In case you are just joining us, we are a group of nine out of twenty Stampin' Up! demonstrators who were selected as finalists in the 2012 Artisan Design Team competition. We didn't make the design team, but we thought you would still enjoy seeing our projects. There are a lot of talented ladies on this blog hop, so we hope you continue to join us each day for our ten day event. If you are making the rounds, you should have just arrived from Mindy (Bingamon) Backes' blog.
The wonderful thing about blog hops is that we get to tell fun little things about our projects. I actually made this card for the Artisan Facebook Gallery, but I loved it so much that I held it back for the competition and made another card for the gallery. I know...I'm bad, but I knew the minute I finished this card I knew that it HAD to be one of my entries. I don't normally do cards with this much distressing, but I was just indulging my creative side. Because I won Artisan last year, I decided to throw caution to the wind and try some things that were a little more daring. I guess I did something right, or I wouldn't have made it to finalist, but I obviously missed the mark just a little. :(
One of the things I try to do with my entries is make sure they are appealing on the inside as well. Just by switching out the sentiment, this could easily be a birthday card for my dad instead of a Father's Day card. Of course it isn't either, because I sent it off to SU. LOL!
Next up is the amazing Holly VanDyne. Four more days to go, so be sure to check back tomorrow for more great projects. If you get lost, you can scroll down to yesterday's post for a list of blogs.
INGREDIENTS: Card Stock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP; Stamp Sets: Sunflower, Sweet Floral, Delightful Dozen; Classic Ink Pads: Basic Black, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Stampin’ Write Markers: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso; Other:Big Shot, Timeless Type Jr. Alphabet, Stampin’ Sponge, Anywhere Glue Stick, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive.
