Awards:}

Hello, friends:}

I apologize for not being on since SUNDAY!! Been kind of lazy lately! But I'm back in the studio!! While I was resting and hanging out with Trav...I saw two blog awards that I received as well as this win over at i{heart}art!! Tiff picked me as one of the top 3 for her Sketchy Sunday 001 winners! I entered this card. Love that Unity stamp set [Heart Times]! 

Thank you thank you thank you, Hannah from Sparkly Pink Star for this Stylish Blogger Award. Hannah has so many beautiful cards on her blog--and a video! I need to learn how to make those! FAB! Check her blog out HERE! For this award, I have to share 8 things about me::


1. I LOVE the color green
2. I LOVE the DT teams that I am on {Play Date Cafe, EtsyInspired, All Things Unity}
3. We recently got iPhones--and we can now TEXT! Long story--I'll share later why we didn't have it for four years!
4. I love love love The Office--I enjoy shows and books that connect events and shows together. 
5. I don't like movies--if I do watch one...it's got to be a chick flick. No action-I can't take it! Sorry Trav!
6. I am a neat freak--I cannot leave things out on my desk for more than the duration of the creation. I get antsy and can't get in the mood for crafting. It makes for lots of trips to the drawers and shelves holding my supplies--but I have to have a clean desk:)
7. I LOVE to sing--that's what I do if I'm not skyping while I craft. 
8. Favorite saying or response right now-- "Is that necessary?" I say this to Trav all the time (in reference to lots of things). I can't think of an example right now--but it is funny when I say it;)


And...I just noticed that Hannah gave me two other awards--WOW! I'm honored! THANK YOU! 

This next award was given to me by my wonderful friend, Virginia. She is soooo inspiring! Check out her fabby creations HERE. To accept this award, I have to do a couple of things:::


1. Thank the person who gave it. THANK YOU so much, Virginia! It has been super wonderful getting to know you on the EIC team, and talking with you on the phone! I cannot wait until the end of this month!! ACK! I can't wait to meet you! Thanks for always inspiring me! YOU ROCK!
2. Copy and place award on blog.
3. List three things which you love about yourself. 

• I love that I live for Christ--trying to give and share what I have with everyone. 
• I love that my posts always have fun colorful words (linked). Makes it kind of whimsical--and who doesn't love color!
• I love my eyes--they are the most beautiful blue! 

4. Post a picture that you love. I'm going to share two photos--they are my fav! I love this photo of Trav and I wearing our matching NERD shoes. I'll share that story sometime soon:)

And here is a clever pic that I wish I had thought of--Angie {My Scraptastic World} and I were skyping. Her husband took a pic of us! How CLEVER! LOVE it!

5. Pass this award along to 5 people (no particular order): 

• Emily Leiphart--oh my! She is so talented!
• Lisa H.--she is the SWEETEST! Always leaving wonderful comments and supporting me!
• Mandy---I love love love LIMELIGHT! And Mandy! 
• Lynn Miller--Talented in more ways than one! She is super amazing--and a great teammate:)
• Angie B.--I've loved getting to know her over the past couple of months! More talent!! 

**NOTE:: I wish I could have given to everyone--so feel free to pick these awards up and place them on your blog! I just love all of my friends and followers;)

WOW! That was a long post! Thanks again everyone! I really enjoy sharing with you and I'm honored and blessed to receive these awards! Lots of love to all! 

FWF and winner... :}

Hello, friends! And friends with flair!!


Today is Friday with Flair over at Unity! LOVE this company and the stamps! Just ordered three new sets last week...two more sets from Limelight yesterday...and I got my new Ippity order already! The Ippity release is coming up--May 13th! Can't wait to show you what I made:}

My first card was created for the FWF23 challenge. Our inspiration was a card done by the awesome Lynn Miller! She is super sweet and creative! As soon as I saw her paper--I thought of my new Webster's Pages. I know that they don't look anything alike--but that is what I was reminded of! I also used her idea of taking a word and isolating it. The stamps I used were from Unity's Soiree and Such set (tag), April KOTM (sentiment), Oct. 09 KOTM (dragonfly). The dragonfly has three sets of wings--two with text and one transparency. I know it is hard to see the swirls coming off of his body....probably should have used a different DP--but I LOVE that Webster's Pages! Just ordered another stack from Limelight! 

This scrapbook page was for the Unity Birthday Scrapbook challenge. I loved the LO with the circle on the bottom. I instantly thought of a huge daisy that was cut in half. I love this page [I know--I've only done 5 or so...but it is still my FAV!]. I used Unity's/Donna Downey's Where You Are flourish stamp for the watermark on the top half. I also used Unity's Remember Happiness set (butterfly) and April's KOTM (sentiment), along with Ippity's Straight from the Heart (sentiment under pic) and music stamp from Music of My Heart. I stamped the Love Blooms first and then did the watermark (I masked the sentiment--super fun). I also stamped the butterfly several times to get a 3D look. The antennae are made from brown burlap string--available...yup! At Limelight!

Photos by Doug Bunnell- EHS Photo

Close-up of the butterfly holding down the journaling.

I wrote the story in after taking the pic:}

My next two cards are for the EtsyInspired challenge! LOOOOOVE this challenge! I was inspired by the owl at Isabell's Umbrella Etsy store. I had to use my new Unity stamp set (from Limelight)--Sweet and Stuck on You. This owl is SUPER CUTE! This card is a mini again--only 2.5 x 4 inches!

This next card was inspired by the invite. I loved the cream background and blue bird. So I paired Nina Brackett's Bright and Grungy digital yellow polka dotted paper with Unity's  Feb. KOTM bird. TOO CUTE! I also used Unity's Soiree and Such big invite stamp. Love it!

My last card is for a friend's brother who is graduating. I used gold metallic paper with the Soiree and Such invite stamp as the base of the card, sentiment, and cap. I used Unity's Love Grows (for the brackets). I like how the cap has a gold tassel. Fun! I will type the rest of his letter/card and cut and paste it later. 

That's all for me right now! I am working on another Nina Brackett card for tomorrow--can't wait to share it with you! Super cute! I also will have a fun gift to share next week--for any bride-to-be! 


Be sure to check out the other FWF creations HERE! LOVE Unity and the peeps:}


And now....the WINNER! For what?? We have 100 followers! HOOORAY! Thanks to all who follow me! The winner will get some paper, ribbon, and a couple of random Unity stamps! 


ETA::: A new winner has been picked. 5.22.10


Be sure to stop back by tomorrow! Thanks so much for visiting today! Love it! Be blessed:}
Until next time~
Love, Sav


ps...don't forget to check out the PDCC challenge going on right now!


ps2...click HERE (and scroll to the bottom) to see the deets on my MAY GIVEAWAY!