Dare To Be Sassy Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs

I am having so much fun creating with the new Follow the Yellow Brick Road release from Sassy Studio Designs!  We were challenged this week to use paper piecing over at the Sassy Studio Design Team blog and I thought my stomach was going to stay in my throat.  That was until I saw this fabulous Oz Sassy! 

I simply adore her and think you can do so much with her!  You can certainly color her like the traditional Oz, use her for a wedding or prom, make her red/white/blue for the 4th.  She's so versatile!  Me when I saw her, I thought of animals!  Doesn't she look like she'd be the greatest ring master?!

I colored her with copics and added a little bit of Stickles to her hat, jacket, vest, and shoes.  The kraft and gold card stock and the sentiment are from Stampin' Up and I embossed the gold paper with one of my gorgeous cuttlebug folders to give it some texture.  The frame and ovals are from Nestabilities and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

The sketch is from Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  Love it and will use it a lot!  I used my soot black distressed marker to outline her pants, but it's kind of hard to see from these shots.  I don't usually paper piece very well, but I think these pants came out pretty good, even if I do say so myself!

I think she's such a beauty!  I'm going to be entering her in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - embossing
Stamp n Doodle - Anything goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - markers
Bearly-Mine Challenges - Anything goes
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything goes
Use It Tuesday - Hoarders (Stampin Up cardstock!) and die cuts

Click on over to the Sassy Studio Design Team blog and see the gorgeous projects that my stamping sisters have come up with for your viewing pleasure.  I know I sure loved seeing them!  Join in our challenge and go do some paper piecing.  Pull out those scissors and get cutting and pasting!

Underwater Scene, Syrena, and Happy Birthday to my baby girl!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday.  I know I did!  I missed my girls but got to spend the day with my Mom, sister and nephews and their families.  I simply adore being around them and know how very blessed I am.  Today is not only Fabulous Freebie Friday over at the Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet Group, but it's my baby girl, Nichole's birthday!  Happy Birthday, honey!  

When Nichole was little, she fell in love with The Little Mermaid.  Ariel was and is still her favorite princess.  When I was asked to create an underwater scene for this Friday's Freebie, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, especially when I saw that it fell on Nichole's birthday!  This one's for you honey!

I love this underwater scene and think you can use it for so many things!  I added Syrena from Sassy Studio Designs  and colored her like I could see my Nichole as a mermaid.  I colored everything with colored pencils and added some Stickles to the starfish and sand dollars.  I added some Glossy Accents to the bubbles and then sprayed Goosebumps on the background scene and Syrena.  Then I attached her with some pop ups and added some gems from my stash.  The flowers are from Recollections and the branches are from my Martha Stewart punch.  I ran the border through my cuttlebug Devine Swirls folder and sanded it with a nail file.

Isn't she just gorgeous?  I love Lindsay's designs!

Here's a view of one side.

Here's the other side.

I added a few gems on the inside. Make sure to head over to the group to pick up this gorgeous scene and to leave my Fabette sisters some love.  Remember this freebie will only be available for 24 hours.  Don't miss it!

50 Shades of Sassy and Celebrating 800 Members!

Everyone is talking about the Fifty Shades of Grey series.  It's hot, it's sexy, it's entertaining, it's dull, it's shocking, it's ____________, you fill in your thoughts on it!  One things for sure is everyone has an opinion about it.  But for me, today Fifty Shades is a reason to celebrate because we finally reached 800 members over at our Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet Group!  I'll take any reason to party and celebrate!  I love that there are 800 people out there in cyber crafting world that love the images that Lindsay creates for us to color up and play with as much as I do.  Not only do we get to build friendships with people we have something in common with, but we get some freebies along the way with this bunch!

Over at the group, Lindsay has a super fun extra image for us to have some fun with, so let's celebrate Fifty Shades of Sassy!  If you've come here for Alaine's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, here's the order:

SSD: http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Debbie: http://www.craftingwhenican.blogspot.com/
Kim: http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/
Alaine: http://www.missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/
Susan: http://stampingtink.blogspot.com/
Karal: http://karalscreativespace.blogspot.com/
Mary: http://www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com/
Lori: http://lorib117.blogspot.com/
Ruza: http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Erin: http://elfiessparkleanddust.blogspot.co.uk/
Rebecca: http://sydneyssentiments.blogspot.com/
Starla:  http://youcouldbewishingonastar.blogspot.com/
Carrie:  http://carrieshandmadecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Regan: http://charmedstamping.blogspot.com/

Regan, our oh so fun and talented coordinator for this fun ride, has challenged us to use black, white, and grey.  Here's my take on Miss Fifty Shades of Sassy:

Isn't she something?  I had the greatest time with her!  This confident lady is colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and her shoes and clothing (what there is of it!) is highlighted with Diamond Glaze and the background is cut with my Nestabilities dies and for some added texture, I ran the grey oval through my Cuttlebug.  The paper is from the Black Currant pack from DCWV.  The brad and flourish is from Close to My Heart, the flowers from Recollections and the twine and brads are from my stash.

Here's a couple of peeks to the inside from each side.

Sorry that the pop up squares are showing!  Here's her gorgeous face up close:

Gosh, she sure does look sure of herself!

I love the sentiment!

Now make sure to hop over to Karal's blog and see her fabulous project she has waiting for you!

Laters, gals!

Party on Girls!

There's nothing like good friends, but good girl friends, well, they're priceless!  One of my best friends is having a birthday tomorrow (won't tell you how old!) and I'm so excited to be able to celebrate it with her.  She's been with me my entire life and while I've been a pain in the ---, she has always loved me unconditionally.  She gave up part of her spotlight when I came along, slapped my bottle in my face when she was asked to give it to me before she went outside to play,and helped keep me in bed while we were waiting for Santa Clause.  She would roll her eyes at me when I would make a fort out of sheets in our bedroom, and just look at me with that "what in the world is she doing with her Barbie doll?" look on her face when I would swing that doll around by her black pony tail and let her go flying across the room dressed in her airline stewardess outfit and when she landed, I would come up with some exotic place like Paris, France or London, England that she had been flown to from our little house in West Virginia.  Of course, her blond Barbie was dressed very properly in her nurse's outfit while taking care of the sick and needy at home.  Me, I was having a margarita and she was passing out shots, and not of liquor! She took me to my first concerts:  Three Dog Night, The Fifth Dimension, and John Denver. She has always been interested in what I was doing, even if she didn't understand what all the things I did in the navy stood for or meant.  When I would come home on leave, we would go make up and clothes shopping, and spend as much time together as we could.   

My sister, Jonalea, is a gift to me from God.  He had the foresight to know I would need her undying love and support throughout my life.  She's always been my biggest supporter and cheerleader and has encouraged me to take chances and take advantage of every opportunity that came my way. When my life wasn't in a happy place, she asked me what could I always count on, what was the core of my life, where did my strength come from, and I immediately responded, "family".  If there is one thing I would ever wish on every person, it's that they have a sister like mine.  She's a blessed woman and I thank God every day for being gracious enough to give me a gift I don't deserve, my precious sister.  Jonalea, I love you and I know I don't tell or show you often enough how fortunate, honored, and humbled I am to call you sister.

One thing about my big sis is she loves to celebrate occasions and milestones in life, but she usually is the one doing all the planning.  Her husband planned and pulled off a surprise birthday party for her on her big day and we all got to celebrate her.  She has such a zest for life and such wonderful friends that when I saw Party Girls from Art Impressions, I had to use them for Jonalea's birthday card.  Here's my take on Party Girls:

I love the bright colors and used my copics on these Party Hearty girls and added tons of Stickles to the gals tops, pants, and confetti, and put some Diamond Glaze on the balloons to make them shine.  I love the DCWV Pocketful of Posies paper and my Coordination paper.  The ribbon and diamonds are from my small stash that I've kept. Here's a closeup of these gleeful babes out celebrating:

The embossing on the papers was done with a cuttlebug folder, and I distressed the edges with my Close to My Heart distressing tool.  And a glimpse of the inside:

I wrote on the inside "Celebrate" because I think it's important to celebrate the important people in your life.  Today, Jonalea, my dear, sweet, precious sister, I celebrate you!  Enjoy!