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Thursday, August 21, 2008

I'm Soooo Excited!!




Remember this post about the contest I entered to become a guest designer on the Stamp Something blog? I didn't win, but that's okay because I (along with the other entries) was asked to be a Guest Designer for this weeks challenge while the regular DT gets a week off. It's a nice easy, and fun theme this week-Birthdays! Iknew what I wanted to do with this challenge as soon as Denise emailed me about it, but I had to wait for my order to come in. I was starting to sweat it, but as you know it arrived just in the nick of time. So right after I tore into my boxes and ran two die through the Big Shot, I had to run downstairs and put this card together. I was praying it would go together just like I had it in my head and sure enough it did! So you look at the outside of the card and think, okay, cute but nothing special, well it is the inside of the card that packs the punch! We saw the cutest card demo'd like this at Convention and everyone just Ooo'd and Ahhh'd! I had to give it a go and let me tell you it is so easy to do. The spirals are just circles that are fist punched out and then you cut around the circle till you have no more cs left to cut (you are cutting an outline so-to-speak of the circle.) If I get a chance I'll try to get a quick little tutorial up just so you can see (I'm a visual learner) how it is done. Then you just stamp and cut out little images to stick to different parts of the spiral you created. I used my new Party Hearty stamp set for this along with the vibrant and fun Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango color combo.
ETA: oops, I am a day early. Guess you get a sneak peek at tomorrow's Stamp Something Challenge. Just shows how excited I really am about this!
Hugs,

13 comments:

  1. Congrats to you!! How fun! I love this bday card you made with the bright colors and great idea using this technique with this set!!

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  2. Oh, I love both of your cards. I've been wanting to do one of those cards from convention so badly, but just haven't found the time. Yours is adorable!! That first card reminds me of one in the catty I want to case - can't remember where it is, somewhere near the beginning of the catty I think - but it's such a great LO and color combo, I can see why you used it too!! Love them both!!!

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  3. Ooh - fun! Love your version of this pop-up card.

    (It was my upline who showed this card at Convention - I was so proud of her!)

    Cindy

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  4. Amazing...absolutely amazing! LOVE this card! I loved this at convention as well, but I LOVE what you did here! OH MY GOODNESS!!! AMAZING!

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  5. Oooh, congrats on your guest designer spot!! LOVE your project, so glad your new stamps arrived! Thanks also for explaining how to do this...I wasn't paying the best attention during the demo at Convention, but I need a stamp club project, so now I'll give it a try!

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  6. Oh yes, I remember this from convention, it was a really wower and you nailed it too! This is super, it is making me want to do one now! Great card!
    LeAnne

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  7. This is such a super fun card Lisa! So happy you chose to make this design for the challenge, it's awesome! Thanks so much for helping us out this week, it's been great to have you as a guset designer!

    Have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  8. What a really CUTE super fun card!! Congrats on being a guest designer!! :)

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  9. This is such cute, fun and so original! Great job Lisa!

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  10. What a super fun design! LOVE this!!! The colors are sp cheerful and the inside is way cool! I have to try one of these now!

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  11. Love it, love it, love it!
    So super cute, this card rocks the challenge. :-)

    Lisa, which, die cuts did you use?

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  12. This is so cute! Love that inside. What a lot of work cutting out those images, but so worth it.

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  13. A terrific creation Lisa. The inside is so special!

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