Show Us Your Layers….#205 a Sassy Challenge

Hmmm, just how many layers do you see or think are here? Our Sassy Challenge for this 2 week challenge is Layers!

Play along using any Sassy Cheryl’s or a Sassy Kraftin’ Kimmie image and you could be a winner of 2 FREE Sassy digis!!

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This cutie-patootie is a new image, Ladybug Tales. Isn’t Sally adorable, just hanging out with her ladybug friends, reading her book!

She’s colored with Copics, sky sponged with Broken China Distress ink.

If you’re going to count ALL the layers, from card base to ladybugs and clouds…. 14… FOURTEEN!!!

I cut Sally out with Spellbinders Labels 21 (trimming the bottom off), then cut 3 more pieces of scrap cardstock with the next smallest die and glued them together to attach to the back of the image. It pops it up a tad without popping too much!

The grass is Memory Box Grassland Border, 2 layers and popped up with foam squares.

I attached the Memory Box Picket Fence to the back of the image and slid it in place behind the grass.

The ladybugs are from ODBD, Zinnia and Leaves die.

All the Copics I used!

Be sure to see the rest of the
“Show Us Your Layers”
sassy creations on the
Sassy Challenge Blog!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Flowers, Flowers…and More Flowers! #156… A Sassy Challenge

One of the sassiest gals and uber talented Pat, is our hostess this week for our Sassy Challenge.

She’s chosen…………

FLOWERS, FLOWERS EVERYWHERE!

I don’t know about where you live, but here it’s still pretty cold and bleak… no flowers yet! In fact we’re under a Winter Storm Warning!!
This was a very welcome challenge indeed!

It’s been a while since I’ve shown you some of the steps I went through making my card, and since this one took a ‘little’ more time than most, I decided to do just that!

I LOOOOOVE how it turned out!
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This is one of the newer Sally’s, Have You Heard. She’s cute as a button alone with her single flower and ladybug friends.. I just added a few more flowers! She’s colored with Copics, clouds sponged with my homemade cloud template. {each of the individual flowers are colored, not colored cardstock!}

These are how I colored some of the Martha Stewart Hydrangea punched flowers.

And, using my embossing stylus on a piece of foam, I gave them some dimension.

The colors I used

After punching and die cutting a gazillion flowers and a few leaves, fence and birds, using mostly Memory Box dies: Cherry Blossom, Tulip Petals, Spring Border, Grassland Border, Estate Fence and Nestled Bird….and sponging my clouds… I had fun putting Sally in place and gluing all the flowers around her!

Hand deliverable for sure, didn’t want to crush any!

I also have some new product to share, Kool Tak. Do you ever work with teensy pieces and wish you had an easy tool to just pick them up??!! Or some type of adhesive to adhere the really thin stuff?!

How about a Pick’n Place Pencil and
Micro Adhesive Dotted Sheets!

It’s sticky yet NOT sticky! Magic! LOL… it’s called Pick’n Place Pencil from Kool Tak. It’s a soft lead, so you don’t press too hard (ask me how I know!), it really is cool!

I used the Micro Adhesive Dotted Sheets on the fence, a little tricky, but that fence is going nowhere! I also used 1/8” Foam Pads to pop up Sally and one of the birds.

Flowers on the inside too! This is the same die behind Sally, but it’s hard to see for all the other flowers!

And one last shot… just because! I’ve been wanting to use my new frame brushes on something!!!

For more awesome Floral inspiration,
check out the rest of the DT!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Back to Nature…#152 A Sassy Challenge

Sassy Jeni is our host again this week for our Sassy Challenge, which is…. Back to Nature.

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This adorable image is called Better Than a Thousand Words. How perfect with Sally and Bella watching the sunset (or sunrise…), just them and nature!

I colored the image with Copics, masked it, sponged the sun with Distress inks, masked it and airbrushed the background. With the masks still in place, I sponged some clouds (Distress ink) with my homemade cloud template.

The frame is called Orchard Tree Frame by Memory Box, I hand cut the image layer to match. I made my grass using another MB die, Grassland Border, then used the frame die again. The bird is another MB die, Nestled Bird, colored with Copics.

Now….if you’ve been following this team for any time at all, you’ll know sassy Pat is the Queen of finishing the INSIDE of cards! I love the look, but do I ever take the time to do it?? Rarely!! I’m LAZY… yup, plain and simple… L~A~Z~Y!

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Not this time!! Yay for me!!

You can see I used the same Grassland Border die but this time used a little larger bird {MB}, Perched Reed Bird. When I was going through my DP stash looking for colors that matched how I’d colored the front, this Prima Sparkling Spring was perfect!

But wait… what does it say??!

"Look at me, am I not beautiful with my new wings”
…Tweet” Says the little bird perched high upon the branch…

The verse is by Northwoods. My layers here are Spellbinders Labels 8 & 17.

This card is jam-packed with nature!! LOL

This will be a hard card to part with…I'll have to give it to someone REALLY special!

For more Nature inspiration,
check out the rest of the DT!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Thinking of You…With Dies!

A quick card with little stamping! Works great in a hurry…

The technique challenge on Splitcoast today is Focus on the Dies! Anymore I don’t even think I ever make a card where I don’t use a die of some sort!!

The stamp set used is ODBD All Occasion Sentiments, stamped with Onyx Black and embossed and sponged with Bundled Sage. The DP is MME Lost and Found.
The dies are Memory Box Cherish Border, Carousel Birdcage, and Madeleine Bird. I also used Spellbinders Long Rectangles and Long Scalloped Rectangles.

It’s COLD and Snowy here today… a very good day to stay INSIDE and create!!

Hope you’re warm and toasty wherever you are! Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Thinking of YOU!… #149 A Sassy Challenge

It’s my turn to host the Sassy Challenge this week
I’m always needing a Thinking of You card, so that’s your challenge! Use any Sassy Cheryl’s image and you could be a winner for 2 free images!!

Before I show you my card, I’m excited to share Cheryl’s latest adventure… her art journaling blog, Illustrated by Cheryl. Here you can find what her creative mind is working on… too fun!
And she also has videos to help you color these fun images!!! Even MORE fun!!

And…. you can leave her comments with your suggestions for images  you’d like to see! I’m telling you, the fun never ends!!!

I have a friend that is going through some serious health issues right now… I’m sending her this, A Penny for Your Thoughts. Sally and Bella are too cute! Hoping this brightens my friend’s day!

Colored with Copics, clouds and grass are Memory Box Dies.

After coloring, I used a craft knife to cut just around the image, then sponged the sky with Faded Jeans Distress ink.

I slid the grass behind and glued in place, then popped up Sally and Bella when I layered onto the base.

For more sassy inspiration, check out the rest of the team!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Feeling the Love… #145 A Sassy Challenge

Can you believe Christmas is in TWO WEEKS!!!
Wowzershope you’re done with everything!

Our Sassy Challenge this week is from one of the sassiest of sassies… Jeni! 
She’s feeling all lovey dovey.

“Feeling The Love”

I thought this Hanging With Friends was just perfect! What a sweet snowman to show some love to his birdie friends and lend them his hat!

It’s colored with Copics, clouds done sponging off homemade template and distress ink, some white gel pen for stripes and dots and some Glossy Accents on the hat ball.

The background is Small Snowflake Background stamped in Colobox Chalk Popcorn, Frosty Border die cut is by Memory Box. And that’s Spellbinders Labels 21.

Now for more Lovin,
see what the rest of the sassy girls did!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Almost Done!

I should be done with all my Christmas cards
this week and have them ready to
mail or pass out!! Yippee!!!

All the cards I’m sharing with you today were super quick to do which you know certainly helps when it’s crunch time!!

This one, the sketch challenge on Splitcoast

Although it looks black it’s actually blue! I used Versamark and Adirondack Denim to stamp ODBD Sparkling Snowflakes and the sentiment from Poinsettia Wreath and embossed. Then used our exclusive custom made Snowflakes Die. The paper is SEI White Elegance. I used Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares and Rectangles for my layers.

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Talk about FAST!!! Using Memory Box Frostyville Border and Snowflake Corner, Swiss Dots embossing folder and the sentiment from Snowflake Sentiments, I whipped these out in no time!!

Now… tally time, I have enough for my list!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

Are You Inspired?…#134 A Sassy Challenge

I’m hostess again this week for our Sassy Challenge! I thought it would be fun to do an inspiration challenge. I love this picture I found… I wish I could say it’s one I took of my garden wall…but, nope, I found it online!

I can dream!!

Today I’m using Sassy Sally’s Fall Pumpkin! Cute as can be!! Do you think she’s going to carve it or make a pie?!

I loved the bricks, the colors…so I sort of went with the photo design. But you don’t have to…whatever inspires you when you look at it!

It’s a Sizzix embossing folder sponged with Distress inks {as are the foliage and lattice}, Spellbinders Labels 8, Basic Lattice and Botanical Swirls and Accents, also Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish, and Memory Box Window Box. I filled the window box with Flower Soft Autumn and Green Leaf.

This is also for the OWH sketch this week, flipped.

For more “Inspired” fun, see what the other girls did!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn