Sassy Studio Designs

It is almost time!!!!!

2012-02-10T03:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome back everyone. I know promised you more previews but things just didn't work out as planned. We have all had so much fun working with the new FAN-tastic line that Lindsay has created from the fan suggestions. Our FAN-tastic Valentine Blog Hop will go on as scheduled tomorrow. We are working very hard to make it amazing for you, the fans.

In addition to our hop, we will have a Party Chat with the Design Team. For any new fans, we all meet right here on the SSD blog. You can chat with the DT and with other fans. It is one of my favorite parts of a new release. I hope you will all join us tomorrow.

Thanks for your support.

Howdy Pardner!

2012-02-09T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. I know the suspense is killing you but you have to listen to me babble a bit before we get to the image. We wouldn't be here without you so on behalf of Lindsay and the Design Team I would like to thank you all for the wonderful image suggestions you provided for Lindsay to create with. Today I would like to thank Debbie for suggesting the following image. Well, my husband would like to thank Debbie. Here is Cowgirl Debbie and she is a HOTTIE!!!!

Kim

Kathy (our birthday girl...Happy Birthday Kathy)

Karen

Robin - Guest Designer

Can I just say that our design team is amazing?! Holy Cowgirl Batman!!!

But wait, I have one more surprise. Here is another amazing Bonnie of the Nile card.

Sara

Thanks Sara.

We have one more day of previews and then the big release. This is so exciting. We have lots lined up for you. Please come back and join us for the FAN-tastic Valentine Blog Hop on Saturday.

Thanks so much for your support.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #111

2012-02-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#111. We have a fun challenge for you this week. It's pretty easy, too. Simply create a birthday card and share it with us here.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for a March guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during March.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Robin-Guest Designer for February

Sara

Christine

More Previews!

2012-02-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

I must say that the ideas you fans came up with are...well...FAN-tastic. I think it is going to be hard to choose a favorite. They are all so amazing. Lindsay is quite talented. She took your ideas and made some of the best images I have ever seen, and we haven't even finished showing you all of them.

Here is the image suggested by Bonnie. This is Bonnie of the Nile.

Kate

Va va voom Miss Kate! This is absolutely amazing. I am in love with the dress, the hair, the background...everything. Awesome job Kate.

I want to make sure you all know about the FAN-tastic Blog Hop we have for you this weekend. The hop starts bright and early on Saturday the 11th. There will be prizes galore but you will have to check back on Saturday to see how to win. We will also have a Party Chat with the Design Team Saturday night. I can't wait. See you then.

Thanks for your support.

Thank God I'm a Country Girl!

2012-02-07T03:00:00.000-08:00

Yee haw!!! Isn't this one FAN-tastic? For today's preview we are down on the farm with this awesome image called Country Donna. This was yet another images suggested by you, the fans of SSD. Thanks for the suggestion Donna. I really love this one.

Karen

Wow Karen, you went all out on this card. Don't you love the die cuts and the flowers. This country girl really is down on the farm.

Kate

Beautiful Kate. I love the twine. The way you colored this makes me think of my niece. So adorable. I think my favorite part of this image is the peek-a-boo bra. Lindsay did a great job creating this one.

I hope to see you back tomorrow for another preview and then on Saturday for the FAN-tastic Blog Hop. Take care and thanks for your support.

Another FAN-tastic Preview

2012-02-06T03:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome back everyone. Today we continue previewing the new Sassy Studio Designs FAN-tastic Collection. Since our fans are the best fans, Lindsay created images based on your suggestions. Here is Nurse Heather.

Kathy

I love what Kathy did here. The makeup is awesome. I also love the earring and the stitching. Just FAN-tastic Kathy.

Rachelle

Hot, hot, hot Rachelle.

Please come back tomorrow for the next preview. You are going to love it. The FAN-tastic blog hop will be Saturday. We promise to make it fun for you. Please join us.

Thanks for your support.

The Wait is Over!!!!!

2012-02-05T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hello to all you amazingly wonderful Sassy Studio Designs fans. The time has come to unveil the long awaited FAN-tastic images collection. We will be previewing them all week and then a fabulously FAN-tastic blog hop will be held on Saturday, February 11th. How FAN-tastic!!!!!

Here is our first FAN-tastic image. The idea for this image came from our own Regan (and encouraged by our own Kate). So, without further ado, here is Wonder Regan.

Christine

Christine has outdone herself once again. Powerful and fun! Just amazing.

Julie

So gorgeous Julie! I love the invisible plane. Just fabulous. Linda Carter would be proud if she saw these cards and this awesome image. Thanks to all of our amazing fans. Come back tomorrow for more FAN-tastic images. Thanks for your support.

DTBST Winner

2012-02-02T17:08:00.000-08:00

We've got a winner! The winner of DTBST 109 is BreAnn, with this fun and sassy Christmas card. Congrats BreAnn! Contact Sara with your choice of two images for your prize.

Thanks to everyone who played along with us! Hope you will join our current challenge, too!

2 Sassy Sponsorships!

2012-02-02T06:55:00.001-08:00

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you! We have 2 sponsorships today to tell you about! First up is Just Inspirational, and there challenge is “STEAMPUNK”. They have given you an inspiration picture and a sketch-which we didn’t have! So, we just have some gorgeous Steampunk for ya!

CHRISTINE

Love those gears!

KAREN

Look at that embossing folder-way too cool!

Regan

Love that blue hair-too cool!

Ok, next up we have C.R.A.F.T. and their challenge is a color challenge.

KATE

There is so much I can say-love the flourish, the glitter and that tulle! PERFECTION!!!

CHRISTINE

Love the tail-beautiful! And that hair-love it all!

Thank you ladies for your amazing work. Make sure you visit these 2 lovely challenges for your chance to win some SASSY’S! We have a release coming up on the 11th, and sneak peeks start next week.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #110

2012-02-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#110. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Love is in the Air is our theme. Show us some Valentine cards.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Julie

Kate

February Guest Designer

2012-01-29T14:45:00.000-08:00

First off, we want to thank the talented Jenn for being out guest designer for December and January. It was a pleasure to work with you, Jenn. You went above and beyond and we really appreciate all the sassy projects you created!

Now for February! Our Guest Designer is Robin C.! Here is Robin's entry that won her the spot:

Congratulations Robin! Please contact Sara for the details.

Thanks to all those who played along. Please continue to play along with DTBST (using our images) for a chance to guest design!

DTBST Winners

2012-01-26T12:01:00.000-08:00

I've got some DTBST winners to announce today. You each won two SSD images, please contact Lindsay with your choice of images. Congrats, and thanks so much for playing along with us.

DTBST106 Mila

DTBST107 Deni

DTBST108 NikkiByrne

Thanks to everyone who plays along each week!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #109

2012-01-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#109. We have a fun challenge for you this week. We've decided for 2012 to have the last challenge of each month be a holiday challenge. This way, come next December you'll be ahead of the game with holiday cards. So for the first holiday challenge of the new year, make a Christmas/Winter holiday card using scraps. I bet we all still have some scraps left over from this past year's holiday cards. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Some inspiration from the DT:

Rachelle

January guest designer Jenn

Karen

Kathy

Regan

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #108

2012-01-19T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#108. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Let's see frosty winter colors (for example blues, purples, white, silver, gray).

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for a February guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during February.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Karen

Kim

Guest Designer Jenn

Rebecca

And the Winner is...

2012-01-16T10:13:00.000-08:00

Wasn't that "Mini" Hop fun? The Design Team and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Lindsay is so talented and her images are always beautiful. Creating with them is a joy. With that said, I have a winner to announce. The winner has been randomly chosen from all the DT comments and will receive 1 of the new images we previewed for you in the hop. The choice is all yours. And the winner is...

cgl1539

Please contact Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize. Thank you all so much for your support.

"Mini" Valentine Release Blog Hop

2012-01-14T00:00:00.000-08:00

Good morning everyone!!! Welcome to our "Mini" January Release. This is a "mini" release because sometimes life gets in the way. Our fearless leader, Lindsay, has had quite a bit of life thrown her way lately. She has many new images in the works so the next release promises to be amazing. Did I just hear someone ask what images we have for you today? I am not going to make it that easy for you. We have a blog hop up and ready to go. All you have to do is follow the order below.

One lucky crafter will receive one of the two new images just for commenting on the blogs of our fabulous Design Team. The winner will be chosen randomly on Monday. If you want to win, and I know you do, just hop along and leave lots of love on your way. Then come back here and leave some love on the SSD blog. We thank you all for your supporting Sassy Studio Designs. Enjoy the hop.

SSD - You are here

Kim

Rachelle

Kathy

Rebecca

Julie

Regan

Jenn - Our Guest Designer

Christine

Karen

Don't forget to comment!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #107

2012-01-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#107. We have a fun challenge for you this week, "Let's Celebrate!". Make a card or project with a celebration theme. Can be for an occasion that you would celebrate (birthday, new baby, wedding, etc.).

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Christine

Karen

Guest Designer: Jenn

Sara

DTBST Winners

2012-01-05T07:13:00.000-08:00

I've got some DTBST winners to announce today. You each won two SSD images, please contact Lindsay with your choice of images. Congrats, and thanks so much for playing along with us.

DTBST104-Renee O'Neill

DTBST105- Julie P.

Congrats! Thanks to everyone who plays along each week!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #106

2012-01-05T02:49:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#106. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Make a card or project using something new. You need to mention what that new item is!

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Julie (new steampunk embossing folder and distress inks)

Jenn, guest designer (NEW Year card)

Karen (new heart Quickutz die and metallic stickers)

Winner - Sassy Christmas Challenge #9

2012-01-04T18:35:00.000-08:00

Hello and Happy 2012! We made it through the holidays and now a new year is upon us. A time for new beginnings! And also a time for endings and changes. We have to decided to make some changes to our Christmas challenge. Now instead of being a separate monthly challenge, it will be included as part of our Dare To Be Sassy Thursday challenge. The last challenge of every month will be a holiday themed one. This way we can still help you achieve that Christmas card goal by the end of the year! You will now be able to use any image you like for the holiday challenge, BUT participants who use a Sassy Studio Designs image will have the opportunity to win a separate prize via random drawing. *Please note: This extra prize only applies to the holiday challenge during the last challenge of the month. We hope you'll continue to play along! Just think what we can accomplish in the next 12 months!

Because there was no new challenge for the start of the month there was no post to announce the winner of our December challenge. I'm sorry I'm a few days late in posting a winner... Thanks to everyone who played along and here's our winner...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Michaela

Her stunning card has earned her two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice!

Please contact Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize.

I hope everyone's new year is off to a bright start, and we look forward to sharing another year of Sassiness with you!

{hugs}
Regan

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #105

2011-12-29T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#105. We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and we wish you a happy and healthy new year! We have a fun challenge for you this week. Make a shaped card (no squares or rectangle shaped ones allowed).

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Kathy

Regan

DTBST Winners

2011-12-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

I've got some DTBST winners to announce today. You each won two SSD images, please contact Lindsay with your choice of images. Congrats, and thanks so much for playing along with us.

DTBST101-Jenni

DTBST102-*Tiggerchen*

DTBST103-Shari Green

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #104

2011-12-22T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#104. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Let's see a holiday card and gift set. You've still got time to create a sweet little gift to give for the holidays, so lets see it here with a coordinating card!

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now for some fabulous inspiration from our DT:

Karen

Jenn

Kim

Rebecca

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #103

2011-12-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#103. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Let's see a Holiday card based on your favorite Christmas movie or TV show. Make sure and tell us which one.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now for some inspiration from our DT:

Christine: Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

Guest Designer Jenn: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Kathy: Blue Christmas

Sassy Saturday

2011-12-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

Hi, it's Julie.

I am thrilled to share with you this beautiful card created by Mary at Mary's Stamping Place

Mary used the image "Baby It's Cold Outside" from Sassy Studio Designs.
I love the colors and papers she chose for this card. The tree is beautiful in blue and what pretty flowers. Overall this card is just so warm and pretty.

Congrats Mary!
Please email me at julies crafty spot at yahoo dot com for your blog badge

Happy Crafting!
Julie

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #102

2011-12-08T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#102. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Let's see a Christmas card using non traditional colors.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now for some inspiration from our DT:

Kate

Fabiola

Julie

Sassy Saturday

2011-12-03T12:36:00.000-08:00

It's time to showcase another Sassy Saturday Sistah. Today I couldn't resist sharing this card made by

Ike from suzy-ikesworld featuring the image Masquerade 1

Very creative and clever. The sentiment made me laugh and I love all the details and the scene she created.

Congrats!

Please email me at julies crafty spot at yahoo dot com for your blog badge

DTBST Winners

2011-12-01T18:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, got some winners here. Sorry, I'm so behind on posting these, yikes the month just got away from me. Here are the winners of our last four DTBST challenges. Congrats ladies! You each win two images of your choice. Contact Lindsay with your selections.

Dawn Lancaster (DTBST97)

lis-m (DTBST98)

Lily Anuska (DTBST99)

Robin C. (DTBST100)

Thanks so much to everyone who plays along every week!

December Guest Designer

2011-12-01T16:37:00.000-08:00

First off, we'd like to thank our November guest designer Ellis for a job well done. You went above and beyond with all the gorgeous creations you made for SSD. Thank you Elllis!

Now for December..... Our guest designer is Jenn Borjeson! Here is one of her lovely SSD guest designer entries:

Big congrats and welcome Jenn! Contact Sara for all the information.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #101

2011-12-01T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#101. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Let's see some holiday cards with sparkle. Show us some Christmas or Hannukah cards with some sparkle and bling.

Rachelle

Regan

Kathy

Sassy Christmas Challenge #9 - Photo Inspiration

2011-12-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

PLEASE NOTE: This is our MONTHLY holiday challenge that REQUIRES
use of a Sassy Studio Designs image!
****************

Well, we made it! The holiday season is upon us! One more month to get all your cards done. And your decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking, caroling, and eggnog drinking....! Phew! No stress or pressure, though! lol So to help you finish any last minute crafting, we have one more Sassy Christmas Challenge for you in 2011. But before we get to that, I'd like to thank everyone who joined us for the November challenge and announce our winner! Sadly, her photos are copyright protected so I can't post her winning card here, but I will give you the link to go check it out.

Congratulations....

DEBBIE M.
Her amazing creation inspired by "Winter Wonderland" has earned her two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice!

Please contact Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize.

This month our challenge is photo inspired. Take a look at the picture below and use it to base your project on.

Gorgeous, isn't it? Just wait until you see what the talented Sassy DT ladies have gifted us with! Take a look:

KATHY
RACHELLE

KATE

KAREN
ELLIS
(our November Guest Designer)

Now there is some holiday spirit and magic! Thanks, gals! Want to play along? All you have to do is link your creation USING A SASSY STUDIO DESIGNS IMAGE here before 11:59pm PST on December 24th. We will be ending this last challenge of the year a little early so that you can enjoy your holidays and New Year!

Thanks for your support this year! We love our Sassy fans and want to wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

{hugs}
Regan

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #100

2011-11-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#100. We's like to wish all those in the US who are celebrating a Happy Thanksgiving. We have a fun challenge for you this week, the colors of Thanksgiving. Use brown for the turkey, white for the mashed potatoes, orange for pumpkin pie and red for cranberries.

Kim

Guest Designer Ellis

Rebecca

Holiday Honey Hop Winners

2011-11-21T13:55:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. I have made you wait long enough so here are the winners for the Holiday Honey Hop. First of all we have the grand prize winner of 3 fabulous HH images:

MaRyKaY!!!!

And, since it pays to leave love on our Design Team's Blogs, the 2 random winners of 1 fabulous HH image each are:

KC & Jenn Borjeson!!!!

Congrats to all. Please email Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prizes. Thanks to all who participated. You guys are great.

Sassy Saturday Spotlight

2011-11-20T14:35:00.001-08:00

I am a day late and a dollar short with Sassy Saturday this week. Can you guess why I didn't label this post Sassy Saturday Sistah?

Our featured crafter this week is Kevin from McCrafty's Cards.

Here is his fabulous card.

I chose to feature this card for several reasons. For one it is gorgeous and well balanced. the coloring is amazing. I just love her hair. Second, I wanted to show that it isn't just women who enjoy crafting withYimages from Sassy Studio Designs. Hop on over to Kevin's Blog and show him some love.

Congrats Kevin!!

If you would like to be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah, then please email me at juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com

If you know of someone we should feature, then please feel free to refer them as well.

Happy Crafting!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #99

2011-11-17T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#99. We have a fun challenge for you this week. This week out challenge is a Season of Thanks. Make a thank you card or project.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for a December guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during December.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Sara

November Guest Designer Ellis

Christine

2 or More Characters at Cupcake Craft

2011-11-16T07:37:00.001-08:00

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I had this post scheduled and it seems to have gotten lost in cyber space, so it’s late! So sorry to all of you, and to Christine who made an absolutely GORGEOUS sample for us. The challenge at Cupcake Craft this week is to use 2 or Characters on your project.

CHRISTINE

Isn’t this just gorgeous! Thank you Christine for this amazing card. If you’d like a chance to win some SASSYS of your own, head over to Cupcake Craft and link up your creation.

Sassy Saturday

2011-11-14T08:48:00.001-08:00

It's time to feature another Sassy Saturday Crafter. Yes, I know it is Monday. Sassy Studio Designs was featuring the images from the Nov release on Saturday so I wanted to wait to show off the project I chose to feature.

This week we are featuring Cleah from Cleah's Designs.

Here is her gorgeous project using Steampunk Vivian

I just love the colors and all of the embellishments. Isn't that hot air balloon fabulous?

Congrats Cleah!!

Please email me at juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com for your blog badge.

If you would like to be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah or know of someone we should feature, please email me at the above address

Holiday Honey Blog Hop!

2011-11-12T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome everyone to the Sassy Studio Designs Holiday Honey Blog Hop. Before I get to all the details, I would like to introduce you to our Steampunk winner Elke.

Didn't she do an amazing job on this Blue Christmas card? Great job Elke. You can visit Elke at http://tiggerartwork.blogspot.com. Thanks for joining us Elke.

Now, back to business. We have had a week of previews and now those amazing images are available for sale. But before you head off to get yours, please join us in our hop. We have some great fun lined up for you. First, as you hop, each DT member or guest designer has a trivia question about the 12 Days of Christmas on their blog. All you have to do for a chance to win 3 fabulous images from this release is to leave the answers in a comment right here on the SSD blog. Entries with the correct answers to all 12 questions will be put in the hopper and the winner will be chosen randomly. You have until Monday, November 14th at midnight to enter.

But wait, there's more. As you hop, leave each member some love along the way. Each comment will put you in the hopper for 1 brand new Holiday Honey image. There will be 2 winners and you never know which DT member's blog comments the winner will be chosen from, so spread your love around.

We will also be hosting a Party Chat tonight at 7 pm Pacific time. Just come on back to the SSD blog and click the Party Blog flag and join in.

Here is the hop order:

SSD

Kate

Christine
Fabiola
Karen

Kim
Rachelle
Sara
Kathy
Rebecca
Julie
Regan
Elenor (Guest)

Thank you so much for joining us. See you right back here tonight for the Party Chat!

Holiday Honey Preview Day 6!

2011-11-11T06:28:00.000-08:00

Welcome back everyone. It sure has been an exciting week. The previews have been absolutely wonderful so far. The last Holiday Honey we are bringing you before the hop is Ariel.

Regan

Sara

Ellis (Guest Designer)

Karen

Wow!!! What a week it has been. Our Design Team did a wonderful job showcasing all the beautiful new images this week. Don't you think? Way to go ladies.

Tomorrow is the big Holiday Honey Blog Hop. All the fabulous images from this week will be available for purchase so you can get started on your holiday cards. Bring your thinking caps with you tomorrow. There will be lots of holiday trivia questions and great prizes. I hope you are as excited as I am. We will also have a party chat with the Design Team. Please join us. All the details will be posted tomorrow morning. See you then.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #98

2011-11-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#98. We have a fun challenge for you this week. It's all about the kids. Make a card or project suitable for a child.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for a December guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during December.

And now for some inspiration from our DT:

Fabiola

Kate

Julie

Holiday Honey Preview Day 5!

2011-11-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday everyone. We are only two days away from the Sassy Studio Designs Holiday Honey Release Party. Woooo Hoooooo!!! But first, we have another amazing preview for you. Today's Holiday Honey is Aurora. Sleeping Beauty is up from her slumber and ready to help you celebrate the holidays.

Rebecca

Kate

As you can see, Kate and I colored Aurora in a very similar fashion. What can I say other than great minds think alike. Great job Kate.

But wait, there's more! More you say...yes more. Today we have a double preview. Here is our Holiday Victorian image.

Christine

Karen

How lovely are these two cards? I love Christine's background. It is perfect for this image. Karen went simply and soft. So lovely. If you are like me, you already have an idea of how you would use this beautiful Victorian Honey.

Tomorrow is the last preview and then it is on to the hop. Hope to see you there.

Holiday Honey Preview Day 4!

2011-11-09T00:00:00.000-08:00

Here we are in the middle of the countdown. Can you stand the excitement?! Today Sassy Studio Designs brings you a beautiful and elegant Holiday Bride.

Christine

Rachelle

These two ladies amaze me. The same beautiful image, they went with opposite colors and both came out absolutely stunning!! Soft, elegant, beautiful. My niece is getting married next year and I think this image will be perfect for her card. I might steal Rachelle's doily idea too. I don't think she will mind.

Tomorrow is my turn to preview an image. I will give you a hint, she sleeps a lot. See you tomorrow and see you Saturday for the big blog hop!

Anything Goes At Craft Your Passion

2011-11-08T09:53:00.001-08:00

Good morning, hope all is well with you. We are sponsoring Craft Your Passion this week, and it’s totally easy-ANYTHING GOES! And our lovely ladies have disappointed with some inspiration!

CHRISTINE

KAREN

Aren’t they just lovely!?! Make sure you play along with Craft Your Passion for your chance to win some SASSYS of your own. Don’t forget our release is coming up this Saturday!

Holiday Honey Preview Day 3

2011-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome back for Holiday Honey Preview Day 3. We have a very popular princess for you today. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...Holiday Honey Cinderella!

Kathy

Kim

Karen

Look how versatile Cinderella is. Kathy made her beautiful and elegant. Kim made her sweet and soft. Karen made her sparkly and special. Great work ladies. I know I do this all the time but I have to give a special shout out to Kathy for her awesome photography skills. I am picture taking impaired and very jealous of Kathy's ability.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the next preview and on Saturday for the big hop. You won't want to miss it. Prizes, Chatting, Trivia...the whole shebang! See you tomorrow.

Holiday Honey Preview Day 2

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-08:00

How fabulous was Holiday Honey Snow White yesterday? So beautiful. Today we bring you the stunning Holiday Honey Belle.

Karen

Karen is really on a roll. She made another cute little note pad and the ribbon flower is the perfect accessory for a princess. Well done Karen! We have so many more coming this week. I am confident that you will love them all as much as I do.

On Saturday we will have a great blog hop and some fabulous prizes to accompany the release of all the new images. We will also have a Party Chat with the Design Team. We hope to see Saturday for all the fun.

Holiday Honey Preview Day 1

2011-11-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Can you believe Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is almost here and Christmas is just around the corner? I have really got to start thinking about making my Christmas cards. The fabulous Lindsay is going to help make it easier for all of us to get our Christmas cards done. Sassy Studio Designs has a new line coming out this weekend!!! Lindsay is calling it the Holiday Honeys.

Here is our first little Holiday Honey Snow White

Fabiola

Karen

I am a sucker for bright colors and Fabiola's card has tons of color. Karen's creativity shines on the adorable note pad. Way to go ladies! We have more previews coming this week so don't forget to come back tomorrow. Then join us Saturday for the big release party. We have a super fun blog hop planned for you along with chances for you to win some of the fabulous new images. You won't want to miss it. See you tomorrow.

Sassy Saturday

2011-11-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

It's time to feature another Sassy Crafter. This week we are showcasing a card from Corry at Free 4 Ever

She made a stunning card using the Princess image from Sassy Studio Designs.

Here is her gorgeous creation:

I just love, love, love this card.
Everything is just perfect from the lettering to the coloring.
Congrats Corry! Please email me for your blog badge.

If you know someone who should be featured as a Sassy Crafter, please email me at
juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com

DTBST Winners

2011-11-03T12:01:00.000-07:00

Got some Sassy winners here today. You each win two SSD images of your choice. Please contact Lindsay with your choices, and congratulations!

DTBST94 Barb. O

DTBST95 Crafty Teacher

DTBST96 Ciska

Thanks so much for playing along with our Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenges each week!

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #97

2011-11-03T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#97. We have a fun challenge for you this week. It's all about the falling leaves. Show us some leaves on your card or project.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now for some inspiration from the DT:

Kathy

Regan

Rachelle

November Guest Designer announcement

2011-11-02T16:56:00.000-07:00

Our November guest designer is Ellis! Here is her stunning entry from DTBST95:

Congratulations Ellis! Please contact Sara for all of the details for this month.

Thanks to everyone who entered, hope you will play along again this month.

Kaboodle Doodles = Sassy Girls

2011-11-02T16:42:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. We are sponsoring Kaboodle Doodles this week and their challenge is “SASSY GIRLS”. And that, after all, is our specialty! Here is some inspiration from our DT:

Rachelle

Christine

Fabiola

Let’s see your Sassy Girls, head over and link up your creation.

Sassy Christmas Challenge #8 - Christmas Carols

2011-11-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

PLEASE NOTE: This is our MONTHLY holiday challenge that REQUIRES use of a Sassy Studio Designs image!

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Another month has come and gone, leaving us only 54 shopping days until Christmas arrives! Eeek! How did that happen? Thanks to a freak autumn Nor'easter where I am, we haven't even gotten to celebrate Halloween yet! Due to record snow as well as downed trees and power lines, trick or treating was postponed! And yesterday just didn't feel right without it. Luckily this time of year there is always another holiday to look forward to and craft for! So we have another monthly Christmas challenge for you to help with the last few cards you need for your list... Before we get to that, though, and to some inspiration from our fabulous design team, lets see who won October's "Ornaments" challenge! Congratulations are in line for....

DAWN FROST!
This wonderful creation with it's embossed ornaments has earned her two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice!

Please contact Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net with your selections.

This month our challenge is "Christmas Carols". We all have a favorite, and we want to see how your most loved holiday tune can inspire your creations! In your post, please be sure to tell us which song you have chosen as your muse. Here are a few examples from the Sassy ladies on the DT to get you started!

CHRISTINE
(Jingle Bell Rock)

KAREN
(Santa Claus is Coming To Town)

FABIOLA
(Meet Me Under the Mistletoe)

Amazing, right? You have all month to play along for your chance to win two Sassy Studio Designs images of your choice! Simply link your project using the InLinks tool below and then sit back and enjoy all the wonders of the season - from belated trick or treating to turkey and football to the magic of December! Happy crafting!

{hugs}
Regan

Halloween Hop II Winners!

2011-10-31T10:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. I know this is kind of late for which I apologize. I wanted to wait until all the Steampunk Challenges were over. It was so intense and exciting during the relay. I meant to post this right after it was done but alas, I forgot.

Our big winner for Halloween Hop II Challenge card contest is Anne from Anne's Card Challenge. Thanks so much for entering Anne. Anne will receive 3 Halloween images (substitions can be made since it is already Halloween). How awesome! Please contact Sara and luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your images.

I am not done yet. I have two random winners to announce. As you know, we all like comments on our blogs. So as a thank you I have picked two random winners from all the comments left on our Design Team blogs. The winners are:

Mary from Mary's Stamping Place

and

Ruza from Ruza's Craft Corner

You each win 1 Halloween image, which again can be substituted since it is already Halloween. On behalf of the Design Team, thank you ladies for your lovely comments. Please contact Sara and luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your images. Happy Halloween!

Sassy Saturday

2011-10-29T01:00:00.000-07:00

It's time to feature another Sassy Crafter. This week we are featuring Sara from Sara's Sugar and Spice. She made this beautiful Halloween card with Wicked Honey. I love how she did the image all in gray. Such a cool effect. She made the star from old packing boxes and it is the perfect embellishment for her card.

Here is her gorgeous card
Congrats Sara! Please email me for you blog badge.

Do you know any Sassy Crafters who have made fabulous creations
using the images from Sassy Studio Designs?
If so, please email me at juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com
We would love to feature them here on Sassy Saturdays.

A Glittery Challenge at Totally Papercrafts

2011-10-28T15:30:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon! Today we are sponsoring Totally Papercrafts today, and their challenge is GLITTER. Here is some Fab inspiration from the DT:

So glittery and pretty! Go enter for your chance to win some SASSYS of your own.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #96

2011-10-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#96. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Make a card or project based on your favorite movie (make sure you tell us what movie). Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now for some inspiration from the DT:

Karen (Mary Poppins)

Kim (Grease)

Rebecca (Harry Potter)

Sassy Steampunk Grand Prize and Comment Winners

2011-10-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

Well, the waiting is over and it's time to announce our GRAND PRIZE winner! One of the 29 entrants from the 4th and final challenge of the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay will receive 4 images from the upcoming November release a week before they hit the Sassy Studio Designs store! ! That lucky lady will also be given the opportunity to be our guest new release designer and have a creation they make using one of those November images featured on the Sassy Studio Designs blog on release day! And who is our winner?

#14 - *Tiggerchen* (aka Stempeltigger)

Please e-mail me at charmed_stamping(at)charter(dot)net for all the details on your prize!

And we have two winners to announce from all the lovely comments we received on the Sassy Steampunk blog posts this past week! Congrats to:

Barb
Jovan

Please email Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize!

I have to say that I was overwhelmed by the participation with this Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay! Thank you to each of you who played along, commented, or just chatted with us on Paper Craft Planet! We had SO much fun and hope you did too! We are so thrilled to have 500+ members on PCP and still be growing!

Big thanks to my fellow Sassy ladies on the design team for helping make this celebration such a success! And I think we all want to thank Lindsay, the amazing artist/owner behind Sassy Studio Designs, for her fabulous images and immense generosity!

{hugs}
Regan

The Crazy Challenge has Scary Ladies!

2011-10-24T17:11:00.001-07:00

HeeHee, scary ladies is the challenge at The Crazy Challenge! I’m sure you can tell by now that we are sponsoring them this week. And what perfect timing since we just had the second part to our Halloween release! Here is some major inspiration from our DT:

KIM

CHRISTINE

REGAN

Aren’t they amazing! I’m sure you’d love to win some new SASSY’S of your own, so head over to The Crazy Challenge and link up!

Sassy Saturday

2011-10-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

It's time to feature another Sassy Saturday Sistah (ok, ok, I realize it is now Sunday)

This past week I have had so much fun seeing all of the creations made using the images from our Progressive Steampunk party. I decided to feature one card that really caught my eye.

This week we are featuring a card made by Glenda Atkins

I just love the design and colors used for this card. Congrats Glenda!

You can email me at juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com for your badge.

If you would like to be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah or know of someone who should be featured, please email me at the above address.

Thanks!

Celebrating 500 - Sassy Steampunk Progressive Challenge #4

2011-10-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

Well, ladies, I am down to the wire tonight.... I just finished my creation for the post, and I'm racing to get the blog post done so you can start linking your AMAZING and INCREDIBLE creations! I cannot believe that we only lost ONE participant this round - you guys totally rocked this challenge!!! Kudos to you all! Okay, so here we go.... 34 of you have earned the 4th and final Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay challenge image - Meet Steampunk Vivian!

And what is your challenge, you ask? Well, it's Anything Goes! That's right; you have carte blanche to create whatever your little heart desires using Steampunk Vivian as your image. Now this is for the GRAND prize, ladies, so I know you all will want to continue playing along! Link up your project here by 8pm PDT on Sunday, October 23rd for chance to win 4 images from the upcoming November release a week before they hit the Sassy Studio Designs store! The winner will also be given the opportunity to be our guest new release designer and have a creation they make using one of those November images featured on the Sassy Studio Designs blog on release day! Exciting stuff, folks! And speaking of exciting, be sure to join us on Paper Craft Planet later today as we celebrate our 500 plus fabulous members with more freebies, our last trivia question, and just some general chit chat with the design team throughout the day!

And as for the winner of our last challenge.... Mr. Random.Org says congrats are in order for:

#31 - Susan Shuler (aka Auntie Susan)
Please e-mail Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize.

And finally, let's take a look at Steampunk Vivian and what our talented design team has created with her!

Didn't get to play along? No worries. You can still win something simply by leaving a comment on this post. It doesn't get much easier than that, does it? Two random winners will be selected from all the relay comments to receive an image of their choice!

Okay, well, off you go to get crafty and have a fabulous time at the Sassy Studio Designs Sassy Steampunk Celebration!!! 500 members and counting and we are so ecstatic to have each and every one of you! Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for supporting SSD and for making this relay and party such a smashing success - and SO much fun!

{Big Hugs}
Regan

ICSketches is being sponsored by Us!

2011-10-20T08:14:00.001-07:00

Good morning, we are sponsoring Inspirational Card Sketches this week. Sorry for this being late, but we’ve had lots going on this week. So here is some lovely inspiration from the DT:

JULIE

FABIOLA

KATHY

Who doesn’t love a sketch?! So head over and link up your sketch, for your chance to win some SASSIES of your own.

Celebrating 500 - Sassy Steampunk Progressive Challenge #3

2011-10-20T00:01:00.000-07:00

All I can say is "WOW"! We were just blown away by the level of participation in our second challenge of the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay! 35 out of the 39 original participants are moving on to challenge #3 and get to play with the next image in the relay - Steampunk Victoria!!! How amazing is that?!?!

So are you ready for your next challenge....? For Challenge #3: Use Steampunk Victoria to create a project that is Victorian or Vintage! You will have until 8pm Pacific time on Friday, October 21st to link up your creation below using the InLinks tool. Those that successfully complete this challenge will earn their 4th, and final, free image from this BRAND NEW, never before seen SSD Steampunk collection! After that, it's PAR-TAY time on Paper Craft Planet on Saturday, October 22nd! We have more freebies, trivia questions, and prizes so you'll want to make sure you stop by there every day this week! As we continue celebrating our 500 member milestone on Paper Craft Planet, I do just want to take another moment to thank you again all for you support! We appreciate each of you, and it is so exciting to blog hop and see all your Sassy creations!

Okay, back to business! Random.org has a winner for us from Challenge #2! This lucky lady will receive two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice! Congrats are in order for:

#7 - Ellis (aka Elenor)

Please e-mail Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize.

And finally, let's take a peek at Steampunk Victoria and what our lovely and talented design team has created with her!

Rebecca

Rachelle

Kathy

Karen

Aren't these stunning? Thank you for the inspiration, ladies! We can't wait to see what you create for this challenge! Didn't make it into the relay challenge? No worries! You can still win simply by commenting on this post! At the end of the week two random winners will be selected to win a Sassy image of their choice just for leaving us a few words! And don't forget to check in with us over at PCP for all the chit chat and fun going on over there!

Thanks again for being fabulous and happy crafting!

{hugs}
Regan

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #95

2011-10-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#95. We have a fun challenge for you this week. It's a Halloween challenge! Show us your spooky, scary and creepy!

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for an November guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during November.

And some inspiration from the DT:

Christine

Sara

Celebrating 500 - Sassy Steampunk Progressive Challenge #2

2011-10-18T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to Part 2 of our Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay! We are celebrating reaching the milestone of 500 members in our group on Paper Craft Planet! The relay is part of our week long festivities leading up to Saturday's party! First, let me thank all of you who participated in round one! We had 40 entrants! That means 40 of you scored the next image in the relay - Steampunk Amelia! These lucky gals will be the only ones to get her for free! And if they want to get their crafty little hands on image #3, this is the challenge I have for them:

Create a project using Steampunk Amelia plus a clock(s) and/or gears! You will have until 8pm Pacific time on Wednesday, October 19th to link up your creation below using the InLinks tool. Those that successfully complete this challenge will earn their 3rd free image from this BRAND NEW, never before seen SSD Steampunk collection! After that, there is only one more challenge left in order to finish the relay!

Okay, so let's see who our random winner was from Challenge #1. This lucky lady will receive two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice! According to random.org, congrats are in order for....

#36 - Alethea

Please e-mail Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net to claim your prize.

And finally, let's take a peek at Steampunk Amelia and what our fabulous design team has created with her!

CHRISTINE

SARA

Aren't they lovely?! Now that I've got you "all wound up" off you go to create! If you missed out on this image, no need to fret. You can still win simply by commenting on this post! At the end of the week two random winners will be selected to win a Sassy image of their choice just for leaving us some love! And don't forget to check in with us over at PCP where there is fun trivia, more prizes, and perhaps another surprise freebie or two up our sleeves!

Thank you again to all our fabulous followers! You rocked that last challenge, and we can't wait to see you do it again!

{hugs}
Regan

A C.R.A.F.T. Recipe Sponsorship

2011-10-17T09:24:00.001-07:00

Good morning, hope all is well with you. We are sponsoring C.R.A.F.T. this week, and they have a recipe challenge for you. 1 ribbon, 2 shapes, glitter. Here is some inspiration from the DT:

KATE

FABIOLA

‘

Now you know you want some SASSY new images from our release, so head over and link up your creation.

Celebrating 500 - A Sassy Steampunk Freebie and Progressive Challenge

2011-10-16T00:01:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, we recently reached 500 members on our Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group! This is no small feat seeing as we just celebrated reaching 400 members in September! We love our Sassy fans, and we want to share this wonderful occasion with you again! Last month's Sassy Masquerade was incredible, but this time we've mixed things up a little, and we're going to make you work for those fabulous images of Lindsay's! Welcome to the Sassy Steampunk Progressive Relay Challenge! Here is how it works:

Today we have a fabulous freebie image for you! Her name is Steampunk Josephine! She is the 1st in a series of FOUR brand new, never before seen Sassy Studio Designs steampunk images! And she is yours, free! In order to get your crafty little hands on images 2, 3, and 4, though, well, you have to play along in our progressive challenge! If you've never participated in a progressive relay it is basically a series of challenges where you must complete one challenge to earn the freebie to play along in the next challenge and so on and so on.

Your first challenge: Create a project with Steampunk Josephine using METAL EMBELLISHMENTS. You will have two days to complete the challenge. Enter your creation using the InLinks tool below by Monday, October 17th at 8pm PDT and you will earn image #2. This image will be e-mailed to you so be sure to enter the address you want it sent to when you post your link. In order to earn image #3, you will have to participate in a second challenge. And then a third challenge to claim image #4, the final image. Besides earning the awesome freebies along the way, there will be a random winner drawn from each challenge's entrants for two SSD images of choice! AND for those who make it to the last challenge.... At the end there will be a random drawing for one lucky winner who will receive 4 images from the upcoming November release a week before they hit the Sassy Studio Designs store! But wait, there's more! That winner will also be given the opportunity to be our guest new release designer and have a creation they make using one of those November images featured on the Sassy Studio Designs blog on release day! Pretty cool, huh?

Not in the crafting mood. Well, you can still win by commenting on the challenges! We will be drawing two random winners for a SSD image of choice just for leaving us some love! And don't forget - this is all about celebrating Paper Craft Planet and our fantastic 500 so pop over there for trivia, more prizes and chats with the design team! And at the end of all this week long fun, we will have a special surprise for you on Paper Craft Planet on Saturday!

Excited yet? We are! So without further ado we present to you Steampunk Josephine and some inspiration from our fabulous design team! Remember to click on the image to get the full resolution copy before saving it!

Freebie no longer available will be in the store on 10-22-2011

Julie

Kim

Karen

Fabiola

Well, there you have it! Didn't the team do an magnificent job with Josephine and their metal embellishments?! We want to thank you again for your support! Sassy Studio Designs would not be what it is today without all of you! From Lindsay, myself, and the rest of the design team - much appreciation! Enjoy the freebie, and we hope you'll play along!

{hugs}
Regan

Sassy Saturday

2011-10-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

It's Sassy Saturday and I am thrilled to share with you this beautiful card made by Susie Little.

Susie used the Alice Honey image for her card. I just love the blue paper, flowers and look at those eyes!!
Congrats Susie!
If you would like to be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah or would like to nominate a fellow crafter then please email me at
juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com

HALLOWEEN HOP II

2011-10-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Halloween Hop II from Sassy Studio Designs. For those of you who were here for the first Halloween Hop, welcome back. For those who weren't, thanks for joining us. HHI was such a huge success last month. Lindsay had her Halloween juices flowing and came up with so many fabulous images, she had to split them up into 2 fabulous releases. We also have some new Design Team members to introduce to you. These ladies are super talented! You can chat with them and the rest of us tonight at 7 PM Pacific, 10 PM Eastern right here. Just click the Party Blog flag.

The trivia questions were so fun last time. I loved some of the answers you came up with. This time I decided to do it a little differently. In addition to our hop, there is a challenge. The challenge is to create a Halloween themed project with 5 things from the following list:

1.Bats
         2.Pumpkins
    3.Ghosts
    4.Ribbon
  5.Glitter
6.Brads
7.Gems
      8.Skeleton
          9.Gravestone
10.Candy

11.Skull
12.Blood
13.Spider
14.Cauldron
15.Cobwebs

That sounds easy enough doesn't it. You will have 5 days to complete your project and upload it here. The winner will receive 3, yes 3, of the new SSD Halloween images!!!

Now hold on. Don't leave and start crafting now. First we would like you to do the hop. Don't forget to leave some love on the DT blogs. We will also have 2 random winners chosen from the DT blog comments. Both winners will receive one new Halloween image from SSD. Awesome right? Here is the hop order so you can get started:

SSD - You are Here

Thank you so much for joining us for Halloween Hop II.

DTBST Winners

2011-10-14T18:36:00.000-07:00

Have some winners to post from the last few challenges. Congrats ladies, you each win 2 SSD images. Please contact Lindsay with your choices. You are just in time to pick new images from the Halloween release #2, debuting tomorrow!

DTBST92 Theresa

DTBST93 Sandra H.

Special OWH Challenge Lynn R.

Congratulations to all of you. Thanks so much to everyone who plays along each week.

Friday Previews

2011-10-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday everyone. We have the last of our Halloween previews for you before the big release tomorrow. I have seen so many images online for Halloween and I must say that SSD has some of the very best in the bunch!!! Lindsay, you are awesome!!

So let's get to the previews. We are starting today with the biggest Sandy Claws lover, Jack Skellington.

Christine

Fabiola

And Jack Frame

Rachelle

Let's give a hand to our Sassy Ladies for amazing work this week. Halloween Hop II starts bright and early tomorrow morning. In addition to the fabulous hop will be a challenge, a party chat and prizes! I hope to see you tomorrow. Thanks for the great previews ladies.

More Super Fabulous Previews

2011-10-13T03:37:00.000-07:00

Good morning all. We have some more amazing previews lined up for you today. Since I personally can't get enough of Nightmare Before Christmas I will show you Sally first.

Kathy

Kathy did a beautiful job with Sally. The colors are bright and the sentiment is perfect. Not to mention the awesome photography skills she has. Thanks to Kathy for sharing this with us.

Next is Medusa Frame compliments of Kate.

Kate

More bright colors!!! I love it. Awesome job Kate. Thanks for sharing.

We only have one more day of previews before the big release. Can you stand it? I hope you will all join us for Halloween Hop II. I promise you will enjoy every stop along the way. We have so many new Design Team members for you to meet along with some of us old gals. Hope to see you there.

And don't forget we also have a big PCP party coming up. 500 followers....AMAZING!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Sally Honey - Kathy

Medusa frame - Kate

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #94

2011-10-13T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#94. We have a fun challenge for you this week. It's a Halloween color challenge! Use black, orange, purple and green on you card.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And some inspiration from the DT:

Fabiola

Kate

Julie

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

2011-10-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Is it Wednesday already? Wow does time fly in October. As you know we are gearing up for another fabulously awesome Halloween release on Saturday. I thought the first release was amazing but I think I might even like this one better.

Today we bring you the Wickedly Wonderful Wicked Honey.

Kim

Purple is such a great Halloween color. The webbing and the die cuts in black bring such a deep, dark quality to this card. Great job Kim. Kim is another new member and we are so glad to have her with us. Welcome aboard Kim.

Sara

This is so super wicked isn't it? Awesome spider webs and who doesn't love green hair on a witch?! Great job Sara.

The previews have been amazing but we have many more to come. Don't forget to check back tomorrow and also join us on Saturday for our Halloween Hop II. It will be a sequel you definitely won't want to miss. And I have a HUGE announcement. We have made it to 500 followers on PCP and you know what that means...our own Party Queen Regan will be hosting another party. Keep stopping by for more details and if you aren't a follower on PCP, head over there. You have nothing to lose and tons to gain. Regan gives a freebie out every Friday.

See you tomorrow.

We Are Sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketches

2011-10-11T18:27:00.001-07:00

Good evening, today starts the new challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and we are sponsoring. Here is some beautiful inspiration from our DT:

KAREN

KATHY

Thank you ladies for this wonderful inspiration! Don’t wait, hurry and link yours up for a chance to win some SASSIES! Don’t forget we have our release on the 15th!

MUMMY INVASION!!!

2011-10-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't love a good looking mummy? Our image preview today is called Mummy Honey and she certainly is quite a honey! Here is a card I made using Mummy Honey to get your creative juices flowing:

Rebecca

One mummy is never enough so we also have a Mummy Frame.

Christine

Christine certainly rocked this one! I am just amazed at how awesome this card is. Every detail takes it to yet another higher level. Christine is new to our Design Team and she is off to a fabulous start. Her creativity seems never ending. I have a little bit of a crafter's crush on her I think. Way to go Christine.

And I was surprised at the last minute by another new DT member, Karen. She wanted in on the mummy fun so here is her card:

Karen

This is so absolutely awesome Karen! The coloring is amazing and the feel is so dark. I love it. Don't you?

Now don't forget about our Halloween Hop II on Saturday. You won't want to miss it. We will also be having another spectacular PCP party coming up soon. October is quite a busy month for us Sassy Ladies! I better get crackin'. See you tomorrow.

More Amazing Previews!!

2011-10-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome back. Today we have more previews to tease you with. For you Addams Family fans we have Mortisha Honey. I can't believe how awesome this one is.

Julie

Now Julie thinks she looks a little like Angelina Jolie. I tell you what Julie, Angelina wishes she looked this good. Everything about this card is wonderful!!!!

Next we have a treat for you Nightmare Before Christmas lovers. NBC is my niece Rebecca's (my namesake) favorite movie of all time. She will be begging for this one. Here is Jack and Sally.

Karen

Karen really captured the feel of the movie in her card. So awesome Karen! Both girls were so creative. I can't wait to see what others await us this week. Make sure you pop back tomorrow and don't forget the Halloween Hop II on Saturday. Take care everyone.

Sunday Sketch and Stamp Sponsorship

2011-10-09T14:30:00.001-07:00

Good Sunday afternoon, hope all is well with you! Today we are sponsoring Sunday Sketch and Stamp. And here is some really cool inspiration from our DT:

JULIE

KAREN

REGAN

And no, your not losing it! Regan’s card was featured this morning as a sneak peek. I just think it’s really cool! We can’t wait to see what you do with the sketch, so head over and link yours up! Make sure you stay tuned for more sneak peeks throughout the week. And release day is the 15th!

Release Preview for Halloween Part 2

2011-10-09T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. So sorry this didn't post first thing this morning but life seems to have gotten in my way today. We are so happy to tell you that this Saturday, October 15, will be our Halloween Hop II. If you were with us last month you know we had an awesome time and Lindsay created some amazing images for us. Well, this time is no different. Miss Lindsay was hard and work and has topped herself once again.

Each day this week, we will be teasing you with previews up the upcoming release. Today, we bring you Medusa Honey & Medusa Frame. How cool is that?!!!! Here are some super cool projects created by our new design team. We have new blood on the team and some of your old favorites. Here we go:

Regan

Karen

Fabiola

These are so stinkin' cute!!!!!!!!! Way to go ladies! Thanks for stopping by and please come back tomorrow for more. Also, our Halloween Hop II will be first thing Saturday morning. We will have a challenge, prizes and party chat with the design team. You won't want to miss it.

Sassy Saturday

2011-10-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Saturday! It is a perfect fall day here in Missouri. The leaves are changing colors and the sun is shining!! I get to spend the day with my oldest son doing a little shopping for his senior pics too.

Today I get to share with you another project made by a very talented Sassy Sistah! This card was made my Cathy at Cathy's Creative Corner. She used the image Bubble Bath from the Sassy Studios Store.

I just love the glitter around the image and the pearls for the bubbles was a great touch.
Cathy, please email me at juliescraftyspot@yahoo.com for your Sassy Saturday badge.

If you would like to be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah or know of someone who should be recognized, please email me at the above address.

Happy Crafting and I hope you get to enjoy the fall day!

A Winter Wonderland Sponsorship

2011-10-07T08:30:00.001-07:00

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today we are sponsoring Winter Wonderland, and the challenge is to make a Christmas Card using Autumn colors. Here is some gorgeous inspiration from our lovely DT:

CHRISTINE

KAREN

FABIOLA

They totally rocked this challenge didn’t they! We would love to see what you do, so head over and link up your creation at Winter Wonderland.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #93

2011-10-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#93. We have a fun challenge for you this week. October is breast cancer awareness month. In honor of those fighting the fight lets show lots of pink this week. Lindsay has some images in the store that would be fabulous for this challenge, check out the For a Good Cause section of the store.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And some inspiration from the DT:

Rachelle

Regan

Kathy

October Guest Designer

2011-10-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

It's October first, time to announce the guest designer for the month!

But first I want to take a moment to thank Laura, our awesome Guest Designer for September. Great job Laura, thanks for all your beautiful creations, you really went above and beyond! Thank you!

Now, for October our guest designer is Denise from The Crafty Den. Here is her great entry. Please contact Sara for all the details.

Thanks to all who entered, there were so many fabulous entries this month. Please continue to play along with our challenges this month for the opportunity to be our guest designer for November.

Sassy Saturday

2011-10-01T13:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Saturday everyone! This is Julie.

It's Saturday so that means it's time to feature another Sassy Saturday Sistah!!

Before I show you who we are featuring this week, I need to let you know that I am now in charge of Sassy Saturdays here on the blog. That is the only change to Sassy Saturdays. I will continue to showcase a fabulous Sassy Sistah every Saturday.

This week we are featuring Zeni!

You can find her card Here.

Zeni used the Sassy image Mrs. Clause for her gorgeous card. I just love that sentiment! Thank you Zeni. You can email me at juliescraftyspot@yahoo.com for your badge.

If you would like to be featured or know someone who should be featured as a Sassy Saturday Sistah, please email me at the above address.

Sassy Christmas Challenge #7 - Ornaments

2011-10-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

PLEASE NOTE: This is our MONTHLY holiday challenge that REQUIRES use of a Sassy Studio Designs image!

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Happy October!!! This happens to be my favorite month of the year! So even though we are here to talk about Christmas cards, my head is currently filled with bats and cobwebs and potion bottles! Maybe my head is always filled with those things... That would sure explain a lot! And it might also be why I left this months' challenge up to the rest of the design team! lol Though I don't have a card to share, several of my team mates do, and we will get to those along with this month's new challenge just as soon as we congratulate our September winner!

CONGRATS to Loretta!! This fun, festive, and flirty card has earned her
two Sassy Studio Designs images of her choice!

Please contact Sara at luvs2stamp71(at)att(dot)net with your selections.

This month our theme is "Ornaments". You can get as creative as you want here... Your project can BE an ornament, you can use designer paper with ornaments on it, embellish with ornament die cuts, stickers, stamps, whatever you like as long as there is a holiday bauble on your creation somewhere. Also remember that you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image for this challenge. They can be found here in the SSD online store.

Here is some inspiration from our design team to get you started:

JULIE

KAREN

Fabulous, right? The holidays are getting closer so now is the time to get a head start on those cards if you haven't already! You have all month to play along, and we can't wait to see your Sassy creations! Simply link your project using the InLinks tool below.

Happy crafting!

(hugs)
Regan

The Last 2 Sponsorships Of The Month

2011-09-30T16:20:00.001-07:00

Good Friday afternoon to you! Can you believe that September is already over! Man this year has flown by. Ok, so we 2 more sponsorships to tell you about. First is Kelley’s Kids, and their challenge is “ANNIVERSARY”.

Julie used the new French Maid image.

Isn’t that GORGEOUS!!! Ooh la la!

Next is Crafts 4 Eternity, and their challenge is “ANYTHING GOES”.

Regan used the Little Honey’s Firefighter image.

Look at those flames-perfect!

Julie used the Red Queen image.

I love the heart in the corner, it’s the perfect touch!

So head over and link up your creations for a chance to win some SASSIES of your own. Don’t forget we have another Halloween release coming up on the 15th. And with that release you’ll get to meet the new DT!

DTBST Winners

2011-09-29T12:01:00.000-07:00

Have some winners to post from the last few challenges. Congrats ladies, you each win 2 SSD images. Please contact Lindsay with your choices.

DTBST89- Linda Lapotka

DTBST90- Loretta

DTBST91- Ileana

Thanks to all who played along with us. Hope you will join us again this week.

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #92

2011-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#92. We have a fun challenge for you this week. Show us fall colors. Please link back here to this challenge in your post as well.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

And some inspiration from the DT:

Rebecca

Sara

2 Sassy Sponsorships!

2011-09-28T11:50:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon, hope all is well! I have 2 sponsorships to tell you about. These were actually on Monday, but I’ve been extremely busy-sorry! First we have Cupcake Craft, and their challenge is “DOWN TO THE WOODS” . And that means use a bear/teddy bear. The second one is The Crazy Challenge, and their challenge is to use “3 COLORS ONLY”.

I’ve used the LH Goldilocks image, and the sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

So make sure you visit these lovely challenge blogs, and link up your creation for a chance to win some SASSY images of your own. Don’t forget we having a 2nd Halloween release coming up.

Very Special Challenge for OWH!

2011-09-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

Today we are sponsoring a special challenge for Operation Write Home. They mail handmade, blank inside, cards to military persons serving overseas, so they can use them to mail home to loved ones.

We are asking you to make a card and mail it in to one of their shippers. Please check out the guidelines regarding the DO's and DON'Ts for the OWH cards, they have some specific regulations that we ask you to follow.

We will keep the theme pretty simple either thinking of you or miss you. After your card is completed and mailed off come back here and link it up. You will be entered in the random draw for 2 SSD images, it is not necessary to use a SSD image on your card.

Some samples from our DT:

Regan

Kathy

Please join this simple challenge and help out the troops!

500 Followers! I think we need a freebie!

2011-09-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

Happy weekend everyone!

So yesterday Sara texts me and tells me we hit 500 followers here on our blog!!! how exciting is that!?!?!

We had to celebrate somehow right!?!?!?

SO, I have a Freebie for you all! but not just any freebie a sneaky peaky of our next release kind of freebie!

...wait what is this? .... a Halloween image? I thought we already did Halloween? ....YAY, it's a 2nd Halloween Release!!!!

So here she is it is Wicked Honey framed up in a Demask Frame

So snatch her up while you can she will only be available this weekend then you wont see her again until release day. Be sure to double click to get a full resolution copy and save to your computer

freebie removed will be available once again in the store after the october release

So keep an eye out here on the blog next week for all the details on the release

and Thank you all for your support in helping up here at SSD grow, from me and the Team a big Thank you to all our fans!

Lindsay

Dare to be Sassy Thursday #91

2011-09-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to DTBST#91. We have a fun challenge for you this week. I'm calling it the Hip to be Square challenge. Lets see square cards this week. Please link back here to this challenge in your post as well.

Hope you will join the fun and give it a go. You don't need to use a SSD image to play along, but we love it when you do. Enter by next Wednesday night for your chance to win 2 SSD images.

Now a bit of fun news. Going forward we will be selecting the Guest Design Team members from the DTBST challenges. We are now looking for an October guest designer. In order to be considered for the position you MUST use a Sassy Studio Designs image on your challenge card and put GDT after your name. After the third challenge of the month the DT will select one of the applicants to work with us during September.

Hope we have lots of people entering!

Now for some inspiration from the DT:

Julie

Guest Designer Laura