January Guest Designers and new DT member

Oh my goodness how this past year flew by! It has been a great year and I just know that the coming year will be full of great things for Sweet N Sassy stamps. One terrific new thing is the introduction of pre-colored digis! How cool is that? Now, we will of course still have the fabulous traditional digis but I think it is a wonderful new option. Another great thing happening here at SNSS is the introduction of a new Design team member and our 2 January guest designers.

However before I introduce our new members I need to say thanks for an excellent month to our December guests designers Denise Marzec and Danielle Shaffer. They have done an outstanding job this past month inspiring us with their fabulous cards and projects!

I also want to say a fond farewell to 2 of our Design Team members that have been with us for quite a while and are moving on- Ceal Pritchett and Nancy Brown. These ladies have been awesome team members and have done a truly great job at promoting Sweet N Sassy stamps! Ladies, you will be missed for sure but not strangers as I know everyone will be visiting your blogs to be inspired by your creativity.

Now I would like to introduce you to our 2 January guest designers- Pattie Goldman and JenMarie Taylor.



Pattie Goldman- My name is Pattie and I live in Hanover (South Central) PA with my wonderful husband of almost 20 years and two beautiful children - my son is 17 and my daughter is 13...and two furry kids too...a yellow lab named Dixie and a black and tan Pomeranian mix named Shadow!In order to support my love of all things crafty, I work full-time as an Office Manager for a local furniture store. I loved being inspired by so many artists on their blogs, that I decided to join in on all the fun they are having and start my own blog to share my craftiness.




Jennifer Taylor (JenMarie)-Hi, I'm JenMarie! How did I get started stamping? I was born and raised in Louisiana. Two years after getting married my husband and I moved to Illinois. When we moved to IL, a gal from church invited me to a stamping workshop and I thought ~ well, I'll go so I can meet people. Um, yeah... the rest is history! I met peeps AND found an AMAZING hobby! We moved to Georgia three years ago and thanks to stamping and the internet/SCS I've made some amazing friends online and in person. Thank You to Korin and Janette for having me as a Guest Designer for SNSS...I'm so very excited!


Last but certainly not least, I would like to introduce you to our new Design team member Julie Smith. Julie was one of our November guest designers and we enjoyed having her so we asked her if she would be willing to stay on as our newest team member and we are so happy that she agreed.



Julie Smith- Hi, my name is Julie Smith (hobbywoman on SCS) and I am super excited to be a guest designer for November! I am married, have 2 teenage boys, and work full time selling insurance. I started out stamping many years ago…dabbled in that a bit, then did some scrapbooking, and eventually came back around – full circle to stamping again. I’d say it’s almost an obsession at this point! When I have free, time you can either find me in my stamp room or surfing the internet looking for inspiration to stamp something!

Welcome JenMarie, Pattie, and Julie, we look forward to seeing the projects you will have to share with us!

Melanie Mouse

Good Morning Sweet 'n Sassy fans and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My card today is a Valentine made with the NEW soon to be released pre-colored Digi called Melonie Mouse. Yes, I know, I am pushing it a little with a Valentine already. But, you see, this is my last post as a Sweet 'n Sassy DT member. It's been a fabulous 21 month ride but it's now time to move over and let other great artists move in.  But, I just had to use this NEW Digi before I left.

Isn't this digi just the sweetest thing you ever saw. As much as I love coloring with Copic Markers, there comes a time when you just need to make a card in a hurry. The pre-colored images are the way to go.

The sentiment is from the Sweet 'n Sassy Clear Stamp set called  Sentiments for Him!

Here's to a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Blessings to you all!
Nancy Brown

A SWEET PEEK!!!

Hey there all! Jacquie here!! How are you? I hope you had a WONDERFUL Christmas and I wish you a very BLESSED New Year!! I am SO excited to be able to visit with you all today!! I have a SWEET sneak PEEK for you!! This CA-ute little buggy is from the SOON to be released set, SOMEBUGGY LOVES YOU!! Isn't this the GREATEST little bug?? You could use it for ANYTHING!! You can get one of your very own, this SATURDAY, January FIRST!!! SOMEBUGGY LOVES YOU is one of several clear stamp sets being released for January!! How exciting is that??
I used my DCWV Citrus stack and SU Real Red cardstock to make this creation. I also followed this weeks' Splitcoast sketch, SC313. After layering my DSP and cardstock, I used my Spellbinders to cut out the orange tag and added some misc rhinestones. I finished my BUGGY creation with my Copic colored, stickles adorned firefly; wrapped in raffia!! I hope you like and hope you will check out the rest of the DESIGN DIVAS, for some MORE Sweet N Sassy Sneaks!!! Have a WONDERFUL day!! Until next time........................

ENJOY LIFE!
Jacquie/Javablustamper!

CREATION:

Stamps-Somebuggy Loves You

Cardstock-SU Real Red

DSP-DCWV Citrus Stack

Embellishments-Misc Rhinestones,Raffia

Copics-Y13,YR21,YR15,YR68,RV29,R29,0

Pretty Poinsettas

Don't you just love it when you find a new way to use your supplies?! I figured out that I love using this Spellbinders label as a mat and will have to remember to do it again, isn't it pretty? I used the December birth flower, Poinsetta from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps for my focal image, colored with Copics and trimmed out. The top flower is popped up with foam tape. I finally got my sewing machine back out too and did some stitching around the edges. My labels were embossed with the Damask cuttlebug folder. I hope you like it! Hugs...

Soccer Love

When I sat down to do my last card as a Guest Designer for Sweet N Sassy Stamps, I had the Christmas Carols playing...I was singing along...and the urge to do Valentine's struck!  Bam!  Just like that I packed up all the Christmas papers and pulled out the pinks and reds.  I know that we're going to have a few "special" valentines to give away and who doesn't know a soccer fan?  Cocoa Loves Soccer is such a perfect image to personalize an otherwise generic valentines card.

I used my Cuttlebug to cut the hearts out in a sparkly felt that I found at my local craft store.   This card came together very quickly, and I plan on making a few more and using different images like Cocoa Loves Football and Spot The Dog.

A special thanks to Jeanette who asked me to be a Guest Designer and to everyone over at Sweet N Sassy for making this such a wonderful experience.  With images as wonderful as these, it made my job a whole lot easier!

Stamps:  Cocoa Loves SoccerPaper:  Bo Bunny Crush Collection
Ink:  Copic Markers
Accessories:  Spellbinders Nested Hearts, Bella Drops in Red, Letter U cut by my Cricut., Sparkly red felt from the craft store.

All Star Cocoa

Hello everyone!  I hope you had a joyous Christmas holiday.  My children and I had a great time spending time together and with friends.  My boys were certainly very excited to receive a couple of gifts that showed their love for their favorite football teams.  Their excitement over their gifts inspired me to make this card....

This is Cocoa Loves Football and so do my boys!  I paired it with Sport Sentiments, although the circle sentiment is not a Sweet n Sassy image, but it worked well.  I kept this card very simple which makes it friendly for our toddler friends.

Don't forget that all Christmas stamps are on sale until January 1st - 30% off!!  And then on January 1st Korin will be releasing some wonderful new stamps... I cannot wait to show them to you.  Have a great week and if I don't talk to you again this week, I wish you a very prosperous and bountiful blessings New Year!

Many hugs,
Mel

Customer spotlight Sunday

I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas filled with many blessings. Now we are in our last week of 2010- yikes! As soon as I saw this amazing gift bag and matching tag created by Nancy Kirk, I knew that I wanted to share it with all of you and feature her as our customer spotlight. Nancy used our Smiley Snowman digi for her project. Even though, she used it as a Christmas bag, it would be great for a birthday or generic winter set.

Here are some close ups for you


Nancy used flower soft for the snow- how clever!



One of the great things about digis is that you can make them any size you want. This gift bag and tag are a perfect example of that allowing you to customize your projects.

Thank you Nancy for sharing your beautiful work with us!