caardabilities sketch pms

This week, Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring the cardabilities sketch challenge.

Here is my card that I made using this sketch....

Here is the sketch:

And here is the detailed shot of that gorgeous corset stamp. I combined a mixture of watercolor penciling and paper-piecing for the details of it.

Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Oo la la

*Bella Blvd paper collection

*marvy uchida circle punches

*buttons

*fiskars border punch

*ctmh cocoa inkpad

*watercolor pencils

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Below is a card that I made using a couple of the new Cosmo Cricket Itty Bitty's...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Swim Party

*Unity Stamp Co. Just for You

*Cosmo Cricket Paper Collection

*Nestabilities dies

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*ribbon

Have a great Sunday everyone!!!

FFC-All About Plaid

Hello Friday Peeps! 

It's going to be a gorgeous day here today, so Kat and I have a lunch date with Jacob for a picnic in the park. I can't wait and love that my 16 yo son will still do that with us (of course, he does get a free lunch out of it which is good incentive for any 16 yo boy...hehe!)

Today for our Friday Fun Challenge, Kimme issued this challenge:

Feb 25-- I am going to a sorority date party this weekend trying to re-live my college days (what I remember of them.)  The theme for this party is Perfectly Plaid.  We will all be wearing anything we can find in plaid; skirts, shirts, pj's, anything and everything plaid, and the more you clash the better.  The challenge is to make a card with plaid on it.  Any colors are fine.

And here is my card....

  

Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Dandy Wishes set

*October Afternoon papers

*Nestabilities Labels diecut

*Tim Holtz ticket

*seam binding

*button

*Fancy Pants pins

*KaiserCraft bling

*Palette burnt umber ink pad

*corner rounder

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the FFC girls have made with this kit:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

Sketchy Hip-Hop

Happy Unity Stamp Co. Hip-Hop everyone!!

If you didn't start out there, you need to head on over to the Unity Stamp Co. blog for all of this week's fabulous info...

Today I took some time to play with this week's challenge sketch. I love these sketches...they are such a boost for your creative muse....

Here is my first card. For this card, I was using that awesome Basic Grey 6x6 papers and they have such awesome darkened edges that I couldn't bear to cut them off so I made my card into a 6x6 card...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. A Thing of Beauty Itty Bitty

*Basic Grey 6x6 paper collection

*EK Success paper border punch

*Nestabilities dies

*string

*Fiskars border punch

*CTMH Cocoa Inkpad

*watercolor pencils

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For my second card, I turned the sketch and adjusted it just a bit to work for my card....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. You Sweep Me Off My Feet Itty Bitty

*Cosmo Cricket 6x6 Mitten Weather Collection

*Nestabilities Die cuts

*corner rounder

*Martha Stewart border punch

*Fiskars scallop border punch

*CTMH Cranberry & CocoaInk Pad

Now you need to head on over to ***Julie's gorgeous blog*** to see what scrumptious creations she has for you this week....

Scraps to Cards....

Good Wednesday afternoon everyone!

Today, I have a quick little card to share. This card is using one of Unity Stamp co. brand new little Itty Bitty stamps, A Little Party....

For this card, I simply used the scraps off of an old die cut sheet from Collage Press to create a little vignette. It's a great way to use those scraps and make a super-easy quick card!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. It's a Little Party

*Collage Press die cuts

*craft paper

*Martha Stewart border punches

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*Amer. Crafts brad

*kraft, white and black card stock

A fun Melody Ross/Unity banner...

Hi all!

Sorry, I have been neglecting this blog a bit. No reason for it besides being too busy to write up the posts. I have tons of artwork to post....just no time to sit down and tell you about them. *sigh*

Today, I wanted to share a banner with you that I made for the Unity Stamp Co booth for CHA (see, that was ages ago...no time...LOL!) I was working with some of our AWESOME Melody Ross Stamps.

This banner measures about 7x12 and is made up of a lot of Melody Ross products...her Unity Stamp Co stamps and her paper line.

Below are some of the close-up, detail photos....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. All Worth It

*Unity Stamp Co. Love Life

*Unity Stamp Co. She Did It Anyway

*Melody Ross paper collection

*Paper Studio ribbon

*Recollections bling

*Fiskars border punch

*buttons

Have a great day, everyone!!!

Going in Circles for FFC...

Hello everybody!!!

It's Friday...Yippeee!

And that means it's time for two of my favorite activities...

Friday Fun Challenge 

and 

Unity's Friends with Flair!!!

Today's Friday Fun Challenge comes to us from Kimme...

Feb 19-- Three Circles.  I will be visiting Mickey this week.  I have always said that if I got a tattoo it would simply be the 3 circles that represent the great mouse.  My challenge to you is to make a card with at least 3 circles on it.

For my card, I got to pull out one of my new Itty Bitty kits from Unity Stamp Co, No Greater Love. I layered a doily behind it that had been spritzed with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist to match those old Basic Grey papers.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. No Greater Love

*Basic Grey paper collection

*Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist- vintage pink

*velvet ribbon

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*Nestabilities Lacey circle dies

*Palette burnt umber inkpad

*kraft card stock

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the FFC girls have made with this kit:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

And go check out the Unity Stamp Co. blog for all the FWF inspiration!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Hip Hopping through February....

Good morning Unity Peeps!

Is everyone enjoying the hop so far?

Today I have just a simple little baby card made using the layout from this week's Hip Hop sketch challenge using the Itty Bitty, Tickled Pink.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Tickled Pink

*Heidi Grace papers

*Nestabilities Labels die

*eyelet trim

*Martha Stewart border punch

*buttons

*watercolor pencils.

Now you need to head on over to ***Julie's gorgeous blog***

Together is my favorite place to be....

Happy Valentine's Day!!

 I have a dirty little secret... although not so secret to anyone that knows me.

I make cards every day, but I rarely send them out. Isn't that awful?!?

Today's card will make it to it's recipient though because this is Ben's Valentines Day card...

I based the layout of my card on this week's Card Patterns sketch....

Supplies used:

*Paper Makeup Stamps Hugs & Kisses Set (hearts)

*Paper Makeup Stamps Together Sentiment

*MME paper

*heart doily 

*Martha Stewart border punch

*jute twine

*StazOn Jet black ink pad

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And just because it's Valentine's Day, here are all my loves.

First, my very special Valentine...Love this guy!

Our 16 (?!?!) year old...he's pretty special too...

And the little Miss....

I hope that you have a VERY SPECIAL Valentine's Day today with those you love!

Oh Happy Day Store Kit Hop!

The Unity Stamp Co. blog is bursting with DT artwork today using the Store kit, Oh Happy Day, for February. This could not have had better timing since yesterday was Jacob's 16th birthday. This is the card that I gave him for his birthday...

This kit is simply awesome. There are so many fun combinations and creative possibilities for this one. Lisa did an absolutely fabulous job designing it!!

Jacob's favorite color is red and I love these masculine papers from Cosmo Cricket (this is one of my favorite lines of theirs ever simply because of their lush combo of red and orange...so perfect for guys!)

I used my watercolor pencils on the stamp words to create the ombre effect using orange on top and red on bottom.  

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Oh Happy Day

*Cosmo Cricket paper collection

*ribbon

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils 

*StazOn jet black ink pad

Be sure to check out the Unity Stamp Co. blog to see what everyone else created with this awesome kit!

Friday Fun Challenge Feb 11

Good morning girls! 

Kimme is in charge of our Friday fun challenges and today's was a fun one:

Feb 11-- Inspiration:  

This is a cute kids dress from Crazy 8's that I think would be great for color or layout inspiration.

And this is what I was inspired to create....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Sweet Zzz's

*Chatterbox paper and alpha

*Martha Stewart border punch

*Sizzix die 

*Nestabilities labels die

Be sure to go check out what the rest of the girls have made with this kit:

Jimmi

Kimme 

Sherry 

And go check out the Unity Stamp Co. blog for all the FWF inspiration!!

Hip Hop for the 10th of Feb....

Good Thursday morning Hip Hop Fans!! 

How's everyone doing today?

I have just a quick card to share with you today...

The layout for it came from Jimmi's sketch challenge for this week....

supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Sweet Dreams Itty Bitty

*DCWV stack

*Nestabilities Labels die

*Marvy Uchida scallop circle punches

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*ribbon

Now you need to hop on over to Julie Campbell's gorgeous blog!