a taffy treasure

Are you playing along with the Dirty girls this week?  I haven’t had as much time this year to join the challenges but I’m trying to participate as much as I can.  It got me to thinking today…it has been 4 years since I was asked to join the dirt pile.  Time sure flies and so much has happened since then!

I knew that I wouldn’t have the time to hostess a challenge this year but I still wanted to participate.  So I was happy that I could be a sample maker for Tracy‘s challenge.  Be sure to check out her project and texasjodylynn‘s too…they are both fabulous!

Here is what I made…

I started with the Sizzix Suitcase die and then embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.  I was originally planning to add a girl in a swimsuit to the front and make a beach-y scene.  But she was just a bit larger than I wanted, so I turned to Amy Young’s fab mermaids instead.

Her hair is covered with Stickles and Liquid Pearls were added to her earring and belt.

Salt water taffy was the perfect thing to fill it with, I thought.  But after a few stores, I wasn’t sure I would find any!  If only I had planned ahead, I could have asked my friend, Susan, to bring me a bag home from her vacation at the beach last week.  Then I finally found a small bag at WalMart.  I guess I was just so elated that I didn’t realize till I was home that it was sugar-free.  Oh fudge!  But it actually tastes quite good…who knew?!  And thankfully it has no sucrolose.  We are trying to avoid that and other artificial sweeteners.

I hope you get a chance to play along with Tracy’s challenge…it’s a fun one!  Have a great day!

stamps- Sweet November’s Treasure Tempestwind & Eddy and AmyR Summer Sentiments by C.C. Designs; paper- Baja Breeze, white; ink- Baja Breeze, Memento Black; accessories- Sizzix Suitcase Bag die, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Japanese Scales folder, Fiskars boundary waters punch, Copics, Liquid Pearls, Stickles, Labels 13 Nestabilities, Crop-A-Dile, eyelet, ball chain, cell phone bling.