TWO FOR YOU!!

Hey all!! How are you? SO excited to be visiting with you today!! It has been a WHILE, since I have been here! Hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!! OH....hope you got LOTS of GREAT deals on Black Friday too!! Alright, allow me to STOP babbling, huh? Let's get onto the creations I have for you!! Yes, there are TWO!! Can you believe it? I decided to create a CAS (clear and simple) one for this week's SCS (Splitcoaststampers) challenge!! AND? Since I am still NEW to the whole CAS thing? I wasn't sure about it; so I went ahead and created another, for the NEW, Crazy For Cocoa Challenge!! Have you visited yet? Oh...you just HAVE to!! I LOVE that cute little mouse!! Hope you like the creations and I thank you SO much for stoppin' by and allowing me to share with you!! Have an AWESOME day and I will see you soon!!

#1-SCS CAS Challenge with Owl Occasions

**Creation:
Stamps-Owl Occasions clear stamp set
Paper-SU Positively Pink
Ribbon-Misc
Embellies-Bella Dots
Copics-RV17,RV09,RV04,E71,E29,YG03,G95

#2-Crazy For Cocoa Challenge-Christmas Cocoa Card

**Creation:
Stamps-Cocoa's Mittens clear Stamp set
Paper-PTI Smoke,DCWV DSP
Tools- Scallop Dienamics,Oval Nesties
Embellies-Bella Dots
Copics-R37,R39,C2,C1,C5,N3,N5,W1,W3,100.YG95,V99,YG03,YG63,0

TAKE CARE & ENJOY LIFE!!
Jacquie/Javablustamper!

Cocoa's Mittens

Hi! This is Cheryl. I am so excited about being on the Sweet 'n Sassy Guest Diva design team for the month of August. Thank you Kim for asking me!

When I first found Sweet 'n Sassy, I fell in love with Cocoa the mouse. He is just so adorable and there is a Cocoa image for every occasion. I decided to use the very first Sweet 'n Sassy digital image that I bought, Cocoa's Mittens. Not only do I love this image, but it helps me get a jump on my Christmas cards.

I am looking forward to showing you some other projects using Sweet 'n Sassy digital images during the month of August. Thank you for stopping by today.

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Cheryl

Cocoa has the right idea!

It is the first Monday of the year! WOOHOO!! Are you looking forward to what this year is going to bring you?  I am so eager to have 2010 come into my life full force!  Last year was NOT "my year", to say the least {due to some minor medical issues that went sour and worsened}, so seeing 2010 on my calendar gives me such a refreshing feeling!

I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it has been for me to be associated with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the wonderful women that come along with it!  These gals are just so sincerely supportive; and not just with my creative efforts, but with personal ones, too!  So, please allow me to THANK Korin, Sandy and ALL of the wonderful SNSS designers for being who they are!  Their prayers and caring emails are such a blessing to me and I just wanted to let them know!

OH! MY CARD!! HA!  Yes, Cocoa (which you can find HERE!) certainly is smart!  Look at him all snuggly between those mittens!  Yesterday when I woke up it was 5 degrees!  YES, FIVE!  NOT much fun to look at when you have a big new dog that needs to be walked quite often!  So, this digi came to mind right away when thinking about my card for today!  I hope you all STAY WARM today and I wish you all the best in 2010!  May God bless you and make this the best year EVAH for you AND yours! ~ Nicole

Happy New Year!

Cocoa's Mittens Gift Set

Good morning Sweet 'N Sassy Digi Stampers! I am just thrilled to be a part of this talented group of ladies! I'd like to start off by saying thank you to Korin and Sandy for inviting me to be a guest designer. I feel so blessed by this opportunity, and look forward to sharing these fabulous images with all of you!

For my first project as a guest designer, I have used Cocoa's Mittens. How adorable is this little mouse? I just love him! I decided to make a little gift set including a regular 6x6 card, and a tall card with interior pockets to hold a set of hand-warmers! My hands are always so cold, and I love sticking these warmers into my mittens when we plan to be outside in the winter.

One of the reasons I love these digital stamps is the option to print them off in different sizes. This creates so many possibilities for coordinating gift sets! Sometimes, an actual stamp (be it clear or rubber) is just too big, and I've often found myself wishing I had a smaller version. Enter Digi Stamps! I was able to print Cocoa's Mittens just a bit smaller for the gift holder. For the larger image on the card, I printed off a few copies of Cocoa so I could pop up his head and the top mitten for dimension. Those sentiments are part of the Digi Set Mitten Sentiments...just perfect for this stamp! There are three different sentiments in this set.

Here's a closeup of Cocoa. I printed all the images off on Neenah cardstock and coloured them with Copic markers. I used a variety of Spellbinders on this project. Although it is difficult to see in the pictures, the cuffs of the mittens and the star are quite sparkly, as they received a coat of Frosted Lace Stickles.


I hope you all have a terrific day! (and stay warm!!)

Blessings,

Melanie

Happy Thanksgiving & New Digis!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are enjoying a beautiful day with your family and loved ones, and counting the many blessings in your life. One of the many things for which I am thankful this year is that we have this special day on which to give thanks and praise to our heavenly father -- isn't He fantastic?!?

In addition to being Thanksgiving, today is also Digi Day at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. We have four fun new sets designed by Korin Sutherland for you, and all are available to purchase in the online store today. I've put together a couple of projects for you today to show off these sweet new digis.

Our first two new digis this week are Feel Better Paulie and Get Well Wishes. Although I hate it when a loved one is sick, I love being able to send them some get well cheer, so I'm really excited about these sets. I used them to make a combination get well card/gift. On the outside is a get well wish, and on the inside...

...there is room to write a special note, along with a fresh packet of tissues to help with a speedy recovery. Because I really wanted a design to add to the note space, I used the border from Paulie's sweet little bed. I isolated the border by cropping it from the main image, and then printing out just that element. (For more information on how to crop and use just part of an image in this way, see the Cropping Digis tutorial here.)

This second card features the adorable new Cocoa's Mittens and Mitten Sentiments digis. One of the things that I love about these sets is how adaptable they are. Although I made my card Christmas-y, these digis could also be used for winter, Valentine's, and friendship cards, or even to decorate a winter, Christmas, or Valentines Day scrapbook page.


I hope you will take some time to stop by the store to check out these fun new additions, and I thank you very much for visiting here today. I know I speak for the whole Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps team when I tell you that we are all thankful for you, our loyal readers and customers. You are a blessing to all of us! Happy Thanksgiving!!!