I'm thinking of changing the name of my blog to the above. What do you think? What's that? You didn't know that I'm a celebrity? Well, neither did I until last week, when my buddy Shannan Teubner contacted me on behalf of AmberINK, and asked if I would be interested in being the first Celebrity Hostess for the AmberINK INKredible 21 Day Challenge. Me? A celebrity? But of course!
(Shannan is in sales, you know. I think she must have tipped Amber & Pam Alvarez {the artist-and-mom duo behind AmberINK} that I'm putty in the hand of anyone who showers me with praise and flattery.)
I have decided that if, indeed, I am a celebrity, then I am a MAJOR celebrity. No sense in being a minor one. Go big or go home, that's my motto.
So are you ready to hear about AmberINK's 21 Day Challenge? From the mouth of it's very first MAJOR Celebrity Hostess? (I'm going to type that self-descriptor as often as I can during this post because it may be my only chance ever. I hope it's not getting on your nerves. But if it is? You can write your own blog post about how obnoxious I am. Just make sure you link back to me. As all MAJOR celebrities know, any publicity is good publicity...)
This month's theme is: TRICK OR TREATY AMBERINKY -- Create a Halloween project using an AmberINK product.
Here is what I came up with as my sample:
A sweet little banner featuring AmberINK's brand new HeyLoWeen Kiddos images, as well as some of AI's oh-so-fun digi-paper (Spider Polka Dot Patterns - Bright). Want a close up? Of course you do. Because I'm a MAJOR celebrity and you're hanging on my every word...
Here's the little Bat Boy. I drew the Batman symbol on his shirt with a Copic Fine Liner pen.
Next up? A wee Bride of Frankenstein. I think she's such a cutie. I know Frankie's original bride had pale skin, black hair, and a white dress, but I wanted to give this little gal some colorful pizazz. I personally would take any opportunity I could to have green skin and purple hair.
Next up is my favorite image of the bunch. I couldn't put my finger on why it was I liked this little guy the best, but when my husband looked at it, he articulated it right away: "He looks like Carter -- that's the way he walks around all the time, not just when he's trying to walk like a mummy." EXACTLY! :)
Last but not least, we have a sweet little kitty. I love the way Amber drew her to look like she was wearing her leotard and tights from dance, with the add-on of ears, mask & tail. Who didn't have a similar costume growing up?
I printed all the images out (gotta love the instant gratification of digi-images!) and colored them in with Copics. The sentiment was computer generated, using LD Red Hatter's Hand font, bold, in 48 point. I used the fantastic new Pennant CutUps dies from The Cat's Pajamas to make the banner triangles, connected them with some ghost brads from Queen & Co., and used some skinny black gingham ribbon for the end ties.
Head on over to the AmberINK Challenge Blog to learn all the details of the 21 Day Challenge. It's such a cool deal -- they have a lot of great prizes, and the Grand Prize is a doozie: you get to co-design a set with Amber! Isn't that fabulous? I'd love to do that myself, but you know, I'm disqualified from participating because I'm -- wait for it -- AmberINK's first {MAJOR} Celebrity Hostess. *sigh* Sometimes it's tough being a celebrity... you often have to forgo opportunities available to the 'little people.'
Well, I'm off to do those mysterious things celebrities do with their time when they aren't being hounded by paparazzi. Homework for my night class, laundry, picking up my wreck of a house. What can I say? I lead a very glamorous life!
PS -- Oooh... here's a great idea! Make your Trick or Treaty AmberInky project a two-fer like I have! Craft Critique is having a Halloween Blog Carnival, and every one is invited to participate by adding one Halloween project to their linky-list. Who knows? Maybe one of us will win the $25 crafty gift pack! Good luck!
