Thankful it's FALL

Another Friday, another Friends with Flair. Hope everyone had a good week. 

I'm trying to use the crafting things that I buy. Usually I buy things then put them away, never to be seen again. The paper and fiber are the oldest from my stash. 

I'm going to have a busy day today....Babysitting my almost 1 great niece this afternoon then I have my great twin nephews and a niece to watch overnight. I'm off to get a few birdhouses to give them something to do tomorrow. 

Unity is having a sale....40% off almost everything. Check it out...Unity and the FWF  on the Unity blog.

Halloween house

I like decorating the $1.00 birdhouses that Michael's and JoAnn's sell. I have quite a few of them. Here is my most recent one. I made it for the Unity challenge to use banners or pennants and the Crafty Steals third Thursday challenge to 1) use at least one of the colors; black, purple, orange and 2) use buttons, brads, or eyelets.

I started out by painting the house purple and orange. Since the purple showed pink on the edges I added black ink on all the edges. There's Making Memories green fiber around the top, under the roof, and at the base. I stamped the banner using Unity's Life Documented Banner set. The bow is also Making Memories. The bottom is wrapped in black tulle. I added orange and green Making Memories snaps (they look like a brad but set like an eyelet) to finish it off.

Thanks for looking.

It's Friday

Another week has flown by. Since my daughter got her license I have more time for crafting. And that makes me happy. This week I made 24 invitations for my great neice's 1st birthday.

My niece wanted a black cat in a pumpkin. I found this stamp set online. I used watercolor crayons to color it. It's hard to tell but two of the party words are also colored in.

These two cards are for Ippity challenges. The first one is for the Ippity blog. I have been wanting to try the 'sunset' look on a card for a while now and finally did it. This one is for Chick Challenges.

Have a wonderful week!

Invite
Stamps: Unity KOM, Inkadinkado cat/friend
Color: Reeves water soluble wax pastels

Thanks
Stamp: Unity Sentiments O'Simple
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Studio G
leaf punch, circle punch

Sunset
Stamp: Unity Growing in Unity
Paper: DCWV
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Ribbon: Offray

Challenges

Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a good week. Mine was ok. I got the results of a few biopsies. Only one was a slight problem. I have actinic keratosis on my forehead (caused by sun damage) and it required a cryogenic treatment. Now I look like I'm recovering from a gunshot wound :)

These two cards are for a couple challenges.

BoBunny sketch challenge

 

Authentique sketch challenge

 

I entered both into the Ippity challenge to use stitching.

BoBunny card

Paper: Country Garden Collection 6x6

Stamp: Unity

 

Authentique card

Paper: Celebrate 6x6

Stamp: Unity

**If you want a Christmas challenge...check out my previous post.

September Christmas Challenge

Sue's Cricut & Crafts challenge for September is up. This month is shaped cards. 

I used the Stampin Up Bells & Boughs set and Stickles that I won from last month's challenge. I really love this set. The images are just gorgeous!

It would be great if you could play along!

triple layer circle

Happy Friday! Quick post today. I have to go shopping :)

I used the Jan kit of the month and my Coluzzle (remember those?) The current KOTM challenge has circles so I decided to try 3 layer stamping on a circle. I might have to do this again. 

Have a great WEEK!

FWF & Journal fun

I haven't played in my art journal much. I did the first one a while ago. The second one I did today. I have no idea what I'm doing when I make these pages but that's the whole point, right? No rules.

The first page is for me to write my wishes on which I will do....eventually. The second one started out with daisy and rose printed papers. I added paint and now those papers are gone. Oh well. I think I like the end result.I hope you like them but it's really ok if you don't. If you do journal pages maybe you can give me some tips on making better pages.

There's more to see at the Unity blog. And, of course, there's a sale.

Have a GREAT week!

FWF & Challenges

Happy Friday Everyone!

This weeks card was for the Crafty Steals challenge. I really enjoyed the sketch. I'm trying to enter more challenges. It gives me a much needed push :) 

This was for the most recent  challenge at Sue's Cricut and Crafts. I posted about it here. The challenges start on the 5th of the month and the winner is chosen by votes. You can read about it it here...Christmas Challenges. I was the only entry for August :(

Well that's it for me today. Have a great week!!

FWF

Happy Friday everyone! It's not too happy for me because my sister is heading back to Florida after being here for the past few months. :(

Anyway....here's my FWF card for this week. 

 

I used the Marah Johnson Marah Freedom stamp. I had been wanting it for so long and finally bought it. The sentiment is from the Ippity kit called All Things are Possible.

I have been looking for a good metallic ink. I've tried a couple and the ink will either not dry (even after heat setting) or the metallic part will just rub off. Anyone have a recommendation for a good metallic ink? Thanks!.

Inkadinkado

Inkadinkado has a new stamping tool. 

It's called Stamping Gear. Here is the Deluxe kit.

"To use, mount a stamp onto the Stamping Gear clear paddle, then stamp the image around your choice of the circle and oval cogs and wheels"

 

I found it at my local JoAnn's. I've been playing with it all day.

The two cards here were stamped inside the round gear.

 

There are other stamp sets that you can buy as well. The design possibilities are endless. I've found that any unmounted stamp, like Unity, will work as well.

These are really fun to stamp with. I do have a couple suggestions for them though. One is to make a long bar to stamp images in a straight line. The other is to make more smaller images.

August Christmas Challenge

Time again for the challenge at 

Sue's Cricut and Crafts.

This month's challenge is to try a new technique. And make 6 of them. I decided to make a gate fold card since I never made one. There were a few on the web that had two blocks, one attached to either side, instead of the usual single image.So, of course, I had to do that too.

I also tried to make a little scene by adding snow and snowflakes with Stickles.

I now have 24 Christmas cards done!!!

Stamps: Unity Co-Brand Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder

Ink: Clearsnap ColorBox

Coloring: Sharpies

Ranger: Icicles Stickles

Paper: DCWV

FWF

Another Friday....Another Friends with Flair. 

I hope everyone had a good week. 

For this weeks cards i decided to use Itty Bittys. My sister gave me the first one. The boy and girl are just too cute. The second card is an Ippity Itty bitty. It's just plain FUN. 

One randomly awarded to one of the peeps who participates

in the blog hop by using Linky Tools

One will be given away to a random commenter on one of the participating blogs

This weekends Unity sale is on the NEW Phyllis Harris and 150 Itty Bittys!

Card 1

Stamps: Unity Clever Handmade You are Cute & Frames in the House

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Card 2

Stamps: Ippity: Sucks to Get Old Itty Bitty

FWF

It's Friday and that means Friends with Flair!

I made the background for this card a while ago. It's stamped with the piece of foam that came with some Tim Holtz embossing folders. I couldn't figure out what to make with it....until now. Unity has all the Susan K. Weckesser stamps on sale right now. I decided to use one of the sets to make this card. The set I used is called Create Your Day. 

 

Unity is also have a Little Wish sale. Angela asked her customers what was on their wish lists and made a sale featuring some of the wishes.

Have a WONDERFUL week!!

Inspired

 Every time I saw an all white card I wanted to try it. Lydia Fiedler from Splitcoast has a lot of them on Pinterest for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges. Time to give it a try. I pulled out everything I thought I might use and this is the end result. The larger flowers were made using the discards from the Spellbinders. Hope you like it.

Embossing folder: Darice

Spellbinders:Blossom Tags and Accents

Daisy punch: Marvy

Bling: Studio G, Recollections

Stamp: Unity Kit of the Month

Ribbon: Offray

Embossing powder: Martha Stewart sterling

Friends with Flair!

The first card was for Chick Challenges with Ippity. I found some plum colored cardstock and I had some Colorbox raisin ink and decided to try stamping tone on tone. I honestly didn't know what would happen. I like how it turned out. The dots on the background were made with a pencil eraser. 

I really like the triple layer stamping technique so I decided to try it with paper. I cut the paper to fit the card then cut descending 1/2" 'frames'. I matted the frames on the red cardstock and stacked them. I finished it off with some ribbon, a flower, and a tag. 

There is a sale at Unity on all the Susan K. Weckesser stamps. They're 35% off!

And it's not too late to join in on Maria Levine's Got {Ippity}? blog hop. See the post here.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Card 1

stamps: Ippity Courage is my Strength; Unity Sentiments O'Simple

flower: Prima

Card 2

stamp: Christmas Eve Chowder (Jillibean Soup)

flower: Making Memories *I didn't stamp it...it came that way*

Got {Ippity}? Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to Maria Levine's 

Got {Ippity}?

Birthday Blog Hop!

If you came from Julie's blog you're in the right place. If not,

you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop at Maria's blog. 
There will be an Ippity prize for one random person who comments on all of the blogs!

Comments will be open until Sunday July 29th and the winner will be announced on the 30th on Maria's Got {Ippity}? blog.

I was so excited when Maria asked me to be a guest designer for this month's hop! She sent me the Java Friend Ippity Itty Bitty.

I couldn't wait to ink it up. 

And what is a BIRTHDAY hop without a birthday card? 

I used these sets:

 Next up on the hop is Martha's Blog! I know she has something wonderful to show you!

Here is the list for the hop

Maria -http://riacreations.blogspot.com/
Lisa -http://kindcreations.blogspot.com/
Julie -http://www.juliemakescards.blogspot.com/
You Are Here>>>>Jamie - July Guest - http://scrapcloset.blogspot.com/
Martha - http://creatingisfun.blogspot.com/
Vicki-http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/

If you're on Facebook why not LIKE Maria's Got {Ippity}? Fan page?

If you need some Ippity Maria Levine would love to be your chick.

FWF

Not much time this morning so just a couple cards using Unity kit of the month.. My daughter is taking her driving test again and need to practice parallel parking. What does parking have to do with driving anyway? Wish her luck!

*************SHE PASSED!**************

Challenges

A couple of challenge cards.

This one is for the new Unity challenge to make a wedding card. I saw this technique on a few blogs and had to try it. 

This card is for the Authentique sketch and the Stamp It! Cards Congratulations Challenge. It's hard to tell but this card is popped up twice. The center block and the 'congratulations' are on pop dots.

Card 1

Stamps: Unity Quiet Essence & Generations

Bling: Studio G heart gems

Card 2

Stamps: Unity Jan. 11 KOM & Sentiments O'Simple
Paper: Authentique

Ribbon: Offray

July Christmas Challenge

This month's challenge at Sue's Cricut and Crafts is to use a Santa stamp or Cricut Santa on your cards. I was surprised to find I only have 2 little Santas!

Stamps, Making Memories, Unity

Paper:DCWV

Twine: Martha Stewart

Playing with Paint

I have been having fun playing with paint this week. It started with a video by Donna Downey. In one video she used something called Gouache (gwash) paint. It's a watercolor paint that's opaque. I fount a 24 tube pack of paint at Walmart and started playing :)

These two were both done using the gouache paint. I love the bold colors.

This one was done with regular watercolor.

And finally, This one was done with acrylic paint.

I'm entering one of these into the  Stamp It! Cards Thank You Challenge in the Moxie Fab World challenge and one into the Stamp It! Cards Love Card Challenge in the Moxie Fab World challenge. 

This will be my first time entering their challenges.

I already entered the last card in the Ippity challenge to use paint.

It is a sale weekend at Unity in honor of Mr. Unity's birthday. Itty bitty's are by one get one free. All the details are on the blog. 

Maria Levine can be your chick if you need some Ippity!

Ippity stamps: Music of My Heart, Bloom and Simplify, Angie Girl

Unity stamps: Insightful Meadows, Love Bug

Paints: Daler Rowney gouache, Crayola, Craft Smart acrylic

Cuttlebug swiss dots