By Jove I Think I've Done It!

Welcome Peeps to the Simply Sassy Release 6 Blog Hop,

Woo Hoo, we all love the Sassy Girls don't we and Release 6 will certainly get your creative juices flowing.  I have used "Carnival Balloon" from Funky Kits and paired her with the Carousel from Make It Crafty.  I can see that she can be used for so many ocassion cards so I'm sure she'll be a favourite.  Now if you've arrived from Autumn's blog, then your on the right track, if not hop on over HERE and start at the beginning.

 

Well if your a follower of mine you'll know that I love my embellishments and really struggle to create something clean and simple but by jove I think I've done it here, well it's probably the closest I'll ever get to it.  

I have stitched the panels using my sewing machine and coloured my gorgeous images using copics and a few prisma's and added a bow, voila done.

Next on the hop is Kathrin, have fun and I'll see you tomorrow for some more Sassy inpsiration.

Recipe:-

Carnival Balloon image from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits HERE

Carousel from Make It Crafty HERE and soon to be available in rubber at Quixotic Paperie HERE

Medium Copics/prismas 

Papers are from Nitwits Bigtop collection

Cardstock is Bazill

Star Dust Stickles 

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Delicious Doodles - All stitched Up

Fussy and Fancy - Card for a child

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Outlawz - Give your image some background

Art Impressions stamps - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffett - Glitter and Shine (hopefully my gold carousel is shiny and I glittered the flying ribbons)

Simon Says Stamp - Card for a child

Digital Tuesday - Little Women

When you've finished the hop, just click on the Funky Kits Badge below to take advantage of the special hop price of buying all of  Release 6 for the price of 5, for the duration of the hop which ends on Tuesday.

Hoppety Hop, Hop, Hop, Hop

Morning Peeps,

I am still here, beavering away in the background making ready for two forthcoming hops!  The first is tomorrow, 10:00, where you will be able to see all of Release 6 Simply Sassy Stamps:-

And the second is on Thursday 21st April where Mo Manning and Zoe's Make It Crafty Design Teams come together for a fabulous Carnival of inspiration:-

Hope to see you all there!

Crafts and Me Ribbon Challenge

I know, I know, it's me again.......lol,

Yes, this is my busy week and don't I know it this week.  My early night on Monday turned into midnight, so not so early so I will be having another stab at it, but I have so much to do and not enough hours in the day, but I think all crafters say this.

Right, today it's the Rockin Rubbah's turn to host the Crafts and Me Challenge blog and this week's easy peasy theme has been chosen by one of newest Design Team Members, Sylvia, and Sylvia would love to see ribbon on your projects.  Easy right, so I guess by the time I get in tonight you'll have all entered and my early night will have turned into a commenting night, lol.

Stocks of the Art Deco stamps by Lemon Shortbread available from Crafts and Me are due back in this week, so Teresa will be updating the store so I thought it would be the ideal time to remind you with this gorgeous "lady with fan" image, and as it is my Sister's birthday next week and she absolutely adores Art Deco, I made this card for her.

My sister also has a love for black and white, so I have met half way and coloured the image black and white and added a little colour to the rest of the card.

I do hope you'll play along with us, HERE.

Ingredients:-

Lady with Fan by Crafts and Me available HERE

Medium - Copics 

Paper is a real oldie by DaisyD

Stamps by Tim Holtz stamped onto accetate

Corrugated cardboard ripped and painted with white acrylic paint

Flourishes from Make It Crafty (HERE) and painted with acrylic paint 

Vintage photo distress ink to distress all the edges

Star dust stickles, pearls, pearl glimmer mist and Seam Binding ribbon from stash

Happy Birthday Sister sentiment generated from computer

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Anita B Stampin - Anything Goes 

 Digital Tuesday - Female image and use a digital element (sentiment)

 Ladybug Crafts - Celebration

 Papertake Weekly - Dimension 

Tuesday Throwdown - Sparkle and bling 

Bunny Zoe - Happy Birthday and Pearls 

House of Gilli - Ribbon and Pearls 

Wags and Whiskers - Ribbon and pearls 

Inside Out

Morning Peeps,

This is a quick scheduled post, I didn't get in until real late last night, so will update this post when I get in tonight.  Today's challenge at Bearly Mine Designs, has been chosen by me, and I 'd like to see the inside of your card or project decorated.  I think I need to investigate my camera settings as my photo's are no longer coming out like they look on the camera viewer.  This will teach me for mucking about with the settings.

 

I have followed Bev's sketch over at Magnolia and Stanglar. 

I have used three stamps.  I stamped Tilda and then masked her and stamped over her with the summer gate stamp. I have also used the Magnolia butterfly stamp which is perched amongst the flowers and can be seen in photo 1. All stamps are by Magnolia.

And here's the inside.  I have used Bearly Mine Design papers, using paper lace and peach dreams.

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

Just Magnolia & Hanglar - Sketch

A spoonful of sugar - All creatures great and small ( hope butterflies count)

Flourishes - Flowers everywhere 

Sweet Stamps - For the ladies 

Top Tip Tuesday - Spring has sprung 

Crafty pad - Spring 

Scrappy Frog - Flowers and lace 

Stampacular - Girls and Swirls 

2 Sisters - Spring 

Challenge up your life - Masking technique 

Little Claire - Spring Celebrations 

Sneek Peek Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy

Morning Peeps,

Wow what a fabulous weekend we have endured in the South East of England, temperatures in the 20's in April.  Went to Ally Pally on Saturday with my Sister and Niece and had a lovely morning looking at all the new crafting stuff available and then yesterday I went for a lovely walk for a few hours with hubby walking down the canal and stopping at a couple of watering holes, well one has to doesn't one! All in all a lovely weekend.

Today's card for the Simply Sassy inspiration blog is a "Sneek Peak", woo hoo, this is Pigtails and Butterflies    from Release 6.  There may be a couple more previews this week so be sure to check the blog regularly. There are still a couple of teamies waiting on there stamps, so hopefully they will receive them in the next couple of days in time for a hop at the weekend, so watch this space........

I love Easel cards but I just can't seem to photograph them very well, and I really am not doing this card justice whatsoever.  

 A picture of the card closed. I must of had my camera on the wrong settings as again this isn't a good photo, so I think I will retake when I get in from work.

 

Here's the little darling close up. 

 

A close up of the flowers. 

 

And one more.

Ingredients:-

Image Pigtails and Butterfilies, will be available from Funky Kits HERE

Butterfly from Magnolia

Little Birdie from is part of the spread your wings   available from Funky Kits HERE

Stamp sentiment from Whimsey 

Papers by Bearly Mine Designs

Shaped card  made using Go Kreate Dies 

Marianne Design Leaf Die 

Magnolia Doohickey Fence Die

Flowers from wild orchid craft

Doily and star dust stickles

Vintage Photo Distress ink

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

My partner in crafting - layer it up 

Stamp-n-Doodle - Girly 

Dream Valley - Things with wings 

Crafty Pad - Spring 

Paper Sundaes - Childhood memories (catching butterflies)

Card Makin Mamas - Embellish it

A spoonful of sugar - All creatures great and small ( butterfly and little birdie on the fence)

Flourishes - Flowers everywhere 

Sweet Stamps - For the ladies 

2 Sisters - Spring 

Little Claire - Spring Celebrations 

Thanks for popping by. 

Meet Vanessa

Morning Peeps,

Ahhhh my favourite morning of the week, lol, but I guess we all say that.  It's my turn to post on the Crafts and Me Blog and this week I have chosen to ink up "Vanessa" by Hannah Lynn.  I love the bold lines of these stamps and the gorgeous flowing hair and her pretty face, well actually everything about them.  Oh and don't forget the blog hop is on until 15th April and your chance to win some prizes along the way and a whopping £45 voucher to spend in store.  Without further ado here's the beautiful Vanessa....

 

I have used Websters papers, love those, and distressed with vintage photo. Vanessa has been coloured using copics.  

 

Well, isn't she beautiful.

Ingredients:-

Image "Vanessa" by Hannah Lynn, available from Crafts and Me HERE

Medium - copics

Papers - Websters 

Chipboard flourish painted with acrylic paint available from Make It Crafty HERE 

Seam Binding, Brad from stash 

MS Punch Around The Page

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Flowers from Make It Crafty

Pearl Glimmer Mist (on flowers) 

Here's a link to the Crafts and Me Blog Hop, you have until 15th and you have to be in it to win it!

Have a good weekend. 

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch 

ABC Challenge - R for Ribbon 

Craft your passion - Anything Goes 

My Partner in Crafting - 3 or more layers 

There's magic in the air - Flowers 

Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Guest DT Call

Hi Peeps,

I don't have a card to show you until Friday but I wanted to give you the heads up for a GDT call over at the simply sassy blog.  Here's all the deets:-

All you need to do to enter is follow the sketch below using a Simply Sassy image and enter your card into the linky thingy on the Simply Sassy Blog, which if you click on the picture will take you right there.

Have fun and good luck to all those that enter. GDT call ends 18th April.