Finally Friday: A Card for the Embellish Magazine Challenge & Some Secret Comment Patrol Winners

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge.  I stumbled upon Embellish Magazine one day when I was blog hopping, and immediately fell in love.  Remember last Thursday when I was talking about ways to keep up on trends?  Well I’ve added the Embellish Magazine to my arsenal.

You can read all about the details of this challenge HERE. As part of the challenge you had to use the colors shown in the Polaroid swatches, and you had to incorporate some form of embossing whether heat embossing or dry embossing.

When I created my card I decided to kill two birds with one stone.  I decided to make a card for my youngest son’s birthday (he’ll be turning two in July), while following along with the challenge.  I did use all four colors for my card, but also added in orange. As the challenge didn’t say anything about not adding in extra colors I figured it should be okay. The other thing is that it also didn’t say anything about using the exact same shades they did, so hopefully that’s okay too.  For the embossing, I dry embossed the card front with the Polka Dot Textured Impressions folder and I used heat embossing with craft ink, heat & stick powder, and aqua glitter on the chipboard number.

You can download a pdf handout for this card HERE.  The handout gives you a full supply list, dimensions and written directions on how this card was made.

Well I hope you enjoyed today’s card.  And now, as promised, I’m announcing some Secret Comment Patrol winners.  If you’re new to my blog you may be wondering what the Secret Comment Patrol is.  It’s our way of saying thank you to those of you that not only stop by the blog for a visit, but take the time to leave a comment.  On the last Friday of the month we are going to pick 2 names from those that have left comments the preceding month. If your name is picked you get to pick a digital product of your choice from the Sunny Stampin’ Store.  What that means is that the more often you comment the more likely you are to win.  Soph and I read each and every comment, so when we see the same name in the comment section of each post, you can bet you’ll be seeing that name announced as a winner. 

Drumroll please……..and the winners are:

1. Alita Long
April 30th, 2010 at 4:00 am  
Hi Andrea and Sophia!
Wow – this is one LOVELY Box!
Thank you for sharing.
Alita

2. Isabel Z
April 28th, 2010 at 11:27 pm  
This is stunning. The attention to detail is fabulous.

3. Stephanie Pézolet
April 27th, 2010 at 11:15 am  
What an inspiring picture! You created a fantastic card. TFS!

4. Roberta Smith
April 27th, 2010 at 12:05 pm 
Very pretty card! I have this DSP but haven’t quite figured out how to use it. It is very bright and busy. This is a great way to tone it down. Thanks for the inspiration!

5. Desirée
April 22nd, 2010 at 11:03 pm 
How cool! I will DEFINITELY check out that website – gotta stay current 

To claim your prize please email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com.  In the subject line please put “Secret Comment Patrol Winner”.  In the body of the email please let me know what you would like as your prize.  Remember, you can pick any digital product from the Sunny Stampin’ Store or a registration to an online class.

Have a great weekend!

All Supplies are Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.  The * denotes retired items, however they can be substituted with Old Olive products.

Stamps: Look Who’s Turning, Animal Stories,  Hoppy for You
Ink: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Tempting Turquoise, Kiwi Kiss*, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo Classic inks, Tempting Turquoise Craft ink
Paper:  Whisper White CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Pumpkin Pie CS, Melon Mambo CS, Kiwi Kiss CS*
Accessories: Snail adhesive, Dotto adhesive,  Stampin’ Dimensionals, paper snips, Stamping Sponges, Big Shot, Polka Dot Textured Impressions folder, Heat tool, Heat & Stick powder, Fine Supernova glitter, Polka Dot Melon Mambo & Crushed Curry ribbon, ¼” Tempting Turquoise & Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon, Kiwi Kiss Striped ribbon*, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons*, On Board Lots of Letters