Tuesday Spotlight

This week we have a very sweet crafter called 

Joyce with us...

I had not seen her pretty cards before my friend Elaine showed me her blog.

Thank you Elaine for finding her for me ♥

And wow does she make pretty cards ,tags and mini books!

Here is what Joyce made for us

 Using All wrapped up

Using Christmas Kisses

*Start by telling us a little about you:
  I am Joyce 33. Married to Lars and together we have 2 beautiful kids. Randy 5 and Duncan 3.
I work at a store where we sell garden furniture and Spa's.

*When did you start card making and what made you start?
When Randy was about 3 he loved to make things with paper and coloring

and at the time i started to scrapbook.
 Then my neighbor showed me how to make cards with stamp and all these little things on them....
oooh my i got the addiction...And now i craft almost every evening

Using Butterfly girl

Using City Girl

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
i started with prisma pencils but when i discovered copics, there was another addiction......

*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
i LOVE them all, that is a really hard choice. But when i have to pick one it would be "Lost in Music"

Using Lost in Music

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
I saw them on the club "Kaarten maken met Tiets" it is a Dutch forum about card making.
And when i used one of of the stamps on a card i fell in love with them

Using Strike a Pose

*What is your favourite style (card making)?
With a lot of embellish..... I LOVE to use lace, flowers, pearls and all the little things

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
I think the blog is perfect the way it is now.

Using Apple of my eye

Thank you Joyce for letting us Spotlight you ♥

Please leave Joyce some sweet worlds ♥

Tuesday Spotlight

Hello Sassy fans today we would like to put the spotlight on....

Janette

I asked Janette to make a card for us and she came up with a real beauty for us...

Using: Strike a pose, Lost in Music, and Pillow Talk

Here's a little about Janette and some wonderful cards from her blog:

Start by telling us a little about you:
I am a work from home mom to three rowdy boys. With a very
supportive husband that doesn't mind me spending time with my crafts;
I think this will be the case until he finds out how much money goes
into buying paper and stamps...Hehehehe I am of Mexican descent and I
love my Mexican culture!

Using Strike a Pose

*When did you start card making and what made you start?
I started making cards to swap with my two cousins and sister. I had
never ever had done a card before; but it was fun and i really enjoyed
it. We did one card a month; but as life often gets in the way the
swap ended almost a year ago now. After having my third son and being
in a new home where I have my craft/office room I am way into making
cards and can't stop!

 Using Apple of My Eye

Using Pillow Talk

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
This is an easy one; Copics by miles!

*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
I will have to say Pillow Talk since she was the one that caught my
eye and is the stamp that I have used the most out of all of my
stamps. I think that if I had Retail Therapy she would be a close
second; poor baby is still on my wish list!

Using Lost in Music

Using Pillow Talk


*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
I saw them on Autumn's blog and I think she is one of the first blogs
that I began to follow. I just fell in love with the BIG hair and
eyes.

*What is your favourite style (card making)?
Hummm this is a toughy; I don't think that I really have a defined
style other that I like to try new things. I like doing 3D projects
and love to embellish til I cannot embellish no more:0)

Using Pillow Talk

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
I love the blog the way that it is! The only thing that I would love to
see more boy stamps(cuz I do have 3 of them) and cowgirl/cowboy images
would be a dream come true. I have told Krista this already and am
patiently waiting for that day; I know it will come!

Thanks so much Janette for letting us Spotlight you and your gorgeous creations and for letting us get to know you a little better!

Tuesday Spotlight..

This Tuesday we have sweet 

Corry

This post is quite a long one.. so go grab your cup of coffee or tea because you don't want to miss this girl..

I asked her to make something new for the Spotlight 

She has made us this fantastic cupcake, card and door-hanger ♥♥♥ 

+ I've grabbed some gorgeous cards from her blog too..

Don't you just want to eat that cupcake???

And a yummy card that matches the cupcake♥♥

Image she's using on the card is Sundae service

and a gorgeous door-hanger using Tiffany

 Any girl would love having this on their door ♥

*Start by telling us a little about you:
I am a 35 yr old wife & mother to 3 children. Funny when one asks to say a bit about themselves, we start with our age.....weird eh? I say eh, as I am from Canada (Manitoba actually) and I DON"T live in an igloo. My children are 10 yrs (girl), 4 yrs (boy) and 20 mnth old (boy). I also work as a part time Registered Nurse. I craft til the wee hours of the morning, so no one can bother me. haha! I'm sneaky like that!

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

Uhh...I blame it all on my neighbor & BFF. There I was merrily making my scrapbooks when she pops over and says "OMG you have to see this card I just made at card class".....the same card class I said NO to in the first place. Well, I was hooked. That was **thinking**.....2008.

One thing led to another, first came SU, then CTMH, then digis. What the heck was a 'digi'....EEK!!

Then I found blogland and well, the rest is history! 

Using Spread your wings

Using Lost in Thoughts  and Skater Girl  

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
I color my faces and, as of recently, hair with copics. My copic selection is meager. LOL I gave hubby my Christmas list already....."copics"....done! I also color with watercolor pencils, blending stumps and baby oil. Nope the baby oil does not get the paper all oily. The blending stumps (dipped in baby oil soaked sponges) carries the color so nicely..my heart skips a beat just thinking about it. Not quite sure what I mean?....can't really picture it? see this post HERE on my blog.

Using Apple of my eye

*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
oooo.......hhmmmm.........like just one?!! Well, since I only recently got addicted to them & I drool at each of the DT creations.....geesh...I'd have to say "High School Student".....& I don't even own her!!! Funny right?!! I thought the "So What" girl from the last set woulda got me, but rather my fave from that release is actually "Tiffany".

Using Team Spirit

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
Donna Mosley. Yup. She was in the spotlight here & I thought "hey, that's a nice stamp"......what the heck am I missing right? One hop led to another hop & boom.....here I am! Buying each new release. (Another Christmas present list item) heehee

*What is your favourite style (card making)?
Embellish, Embellish, Embellish. Rule of thumb......if all else fails, embellish. No style imparticular, I like to try everything at least once including 3D items. In fact this is the first time I have attempted to make a cupcake! lol LOVE IT!! And just when I thought I came up with the cupcake idea all by my lonesome, I remembered seeing Kathrin's SCRUMMY sundae dish a short while ago!!

See....inspiration has seeped it's way into my brain! 

Using Lost in Music 

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
hhmmmmmmmmm.......boy cards. I seem to be drawn to boy images & stamps. They are the first to catch my eye. Oh & my Sassy on the header......I'd love to see THAT everyday I visit!! LOL

(I'll just keep trying out like every other die hard Sassy Fanatic)!!

Thanks so much for spotlighting me. This truly was a HUGE honor! Mwah!
Cor*

Thank you so much Corry for letting us Spotlight your gorgeous cards

and for us to getting to know you alittle better ♥♥

Header Challenge

Before I introduce you to our new header girls I just want to thank all of you who entered..

Sooooooooo many lovely cards ♥

I run it down to about 5-6 I really wanted to use for for the header,

and then I sat for a while trying them on..

with new header girls we needed a brand new look on our header  and the two entries that looked best together with Elaine's Sassy girl is..

Janette's card 

and ...

Jane's card.. 

Congrats girls your our new header girls..

Your cards will be put up in our sidebar and link to your blogs ♥ 

want to see how our new header will look like ??

This will be put up tonight or tomorrow night as I'm out and about all day..

Thanks to everyone who played along♥

Lost in music ♥

Today we're having a new sketch over at the Sugar Bowl again ♥

This time it's Marlena's sketch and a easy option For the Girls.. 

There is a yummi prize too  4 stamps of the winners choice (rising to 6 if over 100 entries)

For this card I've used Lost in music

She is colored with Copic's

The green paper is from Basic Grey and both the blue and the one with prints on are The Girls' Paperie.

The ribbon are seem-binding and the Pearls are Prima.

And over at the Sugar Nellie blog sneak week is starting...
Sept 1st Some very yummi stamps and I promise they are so cute!!
Ans as for the next release of Sassy's they will soon be on their way to the dt so release will be in a few weeks..
Just start saving your pennies.. Next month will be a awesome Sugar month ♥♥

Hugs Maria  

Just a little note...

Good evening Sassy fans! thanks for stopping by... 

Paula here... with my VERY FIRST GDT creation for Simply Sassy! 

I'm SO EXCITED to be here, a little nervous though, so please go easy on me! ;)

Today I'd like to share a card I've made with one of the newest releases... 

'Lost In Music' 

You can grab her HERE at Funky Kits 

If you scroll down you can see another card made with her from the talented Autumn... 

(You can't get too much of a good thing, right?)

I first created a little 'hill' for her to sit on, by attaching a little bit of spotty paper to a background of Kraft card.

Then stamped the image directly onto this. I stamped a second image onto white cardstock and coloured her with Promarkers, cut her out, and attached her over the original image... 

(by doing this I didn't have to cut out any fiddly bits, like certain sections of her hair, 

and the headphone cables)

I doodled some flower stems on the 'hill' and added some little paper flowers, and gave her a little bow for her hair, which I made using a tiny scrap of fabric, and a tiny heart button.

The papers are a bit of a mix... the musical note paper is Echo Park -Victoria Gardens

The pink flower paper is MME

Houndstooth paper from Pink Paisley

And I'm not sure of the others, they were from my scrap drawer.

Main background is Kraft.

I doodled the 'note' on pink gingham paper, and hand cut.

The sentiment stamp is from ladybug and friends

To finish, I've added a few drops of ranger enamel accents in black and white, and doodled around the edges with a black fineliner.

Well, that's my first post out of the way... phew!!

I hope I didn't add too much information?

I tend to get a bit carried away!

Paula 

xxxx

Tune Time

Hello Sassy Fans! How are you today?? Hope you are having a good week and been enjoying the inspiration so far. Today I've decided to use ' Lost in Music'...

This was so me as a young girl. I have to say tho that you wouldn't find me sitting down listening, I was dancing around and sometimes there was just the music in my head keeping me dancing,lol I think dear sweet DD is going to be the same,lol Just two years old and any time(and I mean any) music comes on she starts to boogie!

I've colored this image with copics(pictured later) and the background...though it always seems to get washed out in the pics was done with chalks. 

Anyway, here's the card...

full of glittery goodness, lol. I may have gone a little overboard on the stickles, but who hasn't done that a time or two, huh. She kind of looks to me like she's sitting there listening to her music dreaming about what her future may be and so the dream ticket(Tim Holtz) seemed fitting to me. The stitching here was done with my sew easy tool and some glittery floss they also sell. The flowers are a mix and the papers are a Sassafrass mix.

Lastly, I even have my copics to share with you. It's been a while since I remembered those and that pink was a mix of colors but I think everything else should be easy to figure out. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

xxAutumn

Simply Flower-less...

Hi Sugar addicts ;o), I'm back from my hols and ready to bring you some Sunday inspiration! I had a lovely time in England, we did loads in the five days we were there and even went to see Princess Kate's wedding dress in Buckingham Palace, it was amazing :D!

Anyway, for your inspiration today I have made a flower-less card...I know right, I didn't think that was possible either ;o), but somehow or other flowers just didn't suit. So after a lot of trying I left them off, being somewhat gobsmacked at my own decision!

I got the design for this card from DoCrafts Creativity magazine, I love some of the ideas in there and there's always a free gift which, being a Dutch person, I really appreciate of course :-p.

You can't see the sentiment because, well, I took the picture wrong, but it says "Girly You Rock", which I thought was very appropriate ;o)

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Lost in Music"; sentiment by Papertrey Ink
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock white; My Mind's Eye design paper Lime Twist: Life of the Party
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearl swirls; Kars adhesive pearls; string; charm
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle large
Copics:
E00, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)
BG15, BG13, BG11 (turquoise bits)

Right, that's it from me for this week, hope I've inspired you and that you have some lovely crafty time set aside for today :D!

Hugs,
Erica

Lost in Music

Morning Peeps,

I hope you enjoyed the Simply Sassy Blog Hop over the weekend, you gals certainly love your Sassy's and I'd like to thank you all for such wonderful comments that were left for me and my teamies. Krista's designs certainly get better and better with each release, I'm looking forward to no. 10.

Well hopefully you still need some inspiration, and today I have used "Lost in Music" and I know you all loved this image and so I do. I can see lots of uses for this one.

This is me with my ipod on when I'm in the gymn. Only not as relaxed, bright as a beetroot and panting for breath, lol.

Ingredients:-

Lost in Music available from Funky Kits HERE

Medium - Copics 

Papers by Prima

Doily

Dienamics border die

Flowers from stash

Sentiment is whiff of joy