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

Royal Kat Monday - Inpiration week

Monday morning means it's time to Hop into the week with a Royal Kat Monday Blog Hop.  First of all, have you made the move to the new castle?  You need to check it out here at: http://qkdcastle.spruz.com/ Be sure to take a look around.  Have you heard the BIG NEWS?  It's all in the castle ;)

Now on to the hop....You should have hopped over from Wynneth's blog, if not then you want to start from the beginning at the QKD blog to see all the lovely creations for this week.
Here is this week's inspiration piece:

Here is my take on it: 

You can see that I used the red and blue colors and lots of circles on this card as taken from inspiration piece.  Do you see it? 

Details 
Stamps: Carnival Kitty
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Real Red, White, Cupcake-BasicGrey
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers, Blue Gel Pen
Accessories: Brads, White Ribbon (colored with blue Copic marker)

Now hop on over to see what Keely has done this week and don't forget to stop bye the Queen Kat Store for some great deals on these wonderful stamps.

Getting Ready

Next weekend I am hosting a card making day to make cards to send to Operation Write Home.  If you want to come, let me know we can use more hands.  Here is a preview of some of the cards I have prepared for us to make.

This one was inspired by the butterfly card on the cover of Paper Crafts Magazine.

I am still working on more, and some of the cards you have seen me post lately are also ready to go. 

So what do my kids do while I am making up card kits?
Mackenzie made me this card with Sock Monkey.  I'm impressed she got the hat on the head, rattle in his hand and present in his lap....the rest was stamped before she added the monkey so it's a bit random...but not bad for 4 years old.

And Reganne made me this flower with a few scraps I had let them have and some pieces she cut out. 

I think she is an artist in training.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and I'll be back tomorrow morning with the Monday Blog Hop for Queen Kat Designs.

Friday Fun Challenge-Color My World

This week our challenge is to use the colors Green, Pink, cream, and kraft (particular shades are up to you to choose.)  I was excited since I had just bought the best decorative paper and happened to already have matching ribbon to go with it.

Details 
Stamps: The Sweet Life-GinaK
Paper: Kraft, Regal Rose, Ivory
Ink: Memento Brown, Copic Markers
Accessories: Ribbon

Not sure I am 100% satisfied with this card yet, but I am getting some new Nesties any day and maybe that will help.

Be sure to check out what the other Friday Fun Chicks have done with this color combo.

Kim

Sherry

Christi

Jimmi

Sara

Etsy Inspired

This is the first time I have played along with the Etsy Inspired Challenge.  As soon as I looked through the Cosi Dolci store I was truly inspired to create a card. 
Here is my inspiration piece:

And my card:

Details


Stamps:  None
Paper: Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, Granola-BasicGrey
Ink: Liquid Paper Correction Pen
Accessories:  Plantain Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge, Buttons

I hope you will play along with the challenge too.

Royal Kat Monday - Color Me Happy

Hi all!  It's Monday again and that means it's time to Hop into the week with a Royal Kat Monday Blog Hop.  You should have hopped over from Wynneth's blog, if not then you want to start from the beginning at the QKD blog to see all the lovely creations for this week.

The Challenge:  Our challenge this week was to use the colors yellow, blue, and green with any stamp set.  I decided to dig out the Lime Rickey which has all these colors already in it.  I love these little birds and was inspired by the weekend crop to make a card with flowers although I don't have any floral stamps from QueenKat, I didn't let that stop me.  I decided to let the sentiment take center stage and use some paper flowers to jazz it up.

 

Details


Stamps: Greetings #1
Paper: Certainly Celery, Lime Rickey-BasicGrey, White
Ink: Pacific Point, Blue Gel Pen, Stardust Gel Pen
Accessories: Gem Brad, Sizzex Flower Die

Now hop on over to Keely and see what she has in store for you.  Don't forget to land in the Queen Kat Designs Store where you can get several stamp sets up to 30% off during the Big Secret Sale.