Sumthin' Bout Summertime Blog Hop & Contest ~ Embellish-Online June 1 thru 3rd

You are cordially invited to the first ever Embellish-It.com Blog Hop!

We wanted to kick off summer in a big way so come along and get inspired, play a little game and enter to win an American Crafts Prize Package & a Stampavie Stamp!

How to Play:

Hop along from Blog to Blog in the order given below. Each blog stop will provide one letter to a mystery word. At the end of the hop on June 3rd, unscramble all the letters to figure out the mystery word, and post your guess in our forum in the specified post below.

On June 1st start right here at the Embellish-It.com Blog, then head to the IT-Girls blogs in this order:

Christine

Cindy

Danni

On June 2nd head to

Julie

Kim

Michelle

On June 3rd head to

Lee

Suzy

The Hop ends at the EI Forum on this post where you can unscramble the letters and post your guess word!

One winner will receive a prize package consisting of a Stampavie Stamp, American Crafts papers and Thickers, and ribbon. Value of prize is approximately $25.

The winner will be announced on June 21st, the first day of Summer!

Rules:

~You will need to register for the forum to post, and it is free and easy!

~You can post your guess anytime between June 3rd and Midnight CST on June 20th, 2009. ~One entry per person please.

~We apologize, but due to high shipping costs, you must have a North American address to ship your prize package to.

Good Luck Ladies!! Be sure to tell them Ching sent ya!!he he

May Gallery Reveal @ Embellish-Online

Sniff! Sniff!!

With this blog post, I'm so very sad because its my very last gallery share with you girls for Embellish-Online.

This month, May, is my last month of my DT term with Embellish-Online. I can't tell you what a blast I've had with these ladies: Barb (owner), Suzy (DT Leader), Michelle, Debbie, Daniela, Cindy, Julie, and Norma. Embellish-Online was one of the very first Design Team positions I was selected for. I've learned so much and have grown so much, especially as a card maker. It is because of these girls at Embellish-Online that I jumped on the Copics bandwagon. So yes, I have them to blame for enabling me. :)

Barb and Suzy, thank you for choosing me 10 months ago. I was a complete DT newbie and now look at my blog!! lol....thank you, thank you, thank you!! I've so enjoyed creating with all the fabulous and yummy things you've carried in your store. I'll definitely be a continuing customer at Embellish-Online. Love that EIO always has a coupon code for 20% off - coupon code is "Glitter" folks!

I want to congratulate EIO's new incoming Design Team members who start their term in June:
1. Suzy Haghighi (DT Coordinator and DT Member)
2. Michelle Pearson (EI Blog writer, DT Member)
3. Julie Okada (Returning DT Member)
4. Cindy Motherway (Returning DT Member)
5. Christine Ousley
6. Kim Gruetzmacher
7. Danni Reid

Guest Designers:
June Lee Murphy
July Latisha Yoast
August Amanda Sewell
September Kim Prince
October Tracy Shultz
November Eva Dobilas *** Yeahhh!! Eva!!!
December Surpise! TBA

Ok, for this last month, I got to play with the new Craft Fair line from American Crafts for Embellish-Online.

My friends Susan and Kari have been going Cricut crazy since there was a HSN or QVC special on the Cricut Expressions the past couple of weeks, so with all the daily Cricut talk, they inspired me to pull out my baby bug for a spin. Hmm, well, I had to dust it off is more like it. LOL!

I knew when I saw this paper from American Crafts that I wanted to build a cityscape.


You can't see on my card that the buildings are pop dotted for dimension. The card base was made using my new Storybook cartridge.

For this second card, I had to cut out a smaller flower base from cricut again for this more teen inspired Pssst! Card.


Ok, I now have a few buildings cut out and was on the verge of creating a layout of being out and about, but then, well, I was at a crop at my lss, Scrap 'N Yap, when one of my friends' daughters came in before her playdate. Kamryn is a precocious as well as precious girl so I just HAD to create this stair step fold card that was inspired by her. You see, that day, Kamryn was going with her friend to the beach for a bike ride.

Now, while Kamryn is only 8 years old, here she is on this very cool vespa a la my retired SU stamp. This is my 2nd attempt at Copic coloring. I'm still having my color bleeding problem which I know is a paper problem.


So, I cut out my "Kamryn" and made her moveable by way of the pink grosgrain ribbon on this stair step fold card....he he he...its soooo much cuter in real life!! I also added in some die cut trees for a "Central Park" look with the new QK Reuse Limited Edition kit. (Its sold out at my lss, but thankfully, they had their small retailer kit that I got to use. I love those girls at the Yap!)

And here's a side view of little "Kamryn" scooting thru my Central Park in the City scene. Pull the little pink ribbon and she moves across the card. :)


This Kamryn in the City thinking about "Hello? Shopping for Today" card was inspired by the Bonus Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You this week.

That was a fun card to make which I plan on giving to Kamryn. And I made this little embellished clear pillow box to hold some candies for her when I give her the card.

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

If you enjoyed my cards and want the Craft Fair paper line from American Crafts that I used, please visit Embellish-Online here to get yours. Don't forget to use that coupon code!!



"Call Me, What's Up?"
Paper: American Crafts "Craft Fair" & "Teen" PPEmbellishments: American Crafts "Teen" Stickers
Accessories: Cricut Storybook Cartridge; Sizzix Scallop Circle Die; Foam Pop Dots

"Psst!"
Paper: American Crafts "Craft Fair" & "Teen" PP
Embellishments: Misc Ribbon
Accessories: Cricut Storybook Cartridge; Sizzix Scallop Circle #2 Die; Quickutz Thought Bubble Die; Foam Pop Dots

"Hello Shopping!...Today"
Paper: American Crafts "Craft Fair" & "Teen" PP; Bazzil CS; Prima (leafy trees) PPEmbellishments: American Crafts "Teen" Stickers; HS Bling: SU Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon
Accessories: Copic Markers; SU Retired "Spring Into Paris" Stamp; Quickutz "Reuse" Limited Edition Die Set; Foam Pop Dots

Friday Challenge #37 @ Embellish-Online

Where did the week go, cuz another Friday came and went. It's DT Member's Michelle Pearson's turn this week to host our Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online which was to create something with lots and lots of flowers to welcome Spring.

I am using EVERY morsel of this Prima Flirty Shimmers paper - I looooove it soo much! Its like someone poured a coating of melted sugar over this yummy paper and it dried and set like that. That's what I made the flowers from using my Sizzix flower die.

This is also my very first attempt at using Copic markers. I have to work on controlling the bleeding of my colors (see where the basket and the dress colors are bleeding into her cute little legs? ugh) and also blending of my colors as I'm not too entirely happy with how her cute little cheeks look. I wish I had more muted Copic marker colors to better match the color pallette of the papers I used, but its pretty cost prohibitive to run out and get a few more colors just for a card right now so I just made do with what I had. Practice will make perfect, so I have alot of Copic coloring practice to do. :)


Anyway! Here's my card I created for our challenge this week using a tutorial that's being featured over at SCS. My card also fits the challenges over at the Caardvarks and The Pink Elephant challenge sites, so definitely check them out too! You can get all the papers I used from Prima and Basic Grey along with the Copic markers that I used at the Embellish-Online store.



Come play with us and be sure to use keyword FC37 when you upload your projects to the gallery so we can all see your beautiful work! To see everyone's submissions, including mine, click *here*

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

"This Way for Bunny Hugs"
Paper: Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP; Repurposed Prima Packaging
Embellishments: Prima Rub Ons; Misc Bling; Maya Road White Dotted Sheer Ribbon
Accessories: Sizzix Flower Layers #3 Bigz Die; Cuttlebug "Diamonds in the Rough" Embossing Folder; Martha Stewart Border Punch; Foam Pop Dots; Glue Dots; The Greeting Farm Anya Easter Stamp; Copic & Spica Marker Pens
Size: 5" x 7"

Friday Challenge #36 @ Embellish-Online

Its Friday today!! And it was MY TURN as DT member to host this week's newest Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online which was to hop to it and create an Easter themed card or layout by incorporating a bunny, chick, eggs, etc.

I'm seriously in LOVE with this combo of BG Porcelain and the Prima Flirty Little Secrets line. It goes sooo well together! I think I'll be making stuff until I use up every single piece of these sheets that I have in my possession! Here's my Easter themed card, and you can get both these paper lines I've used at the Embellish-Online store:

Come play with us and be sure to use keyword FC36 when you upload your projects to the gallery so we can all see your beautiful work! To see everyone's submissions, including mine, click *here*

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

"Hoppy Easter"
Paper: Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP
Embellishments: Prima Rub Ons; Prima Bling; Maya Road Silk Wired Ribbon
Accessories: SU Sizzix Top Note Die; Spellbinders Curved Rectangular Dies; Martha Stewart Border Punch; Foam Pop Dots; Glue Dots
Size: 4" x 6"

A Few More April Flower Pretties from Embellish-Online

Here are a few more of my April projects for Embellish-Online. Our theme was "A Change in Time - April Flowers." I have to say that this combo of BG Porcelain and Prima Flirty Little Secret Lines make such a beautiful shabby chic combo! You can get both these paper lines and all these Prima flowers I've used at the Embellish-Online store.

I dug in deep and used a lot of embellies in my own stash that I've been hoarding to add to these babies this month because I thought they were perfect with this combo of papers.

Here's a card I made. Yeah, I'm still in love with my SU Top Note Die, can you tell? I had another bird cage cut out so this is how it all came together. I used some hand dyed (by the wonderful Elizabeth Tuch, owner of Scrap 'N Yap, my lss) 7 Gypsies silk ribbons to give it a very fragile feel to this card.


I couldn't help myself but I re-purposed another one of those Prima packaging tags and made another tag card. This time, I was inspired by an upcoming blessed event in my family, the impending birth of my niece, my family's first grandchild.

The stamp is Paper Inspirations, one of my favorite rubber stamp companies! I stamped it on one of the BG Procelain tie dyed patterned papers, and then colored in parts of the image with my chalk pencils. I mounted that on another BG Porcelain patterned papers, and popped it on foam dots onto the Prima Flirty Little Secrets Shimmer PP for some dimension. That luscious looking Prima paper was actually the diecut left over from my previous card pictured above. That paper is soooo rich with texture and color that I really have a hard time throwing ANY bit of it away. (Plus, its really expensive paper!)

Anyway, I added tons of embellies from my own stash, i.e. the blue flowers are Petaloo, the hand dyed silk ribbons, bits of tulle, stickers, etc.


I'll have one more project to share with you tomorrow as its going to be a Friday, and Fridays are our Friday Challenges at Embellish-Online.

Barb, Embellish-Online's wonderful owner, has just finished loading up TONS of new American Crafts in the store, so come on over and check out all the new yummy stuff in the store including new Prima, Pink Paislee, etc. Please drop on by into our DT Gallery to see what our other DT's have created this month too (we like getting gallery love too)!

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

Finally, Embellish-Online currently has a Design Team call. You couldn't ask to work for a better Owner and DT Leader, girls, in Barb and Suzy. I hope you consider submitting!

Thanks for looking. :)



"Let Your Dreams Take Flight" Card
Paper: Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP
Embellishments: Prima Flowers; 7 Gypsies Die and Silk Ribbon; Kaiser Pearl Bling; Webster's Lace; Misc Pearl Ribbon; Marcela By Kay Sentiment & Butterfly Stickers
Accessories: SU Sizzix Top Note Die; Glue Dots

"Congrats..Capture the Joy" Tag Card
Paper: Prima Packaging; Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP
Embellishments: Prima Flowers; 7 Gypsies Die and Silk Ribbon; Petaloo Flower; Misc Bling Stem; Marcela By Kay Sentiment Sticker; Sassfrass Lass Cloud Sticker; Paper Inspirations Rubber Stamp; MM Manilla Acrylic Paint; Cream Tulle
Accessories: SU Sizzix Top Note Die; Chalk Pencils; Foam Pop Dots; Glue Dots

Embellish-Online Gallery Reveal & 2 Sketches 4 You Card Challenge

Its Spring Time!!! I see baby spiders and daddy long legs!! Ewww!! Yes, its spring time and I'm afraid of bugs, lol!

But Spring also brings April flowers and the promise of a new beginning. :) The DT took a breather last month as we were waiting for new CHA product to arrive and we're back with some fresh projects to hopefully spring your imagination.

Yes, our theme this month over at Embellish-Online for April is "A Change in Time - April Flowers." We got to work with all the new Basic Grey and Prima releases from Jan '09 CHA.

Here's one of my projects I'd like to share with you. I based this tag card off of this weeks' 2Sketches4You card sketch.

I repurposed the packaging of one of the Prima flowers packets and used it as a base for my tag card here. It just seems too pretty to throw away!! First of all, there's that really pretty green teal color. It has that pretty decorative edging on the top and bottom, and it already is decorated with those very sweet swirly-dos all along the edges! Yes, too pretty to throw away. It does have some kind of coating on it, so it proved very stubborn for me to Glimmer Mist it to give it a bit more sheen! Oh well, I still really like my tag card. It definitely screams S-P-R-I-N-G!....no?

I'll post my other projects for you tomorrow as I'm running short on time today (work is definitely keeping me busy!). Definitely come on over and check out all the new Prima, Pink Paislee, American Crafts, etc goodies that Embellish-Online has been receiving in lately! And DEFINITELY don't forget to check out our DT Gallery to see what our other DT's have created this month!

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

Lastly before I sign off, Embellish-Online currently has a Design Team call. You couldn't ask to work for a better Owner and DT Leader, girls, in Barb and Suzy. I hope you consider submitting!



"Spread Your Wings Today" Tag Card
Paper: Prima Packaging; Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP
Embellishments: Prima Flowers; Cream Tulle; Kaiser Bling; MM Tiny Alphas; Webster's Lace; Marcela By Kay Sentiment
Accessories: Glue Dots

Design Team Call @ Embellish-Online

Embellish-Online.com is forming a new design team! We are an online retailer looking for innovative, creative and friendly card and scrapbook designers who are comfortable working with the products we sell such as patterned papers, embellishments and clear stamps that are detailed and may require coloring. If you work with Copic markers that is a plus!

You need to have an active, well maintained blog, be active on forums like SCS and/or 2Peas to share your work, be able to meet deadlines and participate in team challenges and on the store’s forum, and have a friendly, positive attitude. We require at least one EI exclusive post a week on your blog using our products, and to create for the EI gallery once a month (around 6 cards, layouts or projects a month in total).

In return, you will receive approx. $25 worth of product a month to design with, which usually includes patterned papers, embellishments, and sometimes stamps. You will also receive a 30% discount on almost everything in the store.

The design term will last six months.

To apply please send your name, address, link to your blog and SCS/2Peas galleries, and 5 examples of cards or projects that best reflect your style to suzy@papermonkey.org . Please keep each image under 100 kb in size or your application will not be received. Please also include a little bit about yourself, what other design teams you are on (DT experience is NOT necessary though), and why you would like to be an EI designer.

Applications are due April 30th. New designers will be announced by May 5th . The design term will begin June 1st and end December 31st.

*******Sniff, Sniff!! I can't believe my term is almost over. I still remember getting my notification from Suzy back in July '08 to let me know I had made the team! I was over the moon!!! Embellish-Online was one of my first DT gigs, and I am forever grateful to both Suzy and Barb for giving me the opportunity.

Good Luck to all the ladies that apply!! I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed being a part of the Design Team this past term. I've learned, grown and been so inspired by all the ladies at Embellish-Online. I've never scrapped or made so many cards in my life! LOL! Seriously, Barb and Suzy are the best people to work with, and I feel so very blessed to call them and all the other Aug '08 - May '09 Embellish Online DT members, Norma, Debbie, Michelle, Heidi, Julie, Cindy, Bonnie and Daniela, my friends.

Embellish Online & Creative Chaos DT Gallery Reveal

Love is in the Air over at Embellish-Online this February!! Barb got BG's Bittersweet in, so I got to play with this gorgeous line this month for my DT projects! She also has the new BG Marrakech and BG Porcelain lines in too!

Here's what I created for our February DT Gallery reveal using the BG Bittersweet line. I couldn't help myself by adding a bit of Jenni Bowlin scraps in since JB is my other most favorite line! My new friend Jason likes this first card the best because he says he likes the dictionary text background; the others are too Valentiney he says...lol! I say the man has GREAT taste if he loves Jenni Bowlin too! (Jason, you've earned Big Brownie points with me for liking what I like!)

I'm really enamored with paper pleats so I created some contrast by pleating the rose fuscia colored BG Bittersweet papers against the paler BG patterned paper and the JB dictionary paper. I added a K&Co banner sentiment for a soft contrast and a splash of color against the JB dictionary paper and finished it off with a sheer brown organza ribbon.

For my second card, I obviously wasn't done with my obsession with paper pleats. This idea of pleating the edges was inspired by Jeja who is an amazingly talented scrapper who posts over at My Scrapbook Nook.


The heart shape was traced from an acrylic book that was raked to me by the sweet and generous Christine who is a fellow DT member at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog with me. I layered BG Bittersweet chipboard elements, Prima flowers and some gold flowers I found in the Christmas clearance section at Michaels around this really awesome journalling spot from Creative Chaos. This particular spot is from the Sampler Pack List Journaling Jotters Set. The sentiment "is time spent with you" was printed on an office manilla folder in Staccato222BT font, from which I hand cut and hand positioned/glued onto the orange journalling spot.

I also aged the edges of the Jenni Bowlin dictionary text paper fringe with my Colorbox Craft Cats Eye Inks in Peach Pastel and Tangerine, which I got at Scrap 'N Yap, to better coordinate the papers with the orange round journalling spot from Creative Chaos. Here's a detailed pic of the dimension for this particular card:

Lastly, here's my 3rd card I created for Embellish Online. The shape of the card was actually traced from some Jenni Bowlin packaging, and then I piled on some Heidi Swapp and Lil Davis flowers while arranging some BG Bittersweet chipboard flourishes around yet another Creative Chaos journalling spot. This spot comes from the Love Notes Journaling Jotters Set. {This was the card that Jason said was too Valentiney. LOL - I think that was male vernacular for too girly and too cutesy!}


I finished this card off with some Kaiser Pearls that I got from Urban-Anthology and the title sentiment was completed with my favorite alphas in the whole world: MM Tiny Alpha Stickers. The ribbon was a scrap from one of my ribbon spools found in the $1 section of Michaels. I wanted a neutral color of ribbon so that it didn't compete with the bold colors and textures of the rest of the card.

I still have one last card to share with you from my Embellish-Online February DT Gallery reveal, which I will do sometime at the end of this week. I'm running a bit behind in my schedule, so I really do have to work on my time management going forward. :(

I hope you take the time to go and check out the rest of the Embellish-Online February DT Gallery. Everyone did a phenomenal job!!!

Now, I can't sign off on this post without asking you all to go and look at my dear and talented friend Eva's blog. She won last month's Embellish-Online contest and received the entire BG Bittersweet line from Barb. You HAVE to go and see her exquisite cards that she created with the BG Bittersweet collection!! Check out Eva's card here and her amazing tutorial project here.

I know Valentine's is over, but if you're like me, you probably still have yet to scrap your Valentine's pics. I'm in a pretty lovey dovey mood lately, so I know I'll still be creating Valentiney type projects for a while. So if you're loving this new line from Basic Grey and/or wanting any of the newly released Marrakech and Procelain lines from CHA, definitely head on over to Embellish-Online. Remember, you can ALWAYS save 20% off your order if you use the coupon code.

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

And while you're over there shopping, you might as well enter Embellish-Online's monthly contest and you, too, can be a winner just like our lovely and talented Eva. :)

***FEBRUARY CONTEST ALERT****

Barb has a FANTASTIC contest right now in which you could win a Glue Glider Pro Gun with refills. The value of this prize is about $24.00!

Here's how you can win:

Post here in this thread if you want to enter the contest! The same rules as before will apply:

1. You must post in this thread if you want to be included in the drawing.
2. You must be a member of this forum
3. You must have at least 25 posts from the time you post here
4. You must type your forum post number in the post so I know what your post count is.
5. Forum and Gallery posts all count!

Good Luck Everyone!! {You have til March 1st}



"Sweet On You"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" & Jenni Bowlin "Vintage Black Line" PP; Bazzil CS
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; K&Co "Sweet Talk" Banner Sentiments; Offray Sheer Brown Ribbon
Accessories: SU Scalloped Border Punch; Glue Dots

"My Perfect Day is Time Spent with You"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" & Jenni Bowlin "Vintage Black Line" PP; Bazzil CS; Office Manilla File Folder
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; Bazzil Pink Tulle; Prima Flowers; Misc Gold Roses; Gold Stickles; Creative Chaos "Sampler Pack List Journalling Set" Spot
Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Circle Scallop Die; Staccato222BT Font; Cutterbee Scissors; UHU Glue Stick; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Glue Dots

"XOXOXO Sweetness!"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet"; Bazzil CS
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; Offray Beige Ribbon; Heidi Swapp & Lil Davis Flowers; Kaiser Pearls; Creative Chaos "Love Notes Journalling Set" Spot; MM Tiny Alpha Stickers
Accessories: JB Embellishment Packaging used as pattern to trace card shape; Glue Dots

Friday Challenge #27 @ Embellish Online & Win a Glue Glider Pro

Its Friday today!! Its fellow DT member, Heidi Baldini's turn to host our newest Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online which was to create a warm tropical/summer Valentine themed card or layout.

I qualified the card I made for My Scrapbook Nook using their Feb kit for this week's challenge since it fit this week's challenge at Embellish-Online:

(Click here to see my tutorial on how to create the circle medallion.)

Come play with us and be sure to use keyword FC27 when you upload your projects to the gallery so we can all see your beautiful work! To see everyone's submissions, including mine, click *here*

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

***NEW PRODUCT ALERT****

And guess what?? EIO just got a TON of Prima goodies. Click here to go get some for yourself, and don't forget to use that coupon code!

***NEW CONTEST ALERT****

Barb has a NEW FANTASTIC contest right now in which you could win a Glue Glider Pro Gun with refills. The value of this prize is about $24.00!

Here's how you can win:

Post here in this thread if you want to enter the contest! The same rules as before will apply:

1. You must post in this thread if you want to be included in the drawing.
2. You must be a member of this forum
3. You must have at least 25 posts from the time you post here
4. You must type your forum post number in the post so I know what your post count is.
5. Forum and Gallery posts all count!

Good Luck Everyone!!



"I heart You...My Sweet" Medallion Card (All items are from Feb MyScrapbook Nook Kit)
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Patterned Papers; Bazzill Kraft CS
Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Scalloped Notecards; Maya Road Felt Flower; Cream Grosgrain Ribbon; MM Valentine Tickets; Misc Clear Bling
Accessories: Sizzix Flower Layers #3 Bigz Die; Fiskars Mini Scallop Decorative Edge Scissors; EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors; UHU Gluestick; Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Pop Up Adhesive.
Size: 4.25" x 5.5" rectangle

Friday Challenge #26 @ Embellish Online & Win a Glue Glider Pro

Friday has come and gone, and with the Cuttlebug Luv Bug Blog Hop activities going on this past weekend, I thought to hold off on posting this weekly challenge that we DT's host over at Embellish-Online.

It was my turn to host this time, and my Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online was to create a card or layout showing us your trash to treasure creation!

Here's what I created for the challenge using all materials from the Urban-Anthology October Kit (yeah, I'm running behind scrapping my holidays!).


Here I used black party streamers by sewing several layers together to gather on one edge, and then I twisted it in a way to make a sweeping border for my layout. I adhered a layer of chunky glitter onto the very edge of my gathered border to bling it up some. :)

Here's a detailed pic of the dimension I got from this technique:



Come play with us and be sure to use keyword FC26 when you upload your projects to the gallery so we can all see your beautiful work! To see everyone's submissions, including mine, click *here*

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

***NEW PRODUCT ALERT****

And guess what?? EIO just got a TON of Prima goodies. Click here to go get some for yourself, and don't forget to use that coupon code!

***NEW CONTEST ALERT****

Barb has a NEW FANTASTIC contest right now in which you could win a Glue Glider Pro Gun with refills. The value of this prize is about $24.00!

Here's how you can win:

Post here in this thread if you want to enter the contest! The same rules as before will apply:

1. You must post in this thread if you want to be included in the drawing.
2. You must be a member of this forum
3. You must have at least 25 posts from the time you post here
4. You must type your forum post number in the post so I know what your post count is.
5. Forum and Gallery posts all count!

Good Luck Everyone!!



"Boo - Happy Halloween"
Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Haunted Halloween" & "Spellbound" Making Memories PP; Creative Imaginations PP
Embellishments: MM "Spellbound" Foam Glittered & Tiny Alpha Stickers; MM "Spellbound" Journaling Spot; Stickles Glitz Champagne; Misc Flower; Black Party Streamers; Maya Road Black/Creme Striped Ribbon
Accessories: Needle and embroidery thread for streamer border gathering; Pop Up Glue Dots

Friday Challenge #24 @ Embellish-Online

Its Friday today!! Its fellow DT member, Suzy Haghighi's turn to host our newest Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online which was to create a warm tropical/summer based card or layout.

Come play with us and be sure to use keyword FC24 when you upload your projects to the gallery so we can all see your beautiful work! To see everyone's submissions, including mine, click *here*

***COUPON CODE ALERT****

Don't forget....GLITTER is the magic word to get you 20% off of your entire order. Coupon code is available everyday, all year round making Embellish-Online the BEST place to shop!

And guess what?? EIO just got the entire BG Bittersweet line. Barb is still in the process of uploading all the new BG goodies in the store, but she promises it'll all be up by the end of the weekend. Yes, that means I'll be stalking the store, cuz I want some new BG!! Click here to go get some for yourself, and don't forget to use that coupon code!

Barb has a FANTASTIC contest right now in which you could win some yummy BG Bittersweet of your own. Click here to find out how!

Wanna Win some Basic Grey Bittersweet?? @ Embellish-Online

It's a new contest, new year and with new rules over at Embellish-Online!

We're going to give away the Bittersweet Collection along with some of the embellishments in the collection.

All you have to do is be a contributing member here in the forums. You'll need to make a minimum of 25 posts here in the forum and the gallery in the next 3 weeks in order to be considered for the monthly drawing. If you want to be entered to win this awesome new collection, post here in this thread and we'll make note of your post count! If you don't post here it won't count! If you haven't joined the forum yet, join now!

The drawing will be held on February 1st.

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