ATU #31 Stamps Never Used

Hello, friends:}

The All Things Unity challenge is starting a new 2 week challenge today! This challenge might be a real challenge for some-- You need to ink up some Unity and Ippity stamps that you haven't used before!!! 

Graphics provided by: Scrapstreet {www.scrapstreet.blogspot.com}

I have to say that it was super hard for me to pick stamps that I haven't stamped--since I use almost every single stamp I've bought! I do have favorites--but probably only 20 stamps out of my sets that I haven't used before. 

I made this mini card using my Unity Mr. Boy stamp set. I picked this set because it has been super hard for me to pair the size of the stamps with the size of card I would like to make. I created this card for the CARDS challenge {all pink}. I like how I made these masculine stamps more feminine! LOVE the glittered dino! 

I also made this sympathy card with stamps that have never been inked--because they are from my Unity May KOTM stamp set! I love those embossed flowers--which is good for the My Unity Place challenge {embossing}! I'm also entering this in the ABC DT challenge {flowers}. 

That's it for me today--but you are going to LOOOOOOVE seeing what the ATU DT gals created. We have some amazing guest this month: Kim Howard, Lisa Somerville, Megan Lock. So hop on over to their blogs and leave them some love! 

Cathy

Sara

Kim {GDT}

Lisa {GDT}

Head on over to the All Things Unity blog for more details too--remember to link up before Saturday, May 28th-- you could win our monthly prize from Flower Softt!!! Can't wait to see what you make:)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you will join in the fun!! Be blessed;}

Happy Easter/Spring

Hello, friends:}


I have to say that I'm so sorry that I didn't wish you all a Happy Easter yesterday. I love that Jesus rose from the grave and saved us from our sins! Praise JESUS! So Happy EASTER and praise the Lord that He sent His only son for US!! 


I made this fun spring card for the ABC DT challenge {Easter/Spring} and the Imaginisce challenge {paper piecing}. I love this little bunny by Unity. I love these Imaginisce papers!! So cute--and they are embossed and shinny! LOVE it:) I also used my Ippity Sweet Thoughts of Spring set for the sentiment. Quick and easy! Well...not really--that stitching was difficult. I double stitched that tag to make it stand out better. I guess that makes this card a medium card--not easy but not hard:}

That's it for me today! Be sure to scroll down to wish my friend, Olivia, a happy birthday and to see her fabulous creation! Winners from last week's GIU will be announced SOON!! Good luck:}


Thanks for stopping by! Praise GOD and be blessed:}

H{ippity} Hopping April 18

Hello, friends:}

It's my week of Growing in Unity!! Be sure to stop by each day {April 17-23} and leave some love for your chance to win several prizes!! Become a follower for an extra entry!! Gotta love prizes!! 

Today is also H{ippity} Hop!! HOOORAY! Be sure to stop by the Ippity blog for a complete list of participants! Love hopping around and seeing all the wonderful eye candy! 

I made these fortune cookies for the Paper Crafts April 2011 Gallery Challenge {wedding projects}. These cookies are perfect favors. Inside they say different things, but the one featured uses my Ippity Regal Greetings set [flourish-masked] and So This Is Love set. The cookies themselves have been embossed with Ippity's Regal Greetings image. LOVE how they turned out! **NOTE:: Thanks to Trav for great photos--mine were NOT that good! 

A great photo by Trav--so clever:}

And I made this fun Easter/Spring card for ABC DT challenge. I love love love this bunny from Ippity's Sweet Thoughts of Spring. I also used a sentiment from that set--I masked it and stamped it several times using my new A*Muse Studio inks {available from Julie Ranae}. LOVE LOVE LOVE! I also used Ippity's sketch challenge for this card. PERFECT! LOVE!

That's it for me today! Don't forget to head over to the Ippity blog for more blogs to hop! And while you are out and about in blogland...check out these challenges:::

• PDCC #77- tan, green, and white color story
• EIC #135- visiting Creating Is Fun
• ATU#29- using a sketch and Unity/Ippity stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by! LOVE when I get to share my creations with you!! I also LOVE Growing in Unity!! LOVE LOVE LOVE:) Blessings!

ps...don't forget to leave some comments all week! I've got Unity stamps to give away, plus a couple packages of goodies!! 

FWF {March 18}

Hello, friends:}


Happy FRIDAY! Today is a fun day over at the Unity blog--be sure to stop by there for all players in the hop today! LOVE FWF! And be sure to stop by the Unity store for some amazing deals! You can also sign up to receive the KOTM!! I love getting mine in the mail--it's always a happy day!

I wanted to share my absolute favorite card to date today!! I made it for the All Things Unity and ABC DT  challenges {birthday}. I also made it for the CARDS challenge {use 10 buttons}. I LOOOOOOOVE this card--love the papers [Cosmo Cricket]. I love that little dog too [Unity Suzi Blu- Gigi Party]! So adorable with those button eyes! I also used my ticket stamp [Unity Simply Magical] and the sentiment [Unity To The Moon & Back]. If you can't see the 10 buttons::: 2 near the sentiment, 2 eyes, 2 on the hat, 4 on the bottom near the scallops. LOVE IT!

This next card was created for the FWF68 challenge. I was inspired by the color theme and a flying animal (inspiration card had a bird; I have a butterfly). I used my Unity Soiree & Such [baby outfit--kind of hard to see at the top--silly lighting!], Life Becoming [butterfly], and Happy Everything [sentiment] sets. The papers are from SEI--the bottom is velvet! SO fun to touch:) So fun and sweet for a little boy.

That's it for me today! Be sure to stop by the Unity blog for all other FWF friends:} So much eye candy today!!


Thanks so much for stopping by! Love when we get to visit. Have a great weekend! Blessings:)

EIC #99 {Becky Kazana}

Hello, friends:}

I'm so excited!! The EtsyInspired challenge is one week away from our 100th challenge! You should mark your calendar for August 7th!! You won't want to miss out!!


You also don't want to miss out on this week's challenge!! Our featured Etsy store is Becky Kazana. WOW--she has so many fun items in her store. And she makes it in Hawaii!! I want to go there:} I found so many items that I loved--lots of goodies to inspire you! And this week's EIC sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps! I had some major fun looking through all the digital stamps on their site! One winner this week will win three free cards from Becky Kazana and another winner will get seven free digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps! SOOO lucky!!!

This week, I was inspired by this cake topper. When I was looking at all the Bugaboo Stamps, I feel in love with this old couple:} I just knew it would work for this week's challenge!! Plus, our friend's son just got married...so this is their wedding card! HA! Love it! I paper pieced the couple and even used glossy accents on their glasses and the polka dots! SOOOOOO cute! I just love this card! I also colored his hair with a silver pen--just dabbing it on my finger and rubbing. The lady's hair is actually "weathered wood" patterned paper. SO FUN! I love that the man's shirt is "dirty" but his socks are clean! ACK! LOVE IT! The sentiment is::: marriage...It's great to find that one special person you can annoy for the rest of your life! How funny is that? And now that I think about it--this card is perfect for the ABC Design Blog challenge {paper pieced}. I also think this is a FUN card for Moxie Fab's Let's Do Fun & Cute challenge--ACK!! LOOOOOOOOOOVE this card! 

This next card was inspired by this bingo hat! How fun!! I wanted to make mine look vintage like the hat...but I think I distressed with too much red ink. Eh. I used my Unity bingo stamp with my Lizzie Anne Design {March KOTM} owl. I paper pieced the owl and made him 3D. I also used my distressed stickles on his stomach! SO fun!! Actually, the owls wings are stamped with Unity's music background stamp! LOVE it:} The ribbon at the bottom is velvety! Super awesome!! This card is also perfect for the ABC Design Blog...and I think that this is also a fun and cute card--I'm entering this one as well into Moxie Fab's Let's Do Fun & Cute challenge.

That's it for me today...but you need to head on over to all the other EtsyInspired DT members' blogs!! They are sharing some amazing projects with you today!! MUST SEE!!


Don't forget::: This challenge will end on Friday, August 6 at noon Pacific Time! I cannot wait to see what you were inspired by or what you create:}


Thanks so much for stopping by! Love when we get to visit and when I can share some fun creations and challenges with you!! Be blessed:}

FWF {july 30} LOTS to share...giveaway!

Hello, friends and friends with FLAIR!!


**NOTE:: Be sure to read all of this post--lots to share...but I've got a giveaway going on!! Can't miss out on that!

So fun to share with you my creations using my FAV stamps!! I just love Fridays--UNITY!! My first card was created for the FWF 35 challenge. The pic to the left is our inspiration--I was inspired by the teal, read, and music notes. I used my Unity music background stamp with Fired Brick distress ink. I just love that look! Then I stamped my owl and branch {Unity's What a Hoot! stamp set} on several papers to paper piece it [which makes this card an entry for both Wee Memories (stamping) and ABC Design Blog (paper piecing) challenges]. I used my new Thicker letters....LOOOOOOOVE it! I really do:} I even used glossy accents around the eyes and on the leaves for extra dimension!! LOVE it again! I think this will fit well in Moxie Fab's Let's Do Fun & Cute challenge. 

My next card was created like a month ago! I can never EVER hold a card that long! But I had to this time! This card was created for the Card Positioning Systems sketch. I was asked if I wanted to be a part of their Facebook Friday!! So I'm featured over there today:) HOOOOOORAY! I used my new paper kit from Lucky Girl Crafts and my Ippity Book A Flutter butterfly and A Moment In Time {tag} stamps. I just love the way this card turned out! Super cute! LOVE IT! I'm entering this into Moxie Fab's Let's Do Fun & Cute challenge. 

This next card was created for the Wee Memories (stamping) and Unity Addicts (no patterned paper) challenge. I just love this new store kit by Unity {Key To Joy} ! I used two inks for the sentiment--so simple! LOVE IT!

This next card was created Moxie Fab's Let's Do Clean & Graphic challenge, but also for my brother and his wife::: LEANDER & JAMIE! It's their anniversary today!!! I used the same sentiment as my last card {Unity's Key To Joy}. I also used my Bella Blvd. papers. So simple and fun! Leo/Jamie's wedding colors were pink and orange--so I wanted to pull that out for their anniversary card! 

Be sure to stop by the Unity blog for a complete list of Friends with FLAIR!!


That's it for me today--all except....I'm giving away a FREE Ippity Books A Flutter stamp set today!! In honor of Leander and Jamie's anniversary!! I'm giving away this set because Jamie is a teacher! So this is perfect:} Here is what you need to do to be entered in this giveaway:::


1. Leave a comment below {this post only} about my cards.
2. Leave a separate comment below {this post only} for Leander and Jamie.
3. Go to THIS post and a leave a comment there after visiting He IS Able!! 

Lots of ways to win!! I will be back tomorrow with another EtsyInspired challenge! And there is another PDCC challenge going on right now--black, white, and a splash of green! I LOVE green!! And don't forget---Unity PEEPS::: All Things Unity is having a sketch (to the right) challenge going on right now!! You have until August 7th to enter! If you own Unity or Ippity stamps--you are good to go:}


Thanks so much for stopping by today! Love when we get to visit--and I love sharing with you my Unity creations! I LOOOOOOOVE Unity!! Be blessed:}
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ps...just a note....next week is a special week...I'm having a big Unity giveaway!! Be sure to stop back by!!