Happy Release Day!

Wow it has been a long time since I have been able to post those words on my own personal blog.

It has been so long since I have been able to craft, and boy can I tell with how simple this card turned out but with how long it took me to complete lol. I am sure I will get back in the swing of things though.

So for those of you who know me or my store Sassy Studio Designs, you know I love Movies, especially Disney movies! And when I found out that Disney was doing a prequel to the Wizard of Oz I knew it was something I had to get in on. I searched out every sneak peak, interview and movie trailer or photo I could find, and with big Disney releases such as this it can be hard to find too much before the release of the film. But I was loving what I was creating. Then the movie finally came to theater and Hubby and I stayed up late and went to see the midnight showing Thursday night and it was AMAZING! and I felt 100% on track with the images I created . So I completely excited to release this release to my fans this weekend. I have 5 images so far and have plans for more to come.

But here is my card using Glinda Sassy.

I hope you will stop by the blog and check out the wonderful Hop the Design team has put together.

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

and you can purchase this beauty and the rest of the images at the store.

http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

and make sure to stop in and chat with myself and the team over at the SSD party blog at 6pm PST tonight!

I might have a little surprise for those who come to hang out with us ;-)

New Years

This year I have so many things I want to do just as I have with every year before. Be more organized, Keep my house more clean, find a new job, branch out and be more successful with my freelance endeavors, loose weight, get pregnant...so many plans for this year and  though I know we may never get it all I want to push for small victories this year.

So I did start this year off ambitiously. the 1st day of the year I started sticking to my diet and my sister and I decided we were going to workout twice a day for the 1st two weeks until we went to Hawaii... but I think I wore my body down because mid way through I got sick with a terrible never ending cold from hell. of which I have still yet to fully kick. It was really bad in the beginning was out of work several days held up in bed. I did recover just enough to enjoy Hawaii but each time we traveled it seemed to restart. But my mothers 50th Birthday Celebration in Hawaii was Amazing! Hubby and I had some much needed time together and even though he originally fought me tooth and nail on going, he ended up really enjoying it! To the point where he has promised me we will go back at least every 5 years to celebrate our anniversary and was talking about doing a vow renewal for our ten year anniversary. And even talking that if we could both get jobs he wouldn't mind moving there. ...If only.... But back to reality lol, So even though the point of our trip was Mom's 50th, Hubby and I will be celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary this June So we did make sure to indulge a little for ourselves, which we did. Chris Bought me a gorgeous gold and Diamond Plumeria Necklace which incidentally has 5 petals ;-) and they symbolize Love, Faith, Devotion, Hope and Charity. What a Wonderful hubby and such an amazing and special gift. And He doesn't but me Jewelry, one we can't really afford it but I mean for him to go out and get NICE Jewelry It's something REALLY special. The ONLY other Jewelry he has ever bought me was my engagement ring and our wedding bands. So It was a very special thing for him to do.  So since I got my Anniversary gift early I thought it only fair he should get the same. And he LOVES music. He taught himself ho to play guitar on my dads acoustic and he got to use his dads electric for a bit and though we have purchased accessories or fixed things up, They aren't really HIS instruments. And the 5 year anniversary is supposed to be the wood anniversary, and we were in Hawaii so I bought him a really nice Ukulele which he has already been teaching himself how to play.

Hawaii did side track my weight loss goals briefly, but not too bad. I only gained about 5 pounds back from traveling and lost it back quickly, still struggling to get rid of the last of this cold so it I am sure doesn't help because I don't work out to my full capacity but I have been working out with my sister at least a few times a week and I am sticking to my weight watchers and I am having a slow steady decrease in my weight as well as in my measurements. So, so far this year there have been Great small Victories already achieved and I am sure many many more to follow.

Since We have been back my computer died, yes my wonderful baby died. We tried several repairs to see if we could just get her back up and running but I apparently blew up/fried the motherboard so there was no saving her :-( But Chris has been working quickly to research and put together a new beast of a machine! and I was in NO WAY prepared for that kind of expense especially right after a vacation we saved up for for over a year, but we had to do what we had to do because I could not be without a computer. and I mean I have a little net book I can do some basic stuff like pay my bills or check email etc even though it may be slow and frustrating I was't without internet, but I was at risk of loosing some of my newest files and photos, and I couldn't create any new images for my store. So there have still been a few kinks in the road trying to get the new machine running and set up so I can get back to work but it is almost there! I cant wait she is going to be so fast and smooth I can wait to get to work on my next release!

In the meantime while we have been waiting on the computer we found out my mother in law and her fiance will be staying with us for about a week in march when my husbands Aunt gets married. SO nothing like that to light a fire up under Hubby's tushy ;-) that and me bearing down and cracking the whip! We have made great progress, he has been finally installing our floor molding and molding around the newly installed doors, and yes he got the last of the doors installed too. he got the last ceiling fan installed in the last room of the house the guest bedroom. we still have tons to do like paint all that molding and build the spare bed and get the spare bedroom put together, and replace the toilet in the master bath and install the lights in the master bath, and clean out the shower and put in a new shower head in the master bath so we can have at least a half finish semi functioning 2nd bathroom when we have company. And I also made my way through several file boxes and threw out a ton of stuff and got my office and financial paperwork organized and filed. Still lots to do...but I am super excited we have made such great progress already.... YAY for Small Victories!

Happy Release Day!

I guess I am a bit late so sorry about that I was waiting on my camera to charge last night and I fell asleep then I had to get up and go into work this morning for some overtime training/meeting so I just got back and got my pics so I do apologize if I threw off the schedule a little but here we go...

What a great team I have and what fun creations they made!

and I was so glad I got to have time to play along again this time

here are some that I was able to do

up first we have Frankenstein I have to admit I am not very good at masculine cards they always look so plain to me but I love the great halloween papers and supplies out there this year! I used a combination of items from DCWV Ghosts and Gobblins matstack, Recollections Midnight Magic 12x12 stack, and martha stewart crafts Halloween adhesive boarders and of course some black stampin up cardstock and my marth stewart drippy goo punch

And next this one was fun and simple... a Coffin shaped treat box with none other than our new SSD dracula!

This I used the coffin die cut from the recollections midnight magic die cut stack, some black ribbon and a sticker from DCWV immortal love scrapbook kit in a stack set. the sticker on top is a little hard to read but it says "irresistible"

and I wanted to give you a few shots to see the dimension of the treat box

and lastly before you head on your way make sure to leave a comment so we can track your route and take note of the trivia question...

What vegetable was originally used as a jack o' lantern?

Rebecca, Kathy, Julie, Sara, Regan, Lindsay (you are here), Laura, SSD Blog

Sassy Studios reached 400 come stop by and get tons of FREEBIES!!! Hurry for a limited time only

How exciting is that!!!

Sassy Studio Designs Hit 400 members and we are celebrating this weekend!

To celebrate we are releasing a set of special edition images!!!

some of our favorite Sassies and Honeys have been modified to attend this weekends PCP Masquerade Ball!

Now what would a SSD celebration be without Freebies right!?!? and boy do we have freebies for you... we don't have one or two....not 3 or 4...not even 5, 6 or 7 ... we have

5 masquerade Sassies...

2 Masquerade Honeys

Plus lots of Sentiments tags and extras popping all over this party!

SO lets get you started in the right direction SO if your just stopping in lets get you to go back to the SSD blog to get started so you don;t miss out on any of the goodies, and if you have already been to the SSD blog and are working your way through the hop then snatch up the fun freebie below and don;t forget to comment on each blog on the hop to win a special prize ...(*hint* its a brand new never been seen before image due to launch next release) the winners will all be announced on the SSD blog on Monday.

So here is my first SSD craft item in months and months (since February ugh I'm so bad I know Ihavent had any time to craft with my own goodies) But I am so happy to be joining the team on such a special event today!

So I present to you ....

Masquerade Cinderella Honey!

(Thanks for all the compliments on this so far today there have been a few to ask how I did it I used the DCWV Ghosts and Goblins mat stack (because the prints are smaller and it runs through the printer easier) I printed my image and colored her on regular white card stock and then I cut and paper pieced the dress pieces and hairband from the copy I printed on the mat stack paper )

So now it is your turn to get to play with her. Double click the image to take you to the full resolution copy then just copy and save to your computer. and Be sure to get her while you can she will only be available saturday and sunday she will be no longer a freebie by monday morning but will then be for sale in the shop in case you missed out

Image is no longer a freebie and has been removed you can check out the SSD store if you would like to purchase them

and now that you got your prize and have left your comment for a chance to win a prize you must be on your way...

Sassy Studio Designs
Rebecca
Kathy
Julie
Sara
Regan
Lindsay (you are here)
Laura
Paper Craft Planet


Party Blog chat times (Eastern Standard Time) and assignments:

8am EST- Rebecca and Julie
3pm EST- Regan and Sara
10pm EST- Kathy and Lindsay

Myself and the design team members will be stopping in the PCP page throughout the day and weekend to chat but we also have designated chat times set up as well so come chat with the design team today and we split us as to try and visit with as many time zones and international visitors as possible, check the SSD blog or PCP page for more details if you want to join in the chat

SSD Release Day

Eliza Doolittle!

Tout Finis!

You have reached the end...well almost This is the last answer in the Trivia Hop! but make sure you stop back by and comment on the SSD blog to finish it up and don't forget to stop on by the party blog later to join in with us on our party fun! co follow the link below to take you back home to the beginning of the hop to finish this up

So There's no place like home... There's no place like home...There's no place like home

It's a Very Merry Un-Birthday!

it's release day at SSD again! I haven't personally posted on my blog in forever!

I had started a new job with very stinky hours (10-7) so there hasn't been time for me to get anything done and my weekends have been jam packed with all sorts of engagements ...not to mention my parents property was broken into ransacked..they stole tons of expensive tools as well as appliances out of his travel trailer...and my dog!!! yes they stole my new pit bull!!! we did end up getting her back..she got loose and ran right back home! thank goodness... that all happened just last weekend... and We are finally getting a house! the 1st one we were working on since dec fell through and we started working on another and we are due to close mid august! what a wonderful birthday gift that will be!

SO why the un-birthday theme...well because august 11th is my birthday, and so we decided we would do an un-birthday party today! also we just released our 1st ever digi papers!!! yay and they were alice in wonderland themed! and we have a birthday themed honey in the store too!!!

So make sure you comment on this post in order to have a chance at one of our randomly drawn prizes!!! winners will be announced on the SSD blog on monday

so as you may or may not have been aware of...I haven't been crafting at all lately! look at my last post below i mean its been 3 months since I have posted anything here so I finally got to sit a create a little last minute for this release!

1st card here features the Rapunzel Honey! isn't she fabulous! oh my goodness does she have a lot of hair! I thought it was bad having to draw it all but coloring it too oh boy! but she is gorgeous!

next I did a card featuring the Cinderella Honey

and I did color a Belle Honey and a Goldilocks Honey but didn't have time to actually make cards with them but wanted to show them off anyways

well I hope you have a wonderful Sunday! be sure to leave a comment here for a chance at one of our prizes...and be sure to stop by the party blog later I have lots of freebies going up and you can ONLY snatch them up while the party blog is open now we will chat from 4pm PST-6pmPST (7-9pm EST) but I will leave the party blog open until 8 pm PST just to give a little extra time to snatch up the freebies but that is it so you have to stop by during those hours... the party blog address will be posted on the main blog about 15 mins prior to starting

so hit up the rest of the teams blogs for more chances to win un-birthday prizes!

Sassy Studio Designs

Marilyn

Lisa (link isn't working so heres the site address http:/lisaspaperfun.blogspot.com/ )

Me! (Lindsay)

Larisa

Kathy

Amanda

It's an SSD release day again!

Happy Release Day!

This is the post to comment on to try and win a freebie.

and if you are here for the scavenger hunt item..... Run and go find a

Chunky fashionable Purse

and add it to your stack!

and be sure to stop by everyone else's blogs the list is over at the

Sassy Studio Designs Blog

and yay I finally had a few mins to craft...I know its a bit plain Jane but it has been so long since I have gotten to sit and craft

I did a card with Cheerful Chelsea

and I embelished a scrapbook page I was working on from my sisters wedding with Chelsea's Prom since it reminded me of my sisters wedding dress with the pick ups

Thanks for stopping by!

Lindsay

Here's your Sign

SO I haven't had much time to craft its been hectic around here. Hubby and I have been very involved with the church youth group events lately with easter and confirmations right around the corner and all, and i got sick...again!!!!! I swear I can not catch a break! lol things keep happening lol and then packing and cleaning still hoping we'll get a closing date on our house soon! and just so much happening, but I wanted to share a lil of my current endeavor!

So I don't know if I ever mentioned my cousin Ashley, but Ashley has had some troubles in her life, she was diagnosed with ALL (leukemia) when she was 16 months old and went through bone marrow transplants and Chemo etc an dit was a long and bumpy road and this last december she celebrated her 5th "2nd Birthday" which meant she was officially "cured" it was a wonderful occasion of course! but due to the treatments she went through she had to have cataract surgery on both her eyes, she now wears bifocal glasses and has hearing aids and has speech issues (some of which could be because of her tracheotomy) so just a lil while back she got switched to a new school that has an extensive special education program where she is now learning sign language! and the improvements I have seen in these past weeks are HUGE! she is doing amazingly!

SO Chris and I always thought about learning sign language and using it when we have babies teaching them to sign so we decided this was the perfect time to make it happen, so we are! its been quite fun too so I just wanted to take a minute to share, and I hope maybe Ill get to craft soon (probably not this week because I am going to catholic youth conference in anaheim thurs fri sat and sun but we will see maybe ill have a lil time tomorrow!?!?

Linds

Oh Alice I must be crazy!

Ok SO I know I am not the only one out there that is SUPER excited about the new Alice in Wonderland Film coming out in March How do I know this... A whole new Challenge group started all inspired by Alice in wonderland!!!! The Group is called Oh Alice... their premier Challenge was an inspiration challenge, Alice gets Glam inspiration challenge inspired by this fab makeup set by urban decay!

Well I must be MAD as a Hatter because I went crazy with this one! I not only was inspired by the compact I decided to do something I have never done before for the Anyone for Anya challenge group as well.... I made a pop up scene just like the make up box!!! Oh my goodness I must have been nuts!!! not only did I do a pop up which I had never done before, I used my brand new pink cricut expression!!! I used my tinkerbell cart for the 1st time ever!!! and the whole time I have had my wonderland TGF stamp set I still to this day have never made anything with it, so there were many upon many a firsts in this project!!! and to go with the oh alice challenge there is a lot of bling and glam!

so wanna see my insanity!?!?1 ok lets get started just scroll down...

the drawer fits A2 sized cards and envelopes but because of how intense this was to do I have not had time to create cards to go in it but that is the intent of this, not a makeup gift set, but a card gift set!

The ribbons can be tucked away inside the drawer when on display even the back one because it goes through an eyelet in the back so it can disappear and make a great display piece

when you open it you see my interpretation of a mirror with silver glitter card stock and then a clear cello layer with black polka dots popped off of it and topped with a frame, the butterfly's well they are there because the caterpillar did turn into a butterfly right?!?! plus she is in a garden of sorts

the next layer to pop up are these fab flowers, these were difficult because they not only had to fold down but also in as not to be seen when the lid is closed

then pops up some bushes that match the trees in grey tones...very Tim Burton, and of course the mad hatter pops up as well

close up of the hatter and his bling, even made him have makeup like Johnny Depp's character

then Alice the mushrooms and the white rabbit can all come up!

Alice is all blinged up on her stone path surrounded by mushrooms

and yep the white rabbit is blinged out too

oh if you noticed some of the 1st pics have the rabbit back further yep...I didn't like it there so I moved him forward you se eteh final position in these last few pics!

Well thank you all for stopping in and seeing my madness! lol hope you enjoyed it! and I hope you'll stop on by the Oh Alice Challenge blog, and the Anyone for Anya Challenge blog

Anya Challenges!!!

with not crafting in so long it's hard to get my juices back going so I thought I would try a few challenges to help get me back in gear SO this I combined 2 challenges both from the greeting farm!

The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Color Challenge

Club Anya Sketch Challenge

I got to use one of my newest stamps!!! I am so super excited about these new pin up stamps!!!I hope they do more in this line, I'll buy every single one! I didn't have guava but I found some similar card stocks, and well I don't have many...well any accept on western sentiments but the one I had thought was so stinkin' cute especially for a pin up style image!

My 1st Anya Ink Challenge

I have never participated in the Anya Ink Challenges but have wanted to for a while SO I finally did! I used my new Anya stamps! I love love love these pin up images! I am a huge pin up girl! love em! And over at Anya Ink the challenge is a color challenge using blue grey and cream! I had just the paper for it! My Creative memories wishes and dreams papers!!! all I did was tame my cream prismacolor parker to color in the white and make it cream. I used the wishes and dreams star punch, and the wishes and dream card kit for the pop out die cuts and the sentiment on the 1st card

on this card I used the same supplies and marker on the paper, but I used a verve stamp for the sentiment

Catching up on a few things

...again! lol well it has been an interesting beginning of a new year!

from getting sick, starting a new part time job, SSD has been booming! and getting bit by a stray dog and loosing the sue of my right hand for 2 weeks

I haven't had a lot of time to craft but I have squeezed in a few small projects lately so I had a few mins so I thought Id spend them catching ya'all up on what I have been up to.

So in Jan my sister asked me for 3 baby shower cards for a group baby shower at her work, She needed a card for a mommy with a boy, a daddy having a girl and a daddy having a boy, so I made this 1st one for the mommy who was having a boy these cards were made dull size so the whole team could sign them

this next one was made for a daddy having a lil girl

and this one for the daddy having the boy

I created this card using one of the SSD image I created, I did this card for v-day and for the release which was Feb 1st ( a bit behind schedule like I said)

Also during CHA The Greeting Farm was having a relay contest and I was playing along. this was the 1st image they gave away, Merian I was super excited about this one! I think it turned out ok

This was teh 2nd image in the relay since v-day was around the corner and I had just gotten this new paper I had to use pink and chocolate!

We also had a Pink red and white challenge over at SSD a few weeks ago and I wanted to play along so I did a quick card using th eoff with your head image we had just released over at SSD

This was the 3rd image in the TGF relay, I have to admit I am not a fan of the critter crew images over there, I am partial to the anya and ians but i think this turned out pretty good? I wanted to make it baby but funky so I used my SU rockabilly papers...love them!

and just before V-day I did a few more cards featuring some TGF images, this one I used dressy Edward and Joyce, and to go with a twighlight inspired idea...the sent says forever

And I had bought flutter Anya so long ago and never used her, and this turned out soooo nice! It's hard to see but there is a lot of wonderful layering on her.

It's a Club Anya Holiday Blog Hop!

So I LOVE The Greeting Farm! and especially Club Anya because Anya and Ian are my favs! especially Miss Anya and My Guy Ians!!! and I am soooooooooooooo excited for tonight! and the release scheduled for tomorrow! As I am sure many of you are who are stopping in on my blog today he hee he... SO I havent had a lot of time to craft lately but I have made sure when I did I was saving up projects for tonight!!! there were more I wanted to do but sadly didnt get to finish =( But it's ok I'll show you what I have for now!

So for starters... I am a part of a cookie exchange with some of my family and freinds this year though I have not baked my cookies yet (want them to be fresh) I did want to make cards to go with each tray. There are 12 of us participating this year so I needed 12 cards... about a week ago or so on the CA blog someone showed us how she colored her images and photocopied them to make things faster....well I combined 2 TGF digis (I cropped out the gift from the birthday ian one and placed it on the Odette image) I then colored it all in Photoshop and printed out 12 copies at the size I needed! I was so excited because it went sooooooo much fast being able to print them instead of coloring 12 of each (of course I prefer to color when I have the time to do so but since I didnt it was a great alternative!)

This is what she looked like when printed

the card is created with a combination of TGF papers and SU papers, and the sentiment was by SU as well and the flowers were primas

Here are all 12 cards lined up together.... I didnt finish the insides yet but they will each include a recipe card inside for the cookies I am making

So next up.... I love the xmas sweeties set from TGF love love love them!!!! I am trying to make all my christmas cards with them.....for starters I am trying to make them all different but as it seems I might be running out of time I might be resulting to the photocopy option he hee but for now ....here are a few I have done so far

So teh last project I have to show off for now I did just for today!!!

Now before I show you, I want o give credit where credit is due.... Joni Did a whole series of these fabulous magazine houses and totally inspired me to do some of my own. I had a few left in my stash to play with, but I am a fairy tale kinda girl and did wizard of oz, peter pan and little red riding hood, and well I'm still waiting for further tgf fairytale images so I hadnt done any more houses =( since the 1st 3...well I decided I could do a special one just for christmas (hubby likes to have magazines in the bathroom ....wierd to me....but since thats where he likes to keep them I figured I could make seasonal ones to keep them in and hide them that will decorate teh guest bathroom as well ... when I started I thought of Gingerbread house but well as it progressed it is just a christmasy kinda house but I still love it!

So anyways like I said I wanted to give credit where it was due....this project was inspired by Joni's orginal idea but I made it my own

So we have lil santa Ian popping out teh Chimney and his sleigh waiting on the roof for him with many more houses to visit..... As Santa Ian was placing the presents under the Tree Mrs Claus Anya was ouside giving teh outside a lil something special as well!

Yes this house is in a Christmas candycane forest lol

yep those are lil lights dangling under the ice crystals and peppermint candies hanging from the bow

more peppermint candies and candycanes adorn the house along with the lights and a wreath hangs on the front door

and yep Mrs Clau Anya is all Fabulous in her Bling!

SO if you wanna join in the hop and get all the other stops head back over to the Club Anya Blog for the rest of the list

Have a Happy Hop!

Lindsay