Playing with my Susan Weckesser stamps

Hip Hop Unity Peeps!!!

Today I have a couple of cards that I made using my Unity Stamp Co. Susan Weckesser stamps. I just love the style of her designs!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Grandma's Needlepoint

*October afternoon paper

*Nestabilities labels die

*Fiskars border punch

*button

*journaling circle

*watercolor pencils

*Palette burnt umber ink pad

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Motherhood is a Verb 

*october afternoon paper

*Nestabilities frame die

*corner rounder

*Webster's pages alpha stickers

*buttons

*twine

And did you see the sale for today?? OMG!

Now you need to hop on over to Jen Buck's blog....

Stamp of the Week #12

Ah, it has simply been a perfect Sunday. 

I love Springtime. 

Kat and I sat out on the porch all afternoon. 

She sat at my feet and drew and played Strawberry Shortcake, 

while I typed away writing on my laptop. 

Talk about dreams coming true. 

Today was just one of those days. ;o)

Now I am settling into the evening with a book and a glass of wine. Perfection!

So, it's Sunday and that means it's time for a new Stamp of the Week. 

I love this one!!

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp of the Week #12

*October Afternoon paper collection

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*Nestabilities labels die

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils

*ribbon

*flat-back gems

*Distress inks inkpad

*Making Memories ledger paper

I hope that you all had a good Sunday too!!!

Photography Friday- Spring Break!

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For Spring Break, we headed down to Hill Country, to a little historic cabin in Wimberly.

We had a fabulous few days, so I thought I would share a few of our favorite photos.

I took over 350, so you are getting off easy with just these few...hehe!

Out in the back of the cabin is what I am guessing to be an original barn, although only three sides of it are still standing. They've turned it into a party area, with hot tub, grill, sitting and eating area complete with a chandelier-lit bar. So cool! The photo above was taken through one of the old windows of that structure of sunset while the kids played in the hot-tub, below.

Jake has turned out to be quite a photographer. This photo was taken in the town of Wimberly of him photographing, Kat playing and hanging out with her big brother. She loves him so much.

These photos are all taken from a park in Wimberly. There is a river running through the town which makes the whole town have a mountain feel to it. We really loved it and the scenery was gorgeous.

We spent several days exploring some of the area around Wimberly. One of the schools that Jacob is interested in attending is Texas State down in San Marcus. They have a natural spring lake there that is just amazing. HUGE amounts of water coming into this natural lake everyday and they offer glass-boat rides so that you can see the springs. The photo below is from that boat ride. The cracks in the rocks are where the water comes up. You can see it in the photo, but you can see the water coming in when you are there watching it. It was incredibly fascinating. Everyone LOVED that 30 minutes of our trip. We got to see tons of underwater sealife...fish, turtles and springs.

We also visited LBJ's ranch. Part of the site is a working 1800's farm and the bottom few photos are from there. We have visited TONS of historic sites over the years, but this little farm was really fun.

Turkeys on the property^^

And a gorgeous variety of chickens too...

We were there on St. Patrick's day, so I had to grab a photo of the clover...

Just a couple of fun, artsy photos from the property. That's the side of a wagon above.

And it's springtime in Texas so that means Blue-bonnets in Hill Country....

We had a fabulous huge covered porch on the cabin and Ben & I spent a TON of time out there.

The family in front of the Alamo....

A couple of artsy shots from the River Walk in San Antonio.

The cabin had a huge old Live Oak Tree in back with three swings on it. Little Bit was in heaven.

It was a fun trip!

My Favorite part of the day....

Have you gotten in your new {ippity} stamps yet?

Mine were waiting for me when we got back from our Spring Break mini-vacay. 

I adore the new releases!

Isn't this simply the best image for Spring? It just makes me happy.

I could see planning a whole party around that single image on the invites...

party image from Pinterest

Supplies used:

*{ippity}Be Brave Branch Out

*October afternoon paper collection

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*Distressed inks 

*watercolor pencils

*doily

*buttons

*corner rounder

*ribbon

*Martha Stewart border  punch

Stamp of Week #11

It's Sunday, so that means it's time for a new Unity Stamp co. Stamp of the week....

Supplies used:

*Unity STamp Co. Stamp #11

*october afternoon paper collection

*Nestabilities labels die

*Martha Stewart border punch

*watercolor pencils 

*brads

Don't forget, these stamps are only $5.79 which includes shipping 

and available for ONE WEEK ONLY!

March Challenge--- Open Doors

Today is the 15th of the month and that means that it's time for a new Unity Stamp Co. challenge.

This month's challenge is an *open door* challenge.

(make a card with some sort of door/flap/opening)

I made a card with a window...that's almost a door, right?? 

Hehe

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Simple Stories Generations kit

*Pink Paislee paper

*Nestabilities labels punch

*CTMH Sweet Leaf ink pad

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*ribbon

Then for the card below, I used the piece that I cut out of the frame above to create the focal point of the card....

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Inspired by Ang- Moment by Moment (butterfly)

*Unity Stamp Co. Roots & Wings (sentiment- on sale for St. Patty's day sale)

*Pink Paislee paper collection

*watercolor pencils

*StazOn jet black ink pad

*Nestabilities labels die 

*large brads

I am assuming by now that you've heard about Unity's St. Patty's day Sale??

ALL ORDERS over $17 will get to choose one of TWO BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN itty bitty stamps! They are SO CA-UTE - we will show you this coming THURSDAY! 

Here are the 17 kits that will ALL be marked at $9.77 next week - SOON I will also list the 17 itty bitty stamps that will be marked at $2.77. 


Oh Happy Day
With Sympathy
Key to Joy
The Right Words
Quiet Essence
A Mother's Love
Life Becoming
Naturally You
Moments in Bloom
Throughout All...
***Roots & Wings*** The sentiment in the butterfly card above is from this kit.
Bold Insight
Sew Cute
Total Cuteness
All About the Journey
Ticket to Life
Delight in Beauty

Also, there are free Itty's that are going to be included when you buy a certain $$ amount of product. Below is a card that I made with one of them...

I simply used some really old Chatterbox paper and had fun with that sweet little owl/mushroom stamp!

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Now you need to hop on over to Jennifer Buck's gorgeous blog...