Today I had to take my youngest to Kansas City (about 3.5 hours away) for a doctor's appointment. As I waited during the procedure, I flipped through the most recent PaperCrafts magazine. What to my wondering eyes should appear, but the results of PaperCrafts search for Stamping Royalty! And do you know who was among the five chosen for that supreme honor?! My dear stampin buddy, Jen del Muro!!! Of course, I would never have gotten this out of Jen herself because she's too modest. Me? I'd be shouting it from the rooftops! (By the way, I'm on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? next Tuesday and Wednesday; this seemed like an appropriate time for a shameless plug. Be prepared to read that fact several times in the days to come...)
The card you're viewing is made with Jen's weekly Sketch for You To Try. For a diagram of said sketch, check www.iheart2stamp.com. I love the funky starburst, and when I saw it, I knew I wanted to join it with these equally fun and funky DoodleFactory stamps, available from Starving Artistamps. To make the starburst, I printed off Jen's sketch and cut it out from there. I taped it onto some Basic Black and trimmed around it with my Paper Snips, then took the template and stuck it onto a scrap of Pumpkin Pie, and trimmed that slightly smaller. Piece o' Candy! And check out my pals, Shannan and Susan's blogs for a different spin on the same sketch. Warning -- they'll make you want to blow off your nobler plans (laundry, in my case) and get inky!
Supplies used: Stamps: DoodleFactory Halloween by Sun Spirit Studios, distributed by Starving Artistamps; Paper: Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Nina Crest Solar White, patterned paper by Cricut; Ink: Brilliance Archival Graphite Black, Elegant Eggplant, Green Galore; Accessories: Black embossing powder, Copic Sketch markers, 3-D Dots, Ribbon, Crop-A-Dile, Spellbinders Nestabilities.
Tiny Bit of Belated Freakiness
Because of the aforementioned doctor's appointment and my lack of planning, I didn't get Freaky Friday to you on time. In an effort for you to find me vulnerable and sympathetic, I'm going to reveal a bit of my underbelly to you. Yes, I'm going to share a few tidbits about myself that some of you may find freaky and quite possibly downright gross. We all have our strange likes -- leave me a comment and share a few of yours! Here are some things I love even if no one else does:
1. McDonald's McRibs -- my DH thinks they're disgusting. Me? I say CHOMP!!
2. raw Pillbury Crescent Roll dough
3. Corduroy -- pants, jackets, shirts (though not all at one time...) -- you name it. It's always in fashion with me. There is something deeply cozy and comforting about cords!
4. Meredith Baxter Birney as Betty Broderick in "A Woman Scorned" and "Betty Broderick: Her Final Fury" -- these are frequently on Lifetime and shown as a double feature. If MBB as crazy Betty is on the tube, I am compelled to watch.
5. Mustard on fried potatoes.
6. Madras plaid (particularly in patchwork), Lacoste shirts, Tretorn tennis shoes, and Bermuda Bags. I thought the Official Preppy Handbook was gospel -- by the time I realized it was a satire, it was much too late; the OPH was already deeply ingrained in my psyche.
7. Self-Help books
8. The cheap scents of Lady Stetson and Forever Krystal (named for the protagonist in Dynasty, for Pete's sake!). I may not have worn these since college, but I still think they smell divine.
9. Kasy Casem and Classic Top-40 radio programming
10. Karaoke
Surely you have some guilty pleasures you're brave enough to claim. And, after reading the above list, you know I'm certainly not going to be one to judge you... : )
This is sooo stinkin cute! Love those images. You're fabulous!
Posted by: Shannan Teubner | October 20, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Adorable! Love it!
Posted by: Charmaine | October 20, 2007 at 09:58 AM
hey carole, finally getting some normalcy and i can have a little computer time! i LOVE the little spooky guys! i didn't have a chance to do this sketch yet, but my first thought with the starburst thingy was "POW" "BAM" from the old old batman shows!! makes me crack up!! just don't have a Batman stamp for it, and i am certainly NOT going to draw one!!! i like drawing more girly things!! as far as freakiness---i LOVE the smell of StazOn and gasoline. my grandmother used to like the smell of hot black tar. now that's weird! oh and the closet door has to be shut before i go to bed...you never know if something or someone might go in there and try to hide...eek!!!
Posted by: Susan Liles (susiestampalot) | October 20, 2007 at 01:06 PM
love the card and your bits of freakiness. i have quite the laundry list, too...i wouldn't know where to begin. maybe with the fact that i hate wearing shoes...and shoes with socks...ack!!!! let my feet breathe!!!!!
Posted by: jen del muro | October 20, 2007 at 01:28 PM
That is some good stuff for sure!! I am SO a Lifetime Junkie! You know it!!!
Posted by: kim | October 20, 2007 at 05:58 PM
Lifetime...Yeah!!! Gotta love curling up with a lifetime movie when I can!!!
Love bread and butter pickles...mmmm!!! Plain..on a sandwich...however!!!
You are too funny girl!! Hugs!
Posted by: Carolyn King (Cammie) | October 20, 2007 at 09:43 PM
I like some of your "not so odd" things: McRibs when they are available here, Lady Stetson (still wear it some), corduroy, MBB-in anything.
Congrats on your Millionaire gig and on being today's Featured Stamper on SCS. I got sidetracked from your Gallery-need to go look for a card to case!
Posted by: Maxell on SCS | October 21, 2007 at 07:58 AM
congrats on your featured stamper status at scs!! :) it continues to rain, huh?
Posted by: Jen del Muro | October 21, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Congrats on being the FS today. I hadn't really seen your gallery before, but I love everything in it. In fact, I bookmarked your blog and added it to my blog roll so I can visit everyday! Hope that's okay. Can't wait to see you on Who Wants to be a Millionaire! That must have been a blast.
Posted by: GrammaStamper (Barb) | October 21, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Oh Carole! I absolutely love this card! They look like they are holding hands! Tracey is gonna flip over this one!! Just too cute!
Just like Susan, I love the smell of Stazon and Gasoline! I don't think either are too healthy for you but I can't help but take a whif if I can! Who am I kidding anyway, my kids took all of my brain cells when I delivered them anyway!
Posted by: Heidi | October 22, 2007 at 10:02 AM
You crack me up! That card is too much fun -- your freakiness is fine with me! :)
Posted by: christina fischer | October 22, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Your little Halloweed dudes are just too cute!!! I love them!!! Adorable card!
Posted by: Shel9999 | October 22, 2007 at 07:32 PM
I have seen Meridith in that movie. She really is psycho in that part, and plays her character well!!! Very cute card, and it looks like a challenge! I will check out jen's challenge ! have a great afternoon! chris
Posted by: Chris Mott | October 23, 2007 at 09:06 AM
Great job on Millionaire! You are so funny and clever!
NOW, are you going to buy $50,000 in stampin supplies??!! hehehe!
Congrats!!
Posted by: Jennifer | October 24, 2007 at 11:55 AM
Yee haw! Girl, I just watched you on Millionaire and you were awesome! You knew it was Vitorino too! Too cool! Congratulations on your big win!
Posted by: broni (waterchild12) | October 24, 2007 at 07:54 PM
Your Halloween card is sooo adorable!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | October 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM
This is too funny! I had started catching up on your blog last night - I went thru the McD's drivethru today for a coke & saw that McRib was BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME and thought of you. :-) Hmm a freaky tidbit about me? Along the lines of your MBB thing, whenever I stumble across "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (which is way too often!) I get sucked in and have to watch it. And I've been known to sit down with a spoon & a tub of cool whip and find the entire thing empty before I've realized what I've done... sigh... (which is why once this pregnancy is over I am heading back to Weight Watchers...!!)
Posted by: Libby | October 31, 2007 at 08:57 PM