Shirleys2Girls Birthday Bash Blog Hop

We say it's their BIRTHDAY!!!


S2G DT wants to PART-EE!!!

so we're throwing a BIG Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

February 11th – February 17th



WANT TO PARTY?

Guess who's turning '1' this month?

You got it S2G is turning "1"...and all they want to do is get Silly, Blow horns, Eat cake,

Throw some confetti, Give away stuff, and sing! Wanna come along? It starts Feb.11th!

(Pssst! You know what else...they’ve updated their website just in time for the BIRTHDAY

BASH so once you’re done hopping, head on over to the site and check it out!) http://shirleys2girls.com/

LET'S CELEBRATE! Join the S2G Design Team for a 'SCRUMPTIOUS' Birthday Bash Blog Hop.

We'll show you lots of “SWEET” new digital stamps...all with a birthday theme.

LET'S TALK PRESENTS! The 'GIRLS" are gonna be giving away a BUNCH of GOODIES...(stamps, some of the Birthday DIGIS, ribbbons, embellishments, & birthday stuff)!

WHY? Because it's their BIRTHDAY!

We thought we'd STIR things up a bit! ALL of the DT members have "a word hiding in their Blog Hop POSTS...the words will describe 'things' or 'ingredients' that you need to make a UBER DELICIOUS Birthday Cake!

Be the first FIND ALL 13 INGREDIENTS...LEAVE Us your llist in the comments
& AT THE END OF THE HOP...we will choose a winner & YOU will be showered by S2G...with GOBS of GOODIES!

If this is your first stop on the hop. We don’t want you to miss anything so below is the list of blogs in case you get lost and need to come back here to start again. You should have come from Carlie's blog and from my blog you will be heading to Jana's blog.

S2G Challenge Blog
Cat
Jane
Gina
Ann E
Carlie
Lisa
Jana
Anne R
Judy
Jeannie
Georgia
Debbie



**Don’t forget to play along with us this week for our Twisted Thursday Challenge. There is not a sketch but the TWIST is to Tell us your favorite thing about birthdays and post your card to Mr Linky!

We’ll select 2 winners via random.org and you will get your choice of a digital stamp from our website.

I made an easel card with a card box! I used two of the new Shirleys2Girls digital stamps, "It's a Party and the Cake Icon". For inspiration I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I colored them with Copic markers and placed them atop American Crafts design paper and cardstock. I used lots of my spellbinders nestabilities for die cuts and to create the acetate window to peek at my easel card through the box. I added some ribbon from my stash and a button from PTI. I added lots of definition by using machine stitching. I hope you have lots of fun at the birthday vanilla bash. Let's Party!

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge

The Pixie Dust Studio Challenge this week is a color challenge. You are only to use the colors red, pink, white and black. I chose several images from the Wildflowers new release. I colored them with Copic Markers. I used K&co. design paper and PTI cardstock and buttons. I added lots of felt hearts, a die cut, and machine stitching for definition. I designed this box to work like a shadowbox. You can see the card image from the outside of the box through the acetate on the lid. The box was designed to fit Ghiradelli squares and Reece's Peanut Butter hearts. I made this box for my parents! Make sure to check out all of the other DT members for inspiration. I cannot wait to see what you make for the challenge! You would be amazed what a little magic and pixie dust will do!

Dare to be Sassy Thursdays

It's Dare to Be Sassy Thursday from Sassy Studio Designs. The challenge this week is to use three hearts and lots of bling. I colored the my image using Copic markers and added rhinestones and lots of Stickles. The card is based on a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesdays. Make sure you go to the and see all the creations that the Design Team have created.

If you would like to play along post the card with this challenge on theSassy Studio Designs Blog...You will have until next Wednesday 2/17, at midnight PST, to get your entry in! Make sure to use a SASSY STUDIO image and link your creation , in the comments section of the Dare to Be Sassy Thursday post!! A winner will be announced on Friday 1/19 The winner will receive their choice of 2 SSD images!!

Pixie Dust Studio/2Sketches4U/Crazy4Challenges

I designed a combination card/candy box for Valentines Day for my husband. I used several Pixie Dust Studio digital images from the new Wildflower collection. To help me with my design I used the sketch from 2Sketches4U and the challenge from Crazy4Challenges (to create a Valentines Day card). I used K&Co. DP, PTI cardstock and buttons, felt hearts, a heart brad, and I added lots of machine stitching for definition and detail. I used the Spellbinders long classic rectangles and long classic scalloped rectangles to cut out the window in my box. I added acetate in the window and framed it using my same spellbinders. I really love the shadowbox effect of this box. I can see the card through the box and the Ghiradelli squares fit just perfectly under the card to give it a lift.

New Penny Black Set in Store

The New Penny Black Stamp set called "Piece of my Heart" is available for purchase from 7KidsCollegeFund. Can't say enough nice things about 7Kids, wonderful products, great shipping

ENABLER ALERT

The New Martha Stewart Score Board is available for purchase from 7KidsCollegeFund. I own this board and love it. It allows you to score every 1/8". On the board there are directions on how to make envelopes and an evelope tool attached. This board is unusual because there is storage built into the board to hold the scoring tool and the envelope tool. Possibly, what I like the best is that I have not cut any of my paper when I am scoring. With my other board I wasted alot of paper due to having my paper be cut by the inboard scoring surface. The Martha Stewart Score Board is 12x12 and allows for small project as well as bigger projects such as large boxes. It is a very economical alternative and sells at 7Kids for less than the craft stores and with no tax:) Can't say enough nice things about 7Kids, wonderful products, great shipping and primo customer service. Check it out:)

Shirleys2Girls Twisted Thursday Challenge/2Sketches4U/Copic Creations

Celebrate, celebrate...dance to the music!!

Oh my goodness, S2G has a LOT to PARTY about....
We are 1 year old!!!!!!
What a year it has been too...
We got our 1st DT,
started Twisted Thursday Challenges,
showed our products at CHA,
got interviewed on Craft Diva radio as an up and coming stamp company
and so much more.


YOU are officially invited to S2G's MONTH LONG BIRTHDAY BASH!!!
There's going to be LOTS of BLOG CANDY,
stamps, ribbons, buttons, DP, embellishments, inks, glitter, chocolates,
and so much more!
We are going to start off with this first TT inviting you to
"Come PARTY with S2G"
then thru-out the coming weeks we'll ask you to join in for some PARTY GAMES... and CHALLENGES....ALL having to do with a PARTY theme!


So get your PARTY HATS on and get ready for a silly, wacky and wild BIRTHDAY MONTH
with the GIRLS at SHIRLEYS2GIRLS!



Welcome to the Twisted Thursday Challenge from Shirleys2Girls. The challenge this week is to make a party invitation/ABC project the twist is to use the word party or celebrate in your project. This image is from the upcoming "Birthday Bash" release.

The upcoming Birthday Bash images are so fun! I colored my image with Copic markers and added Stickles and rhinestones to bling it up! I used American Crafts DP and cardstock and an acrylic flower from my stash. I modified a Bo Bunny Circle party favor box to add to my box. I put in a background paper with the sentiment "celebrate". Sentiments come with the images wich is another wonderful thing about purchasing your digi stamps from S2G. Lots of sewing for definition of the box background and the side panels. I used the Sketch from 2sketches4you and a challenge from Copic Creations for my box. The Copic Creations challenge was to use feather blending. I used feather blending on my cat to make it a calico:)

Make sure to stop by the store and check out all the new images. But wait, also stop in to all the DT for some Celebration inspiration!

PIxie Dust Studio New Release "Wildflowers"

Wow, the new relase from Pixie Dust Studios is fantastic. The release is called Wildflowers. Oh, are these little images ever sweet! I picked the Safari Pixie image and the Flower Cart image and colored them with Copic Markers. I added ribbon, a heart brad, and an opague white pen to hightlight my images. I used K&Co. design paper and PTI cardstock. I cut out my flower cart image with using the Large Basic Circle Spellbinder and Large Basic Circle Scallop. Make sure to take a look at the Pixie Dust Studio Blog and take a look at all the wonderful images in the store. Also, make sure to visit the rest of the DT to see what they created. With a little magic and pixie dust anything is possible.

New Spellbinders

The new spellbinders are available for preorder at 7KidsCollegeFund. I saw these dies at the recent CHA show in California and they are fantastic! I will be ordering most of them:) 7KidsCollegeFund has such wonderful customer service and shipping you won't be disappointed!

Welcome to the New Pixie Dust Studio Design Team Members/Card Patterns Challenge

Pixie Dust Studio Blog Hop Design Team Reveal

Sassy Studio Design New Release Alice in Sassyland

I am so excited about this new release. The new Alice in Wonderland inspired images from Sassy Studio Design are FANTASTIC! I used the "Mad Hatter" image. Isn't it so SASSY?
I colored her with Copic Markers and added lots of Stickles and rhinestones for Bling. The DP is from K&Co. and the cardstock is from Martha Stewart and PTI. I admit, I do not use Cricut machine enough. I really think that the die cuts I made from my Cricut really add something special to the piece. I used the "From my Kitchen" cartridge.

I have to give credit to Tammy for the idea for this tea box. I used her inspiring project to design and create my own! Thank you Tammy!

It is not often that I make something for myself. But, I had to make this tea box to sit on my counter. Now when my Mom comes over she will not have to ask me "where do you keep your tea?".



I love this image so much I could not stop! I made a card also. I used the new Sugar Rush paper from Basic Grey and paired it with PTI and Bazzil cardstock. I added Stickles and rhinestones. My Mad Hatter is colored with Copic Markers. Detailing was added by using machine stitching. I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch for inspiration for my card.

Remember to come to our release party that begins 5:00pm PST. To get the link to the party go to the Sassy Studio Design Blog. The link does not become active until 5:00 p.m. During the new release party you can talk to the DT and play Alice in Sassyland Bingo for a chance to win images. I'm looking forward to chatting with you all. I know you will love the new release...Welcome to Sassyland!

Make sure you stop by all the Design Team member's blogs and check out all the fabulous projects they created with the new release images from Sassy Studio Design!

*Cassie (SCS and PCP liason)
*Jacquie P (Sassy Saturday's Coordinator)
*Lelia (Studio Sunday Coordinator)
*Piali (Sponsorship Coordinator)
*Valerie (Challenge Coordinator)
Anita
Gini
Larisa
Laurel
Lisa
Sara
Susan