Hi Stampers.  Well, it's Friday and time for the 10 minute challenge with my good buddy and sis, Miss Carole'Anne.  She created a beautiful sketch for us with "My Digital Studio", she is amazing with that program – me, well, I finally took the cello wrapper off mine and uploaded it, got all ready to watch a webinare and got the time wrong – ever had one of those weeks?, LOL….oh well.

and check this out will you.

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Whoo Hoo Mr. Nasty – he cleans up real good don't you think?

Can't you just hear that James Bond, 007 music playing…….

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Here is Carole'Anne's beautiful sketch, and the colors I chose,

Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Kraft and Basic Black.

Stamp sets I used, French Filigree and Tres Chic, both Background stamps (pages 133 and 134 – big caddy)

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on a piece of Kraft, 3-7/8 x 5-1/8, I black embossed the image

then I sponged it with chocolate Chip, Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink

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checking in with "HIMSELF" to see how we are doing – good I think!

My gosh he really is quite dashing – So who was your favorite Bond? – Mine was Shawn.

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Next, I embossed a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 sheet of each of the  colors,

and sponged them.

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I used my Floral Fusion die, (page 196 – big caddy), to cut 3 sets of these out, one in each color.  I cut each piece of embossed/sponged paper 2.5 square, to fit over the die – so you would have enough for 4 cards by using these measurements.

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I also used the Flowers Layers #3 die (page 202) of the big caddy for a larger background flower

and as you can see, I sponged all these and ran them through my Crimper

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I used a brad to hold the first 3 layers together and glue dots for the last piece.

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oh, oh…..look what is about to happen.

Hope Miss Moneypenny didn't give him any exploding toys!

Ok – well, I was really into this card, so I decided to just let Mr Nasty play on and see how long it took me to finish this.

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I put my card front together.

Regal Rose mat is 5-1/4 x 4

I layered the kraft piece to it,

attached my ribbon,

then attached the whole thing to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 side fold card.

the ribbon – choc. Chip 1-1/4 striped grosgrain

5/8 Satin ribbon – Pretty in Pink – laid over that.

attached to the back of the two layers with some tape.

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then I had to finish making the other two flowers.

check out the brads – they are called SENDING LOVE EPOXY BRADS – page  13 of the Occasions Mini. ( they are lovely – you NEED them!).  and I need more of them!.

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and a total of 26 minutes and 11 seconds from when I started – I ended up here.

So – sometimes, you just have to go down the creative path and see where it leads – Mr. Nasty or no Mr. Nasty….

I like this card, it's easy to create, but interesting, I got to play with lots of dies and punches, got my fingers inky with the sponging "YEAH", and just really enjoyed the creative process.

Ok my friends, if you are reading this, it's Friday Morning.  If you left me comments and I have not responded, I am recovering from surgery I had yesterday.  The Doctor found some cancer in my scalp in December and Thursday Morning I had it cut out, so I'm going to be away for a couple of days (with a head ache I am sure), but be rest assured, I will be back and will answer your comments as soon as I can.  Thank you for visiting me and making the sharing and blogging thing just so much fun.

Update, it is Basal cancer, which means self contained, and no chemo required.  Interesting procedure, just freezing, nothing else, which is great for recovery.  I have a lovely 3 inch long "WHACK" in my head, and they had to shave me, so if you seen any cute hats – let me know, I will be wearing a lot of them – LOL – Sandi

Hope you get some ink on your fingers today.

NOW< lets go visit my partner the oh so talented, Miss Carole'Anne and her sidekick, Miss Villaine to see what beautiful creation they all came up with and hopefully she made it within 10 minutes or we shall have a bust this week – LOL.

thank you so much for visiting both of us and we would love to hear from you

Have a wonderful weekend ya'll

Sandisiggy