New Baby

This is a card I made for some friends who recently had their 2nd baby boy.  He is super cute, (no really, he is a cutie, not all newborns are).  I was so excited to have been the winner of 3 new Dilly Beans images as challenge winner recently.  One of the ones I picked is #421 Hooter Framed.  I just love owls, and Megan's are totally adorable and fun.  The new momma like birds a lot too, so this was perfect!  I kept this relatively simple.  I did try to mimic some of Megan's recent owl paintings, which is where the stamp originated.  He is colored with Copics, with glossy accents added to his eyes, and some Eucalyptus Stickles added to his spots.  I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add some highlights, and a touch of a glitter pen here and there. 
Paper:  Recollections - Bright Lights Big City "Marque".
Embellies:  Michaels ribbon, Jolee's Boutique dimensional stickers "Felt Acorns", Queen & Co black pearls.
I am going to enter in the new Dilly Beans challenge for this week "Fabric and Fibers". 
Seeing a newborn makes me realize how fast time has gone since my little guy was a baby.  It is so much fun when they are older and able to communicate and interact, but I do so miss the days of long, quiet, blissful snuggles together. 
Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! 

Jazzy T

SSD Sposorship - Anything Goes

This fortnight Sassy Studio Designs is excited to be a sponser at ATC's and Cards With Attitude.  The challenge is...Anything Goes.  I love these, it's great to just be able to do whatever the heck you want sometimes.  Their rules are very simple and can be found in the sidebar on their page.  This amazing image is Sassy Marie Antoinette, available at the SSD Store.  I love her gorgeous dress and wig, and the feathers.  Marie Antoinette's story is really quite interesting.  I watched the movie with Kirsten Dunst, and if you haven't seen it, it is a good one.  The costumes alone are worth watching, they are stunning.
I colored Marie with copics, and added some little pearls to her hair (a labor of love, those are some tiny little pearls!), and a green one for her earring.  I sponged some red ink on a white doily to pur behind her.  Sketch was from a Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge, created by Kathy Curry, she is so talented!



Papers:  Basic Grey - Picadilly/"Lemongrove Ave", and "Flapjack Breakfast"
Embellies:  Celebrate It Ribbon, Recollections brads, Wilton 4-inch Doilies, Simplicity - Sparkle Tulle Red Christmas Trim.
Be sure to stop on over to ATC's and Cards With Attitude for a chance to win some Sassy images of your own! 
Sadly, this will be my last card as guest designer.  I have had such a great time being on the SSD Design Team for the month, there have so many totally fabulous new releases (be sure to check them out!).  This group of ladies are so amazingly sweet, supportive and just super talented!  I am very grateful for the opportunity.  Thanks to all of the Sassy team!

Jazzy T

SSD Sponsorship - Party Time Tuesdays

This week, Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the challenge over at Party Time Tuesdays.  The challenge for this week is "Anything Goes".  Can't get much simpler than that, right?  There are a few rules:  Be or become a follower of the PTT blog, post their badge in your sidebar, follow the challenge, mention and link the PTT blog in your post.  Easy!

There have been so many amazing new releases this month at Sassy Studio Designs that I have been very lucky to be able to work with, but I was excited to be able to use any image I wanted for this one.  I have loved this image ever since she was released, Kutie Kim Roller Girl is available in the SSD Shop.  She is such a cutie, I had a lot of fun with this one.  This brought me right back to 5th grade, going to the Roller Rink with my friends.  I had my first "boyfriend" but was afraid to even hold his hands during slow songs.  I would go crazy when they played "Push It" by Salt n't Peppa.  That is my JAM. 
This roller skating hottie is colored with Copics, and cut out using a Labels 8 Spellbinder.  I added some stickles to the yellow stripes on her leggings, and glossy accents to her skates.  I sponged a little yellow Studio g chalks ink on the edges.
I did start out with a sketch, but it wasn't really working so I just winged it.  The die ended up taking so much room, I decided to keep it kind of simple.  I had recently picked up both the star stickers and the friends metal sign on clearance at Michaels and knew they would work perfectly.
Paper:  Recollections - "Rainbows" and "Cupcake Cuties" card stock.
Embellies:  Pebbles - Layered Embellishments Stickers, Making Memories - Eclectic Metal Signs/"Friends", Recollections star brads.
Be sure to check out what the Design Team at Party Time Tuesdays comes up with, and play along for a chance to win some Sassy images of your own!

Happy Tuesday :-)

Jazzy T

Corrosive Challenge 152 - Summertime Girls

This week was the official start of summer, and boy did summer start!  Temps here in MA were into the high 90's, yowza.  Hopefully no one has melted into a puddle like the Wicked Witch of the West!  In celebration of summertime, this Sunday's assignment at The Corrosive Challenge Blog is "Summertime Girls" - create a "summery" project using a female image.  Our awesome sponsor this month is Mayzy Art, and she has TONS of adorable images that are perfect for this challenge.  I have used Molly and Booboo with frappuccino available as a single image, or as part of the Cafe digi three pack.  This was such a super fun image, she totally looked like a summertime gal on the go, maybe headed to the beach or out for some shopping.  She is colored with Copics, with a combo of glossy accents and stickles on her glasses.

Sketch was # 242 Mojo Monday -

This one will be going to a friend from college for her birthday.  She's a redhead, so I tried to give Molly red hair as well.  This friend just made me the BEST GIFT EVER for my birthday (it's next week). 

Is that not the awesomest?  I had seen one on Pinterest, and asked if anyone could make it (it's a sampler) and she knew how to do it.  I had almost forgotten about it, and then it showed up in the mail the other day.  I am so in love with it!  I get such a kick out of such a pretty decoration with a funny or ironic saying on it (this one is from a rap song).

Papers:  Echo Park - Sweet summertime, and a page from the Tahiti Beach Stack.

Embellies:  Recollections flower & brads.  Michaels ribbon. 

Punches/Dies:  Pine branch, Memory Box Fauntleroy Crest die, ek Success border punch.

Hope everyone is feeling summery and ready to play along with the new challenge!  Be sure to stop by The Corrosive Challenge Blog to share your entry, and check out all the amazing creations by the design team.  And if you need an image to play along, head on over to Mayzy's Etsy Shop for a great selection of summertime gals.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jazzy T

Sassy In The City - Fabulous Friends

Welcome Sassy crafters!  Today is a super exciting one.  We are celebrating reaching 700 members at the SSD Papercraft Planet Group with a Progressive Challenge featuring a fabulous new release of Sassy in the City images!  Participants will have two days to complete each challenge. Those who complete challenge #1 will receive the next image via e-mail. In order to earn image #3, you will have to participate in a second challenge, then a third challenge to claim image #4, the final image. There will be a winner selected from each of these challenges. There will be a final challenge for the GRAND prize. This challenge will close July 2nd.

Prizes:
Besides earning awesome freebies along the way, there will be a random winner drawn from each challenge's entrants for two SSD images of your choice! For those who make it to the last challenge.... At the end there will be a random drawing for one lucky winner who will receive 4 images from the upcoming July release before they hit the Sassy Studio Designs store! That winner will also be given the opportunity to be our guest new release designer and have a creation they make using one of those July images featured on the Sassy Studio Designs blog on release day! In addition, fans can win by commenting on the challenges! We will be drawing two random winners for a SSD image of choice just for leaving some love.

PCP Fun:
We'll have festivities there as well with trivia, more prizes, and chit chat.

 The first image available to everyone (for a limited time only though!) to start the progressive challenge is Charlotte.  Isn't she great?  For the first challenge, we want to see a creation focused on friendship.  I definitely have some Charlotte-esque traits, so I was excited to be able to work with her.  I knew for sure I wanted to paper piece her dress, and the first thing that came to mind was black and white polks dots.  Then I found the aqua paper with the little black bows (part of a stack at Michaels) and it just screamed Charlotte to me...it reminded me of Tiffany's signature box, and the bows are very demure and lady-like.  The rest of her is colored with Copics, fussy cut and popped up.  Once again, I ran out of room on the front for the sentiment, so I turned into an easel card, so I could be sure to get the sentiment featured somehow.  I love this one.  And I definitely have a lot of shoes!
Week 212 - Sketch Saturday

Papers:  Recollections, and Stampin' Up cardstock
Embellies:  Recollections and WOC flowers.
Punches:  Corner punch
Challenges: Dilly Beans Dots Challenge

Whew!  I think I covered everything.  We are super excited to see what everyone does with these new releases.  Be sure to visit the SSD Papercraft Planet Group to join in the festivities, and don't forget to stop by Sassy Studio Designs blog to see what we have been up to for the month of June.  There have already been 4 mini releases that are avaialable in the SSD Shop.  Both Lindsay and the Design Team have been very busy!
Looking forward to the celebration and can't wait to see all the fantastic entries!

Jazzy T

Dilly Beans Dots Challenge

This is just a quickie.  This week at Dilly Beans Challenge Blog is to use dots.  I wanted to make a bookmark for a friend that I will be giving a book to for her birthday, and knew I wanted to use a Dilly Beans image, and figured I could work some polka dots in.  The image is available at the Dilly Beans Shop.  Megan also just added 12 fantastic new stamps to the digi store!  Right now, if you purchase all 12 images, you can recieve 6 FREE digi's of your choice.  Pretty awesome deal.

 My image is colored with Copics, and I added some stickles to the flowers and her eyelids.  I just took an Avery peel & stick laminating sheet and stuck the book mark in the middle.  Ribbon was actually re-used from a gift my friend that this is going to just sent me (it has polka dots too)!  Reduce, re-use, recycle, right?

Papers:  Recollections black and white polka dots, and Cupcake cuties cardstock.
The excessive heat has finally broken here, and it's more like a perfect summery day.  I'm hoping to get a little gardening in tomorrow, the weeds are starting to take over, and I need to do some dead-heading.  I love all the flowers in summer.
Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend.

Jazzy T

SSD Fabulous Freebie Friday!

This week at SSD Papercraft Planet Group we are celebrating the official start of summer (June 20th).  And boy was it a HOT start, not that I am complaining!  I love summer, it is definitely my favorite season.  Our Fabulous Freebie for this Friday is Soda Pop.  Isn't she adorable?  In honor of the start of summer, the challenge is "Summer Shades" - use Summery colors. 
I colored Sassy Soda Pop with Copics, and added small pearls for buttons, and of course, Inkssentials Glossy Accents to the soda bottle (I may need an intervention for Glossy Accents soon, LOL!).  As soon as I saw the image I knew I wanted to incorporate a bottle cap, so I made sure to have my Hubby save some for me (he was more than happy to oblige by having a few beers).  I placed an American Crafts Flair "Postcards" button in the bottle cap.
Sketch was #123 Operation Write Home, flipped vertical to work with the image.

Papers:  Basic Grey - Picadilly/Flapjack Breakfast
Embellies:  Sunflower Yellow Queen & Co Rhinestones, Ribbon, green rhinestones, from stash, WOC & Recollections flowers.

We'd love to see your sunny, summery projects at the SSD Papercraft Planet Group.  Soda Pop is only available for 24 hours, so be sure to stop by and snag her before she's gone!  Don't forget to come by next week for a very special Sassy in the City release and party, you will not want to miss it!  There is an anniversary celebration all month long at Sassy Studio Designs and at the SSD Papercraft Planet Group, be sure to check out all the new releases and join in the festivities!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jazzy T