A Little Sunshine

Hey hey everyone!

It's time for another color challenge from

It's a kinda surreal day for me over there as we say

goodbye to FOUR A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. designers who have

been with us for 2+ years!

They will be incredibly missed as a part of our team,

but as a part of my friendships, they will always be near.

Savannah . . . Jinny . . . Colleen . . . Denise

I thought it would be so cool to go CAS for these colors and

that's pretty much what I did.

I grabbed my baker's twine from The Twinery in 'Marigold'

and the new 'Midnight Blue' and along with the papers & sentiment

from American Crafts, that's all it took!

The sunshine is super-easy to make and as a money-saving tip,

all I use is my circle punch and a sheet of double-sided adhesive.

No need to buy pre-cut circles.  You can get so many more punches

in a variety of sizes when you use a 'sheet' of adhesive.

I really hope you will make it over to The Cafe and wish

all the best to the designers who will be leaving us.

They have given so much of their time & talents to help

inspire you to play each week.

Next week, we will have EIGHT new designers joining us

for our next term.  It's going to be another amazing season in

The Play Date Cafe!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper & Die Cut sentiment:  

Dear Lizzy collection by American Crafts

Embellishments: baker's twine in Marigold & Midnight Blue

from The Twinery

Snowflakes...Yes, in July!

 

  Are you ready for a little holiday inspiration?

I am happy to be participating with some
uber-talented designers for the . . .

with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps !

I love this set called 'Snowflake Flourishes'

and think it's really fun to use it with 'non-traditional' colors.

Although not technically a Christmas card, it can definitely be

created for the holiday season.

I stamped the small snowflakes using shades of

pinks, blues & greens and then played off of those colors

for the rest of the card.

The snowflake is made from Bazzill cardstock

and was embossed with a Swiss Dot EF by Cuttlebug

and cut using Spellbinders dies.

and the pearl flourish is from Want2Scrap.

The 'wallpaper' is made from papers from

Dear Lizzy for American Crafts & Doodlebug Design.

Lots of great things are happening at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps during these pre-holiday festivities!  ALL Christmas clear stamps are 20% off through Wednesday, July 25.  Three new holiday sets are in stock early, for a fun pre-release, and they you can get them before they are released in September and October... if you buy them now, you can take advantage of the sale price!

Every order of $25 in Christmas clear stamps will receive Gingerbread Man, a darling new 2" x 2" mini clear set.  And as always, all clear stamp orders of $50 or more get this month's free w/ stamp set, Christmas Candle (while supplies last).

Ready to see what the Design Divas and a few special friends have been up to with their Christmas stamps?  Take a look (and be sure to read on, for information about how you can join in on this hop  and win some prizes):

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog

Kim Singdahlsen

Bridget Finlay

Jennifer Ingle

Taylor Usry

Monika Davis

Cathy McCauley

Mary Faus

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Lee Murphy

Jennie Harper

Kim Schofield

Julie Ranae
Jessica Fick

Korin Sutherland 

And what's the best part about Christmas in July?  We want YOU to play along with us!  Just link up your Christmas project using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps below and join in our Customer blog hop.  You have until Sunday, July 22 at 11:59 PM EST to play along.  One randomly selected participant will receive their choice of one Christmas clear stamp set!

  Thanks for stopping by The Open Window.

I hope you will take a moment to let me know you were

here by leaving a comment and I can't wait to see

what you create along with us !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: Neopolitan from Dear Lizzy by American Crafts

Sugar & Spice by Doodlebug Design

Stamps: Snowflake Flourish by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Ink:  A Muse Studio

Embellishments: pearl flourish from Want2Scrap

Tools:  Snowflake die from Spellbinders

Swiss Dot EF from Cuttlebug

Apron Lace border punch from Fiskars

Hello...One Scoop or Two?

Welcome back!

We are celebrating Day Two of New Release Previews for

Summer is in full swing and today we have two

fabulous sets that will make you smile.

The first was designed by our newest designer

Mabelle R-O and is called
'Sweet Taste of Summer'

This set is full of fun images & I chose to go very simple for this card.

Those of you who visit often KNOW that I am not much of a color-er,

but this sweet set begs to be colored !

I love the design of these butterflies and chose to use them.

I used a few Copics to get the job done and added tiny pearls

for dimension.  The clouds were created by sponging ink

around a cloud template that I've had in my tool drawer for

over ten years.  It's one I never want to lose.

The next set was designed by our British designer, 

Amy Wanford called 'One Scoop or Two' . . .

What did I tell ya ? !  Just in time for summer !

There are so many possibilities with this set.

I can imagine using bold, bright, yummy colors...but I went pastel.

I just can't seem to capture white panels on cards very well

with my camera and light tent . . . but I love the patterned paper

from American Craft's 'Neopolitan' collection.

Perfect with these ink colors.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away each new release set

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

I am so glad you stopped by today and I hope

you will plan to come by each day this week

so you don't miss a thing!

Hello Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Neopolitan by Dear Lizzy for American Crafts
Stamps: Sweet Taste of Summer by The Craft's Meow
Ink: A Muse Studio 

Embellishments: pearls from Recollections

Cherry on Top Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Neopolitan by Dear Lizzy for American Crafts
Stamps: One Scoop or Two by The Craft's Meow
Ink: by A Muse Studio, Copics