Finally, I can share a couple of things I was working on right before and right after the Dirty Dares week on Splitcoast. Today was a SoCal Micro Mini Mania shoebox swap event. These micro minis were an offshoot of the big SoCal Stamp Mania event held each spring in Long Beach. I attended this year with a group of girls who live about 40 minutes away, and one of those girls decided to keep the fun going by putting together a series of "micro" shoebox swaps in our area. The first was held in May while I was on vacation, but the second was today and I could go! Yay! There's nothing more fun than stamping the day away, chatting and learning new techniques. Over the next few days, I'll share a few things from the event. The first, above, are the hostess and door prizes I took. I used some canning jars I've been carting around with me for ages to make ribbon jars (inspired by this month's Dirty Dozen gallery on SCS), then just pulled some ribbons from my stash to fill them up. I used a stamp from the Tagger's Dozen set and cool Caribbean and certainly celery inks. I tied the tag with some ribbon and added Primas to the top.
The second is the card I designed as my shoebox project. I struggled with the design for a bit before finally settling on this one. I used a faux postage template from SCS, then sponged bashful blue, so saffron and rose red ink over the stamp squares. The image, also from Tagger's Dozen, is is stamped in black stazon ink. I layered the postage on bashful blue and basic black. I also added a line of black and saffron prints designer paper on the side, then tied rose organdy ribbon along it to finish the card off. A simple but fun design, and the girls at the event seemed excited about it. Tomorrow I'll share the projects we made!
Finally, I can share a couple of things I was working on right before and right after the Dirty Dares week on Splitcoast. Today was a SoCal Micro Mini Mania shoebox swap event. These micro minis were an offshoot of the big SoCal Stamp Mania event held each spring in Long Beach. I attended this year with a group of girls who live about 40 minutes away, and one of those girls decided to keep the fun going by putting together a series of "micro" shoebox swaps in our area. The first was held in May while I was on vacation, but the second was today and I could go! Yay! There's nothing more fun than stamping the day away, chatting and learning new techniques. Over the next few days, I'll share a few things from the event. The first, above, are the hostess and door prizes I took. I used some canning jars I've been carting around with me for ages to make ribbon jars (inspired by this month's Dirty Dozen gallery on SCS), then just pulled some ribbons from my stash to fill them up. I used a stamp from the Tagger's Dozen set and cool Caribbean and certainly celery inks. I tied the tag with some ribbon and added Primas to the top.
The second is the card I designed as my shoebox project. I struggled with the design for a bit before finally settling on this one. I used a faux postage template from SCS, then sponged bashful blue, so saffron and rose red ink over the stamp squares. The image, also from Tagger's Dozen, is is stamped in black stazon ink. I layered the postage on bashful blue and basic black. I also added a line of black and saffron prints designer paper on the side, then tied rose organdy ribbon along it to finish the card off. A simple but fun design, and the girls at the event seemed excited about it. Tomorrow I'll share the projects we made!
1 comment:
Love the ribbon jar idea -- great door prize!!
Your card is fantastic -- love the colors.
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