PAPER DOLLS DRESS UP SERIES---episode 4

hope you all had a great mother's day.
 we left for boston on friday morning to pick up my gift for mother's day: my son, lol

we also stopped at this mall close to our hotel and got a picture with dustin pedroia, who plays for the red sox. my hubby was in heaven since he is a big-big fan of dustin.
it was a very nice trip!!! besides the lots of packing :)

anyhow, here is our fourth episode of
paper dolls dress up
(pddu)

this is my project
a

College Bound ---file folder card
4 x 5 " tall

the pirate girl is from page #45 and it is #17 on the overlay.
(look at the hair, hehe. i used a halloween cob webs paper because i wanted to, lol).

i made some small holes with the crop-a-dile to tie/stitch the twine around.

the file tab where i stamped "college bound" was cut and outline (with a zig fine tip pen) by hand. the cute little map was majorly distressed to make it look like an old map where she found her treasure.
(her treasure was a free pass to college :P --just because this card is for one of my nieces who graduates this year).

the file folder is from graphically speaking, #32 on the overlay.
the face is from peachy keen stamps and the cardstock used from k&co and american crafts.
---this pirate has been through a lot in her short life, i can assure you life has not been easy for her---:(

now onto my dear teammates:

sheena's

is that acc2shift?
you must go to her site to read sheena's description for her beautiful and out of the box card. :)

kristie's

look at the waves, again, you have to go to her blog to read the description.
i do too because i want to know how she made them.

dawn's

and here is my pirate's mate, isn't he so handsome with that trendy mustache? or what?
loo at the ship too....awesome. you can click on dawn's name to link you to her awesome blog.

hope you are indeed enjoying the series as much as we are
and a BIG
thanks for stopping by the hut!

---bye for now---

DAY 3 JOY'S LIFE.COM GIVEAWAY

We all know Joy from 

http://joyslife.com/. Joy is who I made the  

Snail Mail card for. Joy contacted me because she is having a 

5 Days of Give-a ways

in her blog this week. She invited me to participate

and here I am so very honored to do so. 

Thanks Joy!

Anyhow....This is great news!!!! 

WHY?????

Joy has offered to SPONSOR, 

yes! I said sponsor this event 

with her very own clear stamp set called

"Joy's Life Lots of Pun"

Joy also has a new DVD called

 You can take a look at her products 

Here.

I am super thrilled.

To enter for this give-a-away you must tell me which sentiment on this stamp set is your favorite and of course a way to contact you if you are the lucky person to win the Lots of Pun giveaway.

It is not required to subscribe/follow my blog, but it would be nice if you did, just don't feel obligated.

I love all of the sentiments, but I chose...

G'Day Mate!

for my 5 by 7 inch card.

 I used the B is for boys Lite Cricut cartridge for the pirate and his outfit. The ship is also from the same cartridge. The red polka dot frame is from Live Simply, another Lite Cricut cartridge.

The chest, crab, sea shell and sun are from the Life is a Beach cartridge. The card base is a kraft cardstock.

I made his tiny earrings from some jewelry findings I have in my supplies. It came out so very cute. I also used some stickles for the bling. 

The "gold" in the treasure chest is from some jewelry charms I also have and I purchased those for 50 cents at Joann's. 

I knew I would find somewhere to use them, :)

The sand paper is from DCWV. Click on the pics for a better view. 

And...I used the G'Day Mate!  

clear stamp from Joy's Lots of Pun set.

 Doesn't look great  on my card?

This is the same set you might be able to win 

if you leave me a comment telling me which stamp from this set is your favorite.

Below you can see the inside of the card and if you are wondering where the blue beautiful paper comes from, it is from K&Co Day Dreams Collection.

I will be announcing the winner on Monday, August 2nd. The stamps will ship 1st class in the USA and Priority Mail if you are international. Joy will be shipping them. You have to leave me a way to contact you and if you do not claim your prize within 3 days, I am so very sorry but I will choose another winner. I will be using Random.org for this give-a way.

Thanks for stopping by

and I certainly hope you enjoyed coming over.

Hugs to all!