Unity, Colorbox, & stencils!

Hi everyone!

Have you ever bought something and then never use it? I bought some stencils a while back.

I bought them to make cards, filler cards for project life, and mixed media. I have only really played with them. I haven't made anything. Until now. 

I used a cosmetic sponge to pounce the Colorbox Inks, Berry & Chambray, to make the backgrounds using the Crafter's Workshop Numbers collage stencil. For the balloons on the berry card I took an Elf concealer brush and 'painted' with the ink. The Unity stamps are from the Feb. 11 KOM and the Simple Party Itty Bitty. The insides are stamped "balloons make every birthday better" From the KOM.

Who knew makeup tools could be so useful for paper crafts?

  Have an AWESOME week!

Playing with CHALK

Hi everyone! 

I missed last week because I've been trying to work on my PL book.....and we have a friends staying with us......and my mojo went on vacation!

Anyway, I figured the best way to entice my mojo back is to color :)

I used my Derwent chalk pencils and some Decorating chalks. And of course, my newest Unity stamps.

I love these images! 

Countryside Blooms is on SALE for $2.99

Scarecrow is too

Halloween Greetings is $6.99

Have a great week!

FWF

Hi Everyone! 

Ever since I saw the panda from the April 2013 kit I have been wanting to ink him up. I decided to take a break from Project Life to do a couple quick cards. 

I colored the flower with my Sharpies and used pink Stickles for the heart on the paw. I really think they turned out cute!

Are you shopping at Unity over the weekend? There are a few stamps that somehow found their way into my cart! There's deals to be had including the $2.95 shipping!

Time to make dinner. I have no idea what I'm making!

SEI

Paper: SEI Kraft Classics

Stamps: Unity

Butterflies: Michael's

Embossing Folders

Hi Everyone!

I usually watch HSN when they have craft shows on. When I saw the Anna Griffin embossing folders I knew I had to have them! It was too good of a deal to pass up. I made 2 of these cards using the folders, Spellbinders, and Unity. On the third one I just layered the Unity stamps.

Be sure to stop by Unity over the weekend. Phyllis Harris has 2 new stamps that are ADORABLE!

Have a GREAT week!

I needed a card....

Hi Everyone! Hope you're all surviving the HEAT!

I wasn't going to play along today but I needed a birthday card......and I wanted to use my new stamp......and so....I made a card!

The banner is from the Unity kit 'fright night'. 

It not just for Halloween. 

All the inks are from Studio G. 

Except the yellow. 

It's Colorbox.

Have a GREAT week! Hopefully it will be cooler.

Unity's color challenge

I wasn't going to make anything for Unity's challenge....but Angela wanted to get more entries, so....here's my card.

A little FWF

Hi Everyone!

My Florida sister is in town doing some work on her rental properties. She came across 2 boxes of wedding invites, & thank you cards complete with envelopes. She tossed the printed stuff and gave me all the envelopes. I made up a few cards to fit the smaller ones.

The stamps are from different sets and singles. I really like this size. There's not a lot of space to fill!

Have an AWESOME week!

 Sue's Cricut & Crafts new challenge is up. This months theme is wreaths. I hope you're planning on playing along. She's also doing a month of Christmas cards if you need some great inspiration!

FWF

Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

I wasn't sure I was going to be able to join in today. I had eye surgery this morning to correct my double vision. My eyes aren't hurting very much at all ....yet. So I decided to make a simple thank you card to post on Facebook for my family and friends.

I used my newest Itty Bitty. I love this stamp!

I colored the flower with Gelatos and the patterned paper is MME.

As usual there's a sale at Unity...Buy One Get One for $.44! That a great deal!

Time to go rest my patriotic ( they're red, white, & blue) eyes.

FWF

Hi Everyone! 

It's Friday and another Friends with Flair :)

Today's card is real simple. I used a stamp from the October 12 KOM and colored it with Derwent pastel pencils. It kind of reminds me of daisies on denim. I'll add the sentiment inside when I need it.

So who is shopping the Unity sale? There are some great deals and free stamps!

I just got my email from last week's sale that my order is complete. Think it's too early to start stalking the mailman?

Have a GREAT week!!

Ranger June challenge

Seasonal Color Palette: June

And here's my entry

I stamped the Unity KOM butterfly with Ranger Perfect Medium and embossed it with Ranger black embossing powder. The Ranger Perfect Pearls in Forever Blue and Forever Red were used with water to color in the butterfly. The sentiment is from the Unity itty bitty celebrate LIFE UP. The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

FWF

Hi Everyone!

Last week I showed a card that was for my father in law. My niece came over on Saturday and needed to make a 'quick' card for her father. He was on his way to her house. I gave her the card I made. I then had to make another card for my FIL.

I still made a CAS card using the same sentiment. I just used a star embossing folder instead of paper.

Another on of my nieces  is having a graduation party on the 30th. the school colors are black/gold. So I made CAS graduation card.

The stamps are from 2 different KOMs. The paper is Making Memories.

I think I need to rename my blog to the CASblog ;)

Have a great week and don't forget to shop at the Unity SALE!

FWF

Hi Everyone! Hope you're all doing well. 

Today's card is for Father's Day. I don't give hubby a card but I do make one for my father in law. 

The paper is Authentique and the stamp is from a Kit of the Month. I hope he likes it. 

Have a good week!

FWF---Be nerdy with me

Hi Everyone! Hope you're all doing well. 

I read this article from the Huffington Post that My Craft channel posed on Facebook. Here's a link to the article:

8 Crafts That'll Never Be Cool, Ever: Scrapbooking, Plastic Canvas, Rock Painting & More by By Brie Dyas

 I was going to comment on the site but I decided not to waste my time. Instead I made a few ATCs using my Unity stamps. I am a nerd after all ;)

 The stamps are from different KOTMs. The backgrounds are done with Fireworks sprays, Colorbox Chox ink, and Smootch sprays. 

Maybe I need to go shop for some nerdy stuff....Unity is having a garage sale. :)

Ok...I'm going to go be nerdy and work on my scrapbooks! 

And.....Sue's Cricut and Crafts has the new challenge posted for June. GO PLAY! Please!

Have a great week and go be NERDY!

 

FWF

Happy FridayEveryone! Hope you had a great week! 

I made a few cards this week for challenges. The first two were for Tombow but I missed the deadline. Oh well. 

The first one is not something I would normally do but it was so fun.

 For this card I used a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder.

 This card was for the DCWV sketch challenge.

I had fun making these cards. I used things I haven't used in a long time. 

I need to do this more often :)

Have a great week!!

FWF Inspired from the web.

Happy Friday! 

I've been spending too much time on the internet but at least it inspires me to create ;)

 I saw something like this (much better than this) somewhere on my internet travels. I took out my shimmer watercolors to try and recreate the look. A bow and Unity stamp finished the card.

 For this card I originally tried a shimmer watercolor sunset and these Donna Downey stamps. It was a total failure.

This card was inspired by all the chalk effect cards. Only, I used chalk pencils instead of ink.

I'm off to check out the other FWF blogs and Unity's 14,000 Facebook fan SALE!

Cards & Pages

Hi Everyone! It's Friday!

Sue's Cricut and Crafts May challenge is snowflakes. 

I used Unity's Snowflake Kisses (on sale this weekend)
 and ColorBox chalk ink in Chambray. 

And here's my 6 with envelopes and inside sentiment. I might not enter it though. I'm the only one that plays. Even though I love the prizes I have won (Stampin Up stamp sets), I really wish she had more players. 

I have been working on the 21 Birthdays 6x6 books that I'm making for my kids. 

The black & white papers are from DCWV Midnight Chic stack. I like all the patterns and all I'll add is colored cardstock. I used a couple Unity stamps on my daughter's pages. I tend to scrapbook in stages. Once I get the main part of the layouts done I might go back and add something at a later time. Maybe I'll find something for the pages from this weekend's Unity Sale ;)!

FWF

Happy Friday!

I bought the DCWV Midnight Chic stack to make my wedding album until I remembered I already bought a kit with the red/black/white colors. So I now have a 180 sheet stack of 8.5x11 black & white prints. You will probably see a lot of projects using this stack :).

This box also has the Midnight Chic stack. I colored the paper using Gelatos. The 'ME" is a car part. I want to add a Unity stamp to it. I just haven't figured out which one yet. Any suggestions?

Sue's Cricut and Crafts has the May Christmas challenge posted. The theme is snowflakes. You can use any company you want. I know you have some Unity snowflakes in your stash. Go play! Think how nice it would be not rushing to make your cards in November!

 

Have a great week everyone!

Challenges

 NSD layout challenge using circles

NSD card challenge 

Both projects used Basic Grey's 'Serenade" 
Stamps by Unity

Play Time

Hi everyone!

I recently won some Fireworks spray inks.

I decided today was a good day to play with them :)

I bought some small canvases at Michael's on clearance and used one for this project.

 I started by spraying a few colors to start my background. I wanted that shimmer from the sprays. I didn't gesso the canvas because I wanted the texture to show. After the sprays dried I pulled out some Unity stamps.....Christy Tomlinson, Donna Downey, & Marah Johnson.Using Colorbox inks I added the stamping. I also used a Portafolia yellow ink & I have to say I don't like it at all. I only use it because it's bright yellow. It takes FOREVER to dry! Even when heat setting!! I need to get a Colorbox yellow. 

All weekend Unity is celebrating their 5th Birthday with a 50% off everything sale! And they just introduced a new membership kit called Layers of Life (LOL). I might just have to sign up for this one. Yesterday was my birthday and it would be the perfect gift, right?

Anyway check out the UNITY BLOG for all the info.

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY UNITY!!