Catching Up...

Happy Wednesday everyone~
I have a few cards I've made but I haven't shared here yet....I am terrible to update :P

All stamps are used from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and they were submitted to SCS Sketch Challenge.
The sketches always help me bring my creative mojo up. I totally recommend you to play along :)


Here we go....

This card was stamped with Springtime Babies. I used the sketch from Sketch Challenge 426 (SC426).

This one was stamped with the March Release, Flower Blocks 1. I used the sketch from SC427. I am very happy how it turned out! I just love this set!

At last but not least, I just made this card today for SC428 :) I used the digital stamps, You & Me. It is also sold as a clear stamp, HERE.




Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great day!

Maki

SNSS March Release Features 4!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone~

Welcome to Day #4 of your March Release Features! 

Today's featured set is...

Flower Blocks 1

This gorgeous set of large flower block images is a dream to color.  You'll love adorning your Spring cards with these lovely images and sentiments.

• Set includes 4 images and 4 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 6"x8"
• Images measure approximately 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Illustrated by Korin Sutherland
• Set is priced at $26

Here is my card using the set

 This card was created for SNSS March Release VSD Challenge (SNSMAR13VSD1) over our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers.

This card was created for SNSS March Release VSD Challenge (SNSMAR13VSD2).

The sset is my very favorite set from the March Release! They are just absolutely beautiful and I couldn't stop making cards, lol. You also notice that the set's name is "Flower Blocks 1"..I assume it's going to be a second and/or third one later...? ;);)

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this lovely stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS March Release Features 3!!

Hello there,


Welcome to Day #3 of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps March Release Features!

Today's featured set is..

Nature Silhouettes 2

And check out the matching bird dies!

This fantastic duo is a must-have.  Imagine the gorgeous cards you'll make!  The possibilities are endless AND this stamp set also coordinates so well with our other silhouette sets!

• Set includes 13 images
• Set measures approximately 4"x6"
• Queen Anne's Lace image measures approximately 2" x 2 1/2"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set is priced at $16
• Die set is priced at $9.75

Here is my card using the set and dies.

I was very inspired Korin's CAS cards using Nature Silhouettes 2 earlier (yes, she loves to show us sneak peeks and she rocks every time!) and I had to create this CAS for myself....I don't know if I needed to more or less but I hope you like it ;) 

This card was more like my style (more layers, lol). The feathers on the background were stamped with Brilliance ink and it is more shimmery in real life. I die-cut 2 birds from the matching dies. It was my contribution of SNSS March Release VSD Challenge (SNSMAR13VSD5) over our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers. We've planned 5 fun challenges, and more prize opportunities You still have a time to play along till Wednesday, March 13th! Be sure to visit HERE for the detail about the challenge.

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this lovely stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS March Release Features 2!

Happy Sunday everyone~

Welcome to Day #2 of your March Release Features!

Today's featured set is...

Vintage Seed Packet

This lovely set is full of fabulous elements which will create some gorgeous cards and more!

• Set includes 3 images and 7 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 4"x6"
• Circle frame image measures approximately 3" x 3 1/4"
• Designed by Dina Kowal
• Set is priced at $15

Here is my card using the set.

I love the vintage elements in the set and it was reminded me old wall papers. This was what I came up with... ;) I stamped the background with the frame image and the border with the poppy image. After I finished coloring with Copic markers, the border was sponged with ink. To finish off, I embellished the ribbon with botton and dressed the gold pearls.

This one was totally different look. I did a lot of inking with sponges but it only took a little time to complete the card. It was my contribution of SNSS March Release VSD Challenge (SNSMAR13VSD4) over our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers. We've planned 5 fun challenges, and more prize opportunities You still have a time to play along till Wednesday, March 13th! Be sure to visit HERE for the detail about the challenge.

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this lovely stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS March Release Features 1

Happy Saturday everyone~ Hope your weekend started right!

Welcome to Day #1 of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps March Release Features!  

We are SO excited to announce our NEWEST stamp illustrator/designer, Diane Zechman!  WOOHOO!!! Her whimsical design is such a wonderful addition for SNSS!

Here is today's featured set features Diane's precious images..

Special Blend

This fantastic set is for all you coffee and tea lovers out there! 

• Set includes 5 images and 17 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 6"x8"
• Stacked cups image measures approximately 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"
• Illustrated by Diane Zechman
• Set is priced at $26

Here is my card using the set.

I found the some pretty papers for the card and picked the colors from them. The image was colored with Copic markers. It is a little hard to see but I also stamped the coffee beans on the corrugated strip too. 

This one was made for SNSS March Release VSD Challenge (SNSMAR13VSD3) over our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers for our March Release Virtual Stamp Day.  We've planned 5 fun challenges for you plus more prize opportunities and you still have a time to play along! Be sure to visit HERE for the detail about the challenge.

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, March 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, March 14th.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

How Kind of You!

Happy Sunday everyone~
I have posted this card for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog. If you like to read the detail, visit HERE!
It was also submitted to SCS Sketch Challenge 424 (SC424).

Have a wonderful and fabulous week! See you soon :)

Maki

SNSS February Release Features Day 4!!

Hello everyone~
Welcome to Day #4 and the last day of SNSS February Release Features!!


Today's Featured set is Springtime Sparrows.

It wouldn't be Springtime without beautiful birds and blooming trees.  This wonderful set reminds us how special we are to God and will encourage your loved ones to feels the same way.

• Set includes 1 image and 6 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 6"x4"
• Image measures approximately 3" x 2 1/2"
• Illustrated by Chris Dickinson
• Cost is $15

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.

Here is my card using the set.

The images were colored with Copic markers and fuss-cut around them. The rest of the card was designed with the matching cardstock from the colored images and designer paper. To finish off, I used the lace trim and added teal green pearls.

Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS February Release Features Day 3!!

Hello everyone,
Welcome to Day #3 of SNSS February Release Features!

Today's Featured set is Jesus Pait It All.

This lovely silhouette of Calvary is perfect for elegant and simple Easter or Christian projects.  You'll find yourself grabbing it again and again!  And the matching die is the icing on the cake!

• Set includes 1 image and 6 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 4"x6"
• Image measures approximately 3 3/8" x 2 1/2"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Set is priced at $15
• Die is priced at $9.75

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.


Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!
The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.



Here is my card using the set.

The image was cut out and adhered on the panel, that was sponged with ink. The sentiment was simply added on the card. To finish off, I used the white satin ribbon and added rhinestoned on the crosses.




Thanks so much for joining us!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS February Release Features Day 2!!

Happy Sunday everyone and Welcome to Day #2 of SNSS February Release Features!


Today's Featured set is Springtime Babies.

This adorable set will make your Easter & Spring creations sweet as can be. Create fun scenes or use the images alone.  Either way will be cute, cute, cute!!

• Set includes 10 images and 3 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 6"x4"
• Taller bunny image measures approximately 1 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Illustrated by Korin Sutherland
• Set is priced at $15

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.

Here is my card using the set.

Aren't those bunnies cute? I colored them with Copic markers and adhered on the designer paper. The grass on the bottom was die cut with SNSS Fence & Grass die set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

SNSS February Release Features Day 1

Hello and happy Saturday everyone~
Welcome to Day #1 of SNSS February Release Features!

Today's Featured set is Easter Blessing

This lovely set will help you create gorgeous Easter cards and projects. The image is wonderful for coloring and even monochromatic cards.

• Set includes 1 image and 5 sentiments 
• Set measures approximately 4"x4"
• Image measure approximately 2 1/8" x 2 3/4"
• Illustrated by Korin Sutherland 
• Set is priced at $11

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!  

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight EST Wednesday, February 13th.  The list of winners will be announced on SNSS website homepage on Thursday, February 14th.

Here is my card using the set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

Catching Up

Happy Sunday and Superbowl Sunday for football fans!
I am one of those people who like to watch football games but I love watching all commercials for the Superbowl every year. I hope we have some good commercials this year again.

I am bad to forget posting some of the cards I've made and I have two cards to show you today. Both of them were already uploaded to the company blog and SCS but I completely forgot uploading here :p

The first card (above) was made for the Sketch Challenge from Splitcoaststampers (SC421). I used Cocoa's Heart from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. The heart part of the image was paper pieced with the designer paper and I adhered the Cocoa after it was colored with Copic markers. The rest of the cards were designed with the matching designer papers and cardstock. To finish off, it was embellished with the white twine, button and rhinestones.

The next card was used Longstem Silhouettes from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I used the same kraft cardstock for the circle layers and background to keep clean and simple. It was also embellished with vintage brown twine to finish off. Although I used two different designer papers and added the decorated border edge on the bottom, I think the card still looks clean and simple, don't you think?




Well, I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.
Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

SNSS January Release Features Day 5

Hello everyone,
Welcome to Day 5's and the last SNSS January Release Features Blog Hop!

Today's Feature is Cute Critters. They are a bigger version of Mini Critters but it is included the fun and sweet sentiment for each critter :) 

I made a set of CAS cards with each image and I think they were turned out great!

All cards are created with the same layout. I changed the accent color and embossed detail. All images were colored with Copic markers.

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT below.

Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!

The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight Wednesday, January 9th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, January 10th.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Have a great day!

SNSS January Release Features Day 3

Hello there,
I have another fun blog hop from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps!
Welcome to Day 3's SNSS January Release Features Blog Hop!

Today's Feature is Cocoa's Heart! This is perfect for your Valentine's Day projects or any love themes! Plus, Cocoa and Cookie are always darn so cute, aren't they? :)

Here is my card using the set.

I colored the image with Copic markers. The rest of the card was created with Valentine's theme designer papers and heart elements, like heart edger punch & heart rhinestones. I like how the color combo worked this Cocoa & Cookie's image and it is also my favorite color combo for V-Day project :)






Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT below.
Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!
The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight Wednesday, January 9th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, January 10th.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the hop!

SNSS January Release Features Day 2

Hello everyone~
Welcome to Day 2 of Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps January Release Features!!

Today's feature is a beautiful silhouette stamp, Long Stem Silhouettes.

This lovely set will help you create beautiful and classy cards with ease. It's perfect for many techniques and CAS projects, too.  You'll use those gorgeous sentiments over and over again!

Set includes 3 images and 6 sentiments
Set measures approximately 6"x4"
Images measure approximately 3.75" high x less than 1.5" wide
Illustrated by Korin Sutherland


Here is my card using the set.

As soon as I receive the set, I just had to combine with the vase punch by Marvy Uchida. The vase worked perfectly with the stem image! I cannot wait to create more with the set! The fun ideas just keep coming up in my head, lol!





Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT below.
Be sure to leave a comment of each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away this adorable stamp set to one lucky commenter!
The deadline to comment for a chance to win is midnight Wednesday, January 9th.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage on Thursday, January 10th.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the hop!

SNSS January Release Day!!

Hello and happy Friday everyone~
I know I was a little late to jump in this announcement but better than nothing, right?

The SNSS Design Divas have been busy little bees creating with our new stamps and we are so excited to finally be sharing them with you!

We are doing things a bit differently with this release but we are sure you are going to love the changes...

Instead of doing the typical new release blog hop, we'll be doing 5 mini hops over 5 days (Saturday Jan 5th - Sunday, Jan 9th) at Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Blog.  We want each set to have it's own day to shine, plus you will have a chance to WIN each set over the 5 days of features!  How fun is that? :)

All January 2013 stamps are available at Sweet 'N Sassy Stamp store now!

Here is one of my sample using From Bottom of My Heart set. It was shown at SNSS Blog post 2 days ago.




After you're done shopping for new stamps, head over to our Member Company Forum at Splitcoaststampers for our January Release Virtual Stamp Day.  We've planned 5 fun challenges for you plus more prize opportunities!

The challenge schedule is as follows:
10am EST - CAS Challenge hosted by Bridget
12pm EST - Color Challenge hosted by Cathy
2pm EST - Inspiration Challenge hosted by Mary
4pm EST - Sketch Challenge hosted by Ceal
6pm EST -  Theme Challenge hosted by Monika



(I am sorry for announcing this late also...but you still have a plenty of time to play along!)




Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Maki

SNSS Graceful Calla Lily

Hello everyone~
I have one card to show you today. I made this for the Sweet 'N Sassy Blog post and it was used the colors that were Sandy Hook Elementary school colors (Green & White). I am still sad about what happened there last Friday, but instead of depressing about it, I keep praying for the parents, family and friend who have lost those precious lives. I hope they will find some peace and comfort one day.

All we have right now is truly a gift. We are promised nothing. I need to remind of myself to be thankful & grateful what we have had and for what is left every single day.


I used Graceful Calla Lily set for the card. The image was colored with Copic markers. I usually use E40, 41, 43 to get more depth on white image. To finish off, I simply tied the ribbon.



Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

Christmas Cards & SCS Challenges

Hello everyone~
I had a couple cards I want to show you today! I have submitted a couple challenges from Splitcoaststampers with them. All stamped images and sentiments of both cards are from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps.


The first card (above) was used Snow Special set and I used the color combination from Color Combination Challenge 405 (CC405). I stamped the snowman with light shade ink (Memento desert sand) and colored with Copic markers. My coloring skill are not that great but I like the soft look that lighter ink brings...It almost looks like it was water colored.

The next card was used Poinsettia set and used the sketch from Sketch Challenge 415 (SC415).  I found a beautiful holiday paper and I cut it to the word "Merry Bright" was on the bottom of card. The image was colored with Copic markers and I added the ribbon to dress up the mat. To finish off, I simply stamped the greeting on the top of the card.

At last but not least, one more Christmas card! I actually made this one for a while ago but I never posted on my blog. I used Christmas Candle set. The card was used the sketch from Sketch Challenge 413 (SC413). The image was die cut with the coordinating die, Christmas Light Candle die.  I fuss cut the greeting and added the tea roses for the embellishment.






Thank you for stopping by.
Have a great weekend.

Maki