08.05.08

Tuesday Challenge - Baby’s First

Posted in Jacksonbelle Embellishments, Recent projects, Technique Junkie at 5:01 am

It’s Tuesday’s Challenge with Jacksonbelle Embellishments - this week was a color challenge and I got to choose the color - PINK!!! PINK with any color combo…. now when I think of pink, I think of Cambria……. she’s the pink queen you know…… she made pink popular and trendy again!!! still……. As I sat down to think about my project I knew it had to include some of those new AWESOME Cuttlebug Embossing folders - Lindsey has them in stock you know - and as fast as her service is . . . well you could have them by the end of the week!!! I also knew I wanted to keep going with some of my Christmas projects….. I’ve been working on my Mother’s birthday project (her birthday is the first part of September). What do you give your Mom that is special, unique??? especially considering she has everything she needs….. Well, after seeing Michelle Wooderson’s quilting card projects, the lights went off. My grandmother was a master quilt trade’s woman!!! She passed several years ago but not before quilting, and I mean the real thing with all that stitching of an intricate design, quits for all her grandchildren - I’ve personally lost count how many grand and great-grand children she had…. but she made quits for milestones in our lives like when we were born, getting married, having our own children, graduating from high school - true workwomanship and a labor of love. My Mother has also done some quilting - I do have to say and she would probably agree that not quite to caliber of my Grandmother’s quilting abilities. Anyway I’ve been making cards that look like quits, will make a special box or altered tin to hold them and give to others for special occasions throughout the year…..

So my PINK card, I think looks like it has been quilted - at least the background. The technique was featured in PatStamps Technique Junkies’ Oct/Nov 07 newsletter and is called “Cuttlebug Smoosh” (by the way, ENABLER ALERT!!! Pat has a special for all the past newsletters and 6th Edition CD - if you love techniques and getting the most from your products - it’s a must have - with full photo, step-by-step tutorials and samples galore). Enough rambling….

Card Details: Cardstock: Pretty in Pink and Black (SU), Solar White (Neenah); Rubber stamp from Inkadinkado; Ink: Pretty in Pink (SU) and Black Onyx (Versafine); Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Nestabilities circle and scallop die, rubber brayer, “Funky Vintage” clear shape (Making Memories), taffeta ribbon(SU), black brads (American Crafts), colored with Prisma pencils, sewing machine, computer generated sentiment.

Would love for you to play along with the challenge - check out what the other team members have done……

The Queen Bee…Lindsey
Lynda Benden
Amber Hight
Beth Thomas
Broni Holcombe
Dee Jackson
Elizebeth Neumann
Erin McKinney
Kisa Peters
Maren Benedict

Enjoy and Create - in PINK!!!! Lila

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