All you need is love....

Summer at last!!! I have to kick things into gear and start getting crafty again!  This year is just flying by - I can't believe it is June already. Which brings me to this card - which I did for my parents 40th anniversary.  I hope they had a very happy anniversary on the fourth - They were lucky enough to get away and go cruising! 

For this card I played along with the Play Date Cafe and Verve's splitcoast challenge.  I was thrilled to see that TPD's color story of pinks and greens played right into the new BG paper I just picked up at the Ink Pad when I was in NYC over the holiday weekend.  (Any excuse to use new toys right!) 

Stamps:  Stampin up and Unity

Ink : Stampin up and Colorbox

Paper: Basic Grey, Coredinations and AC Cardstock

Liquid Pearls, Spellbinders, Sizzix EB folder, crystal heart

St Patricks Day

Wow - it is hard to believe it is March already - where is this year going!?!? I am hoping that since March came in like a lion this year that it will be going out like a lamb.  I am getting tired of snow and I am ready for spring to come! 

This is a card that I have done for The Play Date Cafe's Challenge of B & W and splash of ANY color and CARDS blog of St. Patrick's Day card. 



Interior

 The fact that it was a St Patricks Day card kinda made the color choice quite easy :-)  but I love the crispness of the green against the white - (can you tell I am ready for spring - and a little color!)  I have been playing a bit more with my Cricut lately, and used a label template from Penny Duncan Creations for the main label.  She has some great files out there - I had been itching to play with some of them.  I will definetly be playing with more in the future!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Basic Grey (interior)

Paper: Coredinations, Recollections

Ink: Stampin Up

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Cricut,

Rub ons from MSE, Crystals from stash

Wedding Wishes

Boy was it great to get some crafting time in this weekend! 

It has been a while since I was able to get in my room and get crafty. First up is a card I did for The Play Date Cafe - I love their challenges and this weeks was no exception.  Black and White with a touch of Lilac -I totally agree that Lilac is often overlooked!  It also gave me a chance to play with some backgrounder stamps I had gotten from Cornish Heritage Farms - so sad they closed :-(

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Verve, CHF

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: AC Cardstock, Coredinations

Prima Flower, Spellbinders, Brad from Hobby Lobby

Pearls from stash



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

From Us

Just wanted to share a super quick card I did after getting back home after our six hour drive from NYC.  I was going through crafting withdrawl after being away from my craft room for five days ;-)  It felt good to get inky (even if only for a quick card!) for the Play Date Cafe challenge of brown, grey and silver.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity KOM

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: Staples cardstock, Coredinations

Ribbon, tag die by cuttlebug, silver leafing pen

Naughty or Nice?

Countdown to Turkey Day! - Hard to believe that the holidays are sneaking up on us! I can't wait - we are heading to NYC for a mini vaca - I love seeing the city all dressed for Christmas!

I did todays card for Viva La Verve over at SCS and The Play Date Cafe color challenge - Red, olive and Turquoise.  Not your traditional christmas-y colors but it works just the same. I just love the little voucher stamp - I couldn't bring myself to check off naughty - so I figure borderline works! :-) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Rubber Stampede, Inkadinkado

Paper:  Coredinations, K & Co

Ink: Ancient Page

Spellbinders (Buckle), MS Border Punch,

Prismacolor Colored Pencils, Ribbon

Hello

Another quick post - This time for The Play Date Cafe and Card Patterns. The color challenge from PDC was a challenge - to say the least! I tried a couple different ways of combining the colors that I did not like at all - so I figured you can never go wrong with simple! 

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Distress Ink

Paper: Coredinations

Ric Rac, Quickutz EB Folder,

Metal Photo Corners from Hobby Lobby

Pick a Pear

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Monday!  Today I am sharing a couple cards I have done for The Play Date Cafe Challenge of Stucco, Celery and White.  I ended up making two cards - I didn't want to waste any scraps of paper and the image just lent itself so well.  I kept the cards themselves fairly simple and let the image speak for itself.  I might do a couple more in complementary colors to round a nice Birthday or Christmas gift - that time of year is sneaking up on us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: AC Cardstock, SEI

Ink: Ancient Page

Spellbinders, Ribbon, Copics

Together Forever

Hello everyone! Well - after a very long month, I should hopefully be back in the swing of things a little more regularly.  This is a card I did for the Play Date Cafe color challenge of Black and White with a splash of Burgundy. I love this color combo - I think it is so elegant and perfect for a wedding card. 

I also used the Cards blog challenge of ruffles - for which I used some lace.  My Grandmother had a ton of lace hanging out on her back porch - she would be happy to see it being put to good use :-) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: AC Cardstock, DCWV

Spellbinders, Half Pearls, Lace, Grosgrain Ribbon



Paris Love

Hello all! Sorry to be neglecting my little corner of the net, but my Grandmother has been ill, so that has been sapping my mojo lately. 

I did get this little confection done for The Play Date Cafe challenge and for Verve's Friday challenge over at SCS.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: MSE
Paper: Bazzill, AC Cardstock
Ink: Ancient Page
Cuttlebug EB Folders, Ribbon, Crystals

Be Funky!

Hello all! Just wanted to get up a quick card - I am coming in right under the wire again over at The Play Date Cafe.  I couldn't help it  - I just HAD to play with the colors they threw out last week.  You would think that Navy, Mustard and Hot Pink just wouldn't go together - but it was a ton of fun to play with!  Here is mine - love this little owl from Unity's August KOM - and the sentiment was the perfect fit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Basic Grey (June Bug), Coredinations

Ink: Ancient Page, Distress Ink

Glitter

Thought of You.....

Hi All - just a quick post - I am really getting this in under the wire at Play Date cafe's challenge of brown, green and beige! ;-) The sketch is from CardPatterns.

Ok - that's it for now! Thanks for stoping by!

Stamps: Unity
Paper: Basic Grey, Coredinations
Ink: Ancient Page
Buttons, Crystals, DMC Floss

FWF - Special Message

Hello and happy Friday! That means it is time for friends with flair - as if being Friday wasn't great enough!

This is a special card that is going out to my Grandma (who I know is going to check in early this morning!) This is the digital version of a hug for you to check out whenever you need Gram! 

The Play Date Cafe has the wonderful colors I used as a challenge - and this week it is colors inspired by the Italian countryside.  Oh, how I would love to go there!

Don't forget to check out all the other FWF ladies in search of that blinkie - could mean some rubber in your future!  If you need the full list just check out the Unity blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: SEI, Coredinations

Ink: Colorbox

Spellbinders, 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 - Love Ewe

Hello all and happy Friday! Thank you for joining along with the Friends with Flair hop make sure you stop in at all the lovely blogs - you can find a complete list over at the Unity site.  Not only can you win some rubber goodness by finding the blinkie (not here - sorry!) but if you head on over to the Play Date Cafe - Unity is sponsoring this week!  Of course it helps that PDC has a really cool color combo too!  I paired the PDC challenge with the sketch from CPS.  Hope everyone enjoys their weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: DCWV, Coredinations

Spellbinderd, Half Pearls, EK Sucess Border punch

FWF - GIU - Natural

Happy Friday Everyone - TGIF! Well - it has been such a fun week sharing my love of Unity with you guys!  I will definitely have to do this again!  Today I decided to play along with a couple different challenges.  The Play Date Cafe and CPS.  PDC has the pretty colors of Purple, Lilac, and Lime - very striking colors.  They center paper came about as I was talking to my Grandmother and she was telling a cool new technique she just saw done over a Paper Wishes (if you go to the webisode it is about 15min in.).  Take a shallow dish of water and touch the tip of your smooch color in several spots with as many colors as you would like.  After I did that I took a knitting needle and swirled all the colors around to make it look marbleized. I thought it matched the very psychedelic look of the mushrooms. So Thanks to Grandma for a new technique!

Don't forget to keep your eye out for the blinkie to win some Unity goodness. And if you leave some love on every days posts you have a chance to win some Unity Rubber right here!

Thank you so much for everyone who has followed along this week!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Coredinations, HP Photo Paper

Ink: Ancient Page, Stazon

Ribbon, CB EB Folder, Smooch 

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} - Fun

Happy Friday Everyone - Almost the weekend - Yeah!  I hope everyone enjoys the Unity goodness out there this week - as always a complete list can be found here - and don't forget to keep your eye out for the blinkie!

I have been wanting to use this stamp for forever - I thought it was just a fun, happy, summer-y kind of stamp.  Up here in rochester these can be a common sight with all the little festivals we have going on in the summer.  I used the color combo from Play Date Cafe, I had found the perfect Basic Grey paper to go with it, and some ribbon in my stash that could've been made for it.  I love when that happens! 

Thanks for Looking!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Bazzill, Coredinations, Basic Grey

Ink: Ancient Page

Ribbon, Half Pearl, Spellbinders, star brads

{FWF} Enjoy

Hello Everybody! It is a beautiful day here today - Sun is shining(which is a big deal for all of us here in Rochester!) and the birds are singing.  Todays {FWF} card is done with a little help from the Play Date Cafe challenge using the colors Black, White and a little splash of Blue.  I was  lucky enough to catch the Store stamping kit on Craftysteals this week and can I just mention that they have super fast shipping! I ordered it on Tues and already have it to ink up for this {FWF} post - can ya believe it?!?!?  I kept it pretty simple and let the gorgeous flower speak for itself.   For a list of all the other talented ladies participating in the hop, check out Unity's blog! Thanks for stopping by today!

Stamps: Unity June Store Kit
Paper: AC Cardstock, Coredinations
Ink: Ancient Page
Ribbon, Crystals