Holy Toothpicks!!!

It's that time again. That time of the month where those crazy and insanely gifted ladies over at the Everything but The Kitchen Sink blog have dreamed up another one of their challenges using an ordinary household item. Here's this month's challenge:




Crazy, huh?

I had to think about this one for a while. Then like a star shining from the sky...it hit me and I knew what I wanted to do. :)



and my obligatory close-up of my Star of Bethlehem:



I will say that this challenge, well...challenged me. :D I had this idea in my head all along, but I had a heck of a time really getting my Star to look just right. Or shine bright enough. Hahahaha!! Don't think I'll make a bunch of these for Christmas as much as I like it, though. I hope YOU like it, too.



{Supplies:
Stamps: O Holy Night (Inkadinkado)
Cardstock: Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!), Metallic Silver (Paper Temptress), White (Georgia Pacific), DSP - SnowKissed Solids Digital (2Peas/Betsy Tuma)
Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko)
Embossing Powder: Silver (Stampin' Up)
Glitter: Crystal Fine, Sterling, and Florentine Gold (all by Martha Stewart)
Rhinestone: Clear (Colorbök)
Elastic Cord: Silver (Stampin' Up)
Etc.: Toothpicks (Safeway) }




All my best,

Whee! Another Challenge.. & it's Sketchy!

I'm totally off my rocker! I'm posting for two challenges today! Woooo!

This one is for Everything But The Kitchen Sink and their Sketch challenge.



I had these two ideas in my head, but I knew that I had this trip coming up to Vegas, I wasn't feeling great, I had just all this stuff going on. I tackled the "easier" one first and I hope I'll still be able to get the other one in tonight before the deadline.

I still like this card a bunch. I love monochromatic themes anyway and I totally love the paper I used and the cool Texturz plate that I embossed the white with to tie the ovals all together. It's groovy, baby! :D



I hate to call this a basic card, because really there's a lot of texture going on. Hope you like it!! And thanks so much for stopping by.


{Supplies:
Cardstock: Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
DSP - Scraps
White Button - Basic Grey
Embellishment - Looking Glass Flower Black & White (Making Memories)
Dry Embossing - Ring-a-Ding Texturz plate (Sizzix)
Punches - Large Oval Punch & Wide Oval Punch (Stampin' Up!) }

All these challenges & I'm going to VEGAS!

I'm so dying to get my hands into these challenges over at Embellish Magazine's blog and Everything But The Kitchen Sink and what am I doing? Yep, I'm heading off to Vegas tomorrow. Wooooo!! I can't be too heart-broken over that, can I? :)

I did start working on a pretty good idea for the Embellish Mag. challenge. I'll just have to work on finalizing things when I get back. I'm pretty excited about this card. Even if it doesn't win the challenge I'm digging this card.

The Everything But The Kitchen Sink sketch challenge idea? Well, I have TWO!! I may have to submit both! I wonder if I can do that? I'll have to scramble, though, since the deadline is the day after I get back. ACK!! :/

So be on the lookout for LOTS of posts once I get back from Vegas, which is Monday night. In the meantime, I'll be hanging out with my family and visiting with a few friends. I love going back there. Just totally recharges my batteries and makes me feel like a desert rat all over again. Man, I love that place.

Challenged for Toilet Paper

This is my very first challenge EVAH!! And nope, I'm not dipping my toes in, but JUMPING IN! EEK!

This challenge is sponsored by Everything but the Kitchen Sink and hosted this month by Kelly Marie over at lawnfawn.blogspot.com

Here is this month's challenge:



I really had no idea what I was going to do with this, but I decided to just grab some CLEAN toilet paper and see if I felt inspired. My card really has nothing to do with toilet paper, but more about texture and what you can do with it. Does that make sense? I guess, more that you shouldn't feel limited. Yeah...that's it!

So. Here's my card. Hope you like it! :)





And here's a close-up of the flower:



















I had more fun making this than I expected to. It was a little frustrating at times only because the TP is so very delicate to work with, but I do like the overall effect.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. I'd love to hear any comment or feedback that you may have. (Yes, that's a hint! )


{Supplies:
Toilet paper - Kleenex Cottonelle
Cardstock - Kraft (Stampin' Up)
DSP - Basic Grey (Indian Summer Collection)
Ink - Ranger Distress Inks in Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain
Dies - Sizzix/Stampin' Up - Sizzlits Little Leaves, Embosslits Flower Burst, & Top Note Die.
Misc - Basic Grey rhinestones & Chip Sticker Shape; Stampin' Up brads,
Ribbon - unknown from Michael's}

**Edited to add - I should have mentioned the items that were "TP'ed" : The flower, leaves and the Top Note die are all cut from the toilet paper.