October 23, 2007

Sharon’s challenge

Sharon Harnist asked me to use the card kit we got at regional and make a card with it other then the one suggested by Stampin’ Up!. We supposed to use all the pieces that were given in the kit. We could exchange the set (SU used True Friends) and add additional cardstock and supplies.

Read Sharon’s challenge post here. 

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The card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Basic Gray folded in half.

The 2 1/2″ Soft Sky cardstock square was stamped with the Close as a Memory Flower in Going gray and sponged in the same color. I highlighted the flower edges with a white gel pen and added a silver brad in each flower center.

The edges were distressed with the cutter kit and paper pierced.

It was layered on a 2 1/2″ sponged and distressed Basic Gray cardstock square.

The 2 1/4″ x 4″ Purely Pomegranate carstock piece was sponged, stamped with the Happiness stripes, paper pierced and taped down. Then Faux Stitching was added with the Argyle stamp from All in a Row.

The ribbon from the Sherbert Ribbon Originals was stapled over the Pomegranate layer.

The saying is from Circle of Friendship. I stamped it with Basic Gray on Whisper White cardstock, punched it out with the 1″ circle punch and sponged it with Soft Sky Ink. I stamped it again on white and punched out the center with the 1/2″ circle punch. I taped the smaller circle in the center of the bigger one and layered them first on a distressed and sponged Basic Gray circle (handcut), then on a 1 1/4″ Purely Pomegranate circle.

Make sure you check out Sharon’s gorgeous card. She lists other challenge stamper in her post!

Fire in SoCal

You all know I love to shop at Eclectic Paperie. Joy, co-owner of the store, and I met first over two years ago in Salt Lake City at a Stampin’ Up! convention and met up again last week at Portland.

 Joy emailed me to let me know that the fires are close to where Daisy, her friend and other half of eP, lives.

If you have ordered from eP in the last few days, please be patient. The orders might be delayed a bit because of the fire. You can read more about it on the Eclectic Paperie Blog.

Let’s hope and pray that the firefighter get that fire under control fast and noone gets hurt.

Wohoo….on the showcase again!

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Another card of mine made the showcase today!!!!

I am so excited.

Unfortunately, the oval sentiment is not showing in the picture on the showcase.

The card looks rather bland without it. I don’t know if they took it off or if it fell off.

I like the completed card better!!! You can read all the details about this card in this post.

I am doing the happy dance! Two cards in three days. That’s definitely putting a big old smile on my face!