Friday, July 18, 2008

Stamp Something Challenge 11

Good morning and Happy Friday! Lauren is hosting this weeks Stamp Something Challenge. The theme is "The Sweetest Thing". You can stamp candy, alter candy, make candy, eat candy, lol. Anything that involves sweets!

For this challenge I made a pull out card. Since the sweetest stamps I have are fruit, I decided to use skittles and decorate with fruit stamps. You pull the ribbon and the skittles come up. You can see the tutorial HERE on SCS. The piece of cardstock I used was 6.5 X 6 though (Scored at 3 and at 6). I wanted to stick with the skittles flavors for the fruit so I used Tart & Tangy for the lemon, orange and strawberry, and the grape is from an ancient set call Grapes. The grape is supposed to be bigger than it is, but I cut out part of it to make a little more in more in proportion with the other fruit. I didn't want to use the branch or leaves that are in the Grapes set because it would take up too much space, and the look isn't right, so I used part of the cherry stem in Tart & Tangy. The fruit is all popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals, and the Real Red piece is popped up with glue dots.



-Stamps-Tart & Tangy, Grapes and Short Order Alphabet
-Paper-Real Red, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie cardstock; Summer Picnic DSP
-Ink-Elegant Eggplant, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, Old Olive and Real Red (some markers)
-Accessories-Yoyo Yellow grosgrain, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals.

14 comments:

Lauren said...

Emily - WOW! I really love this. How you shrunk the grapes down to size if fantastic. Very clever.

~Denise Lynn~ said...

Got to love those Skittles! Yum! I love this little treat bag, so cute and fun with those images. They look great and love those grapes too. Fab job Emily! Have a good weekend. :)

Alex said...

This is such a cute take on the challenge Emily, I love those bright colors and the way the fruit is cut out and popped up looks fabulous!! Great challenge project, girl! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Erin... said...

Yum!! I love the height you gave to the fruits, they look good enough to eat!! I was wondering where that grape came from, very smart!!!!! Fantastic job with the challenge!! Have a super weekend!

Becky Carafa said...

Emily, I love the fruit! And how you pulled it all together is fabulous. Happy Friday!

joslyn said...

really cute. i love the fruit, so fun.

Melissa said...

Cute, cute, cute Emily! Tart and Tangy is one of my all time favorite stamps sets and I love seeing new and creative ways to use it. Excellent job!

Many Blessings,
M.

Anonymous said...

I love your fruit and Skittles theme and the clean bright design. Great job on the challenge!

Jana O'Brien said...

Love how you adapted the hot chocolate packet for the candy, and the fruits are just perfect for this! You are so clever!

Kathy W said...

great bright color scheme, fun card!

Marilyn Goodrich said...

OMG that is stinkin' adorable!! Love the dimensional fruit :)

Jo said...

Great work Emily! Love the way you've cut out the fruit and layered it....brilliant!

Ellen Pruett (aka Chipper) said...

Emily - this is such a cute, cute project! It's so colorful and love how you layered the fruit. This would be a great, great hostess gift - although, it would be hard to give away!!!

Jennifer_GlitterInMyHair said...

Emily, this is absolutely adorable!! What a cute cute idea for skittles (one of my favorites!). Love the fruit on the front. :)