Stamp Nation World Card Making Day Event–South Africa!

OOPS!!  I WAS TOLD THAT THIS INSPIRATION PHOTO WAS TABLETOP MOUNTAIN, WHICH GOOGLE SAID WAS IN ARIZONA!  APPARENTLY IT'S IN SOUTH AFRICA!!  I'M SURE YOU ALL THAT KNOW ME, KNOW THAT I AM GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED.  THIS IS PROOF!!  LOL

I’m baaackkkkk!  LOL

Okay, today I get to share a sneak peek of my second Stamp Nation World Card Making Day all-weekend event!  For the back story and more information about joining us over at Stamp Nation, click HERE.  Here’s today’s sneak peek for you!

Can you tell which world location inspired this little pretty?  I’ll give you a hint . . . it’s a place in one of my “home” states. HA!!  Not!!  LOL  To see the entire project, you’ll have to click on through to the Stamp Nation site.  I’m pretty sure you’ll find other amazing inspiration over there, too!  Oh, and don’t forget our amazing sponsors for the weekend (which I’m sure means PRIZES!):

CAS-ual Fridays
Winnie & Walter
Ellen Hutson
Some Odd Girl
Butterfly Reflections
Pretty Pink Posh
Simon Says Stamp
Verve
Power Poppy Stamps and Allison Cope

Thanks again for stopping by, my friends!  You have no idea how much it means to me when you do.  Believe it or not, I’ll be back tomorrow night with the next Runway Inspired Challenge!  Holy smokes!!

Runway Inspired Challenge #65–Thanks!

Hello my sweet, stampy friends!

I’m popping in quickly today to share the project I created for the newest Runway Inspired Challenge!!  As is always the case, I so love the fashionable inspiration photo that Jen chose for this challenge – so much fun texture and design interest!  I was inspired by the sheerness of the jacket, the interesting “cut lace” design at the top of the jacket, as well as what appears to be the pop of silver or platinum around the edges of the cutwork.  Oh, and I should mention that this week’s challenge is being sponsored by the amazing new stamp company, Altenew!  Here is my take on the challenge:

Now, I have to confess that I created this in my craftroom when it was easily 1,000 degrees in there!!  I was dying, and pretty much had to take most of my clothes off to survive the time I was in there!  LOL  So, when I say that this came together quickly, it really was a matter of survival that it be quick!  I chose a background stamp that I thought mimicked the cutwork design on the jacket, and stamped it in VersaMark onto some vellum cardstock.  I heat embossed that piece with white EP, and adhered it to a piece of golden yellow cardstock for stability.  I trimmed out a white card base and stamped one of the sentiments from the new Altenew stamp set called Super Script 2.  This set is loaded with really cool scripted sentiments and coordinating tag alongs.  I just love it!  I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark onto the card base, and heat embossed it using Liquid Platinum EP (I thought that best represented the edging on the cutwork.)  I trimmed the vellum piece to fit the card base on an angle and adhered it with foam tape.  A few platinum pearls for added interest, and voila – DONE!!  Then I ran out of my craft room and took a cold shower!!  LOL

I want to thank Altenew for sponsoring the challenge this week!  Please click on through to the Runway Inspired Challenge Blog to see what my sweet teammates have created for you!  And you’ll want to check out the new blog design that Jen created –it is AH-MAZING!!  You have until Friday, August 15, 2014 at 11:59 PM EDT to link up YOUR answer to the challenge!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I’m hoping that the weather cools off a bit here in Washington so that I can get some more stamping done!!  LOL

Super Script 2 Basic Grey, Out of Print Cling Stamp, Flower Dot Pattern from Hero Arts Transluscent Vellum Cardstock A Cardstock, Essentials by Ellen: White Linen #100 Cardstock, 25 Pack Harvest Gold Cardstock PTI VersaMark Inkpad *American Crafts Zing! OPAQUE White Embossing Powder Ranger Embossing Powders, Liquid Platinum Tweezers, Stainless Zva Pewter Pearls *Tombow MONO Adhesive VELLUM Tape Dispenser *Tombow MONO Adhesive Vellum REFILL Tape Dispenser Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun Fiskars ProCision 12 Inch Bypass Trimmer Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Mini Soft Grip Embossing and Stylus Set

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