June Guest Designers & New Design Team Members

Greetings all! Well I can hardly believe that May has passed us by and it's June already! I hope that you're ready for tomorrow's blog hop...I'm super excited about it! We're going to have so much to share and so many prizes...don't miss it, it starts here!! And I'm super excited to tell you about our June Guest Designers! But first, I want to send out a huge thank you to Tanis and Erika for sharing their beautiful work with us during the month of May!!

For June, we're thrilled to introduce you to Silvie Mabie and Peggy McCurry! Please take a moment to visit each of their blogs filled with their beautiful work! And here's a bit more about each of them... Hello everyone, first I would like to say a big Thank you to Korin for having me on as a Guest DT member this month. It's a total honor! Here is a little about me. My name is Silvia and I am a wife of 11 years to an amazing husband, a mother of 3 sweet kids (6,4 and 3) and I am currently living on the Island of Crete, Greece. I am blessed beyond measure! I love to stamp, scrapbook...stamp in my scrapbooks and create 3-D items. I have been stamping for 6 years now (my how time flies) and I couldn't imagine my life with out it!

Apart from stamping I like to read, currently, I'm reading Bad Girls of the Bible and Have a little Faith...both awesome books. I also like to go to the beach, swim, tan and run. This October I'm going to be running 10K in Athens, it's the 2500 anniversary of the battle of marathon and I'm super excited to be a part of the run...plus I get a cool t-shirt and metal! :) I'm also a Princess, my Father is the King of Kings and I am honored to be His daughter!

Hi! I'm Peggy, pegmac71 on Splitcoaststampers, and I am a full time, work outside the home, professional during the day, and a crafter by night. I have been stamping for about five years now and am still "defining my style". I love Copics and Ribbon! I share my life with my beautiful daughter, my sweetheart professional bowler, a mini poodle and a cat. When I am not stamping, you will find me bowling, reading or being a beach bum. I am excited to be a guest designer for Sweet and Sassy Stamps!

Peggy & Siliva - we're looking forward to seeing your creations this month!! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

Lastly, I'd like to introduce you on two new Design Team Members that we've added to our group of Digi Divas...Randi Barrett and Katlyn Traxler!! Below are both ladies bios and lovely photos. :-)
My life is filled with blessings after blessings. Surviving four different bouts of cancer has gifted me with an appreciation of the life God has granted me. My children were ages 5 and 7 when my first cancer occurred. Since then I have been able to raise my kids, and see them marry wonderful soul mates. One of my favorite blessings from the Lord is to see the birth of our 2 grandchildren and to be a part of their little lives. I have been married to the greatest husband in the world for 36 years. No one is treated better than me! Long ago he kept telling me to get a hobby. SO-O-O-O finally I did.... {grin}.... Stamping and scraping have filled my studio and emptied his wallet. LOL These days, since I have retired from teaching, my time is spent crafting, loving family and giving God the glory He so richly deserves.

Hi! My name is Katlyn Traxler, known to some as K. Joy. I have recently graduated from high school, and am going to work on becoming a medical transcriptionist. I have been stamping for a little over a year now, and just love it! My favorite part is the coloring. In my free time (when I’m not stamping), I enjoy exercising the gifts that God has given me by drawing and practicing my violin.

Please join me in welcoming our guest designers and new design team members!! And be sure to check back tomorrow for the start of the Blog Hop!!

Customer Spotlight Sunday

Today I'm sharing a card created by Lynn Bostedt, who was a recent participant in our weekly Digi Day over on Paper Craft Planet. (For participating in the challenge, Lynn received a free digi and was entered into a drawing for even more free product!!)

Lynn used the ever popular Berry Sweet Cocoa. I love how she mixed the red with the brown and the designer paper and scalloped fabric is just darling!

Lynn, thanks so much for participating in our challenge and for allowing us to share your lovely card!! For all you other readers, be sure to participate in one of our challenges...you might be picked to be the next Spotlight Customer!!

Wishing you all a blessed Memorial Day!

Live, Love, eat chocolate!

It's Erika Martin again.....hard to believe this month as a guest designer went by so fast! But....I'll be back for a couple more sneak peeks from the new clear stamps that Sweet n' Sassy is debuting!

Even though I'm a pretty healthy girl and do lots of walking and exercise, chocolate is my luxury item. While I don't eat it as proficiently as I used to, I love using it as a reward for myself. Hey, after all, chocolate comes from a bean, so it's vegetarian and healthy for you, right? *wink*

The images from the Chocoholic set are right up my alley (and in my tummy, too). I chose the cupcake to work with and printed out two of them to color in with Copic markers. I added some glitter to the heart sprinkles on top for some pop. I trimmed them out with precision tip scissors.
I chose teal cardstock for my card base and pink cardstock to layer on top. I used some patterned paper for layers and punched out the "XOXO" image from the paper (because I LOVE chocolate, in case you hadn't already figured that out). The sentiment comes from the Chocoholic Sentiments set.

Now I'm hungry for chocolate. I think I need to treat myself. And if it weren't for the fact that I already have someone picked out for this card to go to, I'd send it to myself! haha!

Sneak Peek Day 5

So, are you excited to hear about Sweet N Sassy bringing back the clear stamps??? I know I sure am. Now, for those of you who love digis, not to worry they arn't going anywhere. I think my favorite images right now from SNSS are the Cocoa ones. So, I have 2 to show you today. The first is a current digi called Cupcake Cocoa and he is part of one of the new stamp sets that is going to be released on Tuesday called So Sweet Cocoa. Take a look:



I wanted to add some dimension to this card so I colored in parts of 4 Cocoa images with my copics and used the paper tole technique to make Cocoa really stand out.

Some closer looks for you:




The second card I have to show you is for the SNR digi day challenge that I am hosting which is still taking place. If you have not already done so, you will want to check it out because there is a free digi up for grabs for participating in the challenge and you have till next Wed June 2nd to get your submissions in. The challenge for the week is a pretty easy one called Patterns O'Plenty. I used the adorable Berry Sweet Cocoa for this one.



Well, for many of you this is going to be a long holiday weekend in celebration of Memorial day here in the United States. I hope that you enjoy it and have a blessed weekend!

Sneak Peek Day 4

I am SO excited about Sweet 'n Sassy carrying Clear Stamps again. As much as I like digi's I LOVE clear stamps!

Here is a sneak peek at two of the new stamps being release on June 1st.

The first is the April Daisy.  The ever so talented Leah Cornelius is the illustrator for the entire line of Birth Month Flowers. So, here is the "April Daisies" stamp. 
Along with the daisies, you will also notice two of the cutest butterflies.  They are from a set called "Everyday Miracles"., illustrated by the wonderfully talented Korin Sutherland. The talent of these ladies just blows me away.

Don't forget to follow us for the new release Blog Hop on June 1st. There are some great prizes in store. You won't want to miss one minute of it.

Thanks for stopping by. See you at the hop!
Nancy

Sneak Peek Day 3

We are so excited to be bringing clear stamps back to our line and we know you are, too, so we couldn't wait to start our sneak peeks this week :)! Release Day is almost here!! YAY!!


My card today features the GORGEOUS and I mean GORGEOUS June Rose illustrated by Leah Cornelius. You know those great Birth Month Flowers she's been bringing us???? Well, this is one of them and it is a MUST HAVE. It's total dream to color....I can almost smell it's sweet savor :) Can't you?

Now be sure you join us for an amazing blog hop that starts right here on June 1st AND our release party in our SNR forum that same night (8pm EST). We have so much fun planned!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blessings,
Korin

Poppies and Greetings

Good morning!

Today's card features these beautiful poppies from the Poppies and Greetings set - part of the NEW CLEAR STAMPS that are releasing on June 1st!

I used my Bic markers (no Copics for this girl!) to colour this beauty. A canvas background stamp, Tim Holtz Distress ink and some crumpling and edge distressing gave the image it's distressed look.

This is my last official post at Sweet and Sassy, and I just wanted to say THANKS SO MUCH to the Sweet and Sassy Team for having me here this month! It's been fun :)