Blast from the Past

It's been far too long since I created a card with a sweet (or should I say Sweet 'n Sassy!) Cocoa image and this is one of my favorites! I love all things sewn or related to sewing, even though I can barely sew a single straight line with my sewing machine! This darling image, and sentiment, is from the Sew Happy Cocoa stamp set, which includes the Cocoa image and seven sentiments for only $9.00!

For this card I colored the Cocoa image with Copics and used Echo Park, A Walk in the Park, designer paper (also available from SNSS) on the background of the card. The fun crochet ribbon is from American Crafts and this layout is from this week's CAS challenge on Splitcoast.

Enjoy and be sure to check back on Friday when I'll have a Sweet 'n Sassy Sneak Peek for June's release!

Blog Hop Extravaganza!! Sweet 'n Sassy and Tiffany Doodles

Please scroll through entire post!! This is covering the Sweet 'n Sassy AND Tiffany Doodles Blop Hops. There are lots of details to share regarding prizes so please read carefully!! When committing please specify if you're entering the Sweet 'n Sassy drawing or Tiffany Doodles drawing...or both is ok too!!

Wow!! Hello friends, I have so much fun stuff to share with you today!! First up is the super exciting news that Sweet 'n Sassy has released a boatload of brand new acrylic stamp sets!! After being all digi for the past few months, Korin made the decision to release sets that include new sentiments, new groupings, and new images. I love them all!! My card features just one of the images and sentiments from the So Sweet Cocoa set, which also includes two more Cocoa-themed images and oodles of sentiments! Now let's get on to the prizes!! Sweet 'n Sassy will be giving away TWO free stamp sets!! Here's how you enter to win: (**NOTE** The SNSS blog hop begins at 6:00 am EST on 6/1/10) 1) The name of the free stamp sets are "hidden" on two of the design team member blogs so...you need to visit each of their blogs and leave a comment on everyone's blog including the SNSS digi blog. All links at the end of this section.

2) And don't forget the grand finale, a FUN-tastic release party, tonight in our SNR forum at 8pm EST TONIGHT! Find out who won our fabulous blog hop prizes, chat with the DT, play along in our games and challenges for a chance at MORE prizes, make new friends and be inspired! Plus, we have a few special surprises for ALL release party attendees, so you won't want to miss the fun! Sweet 'n Sassy Blog Hop List: Ceal Pritchett Darsie Bruno Janette Olen Korin Sutherland Leah Cornelius Lisa Jurecek Lorie Souther Nancy Brown Nicole Anderson Tricia Traxler SNSS Digi Blog Next...ohmygoodness...this is exciting news too!! I'm thrilled to have been asked to be on the newly formed Tiffany Doodles design team!! Tiffany is a designer by trade and after falling in love with the craft of stamping, started to turn her doodles into digi stamps. She has a beautiful collection and offers a variety of styles. I'm looking forward to sharing more of her images with you in the coming weeks... Today's image is simply called "Dogwood Branch", but it's anything but simple. What a great image, I fell in love with it instantly. And this image can be yours..for FREE by participating in the Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop! Here are the rules for the Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop: 1) Start at the Tiffany Doodles site, sign up to follow if you haven't already, visit every team members blog, sign up to follow and leave a comment on each blog to have a chance to win that members featured digi! (Mine is the Dogwood Branch image) 2) End at the Tiffany Doodles site and leave a final comment for the chance to win more blog candy from Tiffany herself!! The hop will last TWO days; winners will be chosen randomly on Thursday! Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop List: Official Site Tiffany Doodles Tiffany Richards Tiffany's Garden Cammy Wall Pink Room Therapy Cindy Lee My Lil Crafty Corner Deirdre Horgan Colour and Ink Donna Mikasa 3 Umbrellas Julie Masse Stampin' with Julie Kathy Racoosin The Daily Marker Kim Schofield Paperie Petals (You're here!) Lindsay Amrhein Note to Self Peet Roeven Scrap Album Ruby McGuire Ruby 2 Shoes Design Shannon Neparko Desert Design Studios Sunghee Chon Creativity in Progress Virginia Lu Yes, Virgina Also be sure to check back on the Tiffany Doodles site and my blog on Monday, June 7 for the first ever Tiffany Doodles Challenge!! Thank you so much for hanging in for this long post and for playing along with both Blog Hops! Enjoy!!

Sweet 'n Sassy Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Birthday Bash!! Today is Korin's birthday and we're celebrating by holding a blog hop where we'll show off lots of delightful Sweet 'n Sassy digi images, oodles of creative inspiration, and give away prizes!! If you started here first, please jump back to the Sweet 'n Sassy digi blog , the starting point, for details on the prizes. From there you can visit any of the design teams blogs, in any order, we're ALL giving away digital images during the blog hop! Sandy Deedee Nicole Lisa Korin Leah Ceal Darsie Janette Lorie Nancy Julie Tricia For my card I used the oh so sweet Cocoa Birthday image, which will be given away on the SNSS digi blog, paired with this sparkly fun birthday-themed paper from s.e.i. (purchased at Wholly Scrap). The prize for commenting on my blog is this adorable Milton Reading digi image!! Isn't he so sweet?? Enjoy our hop and all the pretty projects and cards you'll see along the way!! Be sure to leave comments on the blogs you visit so you'll be entered into the drawings. I'll announce my winner on Tuesday, April 6th!

Sew Sweet

I just couldn't resist creating another card with an adorable Cocoa image from Sweet 'n Sassy...isn't he so, or should I say sew, sweet? I'm not a big fan of mice but for Cocoa I'll make an exception because that little face is so cute! :-) This is a newly released image, Sew Happy Cocoa, which can be downloaded from the SNSS web site for a mere $3.00! The sentiments set, Sew Many Thoughts, is available for $4.50 and includes nine "sew" sayings. You just can't beat the cost of digital images and the ease of use. I like being able to print the images out at any size and Korin has sized the sentiment files so they are easy to use with punches and dies. This is a pretty straight forward card, not requiring much in the way of instruction but I will point out my lovely scalloped square. That's right...I finally, finally managed to get a set of oval and square scalloped Nestibilities dies! And that makes me very happy indeed! :-) Don't forget that tomorrow is the Sweet n' Sassy challenge day over at Scrapbook News & Review!! Everyone who participates will be entered into a drawing for some free goodies!! Enjoy!!