Paper and Such Sketch

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great week so far! I'm not feeling great again. I'm hoping it will pass soon. However, in the mean time, I'm still crafting a bit so I have things to blog.

Here's a card I made for a new challenge for a store that just opened called Paper and Such. The challenge this time is a sketch. You can see the details HERE. I actually just ordered for the shop and it was great! The prices are good and the shipping was super fast!

For this card, I used some My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky. The butterfly paper is really darling and I'm always looking for sketches where you can really showcase patterned paper without covering it all up. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft. I didn't even know that they made stamps! The fonts are cute and the sets are inexpensive. I added some seam binding, a button, and some burlap

string.

Here's a picture of the sketch if you want to give it a try. Have a great day, everyone!

Flutter By Birthday

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great day so far! It's a little after 4pm here. I meant to take the kids to story time this morning but I couldn't find my keys. Last I knew, my hubby pulled the car into the garage for me. I was so upset. AFTER story time was over, he texted me and said he left them on the hook in the kitchen. Yeah, I didn't look there. Whoops!

Ok, I wanted to blog this card I made for Flutter By Wednesday #156 before the time ran out. I am always doing that! I make a card and forget to blog then time runs out. So, here is my card. The theme is Clean and Simple. I decided to make a girly birthday card for this challenge. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches, I LOVE their stamps! The butterfly is from Hero Arts and the paper is Echo Park Little Girl.

Have a great day everyone!

RCC5 MUTINY! Anything Goes!

Hi friends! I hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! We started celebrating my hubby's birthday early. Speaking of which, I need to make him a card. He's a little stressed since it's his 30th. I think 30 is young but I'm not there yet so I guess I don't know how I would react.

Alright, I'm "off" this week over at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog but it was TOO good to pass up! The theme this week is ANYTHING GOES! Wow, so simple! All you have to do is use ribbon, seam binding, twine, string or pretty much everything that goes on a spool. :) Link up your creations to the RCC5 post on the Ribbon Carousel Challenge blog by June 6, 11:59pm Eastern time.

Here's my card for this week's challenge. I used the Card Patterns 117 sketch. This sketch is just perfect for yummy ribbons! I decided to use some crotchet trim and some seam binding. The papers are Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden and the stamps are from Flourishes. I kind of LOVE this card!

Have a great day everyone!

PM: Embrace Each Moment

Hi friends! Here's the post I'm sharing with you on the Paper Maniac blog today. :) I hope you all are enjoying a nice long weekend! .

Here's my card for this week. It's based on a sketch by a sweet little girl named Carly, you can see details HERE. For this card, I used Unity's Bevy of Butterflies which pairs perfectly with Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden papers. I used Memento Rich Cocoa to stamp my image, sentiment and distress my edges. The sentiment is on card stock that I die cut with Spellbinders. I finished with some crotchet trim and some Queen and Co pearls.

Paper Maniac just marked down 215 items 10%! You can buy these with the 30% coupon available right now for orders of $20 or more. Just use coupon code GOODBYE.

Have a great day everyone!

The Pyrex Effect

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great long weekend! Today, my mom picked up the kids for a sleepover so Dustin and I are having quiet time. Can I tell you, there's nothing better for my head than quiet? I don't get a whole lot of it around here. :)

Since I've decided to start crafting again, I've actually had a fair amount of mojo. YAY! I'm sure it won't last long. I believe this is the first time I've played along with Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger. This week, we were to be inspired by this picture of Pyrex. You can find challenge details HERE. I was really inspired by the colors and the back and white I see under the Pyrex.

For this card, I opened up my brand new Lauderdale paper from Basic Grey. I thought I could count on it for the pop of color I need. I tried to find the perfect bird and decided on this one from Unity's Folk Inspired set. I hadn't planned on using the clock but I really love the feel of the whole thing. I colored it with Copics then added a rhinestone and some Stickles. The die is Spellbinders Labels Four and I used two colors of Divine Twine. Then the sentiment was spelled out with stickers from MLS.

Have a great day, everyone!

PS Don't forget about the sale over at Paper Maniac! 30% off all orders of $20 or more with coupon code GOODBYE.

YNSC #43

Hi friends! I hope you all had a lovely day! We kicked off our weekend right with a trip to the Farmer's Market. Yum! And I got to do a little Memorial Day sale shopping at Old Navy, the prices were REALLY good!

Today, I'm blogging a card I made for the Your Next Stamp challenge #43 which is to use the provided sketch. I used this sweet Miya stamp. I went GAGA over this stamp at CHA! I went home and ordered it right away but haven't inked her up yet. (I know, I know!) Isn't she adorable? I colored her with Copic Markers and then added some gold gel pen on her outfit. I went ahead and made her outfit very "lucky" in my culture, red and gold are very lucky colors. I'm thinking this would be a great card for Lunar New Year. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety.

Have a great day everyone!

CAS-ual Graduation

Hi friends! It's late Friday evening here and guess what I did today? I made 4 cards! I've decided to stop putting off crafting because my head and vision and just went for it. :) If you see anything crocked, you know why!

Here's a card I made for the new CAS-ual Friday Challenge. They are on challenge number 4 already, WOW! May is just flying by! This week's challenge was graduation cards, details HERE. I decided to go REALLY clean this time. I did use patterned paper for the hat (Basic Grey Oliver), just to give it a little pizzazz. I also put Stickles on the tassel. The stamps are from Lawn Fawn's Hats off to You set.

Have a great LONG weekend everyone!

FWF: Stay Cool

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great week! I got my MRI results today, it came back normal! YAY! For now, my doctor has me on a migraine preventative medicine so I hope that works.

Today is Friday and that means Friends With Flair. I went ahead and tried to combine several challenges into one card since I haven't been feeling well enough to craft lately. I made this card using the All Things Unity 31 (Stamps Never Used), Wee Memories 57 (use rubber/clear stamp), and the Card Positioning Systems 219 sketch. I flipped the sketch. This is my brand new Unity and Jillibean Soup Watermelon Gazpacho stamps along with my Jillibean Watermelon Gazpacho paper.

Be sure to check out the Unity Blog to see everyone participating in today's hop. Remember to leave comments everywhere because you never know where the blog candy will be! :) Have a great weekend!

PS Don't forget about the closing sale over at Paper Maniac! 30% off orders of $20 or more with coupon code GOODBYE

Have a Happy Day

Here's my post from the Paper Maniac Blog this week:

Hi friends! It's Ashley here to start a new week at the Paper Maniac blog. Hope you all had a great weekend! Don't forget about the Paper Maniac closing sale! It's HUGE! Things are FLYING off the shelves! 30% off all orders of $20 or more. There's Copics, stamps, Nesties, and all sorts of stuff left!

Here's my project for today. I made these for a friend who wanted to have some birthday cards on hand for her children since they attend so many parties. I used some bright and fun Cosmo Cricket paper for this. The butterfly stamp is Hero Arts and the sentiment is from Unity, both stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I finished with a little glitter glue, twine and border punching.

Have a great day

Flashback Friday 11.0

Hi friends! Today's my MRI, I leave in about 30 mins to go to the hospital. I'm hoping that it answers somethings for me. Keep your fingers crossed!

Today, I'm playing along with the Flashback Friday Challenge 11.0 to post the first wedding card you blogged. I made this card for my BIL's wedding in 2008. I remember getting samples of this paper at my LSS and thinking I needed to do the dahlia fold but I didn't have enough paper so I spread the petals out. Teehee, I suppose it looks alright. And this picture was taken on the terra cotta floor in our old house. Yes, placed directly on the floor. Nice, huh?

Have a great day everyone!

RCC4 Cupcake Inspiration

Hi friends! I'm scheduling this post because we are off to Tahoe for a couple days. YAY! I'm hoping some relaxing will help my head a little bit. We'll see how that goes! I actually have an MRI on Wednesday morning so hopefully that will clear some things up for me.

Today is the start of a brand new challenge over on the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog. The challenge is to be inspired by the picture shown. Isn't that cute?! A cute little ribbon centerpiece on a cupcake holder? Adorable! I love inspiration challenges because they are really up for your interpretation. Nothing is "wrong."

REMEMBER all entries on the Ribbon Carousel Blog must have ribbon, trim, lace or pretty much anything that goes on a spool to be entered to win the prize. The challenge ends Monday, May 30 at 11:59pm Eastern time.

This week, we have an AWESOME sponsor with a great prize! It's Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! I love these stamps! They are deeply etched red rubber. This week, Sparkle is offering up the adorable Cupcake Ruby as the prize!

Here's my card for this week. I was inspired by the colors and the yummies in the picture. I decided to use Sweet Treats Emily from Sparkle Creations. I made this card based on Sweet Sunday Sketch #118.

Have a great day everyone!

Chevron Monsters

Hi friends! I'm blogging from another mini getaway! YAY! My In Laws have a timeshare up in Squaw Valley which is near Lake Tahoe and they invited us to spend a couple days. This is the FIRST time the kids have ever seen the snow! They were so excited!

Here's a card set I made for my friend Amanda who needed some birthday cards for her kids to give out to their friends. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to participate in Moxie Fab World's Chevron Challenge. I decided that chevron monsters were in order. The stamps are Hero Arts, paper is My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup and I finished with some twine from Divine Twine. Then I had to add a goggly eye because what's a monster without one?

Have a great day everyone!

PS Don't forget Paper Maniac is having their closing sale! 30% off on orders of $20 or more using coupon code GOODBYE.

EtsyInspired #139~ Paula Art

Hi friends! Sorry for the late post! Yesterday was particularly bad with my head and I ended up going to bed at 8pm, right after the kids went to sleep. Today isn't much better but here goes.

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Paula Art. She makes modern pieces using recycled, reclaimed, and reused items. She carries clocks, vases, candle holders, wall art and lots more! This week, Paula Art is offering up Gobi Dessert, 2011 votive candle holder to one lucky winner.

This week, we have a fabulous sponsor as well. Shery K Designs offers awesome digital papers, clip art, printables and cards. She's offering up 3 of her best selling packs as a prize.

Here's my card for this week based on the candle holder above. I also used the colors from the Play Date Cafe Challenge 82. All the paper elements are My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup. The stamp is from Unity, the string is May Arts, and the punch is EK Success.

Please check out the DT:

Angi

Carole
De

Ellie (May Guest)

Emily

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Celebrate Life

Hi friends! I'm back again to blog another card since I totally forgot that it's due tonight. I always do that to my friends over at Wee Memories, I make a card but forget to turn it in. :( They always have SUPER fun challenges!

This week's Wee Memories challenge is Get Sticky! So easy for me because I LOVE stickers, especially SRM who happens to be sponsoring the challenge this week. For this card, I used Tiff's Sketch #15. What we have here is a Hero Arts cling flower stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black. I used Echo Park For the Record for this. The sticker is SRM Press. The seam binding was hand dyed by me, it's REALLY hard to make black seam binding or at least it is for me! I need more mists! I finished with some Stickles.

Have a great weekend!

FWF: Getting Fruity

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful week! For those of you who are following along with my head issues, I'm going to the pharmacy to pick up some migraine meds today and that *hopefully* will hold me over until my MRI on Wednesday.

Friday means Friends with Flair on the Unity Blog! I decided to make a card for this month's Unity Challenge to make a fruit themed card. I used last week's SCS sketch challenge for this card. I'm a little in love with this card. I just found my Cosmo Cricket Delovely papers and it makes me HAPPY! :) Especially when I used my Unity/Cosmo Cricket Delovely stamps with them!

Have a great day everyone!

Nikki Sivils/Lawn Fawn

Hi lovebugs! My headache is RAGING today so I'm just gonna post real quick!

Here are a couple cards that I made that were featured on the Nikki Sivils blog last month. I can't believe I never got around to blogging them! I used the It's Raining, It's Pouring papers and paired them with Lawn Fawn's Partly Cloudy.

Have a great day!

RCC3 Clean it Up!

Hi friends! I've decided that I should just start crafting while I'm dealing with my head issues. You'll have a excuse the fact that everything is a little askew. I have an MRI scheduled for next Wednesday but in the meantime, I should be starting some migraine medicine soon. I hope it brings relief because I really haven't been doing much around here.

I just wanted to let you all know that Ribbon Carousel has a new challenge going on. It's my week off but I decided to play along anyhow. I love that challenge and those sweet girls! This week, the challenge is Clean and Simple. You can check out the challenge HERE.

I made this card based on Tiff's Sketch 19. The sentiment didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but what can you do? The patterned paper and sticker are from Echo Park Summer Days. The sentiment is Unity Stamp Co. Then I added some grosgrain ribbon and some Divine Twine. I finished with some bling. Super simple and bright.

Have a great day everyone!

Card Creations 9

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great week! I went back to the doctor's office today to get my eyes checked out because all the blurred and double vision but there's nothing wrong with my eyes. So, I have no idea what's going on. I guess, we'll just wait for more tests.

Let's look towards some happy news, shall we? :) I've never done a post the week that a Paper Crafts Mag came out before. I'm not sure why, I just haven't but I decided it was time! Card Creations volume 9 came out this week and I LOVE this issue! It's just packed full of amazing inspiration! I've gotten so many ideas from it and I keep going back to see more!

Here's the card I have in this issue. Amazingly, there's no stamping on it. All the elements except the ribbon come from Echo Park's Little Boy 12x12 Collection Kit. I love this paper! You know, I have two little boys of my own and let me tell you, I'm going to need to order a second kit. That doesn't really happen around here. The ribbon is from Michael's and the bunch is EK Success.

Have a great day everyone!

Birthday Greetings

Hi friends! Here's the card I posted over at the Paper Maniac blog yesterday where I also announced that Paper Maniac will be closing. You can take advantage of the huge sale, 30% off of everything if you use coupon code GOODBYE.

Here's my card that I made for a couple challenges. The first challenge is for the Paper and Such challenge 1 to make a birthday card. And the second is for CAS-ual Fridays challenge 2 to use buttons and twine.

Here's my card for this week. I used a Hero Arts cling flower stamp. The paper is Echo Park Springtime. My sentiment is an SRM Press sticker from the Birthday set. The button, twine and bling are from my stash.

Have a great day everyone!

Lawnscaping Challenge 10

Hi friends! Let's kick off this week with another FABULOUS Lawnscaping Challenge! We are so thrilled at the amazing entries to this challenge! Everyone is making such beautiful creations!

This challenge's theme is POLKA DOTS! Woohoo! I love polka dots! I really am a fun and cute card maker at heart. :) All you have to do to play along is making a creation featuring polka dots. If you have Lawn Fawn Stamps, we'd love to see them but you can play along with any stamps you have on hand. Just go over to the Lawnscaping Blog and link up your creation!

This challenge has an AWESOME sponsor! Mold Muse! Oh my goodness! I love these molds SO much! They have such beautiful designs! I have other molds from another company and they don't even come close in quality! The Lawnscaping team got a chance to work with these fabulous molds (I actually already had some.) For this challenge, Mold Muse is offering up a $25 gift certificate to the shop! That's AWESOME! I wish I could win!

In addition, the winner of the challenge will also have the opportunity to be a guest designer for Lawnscaping!

Here's my card for the challenge. I used Lawn Fawn's Plus One set. Super cute! The papers are from Echo Park. For this card, I used this rose mold. I also used the Card Positioning Systems sketch #218 for this.

Check out the DT:

Laurel

Lynnette

Britta

Christiana

Ayana
And our special guest: Winter!

Any Winged Thing

Hi friends! Sorry for the last post! I've been feeling really horribly since Tues. This morning was the first time I made it into my stamp area this week and it was quite a struggle. I've made a couple things for my DT assignments but I don't think I'll be doing much else this week. Hopefully, my symptoms will be better soon. Everyone's thoughts and prayers are really appreciated! Thanks so much!

After a talk with my husband last week, I've decided to need to refocus my energy. I need to start focusing on things that will help out my family in some way. In order to do this, I'm going to cut down on design team work. So, this will be my last post on the DT for Through the Craftroom Door but don't you worry! I will play along whenever I can! And I will still be writing articles for the magazine!

This challenge theme is Any Winged Thing and the sponsor is Paper Makeup Stamps. There's no shortage of beautiful winged things at Paper Makeup! There stamps are so lovely! Very high quality red rubber! I've been a fan since the beginning. The prize this challenge is a $15 gift certificate to the Paper Makeup Stamps store!

Here's my card for this challenge using Paper Makeup's Rose stamp. I also used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch 117 for this challenge. Also, the Ribbon Carousel Challenge 2 is also vintage/shabby chic.

You can go HERE to link up your card for the Any Winged Thing challenge. Have a great day, everyone!

Card Details:

Cardstock: Cream, Kraft

Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages Ladies and Gents/Trendsetter

Stamp: Paper Makeup Stamps Rose

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Misc: vintage lace, Zva crystals

Eli's Birthday Invites

Hi friends! Today was a ROUGH day! I started out this morning feeling so horrible, I had to ask Dustin to come home from work. I've been having a bad headache, blurred/double vision, and tummy troubles. I talked to my doctor and he sent me to the ER where I spent 4 hours. They sent me home saying I have a "virus" and gave me prescriptions for the headache and upset stomach. Let's hope that takes care of it.

Here are some birthday invites I made for Dustin's second cousin last month. (I know, I'm super behind on blogging.) Eli is going to be turning 5. He didn't have a theme for his birthday and his favorite color is orange so this is what I came up with. I LOVE them but I really need to reconsider how many steps go into something when seeking to reproduce! There is SO much die cutting and embossing on these! But as long as Eli's happy, I guess it doesn't matter. The paper here is Echo Park Little Boy which is such a staple for me. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn from Just My Type, Too.

Have a great night everyone!

Only For Lisa

Hi friends! Sorry I haven't been around a lot lately! I've been feeling really sick. I went to the doctor and they ran test but I have yet to hear back from them. We'll see.

Ok, so my sweet friend Lisa of Paper Grace just joined a design team for a challenge called Shopping Our Stash. They will challenge people to use the things in their stash to make things with. Great idea!

Their kick-off challenge is to take a picture of your crafty space. GAH! I think I am the MESSIEST crafter in the world. Truly. I don't know how to work clean. I just don't. Brady saw this picture and said "You made a MESS on your desk!" I sure did! And with how much I craft, it always looks like this. So, yeah! Please try not to have a heart attack.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Swagbucks Fundraiser for Tornado Relief

Just to let you all know that I have volunteered to occasionally blog about SwagBucks events on my blog. This is not something I get compensated for. I use SwagBucks and I LOVE using this program so I signed up for the blogging program to give people heads up about promotions going on in SwagBucks. If you don't know what SwagBucks is, you can GO HERE to read my first post.

Ok, so SwagBucks asked me to spread the word about their current fundraiser. They are collecting SwagBucks (which SwagBucks will then convert into money) and donate to the United Way of Western Alabama who have committed 100% of donations will go to local tornado relief. This fundraiser will end May 31 at 12pm Pacific Time. A similar fundraiser for Japan raised $20,000 so let's see if we can get people right here at home in the US the same amount or more. GO HERE for info about the fundraiser.

I find this fundraiser to be really generous because SwagBucks don't cost us anything. You win SwagBucks for doing internet searches or you can earn SwagBucks by doing little things like taking the daily poll, taking surveys, or other tasks. There are TONS of ways to earn SwagBucks and it takes a very minimal effort. I was able to get enough Amazon giftcards in about 2 weeks to buy a brand new released hardcover book. If you don't already do SwagBucks, please sign up under my referral link: http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/HeartHugs

Thanks friends! Have a great day!

Find Joy

Here's my post from the Paper Maniac Blog yesterday:

Hi everyone! It's Ashley here to kick off the week on the Paper Maniac blog! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and all you moms had a wonderful Mother's Day! Don't forget this week is the LAST week for the current sale at Paper Maniac; 10% off Memory Box, 20% off all ink, 30% off Northwoods Stamps, 40% off The Greeting Farm Stamps, and 50% off all SEI papers and embellishments! WOW! That's a lot of savings!

Here's my card for this week using the Card Patterns 114 sketch. I decided to break out my Echo Park Summer Days 6x6 pad and the stickers from same line. Aren't these papers super happy? The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co and it's stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I finished with some Kaisercraft rhinestones.

Ribbon Carousel Challenge 2

Eeeeeek! I'm SO excited for this! This is my first week showing off a creation for the Carousel Crew. I will be posting along in challenges on the second and fourth weeks of the month and hopefully I will have time to play on the odd weeks too! :)

This week's challenge is to make a shabby chic card, layout or 3D project. Remember, ALL entries on the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog MUST have ribbon, lace, string, twine or basically anything that comes on a spool to be counted towards the prize! We will also be picking "Top Spool" for each challenge who will get a shout out on the blog! This challenge ends on Monday May 16 at 11:59pm Eastern time.

Here is my creation for this week. I actually love making shabby chic cards because it gives me the chance to pull out a bunch of embellishments. I actually don't embellish a whole lot on my other cards. I used a TON of ribbon items on this! I took the crotchet trim and threaded it with seam binding. Then I put a seam binding double bow on this. And then I took a button and threaded it with burlap string and tied a bow. That's FOUR things that come on a spool!

Check out the Ribbon Carousel Challenge blog for the rest of the DT's samples and to link up your creation! Have a great day everyone!

My Mother's Day Cards

Hi friends! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We are just ending ours today since hubby works on Saturdays now. I hope all you moms were spoiled rotten yesterday! I just wanted to pop onto my blog and share the handmade cards I got yesterday. :)

First up is my card from Brady (and Parker.) Brady doesn't really let Parker do that much of the crafting, he will someday. Brady made this card with a cute little Hello Kitty stamp set I got for $1 at Michael's. They are just little kid stampers/pencil toppers but I love Hello Kitty so I bought them.

Next up is the card Dustin made for me, with Brady's help. You see, Brady LOVED to cut paper into tiny little pieces. I've tried giving him shapes and lines to cut out but he prefers cutting everything into little pieces. Dustin took the little pieces he cut and made a mosaic. Isn't this nice? They also used my favorite Martha Stewart punch on this and a bunch of old SU papers.
Have a great day, everyone!

WINNERS!!!

Here's what Random.org chose:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

148 3 79 

Timestamp: 2011-05-09 03:02:52 UTC

#148 (Winner of the Unity prize)

Bonita Rose said...

such a fun sentiment.. love your work girlie! hugs xo

May 6, 2011 5:17 AM

#3 (Winner of a prize from me)

Nicole Maki said...

Congratulations! Yay for you!

I love both of your cards but the bottom one really stole my heart - what gorgeous color.

Looking forward to the rest of the week.

P.S. I somehow lost you in Google Reader - now you're back.

#79 (Winner of a prize from me)

Lacey said...

Fantastic cards!!

May 4, 2011 6:31 AM

Congrats ladies! Please email me (actressangel at gmail dot com) and I will give you info about your prizes! :D

Growing in Unity Day 7 (Giveaways!)

***Please scroll down for my EtsyInspired post***

Hi friends! I hope you all are kicking off a great weekend! It's not really our weekend yet since hubby has to work on Saturdays now. It's kind of a rough adjusting to a new schedule but we'll make it. I don't really know what we have planned for this weekend. Well, I have a general idea. Brady has promised me BIG things for Mother's Day including FIVE chocolate treats so I'm guessing it will be a good one! :)

Welcome back to my last day of Growing in Unity! Awww, can you believe my week is over? How sad! I hope you all have been enjoying my 1 stamp 2 ways series! I really loved doing it!

Don't forget that you can go back and leave comments on each day of my Growing in Unity to be entered to win one of the blog giveaways I have this week! One is hosted by Unity Stamp Co and the other two are provided by me! :D

Ok, so I totally neglected to use something I LOVE about Unity, the Kit of the Month! I used Jan '10 Savor the Journey for these two cards. Again, two ways. I made one feminine card and then a more masculine card.

For my first card, I used the new Unity KOM sketch. This is a really fun sketch! I need to use it again! For this card, I used Bo Bunny Vicki B. Isn't this paper so pretty? I used Nesties beaded circles behind the cute little bird. The ribbon is a really sweet pink crinkly ribbon and at the bottom, I used a border punch.

For my second card, I decided to use Jen del Muro's Sketch for You to Try for May. I am also entering both these cards in Unity's Monthly challenge which is to use birds. I really wanted to make a BRIGHT card so I broke open my new Basic Grey Life of the Party paper. I busted out my Copics to color this little guy. Fun, right? And I spelled out my sentiment with stickers.

Have a great weekend everyone!

EtsyInspired #138 ~ Bear Creek Design

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Bear Creek Design. This shop offers all sorts of cute felted items and kits, patterns and supplies to make them with. I actually saw a felting piece on Martha Stewart's show once and I thought it was so interesting. I've always wanted to take up felting and these kits would be such a great way to start! I also think it's great that they tell you what level you should be at to attempt each project. This week, Bear Creek Design is offering up a $15 gift certificate to one lucky winner.

Please check out the EtsyInspired Blog for rules and to link up your creation!

This week, we have a fabulous sponsor! Claudia & Company is a fun shop that offers their own line of digi stamps and rubber stamps drawn by some fabulous well known artists. They also carry other stamps, papers, ribbons, embellishments and more! Super fun shop! They are offering up 3 digi stamps of the winner's choice as another prize.

Here's my card for this week, inspired by the pumpkins above. All the elements are from Doodlebug Designs Inc.

Please check out the DT:

Angi
De

Ellie (May Guest)

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Virginia

FWF: Growing in Unity Day 6 (Giveaways!)

Hi friends! Welcome to my FWF and GIU Day 5! Thanks so much for joining me today! I am so looking forward to this weekend! I'm hoping that Mother's Day will have a few treats in store for me. As of right now, I know none of the plans. Let's hope there's some fun in store! :)

Don't forget that you can leave comments on each day of my Growing in Unity posts to be entered to win the giveaways I have going on! One is sponsored by Unity Stamp Co and the others are from me! :)

Today, my pal Kate told me I should work with an Itty Bitty. This struck me as a great idea since I barely ever touch them. Aww, poor neglected stamps! She also told me to make a couple Father's Day cards. It sounded good at the time until I figured out I was making two masculine cards. Gah!

Ok, so this is indeed one stamp two ways but they aren't as different as my previous days. But I do what I can. I tend to make masculine cards very clean and simple since that's what my hubby likes. The first one, I decided to make with just plain white paper. The patterned paper on the mushroom is Jillibean Soup from the Dutch Mustard Soup line. I was really trying to make things bright and fun!

My next card is made with Kraft cardstock. I thought it would be fun to make a card where there was a couple more plain mushrooms and then one fun one. I wish I had made a longer card now. Maybe some other time. The patterned paper on this one is My Mind's Eye Lush 2.

Have a great day everyone! Happy Mother's Day to all my mom friends! And don't forget to check out the Unity Blog to see everyone participating in today's Friends With Flair!