Tuesday Spotlight

This girl we have in the Spotlight today is very much a Simply Sassy fan♥

I asked her to make a new Sassy project for the Spotlight and she sent me 5!!

And told me I could choose whom of them I wanted for the Spotlight..

Well how could I not choose all? Their gorgeous and so Sassy!

So prepare for a picture heavy spotlight and to be inspired by the gorgeous Sassy project 

Heike has made ♥

Look at this..isn't the most gorgeous Halloween decoration ever..

She has used Best Witches

*Start by telling us a little about you
 I am thirty years old and have been with my partner Ralf for 11 years now. We aren't married yet and we don’t have any children so far. But we do have 2 rabbits and 2 cats, so there is a lot of action around here anyway.
I work for a big IT company and am currently on my way to become a project manager. As I’ve never been the technical and science type, crafting is my way to balance myself and blow off all that creative steam I can’t use at work.

*When did you start card-making and what made you start?
I started card-making in January 2009. I actually never was much of a card-making fan, because I am not a huge fan of the 3D and decoupage style, which is still widely popular over here, but when I discovered some message boards and blogs where people shared their truly amazing works with stamps, I was hooked. Stamping really had everything I was missing with these other styles.
As for the reason why… probably because I like to make the things I give away myself. I have ever since I was a child. So I guess it was just a logical consequence that I would start making my own cards rather sooner than later. 

Gorgeous soft colors using Bad Hare day

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
Definitely Copic Sketch markers. I completed my collection in August and now have access to the full range of colors, which is absolutely amazing. (Though there are still colors that are missing from the range, can you believe that? LOL)
I also like to use my Prismacolor Pencils on Kraft Cardstock. 

Another beautiful Halloween decoration using Witches Cauldron

*What is your fave Simply Sassy stamp?
Now that question is just impossible to answer. I probably could name a favorite for each kit,

but out of all of them? Never.
But some of my favorites are: “Best Witches”, “Witches Cauldron”, “Winking Student”, “All Wrapped Up” and “Butterfly Girl”

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
It took me ages. I first discovered them when Kit 6 was released on a friend’s blog. But I was in love right away and have fallen harder and harder ever since. 

Beautiful Autumn card using Apple of my eye

*What is your favourite card-making style?
I guess it’s a quirky style. I like to add lots of embellishments like flowers, punched butterflies, flatback pearls, flourishes and the like.
I also love clean & simple, but I am very bad at this type of card, therefore I just admire others who are amazing at that style. :o) 

Beautiful romantic card using Hippie Love 

*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
I love the blog just as it is. Just one thing I’ve been missing for the last several weeks: the tutorials. I really hope they’ll be back soon, because they really were so inspiring and fabulous. :o) 

If that is not all.. I WILL have to show some of the gorgeous Simply Sassy creations from her blog too♥

Well it was hard choosing just a few as there are so many and just as gorgeous but do go visit Heike 

 for more Simply Sassy inspiration..

 Using: Guinevere, Vintage Boutique and 5th Avenue

 Using All wrapped up

 Using Amelia

 Using Call me

Thank you so much Heike for the gorgeous Sassy projects you've made for us 

and for letting us Spotlight you ♥ 

Tuesday Spotlight

This Tuesday your getting to know 

Paula

our new Guest designer a little better

Look at this gorgeous card she made for the spotlight..

Here she have used Butterfly Girl  

(and there is a rumor that there will be a tutorial connected to this card later this week so watch out!!)

*Start by telling us a little about you:
Hi, I’m Paula.

I’m 33 years old, and I live in Derbyshire UK, with my very understanding, but slightly bewildered Hubby (he just doesn’t get the excitement of papers, stamps and colouring! I swear he thinks there’s something wrong with me!) I have a 12 year old Son, who never fails to make me laugh!

*When did you start card making and what made you start?
I’ve been card making for about 4 ½ years now, and still loving every minute! I started when I visited my Sister in Law, shortly after she’d been to a card making workshop..she showed me a couple of the cards she’d made... I knew instantly I’d LOVE it! Even though back then it was all peel offs and decoupage.


*What is your preferred coloring medium?
I have to say Promarkers at the moment, as that’s really all I have! I do occasionally add some extra shading with some bog standard pencils...


*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
Ooooh... you can’t ask me that!! Okay, my absolute favourite to colour has got to be Hippie chick BUT... Amelia appeals to the dreamer in me, and I think she’s such an original stamp!!


*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
I first saw them on the lovely Maria’s blog actually!! And to be completely honest... at first I wasn’t sure if I liked them... I actually only bought my first one a couple of months ago... now I’m obsessed!!!


*What is your favourite style (card making)?
To look at... vintage, shabby, arty... I am so in awe of people who can create this style... I’ve tried, and I can’t pull it off! To make... I don’t think I have a style, my style is ‘choose some nice bits and pieces, and see what happens’... is that a style?


*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
Honestly, I know its a cop out, and EVERYONE says the same, but I really do think its perfect the way it is!

Take a look at all the pretty Sassy cards I found in Paula's blog..

Using Little Light of mine 

And this one using Vintage Boutique  That I just got in my mail box 

and obviously you see it's gorgeous but I swear it's prettier in real life♥

Using Hippie chick 

Using Skater girl

Thank you Paula for sharing and we're really happy to have you on our team!!

Pop over to Paula's blog and see  more gorgeous Sassy cards♥

Hugs Maria

Tuesday spotlight..

This Tuesday we have a sweet girl with an amazing talent for coloring with us.

meet

Bridget/Curlybear

I asked her to make something for the Spotlight 

and by that I'm thinking of one card or something..

So Bridget has really  spoiled us this time 

Look at her gorgeous Sassy projects!!

 Using: Oh La La, Fashionista, Amelia, Hippie Chick, Winking Student, Fairy Tale,

Butterflies and Pigtails ,5th Avenue

*Start by telling us a little about you:
Hello, My name is Bridget, and I live in the wonderfully picturesque county of Cornwall, with my Patient Husband, our Malamute Buzz, and our two cats Nala and Jasmine, I have lived here all my life and I can't see myself living anywhere else, apart from maybe Scotland, the land of The House of Sugar.

*When did you start card making and what made you start?
I have always had an interest in art, but I have never been able to draw well enough to share with other people, so when I came across the craft channels on TV, and I saw the beautiful things you can make, it inspired me to have a go at making cards, at first, using Rubber Stamps, and then onto the many other forms of crafting, I then progressed onto blogging, about 18 months ago, and my eye's were opened even wider, by the stunning creations that I came across.

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
Everything....... lol, well, it depends on my mood, but I do go through phases, I might use Polychromes for a while, or Promarkers, but my favourite of favourites at the moment are copics, in particular sketch markers, I just love the range of colours you get, and the professional finish they give you, it makes you feel like you've accomplished something when you have finished your project,
I have just gotten hold of a set of Prismacolour pencils, I haven't done much with them yet, its a work in progress, but I do love the finish they give you when using them on Kraft card, so more to follow on that, lol...

*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
Well how can I answer this question, I love them all, and I have all apart from 3 of them, but having thought long and hard about it,
I am going to have to say Amelia and all of the new Christmas stamps, lol, this is the most difficult question of all, lol.

*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
I first noticed the Simply Sassy Stamps, when Karen introduced us to Krista's artwork on the Sugar Nellie blog and I have been hooked ever since.

 *What is your favourite style (card making)?
I don't think I've really got a favourite style, I do like clean and simple, but I also like to see lots of embellishments, so I don't really think I have a specific style, I like to change things a lot so not to get bored, I like shabby chic, though I can never seem to produce a very good end product.

 *And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
This is another hard question to answer, because it's difficult to improve on perfection, because I think you girls already do a fantastic job, what with all the fun blog hops, brilliant tutorials and wonderfully inspirational cards, so I had a really good think about what I would like to see added and that would be a Simply Sassy Challenge blog.

Here are some other gorgeous Sassy projects I found at Bridget's blog

Using : Fabulous Darling

Using Vintage Boutique

 

Using 5th Avenue

Using Boho Chic

Thank you So much Bridget for letting us spotlight you.

And please leave Bridget some sweet comments :)

Hugs Maria 

 

It's always fun to step outside of your comfort zone now and again.

It's always fun to step outside of your comfort zone now and again.. and I certainly have this time round. If you visit my blog often, you'll know that I have a thing for 'accordian' designs. It all started a few weeks ago when I attempted a mini accordian album, I was bitten by the album making bug - and I haven't really let it go since!!

For your Sassy inspiration from me this week I've decided to use up some kraft coloured tags I've had hanging around for forever and make an accordian tag project. I so need to think of a more unique name!! LOL.

I have used two stamps that I don't think I've ever inked up before *hangs head*. Both are from Set 7 the Steampunk stamps released not too long ago. Both are available from Funky Kits.

Guinevere

Vintage Boutique

Now, onto the project..

I have used three tags in total and attached them all together with a piece of double sided paper from the MME Mabel collection - I have used papers from this collection on each tag. I have stamped each tag with a doily stamp from Waltzing Mouse in Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Sage Shadow.

The first and last tag showcase each of the stamps. I have coloured both of the images using PMs and Copics and fussy cut them both out. They have been attached to the tags using dimensional adhesive. The middle panel I have left blank, what for - I'm not sure. But I hope I will come up with something in the future.

Here is a close up of Vintage Boutique. When I was colouring her, I asked myself 'why have you left it so long to ink this beaut up?' Geee, it's the same old story! LOL. The gorgeous swirl is a piece of Make it Crafty chipboard which I have painted using some Malted Milk acylic paint from Jenni Bowlin. I have used a MS punch to create some mini flowers and folded a brown Prima flower in half and added a little WOC rose to finish it off.

And a close up of Guinevere which is on top of a more simply layout. I have used both a clay and resin doodad beside her along with a nestie behind her.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Spotlight Tuesday

Morning Sassy Fans,

In the spotlight today we have 

Deb

If you pop over after you have finished reading this post you'll notice that Deb is a real sugar addict with lots of sugar nellie creations to feast your eyes on but her newest addition to the clan is the Simply Sassy girls and I can tell ya Deb won't disappoint.  As you'll see below Deb only started her blog a couple of months ago so I know you Sassy fans would give her a warm welcome by leaving a comment on this post and maybe taking the time to check her fabulous blog out, but before you do here's what Deb created for us today....

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

Hey there! my name is Deborah & I live in Manchester, England with my boyfriend Jayse & my beautiful baby girl (whos actually 4 this month!) I'm so thrilled to have been asked to do spotlight for Sassy stamps as Sugar Nellie is one of my absolute favourite stamp companies & this newer Sassy collection is right up my street!

I've actually worked in the Dance & Theatre industry, teaching, performning & running my school for the past ten years, but recently decided to have a change of career & closed my school down. I did Art & Design A-levels before going into dancing & have always been creative & love using my hands, so when I stumbled across Papercrafting just over 3 years ago - it just seemed the perfect match for me & I was instantly hooked! I come across Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine in my local newsagents which was a major catalist & inspired me immensly, 2 years later I then won their 'Papercrafter of the Year' competition & now do commissions for them.

 What is your preferred color medium? 

 I'm really into stamping & the vast majority of my cards feature this in some way. My prefered colouring medium is Distress Inks - I love the soft muted shades & different effects you can achieve with them. Although since I've been on a few design teams & needed to work with digital images more - I've just invested in Copics & am enjoying playing around with them, although I've not quite properly mastered them just yet! But defo enjoying the learning curve.

 What is your fave Simply Sassy stamp? 

My fave Simply Sassy stamp is the first one I bought wich is 'Fabulous Darling' which I've used for one of my cards below. Although when I was looking to purchase 2 more for this spotlight I had such a tough time narrowing it down to 2 as they're all just so fab!

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

I first noticed the Simply Sassy range when having a look through the 'Funky Kits' site which as I'm sure you all know supplies for Sugar Nellie. I love Sugar Nellie stamps anyway & some of these are amongst the 1st stamps I ever bought & I learned how to use my Distress Inks on them. They've seen many a disaster as well as a few I'm really proud of. So when I found out about a new range I was really excited & it didn't dissapoint...yeah I reckon Sassys'll be takin there place in my fave stamps top spot & staying there for some time!!!

 What is your favorite style of cardmaking? 

My favourite style has to be shabby chique & distressing in a pretty pastel colour scheme. I used to love how you could create such completely different looks with each make, but more & more I'm becoming obsessed with 'finding my style', like a signature look thats easily recognised & I find myself really admiring crafters whos works are very distincive to them, I don't think I'm quite there yet - but since I set my blog up 2 months ago I feel like I'm getting onto the right track!

 What would you love to see more of at Simply Sassy blog? 

To be really honest I only come across the Simply Sassy blog very recently through doing this post, but absolutely lovin it & will be visiting regularly from now on. I suppose I'd like to see more shabby style cards as I think it really suits the sassy range more than you might first expect.

Here's the card that enticed me to check Deb out.

She certainly is Fabulous Darling!

Please leave some love for Deb and check out her fabulous site HERE.

Thank you Deb for allowing us to put you in the spotlight.

Have a good week everyone.

round and round and something sweet

Happy friday Simply Sassy friends! Nice to see you here!

Today I have a round card to share with you - that´s what inspired me to this title. Actually I am having a really hard time picking post titles.LOL

This is the last stamp I haven´t used from the last release - right in time for our new release blog hop tomorrow! I hope you all have marked your calendars!

To me this

Vintage Boutique

stamp is kind of timeless. First I was thinking about making a fashion themed card but then I ended up with this idea. I really love how she could be colored in pink and black for a "emo" card or - like I did - in sepia tones to make her look vintage.

I distressed all the papers with Distress Ink Walnut Stain, just a bit for a little worn out look. And to soften the whole look a bit I added a half round paper doily. I got those at a wedding area of the Dollar Store and they are huge. So I only used a half one here.
I went with a flower, a bit of film strip, a piece of lace and that keyhole to embellish the card. It´s pretty simple but I really love it!

The coloring was done with Copics - these are the numbers I used:

And I also want to share a popsicle card I made last week:



I used

Luv a Latte

here, that seems to be sold out at the moment. Since I wanted the image to match the card shape I replaced the coffee cup with that yummy looking ice cream. Later I got the idea that I also could have hand drawn the ice onto the cup in her hand...
Sorry for the bad pic but somehow I wasn´t able to get a good one of this card, no matter how hard I tried. ;o)

So, hope to see you all tomorrow for our blog hop!

Tuesday Spotlight

Hiya Sassy Fans,

As you Maria is MIA for the next few weeks, waving hi to you Maria and wishing you well, so I'm looking after the spotlights for the next 3 weeks and I'd like to introduce you to one of my fellow teamies Vicky Pass.  Vicky is an avid Sugar Nellie fan and just look what she has made especially for us,  Wowzers:-

And here's a little bit about Vicky:-

Start by telling us a little about you:

I'm Vicky & I've been married to Craig since I was 16 & we are the proud owners of 3 children, 2 blue ones & 1 pink one. The boys are 20 & 15 & my daughter is nearly 19 & suffers with severe cerebral palsy so requires 24 hour care so thats my full time job lol. My eldest also has a baby on the way so we are to be grandparents at the end of the year which we are soooo excited about.

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

I started card making last April 2010 I had never been into crafts at all but there was a lot going on in the family & I had also lost my dad so needed something to occupy me. It was March & I came across a blog.........I had no idea what promarkers were, Magnolia I thought was just a colour & I thought Sugar Nellie was a sweetie or choccy lol. I brought some promarkers beginning of April a couple of Sugar Nellie stamps & some others & that was it........hook, line & sinker. I cant believe a year has passed already.......my hubby is also happy as it means I dont want to keep redecorating now lol.

What is your preferred coloring medium?

I'm addicted to Copics altho I spent most of my first year using promarkers but I do prefer Copics now. Altho I also like to use prisma pencils & distress inks......I like to be able to use any of the mediums, its incase I ever get bored lol.

What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?

WOW......thats a toughie, how do I choose one? I will say Fairytale cus she was the 1st one I fell in love with & I'm still in love with her.......

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

On the Sugar Nellie blog, it was one of the first blogs I ever followed.....Sugar Nellie was my first ever stamp... I brought them on day of release & have done ever since lol.

What is your favourite style (card making)? 

I really dont have a style I prefer it that way I make what I'm in the mood to make & I like to think outside the box & try new things all the time......I dont like to get stuck in a comfort zone lol. My brain tends to go into overdrive all the time lol.

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

To be honest I think its fab the way it is & now I think its great you adding tutorials on making things, I love to see what else can be made with card & paper.

So if its not broke dont fix it girls lol.........

And after having a nose through Vicky's blog here are some of her fabulous Simply Sassy's:-

Be sure to leave some Sassy Love and Thank you Vicky for allowing us to Spotlight you

Hugs Tracy x

Simply Vintage

Good evening Sassy friends.  I hope you've had a wonderful day.  I've got something new to share with you this evening and I hope it inspires you to pull out your Simply Sassy stamps.

I used Vintage Boutique for my card today.  I colored this lovely lady with copics and colored pencils and then I decided I would distress my card ... to go along with the vintage theme.  Now I have to admit, I'm not much of a distresser.  For some reason, I have a difficult time making myself rough up the edges of my paper lol!  But I think I managed to do a proper job with the distressing, don't you?  I've added some lace and a lacey rosette that I made.  The pearl in the rosette is actually a brad that I've had forever.  My layout is Maria Therese's sketch from over at The Sugar Bowl.  There's still lots of time to enter that challenge so be sure to pop over and check it out.  This sweetie was so much fun to color.  You can find Vintage Boutique and all her sassy friends over at Funky Kits.

Have you seen Autumn's lovely project from earlier today?  If not, please scroll down because you won't want to miss it.  And be sure to stop back by tomorrow as we'll have another fabulous tutorial to share with you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Vintage Boutique
Paper:  Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Prismacolor and Caran d'Ache colored pencils, gamsol, lace, pearls, pearl brad

Simply Steampunk?!

Hi Sassy fans! Hope you're all having a great weekend with nice weather and lots of fun things to do :D! I'm "recuperating" from two days of workshops (giving them, not taking part) and I'm pooped! Lots of fun though, it's never a problem to be in a room full of women (seriously, not a single man!) who share the same passion and who are committed to making the project you've put together for them :D

Anyway, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd never heard of steampunk right? Right? I had to google it first when I heard that the current fantabulous Simply Sassy set is the "Steampunk Collection" ;o) I hope I've done this little lady justice, to me this is vintage and that was the idea...


I have used lots of materials (well, for me anyway ;o)) and here they are:

Stamps: Simply Sassy "Vintage Boutique"; Stempelglede border stamp
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock vanilla, brown; Maja Design design paper
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearls and swirls; photo anchors; brads; Elzybells buttons
Tools: MFT Die-namics flowers, leaves
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips);
E44, E43, E42, E41 (outfit, eyes);
Y28, E53, E50 (hair)

That's all from me for now, I hope you have a great week, thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,
Erica

Vintage, Sassy Style!

 Hey all you Sassy fans, welcome to another installment of Sassy inspiration!! Autumn here with your first post of the day and today I've used...

 ... 'Vintage Boutique' available at Funky Kits here. Now it appears bloggers having fun with my pic and has made it blurry, I apologize for that, I hope this isn't a permanent thing as it was an issue with my last post as well. Anyway, I'm so proud of myself with the card, I used all scraps, yay!! Idk about you all, but I have got quite the collection of scraps going on. 

Here's a closer view...she looks a little clearer here. She is colored with copics and I was feeling a little darker skin tone with her and I really like how it turned out. 

 

Here are my copics. The skin was E33,13,&11 and her cheeks were R14&12, I'm thinking you can probably figure the rest out, but if you do have any questions please feel free to ask.

Well, I think that about does it for my card. The flowers are WOC and the lace is from my stash, all the Dp's were scraps. The butterfly was cut with my Cricut and the MS All Occasions cart.

Well thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back later to see Anita's beautiful creation!

Have a great day!

xxAutumn