StampInsanity Challenge #7: Inspiration Time!

Hello everyone! Before we get started with today’s challenge, we have a few announcements to make!

First, we are very, very sad to have to say goodbye to the most awesome Groovy Gurl, Jeri.

Jeri, we wish you well. We’d like you to know that you are always going to be a Groovy Gurl to us!!

We look forward to seeing your future projects.

Second, we proudly welcome Jacquie Peifer as the newest Groovy Gurl on the team!

Welcome Jacquie, we’re excited to see all the wonderful things you’ll create!

And last but not least, we welcome Juanita Gillen as our guest Groovy Gurl for May!

Welcome, Juanita!!! Can’t wait to see your cool creations.

Ok, on with the show! 

The inmates are enjoying craft day at the asylum today!

The Groovy Gurlz (and you!) are challenged this week is to use this photograph as inspiration to create a project!

WOW! Is this a great inspiration piece or what?

Ready to see the GROOVY projects the Gurlz made?

Alison

Jacquie 

Jennifer

Jeri 

Lisa

(Out Sick—Get well soon, Lisa!!! We love you!)

Margie

Sarabeth

Suzi

Tonya

Be sure to visit the Groovy Gurlz’s blogs to get more details on their projects!

Can you tweak it?  I bet you can – give it a try and share with us what you come up with!

WAIT!!! Did you know StampInsanity and the Gurlz love ya? We do!

In fact, check this out:

1. Each time you enter a challenge for the month, you will receive one entry into an end of month drawing for a free digi of your choice. If you use an SIS image, you get another entry. The drawing will be done on the first day of the next month.

2. Then, the top 3 entries each week will receive an “I grooved with the Gurlz” badge to display on their blogs. We’ll distribute the badges on the day of the new challenges.

Singin’ the Bluez

If you are a loyal reader – all 2 of you – you know I was challenged by my BFF, StampVamp, to use a blue from each family… on ONE card. Now, I know how to work the angles with the best of ‘em, but, alas, challenge precludes using extra cards to get all the shades in! And, I gotta tell you – this just ain’t as easy as you would think! I was cruizin’ along until it came time for that Brilliant Blue. Brilliant. In a perfect world, I would avoid that color on this card, but overall, I don’t hate the outcome… That’s sayin’ a lot considering the cussin’ coming from the stampin’ lair for a while there! How existential… that’s me channeling that Geico commercial, you know the one I mean… “this is a real Geico customer, so we’ve hired someone who inteviews people to blah, blah blah…” (It’s a lot better than that uber-annoying Joan Rivers one… OMG, save me!) Okay, so I am not properly caffeinated this morning… or this afternoon! Holy frijoles, Batman! Raise your hand if you haven’t been to the gym yet today…

Take THAT, StampVamp! :)

Whooo-pah! Can you visualize my whip crackin’? Hee hee. Here’s the thing – she’s over there showing off with these cool masculine cards… So here’s mine! Funny story – I actually made this for her but forgot to give it to her when I moseyed-on down ‘ter Texas a couple of weeks ago. I had a wide chocolate grosgrain on it, but changed my mind. It mucked up the proportions. Can’t have mucked up proportions, now, can we? If you’ve attended any of my events, you may have noticed my adoration of grosgrain and punches. I just love me the SU punches! Ya know what else I love? The direct-to-paper effect on the base of the card. (I am so smooth…) I got it by slapping the cardstock against the inkpad – yeah, directly. Well, more of a gentle swipe, really… a brush, a gentle caress… Oh, p’shaw! Slap it on there! There’s no way to make it look neat, so no use tryin’! Ever heard the expression MOPs? No, not Mothers of Preschoolers… Messy On Purpose. That’s my motto. Works great, too! Not so much in the domestic arena, but for stampin’ – mah-velous! I took the colors straight off the Color Coach. Honey-Baby, if you don’t have one – GET one! I really tend to obsess (who, ME?!) and struggle with color combos. There’s also this little website, created by some kind soul of a demo for our free use. Boy, those Stampin’ Up demos rock, huh?

Before I forget, and have to edit 17 times… the stamps are the SAB set Friendship Blooms and the ‘love you’ is from A Light Heart - the limited edition set SU issued to raise money for the American Heart Association (benefitting women’s heart health research). Love this company! Doin’ a lotta lovin’ tonight… I might even break out in song! …You do not want that, so I will sign off and get sitched for Lost. (Any Losties out there? I’m, *sigh* yes, obsessed!) I’ve found a great Lost blog if you are interested!

Toodlez!