Thinking of You

Hello and happy Wednesday.  I have a little Simply Sassy image to share today.

I have used Cinders on my card today.  Wish I looked that good when I was cleaning house, don't you lol?  I colored her with distress inks and added some lace and ribbon, a handmade flower, and a little heart-shaped button.  A very clean and simple card.  You can find Cinders and the other adorable Simply Sassy images over at Funky Kits. 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Creative Craft Challenge  -  Free For All
Inky Impressions Challenge 34  -  Make Your Own Embellishment (I made the flower)
Sassy Cheryl's Show Me #51  -  Show Me Thursday

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Cinders
Paper:  MME Lost & Found - Sunshine; MME Stella & Rose - Hattie; Bazzill
Other:  Distress Inks, lace, ribbon, button

Whimsy Inspiration

Good morning to all of you.  My blogging buddy and teammate Maria Therese has me hooked on making Christmas tags to attach to my packages this year.  I have made a few with colored images but then decided to make some using Whimsy's sentiments.  These were so easy to make and took very little time.  I think they'll really dress up the packages this year.

I used Christmas Sentiments, Season's Greetings Sentiments, and Warm Winter Wishes Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs over at Whimsy Stamps.

After I printed off my digi sentiments I cut them out with Nestabilities.  Using Bazzill cardstock, I cut out the matting to place behind my sentiment and then adhered both of these to a pretty doily.

I cut an even larger Nestabilities circle from Bazzill and adhered it behind the doily.  This made the tag sturdier and this is where I will write the recipient's name.

I punched a whole at the top and added some ribbon so I can tie on the tag.  On the front of the tag, I used a glue pen all around the edges of the sentiments and added Glamour Dust.  Then I decorated them with various punches, flowers, and pearls. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!

I would like to enter my tags in this challenge:
2 Sisters Challenge 66  -  Let it Sparkle
Bows and Berries Challenge 14  -  Tags
Bunny Zoe's Challenge 18  -  Christmas with Pearls
Crafts 4 Eternity R 46  -  Embellishment Bingo (snowflakes/bling/doily)
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 6  -  Anything But a Card
Crimbo Crackers Challenge 2  -  Make it Sparkle
Ribbon Carousel Challenge RCC30  -  Holiday Hoopla
Squiggle Stamps Challenge  -  Anything But a Card
Sweet Stamps Challange 42  -  Tags
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 75  -  Lots of Circles

Stamps:  Raindrop Echo Designs by Whimsy Stamps
Paper:  Bazzill
Other:  Doilies, Nestabiities, Glamour Dust, ribbon, flower, MS leaf punch, MS snowflake punch, MS hollyberry punch, MS peppermint candy punch, pearls

Simply Sassy Blog Hop Winner

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I want to thank everyone that came hopping along on the Simply Sassy Blog Hop over the weekend.

The winner of the beautiful Tease Me stamp is Kathy who said:

"Such a fresh and fun image, perfect for a teen or hairdresser. Love the soft color palette you've used. Stunning card."

Congratulations Kathy!  Please email me with your mailing address (my email is in the right sidebar).Hugs, Anita

Christmas Fun

Happy Monday friends.  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Since it's Monday that means we have a new challenge for you over at the Pollycraft Challenge Blog.  Our theme for the new challenge is Christmas Fun.

I have used this adorable new Swings and Slides image for my card.  Isn't he just the cutest?  As soon as I saw him I thought of my little grandson so of course I had to color him!  I used Distress Inks to color this sweetie and then added Glossy Accents to the reindeer nose.  The bow on the package has Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter paint and I also used this paint on the snowflakes.  Some twine and a little ornament sentiment finished my card.

Now I've already told you that our theme is Christmas Fun but I also want to tell you that we have 4 prizes up for grabs for this challenge!  Why so many prizes?  Because it's a super special 4-week challenge!  So if you've still got Christmas cards and projects to complete, play along in our challenge for a chance to win one of the fabulous prizes being offered.  Our  Christmas Fun challenge is being sponsored by Rainbow Studios, Bunny Zoe's Crafts, The Ribbon Girls, and Crafty Emma's Store.  

Stop by the Pollycraft Challenge Blog to get all the challenge details and while you're over there be sure to check out the amazing work by my teamies!  

Thank you for stopping by.

I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Anything Goes Challenge 54  -  A Real Sweetie
Crafty Catz Challenge 109  -  Snowflakes
Crafty Emma's Challenge 62  -  Snowflakes
Cupcake Craftroom November Challenge  -  Sweet Christmas
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge 83  -  Colour Combo of Red & Green
Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge  -  Die Cuts
Here Come The Boys Challenge 15  -  Red/White/Green Colour Combo
Hooked on Crafts Challenge 12  -  Something Punched
Winter Wonderland Challenge  -  Awww What a Cutie

Stamp:  Pollycraft - Swings and Slides
Paper:  Jillibean Soup - Christmas Eve Chowder; Coredinations
Other:  Distress Inks, Glossy Accents, Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Paint, twine, Whimsy Stamps Ornament Die, PTI sentiment, MFT snowflake die

A Simply Sassy Blog Hop!

Hello friends and welcome to the Simply Sassy blog hop!  We are celebrating the release of Set 11 of the gorgeous Simply Sassy stamps, and for this launch weekend the whole set is on sale for the price of 5 stamps!  One of the 7 stamps, Season's Greetings, is a limited edition stamp and will only come with Set 11 during this launch weekend.  So if you want the limited edition stamp, you must buy the set this weekend.  This stamp will not be sold as an individual stamp.

You should have arrived here from Kathrin's blog and I'm sure you enjoyed her beautiful work.  If you get lost along the way, hop over to the Simply Sassy Blog to see who's next on the hop.  The hop ends Monday, November 21, at 12:00 noon UK time (that's 7:00 am est here in the States).

I used Tease Me for my card.  Isn't she beautiful ... so sweet and sassy!  I colored this cutie with distress inks.  I've used lots of goodies on this card and since I know you're anxious to hop along, you can check my recipe below if you want more details on the embellishments.

So, would you like a chance to win a fabulous stamp from Funky Kits?  Well, of course you would!  Each of the DT will be giving away the stamp that was used to make their blog hop card.  Well, actually, we won't give you our dirty used stamps - you'll get a pretty new one lol!  So be sure to leave me a comment for a chance to win this gorgeous Tease Me stamp.  I will post the winner's name on Tuesday so be sure to check back to see if you were the lucky winner.

Now you want to head over to Elaine's blog to check out her gorgeous work.  And don't forget to leave comments all along the way.  All of these new Simply Sassy stamps are available over at Funky Kits. 

Thank you for stopping by and good luck!

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Tease Me
Paper:  Fancy Pants - Wishful Thinking; Bazzill; Marco's
Other:  Distress Inks, cheesecloth, lace, Sew Sweet seam binding, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch, EK Success leaf punch, WOC flowers, pearls, Whimsy - Friendship Tickets Sentiments  

It's Time for Fall Colors

Hello friends.  Are you ready for the weekend?  Well, we have a new challenge for you over at Di's DigiDesigns Challenge Blog and I hope you can play along.

Our challenge is to use fall colors.  I have colored this adorable image, Hitching a Ride, with copics and colored pencils.  I used some Glossy Accents on his nose and a black glaze pen on his buttons.

Please be sure to stop by Di's DigiDesigns Challenge Blog to see the amazing work by the rest of the DT.  This challenge is being sponsored by Joanna Sheen.  Stop by the challenge blog for all the details.

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Week 83  -  Four Legged Friends
Cutie Pie Challenge 5  -  Bears
Jen's Digi Stamps Challenge 8  -  Autumn/Fall
Paper Sundaes Challenge 95  -  Digital Images

Thank you for stopping by.

Stamp:  Di's DigiDownloads - Hitching a Ride
Paper:  We R Memory Keepers - Autumn Splendor; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Caran D'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Glossy Accents, Black Glaze pen, wood flower pot button, ribbon, twine

Here Comes Santa

Happy Friday!  We have a new release for you over on the StampFairy Blog.

This little cutie is Tommy and he's one of the new images in the Tommy - Here Comes Santa collection.  He's colored with copics and colored pencils and I've added some Glamour Dust.  I've also added a bow with a button to finish my card.

Here's a picture of the new collection and they're available over in the shop now.  Please be sure to stop by the StampFairy Blog to check out the gorgeous work by the rest of the DT.  Don't forget there's still plenty of time to play along in our StampFairy Challenge. 

Thank you for stopping by.

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Crimbo Crackers Challenge 2  -  Make it Sparkle
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge 83  -  Colour Combo of Red & Green
Incy Wincy challenge  -  Tic Tac Toe (red, Christmas sentiment, ribbon)
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 93  -  Bingo (ribbon, diecut, sparkle)
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop challenge 4  -  Buttons & Bows
Winter Wonderland Challenge  -  What a Cutie

Stamp:  StampFairy - Tommy Here Comes Santa
Paper:  Jillibean Soup - Christmas Eve Chowder; Bazzill
Other:  Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, EK Success border punch, Nestabilities, Glamour Dust, ribbon, button, floss  

A Simply Sassy Sneak Peak

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Hello friends.  The Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy set 11 will be released this Saturday in a blog hop, but I have a little sneak peak to share with you today!

This little cutie is called Book Club  -- isn't she adorable?  I colored this sweet girl with distress inks.  I added a seam binding bow with a little apple button and then some punched flowers with pearls.  My grandson started kindergarten this year and he loves his teacher (and school, thank goodness).  So I thought this sweet image would make a perfect card for his teacher.  My daughter can include a gift card for his teacher's favorite little shop or restaurant and my grandson can give it to her for Christmas.

The Simply Sassy set 11 will be available Saturday over at Funky Kits.  If you want to see more sneak peaks this week stop by the Simply Sassy DT Blog.  And don't forget to mark your calendars for our blog hop this Saturday, November 19.  You'll want to start here for the hop.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
2 Sisters Challenge 65  -  Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge 41  -  Thank You or Thanksgiving
Corrosive Challenge 137  -  Give Thanks
Creative Card Crew Challenge  -  Thankful
Dutch Dare Challenge DDCC138  -  Punch Time
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge  -  Be Thankful
Hooked On Crafts Challenge 12  -  Somethng Punched
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 73  -  Be Thankful
Party Time Challenge 42  -  Sketch and/or Thank You
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 81  -  Thanksgiving/Thank You
Simon Says Stamp  -  Thanksgiving/Thanks
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturday  -  Thank You
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 138  -  Punch It
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge14  -  Giving Thanks
Victorine Originals Challenge 71  -  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Stamp:  Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Book Club
Paper:  American Crafts; October Afternoon; Bazzill
Other:  Distress Inks, EK Success border and flower punches, seam binding, button, black glaze pen, pearls