Burn Baby, Burn ... A Blog Challenge Entry

Today's card project was created for Allison's "Suggestive Sunday" blog challenge ... yup, late again! This week, Allison challenged us to "burn" part of our project ... yippee, we're playin' with matches! Or, as in my case, wood-burning tools.

I heated up my very old (and lonely) friend, Walnut Hollow's Creative Versa-Tool, and burned my sentiment into adhesive-backed cork using Walnut Hollow's "Hot Stamps" alphabet set. I bought this alphabet set on clearance at Joann Fabric in Royal Palm Beach for $2.97!! 'Cept this was some time last year, so don't y'all go rushin' out to Joann's clearance rack. I also grabbed the "Hot Numbers & Punctuation" set for the same price; which is a huge mark-down from their normal price of $26.00 ... each!

I stamped my focal image on Bazzill Kraft card stock using Staz-On ink, and die cut a little cork frame to fit around the image. I colored the image using Koh-I-Noor woodless color pencils, blending with a stump and Gamsol (OMS).

I distressed a card stock mat, attached three copper brads, glued down a little lasso, and I was off to the rodeo!

Jess so's ya know: things are gonna be a little crazier than normal around here for awhile as I have a houseful of company ... all of whom want to do the Florida-Tourist thing. So far, we're planning on Lion Country Safari (a must-see ... the giraffes alone are worth the price of admission), several beach days (to my favorite super-secret-almost-private-pristine beach), all manner of fishing (Lake Okeechobee, the IntraCoastal and the Gulf Stream), a day with the Loggerhead turtles, another day in Coconut Creek to see what's the haps at Butterfly World, a possible trip to Universal up north in Orlando (just received an amazin' resident package deal ... this one's gonna be hard to resist), a swampy (with all the attendant swamp-like critters), day in the Everglades, and Lord knows what all else! Please pass the All-SPF 120.

And, on top of all of the aforementioned festivities, we're happily celebrating the fact that our 8 year old, heretofore non-fertile banana tree FINALLY set fruit! EIGHT YEARS! We thought we were headed straight for Guinness and the new world record, but the not-so-little lady outfoxed us at the last minute. I swear, we've done everything short of romantic weekends in the Bahama's to get this baby to bear fruit! If anyone's interested, I could post a photo. Lemme know ...

Thanks for a fun challenge Allison; I see a whole new direction for me using wood-burning-tools and hot stamps!! And thank YOU for spending part of your busy day with me!

~Hugs,


Card Stock: Sorbet by CutCard Stock, Kraft by Bazzill; Stamp: Comotion Rubber Stamps; Ink: "Timber Brown" Staz-On; Color Medium: Koh-I-Noor Woodless Colour Pencils; Gamsol by Gamblin; Stumps by Creative Mark; Brads: Unknown; Designer Paper: "Wanted" Collection, Cosmo Cricket; Cork: Karen Foster; Fiber: 7gypsies; Walnut Hollow Creative Versa-Tool; Walnut Hollow Hot Stamps; Electricity: Florida Power & Light :-); Die Cutting Machine by Provo Craft; Die by Provo Craft; Distress Tool: Heidi Swapp; Adhesive: ATG 714; Dimensionals: Black Hexagons (Obtained in a Sticky Swap)