Last Sneak Peek Before Release Tomorrow!!!

Hi all.  I have more projects coming tomorrow, but I wanted to hop on and tease you one more time before the release tomorrow!  Sassy Studio Designs' next release is called Alice is SassyLand and you are going to LOVE it!!!  :O)

Here I have 2 images that I combined to make my card.  I used the Un-Birthday Cake and Sassy Mad Hatter to make this one.  :O)  How FUN is this?
I'll be back at 12:01am for the release post!!!  Come back and see me!  :O)

Two More Valentine Crafts

I have two final Valentine Crafts to share with you today that I'll be selling at my church. Both of them are completely copied from other people! (why re-invent the wheel right?!?) and I have linked to where I found them both.

First are these adorable little glassine bags that I found on fellow Waltzingmouse DT member Jennifer's blog. The stamps are from the Sweet Hearts set. The glassine bags are from PTI.

I found these cute Valentine Bookmarks on Mish's blog. I used My Mind's Eye/Irresistable and Basic Grey/Two Scoops for my designer papers. I used 5 designs of DP (four 1"x 8" strips of each) and a 12" piece of twine (Stampin Up) for each one. See Mish's blog for how to lay them out and cut them.
The cute stamps are from PTI - Take Note and Tiny Treats Valentines. I used just 3 copics to color all the images - R59, RV32, BG10. Cute and simple and so pretty! My kind of craft!
And here's some fun news!
Claire is revealing 4 new stamp sets at Waltzingmouse on Thursday 2/4! Each day starting Sunday two of the design team members will be having sneak peaks on their blogs and Claire will be having them everyday!
On Sunday - check out Belinda and Laurie.
I'll be having my sneak peeks on Monday along with Anya.
See you then!
thanks for stopping by!!

Doodle Dragon Designs presents Love Monkeys!

OK, all you Doodle Dragon Studios fans!  LOVE MONKEY is here and available for purchase!  Take a peek at Dustin Pike's blog to see the cuteness of these monkeys for yourself and buy them up!

I have samples of You Rock Monkey, Lil Devil Monkey & Heart Tail Monkey.  How could you NOT love these little guys?
And don't forget about the challenge blog!  We have a sketch challenge going on right now!  :O)

The Wonders of Nature Bring Joy to the Soul

Today's Inspiration Challenge on Split Coast was the web site Espe. I looked at all the pretty wallets there and was inspired by the pink wallet with roses .

I used one long stem rose stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps for this card. I stamped the rose part several times on red card stock and then cut them out. On some, I only cut out the center bud of the rose. Isn't this a gorgeous rose - I love the detail on the stamping - I can just smell their lovely scent!

Then I stamped the leaves and stem on Bazzill Green card stock and cut out diffferent pieces of it attaching them to the backs of the roses. They are all popped up on foam dimensionals .

The sentiment is from a set called Petite Word Set. I only inked up the bottom half of this particular sentiment as that was all I wanted for this card. My background is the Diamonds in the Rough Cuttlebug folder.

Well - I stayed up so late to do this challenge on Friday night - it is now early Sat morning and it's only 7 degrees outside! I'm so thankful that I'm in my cozy warm home!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Stamps: Rubbernecker, long Stem Rose , Petite Word Set
Paper: White, pure poppy - PTI, pink pirouette - SU, green bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tea Dye Distress - Ranger
Accessories: gems, Amuse, diamonds in the rough - Cuttlebug folder, sweet blush ribbon - PTI, foam dimensionals, designer label punch - SU
Techniques: dry embossing

CC Designs Spring *CANDY* Kit

Want some YUMMY for your TUMMY?  Kellie has some awesome CC Designs blog candy for you!  Here's a peek at it.  Check out her post and enter to win!  It is open until February 18th.:O)

Three from the Farm

The Greeting Farm that is - here are 3 more cards I made for their fun CHA Relay Challenge. So many people participated in their challenges this week that their site kept crashing - so they had to stop before the week was over!
Starting last Sunday they gave you a free digi image - and you had to load your card to their Galleria by 6 pm the next day in order to get the next day's digi image free! You can see my Day 1 card using Mer Ian here. The card above is from Day 2 - using Digi Charlotte - isn't she a cute little Chica?!?
Stamps: Digi Image Charlotte - The Greeting Farm
Paper: Purple & Orange Bazzill, white- PTI
Accessories: Zva Crystals, oval nestabilities, Ornare piercing tamplate, Sakura Black glaze pen, Copics: Y24, YR04, Y13, Y00, V04, V06, V09, E33, bridal confetti flowers- Michaels
Day three was digi Toby Cub - how cute is this little guy?!

Stamps: digi image The Greeting farm, sentiment - Bitty Baby Blessings - PTI
Paper: PTI
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: ribbon- PTI, dew drops,copics, foam dimensionals, circle nestabilities

And Day 4 -what turns out to be the last day - we got Prince Ian check here to get your own!

I used the Sketch from Split Coast - which I turned on it's side. The pretty hearts, sentiment and bow and arrow are from the Sweet Hearts set by Waltzingmouse Stamps
Here's what I stamped on the inside.
I'm so sad the challenges ended early - now what will I do!?!?! LOL!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Stamps: Sweet Hearts - Waltzingmouse Stamps, Prince Ian - Digi image/The Greeting Farm
Paper: white - PTI, Bazzill Purple, DP - Amuse
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Plum Pudding - PTI, Tea Dye Distress Ink - Ranger
Accessories: sponge, foam dimensionals, Plum pudding ribbon - PTI, dew drop, heart punches - EK Success, Clear spica pen, edge distresser - Heidi Swapp, Copics - YG06, YG63, V06, V09, E34, E13, E37, E00, R20

Flutter By Wednesday 94

Hi everyone!  It's Wednesday and that means another Flutter By Wednesday for you!  Unfortunately, I didn't get my card made.  I had planned on making it this morning, but ended up in the Ememrgency Room with my son.  We just got home and he is feeling better now...he'll have to be home the rest of the week.  This is the first day he's missed in 2 years.  :O(

If you'd like to play along, we;d love to have you!  It's an open week, so just use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your project. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's creations! Ann, Cassie, Chris, Christine, Danni, Harriet, Heather, Jodi, Karen, Kimberly, Kris, Kristie, Michelle, Nancy, Nicola & Pam.

Come for Tea and a Hair Cut!

This week's Teapot Tuesday over on Split Coast was a wonderful castle teapot. I was inspired by the castle walls and made this card using a fun mosaic tile stamp from Starving Artists that I've had for ages but never inked up yet.(I say that about so many stamps! LOL!)
You ink the stamp with Versamark - then over stamp it in a color using a flower stamp (or whatever) stamp it on card stock - and then clear emboss it. I love how it came out!
The window and sentiment are also from Starving Artistamps/Doodle Factory. The story is that Rapunzle is a hairdresser in the castle and she's trying to drum up business. Hopefully this pretty wall will be inviting to people who walk by and they'll stop in for Rapunzle to cut their hair - ya think??
This also fits the Tuesday Doubledog Dare challenge this week where jdmommy (Anne) challenged us to use some kind of frame on our card. I used a window frame!
Stamps: tile - Starving Artistamps, Window & Sentiment - Starving Artist Stamps/Doodle Factory, flowers - Essence of Love - SU
Paper: white - PTI, Sahara Sand - SU
Ink: Versamark, Ocean Tides - PTI, Memento Tuxedo black
Accessories: clear EP, hot gun, foam dimensionals, labels eight nestabilities, cuttlbbug, xacto knife

Sassy Studio Designs Release & Bingo Game...

Hello all my crafty friends!  I wanted to let you all know that Sassy Studio Designs has the next release party on February 1st...Alice in SassyLand!  If you're a fan of everything Sassy, especially Alice, then this is the release for you!  Whimsical, fun, and of course, SASSY is the name of the game this release!  Speaking of games...we will be playing Sassy Bingo on February 1st too!  Sign up today on the SSD Blog to get your Bingo card!!!  Jacquie and Susan are working to make this the best Bingo game you ever played!  ;O)

I have a sneak peek of one of the new images...Un-Birthday Cake.  Doesn't it make you want to sing?  "A very merry un-birthday to you...to me?"  *grin*  I am using this as my entry into the Pink Elephant Challenge that SSD is sponsoring this week...to use pink, polka dots and a bow.

Have a wonderful day and a very merry UN-birthday to all who weren't born today!  ;O)

Claire's Birthday Waltzingmouse Blog Hop!

I am so thrilled to welcome you to the first Blog Hop of the Waltzingmouse Design Team!
The team is excited to be doing this first hop in honor of our Claire - who's birthday is today!! whoo hoo! Happy Birthday Claire! Are you super surprised?!?!?!

Our hop is starting with Anya - so if you just happened here because you love me (!) - please hop over to Anya first and come back to me in the proper order!!

If you arrived here from Jennifer - you are in the right place!
In honor of Claire's birthday - we are all making birthday cards using Waltzingmouse Stamps!
I just love this Earth Angel set - the angel has several sets of wings you can use and a multitude of sentiments for many different occasions. A very versatile set! The smocking at the top of her jumper is a separate stamp - how fun! I paper pieced her jumper and masked her body to stamp her wings.

Here's a pic of the inside of my card. I used the Happy Birthday sentiment (of course!), an outline heart and a cute little solid heart! I also used two strips of the same designer paper I paper pieced her jumper with.
Now - hop on over to see what wonderful creation Laurie has to share with us!

Here's the complete DT list in the order of the hop.
Julia (me!)

Thanks so much for coming by today - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLAIRE!!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Earth Angel
Paper: Vintage cream, Ocean Tides, Terre Cotta Tile - PTI, DP Beloved/My Minds Eye
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ocean Tides - PTI, Ranger Distress Tea Dye
Accessories: Eclipse Masking tape, paper piercer, sponge, Labels Eight & Petite Ovals Nestabilities, foam dimensionals, lace from my stash, Ocean Tides Twill - PTI, Copics - BG10, B17, R20, E51, Heart punch - McGill

Mer Ian Relay!

Yikes! I think I'm just getting this in under the wire!

The Greeting Farm is having a fun CHA relay - they gave us this free digi print of Mer Ian and you have to post a card by 6 PM CST today to move on to the next round! I just saw this at work this afternoon and luckily I live in EST zone so I have a slight chance of getting it posted by the deadline. So - without further ado - here is my Mer Ian Card.


Isn't he just the cutest little guy? I used Karen's Sweet Sunday sketch for my card. This Cosmo Cricket is just perfect isn't it - and I also added blue dew drops like underwater air bubbles! I even added a tiny little gem to Ian's little belly!

Stamps: Digi Image - the Greeting Farm - Mer Ian

Paper: white, plum pudding - PTI, Ballet Blue - SU, DP Cosmo Cricket/Snorkel/ Schools out and Carbinations.

Accessories: circle & pinking edge circle nestabilities, foam dimensionals, dew drops, gem - Amuse, Copics: R20, B23, B21, BG10, E13, E00, E11, Y02

Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge #2 - Sketch

Hi people!  So sorry to be posting this a day late, but we had technical difficulties yesterday on the DDS Challenge Blog and I didn't want to post here until it was live on the challenge blog!  So here is Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge #2!  It's a sketch challenge...made by me!  :O)  I did a CAS sketch for you this time and I hope you love it!  We had an amazing turn out on challenge #1...over 60 players!  How awesome is that???  We would love to see YOU this time!  Just use any DDS image and this sketch to join in!  Dustin is always handing out freebies, just check his blog HERE!


I used one of the upcoming releases (Thursday, January 28th)...Lil Devil Monkey.  Isn't he the sweetest...errr, naughtiest?  :O)  I thought he would be perfect to let my hubby know that I'm "hot 4 him"! 

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Black Magic Thistle


Karen Barber was the Featured Stamper over on Split Coast today. Her forte is creating beautiful cards using the Black Magic Technique. I had been wanting to try this technique but never seemed to find the time. So today I found the time! I came no where near to the beautiful art she creates but for my first try I was happy with it. (click on the image to see a close up of the thistle)

I chose her Fast Black Magic card to CASE. I thought this pretty thistle from the Celtic Heritage set by Waltzingmouse Stamps would work perfectly with Karen's pretty card design. I changed the colors, the stamp, added a sentiment, used a different edge punch, and made a knot instead of a bow on my ribbon.

Karen has a tutorial for this technique on her blog here.

Thanks for stopping by today! My vacation is over and it's back to work for me tomorrow :(
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Celtic Heritage
Paper: White, Plum Pudding - PTI, Basic Black - SU
Ink: White Craft Ink - SU, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Oval nestabilities, argyle cuttlebug folder, cuttlebug, white gel pen, Koh-I-Noor woodless colour pencils, EK success edge punch, saddle stitched Plum Pudding ribbon - PTI, small oval punch - SU, foam dimensionals

Sneaky Peek at SSD's New Release!

Good morning!  I wanted to come and show you all how fantabulous Sassy Studio Designs' new release (on February 1st) is going to be!  You are going to LOVE it!

I used our new Sassy Alice image for this card.  Don't you love how she's shorter than the mushrooms?  I thought it was all too appropriate for this image!  I am also entering this into Hope Stamps Eternal's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.  I took my inspiration from the colors.  What do you think?  Any Wonderland lovers out there?  :O)



Don't forget SSD's current challenge...use any of our images with the color combo pink and brown!  You can win yourself 2 Sassy Studio Designs images!  ;O)

Thank You...... no ..... Thank Ewe! And some Valentine Crafts!

What a fun Limited Supplies challenge today over on Split Coast - to use a sentiment that is a Palindrome - the same spelling frontwards and backwards! My palindrome today is EWE - Thank 'ewe' to be specific!And my dotted patterned paper, as required, is the same on both sides should you fold it in half! Even my frame stamp from Waltzingmouse fits the bill - the same on both sides!
My 'ewe', from Rubber Soul, is cut out and popped up on foam dimensionals - qualifying this for yesterdays Ways to Use it challenge - cut it out!
A fun challenge today - it really made you think!! - and I learned a new word !!! LOL!!!
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Vintage Labels No 1, Rubber Soul - A Day at the Zoo
Paper: Green & white bazzill, DP - Pretty Pastels - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: foam dimensionals, labels one nestability, cuttlebug, saddle stitched Spring moss ribbon - PTi
And here are some Valentine Crafts that I made to sell at my church in a few weeks.
My sister gave me these cute heart shaped silver baskets -they were left over from a wedding shower that she had for my niece (I think she got them for $1 each at Christmas Tree?). I also had these pretty puffy hearts from a friend who was cleaning out her supplies and no longer wanted them!
So - I just stamped Be Mine on white card stock - punched it with a heart punch and attached it to the heart which I then hung off the handle of the basket. I attached a gingham bow over the knot so it looked pretty and filled the basket with white basket shred and yummy Hershey Kisses! - oh, and I also added a sticky gem to each heart!
You may have seen these boxes on this post of mine - this time I put a cute little seed pot inside (the box is called a flower pot box after all!) The seeded pots were 2 for $1 at Target!
I made a few of the boxes in pink card stock and put these pretty lucite votive candle holders inside them - again - 2 for $1 at Target!
And finally - I'm sure you all made these for Halloween treats over the past two years when this pattern was floating around everywhere?! Well - I had some of the test tubes (Martha Stewart at Michaels) left over and thought they'd make a cute Valentine treat this year! (Papertrey Ink has some in 3/4" size as well as some square ones)

I used this cute little Hedgehog from Penny Black and the Be Mine is from Waltzingmouse.

You can find the tutorial for these holders here - and below is a pic of how it looks cut, scored and trimmed!

You start with an 11"x4" piece of card stock. Holding the long edge at the top - score at 1/2", 1 3/4", 4 1/4", 5 1/2" and 8". Holding the short edge at the top - score each side at 1 1/4" Use a 1" circle punch for the hole. The long DP panel (shown below) is 5 1/4" x 2 3/8" the shorter piece (attached on the flip side on the section above the circle) is 1 3/8" x 2 3/8"

So that's it for me today! I've been on vacation this week - stamping up a storm as you can see! The week has just flown by but I did get a lot done!

Thanks so much for checking in with me today!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday...Color Challenge




Hi all my crafty friends!  Are we ready for Friday yet?  LOL!  It's almost here and that means....time for another Dare to be Sassy Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs!  This week's challenge is to use pink and brown with any SSD digital image.  I love this color combo!

I did a little something different this time.  I used a Halloween image for a Valentine's Day card.  I was inspired by one of our customers who used SSD's Bewitched image for a Valentine's card.  I used Mojo Monday Sketch #122.



Have a great day...we would LOVE to see you participate in this challenge!  You know you these colors!  :O)

Life is Fabulous!

We're all traveling to Tiffany's for breakfast this week for the Mudder's Tuesday Teapot challenge over on Split Coast. Whoo Hoo!! If you don't now about these fun fantasy challenges - you can see all the deets here.

So here I am with my Blue Raspberry Martini - ummmmm I mean my blue iced Tea - and of course I have on my diamonds so I look like I've been at Tiffany's many times before! Can't wait to see you all there - we're gonna have FUN!!!

My colors are from this weeks SCS color challenge - ruby red, close to cocoa and barely blue!

Thanks so much for coming by!

Stamps: American Art Stamp - Emerson Quillin Fabulous
Paper: Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa - SU, Vintage Cream - PTI, DP Hotel Lobby - Jenni Bowlin
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: foam dimensionals, Zutter corner rounder, EK success Edge punch, sticky gems - Michaels, flowers - Wedding confetti - Michaels, Copics: B21, BG10, E33, E00, E04, RV32, Y21, Su marker Ruby Red

Flutter By Wednesday #93 and Candy Winner!

Good morning and Happy Hump Day!  It's time for Flutter By Wednesday and to announce who won my blog candy!  The lucky lady is...
Michellena317 said...
Love how you designed this card!-Michelle

Three Cards on a Snowy Day

I was off from work today in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr AND we were kind of snowed in by a wet snowfall last night of about 5" so I took good advantage and made three cards for three challenges! All of them are made with stamps from Waltzingmouse.

I made my first card for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I just got some of this new Beloved DP by My Mind's Eye. It has such great designs and pretty colors! I used the same piece - front and back - on this card. The stamps are from the Sweet Hearts Set. I love the arrows with this set! I used oval nestabilities to frame the image and a Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio die to frame my sentiment.

Stamps: Sweet Hearts - Waltzingmouse
Paper: Vintage Cream, Terre Cotta Tile - PTI, close to cocoa - SU, DP My Mind's Eye /Beloved
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Terra Cotta - PTI
Accessories: twill - PTI, foam dimensionals, oval nestabilities, cuttlebug, ribbon tag trios - spellbinders


I made my second card using the New Technique challenge on Split Coast - Brick Tile. I have to say I stamped this image on 3 different pieces of paper before I found one that looked good as tiles. But I do like the final result! I popped up each 'tile' on a foam dimensional and sponged the edges of my panel with tea dye ink. These stamps are from the Irish Blessings set. I figure this would make a good masculine 'get well' card!
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Irish Blessings
Paper: White, Vintage Cream, DP Bitty Box Basics - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tea Dye Distress Ink - Tim Holtz/Ranger, Versamark
Accessories: black embossing powder, foam dimensionals, sponge
Techniques: brick tile, embossing

My third and final card today was made for the CAS challenge on Split Coast which was a color challenge - to use Teal, white and one other color on your card. I used a piece of teal designer paper from Stampin Up - overstamped it with the sentiment from Sweet Hearts and added 2 punched hearts! I guess my 'one other color' is black ink!
Ok - off I go to get some things done that I didn't get to while I was stampin' !!!
Thanks so much for coming by!
Stamps: Sweet Hearts - Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: White - PTI, DP - SU
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: heart punch - McGill

You Have a Big Heart, Valentine!

My good stamping buddy Anne (jdmommy) is the featured stamper today! She LOVES red so I knew I had to CASE something using that color. I chose her CAS Red Hearts.

I've been wanting to use this gorgeous victorian style heart stamp from Rubbernecker and today was the day! First I stamped the heart on white cardstock - then I stamped it on two differenet designer papers, cut out the ribbon from one and the heart from the other and paper pieced them onto the white stamping. I popped up the ribbon on foam dimensionals, added layered flowers and a heart brad. The bottom edge is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. To finish it off - I sponged the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink by Tim Holtz just to soften it a little

Thanks for coming by today!

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Heart and sentiment
Paper: white, vintage cream - PTI, Bravo Burgandy - SU, DP My Mind's Eye/Irresistable - Candy Stripe & Love Dots
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tea Dye Distress Ink - Tim Holtz/Ranger
Accessories: Dew drops, martha stewart punch, silk flowers - Darice, Heart brad - unknown, foam dimensionals, sponge

All You Need is Love!

I was on my way to bed Friday night and snuck into Split Coast to check the inspiration challenge - and of course just had to make a card once I got inspired!

I chose this Primitive Love Plaque from the on line store, Nell Hills, because I knew this stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps was perfect to represent the image!

I embossed the image with gold embossing powder on gold card stock. I dry embossed the white card with my square nestability and then adhered the gold piece inside the frame.

All you need is love - do da do da do...... sing along with me now!!!

Have a great weekend everyone - it's a 3 day one for me as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Thanks so much for coming by!
Stamps: Rubbernecker - From the Heart - Love block
Paper: white - PTI, gold - unknown
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: gold EP, hot gun, square nestabilities, cuttlebug

Sassy Studio Designs Customer Blog Hop


Welcome to Sassy Studio Designs CUSTOMER BLOG HOP! 

Make sure to check back frequently at the Sassy Studio Designs Blog for the Hop list and other important details - like challenges, prizes, etc!  The hop officially starts at 9AM PST.

Make sure to visit ALL the participants and leave them some love so you can be entered to win a prize! You will also NEED to leave a comment on the SSD hop post when you are finished. That way we will know you are done and entered!

We will be hanging out and partying over on our SASSY PCP Page, from 5-8PM pst! You will want to join the party, so you can find out who won all those SASSY SISTAH AWARDS! We will be announcing the winners AND Lindsay will have something special for you, as always!

The comment winner/hopper, will be announced at the end of the chat. That way you will have a little more time to do your thing!

Thank you so much for being a part of our FIRST customer blog hop!

I have some fun samples for you using our very latest release, Sassy Valentine!  (Today is release day too!)  First up I have Sexy Sandy...I just love pink and brown together!


Next I have Teddy Bear Love...I love that this image can be used for so many things!  My first card is a Z fold and I entered it into the Embellish color challenge...Red, pink and black.


This next one will be entered into Simon Says Stamp's challenge...Shabby Chic.  I distressed all the edges (and made a huge mess too!) for my shabby chic look.  :O)  Also entered into Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #41.  I took my inspiration from the colors...I managed to leave out the green altogether, but that's ok, right?  I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #56 too!  :O)



My last sample for you today is an image called Bubble Bath.  When I see this image I think of the old Calgon commercial..."Calgon, Take me away!"  :O)  This is also for the Simon Says Stamp challenge of shabby chic.  I am very happy about the way the flower came out.  Isn't this cute?  We all need one of these to hang on the bathroom door!!!


I hope you have enjoyed my projects!  Be sure to scoot over to the Sassy Studio Designs Store and pick up your Sassy Valentines today!  See you at the party tonight!