You're a Star! StarFish Card

Created this card using Paper Smooches Surf & Turf Starfish stamp. Used gold color. Did not have the sentiment I wanted so I calligraphy wrote sentiment with a gold marker. Embossed with Tim Holtz embosing diffuser so that the StarFish & sentiment were not embossed over and Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl embossing folder. Added gold stickles. Added gold ribbon.

Supplies List

calligraphy: wrote sentiment
embossing: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
marker: American Crafts gold
paper - cardstock -white, gold glitter
punch: Fiskars corner rounder
ribbon: Celebrate It Bow-tique
stamp - Paper Smooches Surf & Turf StarFish
stickles: gold
Tm Holtz: embossing - Diffuser embossing folder, stamp - Simple Sayings 

Entering this into the following challenges:

6/5 Crafty Ribbons Anything Goes With Ribbon unlim 5/23

6/7 HIMCR #100D All That Shimmers 3E(#3) 6/1

6/8 Cupcake Insp Ch213 At the Beach 3E(#1) 6/2

6/8 Glitter N Sparkle Ch35 Anything that starts with a 'B': buttons, bows, bees, butterflies unlim B for Bow 6/2
6/8 Kaboodle Doodle Ch174 For the Kids 3E(#2) can be for a kid 6/3


6/9 Craft Your Passion Ch165 Haberdashery Items 3E(#2) 6/3
6/9 Paper Smooches Trend Watch Anything w/ GOLD as focus unlim 6/3

6/10 Crafty Sentiments Black, White & One Other or Something Fishy 3E(#1) Black ink stamped StarFish, White & One Other is Gold + I have Something Fishy StarFish 6/4
6/10 Paper Take Wkly Anything Goes 5E(#5) 6/4

6/10 {PIN}spirational Ch60 Photo of Mermaid 5E(#1) 6/4

6/10 Word Art Wed Ch83 Anything Goes 5E(#2) 6/5

6/11 Word Play Magical 4E(#3) 5/11

6/15 Gingerloft GL Critters of the Sea 3E(#1) 6/2

6/18 Aud Sentiments Anything Goes unlim 6/5

6/30 Ribbon Carousel RCC82 Fun in the Sun unlim 6/4
6/30 Sandy's Crafty Creations Jun Anything Goes Twist Embossed Background unlim w/ 2 per day 6/1

3/19 Paper Smooches Guest Designer UE 3/6

hey GILL-friend! Card

Created this Friend Card using Paper Smooches stamp set I'd won some time ago and first time using.

Stamped the fish onto water scrapbook paper. Embossed the water scrapbook paper using Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl embossing folder to give it more of a water wave look. Used Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tag Trio Two for tag sentiment. Stamped sentiment using Paper Smooches Surf & Turf stamp set. Added some gems & glitter.

embossing: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl embossing folder
gems: 3 blue
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
paper (all scraps):
4 3/4" x 6" Base core'dinations blue cardstock
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" layer  core'dinations blue cardstock
3 3/4" x 2 3/4" layer water scrapbook paper 
core'dinations blue cardstock - sentiment tag
ribbon: fish ribbon
Spellbinders: Shapeabilities Ribbon Tag Trio Two
stamp: Paper Smooches Surf & Turf 


Entering this into the following challenges: 

A Blog Named Hero Ch#9 Freestyle unlim 8/1-11
Anything Goes Ch73 Summer Days lim5 4th 8/7-20
Bearly Mine It's All Sparkle & Shine lim2 1st my Sparkle & Shine - glitter & gems 8/7-13
Choc Coffee Cards Ch19 Emboss lim3 2nd D'Vine Swirl emb fold used 8/10
Creative Cutter Room Friendship 8/9-22
Divas by Design Ch47 For a female lim2 2nd 8/8-14
DLART Happy Birthday Linky Party Anything Goes unlim 8/2-31
DLART Thankful Thurs Friends 8/9-25
Getting Cricky Simple Sun Ch Fun with Puns unlim 8/5-9/1
Hiding in My Craft Room HIMCR58 Super Scraps Sat 8/11-17
Lexis Creations Ch71 Sparkle & Shine 8/6-17
Little Scrap Pieces Fun Fri Ch "Use Your Bling" 8/10-17
One Stop Crafts Ch195 A Summer Holiday 8/11-17
Paper Take Wkly Anything Goes unlim 8/7
Party Time Tues PTT80 By the Sea unlim 8/7-14

Pennys Ch88 Sketch lim3 1st 8/8-14
 

Simon Says Stamp BINGO 2nd row - diecut, free, glitter unlim 8/8-15 
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch Paint It Up! unlim 8/6-12
The Pink Elephant TPE160 Just Use Ribbon unlim 8/6-12
Totally Papercrafts Ch120 Frame It unlim 8/10-16
Tuesday Alchemy BINGO unlim 1st column - ribbon, glitter, die 8/7-13
Victorine Stamps Ch40 Bling unlim my bling - glitter & gems 8/6  

 3/19 Paper Smooches Guest Designer UE 3/6