rub-a-dub-dub...

...three cards in a tub!

well, they are not actually in a *TUB*, they are in the new caardvarks' challenge...but that didn't rhyme very well, so i went with "tub" instead. anyway, as i mentioned, the new challenge is up and it is called: rub me tender, rub me sweet! (you're not going to believe this, but for once, there is a diabolical pun being perpetrated that had nothing to do with me!!!) you've got until midnight, november 30th*, to go wild making cards which include rub-on transfers. the winner will recieve fame, glory, their name in lights on the empire state building, and a delicious vegetarian lunch prepared by tv chef emeril lagasse.

ok, ok, technically, you don't get any of those things. but there *IS* a prize, and since it's from the embellishment studio, you definitely want it! :)

here are the cards i made for the challenge:

(pattern paper: dcwv + vintage sheet music; small diecut ornament, word strips & tag: fancy pants; larger ornament is a plastic cup traced for the circle w/FP ornament top added to it; vellum noel: dcwv; stickers: basic grey, sandylion, sticko, martha stewart; rub-ons: autumn leaves, fancy pants, foof-a-la, basic grey, making memories, creative imaginations other: ribbon scraps, colorbox ink, foam tape)

as you can see, i am still workin' the christmas frame cards...but i had no trouble incorporating rub-ons into that scenario. i've got layers and layers of those babies: on the ornaments, in the background, as bits of text, as accents, and around the frame openings. aye, there's the rub! (ok, that diabolical pun WAS all mine!)

* this challenge is of slightly shorter duration than the typical caardvarkian endeavor, because we are clearing the decks for the first week of december...in which BIG DOINGS will take place! as you know, i am as good at keeping secrets as...ummm...well, the first person you can think of who is really, really BAD at keeping secrets...and being sworn to secrecy is physically painful to me; but i'm not going to blow the surprise!