Wish Big

School is back in session, and I'm back to crafting! Yay! It was a crazy busy summer, with being at the lake, going on vacation with my family, and just chasing after four kids for two months, and I'm hoping things will slow down a bit, but really... hockey, ringette, soccer, and football are all going on or getting ready to start so I don't know who I'm kidding!

I've made a card with Rubbernecker Stamps and some dies today. I've got a long list of products that I used from them so I will list them all at the bottom of my post so it's easy for you to find them!

I started out making a shaped card base using the Nested Rounded Corner Rectangle dies, along with the mats:

I made the card base by letting one edge of the die overlap the fold.

I punched out the mats that I layered over the base, cutting out a couple stars with the new mini star dies (below).

The Small Star outline dies give you two stars to work with.

The final product after layering the mats, adding some cheesecloth, and adding all the stars I cut out of silver glitter paper. I also used the nested tag dies for my sentiment. Below you can find links to all the dies and stamps I used on my card (just click on the name of the product):

Best Friends, etc. Stamps

Nested Rounded Corner small stitch rectangle dies

Nested Tag Stitch dies

Small Star Outline die 

Small Star die

A Sketch Challenge

Hey everyone! It is time for a new challenge, and the teams are going to switch things around so Stella Team will be bringing you inspiration for the first half of the challenges for the rest of the year. This challenge is a Sketch challenge. See below:

For my DT inspiration, I used the new image "Icicles and Crystals" for my card:

I used Copics to colour the image (BV08-BV000 & B05-B0000), along with some glitter gel pens and Stickles in Gunsmoke and Frosted Lace. My chipboard "believe" is from Make It Crafty, as are the little stars. I inked them up with my Copics then used Versamark ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder to make them shine. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

A close up of the chip board and some of the Stickles

Check out the challenge blog to see the team's other inspiration, and again in two weeks, when the midway post goes up with even more inspiration from our fabulous designers.

Our prizes this challenge will include:

1(one) Artist's Choice Winner to be chosen by Mitzi from all entries using an Aurora Wings image (Custom badge+3 single digital images)

1(one) Random Winner (3 single digital images)

Top 3 To be selected by the Design Teams from all entries (Custom badge+1 single digital image each)

You can find Aurora Wings here:

Aurora Wings Challenge Blog

Aurora Wings Showcase Blog (with new releases)

The Home of Aurora Wings & digi shop

Aurora Wings Etsy Shop

Aurora Wings Facebook Fan Group

Aurora Wings FB Group

Happy Birthday

I'm back with another card for Rubbernecker Stamps, this time using the Birthday Balloons stamp. After I inked up the balloons, I used Glossy Accents and rhinestones to finish it up.

All of my ink and paper is from Stampin' Up. I also used the Rubbernecker stamp Dash Dot Frame for the card border. It's a simple card, and I love these new balloon stamps with messages. There are also Happy Retirement and Congratulations ones.

My summer has been super busy, and the kids have just a few more weeks off school so we're making the most of it with a big family trip right away. Then when we get back hockey and football will be in full swing. We have to make the most of our time off while we can! I hope you're having an awesome summer out there.

Dash Dot Frame - http://www.rubbernecker.com/product-p/1101-04.htm&click=176
Birthday Balloons - http://www.rubbernecker.com/product-p/1104-02.htm&click=176