new year, new cards!

ok, technically speaking, i made these cards at the tail end of the old year...but they are making their official debut as the first cards in the first CAARDVARKS challenge of 2008...and what a challenge it is! yes, indeedy, we have a brand new, exclusive, made-just-for-us CardMap by becky fleck!!! (can i get a "woohoooooo!"?) it's a goodie, too--just look!

i bet you are already thinking of ways you could make that baby work, aren't you?? uh huh, thought so. yep, it's pretty flexible, as you will see when you check out all the SMOKIN' HOT design team cards in the gallery!!! but first, allow me to present a couple of versions i made:

patterned paper: sei, creative inaginations, making memories, bazzill; ribbon: making memories, sei, michaels + misc scraps; flowers: heidi swapp, junkitz; stickers: ki memories; brads: making memories, autumn leaves, oriental trading co; sequins: queen&co, doodlebug
rub-on letters: making memories; other: zig writer, jewelcraft gems)

(patterned paper: basic grey, hambly, my mind's eye, frances meyer, vintage ledger paper; alphas: heidi swapp, making memories; brad: making memories; other: sharpie, zig & AC markers, colorbox inks, staples)

speaking of newness, this is also the first challenge with our brand new *amazing* DT members: sj dowsett, jolene johnston, lisa kavanaugh, and stef severin. you can read a bit about them on the announcement post...or why not click on their names and check out some of the cooler blogs around?!