A Sassy Fashionista!

Today's Inspiration goes back to almost the beginning of the Sassy's. I've used Fashionista found here with Laid Back Dude. I've used her alone, but they make a great pair.  Here's my creation...

It's not heavily embellished as it actually opens by pulling that bow. It opens up to the brown paper layer and the doily. I got a little stuck with the inside, so I will try to post pics of it finished later.

Sorry, I need to keep it short and sweet today, but thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to stop back later to see what Alina has to share with you.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

My Last Post Here

Hiya Sassy Fans,

Sadly this is my last post here on the Simply Sassy site.  I hope I have brought inspiration to you all over the last 8 months and if you don't already follow my blog and you like my work, that you'll make your way over. I've enjoyed my time working with the Sassy's and of course Maria and the Girls have all been fab and thank you to Karen for initially inviting me to contribute on the Sassy Site.  We will be staying friends and also teamies, as I am on a couple of DT's with Maria and Kathrin, and of course I will be popping on here too to leave some love.

I have inked up one of my favourites and an oldie in the Sassy range, Fashionista, and I have also followed Maria's sketch over at the Sugar Bowl.

Don't you just love this image.  You can find Fashionista at Funky Kits HERE

 

And look what fell into my basked on Saturday.  

This is Ollie.  He is a Bichon Frise, although he won't be having a bouffon hairstyle when he's older, it will be kept just like he is now. He is 8 weeks old and is just sooooooo adorable! 

Ingredients:-

Image Fashionista by Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits

Papers by Pion (gorgeous)

Medium - Copics

Stempleglede Grunge Stamp

Lasercut Chipboard Flourishes and side panel from Make It Crafty

Tim Holtz Ticket, Pearls and Lace from stash

Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks 

Magnolia Doohickey Die

That's it from me.  Thank you to everyone who has left comments for me here and on my blog and I hope to still see you still on my blog or somewhere in blogland. 

Simply Hearts Allover

Hi Sassy fans, hope you're not having the same horrible weather we've been having here all week, it's been raining the proverbial cats and dogs :-(. Never mind, hopefully summer will return soon and in the meantime: more time for card-making!

Today I've made a heart-shaped card for your Sunday inspiration, I love making easel cards and especially the ones with unusual shapes. I've pulled out one of my all-time favourite Sassy girls (I say that every week don't I... ;o)) and made this cute little card with her. My cards are usually 15 x 15 cm (6 x 6") so it was a challenge to get everything onto this tiny card, I tell ya!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Simply Sassy stamp "Fashionista"; sentiment by Papertrey Ink
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Kaisercraft design paper "English Rose"
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; Rayher butterflies; brad
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Heart and Scalloped Heart; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Marianne Design Decorative Elegance frond die; QuicKutz label
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks, lips)
E44, E43, E42 (hair)
R00, RV10 (pinks)
YG63 (green)

Hope you like my heart card, I had a lot of fun making it for you :D! Have a great Sunday and I'll see you next week!

Oh, one more thing: don't forget the Sweet Sassy Saturday giveaway post below this one, you can enter to win a most adorable stamp!

Hugs,
Erica

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 

 

All that glitters...

Hello sweet Sassy fans!! Autumn here with your first inspiration post of the day and today I'm gonna share and older Sassy with you. Here is...

'Fashionista' and you can find her here with  'Laid Back Dude' at Funky Kits.  I was asked to make this card for a lady and she requested hair and eye colors and asked that she wear purple and the surrounding cardstock match and this is what I came up with.

I hope that this pic is ok, I'm still visiting my family and I don't have all the editing tools I'm use to and I'm really having trouble working on a lap top,lol, so please be patient with me and know I will be back home next week.

This card is actually and easel and that view looks like this...

The pretty papers are from the Magic Happens collection by Kaisercraft and the embellies are from various places. Those are regular stickels I brought with me, but I made them appear silver by putting grey beneath them.

Here's a closer view of Fashionista and as you can see I've used lots of stickles...this is one sparkly card!! I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you've enjoyed viewing it. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back later to see what Anita has to show you.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn



Sugar Inspiration..

As I hope all of you know Simply Sassy are  Sugar Nellie stamps.

Karen has given me permission to show you Simply Sassy cards that The Sugar Nellie dt have made.

Today I have visited Sugar Nellie's talented designer Donalda who live in USA.

Need some inspiration for your Sassy boy's?

 Lost in Thoughts 

No1 fan

Here is some of the guy's  together with their Sassy Chick's

 Fashionista and Laid back dude

Lost in Thoughts and Romantic Dreamer

And look at this altered clock..

 My friend Kitty, Bella bunting, Luve A Latte and Pillow talk

Fit and Flirty

Fabulous Darling

Fashionista

Skater Girl

Call Me

  

 Windswept

So head on over to Donalda's blog for lots more Sassy Inspiration 

Remember to peek at Tracy's gorgeous card that she posted this morning just below this post ;) 

Our headder girls...

Who made it to our header??

First I want to than all of you who entered my little challenge, 

I was not sure anyone would even enter when I got the idea but my dt said go for it and that they would enter a competition like this, so I waited until we had our new guests join us and then I put this up.

So thank you so much! I will make another one like this in end of July :)

So as you can imagine I would put many more in our header if I could..

but our header girls for the summer is..

Vicky

and...

Coops 

Vicky and Coops will also get their cards in our sidebar linking to their blog 

for as long as their images are in our header .

(But please girls I need a few days to make the new header ;) )

Thanks again to all who entered 

Maria Therese 

Tuesday Spotlight on..

I am so happy to announce that our Tuesday Spotlight this week is

Dena!! 

She is a former designer at Sugar Nellie and I have been following her blog a long time.

So I was so happy when she said yes to making us a card, and answering our Q&A.

On this gorgeous card she has used Party Frills

 About Me:
I live in Houston, Texas with my hubby and best friend Tom. 

I have two wonderful children Alyssa (21) and Wade (18).

I started card making several years ago after going to a Close To My Heart demonstration and was blown away with what you can do with a stamp and an ink pad! It was so much fun I decided to become a demonstrator. I enjoyed teaching cardmaking and scrapbooking for 7 years. I had to give it all up for a while though due to the age of my kids, but now that they are older I have time to play again.

I switch off on my favorite coloring medium between copics and distress inks. I love both of them and it just depends on the card as to which one I chose to use.

My favorite Simply Sassy stamp is “Party Frills”!!! …….What personality this stamp has with the little tutu and the pouty look on her face! She is adorable! I became addicted to this cute line of stamps while I was working on the Sugar Nellie Design Team.

I don’t think I have a favorite style of card making. Since I tend to get bored easily, I am always wanting to try new things tee hee! I will admit that I have a love of special fold cards and cards with motion even though I don’t always have time to make them.

The Simply Sassy blog is fantastic! There are so many great ideas on here! This is such a great place for inspiration! I love that there is a wonderful mixture of projects and cards!!! I am honored to be a guest in the spotlight. Thank you to the design team for having me!

It was such a treat digging into Dena's blog finding cards to show you, 

and I wish I could put them all on here but to see all of her Sassy creation you must pay her a visit :)

Using Bad Hare day

Using: Romantic Dreamer & Lost in thought

Using Artistic Goddess

 

 

Using: Fashionista

Using My friend kitty

Okay that was a few more sample's than I was planning but who can blame me? 

Just go over to her blog and have a look.. 

Thank you Dena for letting us Spotlight you!

I know she will love any comment you will leave her!

Simply Boxed Up!

Hi all!

It's Thursday Tute Time here at the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog, and today I have a box to share with you :D! On it I have used one of my fave Sassy girls, Fashionista (probably because I'm such a clothes horse myself...NOT *lol* ;o)) and some lovely colourful papers by Prima Marketing.

This box can be used for sooooooo many things, I keep my jewellery in it but you can of course also use it as gift wrapping for lovely small gifts or money even, and the most gorgeous tiny baby socks fit into it as well (with five pregnant colleagues I'm getting rather adept at making these boxes at the mo ;o))

Now, I thought I'd do you a sketch and I hope it makes sense, you can adapt the sizes to anything you want of course!

What you need:

- Two sheets of Bazzill Basics cardstock white

- Prima Marketing design paper "Madeline"

- Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy stamp Fashionista

- Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle

- Roses

- McGill leaf punch

- Kars adhesive pearls

I started by making the lid, simply follow the sketch and cut and score where indicated, you should end up with something like this:

Cut the DP to size, I cut mine 0,5 cm (or 0.2") smaller than the cardstock panels

Stick the DP on and put some double-sided tape or, indeed, glue ;o) on the glue tabs and put the lid together

Right, time to make the box, just follow the pattern, cut and score where indicated, decorate four of the panels with DP (I folded the box the way I wanted it first, then marked the four panels that needed to be decorated with a pencil cross)

Now you have a box to go inside the lid. Put some double-sided tape or glue on the bottom of the box and glue it on the center panel of the lid. Mind the measurements, the center panel and the bottom of the box are not square!

When you've done all that, you should have a box that looks similar to this:

I've made the wrap from a 30,5 x 4 cm (12" x 1.6") strip of cardstock, wrapped it loosely around the box and the scored the lines. Decorate it with DP, add a lovely Sassy girl, some blooms and pearls and you're done :D!

Hope you likey, have fun!

Hugs,

Erica

Tuesday spotlight on..

Carisa!!

This Tuesday we have Carisa in the spotlight an boy does she make some gorgeous cards!

This is the card she made for us

Here she has used Luv A Latte 

*Start by telling us a little about you:
I married my high school sweetheart 10 yrs ago and right now I am a stay at home mom to 3 amazing kiddos. My oldest is in kindergarten, my 2nd is 4 and my youngest is 1 yr. They definately keep me busy but I somehow manage to find time to stamp and color in between! Besides stamping, I love to read any chance I can - mostly fiction. We live in Colorado right now, but I grew up in Florida. In fact, I'd never lived anywhere else till I moved out to Texas when I was 18 to live with my boyfriend now hubby!


*When did you start card making and what made you start?
I started about 2 yrs ago. I went to a LSS that was having a Stamping Bella release party with make n takes. I met Angela who introduced me to Copics, bought my first pair E00, E21 and really the addiction hasn't ended! When I found out you could COLOR stamped images, well, I knew it was going to be a life long relationship! I had always loved coloring as a kid, had tons and tons of coloring books and those big boxes of crayola's with every color imaginable. After that, I realzied that stamping and card making made me HAPPY! I love sitting down with a black and white image and seeing it come to life with color. It's like magic and it's good for the soul!

*What is your preferred coloring medium?
Definitely, hands down, COPICS!!! I love that these markers make anyone look like a coloring genius!!! It's like the adult version of my Crayola's as a kid. :D


*What is your fav Simply Sassy stamp?
That is an impossible question to answer! I honestly love them all. I really adore Luv A Latte because I'm a serious coffee drinker!! The card I made for today's post is my FAVORITE! But I really can't wait to get my hands on new favorites like Bad Hare Day, Windswept & Hippie Love!


*How did you notice the Simply Sassy stamps the first time?
I do believe I blame, or, credit my Make It Colourful DT sistah Tracy for this new obsession!!! When I saw them on her blog I just HAD to have them and I think I bought my first Simply Sassy stamps that day or the next.


*What is your favourite style (card making)?
This is a question I do NOT know how to answer! I think I am starting to find my own style now after 2 yrs of experimenting and something I have admitted recently is that I am one chick that is ridiculously addicted to pretty pattern papers! I love picking out my paper and coloring an image to match! One thing that I am seeing a lot on my cards is distressing - I love tearing the edges of my paper and inking them to add texture to my card.


*And what would you love to see more of at the Simply Sassy blog?
I actually love that you have an inspiration only blog! It's awesome to come each day and see a new DT member sharing a Simply Sassy stamp. I also love that you spotlight your fans - it's the ultimate compliment!

 It was so much fun digging into Carisa's blog to show off some gorgeous Sassy cards!!

Using Laid back dude 

 Using Fashionista

 Using Hippie chick

Thank you so much for letting us Spotlight you and showing off your beautiful cards!
And I know Carisa  will love any comment you leave her!

Are you coloring up some Sassy's this weekend??

Are You here for our blog hop?? Go here

Then I thought I'd send you off to Sugar Nellie dt Chrissy

 She has done a step by step tutorial on coloring Fashionista

You will find them  here: part one,  part two, part three, part four, part five and part six

Here is another one of Chrissy's sweet Sassy girls

 Hippie chick

Karen has given me a go to dip into the Sassy creations of the Sugar Nellie dt

So I will be back now and then with some Sassy sweets from the SNdt.

Hope your still having the Sassiest of weekends.

Erica will be here tomorrow with more sweet inspirations ;)

Hugs Maria Therese