It's Release Day at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Hello, sweet friends! Welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps January 2015 Release Day Blog Hop! We are excited to share some fun new designs with you and we have a fun challenge for you to participate in so settle in and enjoy today's hop!

There are so many fabulous products being released today, so you just must head over 

to the Sweet 'n Sassy blog and check them all out!
There are two new Diane Zechman sets (which I will be showcasing next week), some adorable animals, and lots of new dies to help show off your designs.
I am highlighting just one of the new sets available today.

We're very excited to have a new stamp designer, Graciellie Designs, joining us. 

Check out her beautiful new stamp set, Parisian Postcard. 

Just imagine all the gorgeous cards you'll be able to make with this stamp set! 

+Stamp set includes 11 images and 2 sentiments 

+Stamp set measures 4" x 6" 

+Eiffel Tower measures approximately 1 7/8" x 3 7/8" 

+Designed by Graciellie Designs 

+$15 

I made two designs with this set for today's release. Take a look:

I used the Eiffel Tower and Thinking of You greeting for this design.
One of my favorite things to do is stamp directly on my designer paper,
and that's what I did for each of these designs today.

Can you find all the stamps from Parisian Postcard that I used in the card above?

Release Giveaway!
As part of our release day fun, one random commenter from one of the DT blogs will be selected to win a $10 Gift Code for  the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.  You have until Thursday, January 15th at midnight EST to leave your comments.  The winner will be posted on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog on Friday, January 16th!

 One more thing before we let you go...

We can't forget our fun Release Day Challenge!
Since it's a NEW YEAR, we want you to

"Use something NEW"   

Just a few guidelines to remember as you play:

            

- You don't have to use a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image to enter
(although we sure love when you do!)
- Please create a NEW card (no back linking)
- We ask that you enter your card in no more than 3 challenges
 - You'll have until Thursday, January 15th at midnight EST to enter
- We'll draw 1 winner from this week's challenge to receive a $10 credit to the  
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!
If there are 25 participants, (not including the DT), we'll draw 2 winners!
- Please use code SNSJAN2015RC when uploading to Splitcoaststampers or other galleries

To enter simply share a link to your creation below!

Thanks for joining us today!  Be sure to join us again on Friday, January 16th to see if you've won!

 Now it's time to see what the DT has created with these fabulous products! The DT blog links can be found in the Linky Tool below...HAPPY HOPPING! :D

Got the Winter Blues?

I am thrilled to be joining the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Design Divas as of January 1! Today is my first official post. A big thanks to Korin and the rest of the team for the warm welcome!

Got the Winter Blues? I do, as today I return home after several wonderful days in Utah and a late Christmas and New Year's celebration with my whole family. They all live so far away, so I don't get to see them often enough. So nothing better to chase away those blues than my favorite shades of pink and an adorable cup of snowman from Snowman Soup!

This is one of my favorite SNSS stamp sets, and has such adorable images and sentiments for holiday wishes, as well as all winter long! Take a look:

• Stamp set includes 7 images and 8 sentiments
• Set measures approximately 6" x 4"
• The large snowman image measures approximately 2" x 2 1/2"
• Designed by Diane Zechman

So -- Winter Blues? Get in the pink and remember that each day is getting longer and longer. More time to stamp!

This Friday is Release Day at SNSS, and I will have two projects to show you with brand new stamp sets!

A Whole Lotta Flowers

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I am celebrating this coming week on Tuesday with my whole family, and am looking forward to it! 

Today's creation uses some lovely papers by Graphic 45 and beautiful flowers from Wild Orchid and Prima. 

I love this little fairy with her sparkly wings. You can read all about this creation HERE.

Be sure to check out my giant garage sale a few posts down!

Challenges:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• MilkCoffee Challenge - Make It Sparkle

 

Thanks With Sizzix

One of the new sets just released at The {Stamps} of Life is called Thanks With Sizzix. I love the different fonts and ways to say thank you. I made a set of four little 4.25" cards - all easily mass-produced for thank you notes after Christmas! Take a look!

The first card above uses a heart cut from the tictactoe die cut set released last month. A little twine, some pearls, and an embossed background make for a sweet card.

The second uses the end of a pencil eraser, a stylus, and some pretty gems to make a border for your greeting.

A vertical trio of hearts and a simple font pack a punch for this simple design using Stephanie's Licorice ink.

And finally, this one layer CAS design uses Stephanie's Guava ink
and the heart stamp from November's Club set, tictactoe2play.

Fast and easy and fun to make!