11.15.13 FWF

Here it is, another FWF Friday
 and another week closer to the

Holidays!  Click over to the
UNITY BLOG for all of today's
Hop details.

 I've been making some

Christmas cards, this one inspired 

By Julie Ebersole at the CLASSroom.

I used Distress Markers on my stamp,

misted it before stamping on watercolor

paper. Love this effect!

Stamps are from 

Bright & Merry Winter Wishes.

Here are the next pages in my

Art Journal.  I used Seedless Preserves

Distress Paint on the misted pages and then 

lots of Unity stamps and a silicone potholder 

for the honeycomb stamping. 

 

I did some tone on tone using Dusty Concord

and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks and 

used Moonlight White archival ink, too. I put

Vintage Photo around the edges.

I stamped Andie Girl on several different

patterned papers from BG Kioshi 6 x 6 pad

and did lots of fussy cutting. 

(Hair & face are not from that pad.)

Once all the pieces were adhered with 

Liquitex matte gel, I shaded them

with my FC big brush artist pens.

Happy, happy, happy!

Next I painted the chipboard letters

with Antique Linen DP. I glued them down

with Glossy Accents and also added

 the other letters, twine bow,

veneer heart and jewels. To finish off the 

letters, I added some highlights with my white 

gel pen and some shading with my brown

FC big brush pen.

 

It's been a good week!  Hope

your weekend is even better!

Thanks for stopping in.

 

Unity stamps used in journal:

Andie Girl, SHE Script, Roots & Wings

Ippity:

What Matters Most, Sing a New Song,

LOL:

Ever Changing, Paper Hearts

& Measure of Life

06.14.13 FWF

Happy Friday!

Time for some Unity fun!

Check out the Unity BLOG

for all the fun hop details.

This card is for my DH
for Father's Day:

 I used the Layers of Life 

hearts stamp on this one.

All the papers & stickers are 

from the For The Record Collection.

Another LOL stamp on the background 

of this card for my fil.

 

This card is for our DS and DDIL's
8th anniversary

I heat embossed the Chicken Wire
stamp and then swiped the watercolor
paper through misted Broken China DI,
adding some spots after the first layer dried.

I used a Layer of Life stamp and one
from to the Moon & Back KOM.
Got the idea to add these little hearts
from Kristina Werner, just a touch of
red really pops!  I finished it off
with washi tape and twine.

Have a great weekend!
We will, DDIL & grandkids
arrive today, DD1 arrives
Sunday night. Crazy summer
full of family coming and going!
It's all good! :)

05.31.13 FWF

Several projects to link up to

Unity's FWF today.  I've had time

to PLAY in my studio since we've

had lots of rain this past week.

So, so thankful after 2 really

dry years here!

Here is my latest art journal

page for the Bible Verse

Challenge at SCS.  You can see

some of the process on my

earlier post HERE.

I love to use Unity stamps on my

mixed media backgrounds

Next up is the card I made for dgs's

3rd birthday. Stamps are from

It's Your Day set & I used the May/June sketch
From the Unity challenge.

Papers are all from Echo Park's Little Boy collection.

This card uses a grab bag butterfly

and the SHE Script stamp (I love it!).

I cut the flower from a paint chip left over

from a project I did at church. 

 Love how they hold their shape!

I cased this from Kristina Werner's

blog, check it out HERE. She showed how

to do a partial embossing technique.  I had

these elements laying on my table for awhile,

added a few pearls & the vintage buttons.

Have a great weekend!!

05.24.13 FWF & CBD Challenge

Welcome to FWF Friday!
Check out the hop details on
the Unity blog! Can you believe
it is Memorial Day weekend?!
DH & I have been crazy busy
getting the crop in, hope to be
done by tonight.

Here is a card I made for the
Mix-Ability challenge #16 at
SCS called Glitter Under Glass.
I used Stickles and then a coat
of Glossy Accents on the hearts.

 Our dgd has a teddy bear

named Pookie. Love this

Phyllis Harris stamp!

And here is my take on

the current Unity sketch.

I had made a similar card last

week and need another grad card.

 

If you remember, I had tried

something called Bokeh Effect

but forgot to sponge the

background.  So this week,

I think I got it right!

 

 

Also linking this up to the

Anything Goes Grad Challenge

at Crafting By Designs.

Thanks for stopping by

and have a great holiday weekend!

Art Journaling Fun!!

Here is a walk through

 of how I made my

art journal pages.

 

I started out with this

red, net potato bag. I

Mod Podge'd it to my page

and then added molding paste

around the edges.

 

 

I painted over it

all with gesso.

 

 

Next I scraped Calypso Blue craft paint over

it with an old gift card and then added

 torn pattern pieces with more MP.

 

I misted some thinned craft paint onto

 my pages, green, pink & off white.

 

 

Added some Vintage Photo DI

 

 

and some black StazOn & Broken

China DI around the edges.

 

Then I stamped using Unity

stamps with black StazOn.

Throughout All Generations,

Our House Itty Bitty, Chicken Wire,

Brave Girl Boots, Roots & Wings.

Ippity Because of You,

We R Family.

 

White craft paint went on with bubble wrap.

I used  Cosmo Cricket Material Girl &

Bella Blvd Lovey Dovey papers

for my embellishments.

 

The tag on the left-hand page

was coffee dyed and pulled through

misted Broken China DI, the one on the right

was colored with misted FC Pitt pen and

Broken China DI. I used Vintage Photo to

distress everything & black Pitt pen to edge things.

I did a little outlining & doodling with a Sharpie.

 

1981 is the year DH  & I

got married so I put that on

the EST. banner.  The pink

heart was cut from old book paper,

painted with my craft paint spray

and then stamped and DI'd.

 

Thanks for looking!



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!

FWF & Julie's Blogoversary Hop

Today is a double fun day...
WELCOME to Unity's FWF &
 to Julie's Hop,
"Celebrating Friendship"!

We've become
fast friends through this great
online community of Unity
cardmakers! I was tickled pink when
she asked if I would help her
celebrate her blogoversary!!
Love her Phyllis Harris creations
with Golden Retrievers & her heart
of gold towards her care center
clients.  She even keeps
encouraging DH & I since FIL
fell and broke his hip a month ago!
Now THAT'S a friendship
worth celebrating!!

 Be sure to leave
comments as Unity has 2 prizes
to give away and Julie is also doing
random drawings for prizes!!
I've posted a bunch of pictures
to do this double day justice
so off you go to scroll through them!

A Day For Daisies image, Itty Bitty

Balloons to You sentiment,

Copics, DCWV cs

Bugaboo image, Rockin' it Unity Style KOTM sentiment,

 Copics, Cryogen white cs

Here is a project I cut

on my Silhouette for my

4 year old niece's birthday.

I didn't tape the sides as I had

to mail it flat.  I put the greeting on

the inside and her mom can remove

the liner from the adhesive and

stick it together for her.

(Forgot to take the pic before

I signed the card!)

Prima flowers, Itty Bitty Balloons to You,

Paper Studio paper & brad,

Studio g glitter glue & Ranger Stickles.

Can you stand one more
Silhouette project?

I made their sister one earlier so now

they each have one. 3-8 x 10 canvases

Cut the vinyl, stick it down, spray paint, peel it off!

And here is that card for the
Unity sketch challenge I promised
2 weeks ago and totally forgot
 to use last week!  

Maggie Girl sentiment, Enjoy this Day Itty Bitty
& Direction of Happy Itty Bitty

Now you can go to Unity's BLOG
for more inspiration
OR....
you can hop on to Maria's
RIA CREATIONS to continue
on Julie's Blogoversary Hop!!
If you want to start at the
beginning of Julie's Hop go
to her blog here:
MUDDY PAWS & INKY FINGERS

Thanks for stopping by!!

02.22.13 FWF

Good Friday morning!

A snowy day here, everything

looks so pretty and white again

after some months of the grungy,

thawed landscape.

Here are a few projects I

made for SCS's LOVEFEST

which goes from Feb. 14-24.

I got started kind of late so

I don't know if I'll get all 11

challenges done but I'll give

it a whirl!

The first challenge is the

L.O.V.E. challenge.  I chose

the following ingredients:

L is for letterpress

O is for oval

V is for vintage/velvet

E is for edge treatment

Just got the ornament and holly stamps

in the grab bag winnings this week.

Sentiment is now an Itty Bitty, I believe.

The 2nd challenge is a sketch.

LOVE this Happy To Be Me Itty Bitty

 silhouette stamp, HAD to have

it as soon as I saw it! Sentiment from

To the Moon & Back

The 3rd challenge is to make

a card with lots of bling.

I had this sequin fabric in my

stash so thought I'd use it

to add some sparkle.

This is for a dear friend who

will be 90 in April!

Cake is from Happy Everything,

sentiments from fabulous girl Itty Bitty

The 4th challenge is from Scor-Pal to

make a folded card.  I made this

Double Pocket Criss Cross card.

A little Unity on the back of each tag.

This one uses the Itty Bitty

Love is the Tie:

There you go, I'll show you more

of the challenges next week.

Be sure to join in the fun over there

Hop over to Unity's BLOG to

find the details for today's hop

and the links to many wonderful

projects!!

FWF...February 1st

Welcome to the first

February Friends with Flair!

You can check out Unity's

BLOG to find the link to

tons of inspiration.  Gotta love

FWF Fridays!!

DH and I were driving

across the western part of the country.
Flew into Nevada, bought a pickup in
Arizona, saw the kids and
grandkids. California, back to Nevada,
Utah, Wyoming, SD.

Had a GREAT trip, GREAT time

together.  We got back to MN

Tuesday evening, just in time to

fall into the deep freeze.

Made this 4 x 6 card to send back to
the grandkids, it says
miss you already on the inside.

Wanted to try out this
cool chalkboard technique!

Its also time to be making
some valentines for DD's

2nd Annual Valentine Factory. 
(Click the badge on my sidebar or go

look for The Valentine Factory

on Facebook if you want to
get in on giving valentines
to people who might not get one.)

I had fun with this Itty Bitty
and my Copics:

And using Copics on kraft:

Thanks for stopping by,

have a blessed weekend!

01.04.13 FWF

Welcome to the first Unity 2013 FWF Hop!

Check out their BLOG to see the

list of everyone playing along today.
Here's wishing you all a happy

and wonderful New Year!!

Here is the third canvas
I promised 2 weeks ago. 

(I forgot to link up
last Friday, was getting my nails
done for my sister's wedding which
was on the 29th.  It was beautiful...
I'll share pics next week!)
This canvas is for dd2

and is a 12 x 12.

Papers from The Paper Studio and MME.

I used stamped tissue paper in the middle.

Added paint, a layer of thinned gesso.

StazOn ink & Unity Dream Big & Life Documented banners,

both are Itty Bittys. Also used a Unity background

scallops stamp and the dots from a snowflake stamp

from the Bright & Merry Winter Wishes set.

Link to original inspiration HERE.

Link to Gabrielle's post/template for girl HERE.

Link to other canvases HERE.

I'm also linking this to the

Altered Canvas Challenge at

the Eclectic Paperie Blog.

Have a great weekend!!

12.21.12 FWF

Welcome to Unity's

Friends With Flair Hop!

And Merry Christmas to you all,

may the love of God be very

real to you this season of

celebrating the birth of Jesus!

Correction! 
 The first canvas I saw was found
on Word Art Wednesday and is
seen on Tracey's blog HERE.

I was so inspired by a post

I saw on Studio JRU's In The Studio 

earlier this year (can't find it back :( )

that I just had to make

some 11 x 14 canvases of my own

 to give to dd1 & ddil!

Check out the tutorial for how

to make your own HERE.

(This link is where the person who posted on

Word Art Wednesday got her inspiration.)

She provides a free template

for the girl.

Here is my first try and

is for dd1

Lots of Unity: Dream Big & Key to My Heart Itty Bittys,

Dots for sure from Ippity,

the stamps around the edges are all Unity except the Xs.

Paper is October Afternoon's Farmhouse collection.

The second canvas is for ddil:

Stamps include Chicken Wire, flowers from Angie Girl,

the Dream Big butterflies (LOVE these!!), and the

Itty Bitty Life Documented banner.

The papers are Glitz French Kiss and The Paper Studio.

There is also tissue paper and burlap on this one.

Next week I'll share dd2's 12 x 12

that is almost finished....hey,

I have a couple days yet!

Have a wonderful, blessed

weekend and Christmas!

12.14.12 FWF

Welcome to the Unity

Friends With Flair Hop!

Check out Unity's BLOG for all

the details.  I hear there is a sale

going on over there!

Super simple card for my bil, the

sentiment is from an Itty Bitty.

Graphic 45 papers

And I made about 20 "card kits"

 for the kids at church to assemble.

LOTS of Unity stamps!

Thanks for stopping by &

have a lovely weekend!!

12.07.12 FWF

Welcome to my usual Friday post,

Unity's Friends With Flair!

You can access the list of everyone

playing along HERE.

I am sharing the cover

of my Gratitude Journal.

As you can see, I used lots

of Unity stamps. The words on the front 
are printed onto tissue paper &
applied with ModPodge.

ColorWash, paint, chalk ink, Copics, DIs,

rub ons, gesso & dyed molding paste. 

Here are some of the tags I made
for our church's craft sale.

And a card to send you out with,
now I just have to get my cards
in the mail!

Thanks for stopping by &

have a blessed weekend!

10.19.12 FWF

Good early morning!  I'm in

a different time zone tonight,

flying home in the morning.

Thought I'd post this now for the

Unity Friends with Flair hop.

Lots of Unity goodness to be

seen HERE.

Another Christmas card to

share with you guys.

Had to get implement parts for DH last week

and this tag was attached to them.

I used the Jesus Is the Reason stamp

and the "love" background from an Ippity set.

The pp is from Simple Stories, of course!

(The tree stamp is from a different company,

GASP!  I heat embossed it and then

used a VersaMark marker to add the

white ep "snow".)

Have a blessed weekend!

09.21.12 FWF

Friday's are my favorite!

I love seeing all the inspiration,

Unity is just one big, happy family!

You can check it out for

yourself over at the

Unity blog HERE.

I made this card for the monthly

Unity Challenge which is to use

a banner or pennants.

I found a couple kitchen items lately that work great for card

making.  I bought an oven liner for about $5 to use as a craft sheet.

I had paint on it yesterday and it didn't soak through, so that's cool.

I also spotted this silicone hotpad with a honeycomb pattern at

WalMart the other day.  I put VersaMark on it and pressed

the card onto it. Love how it turned out.

Paper is Simple Stories
Two Unity stamps:
Jesus is the Reason
All Seasons

My second card uses
stuff I've had laying on my
table for awhile. 

Distressed Dots

Simple Blessings

Orchard Harvest

Crackle Paint on a packaging thing

that looked like a huge button to me.

Scalloped circle cut from coffee cuff.

Have a blessed weekend!!

08.31.12 FWF

It's Friday again, YAY!!

Time for Unity's Friends with Flair!

Check out the details HERE.

Inspiration, prizes...what

more could you ask for?

My card was made for

the current Recycle/Repurpose

Challenge at

Crafting By Design.

I used alcohol inks on some plastic from a little tub of

chocolate-covered raisins.  I stamped this gorgeous

Unity leaf on with StazOn ink and cut it out by hand.

Anyone know which set it is from?

The die cut is from a coffee cuff and

the button was an extra that came

with some shorts I bought awhile back.

I'm off and running, got inspired to paint

 my front door from THIS post by Melissa.

Don't forget to comment on every

post till Sept. 8th for a better chance

at my birthday celebration goodies!

See ya' later!

08.10.12 FWF & WAW

I tried to post last week

while sitting in an airport.

Both my flights were cancelled so

I thought I would post from my phone.

I think I would have figured it out eventually

but never did get the post finished!

For all the Unity Friends With Flair

details, check out the UNITY BLOG.

I've been working on some Christmas

cards for the monthly challenge

at Crafting By Designs. 
Since this stamp has a verse from
Luke 2:14 on it, I am also linking this
up to Word Art Wednesday.

Angel stamp is GLORIOUS

Papers are BG Wassail

Love my Unity Christmas stamps!

Thanks for stopping by,

have a blessed weekend!