Shana Gaff
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

It is DIFFICULT to get back into the swing of things!

I came back from Convention with all of these cool ideas that I want to do at my Mini Convention this Friday. However, lots of ideas equals lots of time spent NOT creating items for my blog!  I do have Design Team responsibilities though, so I did manage to get a few cards done for those. Silly me was thinking that Technique Time Tuesday was due tomorrow, so I used a technique from there on my card for Addicted to Stamps and More!  But it's not due until NEXT Tuesday, so you get a sneak peek of what the challenge will be.  Don't worry, I made a different card for the real challenge date at Technique Time Tuesday!  Not only did I mess that up, I also thought this week was a marker challenge, which goes perfectly with that challenge. Would you believe that I looked at the wrong date AGAIN?! Oh my word, Shana!  Get a life! lol Lucky for me though, it is Anything Goes, so my card still fits the challenge!

I used the sketch from Fab Friday for this one because it had a lot of blank space to go with the technique I wanted to use:


And now it is time for yet ANOTHER confession...I used the colors from another challenge (of course I can't remember which one now and am too lazy to look it up!) that I THOUGHT was due Wednesday. Of course, it was due yesterday, they just announce the winners on Wednesday. BIG HUGE SIGH!  I am really hoping I can get my act together someday soon! :)



I had a lot of fun with this card!  For the background I used the Smackin' Acetate technique. You just take a piece of acetate (aka transparency) and color on it with markers or even stamp on it. Then spritz it with some water, turn it over and rub it onto a piece of white cardstock. For mine, I colored on the acetate with Crumb Cake and Pear Pizzazz and then stamped one of the blotchies from Gorgeous Grunge with Bermuda Bay. I love the look of the stamp after it was spritzed!  Which brings me to another confession...I used colors from another challenge (of course I can't remember which one now and am too lazy to look it up!) that I THOUGHT was due Wednesday. Of course, it was due yesterday, they just announce the winners on Wednesday. BIG HUGE SIGH!  I am really hoping I can get my act together someday soon! :)

Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, Oh, Hello, Yippee Skippee
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Candy Dots, Rhinestones, Doily, Transparency

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful card, I love the colors and the effect is really unique!

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  2. Busy Lady!!
    I adore this look and will have to give it a go-I have a feeling it was a lot of fun to make-fab and inky!!

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  3. Oh, this is so beautiful and your background is stunning!

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  4. LOL Shana - your blog post reads like my last week has been (spinning in circles). Even though this is not at all what thought your were doing it turned out very gorgeous and I'm anxious to learn more about that technique.

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  5. Hi Shan. Love your Grunge look. Great card. Hugs Monika xxx

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  6. Hey You! Great card no matter what the day! No stampin for me yet, I'm still trying to get all my swap mess away! Kathy and I just showed our pics to friends and they think we're crazy.... We are but we sure had fun with you! I'm following your blog so I can see what you're up to! Miss ya!

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  7. Looooove this. Brilliant background.
    Hugs, Flo xx

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  8. Very pretty card!! Love the background!! It's so pretty and frilly!! Love the candy dots and rhinestone too!! Thank you for joining us at Fab Friday!!!

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  9. Very cool! I like the grungy look mixed with the softness of the flower! THanks for playing at Fab Friday :-)

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