04.26.13 FWF

Ahhh, FWF Friday!

Love seeing everyone's

Unity projects!  Go HERE

for all the Unity details

on this creative hop.

Two cards today.  The first

one is for the Mix-Ability 12

challenge at SCS.  Love that

challenge!

I used FC big Pitt pens &

misted with water for

my background.  Spritzed

some emerald green Smooch on

and then stamped the image

(Happy to be Me Itty Bitty)

with Broken China DI, clear

embossed it and added the

sentiment from the

flip-flop Itty Bitty.

DH celebrated his 51st birthday

on Wednesday so I made this

card for him:

 

He is just starting on a

restoration of a tractor like this.

He loves this picture!

I stuck foil tape to cardstock and

dry embossed it, then covered it

with black paint. When it was dry

I sanded it just a bit.

Sentiment is from Authentic Man.

 

Here is a sneak peek of my

art journal project for next

Friday's Art Journal Blog Hop

organized by Maria Levine

of Ria Creations. 

Have a great weekend!

We are supposed to have 70*

weather!!!!  Yippee!!!



Flower Challenge

Eclectic Paperie has a flower challenge going

on so on the recommendation of Tracy

I'm going to jump in with this card.

I used a TH Tattered Florals die

to cut this flower from plastic 

packaging. I dropped alcohol inks

onto the plastic and then lifted some 

off with an ink tool. I stamped the

script with black StazOn.

Both stamps are from Unity.

04.19.13 FWF

Happy Friday FWF with UNITY!

Check their blog for hop details.
 

My prayers are with all the
people affected by the Boston bombing
and the explosion in Texas.  Life
is so fragile! My complaints don't
seem too significant next to those events!
 

We were without electricity for

almost a week and then lightning

hit something in the area Tuesday

night and our internet went out again!

We have had 2 ice/snow storms in the last

1.5 weeks, no kidding. It looks like

January outside, about 16" of snow

after the ice in these 2 storms!

 

Anyway, I did eek out some

card making time. (Sorry the

pics are so poor.)

This one was for last week's

Mix Ability challenge at SCS.

We were to use scrap negative

die cuts.  The turquoise panel

was from birds I cut on my

Silhouette. I also used 2

Spellbinders dies as masks

before I sprayed the yellow paint.

The stamps are all from the

Sing to the Lord set from Ippity.

 

 

This card was inspired by a

tutorial I saw on alcohol inks.
 

I used the Tattered Florals die

to cut this flower from some plastic
packaging. Dropped various colors
of inks on the plastic and stamped the
She Inspired script with StazOn Ink.
I added a jewel and the outline.  CAS.
The sentiment is from a grab bag I won.

 

 Thanks for stopping by

and have a great weekend!



4.12.13 FWF

Welcome to Unity's 

Friends With Flair Friday!

Short post today, at

Barnes & Noble for some wifi.

We've been without electricity

at home since Tuesday night.

Thankfully we have a generator 

to run things off and on!

Just a couple pics of our front yard 

And back yard.

CAS card for this week.

SCS Mix-Ability challenge 

Last week was to make

Hand cut circle flowers.

I used about 12 coffee filters.

Cut different sized layers

And dipped/colored them with my 

Red Pitt pen.

Random Unity stamps!

Have a great weekend,

Wishing for spring in MN!

04.05.13 FWF

April!!  Even though

it is still pretty cold out here in MN,

the birds are back and it is

great to hear them singing.

No sign of any of my perennials

coming up although the

pansies survived the winter

and are the only green thing

out there so far!

Time for another Unity

FWF Hop! Check out

their BLOG for all the deets!

I've got a couple masculine

cards to share today.

One I made using

Teresa Collins Now & Then,

love these papers!

Stamps are heat embossed and are from

the Ippity set, Authentic Man.  I cut a window

and stamped the car, then framed it with

another diecut.



My second card is for

the Mix-Ability challenge #9 at SCS.

We were to use metal on our card.

I wrapped heavy duty aluminum

foil around corrugated cardboard,

ran it through my Big Shot and then

painted it with thinned, black craft

paint.  I sanded it so some of the

foil shines through and then 

removed the cardboard and sized
the foil for my card.

 I used Distress Inks

to color my card and tag.

The sentiment is from
Nothin' But Blue Skies.

Hope you have a great,

warm, sunny, springy

weekend!  Thanks for

stopping by and be blessed!