WINNER WINNER, WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

OK, we have a winner!!!!

Thank you Unity for allowing me to host the blinkie this week....it was too exciting!!! Winner was chosen at 9am est by random.org.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.................




















Posted at October 31, 2009 1:35 AM

Mmechelle93
Beautiful Cards! I love the button centers using October's kit! I'll have to scraplift that! Thanks for the inspiration.

CONGRATULATIONS.....PLEASE CONTACT eryn@unitystampco.com with your name and address so she can get your Unity Stamps out to you!!!

Thanks everyone for playing and for all the wonderful comments on my cards!!


UnitY RockS!!

Friends With Flair

So, who is loving the Friday Friends With Flair? I know I am...cuz its the right thing to do, ya know???
Make sure you start over at the Unity Blog .....because someone is going to win some Unity rubber. Just look for the blinkie in all the blogs, when you find it, leave a comment, and a winner will be posted Saturday morning! Onto my card for today.... I just received my October kotm. I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but I'm just lovin it so far. If you haven't already signed up for the Unity kit of the month...go check it out.









This card was so much fun to make...although I can't for the life of me remember who makes this designer paper!

Recipe:
Stamps: Unity October kotm
Paper: PTI Vintage White, Dusty Durango, unknown dp
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin pie
Misc: top note die, pearls….lots of em, dimensional, prismas, copics



I really couldn't stop with just one card....(oh - are you remembering to look for the blinkie?)


This is another card made from the October kotm. Did I mention I'm totally into buttons too! I must own 87,000,000 of them now! *giggle* I just love this flower stamp!








Recipe:
Stamps: Unity October kotm
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, BG dp, PTI Vintage White
Ink: Sahara Sand
Misc: nesties, slot punch, buttons, ribbon, dimensionals

Remember I was talking about looking for the blinkie......guess what!!!

YOU FOUND IT!!!

Now leave me a little note here and I'll draw a winner and post it Sat morning in the Unity Forum! Good luck!

Christmas Gift Set

So I got this idea that I wanted to alter a travel coffee mug. So I went out on my lunch break in search of one today. Jackpot at the Dollar Tree!!! So of course, I bought more than 1!

All I had to do was unscrew the top, cut the paper to the correct size and slip it in!! Piece of cake. That paper has got to be one of my favorites....its Basic Grey - Wassail. I then covered a mini composition book with the same paper, and took a piece and put it into the barrel of an RSVP pen. To finish off my gift set, I made a matching card. The buttons are also from BG.

The paper and buttons can be purchased at Limelight I prefer the 12 x 12 papers for altering things, but prefer the 6 x 6 pads when doing cards. The images are scaled down for the smaller pages. Although on this card, I did use the 12 x 12 paper.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Busy Productive Weekend

My sister came to town Friday and we had so much fun! We went out to dinner Friday evening with 2 of my super bff's! Saturday we got to work! We made our Christmas cards, which amounted to about 60-70 cards, we made breast cancer awareness cards to send to our friends, plus a few other misc cards. We made cancer bracelets for our family, along with a bookmark that detailed what all of the colors stand for.

Of course, we had to make our yearly double batch of homemade french vanilla hot chocolate mix....we double the recipe and then it calls for 21 cups of powdered milk....(thats quite a visual huh). The cute little bags in the right hand corner are for single servings of it, there is a label on the back saying what it is and how to make it.




We also covered about 5 composition books and a sketchpad for my niece, oh and we made each of my nieces 2 bracelets.

It was a crazy busy weekend, but it was so much fun!

Buck Season and Some Unity

Its Friday Friends with Flair over at Unity. Be sure to check out all of the blogs today....someone will win some rubber!

It's soon going to be Buck Season here in PA and this stamp from Unity is perfect for that! BUT...its also perfect when your brother-in-law's name happens to be Buck! Ok, its not his real name, but it's what everyone calls him. I love this Cosmo Cricket dp, and though it went will with the stamp to make the perfect birthday card for "Buck!"

The edges of the dp and the sentiment are sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Recipe:

Stamp: Buck Fever from Unity

Paper: More Mustard -(god I love this color), chocolate chip, and Cosmo Cricket dp

Ink: Soft Suede

Misc: paper piercer, ranger distress ink, nesties, scallop punch, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today....and remember to check out all the blogs!

Oh Christmas Tree.....

Wow....who can believe its time to make Christmas cards??? Well, for some of you, I'm sure you've been making them, but not me. This card is for the limited supplies challenge over at SCS...it was to use a Christmas tree! This isn't my normal color combo for Christmas, but I'm loving how they turned out together.

Recipe:
Stamps: SU Season of Joy
Paper: PTI Ripe Avocado, Black, White, PTI dp
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Black
Misc: Ribbon, rhinestones, scallop punch

Thanks for stopping by today.

Friday Friends with Flair

Its Friday Friends with Flair over at Unity. Be sure to check out all of the blogs today....someone will win some rubber!

My card is made with the Hodge Podge of Happiness set. First, I stamped the poinsettia and cut it out with a nestie. I then stamped it in red and green several more times and cut the pieces out. Then I just used my mono multi and glued the layers on. The middle is done with liquid pearls and I put just a dusting of iridescent ice embossing powder on it. The bottom edge piercing was done with a template from the Crafters Workshop, and its finished off with a gold eyelet and some gold cord from Pinkhedgehog

Recipe:
Stamps: Hodgepodge of Happiness from Unity, Season of Joy-sentiment
Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Misc: Gold cord, paper piercer, gold eyelet, nesties, liquid pearls, II embossing powder

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your hop along the rest of the blogs

Inspiration Challenge

I worked my butt off today cleaning the house (with some help from the kids), but I did find time to do the Inspiration Challenge over at SCS.

I love these 2 colors together. The sketch is from Jens Sketch For You to Try This is my first time playing with her sketch.

There are so many challenges out there that I'd like to do....I just don't seem to have enough time in my days.

Recipe:

Stamps: Unity September KOTM

Paper: Soft Suede, Purely Pomegranate, Soft Suede dp, White

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Soft Suede

Misc: Nesties, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!

Friday Friends with Flair

Another Unity Friday Friends with Flair! I was in a stamping mood last night, so I decided to make 2 cards for today using my Unity rubber. If you haven't been to the Unity blog, go HERE and check things out. Someone will win some rubber today if you can find the Unity blinkie!! Start looking! The list of all 50 blogs to visit today is over there.

My first card uses the pumpkin from the September KOTM. I embossed the buttons across the green panel with my cuttlebug, and then pierced all around the other 3 edges. I stamped the pumpkins using the masking technique, then cut them out. They are up on dimensionals. The little leafy things are punched with the MS branch punch.






Recipe:
Stamps: Unity September KOTM, sentiment from Verve - Tall Oaks
Paper: Soft Suede, Real Red, Old Olive, White, Kraft, Always Artichoke
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Misc: cb, embossing border, piercer, MS punch, prismas, OMS





The 2nd card I have to share today is made with stamps from the Hodge Podge of Happiness set. I cut out the main panel with my rectangle nestie and while the nestie was still on there, I sponged some so saffron ink over the entire image.


Recipe:
Stamps: Unity HPH, Sanded b/g
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, White
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Misc: ribbon, buttons, linen thread, copics

As always....thanks for poppin in today and checking out my blog!

A Color Throwdown Sketch Challenge

My card today is for the Color Throwdown Challenge and the Sketch Challenge over at SCS. I just got my Peaceful Poinsettia set in the mail from PTI today and couldn't wait to use it. I made the background paper with my Clear Art Stamps Thanksgiving Blessings.

Recipe:

Stamps: PTI Peaceful Poinsettia, Clear Art Stamps Thanksgiving Blessings

Paper: More Mustard, Old Olive, Choc Chip, White

Ink: More Mustard, Old Olive

Misc: Paper piercer, chocolate pearls, paper piercer, scallop punch, button, twine

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to come back for Friends with Flair Friday and celebrate with Unity!