Etsy Inspired Challenge-Vintage Style

Hey guys.  I have a card for you today and I combined it with yesterday’s FFC, so it’s a two-fer.  But it counts because Sherry is on the Etsy Inspired Design Team too :) 

Shop:
Think Fast Designs (Kim Kesti's Etsy shop) Kim is offering 10% off with the code "THINKFASTPLEASE"

Winner Prize
Winners choice of one of her Vintage Pendant Necklaces

Sponsor:
Nikki Sivils  www.nikkisivils.com

Winner prize:
One Niki Sivils "collection" pack (paper and embellies)!

Now for my card:

 
As I stated earlier I combined this with Sherry’s 37 challenge yesterday.  Three ribbons and 7 embellishments.  I hope that parts of twine and lace count as ribbon, and I used the needle and the pink pearls as my 7 embellishments.  I actually started this card with the pink pearls and built the card around them. 

Here is the piece I was inspired by in Kim’s shop:

Isn’t that gorgeous?  I love it! 

Check out what the design team has done:

Ashley
Carole
Angie
De
Emily B.
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Kimme Leach {April Guest DT} – You are Here :)
Ruby
Savannah
Sherry
Virginia
And Kim Kesti is joining the team this week as well.

Have a great week :)

Faux Friday Fun

Happy April Fools Day!  Are you doing anything tricky today?  I don’t think my kids would enjoy being tricked yet, so I guess I’m out this year…….except for this challenge.  Sherry is our April host and has challenged us to use a faux technique today in honor of April Fools Day.  I got really stumped on this one, so I went with the Faux Tile technique, but just did one big tile rather than break it up, so I guess it’s not really the same thing, haha.  I tried.

I used BasicGrey’s Curio paper with some white and kraft card stock.  I think I did a pretty good job at making the image panel look like a sepia photo.  I colored with my Copic markers and then used the air brush to add a bit of color and aging.  I had a lot of fun pulling out all my vintage accessories and piecing them together on this card.
Now go see what the other Friday Fun Chicks have done.
Jimmi
Sherry
Christi
Sara
Have a great day!

Friday Fun Color Me Happy

Happy Friday.  I know that we are seeing a lot of pink and red around town this week preparing for Valentine’s Day, so this should be a welcomed change.  One of my friends posted that she loved this outfit for her daughter and she was going to be inspired and try to knit something like it, I took that challenge by making a card instead :) 

And here is my card:

I mimicked the stripes and the texture and then the hair ribbon is represented by the bow, while the necklace is represented by the rhinestones on the moon.  I love this stamp and the saying.  “I love the Crescent Moon…” ;)  

 

Now go see what Jimmi, Sherry and Christi have done with this inspiration. 

Seeing Spots

Hello and welcome to my post for Unity’s Friends with Flair and Friday Fun Challenge.  If you are hopping along with the FWF you should have arrived from Jimmi’s blog.  If you want to see what all the Unity fans have done today you can start at the Unity Blog (after 10 am Eastern) so you don’t miss a thing. 

This week Sara asked us to make a card with circles on it.  Easy, right?  This simple little card took me an hour to make.  I do better with layers, coloring and complicated. 

 

I used the July KOTM Happily Ever After and paired it with Pink Pirouette card stock and dsp for a cute little birthday card.  

Unity KOTM Happily Ever After
Pink Pirouette Card Stock
Pink Pirouette DSP
White Card Stock
Pretty in Pink Classic Ink
Black Ink
Dot Border Punch EK Success
White Dot Ribbon by May Arts
Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilites
White Gel Pen
Stardust Gel Pen

Now hop on over to Jenni at {The Kitchen Counter Crafter}

Make sure to check out all the Friday Fun Chicks today

Jimmi

Kim

Sherry

Sara

Christi

Have a great weekend and happy crafting.

Fun Fold Friday Fun

Say that title 3 times fast.  I am very excited today.  I am going to see two of my wonderful Sassy Sisters today.  I am on my way to see Jimmi and Sherry for the weekend.  Hooray!  Since I am not packed yet and want  to be on the road soon, let me make this quick.  Our challenge was to make a card with a fun fold, no ordinary top or side folding cards this week.  I decided I wanted to make a pocket card and here is the result:

 

  

I used the August Kit of the Month from Unity and Olivia paper from BasicGrey. 

Now make sure to check out the other Friday Fun Chicks

Jimmi

Kim

Sherry

Sara

Christi

And don’t forget this is a VSN weekend over at Splicoast Stampers.  I will be playing along with the challenges down in Virginia and having fun with the girls.  Pictures are sure to follow.  Have a great weekend, I know I will.

FFC-Camping Out

Hi all!  My vacation is coming to an end.  I will be camping out tomorrow night in my brother's back yard and then heading back home.  Since I will be "roughing it" I decided on a color challenge this week for our challenge.  I asked the FFC Chicks to make a card using browns and greens.  Here is my card, using the July Unity KOTM.  

Yes, I took the pic on my dashboard.  The things you do on vacation.  I will be back next week with better photos and more info. 

Make sure you check out the other Sassy Friday Fun Chicks.

• Kim
• Sherry
• Christi
• Jimmi
• Sara

Friday Fun--Rock On

Hello!  What a week we have had.  This week there are only a couple of us playing along.  As a group we have a new job, new house, one hubby's birthday, one kids birthday and it is flipping HOT!!!!  So forgive us for the shortened hop this week.

Our theme was to make a Birthday card for a young man.  Personally, I think this is the hardest theme out there.  So, here is my attempt at a young mans card.

Details
Stamps: Unity KOTM April 2010
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, White, Rockstar Stack
Ink: Rich Cocoa-Memento, Copic Markers
Accessories: Copic ABS, Black Wire

So now you can go see what Sara has done today.  And we will all be back up and running next week (unless the east coast heat wave continues and we are all shriveled up.)

Friday Fun- Fly Free

Hello!  It's Friday!!! Yay!  This is going to be a busy Holiday weekend for us here as a family, and quite busy here in Cyber-land as well.  This is just the first of 3 posts you will see from me today, all FUN stuff.

This week we were to make a going away/retirement card with a bird on it in honor of it being Sherry's last day at Eagle Transport.  Congratulations Sherry on your new adventure. 

Here is my card:

I used Unity's June Kit of the month for this card and I am really happy with how it turned out. 

Now go visit the other Friday Fun Chicks and we would LOVE for you to play along with us.  Just leave us a link the comments so we can see your birdy card.

Kim 

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

See you in a bit with a fun post from InStye Stamps :)

Friday Fun - Friends With Flair

 Hi all!  I hope you are enjoying your Friday so far.  I have a little something to show you today that is a double duty card.  Jimmi asked us to make a Graduation card this week as our Friday Fun Challenge.  I chose a couple of Unity sets so this is doubling as a Friends with Flair card as well. 

 A few people were talking about the crinkle ribbon technique yesterday using seamstress binding and coloring it with Glimmer Mist.  I pondered the process and wondered if you could get the same crinkle with spray starch and satin ribbon.  Well, it kind of worked.  I probably did not let it dry long enough or crumple it long enough, but it did get wrinkly.  I still used lots of adhesive and glue dots to make sure that the ribbon stayed where I wanted it, but I think this method did help the maneuvering of the ribbon.  Tell me what you think.


Details 

Stamps: Unity Kits of the Month 10/09 and 5/10
Paper: All paper is Stampin' Up!
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories:  White Satin Ribbon, Stardust Gel Pen, Dew Drops

Now make sure to check out the other Friday Fun Chicks to see what they did today:

Kim 

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

Also visit the Unity Blog today to see the entire list of those participating in the Friends With Flair today, you can go to see what Karen has created at  Real Life in Pictures. 

Friday Fun #85- Gettin Sketchy

Woohoo!  It's Friday, the end of a very long week, even though it was a short week.  Seems like I need a break from all the running around summer has brought.

Jimmi is our hostess this month and provided us with  a sketch.  I just love sketches and I made this card in no time at all. 

Here is the sketch:

I would have LOVED to have had those roller skates when I was in about 6th grade.  Pink and Green with hearts.  I would have rocked those at United Skates.  


Details 
Stamps:   Unity Kit of the Month May 2010
Paper: Gable Green, Regal Rose, White, Creative Imaginations DP
Ink: Memento Black, Copics
Accessories:  Daisy Ribbon

Now, check out what the other Friday Fun Chicks have done with their challenge this week.  If you would like to play along please leave us a link to your card here in the comments.

Kim 

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

 

 

Friday Fun - Friends with Flair

Happy Birthday Unity!!!  This week I have joined the Friends with Flair hop to go along with the Friday Fun Challenge Hop.  This week we were given this wonderful inspiration piece to work with for our challenge:

Isn't that thread and sentiment adorable?  I love this color combination and the pattern on top of the dots is just very yummy and looks pretty much like the apron.  I was very excited when this all came together so well.  

Details 

Stamps: Unity Kit of the Month April 2010
Paper: Certainly Celery, White, Soft Sky DSP
Ink: White Craft, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Accessories:  Celery Polka Dotted Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Stylized Flowers

Now make sure to check out the other Sassy Friday Fun Girls and be sure to check out all the blogs on today's Friends with Flair saying Happy Birthday to Unity.

Kim 

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

For all of the Friends With Flair participants check out the Unity Blog!

Happy Birthday Unity

Have you heard there is a party going on?  Unity Stamp Company is 2 years old this week and they are having a party over at SplitCoastStampers.  Today I had a little bit of time to join the fun, so I decided to play along with one of the challenges to create a card (using Unity Stamps) that had an image of a bird and/or tree on it.  I used the April Kit of the Month and came up with the following 2 cards.

Details
Stamps: Unity KOTM April 2010
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray Textured CS, White, Digital DSP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: Silver Ribbon, Pearl Crystal Stickers, Ranger Liquid Pearl Accents

Friday Fun-Where am I?

This weeks challenge was to create a card with Earth Day in mind and to use something "natural" on it, a tree, flower, something nature related.  Don't all faint, I actually made a Clean and Simple card for this one, and I LOVE IT!

I will be making this card at my Card Blitz on May 1 to support Operation Write Home.  I think it will appeal to men looking for cards to send home.

Details

Stamps: I Miss you-Unity KOTM March 2010, Tree-Unity
Paper: Naturals Ivory
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Unity Brown ink spot, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Ribbon- If anyone has 2' of this ribbon or knows where I can get it, please let me know.

This week we are welcoming back our Sassy Sister Kim Muhl.  Glad to have you back creating again Kim, we have missed you!  Now go check out what everyone has done this week:

Kim

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

 

Also, Don't forget to stop bye the Queen Kat Designs Crop at the Castle this weekend.  Follow the kitty blinkie to join in the fun!

Friday Fun Spring Colors Challenge

Good Morning!  It is a gloomy rainy day here and I know some areas have been hit with snow this first week of spring, but lets get rid of the gray skies with a springy color challenge. 
My challenge this week is to use:

Certainly Celery

Barely Banana

Bashful Blue

Here is what I came up with using my March Unity Kit of the Month.  I resisted the temptation for so very long, but I finally did it.  I love the art work and the quality of the stamps so it wasn't a difficult decision, I just had to do it and now I am so happy I did. 

Here is a closer look at the butterfly.  I paper pieced his body and LOVE it!

This card also fits for the All Things Unity blog challenge to Go Green on your card.  I not only used the color green but not a single full sheet of paper was cut into.  Shocking for some, but I am cheap, so I am actually green with my cards all the time :)

Now fly on over and check out what the other lovely ladies have done today.

• Christi Snow
• Sara Henton-Posting Later
• Sherry Campbell
• Jimmi Mayo

Details

Stamps: March 2010 Unity Kit of the Month
Paper: White, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Bashful Blue DSP, Certainly Celery DSP
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Accessories:  Ribbon

Cool Summer Treat

Don't you just love a nice ice cream cone on a hot summer evening? My Dad had a savings account set up for me when I was a kid and he put money into it every month. When the bank statements came it didn't mean much to me that I had money for later, I wanted something NOW. He would tear off the return address and write on it "I O U 1 DQ." Now THAT meant something to me. I would save those little pieces of paper like they were gold, and on hot summer evenings I would pull one out and my Dad and I would go get Dairy Queen for the family.

So on these warm summer nights I have been inspired to make an ice cream card. I just got these Unity Stamps and had to use them. The image seems so clean and almost childlike which was perfect for what I was going for. I also wanted to play with this weeks sketch challenge (SC234).



Details:
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company
Ink: AMuse Pitch Black, Copic Markers
Paper: Rose Red, Pink Piroette, White, Raspberry Tart
Accessories: Dew Drops, Corner Punch, Pink Ribbon, Stardust Gel Pen