Yippee! I made it!

So a few weeks ago, I made a last minute decision to try out for the FireCracker Designs by Pamela design team. I didn't try out the first time they posted because I didn't have any of their stamps yet. I did make a note to buy them before the tryouts next year. Then FireCracker Designs posted the call again and I decided to go for it. I stayed up til 4:00 AM stamping my entries! My effort paid off and I've made the team! Yippee! You can see the official announcement here.

This was one of my entries. It was inspired by the print that hangs above my computer. I knew I should have written down all the stamps and supplies I used the night I made this so let me try to figure out what I did:

Green panel - Stamped swirls from Innovative Stamp Creations in Chocolate Chip ink with Virsamark onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Embossed. Sponged Old Olive ink almost to the center of the panel. Sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges.

Red panel - Stamped text from Innovative Stamp Creations in just Virsamark onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Embossed. Sponged Riding Hood Red almost to the center of the panel. Sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges.

Brown panel - Randomly stamped marble texture from Stampendous Marble Texture Cube with Chocolate Chip onto Creamy Caramel Cardstock. Sponged edges with Chocolate Chip. Needed more so I dragged the Chocolate Chip pad across the edges of the panel. I needed a flower stem but didn't have one so....I used the lamp base from my Hanna Stamps Bookworm set. It's a clear stamp set so I was able to curve it onto my block before stamping. I colored it, cut it out, and pieced it onto the panel. The flower from Papertrey Ink was colored with Copics, cut out and glued into place.

The three panels were then mounted onto Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Enjoy!

Michelle B.

"Queen of the Scene"

Designer for FireCracker Designs by Pamela!!!