1st House of Gilli Challenge!

Happy Monday and Welcome to the very first "House of Gilli" Challenge!  I am so honored to be the first challenger and I hope you will find time to participate in the challenge with us over the next two weeks.  This is an exciting new time for the Gilli DT, Anary the fabulous artist and owner and for our new Challenge Blog!

There will be a NEW CHALLENGE every 2 weeks here on this blog so make sure you bookmark this or become a follower on the sidebar!  During the 2 week challenge period the InLinkz will be at the bottom of this post for you to add your entries to.  This post will stay at the top during the 2 week period.

BUT WAIT---every day of the 2 weeks a member of the awesome Gilli DT will be posting their challenge project here on the blog so you can see new projects and get lots of fun inspiration!  So make sure to visit regularly and SCROLL DOWN to see all great projects each day!

**Also a reminder---the Gilli DT had a kick-off Blog Hop yesterday (scroll down to see that post with links).  To win the BIG PRIZE for the Blog Hop you need to leave a comment on this post to enter okay--so don't forget to do that today ALONG with the other requirements listed in the post below. (Make sure you do each requirement to enter)  The (2) WINNERs WILL BE chosen for the Blog Hop Prizes tomorrow Feb. 15th.

House of Gilli Challenge #1

RECIPE CHALLENGE

-Use some form of Sparkle 

-Use 3 Patterned Papers

-Use at least 2 dies and/or punches

-You do not have to use a Gilli for this project
BUT IF you use a Gilli you get 2 chances okay ;)

(your entries must follow this recipe to be qualified)

What Can You Win?

-One Online Class of your choice at the Color Me Creative Classroom
(online classes include copic classes, distress inks class and cricut classes)
AND
-A Gilli Stamp of your choice!!

This Challenge will END on Feb. 27th (link at bottom of post)

Entries must be loaded by 10 pm EST on the 27th to qualify!

One (1) Winner will be chosen randomly and posted on the 28th along with a NEW CHALLENGE!

I was honored to be asked to be the Art Coordinator (aka helper for Anary, lol) for the Gilli DT and help Anary out with her fantastic new venture!  Also on board is Wini Bell as the DT Coordinator, she organizes all the gals for us thank goodness!

This is my project for the challenge!  I used "Burlesque Gilli" for my project, I think she's super sassy and so much fun!  A great gal card to send to a good friend dontcha' think?  You can find the whole line of Gilli Stamps at Stamping Scrapping HERE!   The papers are by Basic Grey called "Marjolaine"--I loved the color combo as I think they match a peacock feather perfectly!

I used the oval and scalloped oval Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut out my image and mat it.  The scrolls and feathery leaves were made with Marianne Dies sold exclusively in the UK.  The black lacy border piece was made with a MS border punch.  A few elegant black pearls finish off the card nicely.

And of course she is colored with Copics, my favorite coloring tool of choice!  I used Stardust Stickles on her peacock feather and ruffles/accents on her outfit for my sparkle.

If you would love to see more details on this card and how I colored this beautiful Gilli with Copics then head over to MY BLOG HERE for more info!

Now I hope your creative juices are flowing and you are ready to get a jump start on this

1st "House of Gilli" Challenge with us all!

hugz,

Suzanne J Dean