Friends with Flair Day!

Happy Friday! Today I am joining the linky party on the Unity blog for their Friends with Flair Day, which is a day to show off your Unity Stamp creations! This card uses the Donna Downey kit called Imagine It, which I won from a Unity Thursday blog hop. I wanted to showcase the stamp images only, because they are large gorgeous images!! I only used sage ink on the tree, and kept everything else black and white. It gives a crisp clean look, with focus only on the stamping. I did use my marker spritzer to spray on a few patches of black alcohol ink from my ProMarker. Thanks so much for stopping by, and enjoy the FWF hop!!

Best Wishes

Hey there! I have a card to share today that I made from the inspiration of the Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration challenge with this photo:
                                                                              
I was inspired by the roses and the pretty pink colors. I started by stamping the rose stamps from the Mama Elephant stamp set called Lovely Mums, randomly onto white card stock. I then used my circle cutter to find a pleasing arrangement. I thought it needed something extra, so I used my glue pen around the edge, and added some pretty glitter. I die cut the white circle, then embossed it with a dot pattern to resemble the pretty beaded purse in the photo. I layered all this onto a stamped card base using the same flower stamp, with Strawberry Slush card stock. The sentiment stamp is from the ME Filigree set, that I stamped in the same color ink, then punched it out. It needed some bling so I added a few rhinestones, then some matching ruffled trim and white twine. I think this card would be perfect for a wedding, or bridal shower. Thanks so much for having a look!

Camera Valentine

Hey there friends! I have a card to share that I made for my challenge blog, where I have a new theme starting Monday which is Valentine's! Click on the Just Punch It badge on my sidebar! I made this card with my Stampin Up punch board! Isn't it fun!! To make this card I cut a piece of card stock 4 1/4" x 11" Scored it at 5 1/2" and folded to make a card base. Put the card base into the punch board with the fold on your left and the 5 1/2" inch side at the top. Punch at the 2 1/2" and 4 3/4" marks. Trim off each end beyond the 'tab' created, and round the corners in the punch board. I used two circle punches for the lens, 2 1/2" and 1 3/8" I stamped the background, added some fun silver glimmer paper, a heart punch, and a rhinestone. The sentiment I made using the Jessie's ABC's from Lawn Fawn. How fun to give to any girl of any age?! I've made 3 of these so far!! Even one for my husband, in manly colors of course! :) Thanks for having a look!

Steamin' Hot!

Isn't that sentiment fun?! Hello, and happy Friday! Today I have a card to share that I made for The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge. Here is the inspirational photo:

I was inspired by the colors, cups, and the stripes! The image I used is a free digi stamp from The Alley Way Stamps, and it's matching sentiment. I colored the mug in with my Spectrum markers, then added some glossy accents to the steam and heart. I added some stitching, and twine(which I love to use!), and added an embossed striped panel, and striped patterned paper. You can check the link out above if you would like to be inspired! :) Thank you for stopping in today!

More Valentines

I have some more Valentine cards to share that I have been making. The first one I made, and submitted to CARDS magazine, but wasn't picked up. It has lots of stitching, die cuts and pretty patterned papers. The sentiment is from a Mama Elephant stamp set.

This one is very CAS. I decided to use some supplies that have lying around for a long time! The chipboard letters were covered with 2 coats of Picket Fence Distress Stain, then I covered them with the Pearl mixatives that I bought to go with the Alcohol ink(that I never use!). The sentiment and the hearts down the one side are from a Paper Smooches set. Here is a close up of the pearly letters, I really like how they look!

And this last one I made for Holly's online class challenge. All Stampin Up supplies.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a look at what I've been up to!

Winter Sparkle

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted! So much for getting more projects blogged! lol Here is a card I made for my Stampin Up Demo, Holly's, online class. All products are from Stampin Up. The two colors of blue and a bit of sparkle from the silver really makes a perfect winter card! You can check her info page about her online class here. It just started Monday, and runs for two weeks! I will be back Thursday to post some more projects! Been working on some Jillibean Soup projects for their Design Team call, but I can't share them yet!! Thank you for stopping by!

Little Birdie

Hey there! Today I am sharing a card I made with an older My Sentiments Exactly stamp set called Little Birdie. My Sentiments Exactly Ltd. is relaunching their company, so in celebration, I made this card! Way back before I had a blog, I followed along with Adrienne Kennedy creating videos every week on her 'Watch Me Wednesday' posts. She still has them posted, and you can find them here. I learned a lot from watching her videos! She would always use a lot of Basic Grey products, so I incorporated a little in this card. The paper the birdie is stamped on is my much hoarded Basic Grey Manila 6x6 pad! The other two patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye. I added a rhinestone to his eye, and a few on the bottom of the card. I would like to enter this to The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog where the theme is Bling It On! Thank you for stopping by!