To all the Hokies out there...

When I first saw the Smarty Pants stamp set in the catalog last year - I knew it was one of the ones I had to have for personal reasons. My husband is a graduate of Virginia Tech, and anyone who has heard of them knows that they are called the "Hokies". If you have ever been to a football game (and probably other Virginia Tech sports games as well, but I've only ever been to football games), you might know that the "Hokey Pokey" (or maybe "HOKIE Pokey") is usually played and danced to at least once. So, I love the stamp that reads: What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's ALL about?

I was having so much fun doing the last challenge by my 2nd level upline (see post below), that I decided it was time to finally make a Hokie card with that stamp. I thought the bear from the Under the Stars set was a great dancing bear - (sorry no turkeys) - so I added him in. I'm still working on my watercoloring, but I'm having fun doing it! :-)

Oh... and by the way, Pumpkin Pie and Bravo Burgundy were the closest I could get to Orange and Maroon. But I also think the Sahara Sand looks a lot like Hokie stone!

Supplies:
Under the Stars and Smarty Pants stamp sets
Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy (textured) card stock
Watercoloring paper
Basic Brown, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, and Bravo Burgundy Classic ink pads
Pumpkin Pie and Bravo Burgundy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon
Linen Thread
Gold Brads
Sticky Strip
Stampin' Dimensionals
SNAIL

Lisa's Group Challenge

Happy March! I know it has been forever since I posted... I was getting ready for an awesome vendor fair that I had yesterday. I will tell you all about it in another post - I just wanted to share this card really quick. Then I need to get ready for tomorrow and head to bed - although I'm hoping the weather is nasty enough that tomorrow will either be delayed or no work at all! Then I can stamp some more! (and update this blog more)

My 2nd level upline, Lisa (her blog is on my favorites list to the left), is in a weekly challenge group called the Diva Coffee Break Designs. She has given her group of downline demonstrators some of the challenges that she has been participating in. I haven't participated every week, but I wanted to just do some fun stamping and decided to try out this week's design. Some weeks it is a color challenge, some weeks a design challenge... this week was a design challenge.

As soon as I saw the Classic Sketches stamp set in the new catalog, I knew I had to get it. My undergraduate degree is in Architecture, and even though I'm not an architect now that stamp set gave me a way to have fun with the memories. So, I thought it would be fun to see how I could incorporate that set into a card. Let me know what you think!

P.s. - It is always easier for me to scan in my cards than take photos, because the scanner is right here beside me. However, whenever I have a knot or other 3-d element in my card, it causes focus issues. I'm still trying to work on how to fix this - if I even can; but luckily this card didn't turn out so bad.

Supplies:
Classic Sketches and Define Your Life stamp sets
Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Kraft, and Very Vanilla card stock
Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel Classic ink pads
1" Double-stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
Vintage brads
Sponges
Stampin' Dimensionals