You're my cup of cocoa!

You are, really! In fact, all of our customers and readers are my cup of cocoa :).

Are you ready for the holidays? Has the baking and shopping begun? I haven't quite gotten into the baking full swing, but I have been shopping :)....online shopping, that is :). I LOVE shopping from the comfort of my home with a nice cup of coffee OR cocoa in hand and the Christmas music on shuffle :). Amazon loves me and probably knows me on a first name basis ;).

For my Cup of Cocoa card I used some of the yummy new Merry Christmas Echo Park papers we are carrying in sampler packs. I have to tell you, this paper is top notch! If you haven't grabbed some yet, I encourage you to head over to our website to grab some quick. Our quantities are selling fast!

Cocoa and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! We are looking forward to a day of stamping with some friends tomorrow. It's sure to be a great time! I'll be creating some fun samples using our NEW December digis.......yes, more Cocoa :)! Sneak peeks begin next week!

Blessings,

Blessings to you at Christmas

Good Morning. Thanks for dropping by.
Today I want to share two adorable images from Sweet' N Sassy Stamps. My first card is Cocoa's Ornament. Isn't he cute?

I had fun coloring this fun little guy with my Copic markers. Y32, YR23, YR24, YR21, 0 W0, W1, W3, W5, G40, G95, G99, E02, E11 and Peach Spica Glitter Pen.

I also used the Saturday Sketch Challenge from The Sweet Stop ( SSS81 ). Please play along
the Sugar Babies every week and link your card to the blog so we can all see your wonderful creations.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Cocoa's Ornament, Sentiment from Elzybells
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distressed Ink Antique Linen
Paper: Garden Green, More Mustard, Graphic 45 Let it Snow and Georgia Pacific White
Accessories: Copic Markers, Summer Sunrise Ribbon, Garden Green brads, Classic, Scallop and Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Fiskars Treading Water border punch, Snowflake Cuttlebug Lg. embossing folder.

My next card is Christmas Bear. When I saw him I wanted to use blue and silver so this what I came up with. I get in so much trouble when stamps make me smile.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Christmas Bear
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue
Paper: Ballet Blue, Georgia Pacific White. The designer paper is from my scraps so I don't know who makes it.
Accessories: Copic Markers, Bo1, B21, B23, B24, B32, E41, E43, E44, E47, 0, C0, C1. Star Dust Gelly Roll glitter pen, Blue and White satin ribbon, Buttons, Ballet Blue Brads, Rustic Cream Button Twine from Papertrey Ink, Martha Stewart Snowflake border punch, Classic Rectangle Nestabilities, Snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder and Stampin Dimensionals.

I hope that you enjoyed these cards and have a wonderful day.

A Gift for Snowman

Well, Christmas is right around the corner. How many Christmas Cards do you have made? I love making cards with snowmen when I have lots to make because there is little coloring to them and they make up quickly.

I love hand stitching on my card and this stitch to me resembles snow flakes.
I glittered his body and used faux flowersoft for the snow.

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a Blessed Day!
Nancy

Sweet Little Mouse

No matter how this mouse image is presented it’s just adorable!  Today Cocoa is sitting pretty in the Cup of Cocoa set and paired up with some festive holly, snowflakes and scallops.

-Prismacolor pencils, baby oil and paper stumps were used to color the image using the Gamsol technique. Baby oil replaces the Gamsol/mineral spirits.

-The pearls are attached with Diamond Glaze (any lacquer product will work).

-Art Glitter adhesive was used to apply glitter to the snowflakes and candy cane.

Envelope: 1/2", 1/8" and 1/16" strips were cut and glued to the card.

Stamps: Sweet n’ Sassy Stamps – Cup of Cocoa
Paper: Unknown textured white cardstock, Georgia Pacific – green cardstock, Bazzill – deep pink, K&Company – Brenda Walton designer paper
Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black
Accessories: pearls, Diamond Glaze, Art Glitter adhesive, glitter, Prismacolor pencils, baby oil, Aleene's tacky glue
Tools: paper stumps, corsage pin, EK Success border punch, Nestabilities
Techniques: Prismacolor, glittering, dry embossing

HAPPY MONDAY!!

Well hello there Sweet 'N Sassy friends!! Happy Monday to you!! I am SO excited to be here sharing with you today!! This is Jacquie or Javablustamper, as some of you may know me! I have a SUPER cute digi to share with you!! I was in a KRAFT kind of mood last night and thought of SWEET Fenton The Frog! I just LOVE this combo! I used my Copics to color him in and I cut him out with my Nesties. I used Kraft and Dark Chocolate cardstock, along with Peeled Paint Distress ink. Then I finished my creation with some misc ribbon I had on my desk! I really LOVE that this could be used for a guy or a girl!! Hope you like! Thanks SO much for stopping by and letting me share with you! Hope you have a WONDERFUL day!! AND.....as I ALWAYS say...............ENJOY LIFE!!

STAMPS: Fenton The Frog SNSS
PAPER: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, White
INK : Peeled Paint Distress Ink
COPICS:0,YG95,G99,E43,E47,W1,W3

Customer spotlight Sunday

We are featuring a beautiful sunset card today for our Sunday customer spotlight. This gorgeous creation is brought to us today by Lisa. This lovely scene was created using distress inks and one of the images from one of my favorite Sweet N Sassy stamp sets called Serene Silhouettes. I love how the scene stands out against the white background and the black ribbon and pearls are perfect accents. Thank you so much Lisa for sharing your wonderful card with us!

Thank you for visiting today and have a blessed day!

November Chrysanthemum

Happy Saturday everyone....Julie here from

Paper and Such!

I don't know about all of you, but I'm so glad for the weekend!

It's definitely been an exhausting week!

My card for today is a CAS card!

I love CAS, and this stamp is perfect for that!



Card details:

Stamps: November Chrysanthemum - SNSS

Paper: Kraft, Cherry Cobbler, White

Ink: Versafine black

Misc: paper piercer, dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!