Raising the Bar With Unity

It's finally Friday.....Who's ready for the weekend???

I know I am!!!

This bow was almost the death of me.....I could not get

it tied to suit me AT ALL!!!

Have I mentioned how much I love to combine my

Raise the Bar card

with

Unity's Friends with Flair

they are so perfect together!

The Raise the Bar challenge this week is a color challenge....

orange, purple, black

You probably already know the drill for Unity....

Head over to the BLOG and look

for the entire list of participants for this week.

Someone will have the blinkie hid, find it, comment

and you could win some rubber!!

Card details:

Stamps: Totally Happy - Ippity, Sept kotm - Unity

Paper: kraft, pumpkin pie, white, unknown dp

Ink: versafine black and pumpkin pie

Misc: ribbon, nesties, rhinestones, dimensionals,

stick pin, swarovski beads

What if Wednesday

Time for another

What if Wednesday over at

Repeat Impressions.....and how about it,

I actually have a card to share!!

Remember to play along....someone always wins a $25 gift certificate!!!

How cool is that?

Of course you'll want to check out all of the

Rock Stars awesome creations:

Ayana  - Dana - Darsie - Harriet  - Joy - Lynette - Makiko - Robin - Michele

I've gradually been working on some Christmas cards...

hoping I'll soon have some time to sit down and

do a little mass producing.

Here's my penguin card:

Card details:

Stamps: Repeat Impression Penguin

Paper: Real Red, Black White

Ink: Memento and Versafine black

Misc: Nesties, copics, bakers twine, rhinestones,

and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Mercy's Sketch and a Color Challenge

Hello people!  Short and sweet post for tonight

Tonights card is for

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

and

Color Challenge on SCS

I was trying to figure out how in the world I was going

to get that Grape color on here.....its the brads!!

Details:

Stamps: PTI Wreath for All Seasons

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, White, Jolly Holidays dp

Ink: Soft Suede, Pure Poppy

Misc: bakers twine, brads, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in.....see you in the morning

for WIW with Repeat Impressions

Challenge Cards

I've had some stamping time today......

and I couldn't be happier!!

Here are this evenings creations:

This first card is for the following challenges:

Fall to Layout 112

Allsorts (pearls, stickles, ribbon)

(I chose the far right row, hope the twine counts as ribbon)
Crazy 4 Challenges

Our Creative Corner

Details:

Stamps: Unity September kotm

Paper: Kraft, More Mustard, White

Ink: Memento black

Misc: scor pal, twine, copics, stickles, pearls, corner rounder

This next card is for the Free For All Challenge over at SCS.

Details:

Stamps: Unity Oh Joy Itty Bitty

Paper: Kraft

Ink: Soft Suede

Misc: pearl, twine

Next:

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge

Details:

Stamps: Unity July and September kotm,

Rubbernecker Grid b/g, and Just For Fun Watermark Stamp

Paper: Kraft

Ink: Soft Suede, River Rock, Vintage Cream, Riding Hood Red

Misc: Ribbon from PTI, pearls, distresser

Lastly...

No challenge for this one, except I challenged myself to try and

capture a beautiful sunrise/sunset with my aquapainter and some ink pads....

I'm happy with it.

Details:

Stamps: KK Originals from Rubbernecker - birch forest,

SU Whimsical Words

Paper: PTI White, Soft Suede, WC paper

Ink: Memento black, Versafine black

Misc: piercer, aquapainter, su inks

ok, so I could totally stamp all night now!!!

Thanks for popping in!

Gone Forever.....

Thats how I feel....like I've been gone forever!

It was a busy weekend, and a busy week so far....

but I'm back.

I'm back with a bookmark, and its for

Friends with Flair at Unity

you'll want to stop over at the blog and get the
entire list of participants.....find the blinkie,
and you could win 25 random Unity stamps!
Good Luck!

and

Raise the Bar

the challenge this week is to make a "hobby" project
I love to read, so it seemed fitting to make a bookmark!

Be sure to check out what the other Bartenders have done this week -

Joni  Carla  Erika  Thanh  Anita

Details:
Stamps: Books a Flutter - Ippity
Paper: PTI White, choc chip
Ink: Memento black
Misc: ribbon, copics, nesties

Thanks for stopping by today. 



Raising the Bra!!

This week is Raise the Bra over at

Raise the Bar!

(cool huh)

This week its all about girls, and boobies,

and frilly things, all things girly, and pink stuff!

come play along with us!

You want to head on over to the

BLOG

and see what everyone else has come up with!

Card details:

Stamps: Think Pink digi from MFT

Paper: Baja Breeze, white,SU dp

Ink: black

Misc: ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, nesties, copics,

EK Success border punch

(I printed the sentiment on the printer)

Thanks for stopping in today.

I'll be back later today or tomorrow with my

What if Wednesday card.....but since I flaked on Wednesday....

I'm gonna make it up to Wendy on Friday or Saturday!

*smile*

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Stamp of the Week

Todays stamp of the week over at

Repeat Impressions

is Candy Corn 2306-D

You can also pop over to the blog and check out the

sketch challenge from last week.

Someone always wins a $25 gift certificate!!!

be sure to stop by the rock stars blogs today:

Dana -  Harriet - Makiko - Robin

What a cute little stamp to make your

upcoming Halloween cards!

Here is my card, I kept it very CAS!

Card Details:

Stamps: Candy Corn 2306-D and Trick or Treat 2302-G

Paper: PTI White

Ink: Versafine black

Misc: copics, ric rac ribbon

As always...thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Card Pattern and Color Throwdown

Unfortunately.....I was in need of a sympathy card.

I just don't like making these....it means that someone has

lost a loved one....so I tend to make these as I need them,

and not stock up!

I used the

Card Patterns Sketch



and the

Color Throwdown Colors

when I combined the two....

this is what I came up with:

Card details:

Stamps: Branch Out - SU, Fillable Frames #2 and 8 - PTI

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, White

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Misc: PTI Fillable Frames #8 die, buttons, jute twine, ribbon,

scor pal, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by my blog today....

I'll be back bright and early with a Repeat Impressions card!

Raising the Bar with Unity

First of all....big - huge - ginormous shout out to
my baby sister!!!
Happy Birthday Heather!!!!
I love you!

I'm just loving how I can combine

my Raise the Bar card with FWF on Friday!

How cool is that???

The challenge over at Raise the Bar this week

is

Fall

At least 2 ribbons

Lots of

Leaves

Does that NOT sound like fun????

Head on over and play....you could win a fantastic

badge for your blog....go on....I know you wanna be a

Bartender!!!!

Be sure to check out what the other Bartenders have done this week -

Joni  Carla  Erika  Thanh  Anita

....and of course you probably know all about

FWF over at Unity!

Doesn't everyone know about them?

That company totally amazes me....they took

a dream and turned into reality!

Very very inspiring!!!

If you've not been over to Unity lately...go check it out.

You'll also want to check out the Unity Blog

look for the complete list of participants, find the blinkie,

and you could win some free stamps.

This card also qualifies for the No Time to Stamp challenge

ok, enough talk...here is my card,

and I've gotta say....I'M SUPER DUPER PLEASED WITH IT!

Card details:

Stamps: Unity September kotm

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg, PTI Rustic White,

Choc Chip, More Mustard

Ink: Riding Hood Red, More Mustard,

Soft Suede, Old Olive

Misc: Nesties, pearls, baker's twine,

ribbon from Mark's Finest Papers, and dimensionals

As always....thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

It absolutely makes my day to see comments on my cards!

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch

I'm finally finding some time to stamp!!!

We had a baby shower for my fabby sil Nicole on Saturday....

I've never been so anxious to see a baby....he's gonna be such

a sweetheart!  Well, I mean, he'll be ornary, but

I'm sure he'll be a sweetheart!

This card was made for

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Card details:

Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons - PTI

Paper: Soft Suede, Rustic White, PTI dsp, Riding Hood Red

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede

Misc: dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today......hopefully I'll be

cranking out some more cards soon!