Try It Out Tuesday over at the SCACD blog!!

HOLY COW – in 4 days i will be hitting the booths at CHA!!!!  i really am starting to get excited!!!!  the prediction of snow when my plane leaves has been downgraded to rain so THAT’S a relief!!!!  i tell ya it makes me giddy just thinkin about it!  i will be seeing old friends i only get to see at CHA s well as meeting many folks i have been friends with in the crazy online stamping world for sometime.  pat huntoon of Technique Junkies fame will have a booth so i will see her and lisa summerville – both of whom have been a HUGE influence on my journey with rubber.  of course i will be meeting tons of cricut board folks – 32 of us for dinner saturday night plus a fun meet up at the Above Rubies Studio booth saturday morning.  i will also be spending some time with a couple gals from the poly clay yahoo group i am in over at the viva decor booth.  and of course Mary, stacey’s from spellbinders mom, whom i met several years ago and just ADORE.  diana crick from scor pal – another truly wonderful lady!  but boy do i have a lot to do before i leave!!  and i am already trying to prepare pezzy – she is NOT happy – and daddy too.  there is already lots of meals in the freezer 🙂  i have her set up for two playdates as well so daddy can get a breather.  he’ll need it!  i also get to see my dear friend susana from SCACD so i am happy about that!!  and speaking of SCACD – onto the good stuff!!

Suzanne gave us a wonderful challenge over on the SCACD blog for this week – alter an item and use Aurora – FUN!!! i decided it was the perfect time to make a name plaque for Hollyn’s new room:

the *theme* of the room is a garden tea party and OF COURSE Aurora is the perfect guest! i used Aurora with tulips:

along with her adorable friend Silly Pilly:

Hollyn Loves it! i stamped both images with memento, colored with copics and accented them with a bit of spica glitter pen – it is not showing in the pics but you can see it despite three coats of mod podge! i cut them both out using Labels 9 nestibilities and edged them with ink & a foam ink blending tool. after sealing it i added a flower skittle to the snail and a couple prima flowers with some cute little rosebuds on top that Susana just got in! these little rosebuds are sturdy and really perk up your primas!!

the lettering and die cuts are done with the ashlyn’s alphabet & paisley cricut cartridges:

 how seriously cute are they????

Silly Pilly is only available with the FULL sheet of Aurora images – they are all so cute it would be hard to narrow it down anyway!  Be sure to stop over at Susana’s Custom Art & Cards (SCACD) and check out all of the wonderful stamps and other products she has in stock!

i hope your week is off to a great start!!!