star card

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday, anyone else have a WCMD hang over?  I know there's a floor in my craft room, just not sure where it went.  The Unity Challenge this month is "Banners and Pendants" and I think this card works for that challenge.    Short and sweet then...  Come play with us at 365 Cards, we'd love to see how the sketch inspires you.  We've got a great sponsor this week, Freckled Fawn, they're giving away $10 for every day, so come play with us this week.  Please check out the DT's blog and leave 'em some love, including the fabulous Rose who came to visit me at the Outside Inn in real life last week!!!!

Wendi, Rose, Jenny, Annie and Janice.    

Super Sunday thanks and wine label

Happy Sunday!  It's time for another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  I used the clear blocking technique to add the background.  I was inspired by Lucy's Cards Inspiration Day #1.  And since I've added a little twine to the card I'm going to enter it in the Ribbon Carousel "Anything Goes" challenge.

Next up, another wine label!  For those of you who follow my blog you'll know that I'm a bit behind on my order to make a dozen wine labels.  Oops.  

And being challenge happy girl, I've used this week's ColourQ colors and the Unity Sketch Challenge. I pulled out the 2011 KOTM  Small Things matter most and I can't believe I hadn't inked any of the stamps I used on this label...  And since last Sunday I posted about a giveaway on my work Facebook page, I'm happy to report that the giveaway is still going... if you win the gift certificate for the bottle of wine you can always give it to me, I'll send you a pretty wine label as a thank you :)

Materials: Thanks card: PTI Gracias Vases, PTI Mat Stack 4, Hero Arts inks: soft lilac, soft blossom, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress inks fired brick, ripe persimmons, shabby shutters, mustard seed, PTI white card stock, Twinery charcoal twine

Wine Labels: Unity April KOTM Small Things matter most, PTI Soft stone card stock, Coredinations card stock, Smooch Cheery Ice spritz, PTI edgers die and Limitless Layers 1 3/4th inch die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label One, Tim Holtz Distress Ink fired brick and worn lipstick, Versafine black ink, EK Success corner rounder

Butterfly Bag, tag and snowflake card

It's Friday, so why not play along with the Friends with Flair crew over at Unity.  I've decorated a kraft bag, for a white elephant party I'm going to tonight for the Unity Challenge "Gift Wrapping" and the CAS-ual Friday "Brown Paper Packages tied with String" challenge.

Next up I made a cute little tag based on the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.  I used the same HA stamp I used on yesterday's card set, just added a bit of color.

And the last card is based on The Craft's Meow sketch.  The snowflake in the sketch got incorprated in a different location, be proud literal girl over here is breaking out!

Thanks for looking, wishing you all a fabulous New Year's.

Materials: Bag: kraft bag, Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Key to Joy, May Arts natural string, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress inks antique linen, vintage photo, gathered twigs, Brillance Moonshine ink, Tattered Angels black mist

Tag: Hero Arts Stripes and Frames, Hero Arts cling button, PTI Daily Designs sentiment, buttons, PTI Double sided banner, PTI Tag It Sale #1, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz distress ink gathered twigs, Hero Arts Soft Blossom, Versacolor Canary, teal ink, Twinery Buttercream twine

Card: The Craft's Meow Vintage Snowflakes, PTI snowflake impression plate, Spellbinders circle die, Stampendous Silver Tinsel embossing folder, Momento black ink, ribbon

Merry Christmas, card and mug

Merry Christmas!  In honor of Christmas I've made a Valentine's Day card for my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday card.  This way I'll be a bit more organized for the next holiday?  Check out the rest of the fabulous DT's projects to find some inspiration, if you're like me you'll need a few thank you cards for all those crafty goodies you got under the tree.  And since I was doing some last minute gift creating yesterday I have one more fun project to share. I was inspired by Christina's recent post and decorated a Starbucks mug with some fun photos from a wedding we went to earlier this year and the great Unity sentiment "Remember Happiness is a Way of Travel Not A Destination"- isn't that perfect for a travel mug?  And me, being me, I used the Play Date Cafe colors (for something a bit different then my normal CAS card).  I think this works for the Unity Challenge of gift wrapping, I wrapped the mug in fun crafty goodies...  who needs anything else?

Materials: Card: PTI Happy Trails sentiment, The Greeting Farm Tearrific, Sassafras Stitchery, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink, Tattered Angels black mist, Smooch Spritz Cherry Ice, ribbon from Yvonne, Stampendous white embossing powder, PTI white card stock

Mug: Starbucks mug, photos, Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Happiness sentiment, Stampin Up Kiwi Bliss card stock, Pink Paislee twine, PTI kraft card stock, black card stock, Spellbinders Label 8, Versafine black ink, Versamark, Tattered Angels mist

Unity Fall card set

So I've been slowly working on a fall card order, but my inspiration works in funny ways, so I haven't been staying on track.  But, since it's Friday I thought I'd pull out some Unity Stamps for Friends with Flair and see what I could make in the fall themed department.  I actually started with the bookmark because I wanted to play with the All Things Unity "One Layer" challenge and it's been awhile since I play with Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge, her challenge is to find inspiration on Janelle's blog and I loved her post with all these fabulous bookmarks.  But I liked the bookmark so much that I made a card :)  I thought the card would work well for the current Unity Challenge "Falling Leaves" and the Ippity Challenge "Tie it Up" challenge because I've used some May Arts twine.  Because I splurged the other day and bought the new Tim Holtz fall distress inks I thought I should play along with the CR84FN color challenge (although I promise to use the new purple soon, it's FABULOUS!).  And then I decided to make an envelope, because as you'll see below my younger crafting son decided to decorate his envelope for his card to my grandmother.  When I told him his project would work great for the Young Crafters Unite challenge and that I'd make one too he said, "But you're not young."  Thanks son!  (For those of you who have been to my blog before, Mr. Ben, age 6, LOVES LOVES comments, so please include a shout out for his project, it seriously makes the little guy grin ear to ear).

Materials: Card: Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Moments in Bloom, May Arts twine, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 8, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Stain, Tim Holtz Distress inks: mustard seed, gathered twigs, ripe persimmon, water color blender pen

Bookmark: PTI Bookmark die, May Arts twine, Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Moments in Bloom, Tim Holtz Distress inks: mustard seed, gathered twigs, ripe persimmon, water color blender pen

Envelopes: Unity Bit of Burlap, Unity Moments in Bloom, May Arts twine, PTI Fillable Frames die, Tim Holtz Distress inks: mustard seed, gathered twigs, ripe persimmon, water color blender pen

Guess How Much I love you inspired cards

So my crafty little brain went on a tangent with a number of different card challenges...  I started off brainstorming for favorite books that I could use for the CAS-ual Friday "What's Black and White and Read All Over" and decided to use the fabulous children's book Guess How Much I Love You because I used this fabulous Unity sentiment on a card last month and thought it was perfect.  Because the sentiment is the main feature of this card I'm going to enter it in the Wee Memories "Sentiment" challenge (and mostly because I just got my first order from Monika's I Love It All Etsy shop and I'm in heaven.  Click here for a peak at my goodies).  The other challenge that this card works for is the All Things Unity "anything goes" challenge (because the text is actually an inked up PTI Bookprint impression plate).  And lastly I've used the Play Date Cafe "black and white with a splash of red".

And then I used basically the same ideas and made this card with the September Unity sketch.

 

Materials: Unity KOTM small things Matter most sentiment, PTI Bookprint Impression plate, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label, Versafine black ink, Stampin Up red card stock

Unity livin' and lovin' life KOTM,  PTI Bookprint Impression plate, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label, Versafine black ink, Stampin Up red card stock, Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen, water color pencils

Fabulous is who are you

My mojo got lost in the shuffle of moving from one house to another, but with a tiny bit of time left on this week's CR84FN I've put together this little card.  I've used the Lily Pad Cards "Lucy Love Lines" sketch (sorta, I changed the shape a bit), and then I used some fun Cosmo Cricket Early Riser paper to help with the Unity Challenge "Tooty Fuity" and the sentiment is one I hadn't inked up yet for the All Things Unity Challenge.  And I'm going to join in on my first Unity Friends With Flair blog hop.

Materials: Unity Life Is Fabulous Sentiment, Unity Dots for Sure, Cosmo Cricket Early Riser patterned paper, Core'dinations Sugar & Spice card stock, vellum, cream cardstock, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 8, Martha Stewart onyz glitter, Cuttlebug Just My Type faux stitching embossing folder, Recollections adhesive rhinestones, Tim Holtz Distress ink Antique Linen, Versafine black ink

Happy Bird-day

A CAS card, using CR84FN's colors, All Things Unity sketch and a bird for the Unity Challenge.  And since Simon Says Stamps is having an anythings goes birthday party, let's add this card to their celebration.  And the red bird inspiration comes from this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge.  Thanks for stopping by to say hi.

Materials: All Things Unity Life is Fabulous bird and sentiment, Unity polka dots and gingham background stamps, Twinery Maraschino twine, Core'dinations card stock, vellum, Stampin Up square scallop punch, Fiskars rotary scallop cutter, Versafine black ink, Studio G aqua ink, Brillance Rocket red ink