So today was VSN over at Splitcoast - basically it's a 2-day extravaganza where challenges are posted every hour and you have 45 minutes to complete a card for each challenge!! I've *never* been able to participate before but today I thought I'd give it a shot! I ended up doing 7 of the challenges, and I *might* try to do another one or two tomorrow before the 3pm deadline (but I'm not getting my hopes up b/c I'm beat! LOL)
To give you a better idea of what participating in VSN is like - here's my desk after doing 3 (or was it 4?) challenges back-to-back (note my PINK IKEA office chair! LOL):
I finally HAD to clean up all this b/c I had no room left to shove things aside to be able to take pics, everything was falling on the floor, my stack of paper scraps was starting to teeter, I had no less than a half-dozen large punches sitting out, and I was starting to have REAL trouble finding any of my scissors (I have 4 pairs!).
FYI - for those that were wondering - the desk is from Office Depot - I got it on sale several months ago - and it's HUGE. One of these days I'll take better pics of everything (when it's all clean!!). :o)
But like I said tho - I had fun - so it was worth it!! It was SO enjoyable to sit and stamp for the heck of it - lately I've been making things b/c I HAVE to (Design Team work, workshop preps and displays, things for orders etc etc etc) and after a while that can be draining (at least for me it is).
So here's the first challenge card I made (the challenge was to use a charm on your project):
STAMPS: Petal Prints. CS: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral. INK: Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Creamy Caramel, Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk ink pad in Alabaster. ACCESSORIES: Marvy Giga Scalloped Oval Punch, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Charm (Decorative Details from nunndesign.com), jump ring (from Michaels), CuttleBug Stylized Flowers A2 Embossing Folder.
This was a really quick and easy card. I embossed the BG w/ this CuttleBug folder, then rubbed the Cat's Eye ink pad on it to make the embossing stand out a little more.
I attached the charm to the ribbon using a jump ring (from a pack I got at Michaels in the jewelery section a long time ago).
The second card I did:
STAMPS: Oh So Sweet (retired). CS: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Real Red. INK: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, White StazOn. ACCESSORIES: Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals, Ribbon (Michaels), Window Sheet, Bazzil Brads (color - Hershey).
I used markers to get the different colors on the strawberries, cut them out then adhered 2 of them to the Celery CS w/ glue and the third w/ a dimensional.
The sentiment was stamped onto a window sheet using White StazOn, then adhered to the card w/ the three Bazzil brads (I thought it quite fitting that the color of the brads was Hershey! LOL!)
OK that's it for tonight! I'm off to bed - night all...
