Wish upon a Star!

I was so VERY honoured to have been asked by Becca Feeken of Amazing Paper Grace to be one of her sample makers for the Splitcoaststampers Dare to Get Dirty 2009 challenges.

Her challenge was called "Cut it Out" and we had to make a card with punches and/or die cuts......so much fun and heaven knows I have a ton of punches and die-cuts, thanks to so many generous sponsors and companies! Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!!

So I got out my Stamping UP! star punches, Martha's star edge punch (which I got from Hope Stamps Eternal but they are selling like hotcakes and are gone!) and some Spellbinders classic inverted scallop dies and made up a little sumthin' sumthin'.....




I used Basic Grey June Bug for my designer paper and my card base is some delicious and I mean fabulous! new (to me) cardstock from Gina K Designs called Pure Luxury -"In the Navy" and it is such a nice heavy weight - I LOVe it!!

I also used Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise and you KNOW that I am totally in LOVe with that cardstock too......what's a girl to do?! I feel like the Bachelorette trying to pick the best one, but just loving them all..........okay, probably a bit too much?

The stamp set I used is from Papertrey Ink Star Prints. The sentiment is not a curved stamp but the acrylic stamps are so pliable and easy to bend that I HAD to do it!!

Tomorrow morning I will be on a plane to Florida to the Craft and Hobby Association Supershow - I keep saying it but I AM SO EXCITED!! You know, we used to have a little toy poodle (Winnie-the-Poodle) and everytime someone came in the door, or she got excited, she would pee.....I am that excited......

I have preposted for a couple of days so don't forget me!

Clearly it's a Cupcake Inspiration Challenge!

Am I not the smartest Title maker in the world???!! I bet you had no idea I would be talking transparencies today....lol!

Today is Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #17 at Hope Stamps Eternal and I was totally inspired with the beautiful presentation in the inspiration photo.





Seeing that the plate was glass, my first thought was to make a transparency card and with all the other challenges going on with the Dare to Get Dirty 2009, I knew I could combine a few challenges......yes, I still feel a tad guilty about combining challenges. I am going to do it anyway, but I keep thinking I am cheating on one challenge over another......geeesh.....

I folded my clear sheet just like a card and then cut it out with the largest die in the Spellbinders scalloped circle nestabilities set, making sure to keep the top of the die up off of the fold, so that I didn't just cut two scalloped circles but maintained the card fold.



The round polka dot circle on the inside of the card, is made by using two of the Spellbinders circle nestabilities nested inside each other when you roll it through the Cuttlebug to cut your paper.

I have used Basic Grey June Bug designer paper for my card. It is so bright and beautiful and it matches, naturally, the Basic Grey Woolies, June Bug, which I see Rachel is out of right now, but the link goes to the Basic Grey page, so I am sure there is something there that will catch your eye ;)!

It was a breeze to make the holes in the scallops with the crop-a-dile!

I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Mega Mixed Messages onto one of the tags of the Wizard Tags Trio from Spellbinders and attached it with a small clear glue dot!

Please make some time today to take a look around at the other Sweeties blogs and see all the wonderful creations they have come up with!

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Michelle - Stop and Stamp the Roses
Tammy - Stamp Happy
Natalie - dougnat diaries
Colleen - Glitter Ink
Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells
Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck
Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad

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

Busy busy bee!

My post title suggest that I might have bee card, but no, I am just freakin' BUSY!!

The Dare to Get Dirty challenges are on for three days over at Splitcoaststampers and holy moley what a fun time!

I hope you are a fan club member so you can play along in all the fun challenges! The Dirty girls have gotten together and are hosting a ton of challenges (can we hear that word "challenges" one more TIME!!)

This card is for Betty's challenge to use something, anything clear on your card. So I went whole hawg and did a transparent card with a Happy Birthday theme because it WAS Jessica's birthday yesterday but I didn't get the card posted on my blog in time for her to see it, but here it is now and it is from the heart!

Happy Birthday you hard working gal you!!





I used the stylized flowers Cuttlebug embossing folder on the transparency. I didn't really know how that would work but it is very pretty in real life and I love the effect!

The paper is Basic Grey Lemonade which I absolutely LOVE....the colours are fabulous ! Stamp set is Papertrey Ink Damask Designs - love the font! and the ribbon is Papertrey Ink also - Love it too......just luvin' everything today!

I have to get back to the challenges! My challenge was posted yesterday and I will show you my card later (sometime or other) and tell you what it was all about!

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