In Thursday’s post, I told about some of the things that Splitcoaststampers brings to the crafting world.  One of the things I forgot to mention is the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges.  Throughout the whole month of October, there are daily challenges to help inspire you to create cards for the MD Anderson Cancer Center and to bring hope to those families who are facing cancer. While my post today is not a part of that, I would be remiss not to mention it.  I hope to participate often this year and to share those cards with you.

For today, though, I have two more projects from my product review for Scor-Dies.  The first is this simple yet fabulous note card.  The PocketPenPals Basics C comprises this note card and the coordinating envelope.  Simple and fast for anyone to add to a gift bag!  I created this in such a short time that I went back and made two more for some friends who had helped me with my boys.  I inked up the leaves from For All Things in Tip Top Taupe and then spritzed the stamp with some water.  I cut the card out of Watercolor Paper so when I stamped I got this lovely watercolor effect.  I did the same for the sentiment and then added on a single gold sequin with the new Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  I stamped the same image onto the envelope and tied it up with Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine.  And done!  Cute, huh?

For the next note card, I used the pretty little flower topped die from the Basics A set and added it to a Night of Navy base.  I cut the white panel from Thick Whisper White and colored the top pieces with my Aquapainter using Rose Red and Pear Pizzazz ink.  I tied on some Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine and added a sentiment from Paper Pumpkin.  I thought the flowers from the hostess set Floral Wings matched the little flower well so I stamped them onto the envelope in the same colors.  I made the envelope using my Envelope Punch Board.

If you want to see my whole review you can go right over to the Product Focus page.  Oh, and you’ll get to see more projects too, of course!

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Stamp: For All Things, Paper Pumpkin August, Floral Wings; Ink:  Tip Top Taupe, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz; Paper:  Watercolor, Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy; Accessories:  Scor-Dies PocketPenPal Basics Package A and C, Big Shot, Envelope Punch Board, Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Metallic Sequins, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Basic Pearls

Happy Monday to you!  I told you that I was working on some extra stuff finally and I really wanted to share this one with you.  With the anniversary of 9-11 a few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to get some pictures of my trip to the 911 Memorial into my Project Life book.  These are hard pictures to “scrap” because I feel like the pages really have to reflect the tone of the memorial.  I started with this one….this amazing wall.  It is called “Trying To Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” and was created by Spencer Fitch.  What you cannot capture in a picture is the overwhelming nature of this piece.  It is large and encompasses a whole wall.  Each panel is handprinted a different shade of blue and there is such thought and significance to every bit of this piece (you can read a little more here).  But for me, it hit home because when people ask me about that day and flying, one of the things I remember most IS the color of the sky.  A crystal clear, perfect fall blue sky.  I found that standing in front of this was an incredibly moving experience.  And then when I examined the panels closer and realized they were hand painted….wow!

So how to keep this picture in a meaningful way?  Project Life.  I very much wanted the focus to be on the picture itself with simple accents.  I kept to the gold and wooden/natural palette and I’m very happy with the result.  This is a true conglomeration of products and it makes me happy how they work together.  I thought that hearts wold be a good place to start so I pulled this Fancy Foil Gold Vellum with the hearts and cut it out using the Scor-Dies Pocket Pen Pals Dies (Basics A).  I created this envelope that I could fill with things.  After some experimenting, I chose heart sequins from the Metallics Sequins and a heart wooden element.  I used the new Fine Tip Glue Pen to seal it and added some Gold Sequin Trim and Gold Baker’s Twine.  For the next pocket, I cut a card using my PL Cards & Labels Framelits out of the striped pattern of the gold vellum.  Then using a PL card from the Becky Higgins DIY Shop Edition, I cut it further using another of the Scor-Dies (to create that scalloped top).  The sentiment is from PL Remember This (SU) and is gold embossed onto Naturals Ivory card stock.  Finally, for the picture I used an overlay from the PL Desktop Edition by Becky Higgins.

I’m please with the result and I think this picture does actually speak for itself.  I’m sure I’ll journal on some of the other pages when I create them using more pictures from that day but this one seems perfect just as it is.  I hope you enjoy this page and will be inspired to try a combination of products to create just the right Project Life project!  Thanks for stopping in today.  See you soon!

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Stamp:  Project Life Remember This ; Ink:  Versamark; Paper: Fancy Foil Vellum – Gold (SU), PL Becky Higgins DIY Shop, Naturals Ivory (SU ret); Accessories: PocketPenPals Basics A Scor-Dies, PL Becky Higgins Desktop Overlays, Metallic Sequins (SU), Gold Sequin Trim (SU), Gold Metallic Baker’s Twine, Wooden Heart (Essentials Wooden Elements – ret)

So I finally got to play along with my Dirty Dozen friends over at Splitcoaststampers in the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges!  The challenges are still up for all those who are fan club members and you totally need to play along!  Splitcoaststampers is a fabulous resource for stampers of any experience level and I just love all the challenges the Dirty Girls have provided all week.

I loved Lori’s Play It Again challenge and immediately pulled out my Dasher stamp.  I still love him.  Maybe one of my favorite stamps ever!!  I thought a little gold would bring him up with the times and wow, was I right!!  I stamped him in Gold Encore Ink onto White Vellum and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  Then he was cut out with Ovals Framelits.  I wound some Gold Metallic Thread behind him and cinched it on with a Gold Metallic Mini Clothespin.  He is up on Dimensionals that are hidden behind the embossing.  The sentiment is from another retired set, Joyous Celebrations and was also stamped and embossed in Gold.  The base of the card is Thick Whisper White card stock and I attached Gold Fancy Foil to the base.  Doesn’t Dasher look fancy and fresh?  I am so in love with this!  Sometimes old stamps feel like old friends.  They never let you down and provide tons of inspiration for your day!

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My Holiday Catalog pre-order just arrived today so I’m hoping to have some fun cards to show you over the next couple of weeks.  If you are not a demo, don’t be afraid to pull out some old favorites to help you get in the holiday stamping spirit!  Hope your weekend is fantastic.  See you again soon!

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Stamp:  Dasher, Joyous Celebrations; Ink:  Gold Encore; Paper:  Thick Whisper White, White Vellum, Gold Fancy Foil; Accessories:  Heat Tool, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Metallic Mini Clothespin, Dimensionals