Sera Sera collection. I added some vintage buttons and flowers, a doily, a fun tea tag ( this is the re-purposing I have been talking about - doesn't it look cool?! ), and some May Arts ribbon. This digi is just beautiful. It is wonderful for Valentine's Day, but also for lots of other occassions.

Thank you for sharing with me in the excitement of my new crafting ventures! 2010 promises to be a fun year!

A Get Well Squirrel

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

Holy Toledo, Batman, do you realize it has been almost a week since I last posted?! shame shame shame on me! Well hopefully now that the holidays are over and there are no more icky yucky blechy trips to the hospital for tests on the horizon, things will settle back down to the normal chaotic hum of life around here. ;) don't get me wrong - Christmas has a LOT of meaning, but goodness, we let it get so crazy sometimes. and the people at the hospital and doctors' offices are very nice, but gosh oh me, I am so tired of going for tests and stuff. so there. back to crafty fun time! as Cptn. Jon Luc Picard says, "Make it so......" giggles! yep, there is that nerdy side coming out in me again......

On to the card for today......

I found a neat challenge blog called The Sweet Stop and it is sponsored by Sweet n Sassy Stamps. I decided to play in this week's challenge, as I found I needed a get well card. A dear blogging and crafting friend, Stef of Glitterbabe Greetings, let us know Christmas Eve that her husband had been rushed to the hospital with a heart attack. All around the crafting community people have been gathering together to pray for them. Hopefully Clyde will be coming home today, but there had been a few complications that arose while he was in the hospital. Stef has just the brightest outlook and has been trusting that her dear hubby is resting in God's healing hands this entire time. Well, we all know that, but it can still be a lonely time, and a scary one, too. So dear sweet Holly over at the Squigglefy SNR forum decided to host a challenge for people to create get well cards for Clyde. I was gonna make one anyhow, but wanted to do my part to rally around. Isn't it cool how people from different stamping companies, etc. can come together to just love on someone?! man, that is the love of Jesus in action right there for ya! gives me goosebumps thinking about it! and makes my heart sing LOUD!!!! :)

So here is my creation. Had to keep the frills and frou frou to a minimum, but wanted it to be a little fun also. Used the squirrel digi from The Rusty Pickle and typed out a sentiment. Did some repurposing of materials on here as well. The leaves in the upper right hand corner were actually punched from a Starbuck's coffee cozy I had saved and wrinkled prior to punching. The twine in the buttons came from a bag of dog food. papers are Making Memories.

By the way, while on the subject of recycling, repurposing, & re-using, last night I was honored to receive an invitation from none other than Deanne Burton herself to become a member of her card DT at Create It - GREEN. There will be challenges and other fun things coming up in the new year, so be on the look out! I am very excited about this, as doing a lot of repurposing is at the top of my resolution list for 2010.

Who Loves you?

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

Yesterday was a neat day. You never know what a day will bring when you wake up.

It began with David and I lying in bed talking about me losing my hair. We discovered 2 days ago that my hair is starting to fall out from my illnesses and the medications I am on. So I was talking to David about it yesterday morning as we were waking up. He asked me what kind of tattoo I was going to get when I went bald. Without hesitating I said a great big Starbucks logo. The look on his face was priceless. I giggled.... a LOT! Then we started talking about getting coffee stickers from all over the world to put on my head, kind of like passport stamps. What a funny visual. So that is how my day began.

Then I began to do my usual email check and blurffing. Boy was I surprised when I discovered that Sweet 'n Sassy stamps was not only doing a Digi Day over at SNR, but they asked me to be a Guest Designer for the month of January!! how cool is that?! yep, I shouted my response, but I don't think they heard me, so I emailed back that of course I would love to!!! So I continued along with my blog checks and saw that I was mentioned on the PaperCrafts mag blog for my contribution to the Festival of Trees auction. Wow! another cool-io thing!!! So see, you just never know how your day will turn out.......... but of course when I told the boys about it all their responses were...... " oh , whatever..... what is for dinnner?"


so my card for the Sweet 'n Sassy digi Day challenge~

the challenge was to use hearts to show your love. I don't have a SNS image with hearts on it so I improvised a bit. used some Comsmo Cricket Early Bird paper, a Maya Road felt branch, flower rhinestone, grosgrain ribbon, punched heart, and some buttons to complete this cute owl digi. I typed my sentiment above the digi before printing.

Got to race off for some errands, but everyone have a great day! :)