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Quick post to let you that a new Elvis is in the building and available today. The Original Elvis…I like working with these images because they are just plain fun…. this is just a plain, ole black and white image that I blinged up with Tim Holtz Grungeboard (covered with black ink and black glitter), Bazzill Bling cardstock and May Arts Red Ribbon.

A quick note about Grungeboard:  These are basically laser die-cuts that are made of a leather-like material. You can dye them, emboss them, distress them, glitter then…they will take a lot of abuse. They are also pretty flexible. You can wrap them around subtle shapes. Lots of fun.

 I’m off to fill up water balloons for a hotdog roast and water games party tonight in honor of  my sweet, sweet Ashley. You have to love a child who is totally and completely thrilled with water balloons and hotdogs for her birthday celebration..easy peasy. See you tomorrow!

Between the family garage sale, swim meets, getting ready for CHA with my job at Splitcoast and a little weekend trip with the family, I feel like I haven’t stamped or blogged in weeks. 

Thursday will bring another Elvis release - this is the ‘Original Elvis’. I like the clean lines of the stamp border. I paired it with some Urban Rhapsody paper from K&Company and one of my favorite finds from Winter CHA, again from Kaiser - the wooden embellishments. I found some for sale this weekend in Branson at Scrapbooks Forever. If you’re travelling to the country music mecca this summer, be sure to stop in. I was surprised to find they totally redesigned their floorplan over the winter. They have so much top selling stuff in stock. Don’t let the name fool you, they have plenty of rubber and ink in the store, too! I had a great time visiting with the owner and staff.  

I’m off to the gym. One of my friends has a new position at our YMCA. I have agreed to a 12 week fitness plan. Today is my initial evaluation and first cardio workout. If I am still alive tomorrow, I’ll post another card.  Have a wonderful night!

• Stamps: the Original Elvis - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Cardstock: Urban Rhapsody - K&Company, Suede Dark Brown Prism, Cryogen White & StarDream Metallic Lagoon
• Ink: VersaMagic Chalk - Turquoise
• Accs: Making Memories In Bloom Brads, Doodlebug Turquoise Mini Brads, Wooden Embellishments - Kaiser

Working with this Elvis is… Backgrounder is like having an entire hip sentiment collection on one backgrounder. I used the words ‘hunka burnin’ love’ and ‘dreamy’ and a marker to accent my shipping tag. Wouldn’t this be cute tied to a pair of flaming boxers for your man on Father’s Day!? Of course, I’m not going to post men’s flaming unders here on my blog, but you can imagine how fun that would be….right?

I started with a regular manilla shipping tag that I ‘rangerized’ using Distress Inks, cut and dry foam and a water mister. Then I overstamped with my new Vintage Ledger Scrapblock (TM) from CHF in Pitch Black Adirondack. These huge hunks (Scrapblocks (TM)) of rubbah (6×6) are being released next week. At 6×6, you are not confined to either portrait or landscape for your card design..either works! Added my Elvis, glitter with a Tsukineko Glue Pad (I use a stamp-a-ma-jig to over-stamp my glue), sentiment stamp and the backgrounder words ‘marked off’ with a black marker and a romantic swirly-do from the Rummage Bin Beautiful set,  heart shaped brads and ribbons. 

See you in the morning…

CHF is releasing a fun Elvis backgrounder today. Lots of little sentiments that will make fun vacation cards, postcards, tags and silly cards for pop-culture lovers. For this thank you card, I masked off Elvis and overstamped the whole backgrounder, but then used marker to ‘omit’ the extras and only get ‘hip swiveling’.

For this fun altered tag, I stamped the whole backgrounder over the polka dotted paper in a light blue ink, then used the marker again to ink up ‘Rock & Roll’. Jumpsuit Silhouette is my FAVE of ALL THE ELVIS IMAGES! I love this black and tiffany blue combo. The black rhinestones are from Archivers… The Prima bling charm was a gift.

This super simple card uses only the ‘Rock & Roll’ words, too.

Here’s a snapshot of the entire backgrounder…

I’ve got one more fun Elvis project to show you a bit later this morning.  Thanks for stopping by…

So according to this sweet little girl, Adrianna, I’m the ‘caller ID’ friend…today, I’m the Rhinestone Elvis friend.  I know she’s cooking something up with her Jump-suit Elvis today, and I told her I’d come up with something, too! 

I paired Jump-Suit Elvis with a new Elvis backgrounder called, “Elvis is…” (available this Friday) to create a pretty simple CELEBRATE card! What’s Elvis without a few rhinestones? LOL! These black ones are from Mark Richards, and I love the size. I get mine at Archivers.   To glitter Elvis up, I stamped him in black ink, then used a stamp-ma-jig to stamp over with Tsukineko Glue Pad - then covered with Black Martha Stewart Glitter.

 So make sure you check out Adri’s cards and give her some love!  Have a great long weekend!

Another new Elvis today from Cornish Heritage Farms. They are fun, especially if you are an Elvis lover, like me! When I was looking at this Elvis Sketch, I was thinking about his earlobe…and thinking…would Elvis have pierced his ear if he would have been around a little later in the 80s or 90s? Now, personally, I don’t care for pierced ears on men, but something tells me ‘he would have done it.’ So, I did it! LOL! I pierced Elvis’ ear! I also used the Paisley Bandana Backgrounder to mask off and put some flowered wallpaper behind his head. Why? Because ‘Why not is a slogan for an interesting life.’ - new sentiment from Mona Lisa - it’s coming next week!

OK - I’m running on about 3 hours sleep, and to make up for the craziness…I’ve got some blog candy, for the first time ever in the history of my blog. :) 

Up for grabs? TWO winners to each choose their favorite Elvis image in a deeply etched, glorious red rubber on a top quality maple wood block mount from the wonderful folks at Cornish Heritage Farms.   All you have to do is leave me a comment between now and Monday morning, 8:00 CST with your name and your favorite Elvis image from CHF. My favorite is the ‘Jumpsuit Silhouette’, but you can see them all and pick your favorite HERE.

See you tomorrow with a sketch from Beate.

Weekend Sketch Challenge 43 - I love Fridays! I love Elvis!

I love to run strips or shapes of cardstock through my Xyron, cover with glitter and then adhere to projects. So sparkly, and what’s Elvis without sparkle? 

• Stamps: Mic Swingin’ Silhouette Elvis, All Shook Up! and Elvis’ Guitar - Cornish Heritage Farms

• Cardstock: White & Black Prism

• Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack

• Accs: White Glitter, Mini Black Brads, Corner Rounder to make scallop

Yes today, you can own Elvis’s Guitar without shopping eBay or making the trip to Graceland! The guitar image is new from CHF. My daughter, Ashley is FOREVER losing guitar picks (I couldn’t even find one for the photo shoot! LOL). I am hoping this little altered tin will help her keep track of them, as it is the perfect size to slip into her case or sit on her dresser. I kept it very basic because I didn’t want anything catching or ripping off, she’s not the most gentle 7 year old on the altered objects, if you know what I mean.

• Stamps: Elvis’s Guitar & All Shook Up - Cornish Heritage Farms

• Cardstock: Georgia Pacific White

• Ink: Rasberry, Shell Pink & Black Adirondack

• Accs: Daisy D - rub on tapes

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