Spellbinders Design Team 2009-2010

I really wanted to share this card with you today, tell you the story behind it, and share with you the inspiration I had when creating it. This is the card I made especially for my final submission project for the 2009-2010 Spellbinders Design Team. Sadly, I did not make the final design team, but I was selected to do something fun for Spellbinders over this next year instead. I can't really say much . . . I don't really know much. All I know is that it has something to do with their blog, and being a part of the guest blogger feature they are formulating. I will receive some dies from Spellbinders that I can create something with that they will share on their blog along with a little bit about me. Although I am still disappointed I didn't make the Design Team, I'm very honored to have been one of the 24 finalists, and to have an opportunity to have my work featured on their website!

I'm just loving these Spellbinder dies. I really like how they are so easy to use and how you can emboss with them to get a real finished look. I also love how easy they are to store and transport to all my stamping retreats and events . . . no more punches to lug around.

Now I would like to share the inspiration I had when creating this card. The day I made it was a very sad day . . . it was the birthday of my sweet little God Puppy Sophie. Sophie was a little black tea cup toy poodle who would have been celebrating her fourth birthday that very day. Tragically, Sophie passed away this past fall of a congenital heart defect. Sweet little Sophie changed my life the day I met her. We never had pets as I was growing up and I was never a dog person before . . . but that sweet little black puppy with all her love and kisses and her gentle soul made me fall in love with her instantly and I knew at that very moment that I needed a Sophie in my life. Had it not been for Sophie . . . I would have never known the love of a puppy and would have never been blessed with my sweet little Willow . . . whom you all know I love and adore! So this card was made in Sophie's honor because every time I think of her . . . I think of a sweet little butterfly flying off to the heavens and I will love her always. Rest in peace sweet little Sophie Girl . . . you will forever be loved and missed by me and your God Sister Willow.

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you have a story about a special puppy in your life, please feel free to share it.

I will be back soon with more projects, a Spellbinders prize, and a lot more fun stuff.

Big stamping hugs!

~ Pegi

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper
Patterned paper: (Porcelain collection) Basic Grey
Rubber stamp: (Daisy) Sugar Nellie Stamps
Acrylic stamp: (Love Always from All Occasion collection) Hero Arts
Dye Ink: (Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo black) Memento
Color medium: Copic Markers
Accents: (Porcelain collection glazed brads) Basic Grey; (Crystals) Swarovski and Making Memories
Fibers: (Deep Straw satin ribbon) Yours Truly from Archivers; (Green vintage ribbon) Making Memories
Adhesive: (Stampin’ Dimensionals) Stampin’ Up!; (2 way glue) Zig Memory System; (Dot 'n' Roller Adhesive) Kokuyo
Dies: (Butterfly Reflections, Classic Scalloped Heart, and Labels One) Spellbinders
Punches: (Large Oval punch and Ticket punch) Stampin’ Up!
Tools: (die cut machine) Cuttlebug, (embossing mat) Spllbinders
Other: (Gelly Roll pen) Sakura