Rubber or Digital?

Hello Sugar Addicts, long time no posts!

This blog is so jam packed full of great creations and hard word done by the Simply Sassy DT that it would be tragic to remove it just because they had not new stamps to share with you.

Krista has moved on from Sugar Nellie and started her own digital stamps company which I am sure you all follow. Now there is new rubber from an American stamp company called Little Darlings. With Funkykits about to stock this range too, we thought it would be nice to look at all the original rubber stamps and some of the fantastic cards and other things that were made with them.

Funkykits still have some stamps to go digital and a few of the rubber stamps are sold out. but there are just so many of Krista's characters now available across all the sites that its hard to choose just a few.

I will come back and share a few of my favourites with you soon.

take care

Karen

Just a little note..

As many of you hopefully already know the Simply Sassy dt has become Sugar Nellie designers.

This doesn't mean this blog will close down just that we will  not be doing any more posts here.

You can look at this blog as an inspiration archive and go here any time you need inspiration for a specific Simply Sassy stamp or just want to have a look at the  one of the 27 tutorial's we have here.

Lots of love from 

Maria , Kathrin and Anita

Holiday wishes and 5th avenue winner....

First I want to thank you all for making this year so much fun by visiting the Simply Sassy blog, leaving us sweet comments and joining in on our blog hops..

We will now take a Christmas break to spend more time with our family,

as you all know Christmas is a hectic time for many of us with extra hours spent at work and making our homes ready for the holiday♥

Erica has left the team to spend more time doing other things.

And she has been a joy having with us sharing her gorgeous creations and tutorials!

Alina has also had her last post as a guest designer, thank you Alina for sharing your unique style with us!

What next year will bring for the rest of us is at planning stage right now so you will have to watch out for what will be coming in the new year!

In the mean time please use this blog for inspiration.

We have 27 wonderful and inspiring tutorials to choose from.

And if your searching for inspiration for a specific Simply Sassy image just scroll down in the sidebar and find the label for that stamp and you will find all the cards we have posted here with that stamp.

Wishing you all a wonderful Holiday ♥♥

But before I go here are the winner of 5th avenue stamp

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
14

Timestamp: 2011-12-12 08:27:59 UTC

And no 14 is..
14.     Penni

Penni contact me within a week to claim your prize

Lots of hugs Maria and the Simply Sassy team♥

Simply Thankful and Enjoy!

Hello Sassy fans! I hope your Monday is off to a good start.  Today is my last post of this year and I have two projects to share with you. First, I have Cinders who I thought would be great for this...

Thank You card I needed for someone. I've used some wonderful MME papers and colored her up to match.

I also wanted to take the opportunity to Thank you all for stopping by every day and leaving us such wonderful comments. You guys are the best!

Secondly, I've made this...

little tag with Domestic Goddess. I've been known to hand out the baked goods now and again so I thought a tag would come in handy. This is also the first time I've made a tag of this sort I'm happy with,yay.  It's still not quite as good as some, but I'll keep working on it.


Well that's all for me for 2011 I'll see you back here next year! Until then I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
xxAutumn 

Simply The Last One...

Hi Sassy fans, it's me! Today is my last post for the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog, I have had to make the decision to quit the team to focus on other, equally fun, things in my life. Only so many hours in the day right ;o). I will miss you all and want to thank you for all your kind comments, you rock :D!

For my last offering I have used

Tease Me

which appears to be sold out at the moment but will no doubt be back in stock soon!

Aaaaah she looks like me on a Sunday morning, coping with wayward hair and the realisation that it's back to work tomorrow ;o)

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Tease Me"; LOTV sentiment
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Maja Design "Vintage Winter" paper
Embellishments: staples; Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: Marianne Design frond; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle Large
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (browns)
B95, B93, B91 (blues)
R27 (red)

Right, that's all from me, thank you for stopping by and I'll no doubt see you around in blogland!

Hugs,
Erica

Sweet Sassy Saturday

This week we have the Sassiest 

Sassy lady to give away..

But watch out..

This giveaway is only open until Sunday night and I will be back Monday with a winner..

I present 

5th Avenue

Do you want to get creative with her?

you know the drill..
Take the Sweet Sassy Saturday badge

or any of our other Sassy badges you find in our sidebar to your blog sidebar
(linking to us).
And link up your name with the blue frog :) Easy :)

A pocket and a tag

Happy friday Sassy fans!

For today I have two projects to share. Talking about having a great finish before I go on a little christmas break...

For my first project I have used

Domestic Goddess.

She seems to be sold out at the moment but I guess she will be back soon.

I have made a little pocket with this image, that I put a recipe card into. Those recipe cards were bought at Hallmark and I love them since they are such a beautiful and easy way to share the recipe of your favourite cookies and hand it out with some of them.

I was lucky enough to have the perfectly matching paper for that card and also by coloring the image I used the beige and blue from the recipe card.

Since I think most of us store their recipe cards like I do - in a cupboard in the kitchen - I thought that too bulky embellishments would make it harder to store it. So I only went with some lace and that Yum Scale stamp by Stampin' Up. 

To the recipe card itself I added a little ribbon and that little spoon charm.

And these are the Copics that I colored the image with:

Okay, I have been talking about two projects so here's my second one today. 

I got inspired by all those beautiful tags Maria made and decided to try one myself.

I used 

Tease Me

on it. I actually got the idea of putting this gift together from looking at the stamp. It's not really a christmas present but a little something to be handed out before so the recipient can prepare herself for a "beautiful christmas".

I went with a white and red color combo here since the bottle of body lotion was the first thing I bought and I loved its deep red color...

For coloring this image I used these markers:

Okay, that's it for now. 

Just in case I am wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season and merry christmas!

Tag time

Yeah you know me and my tags..

Still working on them all though I have given up having one for every gift..

I've used Cinders to show how easily she can be made Christmassy 

as well as many of the other Simply Sassy stamps..

The papers is by Poppy design. 

Snow crystal is Magnolia die

And the Sassy girl is colored with Copic markers.

Hope you have a great week and I will  be back with a little post this Monday :)

And for those of you who like to enter our Sweet Sassy Saturday,

this next one you got to enter by Sunday night..

Just like to warn you about stuff like that so if your out this weekend maybe you can

find some way to stop by anyway..

Lots of Hugs Maria 

Winner Sweet Sassy Saturday

The winner of oh so cool and Sassy

Amelia

is.....

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
75

Timestamp: 2011-12-07 19:08:33 UTC

and that is..

75.     Corry  

Please contact me with your address within a week to claim your prize

Just For You

Hello Sassy friends!  I have a card to share with you today using ...

                        Picture Pose

She's colored with copics and colored pencils and I've added some flowers, leaves, seam binding ribbon, and a heart sentiment.  The colors seem to match much better IRL than they do in my picture.  Of course you can find this beautiful stamp over at Funky Kits. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Picture Pose

Paper:  Echo Park Designs - Times & Seasons; Bazzill

Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, seam binding, pearls, EK Success flower and leaf punches, Spellbinders heart die, flower

The bigest Sassy Spotlight bash ever!!

We're having a Christmas break and this will be the last Spotlight this year,

I will come back with more info this Monday.

But I was thinking long and hard who would be smashing enough to use on this last Spotlight..

And then I came in mind that we have had so many amazing girls here visiting us on Tuesdays this year..

So I invited a bunch of girls to join us..

(I could have invited all of the spotlight girls but then I wold probably have used a day writing up this post)

So here they are 9 Amazing talents..

Do visit their blogs and leave some love♥

And they will be shown in a random order,

as their just as amazing as the next one ♥

Astrid

Using Cinderella

Dena

Using Little light of mine

Vicky

 Using Cinders

Debbie

 Using No1 Fan

Elaine

 Using Bella Bunting

Corry

Using Secret Santa

Pat

Using Book Club 

Heike

Using Travel Lite

Fiona

Using Butterfly Girl (not in stock at the moment)

Thank you girls for this amazing Spotlight!!!

A birthday girl again...

The last one!
Yes, dear ladies, it's my last post here, on this Monday evening, as a Simply Sassy GD. This time I've used the lovely ''Picture Pose'', coloured with Derwent pencils, Maja Design papers and lots of Die-namics.

Before I leave I'd like to thank all of you for stopping by and the nice comments during all these months, to thank the gorgeous DT for the inspiration, and to wish you a wonderful Christmas and a very good 2012!

That's all from me for today, see you somewhere else in this blog world!

Hugs,
Alina

Simply Primping

Hello wonderful Sassy fans! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! My weekend went by in a flash! Can you believe how quickly Christmas is coming upon us. I think very few people are getting Christmas cards this year :(  How about you, are you on top of your Christmas card list? 

Today's share isn't Christmasy, but perhaps it could give you an idea for a little Christmas gift. I've made a little door hanger...

...using the wonderful Tease Me. I live in a house with four boys and even though I've taught them manners they refuse to use them, so I really could use one of these myself,lol I've kept it pretty simple since it does have the possibility of getting knocked around...I figure the less is there the less likely it is to get ruined, but I've used some fun bright colors and of course lots of pink!  The words say" Primping...Do not disturb!"  and were computer made.  Guess that about explains her. So I'll be heading out, but make sure to stop by later to see what Alina has to share with you!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

xxAutumn

Simply Fabulous :D

Hi Sassy fans, it's me again with your Sunday inspiration! For today's card I've used the fabulous

Strike A Pose

Isn't she cute? She reminds me a bit of Yasmin from Aladdin, waiting on her magical cushion for her prince to sweep her away... Such imagination for a Sunday morning eh ;o)

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Strike A Pose"; sentiment from My Favorite Things;
background from Stempelglede
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Maja Design design paper "Vintage Winter"
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearl swirls; Kars adhesive pearls
Tools: My Favorite Things Die-namics label and flowers; Tim Holtz film strip
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (browns)
E29 (red)

Rights, that's it from me, I'm off to put the Christmas decorations up :D! Have a great day, see you next week!

Hugs,
Erica

Sweet Sassy Saturday

This week we are giving away yet another fab stamp 

Our very own explorer..

Amelia

What you need to do??

Take the Sweet Sassy Saturday badge

or any of our other Sassy badges you find in our sidebar to your blog sidebar
(linking to us).
And link up your name with the blue frog :) Easy :)

Cinderella

Hello Sassy fans and welcome to another inspiration post.

For today's card I have inked up 

Cinderella.

She's adorable and so much fun to color! With all the pleats in her dress you really can bring this image to life - and this without much work. 

I have chosen a blue, white and black color scheme for her since I think this is a really elegant combo and fits her wonderfully. 

I used a die cut sheet on the right side of the card and a glimmery paper for the swirl and butterfly. And the princess charm was the perfect finish for this card.

I also want to share with you another card that I made - and I used 

Book Club

here:

The colors I used here are totally different and so much more vibrant. She reminds me of  a girl I know and she always wears blue hair - totally or just in parts. That's why I did blue hair here. And she was just screaming for more color so I combined a dark pink with the blue. This is a color combo I rarely use but if I do, it has to be bright and shiny!LOL

The big flower matched that pink perfectly and the bird brad has been sitting in my drawer forever. I guess it was waiting for this special card.

The saying is by Stampin' Up.

Both images have been colored with Copics, and these are the ones I used (I guess you can tell from the pictures which were used for which card, right? LOL):

All that is left to do now is to wish all of you a wonderful weekend!

Winner Sweet Sassy Saturday

The winner of sweet 

Star Dust

is..

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
2

Timestamp: 2011-12-01 18:51:02 UTC

no 2 is..

2.     Carol  

Carol please email me within a week to claim your prize

Something for the boy's

 It's time for a new The Sugar Bowl challenge,

This time it's lovely Cathy who has made a sketch for us.

And the option this time is  'Out Of The Ordinary'

And those who know me know that I don't make many boys cards or anything..

So when my brother had birthday I decided to make him a gift bag to put his present in,

so this is my  'Out Of The Ordinary'

I have used our Sassy boy No 1 fan

The papers are from Basic Grey, the cloud is a Magnolia die

and the die behind the Sentiment is from tickled Pink

The boy is colored with Copic markers .

The prize this week is 4 stamp for one lucky winner or 6 stamps if we reach 100+ entries..

Hugs Maria 

You Make My Life Sweet

Hello to all you Sassy friends.  Today I've used the beautiful Domestic Goddess.  This stamp is out of stock at the moment but I'm sure Funky Kits will have more in the shop soon.

I used my Distress Inks to color this sassy girl.  I added a doily and some punched flowers with little pearls.  My twill ribbon is some I've had forever.  It always feels good to finally find a use for something you've had in your stash a long time, doesn't it? 

And, I also have a second card to share with you today.  Another fabulous image from the latest Simply Sassy release.

This is Cinderella and you can find her over at Funky Kits.  Isn't she beautiful?  I think her pretty face just looks so sweet and innocent.  She's also colored with Distress Inks and I added some Glamour Dust to her little tiara and the bows on her shoes.  I added some punched flowers with pearls and some die-cut hearts with Glamour Dust.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  And don't forget that today is the last day to enter the current Sugar Bowl Challenge, where you have a chance to win some fabulous Sugar Nellie stamps! 

Hugs, Anita

Domestic Goddess Card
Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Domestic Goddess
Paper:  Melissa Frances - Kitschy Kitchen; Bazzill
Other:  Distress Inks, doily, EK Success flower punches, pearls, Martha Stewart twill tape

Cinderella Card
Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Cinderella
Paper:  My Mind's Eye Lost & Found - Market Street and Madison Avenue; Bazzill
Other:  Distress Inks, Glamour Dust, MS lace heart punch, MFT flower die, Spellbinders heart die, pearls
  

Tuesday Spotlight

This week we have a very sweet crafter named

Mary J joining us...

I have known Mary J for over a year and have always loved her beautiful cards.  I'm sure you will love them too.

Here is what Mary J made for us today

Using Cinders

Here is a little about Mary J and some of the beautiful cards from her blog:

*Start by telling us a little about you:

Well, how to cut down 43 years in a paragraph...lol! In short, I am married to Steve (been together for over 14 years) and we live in a small village in East Sussex in the South East of England with our two Yellow Labradors, Poppy (4) and Lulu (2). Work-wise I am a project manager based in Central London. We do a lot of walking and spend a lot of time with our families. Our dream is to emigrate and own a beach front house in New Zealand or Australia - perhaps one day!

Using Pillow Talk

*When did you start card making and what made you start?

I first became aware of cardmaking when a work colleague sold her cards at work. Then, when Steve and I decided to get married 4 years ago, I decided to make my own wedding stationery. I was very proud of it but looking at them now, I'm embarrassed! Hey, we learn and grow huh?!!

Using Bad Hare Day

*What is your preferred coloring medium?

I love to watercolour using my Aqua Promarkers, but I end up using my Copics for ease!

Using Spread Your Wings

*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?

Well it was Spread Your Wings - I just love the whimsical look on her face with her huge thoughtful eyes! But I bought the November set #11 and now my fave has to be Cinders!

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?

I was already a regular customer of Funky Kits so when Simply Sassy popped into the shop, it was love at first sight!

Using I Give You My Heart

*What is your favourite style (card making)?

I love to experiment so my style can vary a lot from clean lines to shabby chic. The most common theme though through all my cards is lots and lots of layers!

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?

I love the blog just the way it is - the inspiration, the spotlights, the challenges - so continue with that please!

Using Pillow Talk

Thank you Mary J for letting us Spotlight you and your fabulous cards!

Please leave Mary J some sweet comments.