My Last Post for Simply Sassy

Hiya Peeps,

Sadly this is my last post on the Simply Sassy site.  I hope I have brought inspiration to you all over the last 8 months.   I've enjoyed my time working with the Sassy's and of course Maria and the Girls have all been fab and we will be staying friends and also teamies, as I am on a couple of DT's with Maria and Kathrin.

I have inked up one of my favourites and an oldie in the Sassy range, Fashionista, isn't she fabulous.

You can find Fashionista at Funky Kits HERE

 

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

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch 

Happileigh Scrappin - Girly

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes 

StampsRUs - Anything Goes 

Corrosive - Girly 

Designed To Delight - Anything Goes 

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 today is my last guest design post for Papertake Weekly and the theme is a sketch.  Hopefully you still need some inspiration, and today I have used another new release Simply Sassy  "Lost in Music" and I know you all loved this image and so I do. I can see lots of uses for this one.

Here's the sketch that I followed over at Papertake Weekly:-

Here's my interpretation of the sketch, which I have flipped.

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

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Cheeful Stampad - Going round in circles
Oh la la - Circles
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Colour Me Creative - Red, Aqua,  White or Cream
Totally Gorjuss - Punch or Die
Papercutz - Anything Goes 

Strike A Post

Morning Peeps,

It's time for another Simply Sassy Blog Hop showcasing Release 9, and again I'm sure you wont be disappointed.  If you have arrived from our special guest Elaine, then your on the right track.  If not hop on over HERE to get started.

I have used the image "Strike A Pose".  She so reminds me of my daughter who never seems to be able to have her picture taken without some sort of pose, but then again all the girls in her pictures are the same, pouting and posing, lol.

You can't see all the steps so I have tried to take photo's from different angles. 

Ingredients:-

Simply Sassy Strike A Pose - click on the picture below

Papers by Pion

Bazzil cardstock

Magnolia Doohickey Doily flowers, butterfly and heart swirl

Leaves and dragonfly (lefthand back step) are lasercut chipboard pieces from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie

Green and Pink Acrylic Paint

Tim Holtz Film Strip Stamp

Staz on ink, flowers and accetate from stash

Cardbase from Whichcraft UK

Release 9 is available to purchase today from Funky Kits click on the picture to go shopping.  

Remember to leave a comment on all the DT posts by noon GMT on Monday as we each have a stamp to give away, woo hoo.

Wait..... before you go, if anyone is interested there is a new blog, Marianne Designs HERE , hop on over for all the deets.

Next on the hop is the fabulous Erica. Have fun.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Punch or Die

Papercutz - Anything Goes 

Crafty Cardmakers - Butterflies

Happileigh Scrapping - Shaped Card

Little Claires - Things with Wings

Week 3 GDT Papertake Weekly

Hiya Peeps,

Well I managed to get all the white acrylic paint out of my hair, lol.  Here's the card I was working on at the time.  It's my third week into my guest spot at Papertake Weekly where the theme is "All things Cute" and the perfect chance for me to ink up my new Candy Pip from Funky Kits.  I think she's cute......

I picked out the aqua and pink colours from the gorgeous prima papers, loving these at the moment and followed the sketch over at the Sugar bowl.

It's also my 25th wedding anniversary today, gosh I can't believe I've been married that long, I was a child bride, lol.

Ingredients:-

Image "Jelly Pip" available from Funky Kits

Medium - Copics 

Papers by Prima

Magnolia Doohickey Die

Seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbons

 Doily, lace, flowers, pins, brad, pearls, corrugated card from stash

Loads of acrylic paint

Corners is a quickutz die 

Ticket by Tim Holtz

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Really Reasonable Ribbons - Shades of Aqua

Heart to Heart - Doilies and Lace 

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch
Simon Says - Anything Goes 

Simply Sassy Sneek Peek Apple of my Eye

Morning Peeps,

Where does the weekend go.  Seriously you blink and you miss it.  I did manage to do an hour in the gymn on Saturday, goodness knows what's come over me and yesterday I visited my niece and the new addition to the family, baby Nikita.  She's gorgeous, so now I'm a Great Aunt!

I also had a little accident with acrylic paint, oh my word.  I only needed a little for the project so I unscrewed the lid. Biggggggg mistake.  I knocked the bottle off the table and it landed upright.  Good you may think. Notttt. It hit the floor with such speed that the contents splurted up and covered me, my sewing machine, printer, radiator and the carpet. Opps!  As i woke up early I just put on my hubbys T-shirt and my linen trousers and went to my craftroom whilst everyone was still sleeping, so my hubby's black Firetrap T-shirt now has splatters of white paint all over it. I was so lucky it didn't splatter the cards I had on the side, typical crafter more worried about my cards than OH's T-shirt. Who would of thought there was that much in a bottle, lol.  My hair still has white streaks, lol.

I have a little sneek peek for you. This is Apple of my Eye and will be available on Saturday from Funky Kits.

Ingredients:-

Image "Apple of my Eye" Funky Kits from Sat 23rd July

Pion Papers

Lasercut Chipboards leaves, corners, flower centre in ribbon by Make It Crafty/Quixotic Paperie

Acrylic Paint

Martha Stewart border punch

Magnolia Butterfly Die

Magnolia fence die

Sentiment is Whimsey

Bling, ribbon and flowers from stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
CLP- Sketch
Stamps R Us - Through the garden gate
Dream Valley - Summer
One stitch at a time - Flowers
Scrappyfrog - Summer Flowers
Fussy and Fancy - Summer
Simon Says - Anything Goes 

Naughty or Nice

Morning Peeps,

Well another hour or so in the gymn last night and 350 calories burnt off.  I tell ya it certainly makes you think twice about eating a Mars bar when you realise how hard it is to work off 350 calories, lol.  Today is my second week as Guest at Papertake Weekly and I have used the last of my Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Christmas Set Stamps and you know what that means...... yep next time it will be a sneek peek....... The image is called "Puppy Love" and is available from Funky Kits HERE.

I have again created another scene, which is a bit weird trying to create that warm feel with the snow outside when in reality it's a lovely summer's day.  Nevertheless I now have 7 Christmas cards done and I'm well pleased with that.

I've made a stair step card. The background images are from Make It Crafty and being digital enabled me to create the wallpaper and flooring using digital papers.   I cut the window out and added some snow mesh and backed it with blue card.  Hopefully it looks like it's snowing outside whilst she is sitting in a nice cosy living room in front of the fire.

Ingredients:-

Image Puppy Love available from Funky Kits HERE

Background Images from Make It Crafty

 Medium - Copics

Marianne Design Poinsetta Die & Leaves

Acrylic Paint

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-


One stitch at a time - Anything Goes
Craft your days away - Fancy Folds
Sweet Stampin - Cute and Cuddly
World Play - Christmas/Winter
Cardmad Fairy - Must use a digi and animal
Stampin with the dragon - Christmas in July
Craft us crazy - Christmas in July
Moving along with the times - Christmas in July
ShellysImages - Celebrate
House that stamps built - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July

Have a good week.

Christmas in July

Morning Peeps,

Hope you all had a fab weekend.  I had to go shopping to Tesco on a Saturday afternoon, all I can say is never again!  I hate shopping at the best of times. Yesterday me and OH went out on our bikes, a gentle 6 mile ride..... NOT.  Hubby's idea of short cuts again, up steep hills, sharp left and up a vertical rock hard mud  hill, so much so I nearly fell off me bike, well actually nearly a couple of times.  We were going up a one way street so had to go on the path and got stuck behind two people so I came to an abrupt stop and as I can't quite touch the ground with my feet I nearly fell into the road, lol.  Anyways, 355 calories burnt off so it had its plus points.

Anyways, are you guys having problems with Blogger, I can't leave comments, sometimes my page is all over the place.  I usually swtich browser but it seems to be a problem on both that I use. Grrrrrr.

Today's card is for the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog and I have used All Wrapped Up available HERE.

 

Ingredients:-

Image by Sugar Nellie "All Wrapped Up" available from Funky Kits HERE 

Medium - Copics 

Snowflakes and corners are lasercut chipboard pieces available from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie

Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Puff Paint heated to create snow

Magnolia Doohickey Die

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts - Free & Easy

Catch the bug - Anything Goes 

Ellephantastic - Celebrations 

Our Creative Corner - 4th of July or christmas in july 

The Artistic Stamper - Hot colours 

Bling it on - Anything Goes 

Card & Scrap - Punches/Dies (Christmas Tree is made using Branch punch) 

Cupcake craftroom - Polka dots (Top and bow) 

The Stampsmith - Christmas 

Winter Wonderland - Pick 3: patterned paper, 1 charm, ribbon, snowflakes, buttons, gemstones, brads. 

For Fun - Christmas 

Sassy Gift Tin

Hiya Peeps,

My Mojo is missing lately so I thought I'd show you something really simple.  We had a tin of travel sweets in our office and when the last one was taken it was time for me to confiscate the tin.  Everyone in my department knows there's a use for boxes, tins, bags etc, lol.

All I've done is covered it with paper.  I did think about painting the tin first but thought it may be difficult to fit the lid on afterwards, plus I liked the metal showing.  So here is my simple gift tin using "Christmas Kisses" available from Funky Kits.

Oh and by the way, I have received the next release, wow weeeeeee, that's all I'm saying.......

 

Ingredients:-

Image by Simply Sassy Sugar Nellie "Christmas Kisses" available from Funky Kits

Papers "Father Christmas" by Pink Paislee

Medium - Copics

Poinsetta - Making Memories

Marianne Design Flourishes

Roses from stash

I have entered my tin into the following challenges:-

Challenge up your life - Circles 

CES - Anything but square 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Goes 

Just some lines - Spots and Dots 

Crafty Anns - Christmas in June 

Dutch Dare - Clean and simple

Moving along with the times - Clean and simple

Creative Craft World - christmas in June 

Ladybug - Use red somewhere on your project 

Have a good week.

Retail Therapy

Morning Peeps,

Hope you all had a good weekend.  Mine seemed to consist of housework, shopping for a Prom suit for my son, lunch yesterday for Father's Day and an evening trying to list cards and crafting items for sale on Ebay, a tedious job but I have so many gathering dust it was a necessity.  Sooooo, no crafting! Yikes it's a crime I know.

I do have another Sassy card to show you and I know for many of you this was a favourite.  If you haven't already done the hop, you have until tonight so hop on over to the Simply Sassy blog, after you've viewed my card of course, lol.

I fancied trying my hand on the kraft with prisma pencils again, I really do like to flit in and out of different styles, and as Paula commented once, you never know what your going to get from me.  Lol, exactly!

Ingredients:-

Image "Retail Therapy" available from Funky Kits HERE

Papers by Websters (love these)

Lasercut Chipboard available from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie here in the UK, yay

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Sentiment from LOTV

Acrylic Paint and Lace from stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Kreative Stamp Friends - Birthday
Hooked on Crafts - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Charisma - Pink/Green
Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes

Have a good week all and thanks for any comments you may leave, I really do appreciate it.

Get Sassy for Christmas

Morning Peeps,

It's that exciting time again where all the Sassy DT come together to display the newest release of Simply Sassy stamps and this release is all about Christmas/Winter.  Christmas cards are just my favourite cards to make and although this is a christmas release some of the stamps I believe can be adapted to suit birthdays too.  I usually start my christmas cards in July, as I know many of you do, so I know your going to enjoy what we have in store.  If you have arrived from the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog then your the right track, if not hop over HERE.

I have used "All Spruced Up".  I see her as just coming in from outside and taking her sprucy tree into the living room to place next to the lit fire to decorate, but you'll have to pop back another time to see that bit, lol.  I have paired her up with one of the newly released Make It Crafty background images, home sweet home, thought this suited my little story perfectly.

This sassy image really reminds me of my niece with her cheeky grin, so watch out Chelsea this one could be for you!

A bit of acrylic paint here and there, especially on that tree where it has been snowing outside.

All spruced up is available today, just click on the picture below to go shopping

Ingredients:-

Image "All Spruced Up" by Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy at Funky Kits HERE

Home sweet Home available HERE from Make It Crafty 

Lasercut chipboard corner available HERE from Make It Crafty 

Papers by Websters 

Marianne Design Leaf Die

Doily and acrylic paint from stash

Don't forget to leave a comment on all of the DT in order to be in with a chance of winning the whole set of 6 stamps, and Maria will be checking....

So next on the hop is fabulous Erica.  Enjoy! 

Simply Sassy "Secret Santa" Sneek Peek

Morning Peeps,

Where does the weekend go? Seriously I seem to be living for the next bank holiday or day off work lately.  I think we should do 3 day weeks, wonder whether my boss would agree with me, ummmmm, best put that on the back burner.

Today it's my turn to post on the Simply Sassy Inspiration Blog and I have a Christmas sneek peak for you.  I love making Christmas cards and usually aim to start in July and still never have enough.  I have used Sugar Nellie's Simply Sassy "Secret Santa" which will be available for sale after our blog hop this Saturday, oh yeah don't forget to pop by.

I have used lots of texture on this card with Geso, Acyrlic Paint, Dimensional/Irredescent paint and also puff paint heated with my heat gun to give it that puff.

Ingredients:-

Image "Secret Santa" availalbe from Saturday 18th at Funky Kits HERE

Stempleglede stamp around the edges

Websters papers

Corrugated Card

Flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts

Martha Stewart Frond punch

Lasercut Chipboard Corners

Mulsin Cloth

Magnolia Doohickey Die

Puff Paint

Dimensional Paint

Geso and Acrylic Paint 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Paper Sundaes - Girly Girl

Wee Memories - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Flower Power 

Clearly Inspired - Distressing 

Crafts4Eternity - Picture Inspiration 

AiFactory - Something new (stamp) 

Pixie Dust - Christmas or winter themed 

Southern Girls - Christmas 

AnitaBStampin - Layers 

Craft Room - Anything Goes 

Everybody Art - Distress 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Meet Amelia

Morning Peeps,

Hope you've all had a good weekend.  I apologise for being a silent blogger this last week, but following the news of my Daughter's best friend committing suicide last Monday, crafting and blogging have been the last things on my mind and fortunately for me most of the cards I have ready had been prepared before this news arrived in, unusual for me I know.

Following my sort out I have finally got round to listing some exclusive dies onto Ebay and I will be adding stamps and bits and pieces through the week, so keep checking back.


My card today for the Simply Sassy DT Inspiration Blog is "Amelia".  I've gone for the distressed and clock/time theme.  I see her on her travels and enjoying the journey.

I'm not at all happy with the pictures I took, the sun was shining brightly, and I know I shouldn't complain about that.  I will probably retake when I get in tonight.

Ingredients:-

Amelia available from Funky Kits HERE

Map/postcard is by Tim Holtz

Lasercut Chipboard Embellishments from Make It Crafty HERE

Acrylic paint, Tape Measure Ribbon, 

Tim Holtz Stamps stamped using stazon onto accetate

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Cracklepaint

Whimsey Stamp Sentiment

I am entering my card into the following challenges:-

Card Cupids - More than 3 layers
Dream Valley - Stamp Something
One Stop Craft - Texture
Delicious Doodles - Texture
Paper Creations Ink - Ribbon/Lace


Don't forget to check my  Ebay out for some exclusvie dies that I had made.  Click on the link on the top left handside of my blog. 

Boho Chic Handbag

Morning Peeps,

It's Monday again, and thankfully for us in the UK it's a bank holiday, yayyyyyyy.  It's my turn to design for the Simply Sassy Blog and I have used a tutorial I found on the Whiff of Joy site to create a handbag using my Go Kreate Dies, although I have used a different die to the one on the tutorial, the principal is the same.  I have used this classy little lady, Boho Chic available from Funky Kits.

I have coloured Boho Chic using copic markers.

I made the large flower using Tim Holtz die and Mulsin Cloth, inked with peeled paint and scrunched a bit.  Brad through the middle and Voila!

Ingredients:-

Image Boho Chic available from Funky Kits HERE

Sentiment is a Whimsey Tickert Stamp

Go Kreate Dies

Pion Papers

Peeled Paint Distress ink

Nesties for the handle

Muslin cloth, Brad, pearls, buton, twine from stash

Marianne Design Die for flourish

Martha Stewart Punch for the leaves

Small roses from wild orchid crafts

Sewing machine

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Dream Valley - Stamp Something
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Little Claires - Shaped Cards
Sugar Creek - Shaped Cards
Totally Gorjuss - String/Twine
Pals paperarts - Brads
Crafting for all seasons - Anything Goes
House that stamps built - Stitching
Paper Pretties - Birthday
Truly Scruptious - Anything Goes 

Lady Guinevere

Morning Peeps,

Hope everyone had a great weekend, can't say I did, but hopefully all will be resolved soon.

For today's post for the Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy DT Blog I am using Guinevere and I have, wait for it....... coloured her all using my prisma pencils.  I have gone for the distressed theme and used loads of white paint.  I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves:-

Ingredients:-

Image is Guinevere available from Funky Kits HERE

Postcard stamp - unknown

Papers by Websters

Lasercut Chipboard Butterfly Flourish available from Make It Crafty HERE

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafats

Butterfly is Tim Holtz

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Nesties Oval

Victorian Velvet Distress Ink

White Acrylic Paint

Pearls, Lace, cardboard and Muslin cloth from Stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

House of Gilli - Flowers
Kaboodle Doodle - Distress
Stamps n Fun = Creativity - Flower Power
Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes
I did it Creations - Anything Goes
Challenge up your life - Recycling
ECP - Pastels
Fairy Knoll - Flowers
Charisma - Birthdays in pink
Craft us crazy - Something new (image) Favourtie Embellishment (Flowers)
Pixie Dust - Vintage
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Paper Pretties - Flowers