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

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

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



For You

I love Fall!  The colors, the crisp air and the pumpkins! (I get that from my Mother!) ;-) So when I saw the colors for Our Creative Corner's challenge I just knew I had to break out my Basic Grey Pyrus pack and Pumpkins.  I really love the way this came together. I started with the sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping, but the finished result bears little resemblance to the sketch, but I love the results!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity KOM

Ink: Distress Ink, Ancient Page

Paper: Basic Grey, Coredinations

BG Ribbon, Spellbinders

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

Birthday Train

Hello All!  Today I am sharing I card I did for my best friend's birthday - which is today!  Sending out big hugs for your Birthday today, Shawn!

I used a little simpler version of the Mojo Monday sketch. I knew when I had seen this super cute paper in the Basic Grey "Oliver" pack that I sooo wanted to use this - Shawn has been a big train fan since way back in the day ;-).  I paired it with one of the new Studio G $ stamps, which I colored in using my copics. You can't really tell to much from the pic, but I used  little puff EB powder for the steam - I have been wanting to play with the EB but really haven't had a chance to until now.  An alphabet charm on a paperclip and crystals on the sentiment finishes off the final touches.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Studio G

Ink: Ancient Page, Copics

Paper: Coredinations, Basic Grey

Crystals, Alphs Charm, Spellbinders, BG twill ribbon

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



H{ippity} Hop - Mistletoe

Happy Monday!!! It is time for the h{ippity} hop today - for a complete list of hoppers go over and check out the {ippity} blog.

This card was done for the Verve Anni-verve-sary release challenge. If you haven't been over to Verve's blog or SCS check either of them out - There are sneak peeks of the new release happening all week and the sets are going to be fab! If you play along with the sketches you have the chance of winning some goodies  so go check it out!

I love the little Christams set that was in the first release - but seeing as I didn't get into {ippity} until after the first of the year, I certainly did not feel like inking up anymore x-mas stamps.  But I saw them sitting there so lonely and decided to break down and use them ( A little snow would feel nice in the middle of all this heat!) As always if you like this set it is available here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: ippity

Ink: Ancient Page, SU Markers

Paper: SEI, Coredinations

Spellbinders, EK Success Border Punch, Stickles

One of a kind

Hello all! Well - I have gotten in some crafty time this weekend and put this together for the Get Sketchy challenge, Embellish challenge and the Cards Magazine challenge. The handmade flowers were easy-peasy to do - I punched out about 6 pieces of lighter weight paper  with a scalloped hole punch, punched a hole in the center and inserted a brad. After the brad was in, I scrunched up each layer - Easy and cute.  I came across a couple tutorials showing this technique one day as I was surfing the blogs and don't remember where I had saw them.

I also wanted to share this card done for the Verve Anni-verve-sary Release Week Challenges. Go check out the SCS forum, Julee has posted 5 sketches to play along with for a chance to win some Verve-y goodness.  I used Maureen's Wild Card Color Challange as my colors - I have been wanting to play along with some of the color combos.  I figured this would be the perfect time seeing as she is the Guest Diva for August!

Thanks for stopping by!

One of a Kind

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Ancient Page

Paper: Coredinations, Kraft from Michaels

Song in my Heart

Stamps: Verve

Ink: Distress ink, Colorbox

Paper: Basic Grey, Bazzill

Spellbinders, BG Ribbon, EK Success Border Punch

FWF - A little bit of Christmas

Hello and happy Friday the 13th!

 After realizing it was Fri. the 13th I should've done halloween cards - but I am stuck with Christmas ones instead! ;-)

These little minis are done for the Caardvarks challenge.

I love how quick and easy they were to do!  The center circles, after running them through the Spellbinders die - i ran through my Xyron and covered them with glass microbeads to give them a frosty (pun intended) look.  I thought that the christmas circle from one of my Unity KOM's were perfect for this - (I was lucky enough to pick up this older kit here - I think she is running a sale too!) love that little snowman!

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to keep your eye out for the blinkie! You could be the happy winner of some Unity rubber! For a full list of participants - check out the Unity blog!

Stamps: Unity

Paper: Basic Grey(Green pattern) DCWV (Blue pattern), Coredinations

Ink: Colorbox

Ribbon, Spellbinders, MS Glass Beads

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

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

Anni-Verve-sary Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you've already been hopping along, you arrived here from Teresa’s blog. If not, head on over to Julee's Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what's a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there's a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.



I made this anniversary card using Verve’s Budding Blossoms and the sentiment from Anniversary Birds (and Verve’s colors!).  I love the fact that the Budding Blossoms set is sooo versatile! I colored in the flower using my prismacolor pencils (my favorite!) inked around the edges of the Spellbinders label – that has been a favorite technique of mine lately! 
I used the sketch from the SCS Verve challenge – I thought that would be appropriate :) As we are working our way around the house this year for inspiration (master bedrooms this month) Amber was nice enough to open up the inspiration a little further to an entire web site.  Good thing – I saw this paper and knew  I wanted to use it for this blog hop! Here is my inspiration from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's time to hop on over to Ramona's blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

Stamps: Verve

Ink: Colorbox, Ancient Page

Paper: SEI, Bazzill, Coredinations

Glitter, Ribbon, 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 - 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

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

GIU - Friendship

 

Hello again!  Boy is this week flying!  Wednesday again – my third day of Growing in Unity and that means there is a new Addicts challenge over at the SCS Unity forum.  This week it is a color challenge of Navy, Teal and Orange – here is my take.  I used a sentiment from the new July Store Kit – if you haven’t seen it – go take a look, it is my new favorite (I know, I know, I say that every month!  They shouldn’t have such talented people designing for them!)   Hopefully this will inspire you to go over and join in the fun – there is a great bunch of ladies over there – A splendid time  is guaranteed for all!

Thanks for joining in again today – don’t forget that everyone who leaves a little love on every days posts will have a chance to win some Unity goodness!

See you tomorrow!

Stamps: Unity
Ink: Ancient Page
Paper: Basic Grey, Coredinations
Spellbinder, Buttons

Embellish Magazine – Invitation and Unity

Hello and thank you for joining me on my second day of  my Growing in Unity week!  So far it has been a blast – Unity is easily one of my favorite Stamp companies – they have some of the freshest and unique sentiments and images!  Well – if you head over to the Embellish Magazine blog you will find that they are hosting a challenge over there.  I did my take on this challenge – Unity is putting a Soirees and Such stamp set up for grabs and boy could I use it!   Here is my take on the challenge of Red, Green and Gold/Kraft(Thank goodness for Kraft!) It also goes with the CAS-tastic challenge of Kraft.
I used a couple different KOM’s for the image and sentiment .  It is a little hard to tell from this picture, but the cups and coffee pot are paper pieced, and a little bit of Stickles to the table and chairs to add a little color and shimmer to the image.
Thanks for stopping by!  Don’t forget that everyone who leaves a comment will have a chance to win some Unity Rubber – how cool is that!  Everyone who comments on every days post will be eligible.

Stamps: Unity
Ink: Adirondack Ink
Paper: K & Co. , Kraft from Michaels
Spellbinders, Queen & Co Half Pearls,
Stickles, Ribbon

H{Ippity} Hop - Lovebirds

Hello and Happy Monday! Today is the h{ippity}hop and the first day of my Growing in Unity week.  That means every day this week I will be sharing something that I have created with Unity/{ippity} stamps.  AND even better - everyone who shows up everyday and comments get the chance to win some Unity goodness -I get to pick a winner on Saturday from all the wonderful words of encouragement that you leave!  So glad you could join me for this week - I know it will be fun!

For today I have used a stamp from {ippity}'s Because of You set using the colors from the PPC Challenge (Brown, Red and Rose) and the sketch from ICS.

Don't forget to leave some love today to be eligible for the Unity stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: {ippity}

Ink: Ancient page, Distress

Paper: Crate Paper, Coredinations

Ribbon by American Crafts, stickles, Crystals,

Border Punch by EK Success