Dare to Get Dirty 2009 GOODNESS!!!

Just so you know.......your going to have to read through all this before you get to the good stuff .....but it's good reading I tell you ----really good!!

As I touched on in my previous post, it’s time again for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges on Splitcoaststampers for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club!

As you may or may not know, the Fan Club gives you access to a fabulous gallery made up of creations made by the Splitcoaststampers Design Team - The Dirty Dozen. If you are not already a member, I'll tell you why you should really consider joining up!

Every year at this time, the Dirty Dozen and Dirty Dozen Alumni, present several days worth of great challenges for the fan club to participate in. This year, some of the challenges are going back to the very beginning and revisiting several of the "old" Dirty Dozen themes - that is those themes that were celebrated at the very beginning of the Dirty Dozen days, and are being revamped and renewed .......making the old fresh and wild again!!

I’m even hostessing a challenge this year, called "Flap Your Wings" (sorry, you have to be a fan club member to view it!) and it involves incorporating anything with wings into your creation! How inventive can you be, you ask? As inventive as you want.....that is the wonderful part of these things........it is all your own interpretation and NOTHING you create is wrong (which made me breathe a sigh of relief I tell ya.....)

And another fabulous things is that challenges can be combined! This has got to be the best time to join the fan club and have all these wonderful challenges available at your fingertips!

I had two wonderful sample makers help me with my "Flap Your Wings" (hah! you tried to click again didn't ya!) challenge, Melissa Bove and Jami Bova and (believe me) if you click on their links you will see their fabulous cards! Thank you Melissa and Jami!!

Here is my card for my challenge.....I went super simple so you can see that any type of card is acceptable.





I do hope you consider joining the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club. It is worthwhile, wonderful and wise (just wanted another "w" word.....) AND full of inspiration for you!



Stamps: Damask Designs (Papertrey Ink); 3 step Hearts and Roses (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Ink: Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink), Memento black
Paper: Kraft (Stamping Up!);Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream, Vellum and Melon Berry (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Tag Die (Spellbinders); Melon Berry Ribbon (Papertrey Ink); Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Provocraft), my swanky sewing machine