Linking up with Flashback Friday's

22.0-First project using a die cut.

September 19, 2010 was the date

of my post with this card.  I had just

purchased my Silhouette and cut out

this frame and duck to use for

a sketch challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed weekend!

03.23.12 FWF

Welcome to FWF... my usual

Friday post!  Love to see all the

creativity with Unity Stamp Co. stamps.

To join in the fun or find the

Linky list of everyone playing along

go to the UNITY BLOG.

I'm sharing a card I made for the

KOTM sketch challenge.  There is

still time to join in before April 1st!

Stamps are from 2 KsOTM:

 All Smiles & To the Moon & Back.

I embossed Dusty Concord DI

but it looks almost black.

The edge cut is part of a

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Romantic Rectangles die.

Also want to share a card I

made for the Unity challenge 

Doors & Windows,

 based on Angie's tutorial from Thursday.

Cut out window with Romantic Rectangles

 and embossed that layer.

Used another Rectangle to emboss

a frame within the frame.

Stamps are ippity's What Matter Most

& the Direction of Happy itty bitty.

Thanks for stopping by &

have a blessed weekend!

Winner of CBD Blog Hop

Francis Ames was chosen as

the winner of the

Crafting By Designs blog hop

that I participated in last week.

Congratz Francis!!

Anyone is welcome to

join us over at

Crafting By Designs.

Weekly challenges

and fun gals to chat with!

HAPPY SPRING!

Be Still & Know

Made a card today using the

techniques Angie Blom demonstrated

in THIS tutorial.  Totally worth

watching!!  Never thought of

using a die to only emboss a frame

instead of cutting all the way through.

Can you see it...just around the

sentiment/butterflies?

MS Sweet Pea paper

Stamps are ippity's

What Matters Most &

Unity/itty bitty Direction of Happy

Spellbinders M-Bossability folder

& Romantic Rectangles dies

Vintage Photo DI

This is for

 WORD ART WEDNESDAY #19

Unity's March Challenge: Doors & Windows

Scripture Thursdays #20

Crafting By Designs Blog Hop & FWF

Thanks for stopping by

for the Crafting By Designs

Wings & Blooms Blog Hop!!

This is also my Unity 
Friends With Flair post for this week.
(You can find the list of everyone
playing along with FWF at
the Unity BLOG HERE.)

If you came here from Deb's
Paper Arts & Other Crafty Things,
you are in the right place! 

If you didn't come from there
and want to start from the beginning,
go to Doris' blog, Moms Been Scrappin',
or Crafting By Designs.


If you want to join in the Hop,
sign up at Crafting By Designs
and add your project.


Be sure to leave a comment here 
(PLEASE leave your email).
by 11:59 EDT, March 19 so
you get entered into the drawing
for a prize package.

For my card today, I used this

sketch borrowed from MOJO Monday

and used for a CBD March challenge.

The papers, tag and rick-rack sticker

 are all from Echo Park's Little Girl line.

The sentiment is from Unity's All Smiles set

stamped with Dusty Concord DI.

The chipboard bird is from Scenic Route. 

I covered it with Picket Fence Distress Stain

and misted it with Stream Color Wash.

The jewel is from the Paper Studio.

Twine is Honeydew from the Twinery.

Here is a tag I made for another

challenge at CBD, Tag, Your It.

Unity Bevy of Butterflies stamps 

Paper Trunk Rockabilly dp

Thanks for stopping by and

the next stop on the CBD Hop 

is Teresa's blog,

Crafts, Friends & Angels!! 

(Don't forget to leave a comment

with your email address.)

Word Art Wednesday

I had this printed out from a

former Word Art Wednesday

challenge so thought I'd make

a card using this sketch challenge

from Crafting By Designs.

I'm also linking this to

Word Art Wednesday #18 linky
and Little Birdie Blessings #19.

Thanks for stopping by and

have a blessed day!

03.09.12 FWF & CPS-#255

Welcome to Unity's
FWF Friday...you can
check out the linky list of
everyone playing along HERE.
Join in the fun with your
Unity stamps!

We have a friend graduating

from Navy Bootcamp today.

I used CPS Sketch #255 for

his card:

The sentiment is from

To the Moon & Back

I use this set a LOT!

Papers are s.e.i. & Graphic 45.

burlap and shoestring.

Spellbinders banner die

Memento rich cocoa ink

I also made a card for the

Getting Ready for Christmas challenge

at Crafting By Designs. 

 {ippity}'s Warm Wishes

Spellbinders Moroccan  Motifs

Thanks for stopping by today,

enjoy the rest of the Hop and

have a great spring-y weekend!

A Personal Goal Achieved!

Back in 2010 I was part

of Patter Cross's group

doing a Scripture Challenge.

I opted to make 4 x 6 cards

and put them into a small

photo album. For some reason

I "got stuck" with only 4 pages

to go.  Well, today I finally

finished #25 & #26, the last two!!

WORTH

(paper is b & w)

The sketch is from Chick Challenges #20.

The frame around the verse is from

{ippity}'s Season of Joy

REPRESENT

It feels great to have finished

this complete challenge!!

Odd as it may seem, this album will
 reside in the women's bathroom at our church! 
We have a counter with some lotion,
 decorations, etc. and it will join a
6 x 6 album I did earlier
on the names of God.

Stampin' Sisters in Christ #129

A snowy Sunday afternoon...

time to spend in my studio!

Makes me happy!

The Stampin' Sisters in Christ

challenge for this week is

called Things with Wings so I used

my fav{ippity} set, Sing a New Song.

The ticket is from {ippity}'s Here & Now.

Sponged the bird and ticket

with DIs, Peeled Paint & Tattered Rose.

BG paper is digi collage art by

Lisa's Altered Art printed onto

kraft cardstock.

Go check out her creations,

lots and lots of vintage goodies!

Flashback Friday 21.0

The Flashback Friday Challenge
for this week is to find your
first paper-piecing project.

I had to go back to May 6, 2009.

Isn't it funny how you have those

stamps and forget about them until

you go looking?! You can see the original

post on SCS HERE.

Hopefully my picture-taking skills

have evolved along with the

card-making!! That MS punch

is still functional but I rarely

use eyelets anymore.

Thanks for stopping by!

03.02.12 FWF

Welcome to a March

Friends With Flair!  Unity's FWF

makes Friday a treat, don't you agree?

Check out the linky list of everyone

playing along HERE.

Great creativity and great prizes!

This card is for

Moxie Fab World's

Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge

and is also entered into

Little Birdie Blessings

Scripture Thursday Linky Party #18.

The verse is from FAITH set.

DP is Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman

Archival Cobalt ink, Paper Studio trim

Spellbinders Labels 13 & Moroccan Motifs dies

This second card was intended 

for the sketch challenge

but then realized I used stamps from

Bevy of Butterflies instead of a KOM!

The cardfront is embossed with a

new M-Bossabilities folder I

won from Spellbinders.

Tattered Rose & Vintage Photo DIs.

Pearls are Paper Studio.

And this is the card

 that actually went into the

Feb. KOM Sketch Challenge.

Stamps are from Delightful Moments

& Perfect in Every Way KsOM.

Worn Lipstick & Vintage Photo DIs

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die.

Cosmo Cricket Clementine dp.

Happy March!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Moxie Fab Cure for the Winter Blues

Moxie Fab has a current challenge

to use navy blue on a project.  I

found this old pattern tissue paper

and realized it was printed in blue

so decided to ModPodge it onto

a cardfront.  I stamped some

sewing notions along with

the machine.  Stamps from Unity's

Material Girl set.

You are sew sweet for stopping by!