Summer and Sand

Well after this winter I am soooo ready for summer.  If summer is not coming to me, I figure I will just craft a little piece of summer for now.  This was done for the CARDS challenge of a grid card. 

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Paper: AC Cardstock

Ink: Colorbox

Cuttlebug EB folder,Bakers Twine, 

Shell, Starfish Charm 

Wedding Wishes

Okay - so I totally spaced and was supposed to get this one up a couple days ago - but better late than never - right?!?  I did this card for a couple challenges - the Verve challenge over at SCS for the week 4 February challenge and Paper Sundaes (masculine colors).  I think it would make a great fall wedding card - especially if brown is the main color.

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Verve

Paper: Basic Grey, Corediations

Ink: Colorbox, Distress Ink

Spellbinders, Cuttlebug EB Folder, half Pearls,

Ribbon from stash, MS Glitter

Rockin around the Christmas Tree.....

Hello everyone - Everyone enjoying the crazy weather lately?!  Up here we are currently digging out of the snow the Midwest was so nice to send our way :-)  I am not thrilled with it all - but the dogs are in thier glory!  The only good thing, if it keeps up like this, we are definitely having a white Christmas!  Todays card is for the Play Date Cafe and Cards Magazine Blog challenges.  I love using the non traditional colors and blues and purples are my faves. (I have used both as themes in my x-mas decorating!)  For the tree - I played around with my embossing powder and used three different colors to echo the patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Coredinations, DCWV

Ribbon, Cuttlebug EB Folder(Spots and Dots), Ranger Embossing Powder(Turquoise, Cobalt), Zing Embossing Powder(Met. Purple)

O Christmas Tree and Joy

Hi everyone! Winter has hit us up here in beautiful upstate NY - my puppies are loving it!  It has blanketed everything in glorious white fluffy snow - perfect to get into the Christmas mood!

First up is a set of cards I did for the Cards Magazine Challenge of quick and easy to mass produce Christmas cards.

The second is for the Play Date Cafe challenge of Red and White.

Thanks for stopping by!

O Christmas Tree

Stamps: Verve

Ink: Colorbox

Paper: Coredinations, AC Cardstock

Joy

Stamps: Inkadinkado, Unity

Paper: Coredinations, AC Cardstock

Ink: Vesamark, Colorbox

Ribbon, Crystals, White Embossing Powder

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Rock my World and Back to School

This is my second post for today - For my H{ippity} Hop post please scroll down.

Since I was up early in the morning this weekend I was able to play a bit more than normal. So I played with a few sketches and challenges.  Stamptacular's challenge this week was something for the boys - for some reason I always think rock music when I think of boys.  Don't ask me why - I know rock music isn't only for boys - heck I like rock music! But anyway - I dug out this way cool jukebox from an old Unity KOM cause I thought it looked boy-ish.  I colored it up using my prisma colored pencils and smooch (to give it that old time plastic light look) stickled bubbles around it for more color and heat embossed the sentiment with Zing glitter EB powder.  It all makes for a very sparkly card - so maybe it is more Disco than Rock  - lol!   I laid it out using the sketch from CPS added the brads at the bottom and done! This is also for OCC's Embossing challenge. Fun, fun, fun to do!

I also played along with All things Unity back to school challenge, and CAS-tastic's Case a DT Member (which was Deb - find here gorgeous creation here.)  This one was quick and easy using a schoolhouse from Unity and numbers from "Life's Little Moments" by {ippity}. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Rock my World

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Cordinations, Staples

Ink: Ancient Page

Smooch, Stickles, Brads from TPS, Cuttlebug EB Folder

Back to School

Stamps: Unity, ippity

Paper: Kraft from Michaels

Ink: Ancient Page

Colored Pencils, Smooch, Ribbon, hemp twine,

Spelbinders, MS scoring board

H{ippity} Hop - Faith

Good Morning fellow hoppers! Monday means it is time for most people to head back to work - and more importantly - it's time for h{ippity} hop!

This morning I have a card that was done using Verve' Friday Challange over at SCS - if you haven't checked it out - i recommend it - the sketch's are fab and the inspiration is insane!

I love this little saying from the "Faith Blooms" set - and it does have an inside portion as well to finish the sentiment. 

And here is the pic that inspired me (well one of them at least - this was not the first pic that got me started.  This card went through three incarnations before I settled on something I was happy with!)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to stop at the rest of the hoppers today - You can find the full list here.

Stamps: {ippity}

Paper: AC Cardstock

Ink: Colorbox

Cuttlebug EB Folder, crystals, Spellbinders

Blossom Mojo Style

Hello All - Happy Hump Day! Half way through to the weekend WoooHooo!!!

I Love this Basic Grey paper I used for the background and have been itching to use it since I got it.  I have been trying to be better about actually USING the stuff I get instead of putting it away for that "special" project.  No sense in getting if if you aren't going to use right?!? 

I used the Mojo Monday sketch from Verve and the colors from ColourQ.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Verve

Paper: Basic Grey, AC Cardstock

Ink: Ancient Page

Flowers from SEI and Prima, Cuttlebug EB Folder

EK Success Border punch, Button, Half Pearls

Beware!

Hello! I was playing around in my craft room this morning and decided to play along with The Play Date Cafe's color challenge. As I was looking at the color scheme of black and white with a splash of green, I immediately thought of Halloween! Lucky for me Inkadinkado just brought out their fall $ stamps - and a ton of them are for Halloween.  So after much moving and re-orginizing, I dug out my halloween stuff to pla with.  I used black magic paper in my skeleton scrollwork EB folder and brought out the white underneath, I also did one with black magic in purple that came out really cool to!  The scary house is sponged around the edges with shabby shutters distress ink (the house reminds me of the Bates House!) the beware is a rub on I had gotten clearanced out last year at Target. I also put a couple green crystals in the skeletons eyes at the top and bottom of the card - you can't really tell in the pic. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Ink: Distress Ink, Ancient Page

Paper: Black Magic, AC CArdstock

Crystals, Spellbinders, Cuttlebug EB Folder, Rub on

FWF - Dance

Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday!  Friday means that it is Friends with Flair – for a complete list of all the hoppers check out they Unity blog.  Today I am breaking out the July KOM – what a great saying!  The color combo today comes from Color Q and the sketch is from Get Sketchy.
Don’t forget to keep your eye out for the Flair blinkie – unfortunately it is not here so keep looking! It could be your ticket to some Unity goodness!  Enjoy your hop – there is always some great inspiration out there!
Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Ancient Page, Colorbox

Paper: Coredinations, Basic Grey

Cuttlebug EB Folder, Ribbon, Spellbinders, MS Glitter

French Flowers

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing the card I did for the Verve Challenge over at SCS and for the French Provencal challenge over at the Play Date Cafe.  This month for the Verve challenge we are strolling through bathrooms and Amber found some great inspiration pics – you can always count on Amber to find some great stuff out there!  As I was putting the card together – I must of had the PDC challenge in my mind – it was striking me as very French with the colors and textures – I love when challenges come together so easy!
Come and join me on Monday – it is my Growing in Unity week!  I will be posting a project featuring Unity/{ippity} stamps every day through Friday.  Everyone who stops by and leaves some love every day will be entered to win some Unity Rubber – so it really is a good idea to stop by!  I look forward to seeing everyone this week!
Thanks for looking and leaving some love – I always appreciate everyone's kind words! 

Stamps:Verve
Ink: Adirondack Ink, Ranger Distress
Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill,
Spellbinders, EK Success Punch, Ribbon,
Cuttlebug EB Folder, Queen & Co. Half Pearls

{FWF} 5/21/10 Unique

Happy Blog Hopping today - I hope you are enjoying all the wonderful projects that are out there!  Today's card is using the May Store Kit and the scallop from the {ippity} set Sweet Thoughts of Spring - I love those scallops, they are soooo versatile. I used the sketch from ICS and the color challenge of PDC.  Thanks for joining in for the hop today and keep searching for that blinkie, find it and Unity goodness could be coming your way! 

Stamps: Unity , {ippity}

Paper: K & Co., Coredinations

Ink: Ancient Page

Cuttlebug EB Folder, Copics, Stickles, Half Pearls, Ribbon

{FWF} Fabulous!

Hello All, and thanks for playing along with Unity's Friends with flair!  My card today uses both Unity and {ippity}. I love this little retro flower stamp that came with the April '10 KOM and decided to pair it with the "fabulous" sentiment from {ippity}'s 'Where You Should Be' set.  I decided to use the colors from the Play Date Cafe (I may even have to use this color story again - LOVE these colors together!) and the sketch from CPS. 

Hopefully you are following along with all the other FWF bloggers - the full list can be found on Unity's blog.  Don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for the special blinkie - it isn't here so keep on looking!  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity, {ippity}

Paper: Coredinations, Gemstones

Ink: Ancient page, SU Marker

CB Emboss folder, brads from The Paper Studio, crystals 

P.S. - I also have a mystery set that was found at a garage sale that I am trying to identify over in this post - so any help would be much appreciated!

Heart Song

Ok - Finished the Verve Week 3 Challenge - not really sure if I am loving the final result.  It isn't matching what I saw in my head.  Don't you hate when that happens - sometimes the result is better - and that feels great - but sometimes.....  Oh well - I may revisit sometime this week but for the meantime.

For this one I chose the green living room as my muse.  All the stamps are Verve - I desperately need to expand my collection! Where is the lottery winnings when you need them ;-) Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Verve

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: Coredinations, Kelly Panacci

Spellbinders squares and scalloped squares, cuttlebug emossing folder

grosgrain ribbon and button from stash