Happy Anniversary Sassy Studio Designs (and Lindsay)

Sassy Studio Designs is having their FOUR YEAR Anniversary!!!!! And Lindsey has designed some gorgeous images for this anniversary release.  Each of us chose an anniversary year to create our projects with.  I created this fun project with the new SweetTalk Sassy.

I used the following colors to adorn this lovely dish:

Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, R20
Dress - B63, 66, 79
Phone - BG53, BG57
Hair - E21, 25, 29

Now you have a chance to win this image for your very own... But the twist is that you need to guess which year this Texas Ag chose and leave a comment with you choice! And you have a LOT of chances to win... Just by doing the same thing on all of our blogs! HOW EASY IS THAT!??

Here is our Hop list. If you missed the ones from the beginning - head back to the start.... Otherwise continue your journey from here and good luck!

SSD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Susan http://stampingtink.blogspot.com
Sara http://luminousinmychaoticdreamslife.blogspot.com
Ruza http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com
Michelle http://ladyofleisureink.blogspot.com
Mary www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com
Lori http://lorib117.blogspot.com
Laurian http://lauralcrafts.blogspot.co.uk
Kim http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com
Karal http://karalscreativespace.blogspot.com/
Judy http://inkypinkydelights.blogspot.co.uk
Jodi www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com
Jackie http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Jacki http://www.papermoments.blogspot.com
Greg http://latestwhims.blogspot.com
Debbie www.craftingwhenican.blogspot.com
Chris http://cattsscratchingpost.blogspot.ca/
Carrie http://carrieshandmadecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Alaine http://www.missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com
Adina http://mommyisscrapping.blogspot.com
SSD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

Tag - Your IT!!

Hey there all! It is time for another session of Dare to be Sassy Thursday! This week we are playing TAG. We are challenging you to create a project that is a tag, or that has a tag on it!

I had a blast with this. Now I have no clue what the colors are, because I colored her a few weeks ago. But for some reason she screamed at me that she belonged on a tag with random elements of schtuff! So jump over to the Sassy Studio Designs blog and check out what all the design team has going this week. AND if you can, join us for some fun and a chance to win some digi goodness!

Texturize me!!!!

I hope you are hip Hopping away and have arrived from Marnie's wonderful blog. Doesn't she create some of the coolest schtuff.  Alison has tasked us to create a project with textures and layers!!!! I decided to use a new stamp to me with Madonna Woodcut, and created the following:

For texture - I have textured cardstock, smooth cardstock, glitter cardstock. I have raised the image up, I have glitter on  it, two types of ribbon, paper flowers, The lovely charm (Thanks Kathi for working that out for me), and the tulle beaded thing.  Layers. At one point there is 7 layers. YAY.

Colors used - B34, 37, 39, Y32, 35, 38, B60, 63, 66, 69, R45, 56, C1, 3, 5.

Now - Hop along little viewer. Check out all the other Bombshells crafty goodness!  Next on your hop is Glittery Katie. If you get lost here is the hop list. I hope you enjoy!

Bombshell Blog: http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/
Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Kim: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com
Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/
Stempelientje: http://stempelientje.blogspot.com
Marnie: http://www.papertivity.blogspot.com
Alaine: http://missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com/
Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com
Suzi: http://www.suzannebakermckenzie.blogspot.com
Kapree: http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/
Jenn: http://www.stampinangeljenn.blogspot.com
Sharon: http://sharonshowcase.blogspot.com/
Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/
Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Muse Monday Mermaid

Hey there guys... It is time for another Muse Monday. Every month, the Bombshells are featuring one stamp set to give you all out there in cyberspace a little inspiration.  This months stamp set that we are featuring is Mermaid Anchor.  I really love this stamp set. The dolphins are adorable, and the mermaid on the anchor is so much fun to color.

This time I wanted to go with some non-traditional type colors, but I couldn't get away from the blue and green. However, pink is not typically associated with mermaids, and plaid isn't either. I found this paper and loved it with the image.

Her skin is colored with YR000,00, E11 and her tail with YG05, 07, 09 and BG000,01, 02, 05. The pinks are RV02, 32, 34, 06. Her hair is Y00,02, 08. The anchor is B60, 63, 66. When done I used the BG01 to airbrush inside the Nestie. Then I put the Nestie on the backside of the green paper, and used a dark grey to airbrush the outline. Then I cut out the green. This gave me a green just slightly larger than the part actually cut out with the Nestie.

Now I ask you to head on over to the Bombshell Site and see what other inspiration has been made for this set. This is our third entry of the month. The next one will be next Monday!

Have a great week.

Designed to Color - Sunday Showcase Tutorial

Hello all. Well I have done it... Me and my un-manicured mess of hands. I have made my first video tutorial. ACK. This tutorial is on coloring sheer things with Copics and is posted on the Designed to Color Sunday Showcase this week.

In it I show how I colored the sheer things on the following two cards:

Medium: Copic
Skin: YR000,YR00, E11
Hair: E23, E25, E27
Shoe and Top: R22, R24, R29, R39
Hose: Skin Colored first, with C1, C3 and C5
Image: Girls Ruin – Bombshell Stamps
Paper: Hammermill Color Copy Cover 60lb
Elements: Ribbon and Rose from Stash, Design Paper is Basic Grey Lime Rickey, Red paper from stash

Medium: Copic
Skin: E51, E53, E55, R20
Hair: Y11, E23, E25, E27, E29
Clothing: Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26; BG10, BG11, BG13
Image: Jasmine Pinup Sassy – Sassy Studio Designs
Paper: Hammermill Color Copy Cover 60 lb
Elements: Spellbinders Dies, Laser Printer for sentiment, Flowers from stash and Design Paper is Follow Your Heart – Be Amazing from My Mind’s Eye, teal paper from stash

Ok... going to go and play with some more markers and oh yeah... go see Man of Steel. I hope you like the tutorial. And please leave feedback if you have any suggestions!!!

It's a WONDERFUL Day

Today's Sassy Studio Designs Dare to Be Sassy Thursday challenge was to make a Disney Vacation project. There are so many fun Princesses and villains to design our card with - I had a hard time choosing. But, I finally narrowed it down to the recently released Jasmine to create this card.

I used Y11, 21, 23, 26 for her outfit along with the BG10, 11, 13, 15. Her hair was E23, 25, 27, 29 with Y11. Her skin is E51, 53, 55.

I really enjoyed this card as I love to color SHEER items. They are so much fun!!!! I hope you all join us over at SSD for some fun this week. You will have a chance to win free images. And Free is always better!

Name Your Poison

It is time for another WACKY Holiday. We love to celebrate the strange, wacky, bizarre holidays that seem to pop up every year over at Bombshell. Today is no exception as it is Name Your Poison day.

I used the fabulous Tiki Party to create this tag (which BTW would be a great tag for giving someone a poisonous beverage of your choice).

I colored with many different colors of Copic, but my favorite part was making the background which is different distress inks then spritzed a lot with Glimmer Mist Iridescent to make it all sparkly. I thought it gave it a festive feel.

Now my poison of choice is usually frozen, fruity and with little umbrellas in it. :D  Although I do go for an occasional amaretto sour. YUMMY.

Now I hope you all have a great day and get a chance to pick your poison.

June Bride

Hello All. The Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge is to make a card for a bridal shower or a wedding. I decided that the bridal shower was the way to go.

The outside is so lovely and bride-like, while the inside is bride like in a different sort of way! More for the wedding night!!!

I hope all of you join us over at Sassy Studio Designs for this weeks challenge. And check out what the other Sassies have for you as inspiration!

Clearly the Bomb!

Bombshell that is! So today we are starting off June with a bang. Our June Pinup is Sharon, and she has challenged us to use acetate or vellum on our projects. I chose to use Vellum and do something I haven't done - color with copics on vellum.

I made this a very simple project. I figure this is something that can be used in a scrapbook or even as a hanging in a frame.

 

This is Indian Princess, and she is printed out on vellum.  Once completed, I used copics to color her. This is a little bit harder than coloring on the regular paper I use. It slides on really quick, but doesn't want to blend as much as on the paper.

 

So I kept it simple! I used very few colors. BG 32, 34 were used for the turquoises. E50, 51, 53 were for the feathers and the leather. E27, 29 is her hair, and E11, 13, 15 her skin. R46 was her lips.

It is a great medium to work with. If you look really closely you can see the paper pattern through the image. HEE HEE.

OK. So I am outta here for the evening. I hope you have a great Sunday! And PLEASE pop over and see the inspiration that the other Bombshells have clearly laid out for you. And why don't you try to use a little vellum or acetate on your project and try to win some RUBBER!

Dare to be Beachy!!!!!

This weeks Dare to be Sassy Thursday is brought to you by the beach!

I used the new Ariel Pinup image to create my Beachy Scene. I colored her using a lot of different colors, but the main colors were in her hair where I used a ton of different colors. Y11 is in the light areas. Then I layered with R22, 24. This was then deepened with E07, 09 and E17, 18. I think this is one of my favorite Red hair combos. It is enough red to be red, and enough browns to ensure it doesn't look like clown hair.

I then used the blue and cut an area out of the center to frame it, and put the image behind the blue cardstock. Added flowers and some vellum butterflies. And Voila. There we go!

Now I hope you join us this week for DTBST. You do not have to use SSD images to win, but we love it when you do. And the winner gets a  choice of SSD images as their prize! Whoop!!!!