It's a Sweet Celebration!

Hello and welcome to Sweet November's Sweet Celebration Birthday blog hop! It's been one year since the characters who reside in Sweet November Land have come out to play and a few of them have gotten all decked out for a grand birthday party today!

All of the wonderful SN Gals and Guest Gals, as well as some of the ATS design team have come together to showcase these new cuties with a hop! And you won't want to miss a single blog because not only are the cards super cute and totally inspiring, but there are also four birthday candy kits hidden along the way! Think of them as fun birthday presents for you to win!

We are kicking things off at the ATS blog where you can find the complete list of everyone's blogs, and if you came here from Rinne's blog, then you're on your way!

For my card, I used Birthday Baby Girl on a cupcake shaped card. The template was designed by Tania of SRM stickers and can be found here on her blog.

I Cuttlebugged and lightly sanded a swirly pattern on the cake portion, and ran the bottom part through a paper crimper to look like the cupcake liner.

Here's the inside of the card, using sentiments from a birthday set that I won from Kim's blog.

All four of the new Sweet November stamps will be available in the ATS store on Monday, November 15th, which is the same day that the birthday candy winners will be announced on Amy's blog.

Now hop over to Serafiia's blog to see more birthday goodness. Thanks so much for joining our Sweet Celebration!

Stamps: Sweet November, Amy R
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up kraft
Paper: Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Copics, Cuttlebug embossing folder, paper crimper, Signo white pen, sanding block, pop dots

Grumpy Georgia

How often do you see an image with a grumpy face? When I first saw Amy's Grumpy Georgia, I knew I had to get her! Life isn't always a "bowl of cherries", and I love that Georgia has that little smirk on her face....she's such a cutie!

While I was breezing through Ben Franklin Crafts, I saw a bin of Studio g stamps. The new clear sets are only $1.25 and now come with a bit of bling--what a bargain! This stamp set caught my eye and I knew it was meant to be used with a grumpy gal.

Here's my finished easel card. I cut apart the "dear" from the "Santa", which is great when you're using clear stamps. And I just realized that this is my first Christmas card for 2010. Hmm...who can I send this to?

Stamps: Sweet November, Studio g
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up
Paper: Crate Paper, Fancy Pants
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, EK Success ledger punch, Sharpie white poster paint pen, buttons



Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned tomorrow when I'll announce the winners of my giveaway!

Sweet November's Halloween release!

Happy Monday! Today is the much anticipated  release of Amy's cute Halloween kiddos--Sweet November Baby Tricks or Treats--at All That Scraps! I colored two more of her adorable images, trimmed them out and attached them to a trapezoid box made with My Mind's Eye papers.

I filled them with my fave Reese's dark chocolate peanut butter cups and let's see how long I can hold out before I untie those ribbons...Happy Halloween to me!

Visit All That Scraps now to get your hands on these adorable images in both rubber and digital form. Start stamping up some Halloween goodness for your little goblins, or for yourself!

Also, if you left a comment on Amy's blog during the previews, head on over there to see if you're a lucky random winner of one of her stamp+candy giveaways!

Stamps: Sweet November by Amy Young
Cardstock: Neenah
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
Other: Copics, Sharpie white poster paint pen, sheer dot ribbon, mini star buttons, pop dots

Whoo loves you?

Welcome to Day 3 of Sweet November previews featuring the cutest trick-or-treaters by the uber talented Amy Young.  Today I chose Amy's little witch and her owl friend who's clutching on to her hat--too cute!

I decided to use purple instead of the usual black and paired it with orange and green for the witch's costume. I made my favorite scallop circle card and stamped the sentiment before I embossed the dots with the Cuttlebug.

Amy has six new Halloween kiddos so visit her blog and leave a comment on each day's post to win one!

I'd like to thank Amy for giving me the honor of featuring her Sweet November previews. And be sure to visit All That Scraps on August 2nd for their much anticipated release!

Stamps: Sweet November, Hero Arts sentiment

Cardstock: Neenah, Bazzill

Ink: Versafine

Other: Copics, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Sharpie poster paint pen,

sheer ribbon, star buttons, pop dots

A sweet little dragon...

Trick or treat!! Welcome to Day 2 of Amy's Sweet November previews for August! Did you know that Amy is having a giveaway of ALL her new releases plus "zero calorie" candy just by leaving a comment on each day's post? Check out all the details here and yes, she will ship internationally, too!

Here's my card using the cute little Dragon dude. When I first saw the image, I asked Amy, "What is he looking at?" and she said "Whatever you want!"

So I stamped up a bunch of yummy jellybeans in different colors and covered them with Glossy Accents. Doesn't the little dude look surprised at the size of those jellybeans?

I texturized his costume by using some Copic colorless blender like my friend Kelly shared with me and I like the "scaliness" of how a dragon's skin would be.

Don't forget to visit Amy's blog to try and win this stamp and the rest of her release. And come back tomorrow to see another Halloween cutie that's very "bewitching"!


Stamps: Sweet November, Hero Arts, Imagine That
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, 
Ink: Versamark, Distress ink, Memento, Versafine
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, clear embossing powder, Glossy Accents, pop dots, ribbon

Amy's Pumpkin Sweetie

Hello and Happy Friday! The very talented Amy Young has created some new images for her Sweet November line and I'm excited to share them with you.

I made two cards using the little pumpkin sweetie. Both images were colored with Copics and I used the Sharpie poster paint pen and added white dots to her costume.

Isn't she adorable? I feel as though it's her first Halloween and she's in awe of the little jack-o-lantern.

I love easel cards so I reduced the image and made a small 3.5" square easel card. I ran the cardstock between a Sizzix embossing folder to give the background some texture.

Stay tuned tomorrow when I share another one of Amy's delightful images and please visit her blog to see her wonderful cards, too!

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you all have a great weekend!