Welcome to the Official Launch of JustWordz Stamps!!

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Good morning, everybody! Today is not only Friday but is also a day of celebration and great hoopla.... for me and for a new stamp company called JustWordz Clear Stamps for which I am a designer. Kim, the creator and owner of JustWordz released her first stamp set, called Everyday Sentiments. This is a mix-n-match set of 69 (count 'em... 69!) stamps that can be combined in various ways to create unique sentiments for all of your cards, layouts and other paper crafting  projects. The full set comes on a 6" x 8" sheet instead of the standard 4" x 6" sheet. And guess what!! To celebrate this auspicious occasion, Kim is offering her first set at an introductory price of $18.99 USD during the launch PLUS she is going to give away a set to a lucky visitor who leaves a comment on her blog between now and August 21st! There are several ways you can multiply your chances of winning so please take a few minutes to visit her blog and find out how.  

I have created my first project using JustWordz stamps and let me tell you... they create such clear and crisp images and are really easy to use. I made a "Congratulations" card and because, as many of you know, I have been unemployed for 11 months as of yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to project my desire to find a new job out into the universe through my card!! The power of positive thinking, ya know...  I need all the help I can get! LOL!

The card is a bit masculine in appearance but that's okay too because my younger brother is also unemployed (yeah, I know, right?)  and I'll give this one to him when he starts his new job. Hopefully he won't be off as long as I have been. So without further ado, here's my little bit of inspiration for your viewing pleasure.

I used Core'dinations chocolate brown textured cardstock for the card base and The Paper Studio dark beige cardstock from their Simple Elegance stack for the matting. The white cardstock is by Recollections. All of the dp is from my favorite, K & Company's Que Sera Sera collection and the gold glitter cardstock is from DCWV's Mariposa collection.  The image is from Stampabilities and was colored with Copics.  I used dark brown adhesive pearls from Recollections in the corners of the mat behind the image as well as on the sentiment flags. The clear skittles were courtesy of our sweet Kim. Thanks again, Kim... you rock, girlfriend! And the key, which is supposed to signify the tradition of the washroom key given to newly-promoted executives at big corporations, is from K & Company's Life's Journey collection. 

Each of the other design team members has a project posted on her personal blog too so stop by and see what they have made and leave them a little love while you're at it.  I have provided links below to take you there:  

Corry - http://fancyfree4ever.blogspot.com/

Tara - http://creativeprincess-homemadehappiness.blogspot.com/

Doreen - http://www.myfirstblog-dora.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://www.thepurplemuse.blogspot.com/

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you all back here every Friday for a new JustWordz project!  And don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a set of Kim's stamps for yourself.  I just know you're gonna love them!  Until then....

Happy crafting!

Anniebee

challenge #13 at Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Something Special For the Guys

It's time for another challenge at Amber's Crafts and Stuff and with Father's Day quickly approaching I thought it about time for me to post another masculine card that can be used for Dad's special day. It features another Phindy's Place digi stamp titled "Mr. Brown on Vacation ". This image reminds me of my brother who is  2 years my junior.  He loves to fish and he loves to take it easy... it even looks a lot like him, mustache and all! This image was fun to color but it was a little tricky trying to get the inner tube to look like black rubber and the water look like liquid. I hope I accomplished both of those tasks. The water required a very light hand, much lighter than I used on most of the other cards I have been displaying lately. However the inner tube required several layers of varying shades of grey and finally of black to achieve the look I was going for. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.  I just love the mini inner tube holding the beer can, tethered to Mr. Brown's float!  That's seriously cute, in my opinion!

When I was married, my husband and I used to ride our Harley down to the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country to float several miles down the river and shoot the rapids. We always took a cooler full of beer and sodas along in a separate tube which we tethered to one of our tubes just as Mr. Brown has done. We lost the cooler a couple of times going through the rapids but we always managed to retrieve it, though sometimes the cans were gone. Other floaters usually found the cans floating in the water and occasionally we heard someone shout out a "Thank you" to whoever lost it! Those were fun times, especially when we went with a large group of motorcycle riders. We would often tie a bunch of the inner tubes together and have a big party floating down the river.  But that was another lifetime.

Anyway, back to the card. The image is colored with Copics. The base card is Core'dinations and black mats are Recollections basic cardstock. The dp on the front is from the same My Mind's Eye Home Glitter Book that I have used on several of my most recent cards. Have I said that I LOVE this stack? The paper on the inside is from the Best of K and Company stack. I think originally it was in the Que Sera Sera stack but I'm not 100% sure about that. The ribbon is from Michaels dollar bin and the greeting is from Pink by Design. I haven't put a sentiment on the inside yet because I'm not sure what occasion I'll use the card for.

That's it for today. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for joining Mr. Brown (how coincidental, huh?) and me on our little float trip. I'll be back tomorrow with a new project so I hope you'll come back and check it out. Have a wonderful day.

Happy crafting!
Anniebee