Dare to be Sassy Thursday

It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is "Love is in the Air". Just create a Love or Valentine project.  Hope you like the challenge and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you do use one. Check out the DT creations and play along!

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD French Maid, sentiment from MFT
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, Pure Poppy, Echo Park DSP
Extras: copics, stickles, Magnolia flourish die, SU ribbon, Recollections rhinestones, nestie slotted tag die

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week our challenge is anything goes, just don't forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Hope you like it and will play along.

For my card I used this sweet image from Whimsy and Stars called Sending You Luv. Perfect for a sweet little Valentine!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the DT creations at Flutterby Wednesdays and play along this week.

Some Challenges I would like to enter:
Shopping Our Stash - W, C13 - #87 Valentine, Hearts, Love etc (have had the patterned paper in my stash forever)
Sweet Stamps - W, 1E, C10, SIO - #102 Valentineor Love
Try It On Tuesday - C5, 2nd & 4th weeks -  Valentines Day, Include at Least 1 Heart (Week 1)
ABC Challenges - W, cards only, E3, C10 - Valentine's Day
Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Love/Anything Goes
Squigglefly - W, SIO - Have A Heart, Please!
Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (Jan) Love

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Sending You Luv
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Pure Poppy and Harvest Gold, October Afternoon print
Extras: copics, stickles, PTI ribbon, MS punches, Kaiser rhinestones

From the Heart Valentine Blog Hop

Welcome the the From the Heart Valentine hop. The designers have prepared some cute projects to show off Faith's digis and get you inspired for some Valentine crafting.

First up, I decorated a fry box (bought these from Pick Your Plum). I used the newest image released called Humble Anneke. She's so sweet and comes with some sentiments, too. I colored her wit copics and added some stickles for fun. She is cut with a nesties die and layered on another. Some Recollections ribbon, PTI twine and a tiny tag finished it off. I filled it with some Dove chocolates. I think this will go to one of the kids' teachers for Valentine's Day.

For this little project, I made a lollipop cover using image Birdie's Valentine. Just colored the little bird and layered on some nestie die cuts. Finished with a button and twine. The lollipop holder is a die cut from MFT. This was fun and simple to make. I think I will make some more of these for the kids for Valentine's Day. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you enjoyed the hop and found some inspiration to create some sweet Valentine projects!

Sassy Studio Designs Blog hop

Today is day 2 of the blog hop...
if you missed yesterday go back and check out what the
DT has created with these fabulous images!

The theme this time around is....

Going Forward....Looking Back!

We each made a project using one or more of the following favorite of ours of 2012...

Favorite Sassy saying or sentiment
Favorite tool to use
Favorite paper
Favorite sketch
Favorite technique
Favorite style
Favorite color
Favorite brand
Favorite embellishment....ribbon, flower, bling, mesh etc...

You should have arrived here from the talented Jodi's blog. Isn't her coloring amazing?

For my project I have the new Queen of Hearts Pinup image. She is colored with copics and paired with some MME print papers. My favorites are copics, patterned paper, stickles and die cuts, all of which I've worked in here. 

And we each chose a favorite project of ours that we made during 2012. I really love the colors on this one.

Now hop on over and see the beautiful creation Jacki R has made, it's gorgeous!

The full  hop order:
Sara
Starla
 Alaine
 Ruza
  Jodi
 Kathy
  Jacki R 
Kim
  Tina
Erin 
Susan
 Regan
  SSD  

Prizes: 

2 randomly selected comments will be picked each day to win 2 images,
there will be 1 randomly selected winner each day of the hop to win all 4 images.

These will be picked from comments left through out the hop!
To be eligible to win you must comment on each blog
for that day and comment on the SSD blog!

Thanks so much for hopping today. Hope you have a super Sunday!

Sentimental Sundays

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is thanks or thank you. Don't forget to add your sentiment!

My older two both had birthday parties recently and they need to get their TY cards out. I was going to just buy some (cause you know 7 and 9 year old boys will read them and toss them). But I felt guilty with all the paper I hoard, I mean have. So I came up with a quick and easy layout that could be replicated easily and mass produced. It also used up some scraps which was a bonus! I made 18 of these in under 2 hours, so not bad. And the boys liked them.

And Sweet and Sassy stamps is the sponsor.  Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the DT.

Card Recipe:
Sentiment: PTI
Paper: PTI kraft, PTI ssw, scraps of blue and green prints
Ink: SU Always Artichoke
Extras: corner rounder, Nesties die, PTI button, SU linen thread

Whimsy and Stars Valentine

I've got a fun little Valentine to show you today, using one of Mabelle's Whimsy and Stars images, called Lucy's Valentine. Isn't she cute. I went bright on this one, to go with the Bo Bunny Smooches papers. She was so much fun to color and sparkle up!

My sketch comes from the Deconstructed Sketch #86 which is the current one for this week. A really fun sketch from Jen.

Some challenges I would like to enter:
Drunken Stampers - W -  #112 All that Glitters
One Stop Craft - 2E W - #213 Sparkle and Bling
Brown Sugar – E2 - Valentines
Delicious Doodles - 2W, 1E, SIO – All you need is LOVE
Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude – 2W, 3E – Week 1, Love
Stampin' For The Weekend - 2W, 1E – Week 2, Something Girlie
Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W1 of 2) For a Girl
Craft Us Crazy - 2W - #35 (W2 of 2) Celebrate Love or are you seeing the colour Red? (went with the love theme)
C.R.A.F.T. - 5E - #191 Valentines Day/Love

Card Recipe:
Image: Lucy's Valentine from Whimsy and Stars
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI DK Choc., SU Orchid Opulence, Bo Bunny prints, copic xpress
Extras: copics, stickles, heart nesties, sewing machine, Kaiser pearls, dimensionals

From the Heart Sketch Challenge

You've probably heard the news by now, the digi company formerly known as Designed2Delight is now From the Heart Digital Art Stamps. Faith has changed the name and the shop, but still has lots of older favorite images in the store along with many great new ones. She has started having a weekly sketch challenge as well. I wanted to play along with the great sketch this week. I printed off Gathering Hearts and started coloring.

Here is the sketch I {HEART} SKETCHES No. 2. You have until Sunday to play along.

On Monday the From the Heart DT will be having a Valentine hop, so I hope will be able to join us. If you are on facebook, come over and join the From the Heart stamps group as well. It's a great place to share cards and chat!

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Gathering Hearts
Ink: Printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Dark Chocolate, SU Orchid Opulence, Bo Bunny prints
Extras: copics, stickles, MS heart border punch, Cherry Lynn doily die, Recollections pearls, RRR ribbon, Twinery twine, PTI button

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is "how charming". Just use a charm on your project. I actually made mine from some shrink plastic and a shamrock stamp.  Hope you like it and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you do use one. Check out the DT creations and play along!

My sketch comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #190, I always love their sketches!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Saint Patrick's Day Sassy, Verve Lucky You
Ink: printer, SU Handsome Hunter
Paper: PTI Pine Feather, PTI Spring Moss, shamrock paper from my scraps, Copic xpress blending
Extras: copics, Cuttlebue embossing folder, stickles, Viva pearl pen, dimensionals, PTI ribbon and twine, Verve shamrock dies

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week we have a sketch for you to try out, just dont forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Hope you like it and will play along.

I've used an ADFD image that I love called Helping the Flowers. I'm also entering the ADFD challenge to add some red.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the DT creations at Flutterby Wednesdays and play along this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: ADFD Helping the Flowers, sentiment from PTI
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Echo Park print
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, PTI border die and ribbon, Verve dies, Kaiser pearls

Whimsy and Stars

I don't know about you, but I am in constant need of late birthday cards. Not a good sign for someone who makes cards right? Usually I just don't get them mailed off in time. When I saw the freebie sentiment from TLC a while back, I knew it would pair up perfectly with Mabelle's Whimsy and Stars birthday turtle image. Finally had a chance to put the two together.

My sketch comes from Seize the Birthday challenge #2, it's a really versatile one, will definitely come back to this one again.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a good week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Birthday Turtle, sentiment from Create with TLC
Ink: printer
Paper: Copic xpress, SU Wild Wasabi, SU Bashful Blue, scraps of prints
Extras: copics, nesties, Cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, stickles, MM brads

Corrosive Challenge

Happy Sunday, I've got a Corrosive Challenge card to post for today. Our challenge this time is "Put a Pin in it". You can either use a pin (hat, stick, safety) or use the Pinterest photo on the blog for inspiration.

We have a great sponsor joining us this fortnight, A and T digital designs. They kindly supplied the Dt with images to use. I really love this whimsical image, so sweet and fun to color.

Thanks so much for stopping by, please check out all of my Design Teamies' creations on the Corrosive Blog, some awesome stuff.  We are welcoming four new talented members to the team today, too, so it's an exciting week! Hope you'll play along with us this round.

Card Recipe:
Image: A and T digital designs Kenz and Tilly
Ink: printer
Paper: Copic xpress, PTI Royal Velvet, Spring Rain, patterns from my scraps
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, WOC and MM pins, dimensionals, PTI ribbon, Recollections pearls, corner rounder

Sentimental Sundays

After a brief holiday break we are back with a new Sentimental Sundays challenge! Stop over to the blog and see the DT creations and meet the DT girls joining us!

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is negative space. Don't forget to add your sentiment! 

And is the sponsor Chickydoddle. They very graciously allowed us to select some Washi tape. I selected this lovely floral washi tape set and used it behind the negative space left from a butterfly die cut.

Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the DT.

Card Recipe:

Sentiment: PTI

Ink: Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Harvest Gold and vellum

Extras: Chickydoddle wahsi tape, PTI die, sewing machine, Recollections rhinestones, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bugaboo Birthday Bash

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the texture card challenge. They so generously provided this Bugaboo freebie for this challenge. My texture comes from a Cuttlebug embossing folder and some twill and felt trim.

Thanks for stopping by! This is my last of the Bugaboo Birthday challenges, so glad I was able to play along and complete them all! Thanks to Bugaboo for the fun week of celebrations!

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo freebie for the challenge
Ink: Printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Pacific Point, Regal Rose, PTI New Leaf, dotted paper from my scraps
Extras: copics, M M brads, QVC trim, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the humorous card challenge. These are probably some of my favorite Bugaboo stamps, the funny ones. Stella and Gus always make me laugh.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Stella Clean with Vodka
Ink: Printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Simply Chartreuse, SU Blue Bayou, patterns from my scraps
Extras: copics, nesties, SU ribbon, crystal accents on her glasses

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the masculine card challenge. I love this cute little football player! My sketch comes from Try Stamping on Tuesday sketch 101.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Brats Sports-Football Boy, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Kraft, PTI Simply Chartreuse, SU Taken with Teal, patterns from my scrap box
Extras: copics, nesties, Twinery twine, MM brads, dimensionals

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week is three "R" challenge (ribbon, rhinestones and roses).  Hope you like it and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you douse one. Check out the DT creations and play along! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Sassy Studio Designs Garter Sassy

Ink: printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Copic xpress, PTI Raspberry Fizz

Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, Cuttlebug e/f, WOC roses, MAMBI pink rhinestones, unknown ribbon, dimensionals

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the second challenge of the week, Stella Says Sketch 128. The added element is to add three of something. The red brads are my three.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Deacon XO
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, PTI print, Copic xpress
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, MM brads, MFT border die

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the Tuesday's challenge, called Cupcake three in a row. They generously offered this freebie to play along with. She's so cute. My sketch comes from SCS. I've gone with the diagonal of Bugaboo image, free, Cupcake!

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo freebie image
Ink: printer
Paper: American Crafts prints, copic xpress, SU Regal Rose, SU Wild Wasabi
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, cupcake button

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the third challenge of the week, black, white and a pop of color. I've used a sketch from SCS for the design.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Silhouette Butterfly Flowers
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Orange Zest
Extras: nesties, copics, stickles, dimensionals, Offray ribbon, Doodlebug brads, MFT border die, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Bugaboo Birthday Challenge

Bugaboo is celebrating their third birthday with a week's worth of challenges. I'm trying to play along. I have a huge collection of Bugaboo images and just don't use them enough.

This is for the first challenge of the week, anything birthday. I've used a sketch from SCS for the design.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Brats Isabella
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Spring Rain, American Crafts, Copic xpress
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, dimensionals, Doodlebug brads, SU ribbon, white sharpie, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to a new Flutterby Wednesday's challenge. This week we have a Winter White challenge (with a butterfly or fairy of course). Create a white project (image can be colored if you like).  I hope you will take some time and play along with us. Just include a fairy or butterfly on your creation to play along. Stop over to the blog and check out the gorgeous samples the DT has created. 

Card Recipe:

Paper: PTI ssw, PTI vellum

Ink: Palette Noir

Sentiment: PTI

Extras: PTI butterfly die, Recollections rhinestone, sewing machine, SU corner rounder, offray ribbon, Darice embossing folder

Whimsy and Stars

Happy Tuesday! The weeks are flying by in the new year, I can't believe we are half way through January! I've got a sweet little birthday card to share today. I used the sweet little kitty image, Lilly's Cupcake, from Whimsy and Stars.

My sketch comes from Seize the Birthday, a new sketch challenge blog for birthday cards. I loved the sketch and wanted to try it out even though I missed the deadline. I'm trying to get a little box together to mail to OWH in January and thought this sketch would be perfect, CAS and not too many lumps and bumps.

Some challenges I would like to enter:
By the Cute & Girly - P1, M, 1E/craft type - Cute and girly
The Stamping Shack Blog - 2W, P1/15, E3, SIO - Card or project for a child
A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge - 2W, 3E, SIO - #39 Celebrations
Can You Digi It - 2W- #27 Getting Girly
Top Tip Tuesday - 2W, 3E - #93 Fur Or Feathers
Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Girly
Created With Love - 3E, C10 - Critter Birthday
Forever Friends - M / 2W, E3 - Monthly Challenge: Birthdays
Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Happy Birthday

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Lilly's Cupcake
Ink: printer, SU Yoyo Yellow
Paper: Copic xpress, SU Yoyo Yellow, PTI Hawaiian Shores, American Crafts prints
Extras: copics, sponges, nesties, card candi, dimensionals, stickles, SU corner rounder

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is to use snow or snowflakes. Hope you like it and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you douse one. Check out the DT creations and play along! 

For my card I used the Elizabeth Laura Bennett image. Thought she would make an elegant holiday card, got to get ahead for next year, lol.

My sketch comes from Bearly Mine challenge #68.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Elizabeth Laura Bennett
Ink: printer
Paper: Copic xpress, PTI Blueberry Sky, Simply Chartreuse, DCWV prints
Extras: copics, nesties, Cuttlebue embossing folder, Kaiser pearls, sewing machine, Twinery twine, Sakura stardust pen

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week, we have a really terrific sponsor, Bugaboo! And it is an open challenge, just dont forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Bugaboo, graciously allowed us to chose an image to work with. My image is called BBrat Girl Balloon Sitter. She is just too cute. I made this one pretty flat, so I can send it off to OWH.

My sketch comes from Stella Says Sketch Challenge # 127.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure and drop over to the Flutterby Wednesday blog to see the fabulous creations from my teamies! Hope you will play along with us this week.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Bugaboo BBrat Girl Balloon Sitter, sentiment from PTI
Ink: pritner, palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, PTI Prints
Extras: copics, nesties, MS butterfly border punch, SU brads, stickes, Sharpee paint pen

Corrosive Challenge

Welcome to the first Corrosive Challenge of the New Year. It's called Out with the Old, In with the New. You must use two old items (stash) on your project. For mine, it is the ribbon, some old SU ribbon I've had for years and the rhinestones, they've been around for quite a while, too.

We have a great sponsor joining us this fortnight, Simply Betty Stamps. The prize is a $15 voucher to her store! Betty generously allowed the DT to chose an image and I picked this fun image called Diver Judy.

Thanks so much for stopping by, please check out all of my Design Teamies' creations on the Corrosive Blog, some awesome stuff. Hope you'll play along with us this round.

Challenges:
Raise The Bar - W – Sketch
My Sheri Crafts  -  2W -  #101 All Sports

Card Recipe:
Image: Simply Betty Stamps Diver Judy, sentiment PTI
Ink: printer, Palette Noir, SU Real Red
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, SU Going Gray, Copic xpress, Authentique Fresh prints
Extras: copics, nesties, dimensionals, Sakura stardust pen, MME rhinestones, SU ribbon, sponges, 

Whimsy and Stars Blog Hop

Welcome to the Whimsy and Stars January blog hop. Mabelle has released two sweet images today! Both are super cute!

If you arrived from Christine's blog you are in the right spot. Hop along with us and leave comments along the way, two random people will be selected to win a stamp of their choice (and you should see the sweet Valentine images Mabelle has available)! You will want to have a chance to win for sure! The hop will end on Tuesday Jan. 8th at 7:00 am (EST).

For my card I've used Wintertime Boy. I've colored him with copics and paired him with some Authentiuqe papers. I was planning to send this one to OWH, but all three of my boys have asked if it was for them, lol. Might need to make a few more!

Thanks for stopping by today! From  here hop on over and see what Lesa has created for today.

Here is the full hop list, in case you missed a stop.

1. Whimsy & Stars Studio http://whimsyandstarsstudio.typepad.com
2. Cheryl   http://shestamps.blogspot.com
3. Christine  http://christinescreativetherapy.wordpress.com/
4. Kathy  http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/
5. Lesa  http://punkydoodlepapers.typepad.com/
6. Lesley  http://www.alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/
7. Marsha  http://www.stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/
8. Melissa  http://8ers.blogspot.com/
9. Suzanne  http://sparklingscrapper.blogspot.com/
10. Tracy  http://iwannabuildamemory.blogspot.com

Some Challenges I would like to enter:

Try Stamping on Tuesday sketch 99

Hotshot Crafts - M - Clean and Simple

Jellypark Challenges - 2W, 2E, SIO – Week 2, Old and New (new image, old sentiment stamp)

Sweet n' Sassy Digi Challenge - SIO, must use digi - Something New (new image)

Totally Papercrafts – Something New (new image)

Cute Card Thursday - C5 - #250 Something New (new image)

For Fun Challenges - JFF - something new (new image)

Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #108 favorite embellishment (currently twine is my fave embellie)

Bearly Mine - 2E, SIO - #67 Something Old Something New (new image, old sentiment stamp)

Digital Tuesday -W- include a digital element -#191 Layers (this chal lasts until 8th Jan)

Card Recipe:

Image: Whimsy and Stars Wintertime Boy, Verve sentiment

Ink: printer, Palette Noir

Paper: SU Night of Navy, Going Gray, PTI Harvest Gold, Copic Xpress blending, Authentique patterns

Extras: copics, EK Success Border punch, Verve dies, WOC rhinestones, dimensionals, Pick Your Plum twine

Dare to be Sassy Thusday

It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week is our something old and something new challenge. Hope you like it and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you douse one. Check out the DT creations and play along! 

For my card I used an older image, Kim Kutie Roller Girl and paired it with some new MME papers that my design teamie Mary sent me in a Secret Santa package. Thanks Mary!

My sketch comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #187.

Card Recipe
Image: SSD Kim Kutie Roller Girl

Ink: printer

Paper: Copic xpress, PTI Ture Black, SU Rose Red, MME prints

Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, rhinestones, dimensionals