Dare to Get Dirty – Day #4

There’s another round of Dare to Get Dirty challenges going on today over at Splitcoaststampers, and I hope you’ll join in!  You can find all the details by clicking HERE, but remember if you’re not a Fan Club member you won’t be able to access that thread telling you about the challenges.  The yearly Dare to Get Dirty festivities are SCS’s way of saying thank you to everyone who joins the Fan Club, and the prizes given to participants are exclusive to Fan Club members.  So you have to join the club to join in the fun!  :)

My first card I have to share with you today is for my good friend Lisa Henke’s challenge…

It may look kinda’ simple but I had a BLAST making this card!  My new favorite thing now is to layer die-cuts and then coat them with crystal lacquer, as show here with the Happy Die-Namics die!  I cut the “happy” three times from Black Licorice card stock, then glued all three layers together, and gave the whole thing a good coating of crystal lacquer.  Set it aside to dry for a few hours, and this is what you get!  SO FUN to do!  For the background, I cut a large rectangle from Smooth White card stock with the Blueprints 13.  Then stamped the stripes from DC Striped Backgrounds in Cotton Candy hybrid ink, Orange Fizz hybrid ink, Lemon Drop hybrid ink, Sour Apple hybrid ink, Sno Cone hybrid ink, Blu Raspberry hybrid ink and Grape Jelly hybrid ink.  With the Blue Skies Ahead stamp  set, I inked just the top and bottom halves of the “You make me happy when skies are gray” sentiment with Black Licorice hybrid ink, and stamped over the rainbow stripes, then used some foam tape to put the “happy” in place.  A few randomly placed enamel dots finished this off!

The other day I noticed that they’re having an Anything Goes challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp blog, so I’m entering this card in the challenge!  :)

My second card is for my awesome friend Cindy Lawrence’s challenge…

I pulled out this long-neglected Start Each Day with Whee! Pure Innocence stamp set for this card, and stamped the image on Copic X-press It blending card stock with Steel Grey hybrid ink, then colored with Copics. The Grape Jelly card stock, Blu Raspberry card stock and Grapesicle card stock panels were all made using the Horizontal Stitched Strips Die-Namics and were stamped with the BG Typewriter Text background in Grout Gray hybrid ink.  (I LOVE using Grout Gray hybrid ink for just a subtle inking…works a lot like Versamark!)  Those panels were mounted to a piece of Steel Grey card stock.  Then the Spearmint card stock base was stamped in Grout Gray hybrid ink with the BG Diagonal Stripes background.  I stamped the sentiment in Steel Grey hybrid ink, and finished the design with a few flags from the Blueprints 13, and a button tied with white cotton thread.

Here are my supplies…

CS Blue Skies Ahead	Striped Backgrounds	Die-namics Blueprints 13	Die-namics Happy	Hybrid Ink Pad Cotton Candy	Hybrid Ink Pad Orange Fizz
Hybrid Ink Pad Lemon Drop	Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple	Hybrid Ink Pad Sno Cone	Hybrid Ink Pad Blu Raspberry	Hybrid Ink Pad Grape Jelly	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Smooth White Card Stock	Black Licorice Card Stock

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Pure Innocence Start Each Day with Whee!	BG Diagonal Stripes Background	BG Typewriter Text Background	Die-namics Horizontal Stitched Strips	Die-namics Blueprints 13	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Hybrid Ink Pad Grout Gray	Spearmint Card Stock	Grape Jelly Card Stock	Blue Raspberry Card Stock	Grapesicle Card Stock	Steel Gray Card Stock
Blending Card by X-Press It, 25 Pack

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Please be sure to stop by tomorrow… I’ll have two posts to share with you!  The first one will be for the Dare to Get Dirty challenge that I’M hosting (YAY!) and the second will be for an awesome, extra-special Color Throwdown challenge!  I hope to see you tomorrow, and thank you for stopping by today!