DTBST #177- Black and White with a Pop of Color

Welcome to another Dare to Be Sassy Thursday!  This week's challenge is Black and White with a Pop of Color.   Here is my creation for this challenge...

 

I decided to use red as my pop of color and thought that the Sassy Pin-Up Kitty would be perfect for that pop of red. I gave her red shoes and lips- isn't she gorgeous?!

 

Please stop by the SSD Blog to play along with us!  We can't wait to see what you create!!!

 

Stamps:  Sassy Pin-Up Kitty (Sassy Studio Designs), sentiment (Totally Stampalicious)

Papers:  Basc Black, Real Red (Stampin' Up), Neenah 80# white, dotted patterened paper (Graphic 45)

Accessories:  Copic Markers, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, stick-on pearls, large black prima flowers, small paper roses, glue dots

Reveal Brunch- Meade Girl-style!

For the past 3 months, the Meade Girls, my wonderfully fun stamping group, have been having a Secret Sister.  Each month we sent a card to our Secret Sister and TRY to guess who it is!  The Meade Girls got together yesterday for brunch at Mimi's Cafe. Oh, my, the food was delicious!  I got the Cinnamon Brioche French Toast with scrambled eggs and bacon.  Yummmy!!  Here are a few pictures of some the girls at brunch:

 

...and our cute and very attentive server, Brady

My Secret Sister this round has been fabulous!  Check out the cards I've gotten:

February- we were to include a little something in our card to let our SS know that they're thinking of us.  She sent me this fabulous card, and a fun Die-manics die along with a cute little poem.

For March, we're supposed to send a card with green somewhere on it.  It didn't need to be a St. Patrick's Day card, but just have green.  I found this gorgeous birdhouse card in my mailbox on March 1st!

But, then at our March 9th Meade Girl's shoebox swap,  an envelope mysteriously appeared at my seat while I was in the kitchen getting a drink.  Hmm...two fun cards in one month!  She made me this adorable little St. Patrick's Day card and included a $5 scratch off AND an oh-so-cute moose scratcher.  Oh, and I won $10 on the scratch off!  What fun!

 

Surpisingly enough, I got yet another gorgeous card in March!  Take a look at this!

 

 

I am totally blown away by the coloring on this card!  Wow!!!  That image is just so sweet.

 

Look at this adorable card that I received from my ever-so-talented SS!  Isn't she just adorable???  I love this card!!

 

 

Then I received a surprise package in the mail- a belated birthday present.  She sent me a beautiful Art Doodle Journal, a beautiful Cherry Blossom embossing folder, and fabulously "bee-oo-tiful" card:



Here is the card upclose.  LOVE it!!!

 

Who was my fabulous Secret Sister you ask?  Well, it was none other than.....Gloria!  Here is the reveal card she gave me:

 

 

She used Graphic 45's Bird Song paper and wow, this card is stunning!!!  She also gave me this gorgeous Ravens' purple hat that she knitted...

 

 

...and this beautiful Christy Tomlinson "SheArt" figurine!  I love Christy's SheArt and I love this!





 

I kinda had a feeling it was her...just from a few little things- the moose scratcher (she's from Maine), the Bingo scratch-off (we often go to play Pandora Bingo together), she signed one of her cards from "A friend", which she has used before in cards to me, and then the Cherry Blossom embossing folder (we had been talking about getting that folder since Angie used it on one of her cards at our last SBS).   I really did enjoy all of the things she sent me...she is a FABULOUS secret sister.  Thank you!!!!

 

I really enjoy our get togethers and yesterday was no exception.  I am so lucky and SO blessed to have such a fabulous circle of friends!  Oh, and thanks to Theresa for taking the pictures at our brunch!









Altered ATG

I finally broke down and bought myself an ATG gun...I got a really good deal on Amazon and thought "Why not?  All the cool kids are doing it!"  So, I am now the proud owner of a pretty pink ATG.  Once I got the nerve to load it (it really WAS easy once I watched the YouTube video HERE) and figured out that I need to let the trigger go when I pull the ATG off the paper, I decided to decorate it to make it "purdy"...here is what I did:

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I still want to do something to cover up the label in the middle and I want to get some rhinestone alphabet stickers to put my name on the patterned side...but that'll come later.  I love it!!  I used Graphic 45's Secret Garden paper to line the clear side of the applicator.  It's such pretty paper and I like how it looks against the pink.  Now I can't wait to use it!!

DTBST #175- Kentucky Derby

Happy Thursday!  That means it's time for another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge!  This week's challenge is Kentucky Derby...create a card ot project using an image that has a hat, crown, or tiara...or in my case, a funnel!  :)

I decided to use SSD's new Tin Sassy for my card...I figured if a crown or tiara counted as a "hat", then a funnel would, too!  Here's my card:

Isn't she beautiful!?  Of course, this card didn't turn out quite like I had planned...but all in all, I'm happy with it.  I love how she colored up!!

Now, search through your stamps or digis and find one wearing a hat and play along with us on on the Sassy Studio Designs blog!  We can't wait to see what you create!!!

Another Meade Girls' Shoebox Swap = FUN!

If you are here for the SSD Blog Hop,

please click HERE

Yesterday, the Meade Girls got together for another mini shoebox swap...and wow, what great cards we made!!!

Here is the card I made to take using my brand new SU Hexagon embossing folder:

 

Here are the cards that the other ladies brought for us to make:

 

Sarah

(She used a clear static cling sheet and stamped directly onto that using

Stazon ink.  How cute!)

Angie

(MUST get this embossing folder!! Love the vintage feel of this card!)

 



 

Kimme

(Adorable Father's Day card!!)

 

Tracie

(look at that shimmer from the Pearl Ex!)

 

Michelle G.

(LOVE the bright colors on this one!!)

 

Amanda

(This card sure makes me want to be on a tropical

island somewhere! Gorgeous!)

 

Rose

(Not sure where she got this picture of me from, but

I adore this card!!  Paper pieced dress.)

Cindy

(Hard to get a good picture of this with all the glare from

the metallic papers.  Love the quilt pattern, but, boy, that

was a lot of cutting!)

 



 

Fran

(This one I LOVE!  The horse is actually fabric cut out

using Nestabilities and the Big Shot.  How COOL is that?!)

 

Jane

(Lattice edge card- haven't made one of these in years. 
I had forgotten how fun it is to do!  Look at those

butterflies- SO delicate!)

Although we were missing some of our dear friends, we had a wonderfully fun time- good friends, good food and stamping all makes for a FABULOUS day!!  Thanks to Amanda for allowing us to invade her home once again!!!

Off To Find A Wizard New Release and Blog Hop!

We're off to find a wizard at Sassy Studio Designs!!!  I'm your first stop on today's blog hop featuring SSD's brand new Oz Sassy images- Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, Flying Monkey, Scarecrow and Tin Man...and there is a challenge...a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge!!!!  What fun!!  You will also be meeting our brand new Sassy Sisters and our first-ever Sassy Brother!  :)  I know you will enjoy what they have to show you!

OK, so, for starters, here is the Tic-Tac-Toe board that our hop queen, Kim, has created for us:



Come play along with us and upload your Tic-Tac-Toe creations to the Sassy Studio blog between Sunday, April 28th and Sunday, May 5th. Random winners to be announced on Monday, May 6th on the SSD blog.  There will also be 5 winners chosen randomly each day of the hop to win the image from that blog. Those winners will be announced along with the challenge winners on Monday, May 6th.  Can't wait to see what you create!!!

Today, I am featuring Cowardly Lion and I am using Brick, Bling, and Flowers for my diagonal Tic-Tac-Toe row.



The next stop on your journey to Oz is Jacki's blog.  Just in case you get lost in the poppy fields, here is the entire blog hop list:

SDD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Mary www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com
Jacki http://www.papermoments.blogspot.com
Judy http://inkypinkydelights.blogspot.co.uk
Kim http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
Greg http://latestwhims.blogspot.com
Carrie http://carrieshandmadecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Judy (GDT) http://craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com/
Susan http://stampingtink.blogspot.com
Alaine http://www.missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com
Lindsay http://socallinz.blogspot.com/
SDD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

 

Make sure to visit the SSD Blog tomorrow for part 2 of our Off To Find A Wizard blog hop!!

 

Stamp:  Cowardly Lion Sassy

Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana (Stampin' Up), Neenah 80# white, Oz designer paper (Graphic 45)

Accessories:  Copic Markers, Tim Holtz brick embossing folder, golden rhinestones, pale yellow flowers (Prima)

DTBST #174- Mother's Day or For a Special Lady

Welcome to another Dare to be Sassy Thursday!!!  This week, the challenge is to create a project for Mother's Day or for a special lady.

I used SSD's #1 Mom Sassy image.

Make sure to stop by the SSD Blog to play along with us!!!

Stamp:  #1 Mom Sassy
Papers:  Neenah 80# white, Buckaroo Blue, Pixie Pink (Stampin' Up), floral patterned paper (Jillibean Soup), yellow dotted patterned paper (Recollections)
Accessories:  Copic Markers, paper flowers (unknown), glue dots, stick-on rhinestones (Stampin' Up)

DTBST #173- Fancy Folds

Welcome to another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday!  This week's challenge is "Fancy Folds".  Well, I'm not usually one to do a lot of fancy folds, so this really was a challenge for me!  I was looking around Split Coast Stampers' tutorials and ran across the Diamond Oragami Card and thought I could use  it  with SSD's Japan Honey image along with Graphic 45's Bird Song papers.  This is what I wound up with:.  This is the card "closed".  It makes it's own little envelope.

 

and opened...(it was really hard to photograph- sorry!)



Once I figured out how to score it properly (oops!), it went together pretty quickly and was fun to do.  I did learn one thing though- don't use a really good quality designer paper like Graphic 45.  Their papers are pretty thick, and when you score and fold it, it will crack along the fold.  Thinner DSP like Stampin' Up would work better.  Anyway, I'm happy with how it turned out and I hope you like it, too!

Now, head on over to the Sassy Studio Designs' blog to play along with us and show us YOUR fancy folds!!

Maryland City SBS

I spent the most part of today with a fabulous group of ladies at a mini shoebox swap. It's always a fun time!!  Here are the cards that we made today...

Here is the card I took to the swap- made using a Stampin' Up Sell-a-bration set called Feeling Sentimental.

 

This is the card Amanda brought for us to make- a spinner card.  What fun!!

Eva brought his cute card:

Here is the card Michelle D. brought:

Angie brought this one.  The butterflies are punched out from paint chips!

Gloria brought 2 cards for us to make.  Here is the first one:

...and the second one.  Isn't that sentiment fun?

Here is our hostess Kathy's card:

Wendy's card- LOVE that peacock!!

If it's a card made using Kraft cardstock, it's Jane's!  Love this CAS card!!!

This is the card that Lynn brought.  Gotta get me some of that paper and those Bold Bright buttons!!

It was a small group, but the cards are all fabulous!!!  I had a great time!  Thank you, Kathy, for hosting!!!  Can't wait till our next mini swap in a couple of weeks!!!