Friends With Flair

(CPS card is second card in this post.)

Great to have you stopping by on this Friday when we celebrate Unity...don't you just love seeing what everyone makes every week?!! For the whole list of those playing along today check out Unity's blog. You also have to remember to watch for the blinkie so that you can have a chance at those 25 Unity stamps!!
I used Unity Addict's Challenge #15 for my card this week. I also happened to need a guy birthday card for a party tonight. I wanted to use the candle stamp so when I decided to use Orange Peel Stickles on the flames I knew what my "pop" color would be.

Stuff I used:
Paper Studio cs, Paper Trunk & K & Co. pp, Memories black ink and Ranger butterscotch ink, Unity's It's Your Day and Sentiments O'Simple stamps, EK Adornaments cord and the Stickles.

This card is inspired by the botanicals post over at Moxie Fab World yesterday. I also used CPS sketch #181.
I was eager to break out my new stamps from Unity's August store kit and I used Oct. '09 KOTM, too.

Inks: SU Really Rust, ColorBox olive pastel, Palette burnt umber. the Paper Studio Black & Cream Script and the handmade paper I picked up awhile back was perfect for the botanical "feel" I was going for.

Hope you have a great weekend...

August will soon be gone and

we'll be on to September....

my very favorite month!!
Gwen

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FWF Birthday Card & Stamping on Plastic

August 20!! Can you believe it is already August 20?? Time for another trip through Unity's Blog list of everyone playing along. And keep watching for the blinkie...you'll want to leave a comment when you find it for a chance at 25 Unity stamps!
This card was made for my dear, dear mil's birthday this week. God bless her, she is a wonderful woman!

Card ingredients:
DCWV & Wausau Crinkles cs; the Paper Studio Pressed Flowers on Script
{ippity} Fall For You, Unity Bevy of Butterflies & April '10 KOTM
Palette burnt umber, Ranger butterscotch, ColorBox olive pastel & violet inks
DMC floss, yellow paper, buttons, braid, & tulle from stash

My second card is for the Unity Addicts Challenge to stamp on anything but paper. I used a piece of plastic to emboss the butterfly on. The paper is from Paper Trunk's Rockabilly line...love the texture of this paper!

Martha Stewart cs, Offray ribbon, cord from WalMart, April '10 KOTM sentiment, Unity ink, yellow paper & vintage button from stash.

Have a great weekend and now you are off to see the rest of the fun everyone is sharing today!!

Scripture Challenge on Forgive

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness". I John 1:9
This is my 4 x 6 on the verse I chose to focus on the word forgive that Patter gave us to study:
I heat embossed the frame; the houndstooth butterfly is also heat embossed onto thick plastic (Unity Addict's Challenge #14) and layered over another one stamped onto pink. The sketch is a rough take on Unity's sketch challenge #20. After doing these two challenges I realized I shouldn't be using them in conjunction with the Scripture challenge so I didn't enter this into either one of them. Thought it would be fun to share here anyway.
I have about 4 more word studies to catch up on so will be working on them soon.

Ellie's Dino Cake

Ellie is 4, she loves to look at cookbooks with pictures! This week she has been looking through my old cake decorating books and since she is in a dinosaur stage, she fell in love with the dino cake in this Wilton book. What is a gramma to do but have a cake decorating party. I should have taken pictures of her adding the powdered sugar, etc. But I didn't so you just get this process:

The cake was baked in my Pampered Chef glass measuring bowl. Put a glass in the middle, it bakes faster.

The head, tail and legs are just big piles of frosting!!!

She LOVED it!!

Back to Share with FWFlair!!

Just decided at the very last minute to share this card with all you FWF peeps!! I originally made this card for the Etsy-Inspired Celebration. I've had a super busy summer and haved MISSED this weekly FWF ritual! Check out UNITY'S BLOG for the entire list of Friend's With Flair....and I hope you already spotted the blinkie 'cause you only have one more stop on the hop!
I haven't done an EIC for a long time but since they are celebrating over THERE, I thought I'd join in the fun. And the BasicGrey Challenges for week 26 is to use pearls. (BG Challenges are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!)

My ddil celebrated her birthday on the 12th, they are visiting from AZ. SO good to have them here...loving the time with the 3 grandkiddos! Today we made cards for "Mom"...future Unity stampers?? (Gramma didn't have the hair done yet, card making comes first!)
The inspiration for the Etsy-Inspired celebration comes from Cathy Walters Etsy shop. Check it out HERE. I chose this piece:

And here is my 5 x 5 card:

And I can't resist sharing a picture of 2 month old Caleb, grandbaby #3:

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look at my Unity creation. Hope you enjoyed all the creativity along the way and have a great weekend!!
Info for my card:
I cut out the heart and put the papers behind the brown polka dots.
BG Kioshi, Martha Stewart Water Green cs, the Paper Studio Vintage Music
Unity Its Your Day & Bevy of Butterflies
{ippity} Fall For You
Palette burnt umber ink
the Paper Studio pearls
eyelet, twill, cord & ribbon from stash
Machine stitching

A CPS sketch card

I've been super busy with company and traveling and this is the first card I've made in about a month!! Wow, do I miss spending time in my craftroom! My dd celebrates her birthday next Saturday and I need to get this in the mail.

I started with the CPS sketch #178 but you can hardly recognize it! (Not sure why this picture is so small....sorry!)
Paper is BG Kioshi, ink is Palette burnt umber, stamps are Unity's Sentiments O'Simple & Bevy of Butterflies, {ippity}'s Because of You. Stash ribbon.