Calendar Girls Debut ! Hurrah~~



*Click on any picture to enlarge*
Note: my camera has been  acting out lately :o(
...the horizontal  and vertical lines you can see in most
of the pictures here, are actually NOT on the card itself!!

 Well, truth is the debut of the new Calendar Girls bloggers' group happened last January 28th...yes I am a bit tardy with my card but ,as the saying goes...it is always better later than never, n'est pas? :o)

soooooo...Who are the Calendar Girls? you , the readers may ask
Well...we are a group of avid stampers/card makers /bloggers who have known each other for a couple years now ,via the wonderful web world. Jeanette is the creator of this wonderful idea. Each of us partecipants has a month assigned ,to host and challenge the rest of us. I chose to represent the month of September , thus I am now Miss September in our Calendar Girls group :o)
Here's the site with much more informations about this awesome group of creative gals
and what we are all about:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/blogging-groups-f290/calendar-girls-blog-group-full-10-members-t512917.html

Miss January, aka Jeanette, led us all into our very first challenge which was to :
1* Create a card (or anything but a card) that reflects our chosen month,in my case September.
2* Use our favorite embellishment on our creation.
3*Use our newest papercrafting tool/toy in making our creation (but it cannot be something 
 purchased specifically for this challenge.)

Naturally, I wanted to implement an autumn
'feeling' to my card with the beautiful colors of fall, plus -here where I live- schools reopen their doors at the beginning of September, and of course I wanted to incorporate that into my card too,especially when I realized I had the perfect WS image of a very cute lil school house  that looks great to represent my month ,since I work in the Educational field .  *Thank you Jeanette*  that image was part of several WS you gifted me a while ago :o) As far as my favorite
embellishment, mmmmm...tough to narrow it down to just one!.. I have to say that I have at least three favorites: glitter of course! lol.. rhinetones jewels, ribbons ,pearls, buttons...opsss.. six favorites! LOL :o)
As you can see, this type of cards doesn't really call for glittery items, as they would be out of place here, therefore I opted for lovely ribbons...a few strips of different textures,width and depth.Most of them I tied up on powder-embossed paper clip -another of my favorite accessories that I actually haven't used in a while...should remedy that :o)
As far as my latest tool, I had a few I could chose from. My new awesome Cricut , which I call
'Pinky' was the most likely contender..and yes, my friends lovingly nudged me to use it.... well I
finally did..lol...You see...in my mind I had the card all layed out :could see apple trees ,some frolicking children and a school bus too on it. Problem was, and still is, that I REALLY do not know how to use 'Pinky'   properly yet!( All I accomplished  to do was wasting some good cardstock... but, hey, at least I DID try (Jeanette! lol wink*) Once I get the 'feel for it'...watch out....lol

 







Instead, I choose to use two out of the five brand new Spellbinders I recently purchased. I sooo {heart} them!!:o)
Admittedly, I really like how the whole package
turned out. Take a glimpse of the inside of the card too...Do you think it 'spells' September? :o)

Close up of the inside sentiment above...
I owned both inside and outside sentiments stamps
 for over two years, and still new- luckily they are now both blessfully 'christened' in ink...hallelhuja :o)
Perfect addition for this card, don't you agree?

Here are a few details :card's tridimentional thickness and distressing on my left,and on the right, a close up of the ribbons accessorized top corner
looped over my paper clip previously embossed w/dark green embossing powder...another tecnique I tried a few yrs back which works wonders with small metal objects.

Thanks for your visit! Come again soon... and remember :we Calendar Girls will have a new month to showcase on February 28th...
Another fabulous challenge ahead with Kelly (Miss February) at the helm...You sure won't want to miss what she's challenging us with! 
I promise it will be quite dazzling ! :o)
Do stay tuned ...*wink*


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Have a wonderful , inking week end ya all!!  ~*God Bless*~

Card Deets:
Card Stock:Really Rust/More Mustard
Designer Paper: double sided 'Bountiful' by Creative Memory
Stamps: Teachabella (by Stamping Bella), WS lil school image (txs Jeanette),
Heart and Home (SU 2003), School Set (SU 1993), outside sentiment = no name (?) ,
Inkadinkado 6715-N Kathy Davis Collection (inside sent.)
Inks:Archival Onix Black, Crushed Curry,Soft Suede,Mellow Moss,Kiwii Kiss,Pumpkin Pie,
Soft Sky,Baja Breeze; Spectrum ink pad: Pumpkin Patch , SU markers.
Accessories: green embossing powder,corner punch, distressing tool, 3D adhesive, ribbons variety,
Spellbinders: Lacey Circles, Wonky Squares and...introducing 'Pinky' too :o)
Tecnique: sponging, layering, distressing.

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Entered this card in the following challenges:
 DYSU 'Ribbon' challenge:
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-6-ribbon.html 
Little Claire's 'Anything Goes' challenge: http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/
Craft your Passion 'Anything Goes' challenge:  http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
Stamping With The Dragon 'Anything Goes'challenge: http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/
Craft Us Crazy 'Anything Goes'    http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/
ABC challenge 'N is for Nesties' http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/
Alphabet challenge 'O is for Orange'  http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
Delighful Challenges'GetPunchy'        http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/

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