Casing MAREN and a MDC Challenge!!!

Let me start out by saying that I had something TOTALLY different to show you today but I screwed it up and NO you won't be seeing it for a long time!! LOL!!!  We spent all afternoon yesterday and a beach party and boy was it fun!!!  The parents that hosted the party took ALL of the kids tubing and they got to swim in the lake and pool.  A good time was definitely had by all of us!!!  That brings me to 9pm last night and my project for today's Mothers and Daughters Creations challenge which was to make something masculine.  I am not a night person but I already had my project planned so I figured it would go just fine and I'd be done in NO time!!!  I bought a Bare Elements Wine holder and wanted to use THIS paper to alter it.  I thought it would be SO cute!  I added my sticky strip to one side of the container, laid my paper on perfectly (for a change) and then opened the holder up so I could cut the excess paper off.....well.....the holder was upside down!!!  At that point I quit and will sand the paper off later and let me tell you when (or if) I do alter this thing at a later date, I will definitely check to make sure I have it right side up!  LOL!!! 

I had breakfast with Tamara Wednesday morning and she brought me some of this awesome new paper she received from Paper Salon so I decided that I would use that paper and my most FAVORITE Mustang stamp!  The layout of my card is based on this weeks Featured Stamper ~ MAREN!!!!  Maren is a fellow design team member of Jacksonbelle Embellishments.  She is SO talented and SO deserving of this honor.  Here is my card based on Maren's card HERE ~
The base of my card is Whisper White.  The decorative papers are all from Paper Salons Star Spangled and is actually their new 4th of July line but I thought they were perfect for a masculine card.  I layered them on a piece of scrap cardstock.  The bottom polka dot cardstock is actually this NEW awesome cardstock called Core'dinations!  I will demonstrate how this cardstock is different next!  I ran the brown piece of cardstock through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I then sanded the tops of the dots and with this cardstock, what that does in let the "core" of the paper show through and in the case of this brown, the core is a light brown.  I stamped my Mustang on Whisper White cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink and cut it out using my Nestabilities.  The scallop mat is also from my Nestabilities.  I colored the mustang using my Prismacolor Pencils and I also added some gold Pearl Ex randomly (maybe if you click on the picture you can see it better) on the horse.  I used dimensionals to mount the horse on as well as the decorative papers below.  The ribbon is some I had got a Michael's some time ago.

Be sure to check out what Jennifer, Maria and Tamara did for this challenge!!!

Here is the recipe ~
Stamps ~ Serendipity Mustang;  Ink ~ Chocolate Chip;  Paper ~ Whisper White Cardstock, Brown Core'dinations cardstock, Paper Salon Star Spangled decorative paper;   Supplies ~ Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Nestabilities, Prismacolor Pencils, Ribbon ~ Michael's, dimensionals, Gold Pearl Ex

Here is some information on the Core'dinations cardstock!  It is really cool because it is sold with a band on the end which shows the color of the "core" of the cardstock.  Here is a picture of a Pink Passion color with a Pretty in Pink "core".
The cardstock has texture like Bazzill and is sold in packs of either 8 1/2 x 11 or 12x12 collections.  You get 20 sheets per pack and the 8 1/2 x 11 pack is $5.95 and the 12x12 pack is $9.25.  There are TONS of colors & collections to choose from!  Be sure to check it out HERE!  Here is a picture of the above piece I ran through my Cuttlebug using the diamonds embossing folder.  I sanded a portion so you can see the difference ~
Thank you for stopping by!  I am going to work on uploading my scrapbook pages from last weekend although since it is in the high 90's today, I am going to have to take the kids out to swim and with it being so hot, I will probably get in too so it will be a little later today so be sure to check back!

~Lynda

Comments

[Maria Levine]

Very nice. You always do wonders with that Mustang image. Sorry to hear that you put the paper on background that is something I would do! LOLOL!

[Tamara]

I'm still waiting for that wine holder, miss!! lol; no, I LOVE your mustang card, as usual!! And great job highlighting the core'dinations - dumb me didn't think of that!! Thanks for your beautiful work!

[Amy Sheffer]

This card is awesome, awesome, awesome!!! Thanks for the Core'dinations info. I've seen it in online stores, but didn't know anything else about it. Very cool!

[chrissym]

love your mustang card! You are an awsome cardmaker!!!