Have any of you been playing the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges over at SCS? Well, this is my first one — Jenn Balcer’s inspiration challenge — what a gorgeous, flourished cake she chose for the inspiration piece!!! I honestly think she MUST have had Flourishes images in mind when she chose that cake — LOL!!! You can see it here.

Ok, now this is one of those cards that I really fought to get an accurate picture and just could not.The color is a bright limegreen, not this yellowish-green we are seeing, and I’m sorry but I just could not get it corrected. Also the glitter is so pretty IRL, and is coming off this awful blue here — I almost didn’t upload this, but once I made it, I am, just hanging my head in shame over this photo. It is really quite pretty, IRL — please take my word — LOL!!!

Here’s the Cake Recipe:

• Stamp 1/4 sheet of white cardstock withPalette Noir Blackink using Damask
• Cut stamped piece into 3 strips each 1.5″ high
• Cut the strips to length as follows: 3.5″, 2.5″, 1.5″
• Round top corners of strips with corner rounder
• Sponge all edges of above strips
• Adhere to base layer as shown
• Add Pearls between layers
• Trace with Quickie Glue Pen and add glitter
• Clean off Pearls with a Swiffer cloth as all the glitter will stick to them

That was easy! The cake layer was matted onto a black layer punched with a Wrought Iron Punch. And can you see the sentiment — To a Special Couple — this is a little sneak peek at one of the new centers coming out by JustRite for the Monogram Stampers you all have — it’ll fit what you have known as the C-45 and the small wooden stampers as well. The new stampers coming out have new names, but don’t let it confuse you — when I actually have them and can take pictures to show you — I’ll explain it all — but anyway, this center is one of many to come out, covering all sorts of occasions and events.

What I wanted to show you was the multi-use of these stamps. Even though this is a center made for the Monogram Stamper, which you typically see stamped with a ring around it, today I used it alone — no ring around it. I put only the center onto my wooden stamper and stamped on white cardstock. I then punched it out with my SU Designer Label Punch — talk about a perfect fit!!! It is backed in black punched with SU’s 1 3/8″ punch that so many of us have. We know all the JustRite Products work well with the Nestability Circles, but I just wanted to give you some other options, using things many of you already have at home, and oh, what a perfect fit!!! And don’t you just love the font on this — I do!!! Anyway, when I get some final product to show you, I surely will, but this worked so perfectly here today I just had to use it.

• Stamps: Damask by Flourishes, Sentiment is soon to be available by JustRite
• Paper: Black, White, Green is by Prism (my chart is missing, I think it’s in the Kiwi family)
• Ink: Palette Noir Black
• Accessories: Quickie Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Pearls, Black Sheer Ribbon, Hole Punch, Sponge, Mounting Squares, and punches by SU: Corner Rounder, Designer Label, Wrought Iron, 1 3/8″ Circle

I am hosting one of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges today (Thursday), so be sure to check it out and play along. I think they pop up at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which I think is 12:00 noon Eastern Time. It’s a fun one and, you guessed it — simple — LOL!!! Hope to see you later, playing along!!!