Happy Friday!  Today is my last post as guest designer for The Friday Mashup!  It has been a lot of fun and I want to thank Holly and all the wonderful ladies for the invite and welcome to their group!

Here is the challenge for this week:

• Create a project using “polka dots” 
• Create a project with “umbrellas". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a card using “umbrellas and polka dots”

Well, I had plenty of polka dots but no umbrellas!  And I wanted to mash up the challenge today with a polka dotted umbrella!  Thank heavens for internet shopping!

I started off by putting a bit of texture on the card front with the PTI linen impression plate.  After that, I die cut the image in blushing bride and in the polka dot dsp and then layered the dots on the blushing bride.  I lightly chalked some blue on the card front for a puddle.  You can see the puddle in real life but not so much in the photo!  I added the sentiment in memento black and I was done.

A clean and simple card for my final FM post!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I am off Saturday and Sunday but will be back on Monday!  Have a great weekend!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white and distressed dots.  SU! blushing bride.  Stamps/dies:  WPLUS9 pretty patches umbrella and die.  Other:  Memento black and chalk.

Hello all!  Happy Friday and welcome to a new challenge with The Friday Mashup!

The challenge is:

• Create a project using the "Sketch". 
• Create a project with “the bouncing brayer technique". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a card using the “sketch and the bouncing brayer technique”

The bouncing brayer technique is quite fun – you can visit the tutorial for more information – IF you do the bouncing brayer! 

[Click here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/bouncing_brayer/]

I was so busy remembering to use the brayer, I forgot all about the technique!  Do you ever do that?  So this card is based on the sketch with a great brayer plaid background!

I used coastal cabana and Bermuda bay as my main colors with a bit of crumbcake thrown in for good measure.  I used the brayer to make the plaid on PTI white.  I ran pieces of the Bermuda bay and coastal cabana thru the PTI picnic plaid impression plate so that I could cut all my pieces out of the embossed paper with the exception of the crumbcake.

I put everything together and added a piece of twine, linen thread, and rhinestones.  I added the sentiment (in the wrong place!) and I was done.  Call me a rebel (or someone who can’t follow directions!) with this project!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I am off for the weekend but will be back on Monday with some new projects!  Happy weekend all!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! coastal cabana, Bermuda bay and crumbcake.  Inks:  SU! coastal cabana, Bermuda bay and memento black.  Stamps/dies:  PTI simple stars.  RC wonky double scallop border.  PTI picnic plaid impression plate and PTI sketchy stars.  Other:  brayer, linen thread, Bermuda bay twine, rhinestones.

Happy Friday everyone!  Today begins a new challenge at The Friday Mashup!  I am excited to present my project as guest designer.

Here is the challenge:

• Create a project with a “shaker element”.
• Create a project with a “Congratulations theme".
• or Mash it Up! and create a project with a "Congratulations theme and a shaker element".

I chose to mash things up today and made a shaker congratulations card.  This card is a 4X4 card, perfect to attach to a wedding or anniversary gift.

I started off with PTI rustic cream as the base and the top layer.  The top is 3 1/4” square.  I used my SU! word bubbles to cut the window for my shaker card.  I cut the window, then stamped and embossed the images with gold embossing powder.  I used sticky tape to adhere the window sheet and then surrounded it with foam tape.  I made a slight miscalculation here – I should have doubled the foam tape.  By not doubling the tape, it ended up not shaking as much as I wanted. 

I used a combination of seed beads, sequins and micro beads in the shaker.  I also added some tinsel glitter.  Warning!  This stuff is insane!  It was sealed and when I broke the seal I was showered in this glitter.  Then when I shook a little in the window sheet (I added it last), it immediately stuck to the window sheet and doesn’t move.  I don’t know as if I will use this again.  Lesson learned.  Plus it’s glitter that goes EVERYWHERE!!

The CS under the window sheet is rustic cream as well.  I glued a couple of sequins and seed beads to it before I closed up the shaker just to add some texture so that when all the “stuff” sinks to the bottom, you would still see some elements.  Again, this would have worked if I would have doubled the foam tape.  Instead all the stuff appears stuck in midair.  Afterwards, I decided that was OK.

Finally I layered up the card with some gold kraft CS and pumpkin pie CS.  I like the pop of orange with the kraft and gold.  Each of those layers where ¼” bigger than the next. 

That’s it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by!  I am off for the weekend but will be back Monday with some more projects!

Supplies:  CS:  PTI rustic cream.  SSS April card kit.  SU! pumpkin pie.  Window sheet.  Stamps:  SU! love and laughter, making spirits bright.  Other:  SU! word bubbles die.  Gold embossing powder, sequins, seed beads, micro beads and tinsel glitter.

Hello!  Boy, do I have exciting news today!  For the month of April, I will be serving as a guest designer on The Friday Mashup challenge blog!  I am so excited and honored to be a part of this awesome group!  This is a challenge I play along with regularly so I am excited to be a part of the team!

Here is the challenge for this week:

•  Create a project using "so saffron, pool party and calypso coral". 
• Create a project with "Easter Critters". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors above and Easter Critters".