Perfect Pear

I recently purchase my first set of stamps from Lawn Fawn.  Super cute!  This week I saw LilyPad Cards is having a contest using this sketch and the prize is MORE Lawn Fawn stamps!

I decided to use my Lawn Fawn stamps for this sketch.  I used the my silly valentine set.

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I {heart} you!

I love hearts!  I am constantly doodling hearts when I am on the phone or waiting for pictures to upload.  I really love heart stamps. 

So Unity is started hosting a monthly challenge on their blog.  Unity Stamp Company

The challenge this month is HEARTS!  Yay!  I had all kinds of plans to make a ton of heart cards but alas I did not accomplish "a ton."  I am posting two that I finished though.

In this first card I used the heart stamps from the Co-Branded set Pixie-licious Blooms by Unity and Cosmo Cricket.  The sentiment is from the You + Me = Happy set.  I used the sketch on page 64 of the Go to Sketches magazine by Papercrafts for the design. 

In this second card the heart is a super fun doily I found a Micheal's.  The Love sentiment is from the Aug 2010 kit All you Need....  I used some sparkley red embossing powder after I stamped it to make it shine!

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Butterfly Birthday Wishes

The very talented and beautiful Eva Dobilas invited me to a fabulous event she created called Butterfly Blog Linky Party!  I just LOVE butterflies so I was totally game for making a card using butterflies and linking up.  You can find all the details of this fun event at Eva's blog For the love of life.  http://evafromca.blogspot.com/

So for my card I chose a butterfly stamp from the April 09 Kit of the Month by Unity.  The sentiment is from the July 10 Kit of the Month by Unity.  Pattern papers are from the Blossoms and Butterflies stack by DCWV.  I used the sketch by Jessia Witty on page 150 of the Go-to Sketches magazine by Paper Crafts for the design.

I hope you get a chance to hop through all the wonderful butterfly creations linked to Eva's blog!
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Frazzled?

I wanted to share a card I made for a friend that is a little overwhelmed right now. 

I used the sketch on page 146 of the Go to Sketches issue by Paper Crafts.  The stamps are Unity.  I used an embossing folder by Cuttlebug on the gray cardstock.  I cute the gray with a Spellbinders die. 

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Sew What?

When I saw this week's MOJO Monday sketch I immediately thought of the spool of thread stamp from the April Store Kit of the Month by Unity.  I used paper from the DCWV Crafty Stack.

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Flutter!

Happy Mail Day!

I was fortunate to get done from work early today and when I came home I had a package waiting!  Yay!  I received my April Store Kit of the Month by Unity!  Love, love, love this kit!  So with a little extra time today I made a card using the butterfly (of course) for this week's Card Patterns sketch.

Papers are by Making Memories.

Stamps by Unity.

Ink by Colorbox

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Share your Ippity Blog Hop!

*** Please start the hop at: http://alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com/

Bonnie Rose is hosting today's hop along with 2 sketches 4 you.  

This hop is all about showing off the wonderful Ippity stamps.  

{ippity} stamps is the 'sister' company of Unity Stamp Company.  

You can read all about the Ippity OpportUNITY here on their very own blog! 

Click all the sections on top.. lots of information -- it's so much fun being an {ippity} chick!

I created this card using two different sets of Ippity Stamps:

The sentiment is from the Where You Should Be set.

The super cute scallop edge is from the Sweet Thoughts Of Spring set.

Here are a couple of close ups of the flower I made using this Large Flower Punch by Martha Stewart.

I just love the layers.

I hope you enjoyed my post and I hope you find a lot of inspiration on this Ippity Blog hop today.

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Operation Write Home Bloghop!!!

I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful hop today!  

Please make sure you start here:

http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/

If you have never heard of Operation Write Home here's a little info:

The simple version: you send your handmade cards to a shipper, they process them and ship them out!  You don't need to "sign up" or become a "member" or anything—just get started!

You can find more info:

http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/p/about-owh.html

During today's hop you will see so much talent it's unreal!  There are some tutorials and some blog candy being offered so make sure you visit everyone.  

Here is my card:

The stamps are from the Sending My Love set by Unity.  

I think this set is perfect for making cards for OWH.

Your next stop on the hop is :

The Erickson All-Stars

http://ericksonall-stars.blogspot.com

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Painting the Roses

So this is the third week of challenges for the Oh Alice blog.  The challenge this week was to use the colors red, blue and PURPLE.  This card started out so wonderful in my head and did not turn out that way.  Sigh.  I really debated whether to even post it but I decided I have participated in the other two challenges so I didn't want skip this one.  The background stamp is by Great Impressions.  The flowers and sentiment are digi stamps by Sassy Studio Designs.  I colored the flowers red, blue and purple for this weeks color challenge.  I then used Glossy Accents over the color to make it look like wet paint.  I really liked how it looked.  

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Embrace Each Moment

Happy Friday! I am so excited to be participating in the FWF blog hop. I have been MIA for a while and I am finally getting my Mojo back. Yay!

Speaking of Mojo I used this week's Mojo sketch to make my card. I also received my very first Ippity set this week Just Wanted to Say. I used the frame from the Ippity kit. The sentiment is from the Bevy of Butterflies kit by Unity. The patterned paper is from the My Mind's Eye Home collection. Love those sparkly papers!





Be sure to go to the Unity Blog to see all the wonderful blogs that are participating in the Friends With Flair blog hop. http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

Oh Alice Sketch Challenge

The second challenge on the Oh, Alice! blog was a sketch challenge. I love sketches!! For this challenge I also decided to try digi stamps for the very first time. (I know, I know.) I found this wonderful FREE digi by Wild Flower Kids that just so happened to be an Alice image! Yay! You can find the image HERE. She was so much fun to color!

Here is the sketch for the challenge:



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thinking of you card

I made this card using the Mojo 124 sketch.



I intended to use this sketch when it was originally posted on the Mojo Monday blog but I didn't get around to it. Actually I have a tendency to print out sketches and not use them right away. Oh well I still liked how this one turned out. I am also entering it to the Moxie Fab challenge.

The stamps are by Unity. The butterfly punch is Martha Stewart. Pearls are by Reflections (I believe they are the Michael's brand). Papers are by Making Memories.

Wonderful You

I created this card for the Tuesday Trigger on the Moxie Fab Blog. The card used for the trigger had a lot of yellow. I tend to shy away from yellow but I am happy with the result. The stamped sentiment is from the October Store Kit of the Month by Unity. I used a Martha Stewart border punch along the bottom of the kraft cardstock. The pearls are by Prima.

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Oh Alice Challenge

I found a new challenge blog called Oh Alice. The challenges are based around Alice in Wonderland. How fun is that? The first challenge was to get inspiration from this awesome make up kit:



I broke out my Shroomies stamp by Queen Kat. The sentiment stamp is by Unity from the November 2009 Kit of the Month.

Here is my take:



I really enjoyed this challenge and I can't wait to see what's in store for the second challenge! Thanks for stopping by!

Love is just a word

In honor of Valentine's day I am posting a love card. I used Sketch 51 from Card Patterns. Super fun sketch! The stamp is Love & Meaning by Unity Stamp Co. The border punch is the Martha Stewart Lace Heart Edger Punch. I used the negative pieces for the little hearts.






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First challenge card of the year

I am trying to get back into the swing of creating so I decided to attempt a challenge. I made this card for the Get Sketchy #22 challenge. Great sketch!

Sketch:



And the card I created:



Sentiment stamp is by Great Impressions. Cupcake stamp is by Studio G. Cardstock is Bazzil and DCWV. Also used Stickles on the cupcake.

I will be posting more of my Mom's book later today. Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo 111 - Owlways in my heart

How about a little Mojo Monday on Sunday. LOL! It feels like I have been unable to create for so long. I was sick with the flu for the last week. I finally felt good enough to venture in my scrap room yesterday and I came up with a card for this week's Mojo Monday challenge.

Here was this week's sketch:



And my take on the sketch:



Isn't that owl just adorable! The owl and sentiment are from the October 2009 Kit of the Month by Unity.

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enjoy IHPBB2

Here is the Day 2 card I made for the challenge for the birthday celebration over at I {heart} papers! The challenge for Day 2 was to use a non traditional fold. When I checked out Design Team member Deb's blog: With a Stamp and a Song she had a link to this tutorial: Spring card tutorials I love the look of this type of card so I decided to try it:



I used some American Crafts paper I had in my stash for the card base. I used Nestabilities Classic Squares for the image square and the pink square. These Nestabilities can be found in the I {heart} paper store here: Nestabilites Classic Squares The cupcake is from the Mix Up of Cuteness set by Unity also found in the I {heart} papers store. I used grape stickles on the frosting and Glossy Accents on the cherry (both also found in the I {heart} papers store).

Birthday Wishes IHPBB1

Here is my first entry for this week's birthday batch over at I {Heart} Papers! The Day 1 challenge was to use the colors from their logo: celery, light blue, rose and black.



I embossed part of the background with a cuttlebug folder. I punched the scallop square and added baby blue stickles to the scallops.(available in the I {heart} papers store here: baby blue stickles ) I added a party hat by American Crafts and bling on the hat. Some ribbon, a flower, another bling gem and the sentiment and done! The sentiment is part of the Love in the Air kit by Unity.

Mojo 107 - Star card

In honor of my birthday today I am posting a birthday card I made for my nephew. I used the Mojo 107 sketch.






Papers are DCWV.
Stamps are Prima Baby Boy collection.