Sassy Graduation for Sassy Studio Designs Progressive Challenge

After people decided to share the free images that Lindsay from Sassy Studio Designs was providing over at our Paper Craft Planet Group on Pinterest and everywhere else the social media goes these days,  she made a decision as an artist to discontinue sharing them.  It was really sad because those who used it responsibly had a blast with them and we had some great challenges and saw some fabulous work.  After some serious consideration, we are excited to announce that our Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group is going to host a Progressive Challenge!  We're really excited about it and hope you'll pop on over and request the image and play along! You can find all the details at the group here.  Just join our group, request the image and come play along!  

The theme for this first challenge is "You Did It, Happy Graduation!" and our first image is Sassy Graduation.  Love her and here's my take on her:

She's so much fun!  She's colored with copics and a couple of Spectrum Noir Markers.  I added stickles on her gown and hat and some Diamond Glaze on the yoke of her gown.  The pearls are from Hero Arts and the top and bottom flowers are from Recollections and the middle one is handmade.  The papers are from Authentique and the Kraft card stock is from Stampin Up and the yellow is from Co'redination.  I used my Martha Stewart punch for the branches.

Doesn't she have the prettiest face?  All full of hope and dreams!

Here's a couple of side views so you can see the dimensions of the flowers.

I plan on entering her in the following challenges:

Clear It Out - Anything goes, must use stash items 2 or more designers papers

Creative Card Crew - Bling

Deep Ocean Challenge - Let's Sparkle

Love to Scrap - Anything goes

Cards In Envy - Sketch

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything goes

See that middle flower?  I'm going to be doing a tutorial over at our PCP Group on how to make them!  So make sure to stop on over, join the group if you don't already belong, and have some great fun!

A Tasty Read for The Digi Bells

My daughter Nichole has me hooked on a series of books written by Cassandra Clare called Mortal Instruments.  I read the first one, "City of Bones" and am now on "City of Ashes".  She finds some good things for me to read!  When I saw this cutie, A Tasty Read by Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, I had to have her and have been waiting to color her up.  I am posting her over on our Digi Bell Design Team blog so they can enjoy her.

I saw this paper by My Mind's Eye and loved the yellows and grays together.  They were so soothing and reminded me of Nichole.  She's eats really healthy and if anyone would read with an apple, it's her!  This cutie was colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers.  The flowers are from Recollections, the swirls from Close to My Heart, and the pearls are from Studio 112. The branches are from a Martha Stewart punch.  Believe it or not, there aren't any stickles on this baby because for the first time in a long time, I thought she stood on her own!

Here's a close up of that gorgeous face.  I've been practicing my blending and I was really pleased with how she came out.

You can see the gorgeous paper a little bit better on this view.

I touched her edges and the white flowers up with some Scattered Straw Distress Ink and think it made them fit so much better!  I also distresssed the edges but they don't show up so well against the Kraft cardstock from Stampin' Up.

The paper was so pretty on the inside, I didn't want to cover too much of it up so I angled the writing area.

I hope you'll sit down and read a good book!  I'm always up for some suggestions so send them on!  Also please stop over at the Digi Bells Design Team blog tomorrow to see what gorgeous and inspiring creations my wonderfully talented design team sisters have in store for you!

And stop by my blog because The Sassy Studio Designs Design Team is having a fun blog hop and I'd hate for you to miss the opportunity to win a free image from them!  Stop by and see what all of our favorite images are!  Now go read!

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!  

Little Honey's Little Red Riding Hood Honey

It's been forever since I've posted but I've been busy!  I had a wonderful but busy holiday season filled with family, friends at work, work, and moving.  There was great food, time with the people I love and the magic of the season.  Although it was jam packed full, I wouldn't have traded it for the world.

I've missed posting and crafting so I'm getting back on board with that.  Today Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the challenge over at Crafting When We Can.  The challenge is to use your favorite things!  It could be your favorite image, color, technique, embellishment, whatever is your favorite.  It also is Try Something New over at Scrappy Frog's Challenge Blog.  I tried a couple of new things - working with flowers and adding some texture to them and stamping with a partner!  Here's what I chose:

I used Little Honey's Little Red Riding Hood Honey because she's one of my favorite images and Fairy Tales!  I love the show Once Upon a Time and the gal who plays Red is one of my favorite characters.  Love that show and can't wait to watch it tonight!

I colored Red with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and used some older Basis Grey papers.n  I added some stickles to her cloak and the buttons and baker's twine are from Close to My Heart and I made the flowers with my cricuit cartridge and Nestabilities.

Here is this beauty close up.  This image is exactly how I always pictured her, all bright eyed and beautiful!

I will confess that I had some help making her and here's my Allie showing off her treasure.  It tool a little longer to finish her but it was time well spent!  Hope you enjoy her and head on over to Crafting When You Can and join in and show us your favorite things and at Scrappy Frog's Challenge Blog and show us what you've tried that's new!  !

Last Minute Deliveries!

I think we all have some type of last minute deliveries that we make around the holidays.  I know I've got a couple to still drop off and if you believe the weather forecasters, I'll be doing it in snow, just like my sweet Evania in this adorable Evania Door Bell Chimes from Elphine House Australia!  Our talented and fabulous leader for the Elphine House Australia Design Team, Lynda, gave us a theme of Swirled Snow over at our Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog and here's what I came up with.

What a cutie she is!  She's colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and has Stickles on her cap, skirt and socks.  Flower Soft in Polar White is added to the ground, tree, sky, and snowflakes, that were cut out with my Martha Stewart snowflake punches.

Doesn't she have the cutest face?  She looks so determined to reach that door bell!

I used Nestabilities to cuther out and for the inside.  The pearls in the corners and on the edge are from Studio 112.

The twill ribbon is from Close to My Heart.  I love it!

I decided to add some snowflakes to the inside.

Please make sure to stop over at our Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog and see all the other fabulous projects my designing buddies have in worked up to inspire you.  Let's see your swirled snow!

Ebony Christmas Snowflakes for Elisabeth Bell's World!

Merry Christmas everyone!  It's a big day today and not only is it Christmas, it's the 25th of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge over at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog.  This month, our ever talented leader and new momma, Lynda, challenged us to use fluffy snowflakes, and of course an Elisabeth Bell designed image.  I love this little sweetie, Ebony Christmas Snowflakes from Elphine House Australia.  Hope you enjoy her!

What a doll she is!  This cutie is colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and accented with Stickles all over and on the extra snowflakes.  The die around her and the snowflakes are from Spellvinders and the ribbon is from Close to My Heart.  The papers are from My Mind's Eye  and the pearls are from Studio 112.

Here's a couple of other views of her, especially this sweet closeup:

I think she's absolutely gorgeous!

You have an entire month to play along so let me see some snowflakes!  Share them with us over at Elisabeth Bell's World and you'll absolutely love what's in store for the winner!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all get to spend some quality time with your loved ones.

Home for the Hoilidays

You know that Friday means Fabulous Freebie Friday over at the Paper Craft Planet Group for Sassy Studio Designs!  We've got two fabulous backgrounds again and this time it's Home for the Holidays or The Grand Ballroom and they're both so fun, fabulous and versatile!  Here's mine:

Isn't this fabulous?  You can use it for just abut anything!  Add some great Flower Soft to the trees and change the color of the berries on the wreath and you've got a spring background and color the trees those lush, fall colors and it's October for you!  I added Santa's Helper which you can get in the store for today and then she's going to be retired to the vault.  Run over to the Sassy Studio Designs store and stock up on these sweet Sassys that are being discontinued.

This project is colored with a combination of copics and Spectrum Noir markers.  I used some Smooch on the bells and berries on the wreath and some stickles on her dress, hat and bow.  The trees have a combination of glitter and flock on them.  The gems and ribbon is from my stash and the papers are from DCWV Autumn Harvest pack.  

Sorry for being so short a post this time (some of you are probably glad for that!), but it's been a long, busy week for me.  Thanks for stopping by and scoot on over to the Paper Craft Planet Group for the two backgrounds since they're only available for 24 hours, and then over to the store to get some fabulous images to showcase with the backgrounds!  

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!

The Joy of Giving Release from Sassy Studio Designs!

Sure hope you all have enjoyed the first day of our fabulous Joy of Giving Release for Sassy Studio Designs.  Haven't my designing sisters done a fabulous job with these wonderful images? I love our theme of vintage or shabby chic!  Sometimes that's right up my alley!

Christmas is my all time favorite time of the year.  It's the time we celebrate the birth of Jesus, when we celebrate our families, get to let our minds and hearts be childish, when we can believe that anything is possible.  I'll admit I still believe in Santa Clause and that reindeer can fly.  I love the thought of the North Pole being a total toy factory and filled with elves.  I've always been blessed with being around people who have unlimited generosity of heart and love and played into those magical thoughts.  When I got married, we tried to create a magical atmosphere around our home and the holidays for the girls.  One of our traditions was making a mix we called Reindeer Feed.  We took oats, glitter, and sequence and would give each girl a bag to sprinkle outside on the snow or lawn to make sure the reindeer could find the house and give them a snack while they were waiting on Santa.  Reindeer are really special to me during the holidays so I was thrilled when I was asked to present my take on Reindeer Pin Up!

Isn't she just gorgeous? She's colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers, has gold Smooch on her jungle bells, some stickles on her tail and front and some glitter and Flower Soft on her costume and boots.  The papers and clip at the top are from my stash, the poinsettias are from Prima, the button and hatpin are from Basic Grey and the pearls and lace are from my stash.

This is the entire card.

Here's the side views of the inside.

Since I've been showing the insides, I can't let this one go by!  I love the bright, vintage glass balls and I remember these boxes.  What wonderful, shiny ornaments used to come out of them.  

 Make sure to leave a comment and then to stop by the Sassy Studio Design blog to get all the details on the great opportunity to win some of our release images!  I sure don't want anyone to miss out on the opportunity of the magic of the season!  So fly over and check out all the details!

Immortal Love for Fabulous Freebie Friday for Sassy Studio Designs

I just love Fabulous Freebie Friday over at the Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group!  Lindsay generously posts a sassy freebie and it's only available for 24 hours.  Make sure to stop over because you won't want to miss this one!

This is a day I've been dreading and looking forward to.  I dread it because the last movie in the Twilight series is being released today.  I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but I really enjoyed reading them.  I always love finding something that my girls and I can do together and reading a fun series is something we can do even though we don't live close.  Today, hopefully, I'll get to go see the movie with some of my favorite girls, my nieces!  Breaking Dawn Part 2 I'm sure will be action packed and full of suspense, romance, and action.  Oh and for me, Jacob!  Yep, I'm team Jacob all the way!  I so enjoyed reading the series with my daughters, just like I did all the Harry Potter books.  Now, after the Hunger Games, my daughter Nichole has me started reading the Mortal Instrument books.  I've got two so I'll be off on a new series.

Here's my take on Immortal Love:

Aren't they gorgeous?  I colored Edward and Bella with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and the papers are from the Immortal Love paper pack from DCWV.  I used some Glitter Spray on the image and the background paper.  The swirls are from Cloud 9 and the flowers from Recollections.  The pearls are from my stash. I love the Wonky Rectangles dies from Spellbinders.  They just seemed to fit this image to me.  I also added some Black Soot Distressed Ink around the edges of the image and the inside.

Here's a quick peek on the sides.

You can see the Spellbinder Floral Swirls I used for the inside.

Here's a closer view of the happy couple.  It was hard to get a really good picture of them with the Glitter Spray on them.

Here's a good view of the inside.  I love this paper and will be sad to put it away for a while.

Make sure to stop by the Sassy Studio Designs blog tomorrow for our new release for Sassy Studio Designs called The Joy of Giving!  I can't wait for you all to see these precious projects that my fellow Fabettes have in store for you!  There some fabulous ideas for you to start off the holiday season right!  Hope to see you there!

Happy Veteran's Day!

For those of you who are serving, those of us who have served, those who aren't here any more, thank you for your service to our country.  Some things in life I've done well, some not so good.  Like everyone, I've made some mistakes, and other times, I've made good decisions.  One of the best decisions I ever made was joining the United States Navy.  I had the honor or proudly serving for 12 1/2 years and loved every single minute of it.  I'm proud of what it stands for, respect and honor the sacrifice those sailors and all of our military members, past and present, make for the people of the United States and the fruits that are gained from the jobs that the military does.  Their family life is non-existent some times.  They miss a lot of birthdays, holidays, dance recitals, teacher conferences, dinners, deaths and family emergencies.  What the member goes through, so does their family.  While some of us are nice and cozy in our homes, those military members are out in the heat on a dessert with no air conditioning wearing 35 to 50 pounds of clothing and gear.  Their lives are put on the line every single minute of the day for people they don't know, for people who don't care about them.  And while the members know those people wouldn't spit on them if they were on fire, they will give their lives to defend that right not to respect them.  Shame on those who don't see the selfishness in their ways.  

In honor of this day, I used the image Little Honey - Sailor Honey from Sassy Studio Designs.  I've always loved this sassy girl and she reminds me of so many people I knew and served with.  She really reminds me of me back in my good little sailorette days!  Heaven knows this could very well be my daughter, Tiffany, when she served!

Isn't she something?  She's colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers and the paper is Fleur Rouge Collection from Anna Griffin.  I love her papers!  She's cut out with my Nestabilities, has stickles on her uniform, distressed ink around the edges, and the brads are from Studio 112.  I used a Martha Stewart edger (you can't see very much of it since it's behind the circle.  I love the sketch that our fabulous Sara, came up with for our Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge over at the Sassy Studio Designs blog.    Here's a picture of it:

Here's a look on the side.

I think she look like she would be great fun!  I'll be she knows her way around a ship!  My daughter sure did when she was in the navy!

Judy, this inside is for you!

If you haven't already, thank a veteran you know for their service.  Just know that a little bit of thanks goes a long way.  And on my end, you're very welcome.