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Nikki Sivils + Basically Bare...

It's time for another product swap... this time with Nikki Sivils + Basically Bare.  Basically Bare was very generous with the Nikki Sivils' team & sent us lots of fun embellishments & even a mini book, some of which I have already used on other projects as seen here.  I LOVE those CUTE dress forms!   

For this page, I used the Celestial Shapes acryllic chipboard & felt embellishments (the sun + clouds) from Basically Bare along with the Nikki Sivils' Noah collection...

I painted my sun yellow & then added gold sequins on top.  I wrapped the outline of my clouds with "Shore" twine from The Twinery...

I decided it would be funny to put my photo inside the car, even though technically I was riding in the tow truck to the tire store.  Yay me... such a fun day.  LOL.

Check out how the rest of the team used the other embellishments & mini books on the Nikki Sivils' blog.  Leave a comment on Nikki's blog for a chance to win the collection of your choice.  Then head over to the Basically Bare blog for another chance to win!  It's a 2-day feature, so make sure to comment on both blogs... BOTH DAYS!   

Time to start packing... almost time to hit the road again! 

Happy Birthday to you, sissy...

Yesterday was my sister's birthday.  Not only do we look alike & act alike, but our birthdays are 4 days apart.  Could be a reason we act alike...we put the BULL in Taurus.  We've always celebrated together and we'll be doing so this weekend.  Can't wait! 

Anyway... I needed to make a card for her.  And since she's a bit of a fasionista like myself... I decided to use a Basically Bare Dress Form.  The "skirt" is 2 layered cupcake liners.  I had a card published in Cards Magazine a couple years ago using the same technique.  You can see that one here... using the same kind of cupcake liners too, I might add...  

I used paper from the Nikki Sivils' Audrey collection for my card & random bling for my "belt" + "necklace." 

And celebrate in style?  We always do! 

And speaking of Basically Bare, we have a product swap coming up at the end of the month with them + Nikki Sivils.  I made something fun for that yesterday.

In other news around here...

Bryn had her art show on Tuesday, her DARE graduation ceremony last night with the entire 5th grade class and a talent show this morning where she sang "A Thousand Years" with her bestie.  My best friend in 5th grade & I used to sing ALL.THE.TIME. which drove the 2 boys we had assigned seats with in the cafeteria totally nuts.  LOL  Tomorrow I have to go back to school in the morning because she's receiving some kind of award at the all-school awards assembly and then again in the afternoon for the last day of school party.

Summer is here & I have to say, I'm not totally ready for it. 

Time to figure out how we're going to stay busy.  Pronto...     

Happy Birthday, Nikki Sivils!

Happy Birthday to you... happy birthday to you... happy birthday, Nikki Sivils... happy birthday to you!!!

My card was made using the new Nikki Sivils' Audrey collection + a Basically Bare dress form + some Want 2 Scrap bling + Glossy Accents on my shoes to give them the look of patent leather... 

Head over to the Nikki Sivils' blog today to check out all the birthday action. 

There's even a little giveaway going on... just incase you're interested!