October 30, 2014

I am so excited to be able to share with you this month’s project with for our Fancy Friday monthly hop! If you just came over from the amazing Jeanna, welcome to the next stop. My friends and I want to be able to share with you our ideas in a monthly format. We will use different themes each month – sometimes colors, sometimes a sketch, sometimes a stamp set focus. The one thing you can count on is that it will be fancy! Over the last year “fancy” became our word to describe the best projects, the best new clothes, even the best pedicure colors. Now we want to share with you our take on “fancy” each month. This month we are focusing our creative energy on Designer Series Paper. You know them, you love them….how could we create without them??!!

I continue to be completely in love with this Color Me Autumn DSP so I thought I should share a card that lets the paper do most of the work! In fact the paper is used for almost everything. I started with this pretty diamond pattern as a background and cut it to cover the whole cad front. Then I wrapped a Tea Lace Doily around the edge before adhering it to the base. I cut a strip of this Blackberry Bliss striped paper to about 2″ wide and punched it with my Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and rounded the corners with my Corner Rounder Punch. The leaves were cut from the DSP print. I took a Basic Wooden Element banner and stamped it with the sentiment from And Many More with Soft Suede ink. The little clothespin is one I have left from a kit (unnamed because I had it in with other stuff….sorry). I sponged all the edges with Crumb Cake ink and then tied on a piece of Daffodil Delight Seam Binding that had been spritzed with water and dried with the low setting of my Heat Tool.

So I thought it would be fun to give out a little blog candy.

What am I giving out?? Well, some of the gorgeous Color Me Autumn DSP of course! Just use my Rafflecopter form to enter. The comment on my blog post is mandatory to win but there are two ways to gain additional chances. U.S mailing only.

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Okay, off to go visit the awesome Mercedes Weber! You will love her project!

And you can click our logo above to get to the Fancy Friday Pinterest page!

Speaking of DSP….today is the last day (Oct. 31st) to sign up for the Pick a Pack of Paper Promotion! Join my team and enjoy a FREE pack of DSP each month for 6 months! What an amazing deal!

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Stamp: And Many More; Paper: Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DSP; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Tea Lace Doilies, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Basic Wooden Elements, Mini Clothespin

Today is the day! I’m the hostess for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT1430) and I have to confess, I’m a little nervous! Fortunately, some of my stamping friends have already joined in as sample makers for my challenge!!

This is the 5th year that Splitcoaststampers has hosted this amazing month long series of challenges in support of those struggling with cancer. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is the recipient of so many of the cards. Some are just for encouragement but most are donated so that those in the hospital can find just the right one to brighten someone’s day.

As I thought about a theme, I found this quote (turned into a graphic with My Digital Studio by me):

I know that when a diagnosis of cancer is first given, it can seem like the world has turned against you so it seemed fitting that I base my challenge on this quote. The theme of my challenge is Hope Soars. I challenge you to create cards inspired by things that take off! I hope that you will come over to Splitcoaststampers and join me. There is even the opportunity to win prizes! So you can help a worthy cause and win cool crafty stuff! Perfect!

Here is my own sample card for the theme. While much of the month has focused on breast cancer, for me the inspiration was actually my dad who passed away from colon cancer. So I chose to use a more masculine palette. I pulled out the retired Epic Day DSP and created a tiny paper airplane. Then using the Word Bubble Framelits (these are on special this week, by the way), I cut out some clouds. I love that the one of the clouds has inspirational words! The sentiment is from Truly Grateful stamped in Soft Suede. I distressed the panel and did some crazy stitching to add a little character to the card and that was it other than a bit of sponging.

Now I mentioned that some of my creative friends created samples for me. Make sure you go take a look at the work by Linda Callahan (abbysmom2198), Jen Mitchell (jenmitchell) and Rita Wright (kyann22), along with the other amazing hostesses who joined in so far. You can see the whole gallery for my challenge here: Gallery for HYCCT1430. I am looking forward to seeing that gallery fill up even more!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I really hope you will consider sharing your talents for this fantastic cause! For easy access to all the challenges, click here: Hope You Can Cling To Master Challenge Thread

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Stamp: Truly Grateful; Paper: Naturals Ivory, Epic Day DSP; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits, Sewing Machine, Stampin’ Distress Tool, Sponges, Hot Glue

Posts from October 30, 2014

Fancy Friday – Color Me Autumn

HYCCT1430 – Hope Soars

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