Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Dirty Girl Challenges

If you're a member of the Fan Club on SCS, you have access to lots of neat galleries.  One of the them is the Dirty Girls!  I am not sure why they are called that--hopefully because they get so down & dirty while they are stamping.  BTW, Taken with Teal does not come out completely from a pair of tan shorts.....ask me how I know!  Anyway, this week, SCS is having a bunch of challenges thrown down by the Dirty Girls, and we can participate.  I combined three:

  • Clean, Simple White card by Julie
  • Vellum by Laurie
  • Ribbon by Jody

You can see all the challenges here.  (You may not be able to link this unless you are a Fan Club member.  You can find out about that here.)  So here is my card:

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It is a challenge just to photograph the vellum!! (Can you believe my background is a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock!?)   But it is quite pretty IRL!  The card is WW; I used the lighter weight vellum that SU sells and stamped on the reverse with Boho Backgrounds in Craft White.  You MUST make sure it is all the way dry--I used my heat tool.  The ribbon from Michael's was what drove the other colors--the heart from Always was stamped on the white card base in Mellow Moss; the sentiment from Essential Sentiments (MFT) was stamped on top of the vellum in Always Artichoke.  I didn't have any ink that really matched this ribbon--it is a very pretty, but odd color!  The edges of the vellum were scalloped with the new SU punch; the top of the vellum is adhered under the ribbon.  Here are a couple closer views:

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Thanks for visiting!  Remember, tomorrow is the Color Throwdown Challenge, and Broni is our hostess!  You can click on the link on the sidebar for more information!

9 comments:

Denise Marzec said...

Gorgeous! I love the stamping on the vellum. So classy and elegant!

...and yes, the Dirty Dozen (or dirty girls) are called that because of the inky fingers. :)

Kimberly Gajewski said...

Wow LeAnne! This is absolutely gorgeous! It is so elegant! Love the ribbon! :D

Stephanie Hargis said...

This is just gorgeous LeAnne! I LOVE the simplicity and elegance of it! You did such a fantastic job! :D

Anonymous said...

Wow LeAnne, this is absolutely stunning. I love the vellum overlay and the scalloped edge. Gorgeous ribbon.

Lisa Foster said...

Wow Leanne! This is beautiful! Very Elegant!
I have to ask (I know this is a silly question, but...) When you use your heat gun to speed up drying...how do you get your velum to NOT ripple? I have this problem everytime and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!

Julia Aston said...

Wow - you hit 3 challenges beautifully with this card! love the vellum overlay - very pretty!

Kathleen said...

I love the craft white on the vellum----I was just thinking of doing that the other day...now I MUST try it! The final product is just beautiful~

Tammy Hershberger said...

Beautiful, LeAnne! So simple but incredibly elegant!

Anonymous said...

Oh this is so pretty! I love the scallops on the bottom of the vellum ! Beautifully done!!