Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

Our challenge this week at Sassy Studio Designs is a shaped card, anything but square or rectangle. I went with a circle for mine.

I've use the Sock Hop Sweetie for the image here. She's such a cutie, and fun to color. Reminds me of Happy Days, remember that show? One of my childhood faves.

Thanks so much for dropping by. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Just a quick post for today, still running around with holiday activities, having some company today.

Challenges:
Little Red Wagon - #113 something new
My Mum's Craft shop - 3E - #37 anything goes
Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 86 anything goes 
Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - #45 tied bow
Bearly Mine - 2W, 2E, SIO - #26 Anything Goes Week 2
Shopping Our Stash - C12 #232 Tie It Up (Use Ribbon Twine etc or a Bugaboo image)

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Sock Hop Sweetie
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Harvest Gold, True Black, Authentique pattern
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, PTI ribbon, pearl pen, WOC flower, Magnolia die

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tuesday Morning Sketches #126


Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challengeMelissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. This was a fun sketch to play with this week! Love it and will definitely use it again.


Our sponsor this week is Print CandeePlay along for a chance to win a prize from them. And check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for lots of great samples from the DT.


I'm entering A Day for Daisies challenge #33, anything goes.


Card Recipe:
Image: A Day For Daisies Birthday Invitation
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard, Bayou Blue, MME print
Extras: copics, nesties, crystal effects, dimensionals, SU ribbon, pearl pen, PTI ricrac die

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Whimsy and Stars Jolly Christmas Card

Merry Christmas! I think this will be my last Christmas card for the year. I do plan to try and make them all year long again though, so it will just be a tiny break till January!

This cutie is a digi from Mabelle RO at Whimsy and Stars Studio, called Jolly Christmas. I started with a sketch from the Outlawz, but it sort of took a direction of it's own.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a happy and healthy holiday (which ever one you celebrate)! And a wonderful New Year.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Whimsy and Stars Studio Jolly Christmas
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Scarlet Jewel, SU Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, BG pattern
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, SU brads, dimensionals. SU blue organdy ribbon, crystal effects

Saturday, December 24, 2011

D2D Saturday Designer's Challenge

Merry Christmas Eve! Our designer's challenge at Designed2Delight this week is to make a fancy gift card holder. Don't know if you are like me, but there are a few people who I always get gift cards for (teachers, bus drivers and the teens on my list). I love to give gift cards, but like to add a little fancy presentation for them. For this one I've used a Valentine set from Designed2Delight called Love A Latte set. It's going to hold a Starbucks card, so this image is perfect.


Here is a shot of the inside. I've sewn a matching panel of the same dsp along the bottom and two sides. So, I will just slip my gift card into the pocket it makes.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a happy and healthy holiday season!

Card Recipe:
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Pine Feather, Pure Poppy, DCWV print
Extras: copics, nesties, glitter, sewing machine, metal dots

Friday, December 23, 2011

Sassy Studio Designs freebie Friday

TGIF! Today is freebie Friday over at the Sassy Studio Designs Paper craft planet group. This is the freebie, Under the Mistletoe. Stop on over and get yours while its available for 24 hours.

I've used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #133 for this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Under the Mistletoe
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Cosmo Cricket prints, SU Purely Pomegranate
Extras: copics, stickles, SU ribbon, Bellas Baubles

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tuesday Morning Sketches #125

It's Tuesday again! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge


Marie has drawn up a fabulous sketch for us this week. This was a fun sketch to play with this week! Love it and will definitely use it again.

Our sponsor this week is Paper Pretties. Play along for a chance to win a prize from them. 

And check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for lots of great samples from the DT.

Card Recipe:
Image: Saturated Canary Crushing on the Quarterback, sentiment from Hannah Stamps
Ink: Printer, Paletter Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Garden Green, So Saffron, DCWV print
Extras: copics, nesties, PTI button, metal dots, SU ribbon, MFT grass die, 

Sunday, December 18, 2011

New Year's Day Blog Hop/party


Just saw the news that Sentimental Sundays is having a New Year's Day blog hop/party (involving prizes!). Great way to ring in 2010! They are asking their readers to spread the news!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Trim the Tree Snowman

Our Saturday designer's challenge at D2D is trim the tree. I've use one of Faith's cute Whipper Snapper stamps for my card, called, Trim the Tree Snowman.

Hope you will play along with us for a chance to win some Designed2Delight images.

Card Recipe:
Image: Whipper Snapper Trim the Tree Snowman, Amuse senti
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Pine Feather, Pure Poppy, DCWV prints
Extras: copics, stickles, crystal effects, PTI ribbon, nesties tag die, PTI holly die

Friday, December 16, 2011

Phindy's Friday Challenge


TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge (this will be our last challenge of 2011). The theme this week is use your scraps. Phindy has lots of images in her shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge. 

I went with Brand New for my image this week. Love the way this tiny baby has her hand in her mouth, so realistic. I'm always in need of new baby cards and can't wait to find a recipient for this one.


It was fun to look through my scrap box and find some patterned papers to use. Lots of my scraps were really big and I felt I would be cheating to cut them down. So I dug deep and found some of my favorite papers from the DCWV Baby Girl stack. I've used this over and over and still love it. The dotted pink is the very last, I saved a 3/4 inch by 12 inch strip and actually used it up here!


Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Challenges:
Meljens Designs - SIO - No RECTANGLE Cards! (Square, Round or Shaped Cards only) (ends 28th Dec
Shelly's Images - SIO - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - (1st week) Lets Celebrate (anything) (last challenge of 2011) (new baby)
Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 86 anything goes (til January)
The Corrosive Challenge #139~anything but Christmas and DT call


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Brand New
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, DCWV prints
Extras: copics, nesties, prima and WOC flowers, SU ribbon, Cheery Lane die, pearls

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Whimsy and Stars meets SFYTT for December


Happy Thursday! I've got a cute card made with one of Mabelle's newer Whimsy and Stars images, Twinkling Angel. I think she's so very sweet. I've used the SFYTT from December. I can't believe the year is coming to an end, it was fun to try Jen's sketches each month. Hope to join the fun again next year.


Here are the links to all of the SFYTT challenges from 2011! Thanks to Jen for a year's worth of fun sketches and inspiring samples!
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

Challenges:
SFYTT for December
















4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas Card
AiFactory - 1E, SIO - Christmas (ends 28th Dec)
Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - (2nd week) Any Winter Holiday Sentiment (ends 20th Dec)
Meljens Designs - SIO - No RECTANGLE Cards! (Square, Round or Shaped Cards only) (ends 28th Dec)
Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (2nd week) Christmas (ends 21st Dec) (last challenge of 2011)
Paper Play - 2E - Christmas (ends 4th Jan 2012)
Rainbow Lady's - 2E - Angels
The Outlawz-copic/promarker challenge (non traditional Christmas colors)

Card Recipe:
Image: Twinkling Angel from Whimsy and Stars
Ink: Printer, palette noir
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Pretty in Pink, PTI Simply Chartreuse, BG Eskimo Kisses
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, label punch, MS snowflake punches, pearls, SU corner rounder

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

Our challenge for you this week over at SSD is base your project on your favorite holiday movie or TV show. So I went with Blue Christmas (ummm truth be told, I got mixed up and was thinking song and the Elvis version is my favorite, lol). But, luckily for me there is a Blue Christmas movie as well! Got lucky here!

I've used the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #132-51 for the design.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope your holiday prep is coming along well. Going to try to get some candy made this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Victorian Holiday Sassy
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Fine Linen, SU Brilliant Blue and Bashful Blue, DCWV print
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, dimensionals, MS punches, rhinestones, cuttlebug embossing folder, 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Designed2Delight designer's challenge reminder


It's mid week for the Designed2Delight challenge. This week it is a Tag You're It challenge. You still have time to play along if you want. And we all probably could use some tags with the holidays quickly approaching! I've used Trim the Tree Mouse for my tag.


With the shine on the bottle, I had a bit of a time getting a good photo, so here is a close up to see the sweet little image. Wouldn't he be perfect for a hang in there card, too? Hope you will play along with us for the chance to win some Designed2Delight images.

Card Recipe:
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Pine Feather, Scarlet Jewel
Extras: copics, stickles, crystal effects, PTI ribbon and dies

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tuesday Morning Sketches #124


Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Tuesday! Morning Sketches challengeMelissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. This was a fun sketch to play with this week! Love it and will definitely use it again.


Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo! They very kindly allowed us to chose an image to work with. I picked this cutie, Ava Mistletoe FairyPlay along for a chance to win a prize from them. And check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for lots of great samples from the DT.


And this is our judged challenge for the month. So in addition to the sketch, you need to use a Christmas theme and play along with our Christmas bingo (see all the deets on the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog). Hope you will play along with us!


Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Ava Mistletoe Fairy
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Scarlet Jewel, Simply Chartreuse, BG Eskimo Kisses dsp
Extras: copics, stickles, SU brads, jingle bells, MS snowflake punch, Twintey twine, dimensionals

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sassy Frostina

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We finally got the tree up and decorated. Still got to finish shopping yet. Yikes, Christmas is fast approaching!

I saw this fun sketch on Wednesday over at the sketch challenge section on the Outlawz. I thought it was cool, especially the edge detail, so I gave it a go.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are have a great week.

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs Frostina
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Scarlet Jewel, SU Pretty in Pink, BG Eskimo Kisses dsp
Extras: copics, nesties, liquid pearls, Cherry Lynn holly flourish die, stickles, PTI border die, dimensionals

Friday, December 9, 2011

Phindy's Friday Challenge


TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is CAS (clean and simple). Phindy has lots of images in her shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge. 

I went with Big Boots to Fill for my image this week. Such a fun image to color in! I'm sure my three year old who is a Bob the Builder fan will want to steal this one!


Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - 2E - #16 anything goes (2nd wk)
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Big Boots to Fill
Ink: printer, SU Night of Navy
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, denim dsp
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, TH embossing folder, PTI button and twine, SU circle punch, hardware brads

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Whimsy and Stars

Got another cute image here to show you from Mabelle R.O'.s Whimsy and Stars store. This little cutie is called, Snowman and Girl, so fun to color and plenty of room to add sparkle! I've used the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #131 for the design here. 

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a fabulous week!

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - (1st week) Any Winter Holiday Sentiment (ends 20th Dec)
Crafty Purple Frog - 2W, SIO - (1st week) "It`s Cold Outside" (ends 21st Dec)
Hanna & Friends - Winter Card
Paper Play - 2E - Snowman
ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas - anything goes
Crafts and Me - #64 snow/snowflakes
Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #33 Christmas, no animals (2nd wk)
Penny's Paper-Crafty - 2W - #68 Merry Christmas
The Paper Variety - 1E - #63 Christmas song insp. (Frosty the Snowman)
Whimsical Wednesdays - holiday plus sparkly
Whimsy Inspiration - 3E, SIO - #18 patterns and pearls

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Snowman and Girl, sentiment from SU
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, Scarlet Jewel, SU Pretty in Pink, BG Eskimo Kisses
Extras: copics, stickles, crystal effects, PTI ribbon, pearls, Verve dies, MS punch, dimensionals

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tuesday Morning Sketches #123

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challengeMelissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. This was a fun sketch to play with this week! Love it and will definitely use it again.


Our sponsor this week is Tiffany Doodles. They very kindly allowed us to chose an image to work with. I picked this beautiful Flower and Vase image. Play along for a chance to win a prize from them. And check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for lots of great samples from the DT.


Challenges:
The Crazy Challenge - 2E - Anything goes
The Ribbon Reel - 2W - (2nd week) Anything Goes (ends 11th Dec)
Marks Finest Papers -#84 Use your favourite embellishment (gingham ribbon)


Card Recipe:
Image: Tiffany Doodles Flower and Vase
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, black, Hibiscus Burst, CK print
Extras: copics, stickles, top note die, gingham ribbon, MM brads, dimesionals

Monday, December 5, 2011

Sassy Studio Projects

Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend!

This is my card for DTBST challenge from last Thursday. The challenge is to create a holiday card with sparkle.

I've used Snow Bunny for mine. The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #130.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your week is off to a wonderful start.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Snow Bunny
Ink: Printer, PTI Aqua Mist
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Taken with Teal, PTI Hibiscus Burst, PTI Aqua Mist, Cosmo Cricket patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, MS punch, pearls, Viva pearl pen, PTI ribbon

Saturday, December 3, 2011

D2D Saturday Designer's Challenge

Happy Saturday! Today's challenge at D2D is let it snow. Just show some sparkly or fluffy snow on your project and you are good to go.

Faith has a few cute new snow people in the store that would be perfect for the challenge. I've used Singing Snow Angel for my card. This is a new image, it was fun to color and sparkle it up!

Hope you will join the challenge!

Challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch - JFF - Sketch
One Stop Craft - #160 ~Let it Snow
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle -  Make a Holiday Card
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - 2W, 1E, SIO, must use a digi – Week 2, Winter Wonderland
Mami Doodles - 2W, SIO – Week 1 – Make It Shine (Glitter)
CCEE Stampers - 1E, JFF - Snowflakes and Bling
Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Let It Snow
Meljens Designs - SIO - Holiday Song (Frosty the Snowman)
Rainbow Lady's - 2E - Christmas Carols (Frosty the Snowman)
Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - (1st week)  Ribbon
Totally Papercrafts – Let It Snow

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Singing Snow Angel
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Spring Moss, SU Riding Hood Red, Authentique green print, unknown red print
Extras: copics, stickles, PTI border die, lg brads, SU ribbon, dimensionals, corner rounder, 

Friday, December 2, 2011

Phindy's Friday Challenge



TGIF!  Welcome to another Phindy's Friday challenge. We are doing things a bit differently the first week of each month. Our challenge is anything goes, makes it super simple to play along. BUT, you must use a Phindy's Place image this week. Not hard to do, when there is a huge selection of images in the store to suit every taste!

I've used an image called Christmas Kitten. He is from the  of the Christmas section of the Phindy's Place store. I think he is too funny sneaking a cookie from the package. I could see one of my little guys doing this.

Stop on over to the challenge blog and check out the DT cards. Hope you will play along with us this week!

Challenges:
Cards & Things - 1E, JFF - #98 Sketch
Colour Create - 2W, 1E - (1st week) Red, White and Green
Forever Friends - M, SIO, must include an animal - (December) It`s All Christmas (ends 31st Dec)
Scrapbook Sisters - #61 Christmas  (2nd wk)
Sisterhood of Crafters  - 2W, 3E - polka dots (2nd wk)

Card Recipe:
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Green Galore, PTI Pure Poppy, polka dot from my scraps
Extras: copics, crystal effects, recollections brads, SU twine, mini bells, sewing machine, MS snowflake punch, nesties, dimensionals