Feeling Sentimental for Dare To Get Dirty

Hello again friends!  If you missed my previous post, be sure to check it out for details about a GIVEAWAY on my You Tube Channel!  You only have ONE week to enter it!

Today is my turn over at Splitcoaststampers “Dare to Get Dirty” Event to a host a challenge, so I wanted to share the creations that I’ve made for it.

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First up I have this shaker style card I made with some of my fave Lawn Fawn products!

I’ve colored up that sweet little mouse standing over the banner from the Wild For You stamp set and cut him out with the coordinating die.  The black banner he’s sitting on was white heat embossed from the Happy, Happy Happy stamp set.  I also used the tiny smile face from this set to randomly stamp the background inside my shaker frame.  I then used the envelope at the bottom from the Love Letters stamp set that was colored and cut out with the coordinating die.

I’ve used some Stitched rectangle LF dies to create the shaker frame and the striped papers also come from some random LF papers in my stash.  I’ve used the  LF Scripty Smile die in black cardstock that I’ve attached over top of the acetate window area.

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Since the card was mainly black and white, I wanted to add a happy rainbow color which is where the shaker sequins came in.  I looked through my collection and found some Tie Dye Rainbow Sequins from Brutus Monroe.

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I guess I had rainbow colors in mind with my next card as well!  I absolutely LOVE this sentiment stamp from Trinity Stamps called Folded Hug.  I started by white heat embossing it over black cardstock and then I cut it out with my MFT Wonky Stitch Rectangle die and layered it over a white scallop rectangle layer and layered that again over a black piece of cardstock.  I also used the coordinating Sending Hugs die set to cut the “hug” letters out multiple times to raise them up over the image and then finished with the rainbow colors that I’ve used for the background of the card.

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Upon a closer look at the image, you can see where I’ve colored in parts of the image with my Karin Brush Metallic pen set.  I think it showed up so pretty over the black cardstock.  I’ve also covered the rainbow letters with a glitter brush pen and then went over that with glossy accents.  I love how shinny the letters are IRL!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my share of creations during the Splitcoaststampers “Dare to Get Dirty” Event and has helped inspire you in some way!  I appreciate you stopping in!

Challenges:

  1. Lawn Fawnatics – Make the Sentiment the Star
  2. Aud Sentiments – Anything Goes + Sentiment
  3. Inkspirational – Rain or Rainbows (second card)
  4. The Sisterhood of Crafters – Sentiment as Focal Point

{Cupcake Inspirations} celebrates it’s 500th Challenge! WOW!🥳

Hello friends!!  Happy Monday!  I have something very special to share with you today!

The {Cupcake Inspirations} Challenge Blog has hit a wonderful milestone and is celebrating their 500th challenge! How cool is that?!

I’m so thrilled to be apart of the celebration with them and share in the excitement!  I hope that you will be celebrating right along with us and join the challenge too!  We also have an AMAZING list of sponsors to share in the celebration with us!  Please be sure to check out the challenge blog for the complete list…AND…we will be sharing inspiration EVERY SINGLE DAY throughout the 2 week challenge using products from our sponsors, so you won’t want to miss any of the posts so you can see the inspiration!

  • I WILL BE POSTING INSPIRATION FROM MOST OF THE SPONSORS RIGHT HERE ON MY BLOG EACH DAY AS WELL!  SO STAY TUNED IN!

The theme for this challenge is “Birthday Celebration!  We can always use birthday cards!  So we look forward to seeing your creations!!🥳🧁

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Remember those fun birthday parties as a child and all of those fun photos you took with your friends?  Everyone is having a great time together!  I miss those days for sure!

I have used the Wild for You stamp set along with the coordinating dies for the animals friends and colored them up with Copic markers.  I have also taken the Party Animal stamp set and coordinating dies for the sentiment over the black banner that was white heat embossed as well as the balloon that is tied around the gator’s tail with black twine.  I popped up the balloon and covered it with glossy accents.  The cupcake on the gator’s back came from the “Party Panda” stamp set and dies that I received as a gift for my birthday month.  (P.S. You may notice a cupcake in almost every one of my creations for these two weeks…see if you can spot them!)

I’ve used the Selfie Frames die set to cut out the polaroid frames, plus I die cut some grass in them with the Grassy Border die.  I pulled out a piece of paper from the Watercolor Wishes paper pad and cut it out using the Small Dotted Rectangle die.

I finished my card with some bright blue and purple sequins.  (Although it almost looks black on the photo! LOL!)    I’ve added details with metallic gel pens and glitter too.

Really fun card to make with some really adorable products…love Lawn Fawn!

Thanks for stopping in today friends!  Be sure to check and see what I’m making for tomorrow’s post with another sponsor!

Challenges:

  1.  Not Just Cards – August Anything Goes
  2. Retro Rubber – rrcb141 Anything Goes (have had all at least 1 year or more!)
  3. Arty Divas– #28 Anything Goes
  4. Watercooler Wednesday – WWC284 Occasions
  5. Colour Crazy– Anything Goes + coloring