CCEE1416 – What Movie

Time for another CCEE Stampers challenge!

This week Kathy Bradley has asked us to Make a card that reflects your very favorite movie or movie star.  Don't forget to identify the movie and/or star!

I thought this was going to be a tough challenge as I was thinking what stamps do I have that I could combine with a movie? Talk about brainstorming! Then it hit me… I have a Sweet ‘n Sassy set that would work perfectly for my newest favorite movie…. that I won’t tell you just yet… let’s see if you can figure it out from my card first.

Colored the image with copics and did a little paper piecing for her dress and kite. Used white gel pen for the trim on her dress. Pulled out my cloud stencil for the sky.

So did you figure out what movie? “Saving Mr.Banks”, to me this image represents the part in the movie when she realizes “Mr.Banks” fixed the kite and she finally “breaks”. Of course I am always in tears at this spot. Love, love, love the movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend it for the entire family.

Make sure you head over to the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the movies/actors the rest of the team have been inspired by.

 

        Thanks for stopping by!

                          Amber

CCEE1411, Snacks

Joanne is back this week with another fun challenge for CCEE Stampers and has this to say about it:

“Today, the second Thursday in March, is Popcorn Lover’s Day. Popcorn happens to be my favorite snack. Tomorrow, March 14, is Potato Chip Day, another popular snack. Today’s challenge is to make a card with some kind of a snack connection”

I used a retired Cocoa Mouse set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. Colored with copics. Applied some liquid applique and then heated it to make the “popcorn”. Added some faux stitching and a punched border.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the CCEE girls did and feel free to play along with us!

         Thanks for stopping by!

                    Amber

2 Corinthians 5:17

This week over at CCEE Stampers, Vicki would to see some delft tile.  A tutorial can be found on Splitcoaststampers here.

I used New Creature by Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps  for my card. Used distress inks to stamp in and two shades of distress inks to sponge the card.

Want to see what the other gals created? Then make sure you check out the CCEE Stampers blog for their cards and links to their blogs.

          Thanks for stopping by!

                      Amber

SNSS Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Welcome to a Birthday Bash Blog Hop for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps! I can't believe they are 5 yrs old! Why it seems like it was just yesterday I was discovering sweet Korin and her company. And then a little later on getting a chance to be a part of the design team for a few terms.

I choose to use Warm Hello for my card as I need to start my Christmas cards! (Plus I love snowmen.) I colored him with copics and paper pieced his scarf. Added some stickles to the holly and some FlowerSoft for snow. I even used this week's sketch from SCS and added some bling behind the snowman layer.

So I'm sure you are asking "It's a Birthday party... are there presents?" Well... how about this:


~There will be 4 random participants from whom Korin will choose 1 commenter to receive a $15 store credit.  
~To be included in the drawings, comments must be left by midnight EST Friday, November 30th.
~The winners will be announced on the SNSS Blog on December 1st at 8am EST

All the blogs that are at this party can be found below. So start partying with us and don't forget to comment! Good luck!







         
                Thanks for stopping by!

                               Amber

Sweet ‘n Sassy’s March Blog Hop

Welcome to another great release from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps! So glad you could join us as we blog hop through all the amazing creations the DT has made just for you. You are probably joining me from DJ Rants’ blog; if not, be sure to head back to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog so you don't miss a thing!

I have two sets to show you today. The first one is called Rhubarb’s Birthday. As you know, my little one turned 6 last month so I made this card for her, tucked it in her lunchbox and when it was lunch time at school….  She had a nice little surprise.

 

Next I have Friendship Script Background. You may have seen this card yesterday over at SCS as I sneaked it during their sketch challenge.

I used the Script in the background, stamping it so it read correctly. Yes, that took me a few times to realize I wasn’t stamping it right so it read correctly! lol Pulled out distress inks and distressed it all. Middle image is Birds & Roses, also from Sweet ‘n Sassy, that I cut out using the oval Spellbinders. Ribbon is made up of two different sizes then heated.

We hope you enjoy checking out the projects as much as we've enjoyed making them!   Ready to get started?  Your next stop is Monika Davis's blog.  And just in case,  here is the whole list of team members hopping along with us today:

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog
Korin Sutherland
Jessica Fick
Kim Singdahlsen
Cathy McCauley
Mary Faus
DJ Rants
Amber Hillman
Monika Davis
Kim Schofield
Giovana Smith
Holly McMillen
Dina Kowal
Bridget Finlay
Taylor Usry

After the hop, make plans to join us for our New Release Party over in our Member Company Forums on Splitcoaststampers.  We'll have full reveals of all the stamp and dies sets being released this month, challenges to inspire you, and of course fun chatter with great friends!  See you there!

          Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Sweet ‘n Sassy’s February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps February New Release Blog Hop!  This month's release is so exciting  - it was even released a week early as a surprise! Get your warm beverage and tasty snack, and get ready for some amazing inspiration from the Design Divas! Hopefully you just came from Cathy McCauley’s blog.


First I have Special Friends to show you. I paper pieced her dress and the kite. Completely cut her out. Why someone would fly a kite at night is beyond me but this little girl is! I made the stars using SNSS’s Star die set that came out last month.

But my favorite set of the release has to be Butterfly Flourish. I embossed the butterfly flourish in clear and sponged on distress ink. Masked entire area and stamped the scripture from New Creature in distress ink and then went back over it and applied more ink.  Sentiment is also from New Creature.



Be sure to make plans to join us for our new release party tonight over in our member company forums on Splitcoaststampers.  We'll have great fellowship with crafty friends, challenges, and a prize drawing!  The excitement starts at 8:00 PM EST.

Now head on over to Wendy Jordan, our February guest designer, to see what she has in store for you. And if you get lost along the way, here are the links to all the other Design Divas.

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Korin Sutherland
Kim Singdahlsen
Giovana Smith
Dina Kowal
Jessica Fick
Kim Schofield
Mary Faus
Monika Davis
Bridget Finlay
Holly McMillen
Cathy McCauley
Amber Hillman  <----- That’s me!
Wendy Jordan (our February guest)
Taylor Usry

Don't forget, the entire February release is available in the store right now; you can order the stamps individually or at a discounted bundle price!  Head over to get yours today!



           Thanks for stopping by!

                          Amber

Exciting news and stamp release

I’ve got exciting news to share! I was asked to rejoin the Sweet ‘n Sassy design team! I thought for sure Korin was teasing me when she asked if I wanted to be a part of the team again. Of course I said YES! I love Korin and love her images/messages that she shares through Sweet ‘n Sassy stamps.  So it’s with great joy that I share with you some new releases coming from Sweet ‘n Sassy!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has an amazing release planned for this month, and the Design Divas are so excited about it!  Eight new clear stamp sets and three new sets of dies will be available in the store tonight.  Make sure you've got a warm, tasty beverage and some donuts ready....you won't want to miss a bit of the inspiration we have for you today!

For the record, I did not mean to make my cards with similar layouts! The first card I have to show you uses Together Silhouettes. Love this set! I went with reds for my main color. I actually “broke” the sentiment up by masking out what I didn’t want on the front as…

I wanted it inside!

For my second card I used Cocoa’s Tasty Treats. Colored with copics and stamped the sentiment below.

And now take a look at the rest of the Design Divas (and our very special January guest)...they've all whipped up some gorgeousness today!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Taylor Usry
Bridget Finlay
Monika Davis
Jessica Fick
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Kim Schofield
Amber Hillman   <-----  You are HERE!
Kim Singdahlsen
Holly McMillen
Mary Faus
Cathy McCauley
Lydia Fiedler – January Guest!
Korin Sutherland

We hope you can make plans to join us tonight in our Member Company forums over on Splitcoaststampers.  We're having a Release Party, and it is full of great activities, stamp set reveals, and fun with friends!  All of the partying will take place in our Release Party forum, so be sure to bookmark it!  Hope to see you there!

And before you go… another quick peek at my stamp area that I organized today. 





      Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Have a beautiful Fall day

Time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi challenge. This week’s challenge is “Harvest Time”, use fruit/vegetable elements for your creation!

This is also my last post as a Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi gal as my term has come to an end. 

I decided to make a Side Spring Card and used the first ever digi I got from Sweet ‘n Sassy, Fall Arrangement, Colored it with copics and cut the entire thing out. Stamped the sentiment from Birds & Roses. And used MuddPuddles at the base of my flower pot. Layered the card with fall paper from the DWVC Amber Autumn pad and some green rick rack.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Shaped Christmas card

So the challenge this week over at Sweet and Sassy Digi Challenge is to make a Shaped Card.

I used Spellbinders to make my shaped card by placing the nestie just off the top of the paper so as to still have my crease. (card measures 3 3/4 x 3 3/4) 

  I used Christmas Puppy Digi and colored it with copics. Cut it out completely and added it to my card with Helmar ZapDots. Used a sentiment from the Primitive Christmas set which is also by Sweet and Sassy. Used gold smooches on the bells and sugar Sparkly Fluff on the cuff of the boot.

So come join us and show us your shaped cards. Can’t wait to see them!

 

         Thanks for stopping by!

                 
                    Amber

Happy Fall

Time for another challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi and it’s a fun one. The challenge is: a Recipe Challenge

1. Use color of BLACK (you can use other colors of your choice beside black)
2. Two kinds of designer papers
3. Three kinds of (or just three) embellishments

Colored the image with copics. Added Flower Soft for the grass, ribbon and brads. Design paper is DCWV Amber Autumn.

Come play with us as we’d love to see your creations!

 

           Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Baby’s 1st Christmas

This is my second post for the day, scroll down if you are looking for Paper and Such post. ~ thanks.

So the challenge this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi is for Baby/Babies. 

I decided to make a Christmas card that could be sent to relatives for Baby’s 1st Christmas. Used Rhubarb Trims the Tree digital stamp and colored him with copics. Added stickles to the ornaments and star. Cut the image out completely and attached it with Helmar Zapdots. Cut ovals using Spellbinders Oval nestabilities.

Come play with us as we’d love to see how you interpret the theme.

          Thanks for stopping by!

                           Amber

Unusual Christmas colors

So this week the challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi is a color challenge with the colors being red, yellow & purple. ummmm okay, not my favorite combination but then again this is a challenge which is to get you out of your comfort zone.. this got me out of my comfort zone for sure!

I decided to go with a Christmas card. Yup, you heard me, a Christmas card with those colors! Let me tell you, I had a hard time with it at first but I think I like the end results.

I used Winter Friends Digital Stamp. Put some Sparkly Fluff on the snowman’s hat and Flower Soft for the snow. Colored image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Background is cuttlebug’d with Holly plate and embossed with clear embossing powder. Sentiment is from Primitive Christmas also by Sweet ‘n Sassy.

Come join us over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi as we’d love to see your cards!

 

        Thanks for stopping by!

                   Amber

No one can take your place

So this week over at Sweet 'n Sassy Digi, our challenge is to use border punches. I colored my image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral oil.  Added a few layers and a border punch strip over top of the image. Pearls in the corners to finish it off.

 

         Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Happy Birthday

So this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge… we were to be inspired by this picture:

Isn’t this the sweetest? Love the colors.

I used Rhubarb’s Birthday and colored him with copics. Added a little bit of stickles to his candle.  Used some sparkly design paper and stamped happy birthday from Bethany’s Birthday set.



So head on over to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog and play along with us. We’d love to see how the picture inspires you.

 
          Thanks for stopping by!

                          Amber

All Star Birthday

Today is my son’s 9th birthday. It’s also Sweet and Sassy Digital challenge with a Spots theme. Perfect for making him a birthday card.

I used Cocoa’s Football and made a 3x3 card that I tucked in his lunchbox. Colored image with copics and used s-e-i I’m an athlete design paper.

I’ll be back later on today with pictures of his cake (he asked for Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake!), cupcakes and treat he took into school today.

 

         Thanks for stopping by!

                    Amber

White on white

This week’s challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge is White on White.

I used Rhubarb’s Sunflower and colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Added some Sparkly Fluff to his tummy and to the middle of the sunflower. Made a spellbinder frame and cuttlebug’d the background with swiss dots.

         Thanks for stopping by!

                   Amber

Favorite Color Combo

So this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenges, we were to make a card using our favorite color combo. Now I have quite a few but I love pink/brown together so I made the following card.

Used copics to color the image, white gel pen on the umbrella and on the crest of the waves. Prima flowers layered and a sentiment from Birds & Roses also by Sweet ‘n Sassy. Sketch is from an old sketch (challenge 130) over at SCS.

 

            Thanks for stopping by!

                         Amber

School is just around the corner

I’m back today with a fun challenge from Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog. Back to School theme is the challenge for today. I can’t wait for school to start… next week for us!!

 

I used this fun digi image from Sweet ‘n Sassy and colored it with copics. Found some alphabet design paper and went to work. Used an old SCS sketch for my layout. Image is on pop dots.

 

         Thanks for stopping by!

                     Amber

You are a cherished friend

This week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi challenge blog, the theme is Friendship.

I went with girly colors and used one of the sentiments from A True Friend Digital Stamp set by Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps. Added some bling to my card and some spellbinder ovals.

         Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Orange, Green, Yellow..Oh my!

So this week’s challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi is a color challenge. A color challenge of orange, green & yellow. Oh, my! This one had me stumped for some reason so I used the scripture from the Hummingbird with Scripture Digital set.

Cuttlebugg’d my yellow background, border punched the orange that went under the green stripe. (yes that is green even though it looks gray!) Added some primas with silver brads and some rick rack to finish off the card.