Monday, July 11, 2011

You Make Life Sweeter

PLEASE GO HERE TO VOTE!

It's here!  It's here!  Today is the day when voting begins for this years Gallery Idol competition!!  It is officially in the hands of the people!   This will certainly be one long week of waiting and I will be wishing it away to see if I am one of the fifteen who continue on in the competition, but in the meantime I plan on keeping myself busy with ink and paper!  Oh, and throw in a little housework too of course, hehe.

As I am sure you know, the category assigned to the twenty of us was to use DIY embellishments.  I love the thought of making my own embellies and how much money it saves me.  I don't feel like I use them enough though.  Now, I love to get crafty magazines out at my local library (saving money!) and before this whole Gallery Idol went down I had picked up an issue of CardMaker magazine.  In it, Kimber McGrey had a fun article about making ice cream cones and popsicles with standard punches you usually have on hand.  So one oval die, a circle punch and ruler and exacto knife later, I had myself a few paper crafted sweet treats!  Let's see what I put together with them, shall we?


Starting with Hero Arts Large Plaid Pattern, I stamped the background in Memento's Angel Pink, trimmed it down and tied around brown baker's twine.


After assembling my treats, I added some mica flakes to the top of the cone as well as a layered button threaded with white embroidery floss.


Lastly, cutting apart a sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Cupcake Collection set, I nestled my sentiment over my embellie, added some bling and then adhered the whole panel to my card base with foam.


I really hope you enjoyed my little project!  If you feel so inclined, please go vote for your favorite card at this direct link and for more info about Gallery Idol visit here.  Thank you so much for your support and as always thank you for your super sweet comments about my projects!  You're the best!!

--Lindsay


Supplies:
Paper: Sweet Blush, White, Kraft, Fine Linen Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Cupcake Collection Papertrey Ink, Large Plaid Pattern Hero Arts
Ink: Angel Pink, Tuxedo Black Tsukineko, Vintage Photo Ranger
Embellishments: Fresh Snow, Sweet Blush Buttons Papertrey Ink, Brown Baker's Twine Martha Stewart Crafts
Tools: Oval Die Spellbinders, Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch Fiskars, Score Tool Scor Pal

27 comments:

  1. super, super cute Lindsay. I'm off to vote!!

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  2. So very, very, sweet! I love the added sparkles, the bite marks outta the popsicle, the pun based sentiment - fabulous!
    Best of luck!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  3. Those sweets look delicious! Such a cute card. Good luck!!

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  4. Super duper sweet card, Lindsay!! Your attention to detail is SUPERB (as usual)!!! LOVE THIS! Best of luck in the competition!!!!

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  5. Lindsay, this is fabulous!! Love the background and your sweet treats are divine, great addition with the sprinkles!n good luck!!!

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  6. I LOVE your DIY embellies!!! Seriously, this is super creative! I also love whatever that stuff is on top of your cone.....that is soo fun!! Good luck in the Idol competition! It's fun to see so many blog friends with their names up in lights!

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  7. SO sweet! I can almost taste the success!! Hope you make to the next round!!

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  8. Awesome job here Lindsay! I love the buttons and the sparkle! These are fun embellishments!

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  9. super, super, CUTE!!! good luck!

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  10. This is absolutely adorable! Love your colors too and the sentiment treatment, yes, that is fab too!

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  11. Absolutely darling, Lindsay! I LOVE the little bite out of the popsicle and the sprinkle of "sugar" on the ice cream! Perfectly sweet!

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  12. Oh these are super yummy Lindsey, I love the mica flakes too...great attention to detail :)
    Jenny x

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  13. This is so sweet! LOve the mica flakes on there...it looks perfectly cute!

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  14. Your card is as sweet as can be!! You totally rocked the challenge!!

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  15. So sweet and yummy looking! The sprinkles of mica are a great addition to the top of the ice cream. Good Luck!

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  16. Oh, Lindsay! The textures you added are just fabulous. This reminds me of that neapolitan popsicle Tuesday Trigger a few weeks ago.

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  17. This is so sweet Lindsay! Love the textures and the cute sprinkles you put on the icecream! Good Luck!

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  18. This card is YUMMY!!! Fantastic job on the challenge!!!

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  19. This is so gorgeous! Congrats on making the Top 20!

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  20. Oh, wow, I love this card so much!!! The sprinkles on the ice cream are an amazing touch... and the bite out of the popcicle - awesome!!

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  21. This is hands-down my favorite from this round! I picked without looking at any names and with my hubby's help, and we both easily agreed on this darling creation! Good luck, girl!

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  22. loving all the textures here. well done!

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  23. The verdict is in and my daughter officially wanted to vote for YOUR card instead of mine. Good for you, bad for me. :) I love those sprinkles and that cute button cherry. Great job with the challenge. Wishing you the best of luck!

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  24. Oh, Lindsay, Lindsay! This is so sublime. I want to eat those sprinkles myself! So glad you're in this!

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  25. Love this card! You did awesome work with dies and punches!

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  26. Very sweet Lindsay (pun intended) Love your design in clever use of punches & dies and that mica is so pretty!! Good luck!

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  27. I LOVE this card, Lindsay, it's very creative and oh so FUN!!! Hmmm, off to vote ;)

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