You're a Real Fun-gi

Good Morning! Today's card is my entry for the CAS-ual Friday's Challenge to make a masculine card with kraft cardstock. In case you have the same hard time with the sentiment that I did, it really reads, "You're a real fun guy!" I know, wacky, but cute in it's own way. It's actually a valentine stamp, but I just wiped the ink off that part of the sentiment before I stamped it. I also popped it up off the page. I'm not sure what Unity set it is from, I won it in a package of miscellaneous stamps. The mushroom (fungi) image is from the Unity Dec10 Kit of the Month. I also cut part of it off because there was a lacy edge on the image. Not very masculine! IRL, the debossing looks great on the kraft and the colors aren't dull or blurry. I'm not sure what's happening to change my photos once I upload them to Blogger, but it isn't making me happy!! This was a nice, bright picture in Adobe!! If anyone has any hints, please share them with me!!

Have an awesome day! I'll be back with a second post to show off some DIY plaques that I made for the Fourth of July.

Challenge: CAS-ual Friday 9
Stamp Sets: Dec10 KOM and unknown: Unity
CS: Kraft: Papertrey Ink, Real Red, Chocolate Chip: Stampin' UP
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Stampin' UP markers, pop dots

Friends with Flair!

Good Morning! I created five of these cards for friends of mine at work. Like many school districts in Illinois and the nation, our district let go all nontenured teachers. My friends are such wonderful teachers who I feel blessed to work with. My hope is that they are all called back, but there just aren't enough positions to go around with all the cuts my district is facing. Anyway, I wanted to give them a little pick-me -up and tell them how great they are and how much I care!

My card is made from several Unity Kit of the Months. If you'd like to learn how to get some of Unity's wonderful stamps at a great deal, click on the sale picture below!!


Stamp Sets: Oct10 KOM, Dec10 KOM, Feb11 KOM: Unity
CS: Yoyo Yellow: Stampin' UP, White: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Red gemstone, Copics, Stampin' UP markers

Friends with Flair

Hello Unity Friends! First, I have a CAS valentine to share with you. I used the December 10 KOM image and my favorite red, white and black. Another try at my Bow Easy and some glitter on the heart and I was done! Below I have two other cards. One is awaiting a sentiment and uses images from the Dec 10 KOM. The other is a sympathy card using Insightful Meadows and a January 11 KOM sentiment.

Friends with Flair!!

Happy Friday! For my card I used the teacup image from Unity's December Kit of the Month. This image reminds me of my mom and her love of tea. I used Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 DP and got a chance to try out the Bow Easy that I just received in the mail. I had to watch a couple of tutorials to get it right, but I think the double bow turned out well. I used Papertrey Ink's Harvest Gold ribbon for that! I hope that you are all well! Enjoy a wonderful weekend!

Life is Good!

I am happy to report that life is good!! I finished my report cards...comments and all. I wonder if parents that aren't teachers realize how much work report cards are? I can't do it at school because I need lots of quiet, uninterrupted time. When I write comments, I always want to be careful to think about how a parent would read the comment. Sometimes I think that comments are harder than conferences. At conferences it is clear right away if a parent doesn't understand or has questions, but that is not true with comments. I always strive to send a message that is both positive and true about each student. I like to include a goal whenever possible too. That's all to say that I spent about 9 hours this weekend working on report cards. I'm thankful that I had the time to do them and I'm glad they are done!

My card was made on a night when I was determined to ink up ALL the stamps from my December Kit of the Month from Unity. I'm happy how it turned out. There is actually no color on the wings of the bee...they are all glittery! I had so much fun that night just going with things and stamping up a storm!!

I hope that life is good for you right now!! It doesn't look so great for my Bears!!

Stamps: Dec 10 KOM: Unity
DP: Circa 1934: Cosmo Cricket and black gingham from my stash
CS: Harvest Gold, White: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Dazzling Diamonds: Stampin' UP, Copics

Friends with Flair

Happy Friday! It is bitterly cold this morning and I was hoping for a snow day. I totally agree with the sentiment on my card:) I made this card with stamps from Unity's December 10 KOM. You can find info about their kits of the month here. My snowman friend is popped up on pop dots and colored with markers. The rest of the card's materials came from my stash. So fun and cheap to shop there!! Stay warm!!

I'm hung up on you, Greg!!

My husband is awesome! I just had my 45th birthday and he sent me flowers, bought me jewelry, and reminded my son to call me:) Most of all, he kept telling me that, "NO, you're not an old lady!!" Today, after he worked a half day, he took me to return a birthday gift and generally drive me places. I'm so lucky to have him and I love him SO much!!

Happy Friends with Flair!!

Happy Friday! Today's card is CAS and simple, just like it's saying! I love the saying, "Just be You!" because it is something that I work on all the time. Being a wife, mother, teacher, friend and more can have you spinning in lots of different directions. Sometimes I just need to slow myself down and just get in touch with myself. I have some alone time coming this weekend and I'm looking forward to doing just that!
The images from my card are from Unity's Dec 10 KOM. I don't see this kit on line, but you can find out about the KOM club here. There are three small, yellow dewdrops in between each flower. I stamped the image on white, then matted it on black, then matted it on black gingham dp.
Hope you have an awesome weekend! If you get time, check out these awesome itty bitty stamps from Unity. Good things DO come in small packages!:)

Toether is a wonderful place

Good morning!! I did it!! I made a goal for myself to get ALL the stamps from the Dec10 KOM inky and this morning I finished. I tried to stay up late last night to finish, but I ended up with one image to ink this morning. I had a blast! Lots of cards to come:)

I am entering this in the Unity Addicts Challenge to color an image. I used a combination of copic and Stampin' UP markers to color my image. I am slowly adding to my copic marker stash, so I didn't have all the colors I needed in copics. I didn't do any shading either, because the coloring areas seemed to small for it.

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday!!

Challenge: Unity Addicts Challenge #33
Stamps: Dec 10 KOM: Unity
DP: from my stash:)
CS: White: Papertrey Ink, Basic Black: Stampin' UP
Extras: Copics, Stampin' UP markers, dew drops

Friends with Flair!!

Hello Friends with Flair! I'm SO HAPPY that it's Friday:) I'm certainly agreeing with the sentiment on my card today! I made this card using the Hip Hop Sketch Challenge from Unity. I got a chance to ink up some images from Unity's Dec10 KOM that I hadn't used yet. I just LOVE them:) I don't see the stamp set on the Unity website yet, but I'm sure it'll be there soon if you didn't get yours yet. I used some cute paper from my stash and some vintage ric rac to make my card. In case you can't tell, the framed image has the words "Happiness is always available." What a nice thought that is!!

I hope that YOU have a HAPPY weekend:)

In case you're looking to join Unity's awesome kit of the month club...

Friends with Flair!!

Hello! Happy New Year's Eve!!

After playing with my camera and my photo software I've come to the conclusion that,YES, I do need a photobox. Luckily I found this great site on the web that shows how to make one yourself. It looks easy and inexpensive, so I'm going to try it. That's all a long way to say, sorry about the grayish awful looking background behind my card. I just can't seem to make it any better this morning!!

So onto the cards! I had some fun following the Hip Hop Sketch this week and made the card below. I had all the leftovers from paper piecing the tree that I wanted to use again, so I made the card above. Each card uses the Dec 10 KOM from Unity. The sentiment for the top card comes from the Oct 10 KOM from Unity. My DP is Tiffany's from We R Memory Keepers. I love their combination of pink, turquoise and black! I added pink gems from Lush by My Minds Eye and popped out the image on the top card. For the bottom card I used pearls to accent the image.

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a Happy and Safe New Year's Eve!!

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Winter Gift Bag

This week the Unity Addicts Challenge is to design a giftbag. I was inspired by the many wonderful giftbags I have seen other bloggers share this holiday season. My bag also matches the All Things Unity Challenge to design anything other than a card. I do have a card to match my bag because I wanted to make the whole set.

I used some old KI Memories dp from my stash that I just love. It's just so wintery and fun. I used Unity's Snowflakes Fall From Heaven for the snowflakes on the bag and the cute little snowman from Unity's Dec 10 KOM. I scallop punched some edges for my dp with Plum Pudding cs from Papertrey. Other supplies I used were ribbon, frosty snowballs, white signo pen, plum pudding ink (Papertrey Ink) and Spellbinders dies.

I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for visiting!!

Merry Christmas, Friends with Flair!!

Merry Christmas
to those who celebrate this holiday!
May the light, peace and love of Jesus be yours!

I really enjoyed making this card! It was one of those times when the mojo was flowing and everything turned out just the way I wanted. I also decorated the inside of the card as I have seen so many wonderful bloggers do. That's a goal of mine to do from now on, even if it's just a little strip of dp to brighten up the inside of the card! I also watched a short video on Kristina Werner's blog that gave me new inspiration to use the fun glazed brads that I bought.

I used my Jovial dp by BasicGrey again on this card. I am in LOVE with this paper and definitely need to get more for my stash. I used the Hip Hop Sketch 37 from Unity as the design of my card. For my focal point, I used the Big Scalloped Circles SM from Spellbinders. My stamps come from Unity's December10 KOM.

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Welcome to Winter

Welcome to Winter!! I know that winter officially started yesterday, but my card today just reminds me of what I love in winter... SNOW!!!! I have never fully gotten over the wonder that I felt as a child when I looked out on the sparkly, white world after it snows. It just makes me happy! Driving in it, not so happy, but nothing's perfect!:)

I made this card for the JUGS challenge to use blue, green and white. They have a beautiful color inspiration photo from A Creative Mint on their website; go take a look! Now, if I knew a bit more about photos, I'd show it to you here, but that wasn't working for me today. Must just be some simple keys to push...

Have a snowy day!!

Challenge: JUGS challenge 64
Stamp: Dec10 KOM: Unity
DP: some beautiful, old Karen Neuberger paper from my stash!
Extras: snowballs: Mark Richards (Hobby Lobby), Dazzling Diamonds: Stampin' UP, doily, markers

Jovial Snowman!!

Hello! Tonight I'm playing along with the Unity Addicts Challenge. They have a great inspiration photo that you can see here. I took the colors of red, green and black as my inspiration. I also used the idea of the cute little snowman figure. Don't you just LOVE those awesome snowmen on the dp??

Challenge: Unity Addicts Challenge 31
Stamp Set: Dec10 KOM: Unity
DP: Jovial: BasicGrey
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Scallop Die: My Favorite Things, Brads: Basic Grey