Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #69

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Aug 312012

Hello!  It’s Friday!  I am SO definitely looking forward to this weekend!  Tonight is our high school’s first home football game of the season.  Both of my sons are in the marching band this year so our whole family will be out at the stadium tonight supporting the team – and yes, I’m excited to see the band’s performance, too!  Since Monday is Labor Day, it will be nice to have a little break from the early alarm for getting the boys up and ready for school.

And another fun thing about it being Friday is that it’s time for a new Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week our challenge is Something New, Old, and Blue. The idea is to create something using a digital image for the focal point, and to use one of your newest supplies, one of your older supplies, and something blue. Share your work on the SNSDC website by next Thursday, September 6. You can use a digital image from any company, but we especially love seeing what our challenge participants create with Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images. Check out the website for all the details.

This challenge did take a bit of thinking, but I got it all pulled together in a card that I think is pretty cute.  My “something new” is a digi image I just got a couple weeks ago; this is my first time using it.  This is Stanley Penguin.  Isn’t he darling?  I have several old-ish supplies on here… the snowflake print paper has been in my stash for at least 3 or 4 years, and the punches I used to create the snowflake embellishment are older than that.  My blue card base fits the last requirement, and I know I’ll need to line it with a white layer before popping the card into my stash of winter-themed cards for Operation Write Home.  (I’ll make sure the snowflake is glued down really well, too.)

I think my subconscious was channeling our high school’s colors while I was working on this card.  The “official” colors are blue and white, but the marching band and sports teams also use a lot of black on their uniforms.

The layout for this card is Freshly Made Sketch #50.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fabulous weekend!  Take some time to see what the rest of the SNSDC design team has created – links to their blogs are in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Digital Image and Sentiment: Stanley Penguin (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Bordering Blue, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah); Winter Wonderland paper pack (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Ink: printer ink
Other: snowflake punches (EK Success); markers (Copic); snowflake embossing folder (Sizzix); half pearl (KaiserCraft)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Freshly Made Sketches, Lizzie Anne Designs, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #68

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Aug 242012

Hello! It’s been a busy week here, with my kids going back to school and having marching band practices in the afternoons. I’m ready for the weekend and looking forward to the start of the high school marching band and football season! How about you?

Since it’s Friday, that means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week we have an Inspiration Challenge for you. Create a project using a digital image, using the inspiration photo at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge website as a starting point. Share it at the SNSDC website by next Thursday, August 30. Although you’re not required to use one of the fabulous Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images for your project, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants make with them – and you have the chance for extra perks if you do. Details about all that can be found on the SNSDC site.

For my project this week, I used the Fall Arrangement digital image and a sentiment from Autumn Leaves.  The layout is based on this week’s Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge, but I turned this into a flap card rather than a standard A2 card.  The image is colored with Copic markers, and I added a little piercing in the corners.  I attached the focal panel with dimensional adhesive so the piercing wouldn’t smash flat, which unfortunately gives the illusion in the picture that it wasn’t cut straight and was attached a bit wonky.  This card will be going in a shipment to Operation Write Home early next week.  I like making flap cards for OWH because I feel like they give more writing space for our heroes to use.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created! Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:
Digital Images: Fall Arrangement, Autumn Leaves (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Pumpkin Pie, Marigold Morning (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: piercing tool (Making Memories); dimensionals (SU); markers (Copic); magnets (Basic Grey)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #67

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Aug 172012

Hello! It’s time for this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is 3-D Flowers. To play along, create a card using a digital image and three-dimensional flowers, and link it at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. You can choose to add dimension to a floral digital image, or you can create a flower by stacking punched shapes, or maybe even make a flower from ribbon. Use your imagination! Even though you can use a digi image from any company, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants create using Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images. More details about the perks you can get for participating are available on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.

I decided to layer a digital image for my card for this challenge.  I printed the Poinsettia image twice.  I colored the leaves on one image and the petals on the other, cut them out, and reassembled them to give my flower some dimension.  I also added a few tiny half pearls to the center of the poinsettia.  The layout I used for my card is based on Stars and Stamps Sketch #133, although I’ve added a few layers to it and substituted a different shape for the circle element in the sketch.  I’ve also worked this week’s Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown challenge into this card by using kraft cardstock.  The sentiment is also a digital image, printed directly onto the kraft.  And now I have another Christmas card for Operation Write Home.

The rest of the design team and I hope you’ll join us this week! Be sure to “like” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page, too!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Poinsettia, Christmas Sentiments (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs); Poppy Parade, Kraft, Everyday Enchantment designer paper, Afternoon Tea designer paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: half pearls (KaiserCraft); Labels Nine Nestabilities die (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #66

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Aug 102012

Hello!  Happy Friday!  Are you ready for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge?

This week we have a color challenge for you. We’re asking that you use the colors green and purple in the artwork you create with a digital image. You don’t have to use a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image, but we do enjoy seeing our participants use them (and you get the chance for extra perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, August 16.

I decided to get a head start on some love and Valentine type cards for Operation Write Home.  I’ve used the Chuggin Along digital set and several of the Sweet ‘n Sassy dies.  The sentiment bubble was cut with one of the cloud dies and the hearts were cut with the heart dies (um, yeah, that was obvious, sorry).  For the train tracks, I used the fence die and then snipped off the pointy pickets of the fence.  The train is paper pieced from designer paper.  I just changed the cartridge in my printer and some toner dust apparently got smudged on the white cardstock that I used for the sentiment – which actually worked to my advantage because it lended a smoke puff feel to it and took away the starkness of the white.  Happy accident!  LOL  I tried really hard to stick to the challenge colors, but this little scene just didn’t look right against any color background except a sky-looking one.  So I hope I’ll be forgiven for taking liberties there.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to see what the rest of the Design Team has created and give them some comment love. Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar. Check out the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page too! It’s so close to getting 100 likes – and when it does, three people will be chosen to each receive one digital image of their choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy store! What are you waiting for? Go “like” us!

Supplies:
Digital Image: Chuggin Along (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); “Chartreuse” and “Grape Fizz” from Fusion collection (Basic Grey); “Ice Blue” from Blitzen collection (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: Clouds & Raindrops dies, Fence & Grass Border dies, and Heart dies (SNSS); brads (Making Memories)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #65

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Aug 032012

Hello!  It’s been a busy week here and I’m ready for the weekend.  How about you?

Since it’s Friday, that means it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is Beary Special, and the design team is featuring the adorable Rhubarb the Teddy Bear on our sample cards. If you’d like to join the fun, simply create a card, using a digital image of a bear for the focal point. You don’t have to use Rhubarb or one of the other cute Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site by midnight eastern time Thursday, August 9.

Here’s the card I created using Rhubarb Honey Bee.  I printed him fairly large and used Microsoft Word to add a sentiment for a cute “HallNOween” card.  I used Stickles to give Rhubarb’s wings some glittery shimmer.  Because Stickles is essentially a glitter glue, it doesn’t rub off, making it OK to use in small amounts on cards for Operation Write Home.   The layout is this week’s Splitcoaststampers.com sketch challenge.  The orange panel is designer paper with a subtle print.  I wanted to add something to the yellow strip to keep it from being plain, but I didn’t want to emboss it and add any more bulk to the card.  So I took my Stampin’ Spot ink cube in the same color and “stamped” it randomly on the cardstock.  The cube was kind of dry, so it didn’t add too much ink, just enough to give a bit of a tone-on-tone design.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created!  Links to their blogs are in the left sidebar.  And if you haven’t “liked” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page yet, go do that!  It’s so close to getting 100 likes – and when it does, three people will be chosen to each receive one digital image of their choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy store!  Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Rhubarb Honey Bee (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink; Daffodil Delight (SU)
Other: Black Licorice twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon); markers (Copic); Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #64

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Jul 272012

Happy Friday to you! It’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge!

This week’s theme is Flag, You’re It!.  I’ve made a fall-themed card featuring the adorable Cocoa Mouse.   I printed out the image three times.  I added a couple rows of hand stitching to the one I planned to use as my focal panel.  I used my favorite watercoloring technique to color the leaf on one of the other two images, and Copics to color Cocoa’s head and paw on the other, and then fussy cut those parts.  (I did color and attempt to cut out Cocoa’s tail, but that proved to be TOO fussy.) Cocoa’s tail and the stem of the leaf were colored on the focal panel.  When I printed the images, I also printed the sentiment, which I created myself in Microsoft Word.  Sweet ‘n Sassy’s banner die was used to cut it to the banner shape, and I attached it to a narrow strip of cardstock to create a flag.  I’m imagining that Cocoa’s other paw is holding it, but you can’t see that because it’s hidden behind the leaf.  🙂  Finally I attached the leaf to the panel, and then used dimensional adhesive to put Cocoa’s head in place.  Then I assembled the card following this week’s Splitcoaststampers.com sketch challenge for the layout.

 

The rest of the design team and I hope you’ll join us this week! Simply create a card, using a digital image for the focal point, and add in a flag or a banner of some sort. Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps digital images aren’t required, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Be sure to “like” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page, too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Digital Image: Cocoa’s Leaf (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Autumn Vine designer paper (Stampin’ Up); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: printer ink; More Mustard (SU)
Other: Pennants & More dies (SNSS); markers (Copic); dimensionals, Cajun Craze and More Mustard ink refills (SU): embroidery floss (DMC)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

SNSDC Christmas in July blog hop, and challenge #63!

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Jul 202012

It’s Christmas in July with the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge this week, and we are celebrating with the new release of FIVE new digital images as well as a digital sentiment set!  Ho, ho, ho!!!  🙂

We’d love to have you play along with us!  Just create a Christmas card using a digital image, and link it to the Digi Challenge blog.  Although we’d really love to see what you can create with Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images, you’re welcome to use digis from other companies.  Details about linking your card and the perks for which you’ll become eligible are all listed on the Digi Challenge blog.

The Digi Challenge design team has put together a blog hop for you to enjoy.  All our creations use at least one of the new digital images.  I’ve chosen the Poinsettia image and paired it with one of the sayings from Christmas Sentiments.  I printed the poinsettia image a total of four times – two times each in two different sizes.  (That’s one of the things I especially like about working with digis – being able to resize them to fit the space on the card.)  For each size, I colored the leaves on one image and the petals on the other, cut them out, and reassembled them to give the flowers some dimension.  I also added a few tiny half pearls for the flowers’ centers.  Since this card is going to be included in the box I’m preparing for Operation Write Home’s Early Bird card drive, I was careful not to make it too thick and lumpy.  (I’m a week late on the OWH Midweek Throwdown Christmas in July challenge, but oh well.)  The layout is Freshly Made Sketch #44.

Here’s the blog hop order.  Be sure to comment on all of the blogs.  One of the team members is a mystery blogger (even she doesn’t know who she is yet!), and one person who comments on her blog will be chosen to win the entire new digital release!  How totally awesome is that?!? The winner will be announced on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog next Friday, July 27.

One last thing. Have you checked out the new Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps Digi Challenge Facebook page? We will give away three digital stamps (3 winners, each gets 1 free digi of their choice) when we get to 100 LIKES! Go see what it’s all about! 🙂

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Images: Poinsettia, Christmas Sentiments (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Confetti Cream (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); half pearls (KaiserCraft); dimensionals (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Cards, Digital images, Freshly Made Sketches, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #62

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Jul 132012

Hello! It’s time for this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is Fun Folds. To play along, create a card using a digital image and any card fold other than the standard “piece of cardstock folded in half”, and link it at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. Even though you can use a digi image from any company, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants create using Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images! More details about the perks you can get for participating are available on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.

I’ve created a flap card for this challenge.  I cut the card base to 5.5″ x 11″ and scored it at 4.25″ and at 8.5″, and folded the two end pieces toward the middle.  I chose to trim the small flap down so it would be half the size of the card front, but that isn’t a necessary step.  I rounded the corners of the flap and added a strip of designer paper.  The Rhubarb image was printed onto white cardstock, cut into the oval shape and colored, and matted with the scalloped oval.  I attached the oval to the card front, being careful to only use adhesive on the flap part.  Then I attached a pair of super thin magnets to the flap and to the card so that the card would close.

This photo shows the card with the front flap opened… the round silvery things are the magnets.

 

I should make more of these flap cards than I do.  They provide a lot of writing space inside, making them ideal for donating to Operation Write Home.

So get your digi image ready and create a card with a non-standard fold, and share it with us at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenges!  The rest of the design team and I would love to see what you create!  🙂

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Rhubarb’s Autumn Day (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: More Mustard, Autumn Vine designer papers (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic); petite oval and petite scalloped oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); corner rounder punch (SU); magnets (Basic Grey)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Operation Write Home, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #61

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Jul 062012

Hello!  This week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge is all about the beach!  If you’d like to join in, just create a project using a digital image of the beach or sand as your focal point, and link it to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog.  The rest of the design team and I would love to see what you make!

My card this week is pretty simple.  I actually made it about a week ago, thinking it would be kind of a test run of coloring this image, and that I’d make a “real” card for the challenge this week.  But after our power outage, my brain just felt scrambled and I couldn’t get back in my creative groove, so this card had to do.  For the blue panel, I ran the cardstock through my crimper, then turned the cardstock 90° and ran it through again, which loosened the fibers of the paper so I was able to gently pull it apart and get a nice soft texture on the “inside” side.  That’s the side I have facing up on the card.

Remember to “like” the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge Facebook page if you haven’t yet!  Once it reaches 100 likes, three people will each win their choice of a digital image from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps store!

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Image: Cocoa’s Beach Ball (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sentiment Stamp: So Happy For You (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Cool Caribbean (SU); Pure Luxury Ivory (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: printer ink; Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: red grosgrain ribbon (SU); markers (Copic); standard circle Nestabilities die (Spellbinders); crimper (Fiskars)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Nestabilities, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #60

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Jun 292012

Happy Friday to you! It’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge!

This week’s theme is Stars and Stripes.  I’ve chosen this cute Cocoa Mouse image to create an AnyHero card for Operation Write Home.  I added a couple of strips of red and blue scrap cardstock and wove them together in the top corner for a few extra stripes on the card.  I considered punching some stars and attaching them over the strips but thought that might be a bit overkill.  So I kept it pretty clean and simple instead.

The rest of the design team and I hope you’ll join us this week! Simply create a card, using a digital image for the focal point, and add in some stars and stripes. Use your imagination – you can use designer paper, or an image with stars and/or stripes, or you could even draw some! Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps digital images aren’t required, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the Digi Challenge site for more details!). Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Patriotic Cocoa, Many Thanks (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Real Red (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #59, part deux

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Jun 232012

If you’re looking for my Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge June Blog Hop post, please click here after you check out today’s post 😉
June New Release Blog Hop post

Today I’m sharing another card that I made for this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge to Bling It On!  This time I’ve used the newly released Dahlia digital image from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.  I printed it five times so I could cut out each layer and stack them to give my flower some dimension.  I added a scrap piece of cardstock as a shim underneath each of the top four layers to give some extra definition to each layer without adding a lot of bulk to the card.  (Because I’ll be including this card in my shipment for Operation Write Home’s Duty. Honor. Cards. card drive, I wanted to keep the card as easily mailable as possible.)  The sentiment is another SNSS digital image; even though it’s from a set called “Masculine Birthday Greetings” I think this font can work equally well on a feminine card.  I’ve used Freshly Made Sketch #40 for the layout of this card, and this time I chose to use pearls for my bling.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you’ll join in this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge to Bling It On!  All the challenge details can be found on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.

Supplies:
Digital Images: Dahlia, Masculine Birthday Greetings (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); designer papers from LilyKate 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: half pearls (KaiserCraft); markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Basic Grey, Cards, Digital images, Freshly Made Sketches, Operation Write Home, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #59 and Blog Hop!

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Jun 222012

Hooray! It’s Friday! That means that the weekend is almost here, AND it’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! Today is a little different because the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge ladies are also bringing you a blog hop for our new June release – and we are all excited about that! 🙂

This week’s challenge is to Bling It On! Use rhinestones, pearls, glitter, or any other sparkly stuff to add shine and glitz to your card. (Note – if you’re making a card to send to Operation Write Home, please do not use glitter because it can flake off onto our military men and women, making them detectable by the enemies’ night vision goggles.) Just keep in mind the guidelines for Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenges:

  • Please use digital images ONLY for the focal point of your creation(s) for this challenge.
  • Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images are not required, but we really love it when our challenge participants use them!
  • Be sure to link your creation(s) to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog.  Every card you enter in our challenges throughout the month of June gives you one chance to win 3 digital stamps of your choice from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps store!  You receive two chances if your card uses a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image.  So the more you play, and the more you use SNSS digital images, the more chances you have to win!
  • Every week, one participant who uses a Sweet ‘n Sassy digital image is spotlighted.  One of our featured participants in June will have the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for our challenges in August!
  • When uploading to online galleries, please use keyword SNSDC59.

Here’s what I created with the lovely Blue Morpho Butterfly digital image.  I kept my card pretty clean and simple, except for the rhinestones on the butterflies’ bodies and in the corners of the black mat. I printed the butterflies onto shimmery cardstock, so they do have a little extra sparkle to them when the light hits them just right.  One fun thing about digi images is that you can resize them to whatever size you want.  I’ve put a slightly smaller butterfly on the inside of my card.  (I do have to confess that I wasn’t in a mood to fuss with cutting around the butterflies’ antennae – so I kind of gave them a teeny amputation.  Rest assured that the actual digital image does have antennae!)  The sentiment is from the digital set A True Friend.

Here’s the list of all the blog hop participants.  Be sure to leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blog post.  One DT member is a mystery blogger, and she will be picking a random winner from the comments on her blog post!  The winning prize is the entire June digital release!  How awesome is that!?!  The winner will be announced on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog next Friday, June 29.

Cathy Wallington
Ceal Pritchett
Cyndi Bundy
Makiko Jones
Melinda Gleissner
Patricia Hays <— you are here!
Stephanie Serrano
Stephanie Wright
Wendy Jordan
Korin Sutherland

One last thing. Have you checked out the new Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps Digi Challenge Facebook page? We will give away three digital stamps (3 winners, each gets 1 free digi of their choice) when we get to 100 LIKES! Go see what it’s all about! 🙂

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Images: Blue Morpho Butterfly, A True Friend (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Shimmery White (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: printer ink
Other: rhinestones, ticket corner punch, dimensionals (SU); petite oval and petite scalloped oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); Victoria embossing folder (ProvoCraft); markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Cards, Digital images, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #58

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Jun 152012

Hello, and happy Friday to you!  Are you ready for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge?

This week’s challenge is right up my alley – use a digital image and create a Clean and Simple styled card, with no more than two layers (the card base doesn’t count as a layer).  Since so many of my cards tend to be CAS anyway, the big problem for me was deciding on an image.  I finally decided to use this week’s Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge sketch and make a Father’s Day card for my husband.  The background is a watercolor wash created with several colors of reinkers.  I added a bit of sponging to the die cut clouds to give them a bit of dimension.  I have to admit that fussy cutting the eagle was more of a pain than I thought it would be, but I think it was worth the effort.  When I was assembling the card none of the cardstock colors I was trying for the card base seemed to go right with the watercolored background.  So I made the last-minute decision to add the black mat to give some visual separation and definition between the background and the base.

To play along, link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. Even though you can use a digi image from any company, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants create using Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images!

Have you checked out the new Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps Digi Challenge Facebook page? We will give away three digital stamps (3 winners, each gets 1 free digi of their choice) when we get to 100 LIKES! Go see what it’s all about! 🙂

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Images: Soaring Eagle, Sentiments for Him (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Naturals Ivory, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: printer ink; Soft Sky (SU)
Other: Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Riding Hood Red ink refills (SU); Clouds & Raindrops die set (SNSS); markers (Copic); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Splitcoast challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #57

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Jun 082012

Hi! It’s time for this week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge! This week’s theme is “Back to Nature”. To play along, create a card using a nature-themed digital image, and link it at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site. Even though you can use a digi image from any company, we especially enjoy seeing what our challenge participants create using Sweet ‘n Sassy digital images! More details about the perks you can get for participating are available on the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.

I’ve used the Coneflowers and Butterfly image for today’s card.  Although the sentiment is taken from a digi set called Sentiments for Him, I think some of the sayings in it are versatile enough to be used for either a man or a woman.  The layout is one of my favorite OWH Stars and Stamps sketches, which I’ve dressed up with some Basic Grey designer papers.  Since this card is going in my stash for Operation Write Home, I opted not to use any bulky embellishments on it.

I’m looking forward to seeing what you create and link at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies:
Digital Images: Coneflowers and Butterfly, Sentiments for Him (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi (Stampin’ Up); Paper Basics White (Papertrey Ink); designer papers from Two Scoops 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: printer ink
Other: markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Digital images, Operation Write Home, OWH Stars & Stamps sketches, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge #56

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Jun 012012

Happy Friday to you!  It’s time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge!

This week’s theme is Weddings and Best Wishes.  My husband and I have been invited to a wedding in June, so this was good timing!  I opted to keep the color scheme for my card very simple and stayed with the ever elegant combination of ivory and black.  I even chose not to color the digital image I used – ok, partly because I’m still a bit intimidated by the intricacy of it, and partly because I genuinely think it looks great even in plain black and white (or ivory).  To prevent the card from seeming too plain, I used one of my favorite embossing folders on the large main panel, added a pretty embroidered ribbon and some Primas with pearls, and popped up the sentiment with dimensional adhesive. The sentiment and image come from the same digital stamp set, Hummingbird with Scripture.  How handy is that, to have a gorgeous image and some sentiments all together in one download? The layout is a Sweet Stop sketch from almost a year ago.

The rest of the design team and I hope you’ll join us this week!  Simply create a card with a wedding or best wishes theme, using a digital image for the focal point.  Link your card at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge site.  Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps digital images aren’t required, but we do love when you use those (and you get the chance for perks if you do – see the site for more details!).  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies for today’s card:
Digital Images: Hummingbird with Scripture (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Cardstock: Pure Ivory Pure Luxury (Gina K. Designs); Basic Black (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: printer ink
Other: Victoria embossing folder (ProvoCraft); ribbon (Offray); flowers (Prima Marketing); pewter half pearls (KaiserCraft); standard circle and petite oval Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders)

Posted by PH in VA at 12:00 am Cards, Nestabilities, Stampin' Up!, Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, The Sweet Stop sketches
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