More Teasing

 Sassy Studio Designs is having a second release this month, and this is one you will NOT want to miss!  Vile villains, a scavenger hunt, a blog hop, a party chat, prizes, and more await you on Saturday, August 25th!  

Can you guess who the two baddies are above?  I'll give you a hint: one wants your heart, the other your soul.  And I do mean that literally!

 We hope you'll join us for all the release shenanigans on Saturday at 12am PDT!  In the meantime, enjoy the teaser sneak peeks (special thanks to Kim Kelly of It's All About Crafting for coloring up these snippets for us to preview) and start practicing your maniacal laugh!

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Regan   

The Corrosive Challenge #156 - Cute as a Button

As many of you know, I just LOVE Saturated Canary!  And I ADORE Halloween!  Put the two together and I'm over the moon!  They're like chocolate and peanut butter!  All sweet and yummy!  I buy them like they're penny candy, and I'm almost embarrassed to admit how many I have amassed in less than a year!  I can't help myself... Krista's darling images are cute as a button!  And, appropriately enough, that is the theme of our new Corrosive Challenge this fortnight!  We challenge you to create something that is "Cute as a Button"!  So all you need to do to play along is use an image that is cute and include at least one button on your project.  Saturated Canary is our fabulous sponsor this month as well! 

My card is, of course, a Halloween card.  I used Krista's cute Rags and Witches image. After I had the card all together I realized that this image is retired, but never fear!  She has three other delightful witch images in her shop currently (Elphie, Fly Girl and Witchkeys) with more on the way in her release this Thursday!  Paper are from last year's DCWV Midnight Spell stack.  I thought the current sketch over at Mojo Monday (#254) looked fun!  I have a thing for fishtail banners lately (made using my Die-namics die by My Favorite Things)!  I stayed very true to the sketch, but I did add my black sparkly button to the grosgrain ribbon with some baker's twine.  The sentiment is from a Waltzingmouse Stamps set called Midnight Feast.  I also did a little "deconstructed doodling" on my image panel for a little something extra.

Here are a few close-ups of the details.  I was playing around with my photo editing and discovered I have a "polaroid" option!  So cool!

Please head over to The Corrosive Challenge to see what the rest of my amazing design team has created for this challenge, and be sure to play along for your chance to win 2 Saturated Canary digi images of your choice AND the chance to be our guest designer for October!

I am off to a day at the zoo with the small man shortly!  He is so excited!  Special thanks to Jasmine of Wasted Scraps for making sure things ran smoothly and the challenge was ready on time today!  I had a busy weekend with a concert last night so she helped me out!  I hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E27, E33, E34, W4, W6, W8, W10, R20, R85, V06, V12, YG95, Y35, YR15, YR18) and Prismacolor Art Markers (79, 168).

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Regan

    

Shower Scene

Where oh where has my mojo gone?  I had great things planned for this week, but with each passing day it became more and more evident that my mojo was MIA!  I missed one DT project all together and this one, well, she fought me the whole way!  I still can't say she's my best work ever but I accomplished what I set out to do and that is enough.  It hasn't helped that the only time I can craft is at night, after my son is asleep, and he has fought bed time and staying in his bed all week!

Despite a child snoozing on the couch, I managed to finish my card for today's Sassy Studio Designs Fabulous Freebie Friday!  She is called Towel Tammy, and she is available for 24 hours (beginning at 8am) on our Paper Craft Planet group!

Our new PCP challenge this fortnight is "Slippery When Wet".  We want to see your projects, using any SSD image, that have a water theme to them!  I decided to create a shower for my bathing beauty.  She is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I then colored another towel turban, fussy cut that as well and used foam squares to pop it and give it dimension.  This is our current Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge that began yesterday: #138-Pop It Up.  

I used some mosaic pattered designer paper from my stash as my shower background and the added ruffled lace as my shower curtain.  I also added clear adhesive Rain Dots for bubbles.

I think this is usually the part in the movie where the serial killer chases the towel clad girl, right? Hmm, maybe I've seen too many horror flicks in my time...  lol  Anyway, I hope you will head over to our PCP group to see what the rest of the Fabettes have created and to grab this lovely for yourself!

I am off to work shortly, but I'm already looking forward to my crafty playdate scheduled this evening!  Maybe my good friend and fellow paper crafter, Jasmine, of Wasted Scraps, can help me find my mojo.  It's probably hidden under one of those ever growing mountains of paper that I can never seem to find time to put away...

Have a fantastic weekend!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E04, E17, E23, E34, R20, YG03, BG10, BG15) and Prismacolor Art Markers (27, 192).

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Regan    

It's A Small World Part Deux: A Sassy Studio Designs Release

Today is the second part of Sassy Studio Designs It's A Small World release!  We had so much fun globe-trotting last month that we decided to do it again!  In addition to six fabulous new images to share with you, we have a trivia contest for you over on the Sassy Studio Designs blog! There are ten questions plus two bonus and some awesome prizes!  That's pretty amazing, but this is a an extra special release post because it is also owner/artist Lindsay's birtHdAy today!  One of the extra prizes up for grabs is for participants who collect the hidden letters from each design team members' blog and successfully unscramble the secret message!  Can you find my letters?  *Hint: They are different than the rest!*  You can e-mail your guesses to ssdreleasecrew(at)yahoo(dot)com, along with your answers to the trivia questions.  You have until the 13th to play along and winners will be announced August 15th.  Here are the fantastic prizes:

Grand Prize: all six new image

1st Place: 5 image

2nd Place: 4 images

3rd Place: 3 images

4th Place: 2 images

5th Place: 1 image

Plus two winners will randomly be chosen from the correct bonus question 

entries for a mystery prize!

If you arrived here from the Sassy Studio Designs blog, you are on the right track!  If not, make sure you pop over there, where you'll find the trivia questions and the complete hop order.

I am showcasing France Honey today!  Elle est tres jolie!  Madamoiselle France is colored with Copics and Prismacolor Art Markers.  I fussy cut her and used foam squares to pop her up in the center of this week's Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #137 sketch.  Kathy is a wonderful designer and when I saw this week's challenge I couldn't resist playing along!  

Papers are My Mind's Eye - Paris & Co.  For dies, I used Spellbinders Labels Three and Classic Circles Nestabilities as well as Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax from My Favorite Things.  My embellishments are simple: a few pearls and a couple of Tim Holtz metal corners.  My sentiment is computer generated and says "Happy Birthday" in French since we were asked to put birthday wishes in our Honey's native language on the front of the card.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit to France...  Now you're off to Philippines with Karen, your next stop on the It's A Small World Part Two blog hop.  Grab an espresso and a croissant and settle in for your trip to exotic places with Sassy Studio Designs!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E23, E25, E27, E34, Y32, Y35, R20) and Prismacolor Artmarkers (18, 23, 96, 132, 149, 196, 210).

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Regan

Hear Me Roar

August birthdays have kept me busy!  Besides my own, I can count at least a dozen others that will mean co-workers, friends, or family members waiting for hand-made cards to be delivered to them!  Do you have any birthdays to create for this month?  If so, or if you're a Wizard of Oz fan, then you might want to head over to Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group to download this week's Fabulous Freebie Friday image!  Since it's all about birthdays this fortnight, I thought it would be fun to use the Cowardly Lion Honey image as a representation of the Leo zodiac sign. I am proud to be a Leo, and had a lot of fun making this card for a fellow Leo and crafty friend!  I hope she likes it (though unfortunately she'll see it online before it arrives in her mailbox).

My layout is courtesy of The Sketchy Challenges (#29).  I haven't played along over there in a while so I went to check it out and absolutely loved this lusciously layered sketch!  Papers are My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose - Mabel.  Other details include a Martha Stewart border punch, Stampin' Up tag punches, pearls, flowers, satin ribbon, seam binding. and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The image is colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up on foam squares.  I've been getting a little crazy with the fussy cutting lately!  I may need an intervention!  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Who's That Birthday Girl stamp set.

Cowardly Lion Honey will be available for 24 hours starting at 8am EDT.  Please head over to the SSD Paper Craft Planet group to download her and to see what the amazing Fabettes have created for the current birthday challenge using the image.  We hope you'll be inspired enough to play along!

Don't forget to stop back tomorrow for the Sassy Studio Designs It's A Small World Part Two new release!  My card & post are ready to go and you're going to love the six new international beauties joining the collection!  The blog hop and festivities begin at 12:01am PDT on August 11th.

I am off to work shortly, but I'm already looking forward to the weekend - especially dinner tonight at my favorite restaurant with my best friend!  I hope you have something fantastic planned, or maybe nothing at all if that is what makes you happy, and enjoy!

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Regan      

Birthday Blog Candy Winner

Another birthday has come and gone, but I still have celebrating to do!   There will be dinner out this evening with my best friend at my FAVORITE restaurant.  Tomorrow morning there will be some "me" time pampering.  And maybe a little shopping for crafty goodness during this tax-free weekend.  Not a bad deal for turning another year older, right?

Thank you to everyone who entered my birthday blog candy and left me birthday wishes!  Every sweet comment was appreciated!  And now let's see who the lucky winner is according to random.org:

#21-SANDRA

Sandra, please contact me at charmedstamping(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your $20 Saturated Canary voucher!

Happy Friday and I'll be back in a few hours with this week's Sassy Studio Designs Fabulous Freebie Friday!

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Regan

I'm a Tease

Here is just a glimpse of one of the six fabulous new images that will be added to the Sassy Studio Designs International Little Honeys line!  It may be a small world but this collection keeps growing!  Can you guess what county this mademoiselle is from?  Oo la la! 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs as I'm not the only one tantalizing and taunting you!

The release will be held on Saturday, August 11th with all the usual Sassy fan fare, including a blog hop, trivia, and prizes!  The fun starts at 12:01am PDT on Saturday!  Hope to see you then!

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Regan