80's To The Max Release and Blog Hop for Sassy Studio Designs!

Oh, "Close your eyes, hear the rhythm,"  how I love a good 80's song!  "What a Feeling"!  Anyone out there remember that?  Well, I do!  I'm a child of disco and loved it!  That's why I'm having so much fun with our new release from Sassy Studio Designs!  The release is called "80's To The Max" and Lindsay has some fabulous designs for you!

This release is really special because it's a celebration of what seems to be most of our design team's birthdays and we're so lucky to have one of our designing team sisters, Regan, back for this release!  Our blog hop is including the outstandingly talented members of the Corrosive Challenge design team so we're really psyched about this release!

Well, if you've come to my blog from my fabulous and very talented sister, Chris's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, boogie on over to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and start there.  I don't want you to miss a single memory from the 80's with this release!  OK, so from my first paragraph, can you guess what image I got to play with?  Yep, I'm presenting Flashdance Sassy!

I can just feel her energy!  She's colored with copics and cut out with Spellbinders.  I made a center step card and used the gorgeous papers from the Black Currant paper pack from DCWV.  The gems are from Studio G and the lace is from Cloud 9.

Sassy and gorgeous, isn't she?  I added some stickles to her leggings, sweatshirt and top.

Here's a view of the shirt cuffs and cuff links.  I love that part of the movie where Alex is having dinner with Nick and she takes her blazer off and is sitting there at dinner with her cuffs and tuxedo bow tie on!  Actually, the cuffs are just some card stock with a hole punched into the middle and some cuff links put through them!  Simple, but i hope they give the effect!

I added a computer generated sentiment.  I hope from the sentiment you can figure out what age this card is for!

Just a couple more views of this sassy girl!

Since Alex is on stage so much in the movie, I hoped the lace would kind of give the effect of a stage curtain.

So now do the hustle on over to the uber talented Julie's blog and see what fabulous happening she has going on for you!  And remember, leave a comment every where so you get the chance to win a free image.  These are such fun, I'd hate for you to miss out on the chance to get something free to play with!  I hope you're having as much fun looking as we have had creating!

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs

Gotta love summer!  It's my favorite time of the year as you all know.  One thing I love about summer is all the vivid colors.  Everything looks so deep and vibrant.  Over at Sassy Studio Designs Dare to Be Sassy Thursday, our challenge this week to everyone is to use your favorite color combination.  I have several, but one of my all time favorites is blue and yellow.  It seems so fresh and renewing to me.  I love the french country look and that's what those colors remind me of.

For my project this week, I used Cinderella Pinup and made a CD case!  It was so fun and easy!  I followed the directions found here .  I colored the beauty with copics and added stickles all over her.  These gorgeous papers are from an Echo Park paper pad that I ordered from Kim at Cutter's Creek.  The flowers are from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge and the swirls are from Spellbinders.  I added some tulle and pearls and called it good!

Here's a view of the back.  The instructions call for some type of closure, but I was making this for one of Allie's little friends so I left the closure off.  She's only 3 and I wanted to make it really easy for her to get it open.

I know, you're asking why not Cinderella instead of Tinkerbell!  I had one of the Tinkerbell's all done up and ready to go, but I spilled coffee on her and my Cinderella DVD is in storage.  So there you have it!

Here she is close up.  I absolute love this image and hope you do too!  So head on over to our Sassy Studio Design Team blog and see what fabulous and fun color combinations my creating buddies have come up with for you.  I loved their projects and got a couple of ideas of colors to try together that I never though of. Love it when that happens!

Don't forget to head over to our Sassy Studio Design Party Blog and take advantage of the fabulous new image that is being offered today and tomorrow for free before it goes into the store on Saturday morning!  She's so much fun and remember to use her responsibly.

Christmas in July for Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs

Love me some Christmas, I do!  Doesn't matter to me what time of the year it is.  Being down in Florida, it is so hot that doing a theme of Christmas in July kind of cools me off a little.  That's our theme this week for the Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs.  I love it because you can do some different takes on the colors.  I decided to go with some lighter colors, pinks and greens!

Victorian Holiday Sassy has always been one of my favorite images because I think she looks so delicate and feminine.  She's colored with copics and has stickles on her coat and dress.  The green and pink papers are from Recollections and I used my Nestabilities to make the snowflakes and covered them with Pearl Tattered
Angels spray.  The gems are from Studio G and the ribbon is from my stash.

Here's a close up of her.  Don't you think she's just so pretty?

Here's a pretty good view of the snowflakes.

I love the snowflakes in the bottom right corner.  This is one of my favorite die sets!  I'm going to enter her into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - Christmas in July
Paper Minutes - Anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas - Tic-Tac-Toe (Ribbon, Glitter, Gems/Pearls)

Don't forget to blog on over to our Sassy Studio Designs Party Blog and pick up the new freebie that's being offered today and tomorrow before it finds its way into the Sassy Studio Designs Store on Saturday morning!  You know how I'd hate it if you missed the opportunity to pick it up!

Make sure to stop over to our Sassy Studio Designs blog and see the other fun and fabulous creations my fellow designing buddies have come up with for you.  All we need now is a little bit of eggnog!  Happy Christmas in July everyone!

Patriotic Pin Up Release for Sassy Studio Designs

First off and most importantly, Happy 4th of July!  I love this country and this holiday has always been so much fun.  I think it's because it's during the summer, no one expects a present, you get to be casual all day long, and you can tie it into vacation.  What's not to like?  Today I get to really enjoy the day because I get to present a new image from Sassy Studio Designs and she's a hot beauty!  This beaut is free for Thursday and Fridan and then will be on sale in the Sassy Studio Designs Store.  Make sure you stop over at our Sassy Studio Design Team Blog and get all the details!  I don't want you to miss her!  So to get the picnic going, here's Patriotic Pin Up!

I thought she was such a firecracker that I made a popper for her!  Here's a closer look at her:

She's colored with copics and covered with stickles!  I used my Jelly Roll clear glitter pen on the flag's staff.  She's cut out and framed with Nestabilities and the papers are from DCWV and my stash.

I love all her stars!  she's just so festive and sassy!

I loved making this popper and added some fun ribbon and bakers twine to tie the edges.  You can fill the popper up with candies, pretzels, popcorn, whatever you decide!  She's going to be entered inthe following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Red, white and blue
Crafty Cardmakers - Holidays
Digi Darla's Challenge - Stars and Stripes
Get Inky! Challenge - Red, White and blue
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Flag Day or colors
MeMa's Craft Monday Challenge - Patriotism or Red, White and Blue
Paper Playtime - Red, White and Blue
The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - photo inspiration
Gingerloft Challenge - Red, White and Blue

Hurry on over to the Sassy Studio Design Team blog and get all the details because I'd hate for you to miss out on the beauty!  Now go and celebrate our Independence Day!  Hope it's a great and safe one for you all.

Happy Anniversary Release from Sassy Studio Designs

Happy Anniversary to Lindsay, our awesome and fearless illustrator, and to one of my favorite shops of all time, Sassy Studio Designs!  Both are celebrating their fourth year together and I couldn't be happier for them!  If you've been to my blog before, you know how much I love doing Sassy Studio Design new releases!  This month's release is going to be such a blast, kind of a blast from the past, and  we have such a fun release planned and I'm so excited to have you stop by! 

If you came to me from the Sassy Studio Design blog, then you're on the right track!  If not, head on over to the blog and find out all the details and all the fun twists in this release!  We each have an image and picked an anniversary and designed our projects around what is suggested as a gift for that particular year. I was so excited to get Tinkersassy and if you know my blog and of my love for Tinkerbell, you can see why I was so thrilled!  Isn't she fabulous?  See if you can figure out what year of anniversary I chose to celebrate.

When I got assigned my image for this release, I was over the moon!  The only thing was, I wasn't exactly sure how to get to the moon.  I love to fly and if I could have a super power, it would be to be able to fly.  Well,I can't fly but Tinkerbell sure can!  She can pick her own way of getting around and all it takes is a bit of pixie dust.  We have to have cars with gas, or a bike or skates.  Think of all the different ways we can get around.  After so many years, don't you think a girl deserves to travel  in style?  Well, for her anniversary, I'd like to think that Peter Pan tried to make her travelling a little bit more comfortable for her.  He got her a kite!

Wasn't that thoughtful of him?  It's got all the modern conveniences and gadgets.  She's colored with copics and her wings are covered with Stickles or pixie dust as I like to call it.  her kite is made up of scraps from BasicGrey and Graphic 45.  She's all decked out with a clock so she'll be able to arrive on time and the kite is sprayed with Goose Bumps to give it some texture and protection from the night air.

If you look closely behind her, she's got some stars embossed on her background that act as her GPS!  The flowers and pearls are just because a girl needs something classy when she travels!

Here's a close up of this beauty. I love her in red, white, and blue!  I think it's appropriate for this time of the year.

Here's a closer look at the flowers.  I combined some patriotic colors and like how they came out.

Here's a view of the tail.  I used some baker's twine from The Twinery, and added some handmade flowers there as well.

And now you get a full view of her new wheels:

I would like to enter her in the following challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - 4th of July
Clearly iStamp Challenge - Red, White, and Blue
Digi Haven - Flowers
Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Use your flag's colors
Sister Act Card Challenge - Always anything goes
Aud Sentiment Challenge - Summer
Cute Card Thursday - Fly Like A Bird
Delightful Challenge - Red, White, and Blue
MilkCoffee Challenge - Summer fun
Shelly's Images - Stars, Stripes, and Sparkle
Ruby's Rainbow - Things With Wings

I know there's been a lot of pictures but I wanted you to see it all.  Now make sure to sprinkle a little pixie dust and fly on over and visit my totally awesome and totally cool designing sister, Sara, and see what great things she has in store for you.  And remember to try and guess what anniversary each of of us are celebrating and leave a comment.  I'm just dying to give this beauty away and let someone have as much fun as I've had!

May All Your Wishes Come True Release and Blog Hop for Sassy Studio Designs!

Just a couple of things first.  If you've made it this far on the fabulous blog hop, God Bless You!  Also, for everyone in the United States, Happy Memorial Day!  I love this holiday because it pays tribute to those who have or are serving in the military.  I proudly served 12 1/2 years in the Navy and loved every minute of it.  It was a privilege and honor and I wouldn't have traded one single second of my time doing one of the most important things in my life.  Now on to the blog hop!

Don't you just love it when something you've truly wished for comes true?  I know it's happened to me several times in my life and it's just truly magical when it happens.  That's what the new release for Sassy Studio Designs, May All Your Wishes Come True, is all about.  But there's a twist - it's about when your grown up wishes come true!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I think you'll love this release!  I now I sure do!

If you've come to my blog from my ever talented designing sister, Sara's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, make sure to go to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and start from there.  I promise it will be well worth your time!

I am really excited to present Cinderella Pin Up to you!  I'm really pleased with how she came out!  Just want to warn you that there's a few pictures!

I did something new for me, I used a digi and made a candle!  I've done it with rubber stamps before but never with a digi and I had a blast!  (I'm writing a tutorial for it and you'll be able to find it over at our Paper Craft Planet Group in a few days.)  She's colored with copics and added to the candle with my embossing gun.  I added some stickles all over her gown, headband and shoes.

I added some blue tulle from Joann Fabrics and all of the flowers are from Recollections.  Love her missing shoe!

I added some jewels to the top and the back and they are by Studio G.

Since she's a pin up, I wanted to add a sassy type sentiment to her!

Here's a view of the side with another sentiment.  I like this one because usually when you hear about a ship coming in or something good happening, usually the person is at another pier or the airport and they miss it.  Miss Cinderella Pin Up was in the right place at the right time!

And here is a view of the left side of the front of the candle.  It was hard working with this project because it smelled so good!  The scent is Fresh Linen and I got the candle at Michaels.

Well, I'm the next to the last stop so head on over to The Sassy Studio Designs Blog and tell us what you thought about the blog hop and the release.  I think it's one of our funnest so far!

Cowardly Lion Sassy for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Sorry I've been gone, but I've been on the greatest adventure!  My girls went together and bought me a plane ticket to go to the wedding of one of my adopted-surrogate kids!  My boy, Jake, got married and I'm so glad I was able to go and share that day with him!  I was lucky enough to spend time with Nichole and Lainie Loo, and my Jennifer, Nick and sweet Emma which I totally loved!  For me, there's nothing like spending time with my children and grandbabies!  I could just eat them up I love them all so much!  I also got to spend so much time with my other kids.  Jake used to live with us for a couple of years and while he may not be my biological child, he is a child of my heart, just like my Nicole, Kelly, Rachelle, Bryce, Brolin, Ben, Zach, Ryan with a silent "B".  There's something to be said about taking time to spend with children and listening to them.  I shared so much of their lives with them and they had such an impact on me.  They made me feel needed and loved.  I thought it was just on my side, but gosh, how humbling it is when you realize that you had an impact on them and they truly love you as much as you do them.  My heart was very full and overflowing this weekend and I realize how truly blessed and extremely lucky I am.  Boy, did they all ever work me over and made me feel like I need to be back in Maine with them.  Well, who knows what the future may bring.  I may still have a few winters left in my heart that I've been ignoring!

Thanks for letting me ramble on!  Now on to my project for today!  Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the challenge over at C.R.A.F.T. and their theme is Birthdays.  How much fun are birthdays?!  I've always loved them and don't mind counting them.l  After all, age is only a number and not a frame of mind.  That's what I think.  I certainly don't feel as old in my heart as I am in numbers.  I decided to use Cowardly Lion Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs' newest release.  I just love all of the images in this release!

Isn't she just sassy?  She's colored with copics and I used some Stickles on her fur and tail.  The papers are from Bo Bunny and from my stash.  The gems are from Recollections and I added some Distressed Inks around the edge of her.

Doesn't she have the prettiest face?

The sentiment is handwritten with Allie.  We're working on her letters and she wanted to help.  After my past weekend.  I don't want to stand in the way of her wanting to practice writing or being creative.

I plan on entering her in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Something old, something new (new gems  and old papers)
Divas By Design - Anything goes
The Stamping Chef - Animals
Creative Craft Challenge - All About animals

So stop on over at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge and join in on the fun.  And use a Sassy Studio Image is you have one!  They're so much stinkin fun!

Flying Monkey Sassy from Off to Find a Wizard Release!

I'm so excited and happy that you stopped by to visit!  If you've come to my blog from Judy's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, had over to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and start from the beginning!  I don't want you to miss a single thing! Wasn't Judy's project wonderfully fun?  She's one of our newest Design Team sisers and we're so glad and lucky to have her!  And we're so glad that we have some fabulous new designers on our family!  I'd love to welcome:

Chris

Greg

Adina

Michelle

Judy

I'm so excited to welcome you all and wish all my other stamping sisters much love, happiness and good luck!

You can get all the details on the opportunities to win some of these fabulous images and celebrate this fabulous release and different versions of this classic movie and book!  We have a tic-tac-toe board this time and I chose flying monkey, bling, and ruby slippers.

The flying monkeys used to scare me so when I was little!  I always pulled the covers up over my head and clutched my sister's arm when they came only  But somehow, this sassy monkey doesn't make me squirm in quite the same way!  I think her sass totally rocks!  When I saw her, I envisioned her trying on those ruby slippers before she left to return them to the Wicked Witch of the West!  So, her being the fashionista that she is (I just love her coat and hat!), I can imagine her concern in how these slippers go along with the rest of her.

She's colored with copics and I used some different circles and oval Nestabilities to frame her and the computer generated sentiment.  Her buttons, braid on her hat, wings, and shoes are done with Stickles and are mounted on the shoe with foam pop ups.

Gosh, she's so pretty!  Who would think she was really some pesty, little monkey?

I loved working up this shoe and it's a wonderful template from Ellen Hutson you can find here.   The paper I used was from American Craft and it was very heavy and hard to bend around the back for the heel.  Gotta give a shout out to Sara and Mary for their suggestions for adhesives to hold it together!

Now ease on down to road to the outstandingly talented Alaine's blog and see her fabulous project.  I just know you won't be disappointed!

Theodora Sassy, Full of Strength and Confidence

Are you sick of hearing from me yet?  I sure hope not because I've got a lot more to show and say!  I won't bore you totally today because I've got a pretty busy day planned.  I am off to look at a few apartments and still on the hunt for a job.  For that, I need some confidence and strength.  When I first saw this gorgeous image, Theodora Sassy, from the Oz the Great and Powerful release from Sassy Studio Designs, those are two qualities that I saw in her that I just admired.

Today, Crafts 4 Eternity is being sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and their challenge calls for 3 patterned papers.  Well, I gave them 3 for sure!  If you follow me at all, you know I love me some papers!

Theodora Sassy is colored with copics and fussy cut.  I framed her on some Nestabilities and the kraft card stock is from Stampin Up and the patterned paper is from a gorgeous paper pack called Discover from My Mind's Eye.  The Lace is from Cloud 9, the pearls from Studio 112, and the highlights are done with my Jelly Roll Clear glitter pen.  and her ring is a fun diamond flower gem that Tiffany got me years ago.  I think it's perfect for her!

Look at that stunning face.  Just love it!

 Here's a couple of views from the side of her.  I love her body language!

I plan on entering her in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - polka dots
Diva By Designs - movie inspired
Simon Says Stamps - anything goes
Cuttin and Stampin Challenge - cinco de Mayo
Sketch N Stash - Sketch

Come on over and join in the fun and show off some of that paper you know you've got stock piled somewhere!  Put those layers on and show them off!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our new release from Sassy Studio Designs!  It's gonna be yummy!