Perfect in Pink

Good morning!  I'm pre-scheduling today's post for the newest challenge at Paper Crafting Journey.  This fortnight's theme is Perfect in Pink, a nice easy one.  Our very generous sponsor is Sassy Studio, and they have provided us with some gorgeous images that work wonders for this theme.  Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's work for some wonderful inspiration.

Lots of pink here, for Powder Puff Sassy, isn't she a cutie?  Oh for the day when we all looked like that (ha ha ha), these days, just balancing on one foot would be a challenge!

Once again, I've coloured with copics and then cut the image with a Spellbinders die.  The lace and bling are something I rarely use, and the pretty DP is from a digital download pack from Bearly Mine Designs.  These lovely papers print out beautifully.  I finally tried a new technique this time around....frantage embossing.  I still need a bit more practice, but I do like the result.

I won't be around much over the next three weeks, as I have company visiting from England.  Thankfully I was able to finish my gardens before they arrived, and now I too will be having a holiday.

Hopefully your time will allow you to join in with our challenge, as we always like to see what you have to share.  Take care, and have a great day.

Some challenges for my card:
 

Bearly Mine Challenges - Flowers

Feeling Crafty Challenge - #28 One for the Girls/Ladies

Southern Girls Challenge - #91 Sparkle and Shine with Bling

Stampin for the Weekend - For the girls

A Creative Romance - Girly Creations

The Squirrel and the Fox - #70 Let's hear it for the girls

Party Time Tuesdays - #174 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - #260 Happy Birthday

Sweet Stampin - Sparkle and Shine

A walk in the park...

Good morning fellow bloggers.  I have another card for you today for our new challenge at Paper Crafting Journey.  This week the theme is Emboss That!, and my card uses an image provided by our lovely sponsor, Sassy Studio Designs.

I finally figured out how to colour the hair to make it look wavy, and I'm quite pleased with the results.  With luck I will remember how to do it for next time!  Once again, I have made use of my copics, and also a background image.  My goal is to use some of those stamps or tools that seem to not get used much....you know what I mean....

For my embossing, I pulled out a little-used die, and then used my score board to add a border.  Some DI to to highlight and little bit of stamping to finish it off.

Supplies used:
Sassy Studio image - Carrie Sassy
Make It Crafty background image - Grass
Verve Stamps sentiment - Birthday Surprise
Paper from GCD Studios - Ella Blue collection
Marianne's die - Anja Edge


Thanks for stopping by today, and hopefully you can find the time to enter our challenge for your chance to win.  Our sponsor

is offering 4 digi's of the winners choice!

Now, for a few challenges for my card:

Cute Card Thursday - #306 Something New (images)

Crafty Creations Challenge - #255 Seasonal

Crafty Girls - #10 Anything Goes

Bizzy Bec's  - Anything Goes      Top Pick

Paper Crafting With Attitude - Challenge 57 - Anything Goes

Double Die Cuts

Good morning everyone!  It's challenge time at Sassy Studio Designs and this is my GDT entry for this week.  Our challenge is to use die cuts....and this time it's to used more than one die cut.

I've gone with another Christmas card, this time using the image Sexy Santa.  I've coloured her up with some of those new copics I purchased (reds and greys), and I've used Prisma pencils and OMS for the browns and green.  Glamour dust added some sparkle to the white trim of her outfit, and she was then cut out with the Labels Twenty Nestibilities die.   The second die used is Fancy Tags Three, again from Spellbinders, however, I've covered the tag section by adding a strip with some ribbon.

The DP is from the Basic Grey, Jovial line, while the bright green cardstock (to match her top) as been dressed up with a pine branch stamp.

Hope you liked my card, and perhaps we will see your entry this week!  Have yourselves a wonderful day, and thanks for visiting.

Some fun challenges for this card:

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges - #32 Anything Goes Christmas

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #147 Christmas is Coming

One Stitch at a Time - #75 Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - #53 Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - #1 Anything Goes Christmas

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (blooms, ribbon, gems)

Fussy and Fancy - 1000 Followers Celebration Challenge

If It's Snowing, It Could be Christmas....

We actually had two days with some rain.....so yesterday I just had to go work in my garden.  Not much good for too much else afterwards, as the temperature is still too hot for my liking.  Had no trouble getting to sleep come bedtime though....

Another Christmas card today, although I suppose it could also be used for other occasions.  Notice the nice cool colours rather than the traditional!  What do you think of that silver glitter piece.  The paper was actually a dollar store find, and it came in a two pack.  I never realized it was a peel and stick until I ran it through my big shot.  It came apart while I was separating the pieces. (lol)

This image is another cutie from Sassy Studio Designs, and it's called First Snow!   I've added glitter to all the snow, so there is lots of sparkle.  It's coloured with some older markers that I've had for ages, and Prisma pencils for extra shading.  The papers are from my stash, of course, and I've finally gotten around to using some flowers again...adding these doesn't come easy to me, although I love seeing them on everyone else's cards.

I really can't believe that I'm making Christmas cards in July....next I'll be starting my Christmas shopping!  Summer seems to be flying by.  Now, if it would just cool down some, maybe I could enjoy the sunshine.

Have yourselves a great day, and try to enjoy the moment.

Some challenges:

Sassy Christmas Challenge - #4 use a NON-holiday SSD image

Polka Doodles - #29 Christmas in July

Delightful Inspiration - Christmas in July

Pollycraft - #103 Ho Ho Ho  Christmas in July

Top Tip Tuesday - #44 Make it Girlie

Scrap-Creations - Favourite Holiday (Christmas)

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge - #6 Glitter

Christmas Stampin' - All About You (your favourite colour)

Little Darlings - #4 Girly

Crafty Creations Challenge - #129 Christmas in July

I Dream of Jeanie

Good morning!  It looks like its shaping up to be a lovely day......forecast - 'Plentiful sunshine. High 78F'.  What more could I ask for!  I hope your day is looking good too!!

I'm not sure if this image from Sassy Studio Designs is likely to make you feel hot or cool, but it is the perfect choice for one of my daughters with a birthday in July.  She used to take belly dancing classes!

I've used one of my favourite colour combos....bright and bold, and I've also played with some gold metallic and bronze sparkle card.  You'll see that my Nestie die has been used in three sizes, using the out of the box technique for the first layer.  A flourish stamp worked well on the DP and for a bit of interest around the image.  The border panel is shaped with a MS punch, and then accented with gold pen and some black doodling.  A piece of metallic ribbon, a few gems and a few dabs of stickles gives it a bit more sparkle.

The sentiment is aother freebie from Paulette at Create with TIC.

Here are some challenges, with lots of inspiration for a crafty day!  Thanks for visiting, and for all your lovely comments.  Have a great day!!

Sassy Studio Designs - #81 Let's get edgy

Emerald Faerie Garden - #4 SUGAR & SPICE- ALL THINGS GIRLY

Southern Girls Challenge - #23 Happy Birthday

Delightful Inspiration - European Inspired

Simon Says Stamp! - Anything Goes

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges - #32 Anything Goes

Do It With Digis - #14 Spots or Stripes or Both

Birthday Sundaes - #17 Colour Challenge - orange, green & white

There's Magic in the Air with Paper Cupcakes - Birthday Card

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #119 Spellbound (use one or more dies)

Papertake Weekly - Hot Hot Hot

Scrap-Creations - Recipe Challenge

Moving Along with the Times - #107 Favourite Things

Woodland Beauty

Hello again!  I'm on a roll.....trying to get a few cards done up.  I'm using up some images that I coloured earlier, but which sat on my desk for a while when I ran out of ideas!  Does anyone else have this problem? 

Today's card is for the Sassy Studio Design Challenge and is my GDT entry.  They've asked for no DP, so I've used the Dandelion Frame stamp from  Hero Arts to make a background, which I have then sponged with yellow and green DI.  The lovely little lady, Belle Honey has been coloured with Prismas, cut out in part with a Nellie Snellen die, and edged with gold stickles.

The idea for the layout came from this week's CAS sketch at Midnight Madness.  It's very simple, and lets the images do all of the work.

Bits of sparkle have been added to the background, as well as some tiny blue sparkly flowers for some contrast.  Note the butterfly, which I picked up on my travels and the bit of gold ribbon to break up the black.  The sentiment is a gold peel-off, perfect against the black.

My intention, was to create a woodland scene, darker to the outer edges while the lady image is captured in the light through the foliage.  Just call me crazy!  lol

Have yourself a wonderful day, and thanks so much for visiting.

Some other challenges I will enter:

Stamp Scrap and Doodle - What is on Your Desk Right Now?

Catch the Bug - June Anything Goes Challenge

Birthday Sundaes - #12 Anything Goes Birthday Card

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #114 In the Garden/Outdoors

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - #58 Summer Sparkle

Bearly Mine Challenges - #12 Everyone's Favourite - Anything Goes

Scrap-Creations - Happy Birthday

Emerald Faeries - #2 LOTS OF BLING Crafts and Me Challenges - #38 Stamp Something

Little Elf

Just a quick post....as I really do have to get busy!  So many things to do today, plus my granddaughter is coming for a visit.....no free time then! lol

This was a quick card I made up using one of the Friday Freebie images from Sassy Studio Designs over at PCP.  There's another image available for today only, if you want to check it out here.  Their challenge was to work with green and blue, and that is how I coloured the the outfit on the image, using Prismas.

I've used a blue metallic paper for the card, so lots of shine.  A few snowflakes, gems and a stamped spray with a bit of stickles finishes it off.   This is my first card for next Christmas.  Now that the snow is gone and the sun is shining, I was able to give it a go!

So, thanks for visiting and have yourselves a great weekend!

Some inspiring challenges:

Midnight Madness (Priscillastyles) - MMSC99 sketch

Sassy Christmas Challenge - #1 Sparkle & Shine

Do It With Digis - #8 Fairies, Pixies and Elves

Paper Crafting Journey - #8 Use a Freebie

CES Challenges - #31 Monochromatic

One Stop Craft Challenge - #126 Monochrome

Lollipop Crafts - #34 All Girl

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #106 Little Women

Tuesday Throwdown - #44 Sparkle and Bling

Thinking Pink

My card for today celebrates with the very feminine colour of PINK, which is recognized this month in the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign.  This subject hits close to home....and I must strongly recommend you to have regular checkups and mammograms, and stay alert to any changes you may notice. Rest assured, there are many survivors, and hopefully one day they will find a cure.

Lately, I have been very busy with cards for some design teams, but now this card is for some challenges.  The image is one from Sassy Studio Designs and can be found here, and will be entered into their Think Pink Challenge.  The DP is from Basic Grey, while the lace mat is a cutting file that can be found on the lovely blog Monica's Creative Room.

Embellishments include a few pearls and gems, a peel-off silver border, stickles, a home made flower and a computer generated sentiment.  I have kept these relatively low key, as I think the image and lace speak for themselves.

Other Challenge Entries:
Stamp Something - Something to Celebrate
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - #64 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - favourite challenge from the last 3 years (Pretty Pink Papertake)
Fab & Funky Challenges - #43 Use a Digi Image
Challenge Up Your Life - #28 Lace and Pearls
The Creative Cottage - #24 Bling It On
Fresh Brewed Designs - Anything Goes/Girly Challenge

Flower Child

Well, it is Wednesday again, the kids are back in school, and the weather...well it doesn't seem to know what it wants to do.


For my card today, I have used this sketch, #66, from Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Their sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs and there are four digi images up for grabs.

You may notice that I have used a lot of pink, faux stitching and flowers, and these all tie in to a number of challenges to be revealed at the end of this post.

The image is from Sassy Studio Designs, and I can remember blue jeans such as these. The embroidery was done by hand, not bought in a store...can you imagine!

I have coloured with Prismas, then inked the edges. The blue layer is actually white card stock, embossed with Cuttlebug folder and inked with Spun Sugar distress ink, then sprayed with blue glimmer mist. I didn't want everything to be pink, and this works well with the blue jeans.

The flowers, once again, come from Fred She Said, and pink gems have been added to the centres. White ribbon wraps around the card, but I have coloured the edges with pink marker.

Now for the challenges I am entering. Be sure to follow the links for lots of inspiration.

Musikkstua - #3 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Aly's Sunday Challenge - #24 Pretty in Pink
Lexi's Creations - #22 Flower Power
PaperPlay Challenges - #35 In Stitches
A Pocket Full of Posies - #6 Floral Fantasy
Cuttlebug Challenge - #10 Happy Birthday

Teen Scene

It can be a little difficult to find the right image for a Birthday card for a teenager, but you will find a few at Sassy Studio Designs. This image, Happy Teen, fits the bill perfectly, and can be entered into their challenge for this week, #31 Freestyle.

Water colour pencils were used on the image, and the edges were sponged with distress ink. I felt bold colours were needed to complement the bouncy theme of the stamp, and chose red and a golden orange. Stars seemed to be the perfect embellishment. The large star is chipboard that has been inked and then embossed with UTEE.

Gold 'Peel Off' star stickers add to the effect, along with the DP found in my stash. Assorted gems and yellow and red stickles add some further detail, and fill in the holes of the punched border.

Other Challenges entered:
..Challenge up your life - #26 Celebrations + Blog Hop
...PaperPlay Challenges - #30 Anything Goes
....Raise the Bar - #29 A Sticky Situation
.....Digital Tuesday Challenge - #69 Dazzle Me
......The Stamp Man Challenges - #2 Take 2 Colours
.......C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #61 Hot and Spicy Colours

A little humour to make the medicine taste better...

Well, I am going to need a get well card soon, and this image just seemed to hit the spot. This is the latest freebie from Sassy Studio Designs and can still be found at their group on PCP.

My card follows the Sassy Studio sketch for their current challenge #28, and this time I used Prismacolor pencils on the image.

The image was cut with my new Nestabilities label die, then backed with black followed by gold metallic card.

To the striped DP, which I've had for quite a while,I added flourishes in black ink. The black card stock was embossed with dots and then inked with gold metallic.

Let's hope this brings a smile to someone's face, and may he get well real quick!

Other challenges entered:
..KL Stampin N Scrappin Blog - #38 Dry Embossing
...Paper Sundaes - #26 Lots of Layers

Time to Relax

Well summer is here and school is out, which means a lot of young people have time on their hands. For me, that meant reading lots of good books. This image, 'Reading Rachel' from Sassy Studio Designs, brings to mind my grand daughter who has the same love of reading.


This card follows the sketch for challenge #10 at Cas-tastic Challenges, and their sponsor this week is Sassy Studio.....a chance to win more digi images!

I created a somewhat vintage look with this card, by tearing and inking a piece of paper on which I used brown ink and a script stamp. Gold peel-offs are used on the vertical strip, creating a semblance to a book spline. For the image, I used water colours.

The sentiment is one from Create With TIC, a website that offers many such sentiments both to purchase and for free!

Other challenges entered:
..Sentimental Sundays - #9 Encouragement and Support
...Craft Your Passion - #12 Colours (blue turquoise and brown)
....Challenge Up Your Like - #23 Vintage
.....Scrap the Art - #10 Summer Dreams

Dreams

This card uses the Crissy's Prom image from Sassy Studio Designs. It lends itself well to their current Challenge #24 which requires the use of ribbons. This time around, I painted with distress inks which allowed me to use the same shade for other elements on the card. The frame for the image was cut on my Silhouette, then embossed and inked. The sentiment was created in Photo Shop, then cut out and trimmed with glitter. Using black ink, I stamped the background paper with a flourish or two to give it some excitement.

Other challenge entries:
..Crafty Catz #36 Embossing
...Simon Says - A Recipe Challenge
....Charisma Cards #23 Spots & Stripes
.....Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Ribbons and Bows

Day 4 - Anniversary Relay

Whew! I did it. This is the 4th and final project for the Sassy Studio relay. This is their "Sassy Hatter" image, which I coloured with watercolours and stickles. I used sketch SSS58 from The Sweet Shop, and I will be submitting to their challenge also.

Day 3 - Sassy Studio Relay

The freebie digi received from Sassy Studio today is "Bewitched". My image is painted with watercolours, then chalked and distressed. The flower embellishment was created from some I had on hand, but I had to colour them with markers to achieve the final effect.

Other challenges entered:
Week #21 at Fairy Fun Fridays

Day 2 - SSD Anniversary Relay

Hurray, I did it! This is my entry for the 2nd step of the relay. This card uses the "Princess Penelope" image from Sassy Studio Designs, which I received as a freebie this morning for taking part in yesterday's challenge. My image was painted primarily with watercolours.

Sassy Studio Anniversary Relay - Day One

Join the fun! Sassy Studio is offering free digi images in celebration of their 1st Anniversary. Over the next 4 days, you can receive one or as many as five free images just by joining the relay! This is my card, using the "Sassy Cassie" digi, as required for day one.