Wow! This is a ton of Candy!

Erika, at Taylored Concepts is offering the most amazing candy! You can see the details below, and head to her blog to enter!

Here are the details from her site:

Now onto the Blogoversary Candy.
Here is how this will work. The Blog candy will be up for grabs until January 31st. There are 3 parts I'd like you to do.

#1- become a follower- Knowing who my audience is, is so important to me so thank you for this. You can become a follower by clicking the follow button or by subscribing to the newsletter of by whichever reader you use.
#2- Leave a post on YOUR blog letting people know about my blog and the blogoversary candy. If you don't have a blog, no worries. Tell a friend, mention it on Twitter or Facebook.
#3- Leave a comment on this post answering this question- What would you like to see on my blog? What changes? Do you want to see more techniques, tutorials, pictures of my family and life, more writing about whats going on in Erika World. A different look? Setup? widgets? Maybe you have a suggestion, an idea, something that would make this blog even better. Your ideas and thought matter a WHOLE BUNCH and I want to make sure that my audience loves coming to visit.

Now are you wondering what is up for grabs? Are you ready for this crazy list of goodness? Well here it is

One-off Challenge and Blog Hop

Brenda from Floral Fantasies is hosting a fabulous One-off Challenge and Blog Hop starting on the 1st February, with a rather special candy as the main prize and no ordinary candy, but a really serious piece of equipment that we would all love to have in our craft rooms. Apart from the main piece of candy there will also be other prizes to be won too.

But to be in with a chance to win Brenda needs all your help to spread the word and make this as much fun as possible and there will also be a prize for doing this. So what you need to do now is

Give the challenge a plug on your own blog

Add the above logo on your side bar with a link back to Brenda

Leave Brenda a comment on her special challenge and blog hop post to let her know that you have entered where the prize for this will be drawn on 31st January.

Shabby Chic in the Snow

Even though we have had some warmer weather, there is still snow in my front yard that has been there since the week before Christmas. I'm really sick of it, but instead of grumbling, I thought I would embrace it with this card.

I made the snow background paper with one of the new 5x7 cuttlebug folders - and colored the embossed snowflakes with copics, and then added a wash of shimmery white paint over the top for a nice shabby chic finish. I continued with the snow theme by using the Spellbinders snow frame and a Whiff of Joy, Herb the Snowman stamp. At Die Cuts R Us, the challenge was to use a left-over Christmas/holiday paper, so inside of my snow frame, I used some DP from Basic Grey, from the Figgy Pudding line. I love that you can no longer tell that it is wrapped presents, but you just see colors/patterns - just proving that you CAN use Christmas paper any time of the year! I spritzed the frame and the lace with Tattered Angels, and used a rub-on for my sentiment.

Here are my challenges for this snowy card:
Simon Says- Shabby Chic
Stamp Something- Blue and White
Charisma - Anything New (Spellbinders Snow Frame - or perhaps, New Fallen Snow)
Stamp with Fun- Snowflakes
Paper Sundaes- Sketch
DCRU- Leftovers
Basic Grey - Picture inspiration
Saturday Spotlight- Wild with Snowflakes
Fussy and Fancy- Winter
Crafty Creations- Texture
Everybody Art Challenge- Snowflakes

Sassy Studio Designs Customer Blog Hop and Release Day is Here!

Are you ready to rock? I think our Sassy Customers are! They have been working hard, late into the nights to have some incredible sassiness to share with you! You will want to go to the Sassy Studio Designs Blog to find the list of participating blogs.

Make sure to visit ALL the participants and leave them some LOVE, so you can be entered to win a prize!! You will also NEED to leave a comment at the SSD blog when you are finished. That way we will know you are done and entered!! You didn't think we would leave THE HOPPERS out, now did you?

-We will be hanging out and partying over on our SASSY PCP Page, from 5-8PM pst! You will want to join the party, so you can find out who won all those SASSY SISTAH AWARDS!! We will be announcing the winners AND Lindsay will have something SPECIAL for you, as ALWAYS!!! She SO rocks!

-The Comment winner/HOPPER, will be announced at the end of the chat! That way you will have a LITTLE more time to do your thing!

There are 4 categories of challenges and although the DT can't win, we still wanted to join in on the fun!

#1 SASSY & Altered Sistah! (create something ALTERED)



#2 SASSY Layout Sistah! (create a ROCKIN layout)
I haven't made a layout in awhile ( since I got completely addicted to card making - LOL!), but I wanted to make a beach layout using Sexy Sandy in a paper pieced dress.


#3 SASSY Gifted Sistah! (create a SWEET gift)

I already showed you by bubble bath card, but I made this really cute tag for bath salts. I know you have a friend who could use a little gift like this!












#4 SASSY Color Creating Sistah! (create a SASSY color combo)

Finally, I colored the Cosmopolitan image with a very sassy color combo - red, purple and a shot of green. I used the sketch from Papertake Weekly.











After seeing all of this Sassy inspiration, I know you are going to want to get your own! So, don't forget, all of these images are available for you in our shop!

One more sneak peek before the big day!

Are your calendars marked? Is your blog post ready to go live in the morning at 9:00 am? It's almost time for the first Sassy Studio Designs Customer Blog Hop and the New Release! I know you have been seeing great sassiness popping up all over the web from my very talented Sassy Sistahs, and the time is almost here where you can grab some of that Sassiness for yourself. Be sure to head to the Sassy Studio Designs Blog in the morning to start your hopping adventure, and then run to the store to get your own images. And don't forget, there will be some very special freebies to gather tomorrow as well! I wouldn't want you to miss any!

This card is so fitting for the challenge at Flourishes - Love is in the Air. Sexy Sandy is colored with the challenge palette from Copic Colour Challenge.

Pretty In Pink

My friend Jen, is the designer of these adorable digis - The Wild Flower Patch - and this cutie is Violet. Yellow is not a color I typically use, but after all of this snow and frigid temperatures, I was ready for something as springy as possible.

Violet is entering the following challenges:
One Stop Craft - A Night at the Movies (all right, so it's an 80's movie - but now it's a classic!)
Corrosive- Distress
ABC- "L" Layering
Creative Belli Blog- Glitter or rhinestones
Creative Card Crew- Distressing
Cupcake Craft - Going girly
Sketch Saturday- sketch
Creative Inspirations - distressing
Crafty Catz- Bright and Sparkly

Simon Says Hot Chocolate!

I need hot chocolate to get me through this cold spell we have been having! So instead of going out into the cold today, I stayed in my nice warm studio and got to color. I used the Sassy Studio Designs Cocoa Carol Cameo for my image, and colored her with copics.

So here are all of the challenges for this one:
Simon Says- Hot Chocolate
Caardvarks - sketch
Quixotic- Hot Chocolate
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Keeping Warm
Charisma - pink, brown, cream, toffee
Creative Card Crew - distressing
Creative Inspirations- distressing

Are You ready For More Sassiness?

It's just a few short days away....the Sassy Studio Designs new release and The Sassy Customer Blog hop! Yay! It's going to be so much fun. I made a joy-fold card using the Big Heart image, that will be in the shop on Friday.

Here are some challenges for this card:
Dutch Dare - joy-fold card
A Spoon Full of Sugar- hearts
Creative Belli Blog - rhinestones (or glitter)

Celebrate 2010!

I went shopping with my sister yesterday, and yes, it was a day of just crafty shopping! A fairly LSS had their yearly Bazzil sale (5/1.00), so we had to go stock up (You'd hate for us to run out of paper, wouldn't you?) But while we were out, Lori picked up some adorable House Mouse stamps, and stamped me out some images. I guess this is supposed to be a birthday bunny, but I thought he could be celebrating New Year's as well.

Stampin for the Weekend- New Beginnings
Corrosive - Use 2 of your favorite embellishment (flowers made with Spellbinders)
Cuttlebug Spot -2010 (I used one of my new Asian folders - love them!)
Papertake Weekly -- New Beginnings
Cupcake Craft - Baby
Copic Colour Challenge - G00, RV21, B32
Copic Creations - color Fur
Die Cuts R Us - purple, green, blue, pink
Stamp, Scrap, Doodle - Celebrations

Sneak Peek for the New Release from Sassy Studio Designs!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so Sassy Studio Designs has some great new releases that will all be revealed on Jan. 15th - which will also coincide with our Customer Blog Hop (you have to sign up by the 11th, so you better hurry!) That will also be my first release day party as part of the SSD DT! What a Sassy day that is going to be!

Today, I have for you a love note holder, featuring Big Heart (she will be in the SSD store on Jan 15th). If you have any questions about this project, just ask.

I am also entering the following challenges:
By the Cute and Girly - new
Cute Card Thursday - All New
Everybody Art Challenge - Your favorite color combo
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Hearts
ABC - "L" Layering
Flourishes - Feeling the Love in the Air
Creative Card Crew - Distressing
Digital Tuesday - Valentines
Fussy and Fancy - New