Sassy Angel, Autumn Style by Sassy Studio Designs

Oh, what gorgeous projects my Fabette sisters have to share with you today!  Since it's Friday, it's time for Fabulous Freebie Friday over at our Paper Craft Planet group!  Don't you just love this Sassy Angel?  She has a counter part and she's not so angelic!  Remember that you only have 24 hours to get over to the group and pick them up.  What a great treat to get two for the price of one!  I think she's fabulous and our challenge in presenting her this week was to use texture.  I thought, what's autumn without some crunchy, dried leaves?

The colors of autumn are just stunning.  I remember when I was young and growing up in West Virginia, I would go over to my grandmother's house (she just lived next door!) and we would sit out on her porch in her rocker.  During the fall, we would sit in silence and just rock back and forth and look at the mountains that surrounded us.  Looking at those hills with every color of red, yellow, orange, brown, and green was like looking at a master's painting.  It took me years to realize that I was looking at THE Master's painting.  My grandmother would say that it was one of the few times that I was ever quiet!  That tells me two things - she knew me very well, and that the time we spent together in that metal swing was important to her.  Yes, fall is more than just stunning colors for me, it's a beautiful, precious memory that was as important to someone else as it was to me.

I colored this beauty with my copics and used some stickles on her wings and cloud, Glossy Accents on her boots and sponged the edges of my circle with Wild Honey Distressed inks.  I used a floral cuttlebug folder on my patterned papers by TPC Studios and Mambi.  I used my spellbinders to cut her out and the ribbon and glass floral spray are from my stash.  I sprayed a silk leaf with Goosebumps and the texture on it is fabulous, but I can't get it photographed to show up.  I love that Goosebumps!

Here's a side view.  Can you believe that this was taken outside on the back porch?  Here in Ohio, at the end of October, we still have this much green!

Here's a closer view of her.  Isn't she just so angelic looking?

Here's another side view.  I absolutely love these fall sunflowers!

And my good stamping sister, Judy, is back from vacation and Judy, this one's for you!

Make sure you stop by the Paper Craft Planet group and pick up this gorgeous freebie and it's counterpart and to see what my stamping sisters have in store for you.  My gosh, I get inspired just talking to them!  And if you're not a member, join up!  We're so close to hitting 800 members and once we do, Lindsay has a fabulous freebie for us all!  And from what I understand, she's a mix between an angel and little devil!  Can't wait to see her!

Enjoy the weekend and I hope you find some time to craft!

My First Post as a Sassy Studio Designs Design Team Member!

Can you tell how thrilled and excited I am to be part of the Sassy Studio Designs Design Team?  I do think I've gone over the top even for me!  One thing that is bringing me down to earth is a cause and my soap box.  As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and over at the Sassy Studio Designs group at Paper Craft Planet, the Fabulous Friday Freebie is a gorgeous image called Support A Cause.  This free image is only going to be available for 24 hours so make sure you go over and join the group to get her!  It may sound odd but I'm so excited that my first project as a member of the SSD Design Team deals with bringing some more awareness to this cause.  Here's my take on her:

Isn't she stunning?  And doesn't she look like she can fight like a girl?  I love her!  She's confident, strong and determined to kick the ---- out of cancer.  I love her for that.  Cancer has taken the lives of people I love dearly and I've watched one of my aunts back in the 70's fight and survive this vile thing and I so admire the people who fight it tooth and nail.

Now about Miss Thing!  She's colored with my copic markers and yep, I used my stickles on the bow and Diamond Glaze on her belt and lips.  The pearls are from Studio 112 and I have some pink glitter tape on the band.  I used my Martha Stewart branch punch with the flowers from Reflections, and the paper is a paper pack from Mambi.  Here's a side view of her.

Until today, it never dawned on me how much I'd been missing out by not finishing the inside of my cards!

And here's her gorgeous face.  if you look really close, you can see pink written on the paper.  I love the colors of autumn but in October, it's all about the pink!

Here's a picture of the inside for Judy.  I used some Wild Honey Distressed Ink around the writing area.

I am entering this cutie in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Make sure to hop over to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and see the gorgeous, inspiring and heartfelt cards that some of my talented design team buddies have made.  I don't want you to miss them.  And for the month of October, think and remember pink.  Always remember the pink.