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

Unfortunate.....

I think my crazy camera has finally given up the ghost! All I see is pink fuzzy things when I go to shoot and I know it's not my eyes.....dang it.....

I made a card for today's Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge and this week's Color Throwdown and I can't post either one of them, but I do have another one of these sweet little Get Well Teddy cards.

I had some left over cardstock laying around and wanted to use it up so this little guy volunteered to be used.



Hope you like it and hopefully I can get a new camera before the week is over so I can post my cards for you.......and me.....

Colour Challenged Bear!

Good Monday morning again!

Yes, this is my second post this morning, so please take a moment to visit my last post regarding the sneak peak for Little Paper Shop!!

I had a chance to ink up some of my Kitchen Sink stamps yesterday and was able to pull of a few challenges with them! YAY!

I have been kind of busy with the Dirty Dozen "stuff", but now the gallery is OPEN!! - YES! TODAY is the day and there are two new designers - you will be so excited about who is here now!! Our theme this month is "In the Beginning" celebrating all those firsts in your life!!

Okay, on to the business at hand!


I used the 3 Step Get Well Teddy from Kitchen Sink stamps for this card, and inked him up with grey's and black's so I could enter it into Dawn McVey's colour challenge this week, which is to use Green, Black and Cream.

I've been seeing a few cards with the sentiments flagged and kind of "bowed" (as in boe) up a bit, so I thought, since this is a long sentiment, "bowing" was the perfect answer!!



Hope you have a good day! It is beautiful and sunny and just absolutely gorgeous here today! I am off to comment on the Dirty Dozen gallery and then hang out some clothes on my new clothesline. Okay...... not so new anymore but still luvin' it!

Supplies:
Stamps: 3-Step Get Well Teddy (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: True Black, Vintage Cream, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: True Black and Vintage Cream(Papertrey Ink); Basic Gray (Stamping UP!); Chateau Gray (Versacolor)
Accessories: Buttons (Papertrey Ink); Corner Punch (Stamping UP!); pop dots

Doing the 3-step tango!!

Yay! I got my beloved camera back from that dusty old shed and can now take pictures again!

It seems I am pretty dependant upon this camera lately.....

Kitchen Sink Stamps has released this bee-yoo-ti-ful stamp set called the 3-Step Hydrangea. Isn't it just gorgeous!

There are large, medium and small hydrang-e-i, hydrangeas (pl?) and leaves and the urn - and even a 3-step butterfly - all very simple once you get the hang of it!

They look so real with all their pretty little petals!!

My card base is Memory Box Lavender with the Pretty Pattern backgrounder stamped on it.

Papertrey Ink spring moss cardstock was stamped with the Paisley backgrounder in versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

ON PURPOSE!! I held the heat over the embossing powder a little longer so I could see the wonderful pattern! - in other words- I burned it!! My kind of danger......pfthththt!

I layered that on top of eggshell Memory Box paper and then adhered it to the card base.

I stamped the flowers, leaves and urn on PTI white, cut them out and glued it to the paisley patterned spring moss cardstock!

I had this fabulous sheer, sparkly ribbon that I tied around the spine of the card and tied on the "mom" sentiment which is from Papertrey Ink Women of Life stamp set.

The pretty little buttons are a menagerie of my stock but I know that one of them (the shparkly green one!) is from Making Memories Garden Party Blossoms and Buttons box!

Well, I can't believe I did this but......I finally posted this webpage on facebook!!

Being the insecure little lady (ahem...) that I am, it took me awhile to do it-- but if you are reading this and just came from facebook---hello ---and now you know what I have been doing in my dungeon basement!!

CUTTING AND PASTING AT THE SHARP'S HOME!!