Today I start my journey to Alaska on the Stampin' Up! incentive trip!!!! We are going to be flying into Seattle today and getting on board the Explorer of the Seas Royal Caribbean cruise ship. I'm so very excited to be taking my mom and her good friend with me!!!! This should be quite an adventure for sure! While I'm away – you can take advantage of my ordering special shown above. Thank you so much – from the tippy tips of my toes to the top of my head – I would not be on this trip without my amazing customers and team members!!!! Thank you for supporting my small business! I plan to share photos of our trip as we go on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/AStampAbove/
The special above is through me – I will order your Glitter Enamel Dots when I return from Alaska. Once received, I'll put them in the mail to you with your thank you card.
I almost forgot to share this card and video with you – OH MY GOSH! How does that even happen? I shot this back in May – so I'm LONGGGGG over my cold. And it seemed SUPER fitting to post it today – I will be setting sail on the Stampin' Up! incentive trip to Alaska!!!! Are there octopus in the ocean there… I think there are!
I hope you like this card – I challenged myself to use the LAYOUT BELOW. There's always so many possibilities with a layout challenge. Read to the end so you can see MY CHALLENGE TO YOU!!!!
Here's what I came up with!!!! I love the TRANQUIL TEXTURES DSP and we've affectionately named this little guy FRANK LEE – Bahahhahhha!!!!!
Here's a video to show you all the details and some tips about coloring over NON-ARCHIVAL ink:

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Because I know it's hard to see some of the details in my videos – here's a close up of the reefie thing with the WINK OF STELLA GLITTER PEN applied – soooo pretty right?
The inside should make your friends and family happy too:
Dimensions:
- Tranquil Tide 8-1/2 x 5-1/2
- Night of Navy 4 x 5-1/4
- Whisper White 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 & 4 x 5-1/4
- Tranquil Textures DSP 3 @ 1 x 4
I CHALLENGE YOU!!!!
To make a card using the layout below and email a photo of it to me – I will set up a panel of judges and someone will win a prize!!!!! OMG! There will be a PRIZE!!!! Email your cards to Kelly@AStampAbove.com with LAYOUT CHALLENGE in the subject line by July 27th at midnight. Somebody will win!!!!

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I love what you have done Kelly with this card sketch, I have drawn it on my ‘To Do’ pad so that it reminds me to make my own card design using this card sketch whilst you are away in Alaska. I don’t know if you will find octopi in Alaska but if you do I think you will be very, very surprised. Thank you for sharing this project with us crafters. :o) xx