More from Unity...

Gee ~ can ya tell I am just loving my new Unity Kit of the Month for March? Between my scrapbook pages and cards, I've used tons of the images ~ fun, fun, fun! If you haven't checked them out ~ here is the link.

This card just happens to be for the weekly sketch challenge too. You can find all that information on the Unity Forum.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Unity Stamp Co. (March KOTM); Cardstock ~ SU & PTI; Ink ~ Palette; Pattern Paper ~ My Minds Eye (Penny Lane); Gems ~ Me & My Big Ideas; Nestibilities; Prima Flowers; SU Brads.

Just a little Thank You...

I sent this out to one of my recent blog candy winners ~ just a little thank you for playing along. I also want to thank everyone who left such great comments over the last week ~ it's always nice to hear from you!

Supplies from i{heart}papers ~ Stamps ~ Hero Arts (Thoughtful Messages); Pattern Paper ~ Three Bugs in a Rug; Velvet Trim ~ May Arts; Trim ~ CTrims.

My Beauty...

I really get a kick out of my daughter. She loves to pose for me so I can do some pretty girly layouts. I mentioned to her that I needed some updated pictures of her, so she ran upstairs, combed her hair and came down with a pretty orange shirt on {along with black sports shorts and hot pink Crocks}. She gave me strict instructions NOT to photograph her from the waist down ~ lol!

For this page I used my new March Kit of the Month from Unity Stamp Co. ~ I love their images! The paper kits are from My Minds Eye, which is available from i{heart}papers. I LOVE THIS PAPER!

Supplies from i{heart}papers ~ My Minds Eye ~ Bloom & Grow Paper ; Ink ~ Palette (Burnt Sienna).

Blog Candy Winners!

Woohoo! It's time to announce my Anniversary Blog Candy Winners! DRUM ROLL PLEASE.............



Winner #1: Paws2NStamp
You have won 2 stamp sets by Hanna Stamps!

Winner #2: DebbieDee
You have won a copy of the idea book You're Invited! by Northridge Media & & some Inchie Squares from Inchie Arts.

Winner #3: Tracey
You have won an 8x8 paper pack of pattern paper & a stamp by Lizzie Anne Designs

Winner #4: Angela ~ (one of my stamp club girls ~ Woohoo!)
You have won a copy of the idea book You're Invited! by Northridge Media & some Inchie Squares from Inchie Arts!

Winner #5: Tonya
You have won a chipboard book kit from SEI, a package of Chip Stickers from Basic Grey & one of my very favorite new products, SPARKLY FLUFF from Our Craft Lounge.

AND a BONUS!

Winner #6: Cathy G - {who has a brand new blog as of yesterday!}
A gift certificate from Kate at i{heart}papers!

Note to the winners: I will be in touch with all of you later this afternoon. My daughter has her last volleyball tournament of the season today, so I won't get the emails sent before I leave.

Congrats to all my winners & thanks to everyone who left such wonderful comments this week. You all make me feel so very special!

Unity Inspirational Blog Hop!

Now it's time for the Unity Stamp Co. Blog Hop!
You can view the Inspirational Blog Hop
by starting at http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

~ Here are my projects ~

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Unity Stamp Co. (March KOTM, Flirty Flowers, Our Life/OurStories); Cardstock ~ SU, Bazzill; Ink ~ SU, Palette; Ribbon ~ Making Memories; Buttons ~ SEI & Chatterbox; Rub-ons ~ Chatterbox; Sewing Machine; Linen Thread.

My next project is also using the Unity kit of the month for March! I just love these kits.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Unity Stamp Co. (March KOTM); Cardstock, Pattern Paper, Ink, Ribbon ~ SU; Button ~ SEI; Linen Thread.

~ My Favorite Quote ~
Live Well ~ Laugh Often ~ Love Much

Now go visit Anita at anita be stampin on your next stop of the Unity Blog Hop!

Inchie Friday ~ April Calendar Page

Blog candy still going on ~ more info at the end of this post.

It's that time once again to share my Inchie Calendar with you. If you've never been on my blog before, every Friday is Inchie Friday around here for Inchie Arts! Inchies are these fabulous little 1" squares that are wonderful for cardmaking and scrapbooking. My job is to use them in scrapbooking ~ so if you've missed my pages in the past, just click on my Inchie Arts label & take a look at all the photo projects I've created with them over the past 6 months.

Supplies Used: Inchie Art Squares - Inchie Arts; Cardstock ~ SU, PTI; Ink ~ SU, Copics; Stamps ~ Lockhart Stamp Co.; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Pattern Paper ~ SU.



Blog Candy is still going on so don't forget to leave some comments on any post to be entered into the drawing. Here are the details.

Here is just a little bit about some of the prizes ~ Inchie Squares from Inchie Arts; a gift certificate to i{heart}papers; Sparkle Fluff from Our Craft Lounge (which isn't even in stores yet); and I have two copies of the new idea book from Northridge Media called You're Invited {and I'm in there ~ yipee!}.

ETA: I'm excited that I will be participating in the Unity Blog Hop tomorrow, but my post won't be up until 11am eastern time. Make sure you come take a look ~ I'm super excited about my projects. Blog candy ends tomorrow at 9pm (eastern time).

BIG News...

Look at this sweet elephant from Hero Arts ~ such a cute set. It's simply called Elephants! ~ I guess that's pretty clear huh? I love sentiments in the clear stamp sets because you can make them wavy or curved on your acrylic blocks. In this case, I took the sentiment and matched the curve of the oval ~ too fun! You'll have to run over to i{heart}papers and take a look at all the cute Hero Arts products and sets Kate has in stock.

Did you still want some BIG NEWS! Well it's the same news that I announced yesterday about my anniversary blog candy! Don't forget to leave some comments for your chance to win. Maybe tomorrow I'll give you a little tid-bit of what some of the packages are...

Here are the details from yesterday ~
I have FIVE BLOG CANDY PRIZE PACKAGES!!!! Woohooo!I have been blessed to have worked with so many great companies over the past few years. Therefore, I am going to share some fun products with you from those companies. In fact, Kate from i{heart}papers is going to donate some items for one of my packages. HOW COOL IS THAT?

What do you need to do? Here are the details: Just leave comments on my blog between now and 9pm (eastern time) on Saturday night (March 28th) to be entered, then I will randomly pick 5 winners. Please leave your name and make sure I can get in touch with you (email or blog address). I'll post the winners on Sunday ~ but you'll have to be patient because my daughter has volleyball on Sunady morning, so I may not get to it right away. Easy Peasy right? Good Luck!!

Supplies Used from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Hero Arts (Elephants); Flower Gems (Hero Arts); Ink ~ Palette; atyou Spica glitter pen; Nestabilities.

HAPPY DAY!

Guess what today is?
Come on, just guess!

Are you giving up? It's the two-year anniversary of my blog! My own little spot on the web where I love to share! I can't believe it's been 2 whole years!

I had to do a ladybug card today ~ right? This sweet set is from Our Craft Lounge and it's called Hello Spring. It's one of my favorites. AND LOOK ~ It's a fuzzy ladybug too! I just got some Cherry Red Sparkly Fluff from Our Craft Lounge & it's FABULOUS! I promise, it will be out very, very soon.

So you know I have to do something special today in honor of my blog anniversary. Generally that means I'm going to have some blog candy. Well I am ~ BUT WAIT, it get's better.
I have FIVE BLOG CANDY PRIZE PACKAGES!!!! Woohooo!

I have been blessed to have worked with so many great companies over the past few years. Therefore, I am going to share some fun products with you from those companies. In fact, Kate from i{heart}papers is going to donate some items for one of my packages. HOW COOL IS THAT?

What do you need to do? Here are the details: Just leave comments on my blog between now and 9pm (eastern time) on Saturday night (March 28th) to be entered, then I will randomly pick 5 winners. Please leave your name and make sure I can get in touch with you (email or blog address). I'll post the winners on Sunday ~ but you'll have to be patient because my daughter has volleyball on Sunady morning, so I may not get to it right away. Easy Peasy right? Good Luck!

ETA: I accidentally hit publish yesterday before I scheduled this entry to go up at midnight. Therefore, some of you may have seen this entry on your Google Reader but not on my blog. Sorry if I was playin' with your head on that one!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Hello Spring) and Hero Arts; Cardstock ~ PTI, SU; Ink ~ SU & Copics; Pattern Paper ~ Imaginisce; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Punches ~ SU; Brad ~ Queen & Co.; Nestabilities; Flock ~ Sparkly Fluff by Our Craft Lounge.

Sketch Winners

Last week I offered this sketch challenge from i{heart}papers. I had 2 ladies kind enough to participate in the challenge. Thanks so much!

Here are links to their fabulous creations:

Janet's Blog ~ Life Full of Sunflowers

AND

Terri's Blog ~ Just What I Do

I'll be emailing both of you to get your snail mail addresses so I can out a fun little package of goodies from IHP! Thanks again for participating in my fun little challenge!

Sparkly Flower Sketch Challenge...

Yipee! It's time for another Lizzie Anne Sketch Challenge ~ #71! This time my sweet friend DebbieDee came up with this pretty sketch.

Go take a look at the sketch and play along ~ but don't forget to leave your link over on the Lizzie Anne thread so we can all take a peek!

The gorgeous paper is part of the French Floral pack & the stamp set is Le Jardin. They are both on sale this week over at Lizzie Anne Designs ~ 20% off!

Tomorrow is a very special day & you won't want to miss out on all the SWEET fun! Come on back and see what's up!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Le Jardin); Pattern Paper ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (French Floral); Cardstock ~ PTI & Bazzill; Ink ~ Palette, Copics, Versamark; Stickles; EK Success Border Punch; Nestabilities; Pearls ~ SU; Ribbon ~ SU.

Trees with Texture!

I needed to make a quick card for a friend today; however, when I stamped the tree top, I felt like it was missing something. I thought about cutting it out and embossing it, but then I had a different idea. I embossed a piece of white cardstock with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. I inked up my tree top image with dark green ink and then stamped it on the swiss dot embossing. Then I stamped it directly on the tree trunk ~ INSTANT TEXTURE!

EASY PEASY!

ETA: Check out this week's featured products ~ The French Floral Paper Pack & the Le Jardin Stamp set. Both are 20% off this week.

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (In the Tree Top); Cardstock ~ Prism; Pattern Paper ~ French Floral by Lizzie Anne Designs; Ink ~ SU; Ribbon ~ May Arts.

Happy Sunday!

Hope you are having a lovely day!

Another Lizzie Anne Sketch Challenge

Happy Spring!

It's officially here...even if it doesn't feel like it yet.

Today's creation is based on this week's Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge. I really like this sketch ~ here's the link.

I won't be chatty today ~ just want to wish you a nice weekend!

Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Tutti Fruity); Cardstock & Pattern Paper ~ KI Memories; Border Punch ~ EK Success; Velvet Ric-Rac ~ May Arts; Nestabilties; Ink ~ SU; Ribbon ~ SU & May Arts.

Inchie Friday ~ Volleyball All Stars!

HAPPY "INCHIE" FRIDAY!

Today I have a bright page to share of my daughter's 12th birthday party. We rented the gym at our high school and put up the volleyball nets so the girls could play a few games, shoot some hoops and play dodge ball. The party was in late December, so it was great that they could run around and play games! The party was a huge hit & we had a wonderful group of girls.

NOW, I have to say that I LOVE this Inchie cupcake! It matches Megan's birthday cupcakes perfectly! I also love all the borders on this page ~ stamped, scalloped and wavy! They all fit together so nicely.

So much went on at the party, that I found it difficult to only use 6 pictures. I wanted the focal points of the page to be the group picture at the top & the cupcake picture (because of the stamp). I always like my embellishments and the different components of the page coordinate to help the page flow. So I have scallops and cupcakes in multiple places on the page.

It's also an added bonus to have the embellishments coordinate with the photographs ~ which is why I love stamping on my pages.

Supplies Used: White Inchie Squares ~ Inchie Arts; Ink ~ Palette, Versamark, White Pigment Ink, Copics; Stamps ~ Lockhart Stamp Co & Hero Arts; Rub-ons ~ Making Memories; Punches ~ EK Success (wavy border) & SU (scallop edge & square); Nestabilities.

Product Review ~ My Cute Stamps!

I think it's high-time for some new toys and I've got the perfect stamps from MY CUTE STAMPS! The name is PERFECT because they are so darn CUTE! My friend Pine told me about them, so I just had to see for myself. Then my friend Mish ordered some sets too, so we decided that today we would all show our projects on our blogs. Go take a look and see the fun stuff the other girls have come up with!

My first set of projects is from a new set called Jelly Beans! My little bunny is all fuzzy with white flock and glittery with pink on the ears and nose! Look how perfect the tulip is with the pattern paper too ~ fun, fun, fun!

Other Supplies: Cardstock ~ SU & PTI; Pattern Paper ~ GCD Studios; Ink ~ Palette & Copics; Flock ~ Our Craft Lounge, Ribbon ~ PTI & May Arts; Nestabilities; Brads ~ Making Memories.

I had a blast making this second project because I love Paper Piecing. Pine ~ this one's for you! LOL! The set I used here is called Little Forest Friends, but there is so much in it.

Other Supplies: Cardstock ~ SU; Pattern Paper ~ October Afternoon; Ribbon ~ SU & PTI; Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Punch ~ Martha Stewart Crafts; Button ~ SEI.

For my next card, I used vellum to get a mirror image of the little bee. I stamped it on one side, then turned the vellum over and stamped it again. Then I colored the little bees on the back and added glitter to the wings on the front.

Other Supplies: Cardstock ~ PTI, SU; Ink ~ SU pigment ink, Copics; Nestabilities; Punch ~ EK Success; Clear embossing powder; Cuttlebug embossing folder ~ swiss dot; Ribbon ~ CTMH.

Put your sunglasses on for this next card ~ it's BRIGHT! I pulled out some pretty Papertrey Ink colors for this one. I stamped the stems directly on the white cardstock, and then stamped the flowers on another piece and cut them out. I love the polka-dot buttons in the flowers! I used the following sets on this card ~ Hello Doodle, Spunky Nature, and You're Tweet!

Other Supplies: Cardstock ~ PTI, SU; Ink ~ Versamark, Palette, SU, PTI; Grass Trim ~ Doodlebug; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Buttons ~ Doodlebug.

My last card is a simple little card using the set You're Tweet! I just love the little birds in this one.

Other Supplies: Cardstock ~ SU, PTI; Ink ~ SU Pigment ink; Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge; Nestabilities; Ribbon ~ SU; Buttons ~ Autumn Leaves; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ swiss dot; Scallop edge punch ~SU.

As you can tell, I'm having a great time playing with these new stamps ~ I give them two thumbs up! I have several more sets that I haven't even played with yet, so stay tuned for more!

i{heart}paper challenge day & a CONTEST for YOU...

This month it's a sketch challenge for the i{heart}papers design team & I volunteered to make the sketch this time.

Here's what I came up with ~ I love how soft and pretty it turned out!

So here is the sketch ~

Take a look at the rest of the DT members blogs & see what they came up with ~

Cathleen Torina
Loretta Lock
Amber Kroening
Lori Tecler
Deb Felts
Tracy Schultz
Meredith Socha
Carolyn Mustopa
Dee Jackson
and i{heart}papers blog

So now it's your turn to play ~ give this sketch a try and leave your link here on my card. I'll pick the winning card next Tueday (3/24) at noon eastern time from the links that are posted. Then I will send the winner a fun prize. So come on ~ leave some love and play along!

Supplies Used from i{heart}papers: Pattern Paper ~ Upsy Daisy (Calm & Mommy Bird); Ribbon & Trim ~ CTrims (Venise Lace & Lt. Blue Velvet); Pearls ~ Hero Arts; Stamps ~ Heart to Heart by Hero Arts.

The Botz Birthday...

This fun little set from Our Craft Lounge is called The Botz Family. I love the little border images in this set & the fun birthday cake and cupcake.

Supplies Used:
Card #1: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (The Botz Family); Cardstock ~ SU; Pattern Paper ~ Cosmo Cricket; Ink ~ Versamark, Palette & Copics; Nestibilities; Ribbon ~ SU.

Card #2: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (The Botz Family); Cardstock ~ SU; Pattern Paper ~ Bo Bunny; Ink ~ Palette & Copics; Ribbon ~ SU.