Dare To Be Sassy Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs

Oh Happy Valentines Day everyone!  I love that it happens to fall on a Thursday because I got to do this fun project for Dare To Be Sassy Thursday over at Sassy Studio Designs!  For me, it doesn't get much better than creating something fun and sassy and get to eat chocolate too!  Make sure to stop over at the Design Team Blog and see what fun projects my designing sisters have come up to inspire you!  They never disappoint you!  Our challenge to you this week is to create something using White, Pink, and Red.  Should be easy for this week!

This gorgeous showgirl is Sassy Showgirl and you can find her here.  I adore her!  She's so stunning and bold and I've been waiting for just the perfect project for her.  I made her a little bit sweet, with it being Valentine's Day and all.

She's colored with copics and has stickles all over her!  I added some Diamond Glaze to her outfit and in person it looks just like satin.  I fussy cut her and adheared her to some pink shimmery paper.  This fabulous tube and box are from a Valentine's packet i got from my good friend Bek who sells Close to My Heart.  I got 12 precut boxes, tubes and a stunning silver glittery sheet of cardstock to help decorate her.  You can find Bek's page here.  It's hard to see, but I cut up the silver glitter paper and put it on all sides of the box.

I used some swirls from Cloud 9 and the little hearts are from K&Company.  Love their embellishments!

Here's a couple of views of it from the side.

This girl is so stunningly beautiful and versatile!  I think she'd be fabulous colored up in purples and golds for the Mardi Gras, or soft colors for Easter or spring.  And what about Red, White, and Blue for the 4th of July?  I think she totally rocks, but man, it was hard getting to photograph her because Allie kept getting into the M&M's!

Hope you join us over at Sassy Studio Designs and show us some of the love for White, Pink, and Red!  Would love to see what you come up with!  Happy Valentines Day friends!  Love you all!

I Love Me Some Stitching . . .

Today I wanted to share my sweet Curly Locks Kiki  from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection for the Digi Bells.  with you.  My first venture into the creative world was sewing and making my own doll clothes for my, well I won't tell you what doll because that would give my age away!  Let's just say that I sewed a lot by hand and on my Grandma's Singer push pedal machine!  Enough said about my age!  (I'm fiftysomething!)

This cutie is colored with copics and has some stickles and has some Diamond Glaze around her headband and trim along her dress and on her strawberry dish.  The flowers are from the Petite Blossom Spellbinders die and the pearls in the corner are from Studio 112.  I love the swirls from Close to My Heart.  They're just so pretty, one of my favorite embellishments lately!  The ribbon is from my stash and the paper is from Basic Grey.

This gives you a pretty good look at the dimensions of the flowers.

I was pretty proud of how they came out and how they look.  And here's the inside.  Pretty basic but I love this paper, the aqua and peach together is one of my all time favorite color combinations!

I loved working up this cutie pie and hope you enjoyed her!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'm off to do a little bit of stitching, but it's on paper instead of fabric!

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Sponsored by The Cutting Cafe

It's time for another Tuesday Throwdown Challenge!  This week we are being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe and the challenge is simple, Anything Goes!  Can't get much simplier than that! Make sure to stop over at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog for all the details of the Challenge.   There were some fun images and I chose to go with the fabulous clock that you can find here:

I colored the clock with copics and added some stickles to the flowers and hands on the time dial.  The papers are from Kaiser from a couple of years ago.  The buttons and pearls are from Studio 112.  I cut the sentiment out and glued it to a banner type tag I cut. The lace is from my stash.

I like this side view a lot better because it shows the true colors of the paper.  I tried to make the clock look weathered and have a shabby chic look to it.  I tried to do a clean and simple layout but I don't think that's really my forte!

Here's a glimpse of the inside.

I'd love to see you join in with our challenge.  It doesn't get much easier than anything goes!  And stop over at our Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog and see the fun projects that my design team buddies have come up with to inspire you!

Ursula, Hearts, and Dare to Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs!

I'm really excited today because over at Sassy Studio Designs, we are switching teams and today starts my term with the Dare to Be Sassy Thursday!  Our very sweet and talented leader, Kathy, challenged us to "Have A Heart" for this challenge.  I chose to use Ursula Pinup, one of the new sassy images from our new release, even though she doesn't have a heart!  You can find this fabulous  villianess here.  

She's a bit out of my comfort zone with her skin because I don't usually color green, but I gave her a shot!  She's colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and the papers are from My Mind's Eye and the red hologram heart paper is from my stash. I added some swirls from Close to My Heart. The paper doily heart is from Wilton and the gems are from Studio 112.  I added some swtickles to her dress and the swirls and her shell necklace.  

I also added some red distressed Ink to the heart.

You can see some more of the patterned paper on the inside.  Wish the hearts would have show up better,

Here's a couple of side views of her.

Now get your hearts on and join us over at the Sassy Studio Design blog and join in the fun!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!  

Hearts and Ribbons Challenge for Elphine House Australia

I just love all the different things you can do with hearts this tie of the year.  They don't just have to have some flowery sentiment or be all about the love of your life.  Sometimes hearts can be soft and subtle.  That's the approach I used for our Design Team Challenge for Elphine House Australia.  Our uber talented leader, Lynda, challenged us to use hearts and ribbons and I chose this precious Daisy Standing Tall designed by the ever so talented Elisabeth Bell.   I see this sweetie pie as being out to pick some flowers for someone who is special to her and I could just see these daisy ending up with a huge bow tied around them.

She's colored with copics and her cutout and the swirls are from Spellbinders.  This gorgeous paper is from BasicGrey's Bittersweet stack and I've held on to it for a really long time!  I added Stickles and Diamond Glaze to her dress and flowers and some pearls from Studio 112 to the edges, butterfly and around her cutout.  The flowers are from my handmade stash and I used my Cricut Expression to cut out the heart and added some Distressed Inks around all the edges.  The lace and ribbon is from my stash.

Gosh, I love her sweet face!

The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and I added some pearls to it.

I cut out an extra heart for the inside.

Be sure to stop over at our Design Team Blog and see the gorgeous creations that my Design Team sisters have come up with.  I'm sure they'll do nothing but inspire you to get working on your heart cards and pull out that ribbon!  The world can always use some more bows, knots, and streamers!