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 ♥♥

Tuesday Spotlight

Today I want to introduce you to a big Sugar Nellie and Simply Sassy fan

Karen aka Krafty Karen

She made this sweet card for us using Retail Therapy  

Just look at the Sassy Pink highlights in her hair ♥

*Start by telling us a little about you:
I'm married with 5 children. Having that many kiddies helps to keep me just a little crazy.

It's how I like it. Smiles.


*When did you start card making and what made you start?
I started card making around 6years ago, and it was a friend who turned up at my house with a quilling magazine that got me started. From there I went out and bought my very first crafting magazine, used up all of the freebies that came with it, and have been hooked ever since really.

Using Windswept

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
I love my Copics unreservedly. I also have a large soft spot for Pencils and my Zest It blending oil. But Copics will always be my first choice and most used medium.


*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
Hmmm... now this is a tough one for me. There are so many that I love! How is a girl to choose just one?! Okay, I think if I truly have to be pinned down to just the one Sassy, it would have to be Windswept. Because she looks how I would love to look after doing the school run. Instead of how we all look in real life. (I'm laughing here guys.)

Using All wrapped up 

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
From all of the simply fabulous cards on The Sugar Nellie Facebook Page,

and of course The Simply Sassy Blog! (Smiles.)


*What is your favourite style (card making)?
Hmm... Another toughy to answer. I don't know that I really have a style. Unless you count using large square spaces as having a style. Hehe. I love trying all sorts of different styles. I adore visiting lots of different blogs and picking up different things to try out and mix n match on my own cards.

Using Tiffany 

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
Ermmmm.... More Sassy cards! Lol.. Seriously there isn't much (if anything) I would change about the blog. I adore the Sassy Blog just the way it is. I love my visits there, they always leave me smiling.

Thank you Karen for letting us show your sweet cards ♥

And do leave Karen some sweet words ♥♥♥

Hugs Maria 

(ps. The dt is starting to get their next Simply Sassy set ;)

so look forward to a new release around the corner..)

Simply Sparkly

Hello Sassy friends.  I have a very sparkly card to share with you. 

Today I've used the beautiful Tiffany on my card.  Oh, I think she's sooo gorgeous.  I colored with my copics and colored pencils.  There's Glamour Dust on the edges of my papers, on the heart doily, flowers, and on the butterflies.  I've used so much Glamour dust on this card I'll probably be glittery for days!  I added some pretty pearls and then made a little lace rosette with a pink heart button, to match the one she's wearing in her hair.

You can find the lovely Tiffany and all her Sassy friends over at Funky Kits.  And don't forget to check out the latest Sugar Bowl Challenge.  You still have a week to enter for a chance to win some gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamps!

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Tiffany
Paper:  Melissa Frances - Essie; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, doily, ribbon, lace, button, MS butterfly punch, pearls, Glamour Dust 

Simply Sweet!

Good morning Sassy fans, how are you all?! Over here the weather is okay, after experiencing some real autumn winds and rain over the last few days the weekend has brought some sunshine, which is unusual :D. Isn't it funny how us Dutchies (and the British too) always talk about the weather...oh well, gotta have something to complain about, right ;o)

Anyway, onto my card for today, I have used the delicious and delectable

Tiffany

Isn't she just too cute?!? Of course this is another stamp that can be used on soooo many different kinds of cards, I love how nearly all Krista's images are so versatile :D!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Tiffany"; sentiment by My Favorite Things
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Prima Marketing design paper "Madeline"
Embellishments: Prima Marketing flowers; BoBunny button; ring; brads
Tools: Kars butterfly punch; QuicKutz oval label; Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate ink; Ranger Distress Ink Broken China
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)
BG000, BG01, BG02, BG10, BG11 (clothes, eyes)

That's all from me this Sunday, hope I've inspired you to get out you Sassy stamps and make something today :D!

Hugs,
Erica

So Charming

Hello dear Sassy-fans!
OMG, can you believe it's the last day of september? I guess we will start showing christmas cards here very soon!

For my card today I used another one of the new images, this cutie is called

Tiffany.

She was so wonderful to use and the card came together so easy.

I had to use some pink since she looks so girly with her wonderful skirt and that flower/ribbon in her hair. And to me the butterfly was the perfect thing to use with her.

When we went to a stamp fair here in Germany beginning of september my girls made a dangler for their cellphones. It's made from shrink foil and covered with a special epoxy liquid that dries under UV light and builds a scratch resistant surface to protect the image. Yep, you guessed it, I had to buy some of that epoxy stuff and so I decided to make a matching dangler from this cutie too:

She is colored with pencils and I got the colors I used on the card and the ones on the shrink foil matching really good. Unfortunately I was out of white shrink foil and had to use a semi transparent one so taking a picture of it is really hard. I had to put it on a white paper and take the picture in the sunlight...
On the star and the heart I tried coloring the foil with Copics - worked great but I need to work on it to be able to make shadows with them too.

And here's a pic of the card and the dangler together:

These are the Copics I used for the coloring:

So, once again I am wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Simply Angellic

Hello lovely Sassy Fans! Did you have a good weekend? I had  a relatively relaxing weekend and that was sooo nice for a change. I know you're not here to hear about my weekend, so here's what you came for...

 ...the ever beautiful 'Tiffany'. I love, love, love her and love her even more with wings...she just perfect for them! I'd like to say I came up with that idea myself, but no, I snagged it from Paula who had given her butterfly wings on her blog hop card.

I again tried to go a new direction and went out of my comfort zone coloring her hair and eyes unusual colors. I have to admit I really enjoyed giving myself a little more artistic freedom. I knew right away that I wanted to color some part of her purple and luckily I had these beautiful papers from Kaiser Kraft that worked

perfectly.

Here's a closer look, and again I added some deeper shadows with some pencils...it's so much easier to use a pointed tip for those shadows!I have a rather large list of copics, but I had originally colored her skirt a light purple and then felt it didn't add enough contrast against the background, so I colored it darker.

I will leave you with the copics I used...

Thank you all for stopping by today and don't forget to come back later to see what wonderful creation Alina has to show you.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn