Halloween Greetings

Hello, Friends! I had a fun time with this card. I love the Halloween paper with the silhouettes in fancy frames and I found a Unity stamp to match it. I blinged out the frame and gave my bird a witches hat. Then I cut out two borders and attached them to the sides of the card. Fun!!

My card goes with four challenges: (a first for me)
JUGS 109-orange, green, purple, black
One Stop Craft Challenge 153-Halloween
Simon Says Stamp-Halloween/Goth
Wee Memories 72-Holiday Madness


I'm also linking up to this fun linky party:


Stamps: Framed Birds-May11 KOM: Unity, Sentiment: Great Impressions
DP: Phantom: Pinkpaislee
Extras: gems, irock tool and gems, hat brad: Making Memories, Martha Stewart Trellis punch

Happy Friday!

Hello Friends! A quick post to join in Unity's Friends with Flair this week. I was inspired by all the great cards Lynn Miller has made lately using kraft, some color and bits of this and that.

Enjoy your weekend!!

My heart sings + blog candy winner!

Happy Friday and Friends with Flair!!
If you'd like to see all the wonderful creations, stop by Unity!

I've had this card in my head for quite a while! I used the fab image from the May 11 Kit of the Month by Unity. I don't remember who made this awesome tape, but I thought it matched perfectly! To color the heart, I used watercolor pencils and a blender pen from Stampin' UP. I didn't have the exact red I wanted, so I played with red and orange to get the color on the card.

Thank you for all your sweet comments this week! The random winner of my blog candy is

Jen from Jen's Cup of Creations!

Jen, please put your email in the comment section of this post and I'll email you to get your address!

Have an awesome weekend, everybody!!

What you see

Hello Friends! I love and need the sentiment on today's card! I put the card right on my dining room table so that I can see it every time I walk by. It's a good reminder for me!!

Today's card uses Unity stamps and is entered in the Unity Challenge to use circles and the Ippity Challenge to make a CAS (clean and simple) card. To make the card I first chose my center circle image from the May 11 KOM. I paper pieced the sweet little flower and added the sentiment from the Feb 11 KOM. After that I punched circles that were 3/4 inch, 1 inch, and 1 and 1/4 inch. I matted them together off-center and placed them in a line on the card. I drew a frame around my card with a skinny black marker. I used Circa 1934 from Cosmo Cricket for this card. Love those colors!!

I hope that you see lots of good things today!!

Summer Time!

Happy Friday and Friends with Flair!!

To see everyone's wonderful creations, please be sure to stop by Unity's blog.

To make today's summery card, I used the current Unity KOM Sketch Challenge, which you can see below. It's a long, skinny card....at least that's how I interpreted it:) I also went with the "Summer: Sun and Fun" theme for the Unity Challenge. Whenever I use this sentiment, the song "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess goes through my head! You know the one, "Summertime....and the living is easy."


Stamp Sets: Jun10 KOM, May11 KOM: Unity
DP: Summer Days: Echo Park
CS: Summer Sunrise, Green Galore: Stampin' UP
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Flourishes: Recollections, Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Large: Spellbinders

Happy Friends with Flair!!

Happy Friday and Friends with Flair! Be sure to visit the Unity blog to see everyone's great creations! Today is a great Friday for me because I'm starting my summer break from teaching. Although I miss the kids and, sometimes, the schedule, I AM ready for a break:)

Today's project is CAS. I wanted the sentiment to stand out! I used two stamps from the May KOM to stamp the background. You can see a close-up below. Then I stamped the sentiment on dp and highlighted with garnet gems. It's popped up and accented with a ribbon tied with twine. I am hanging this on a neat frame that I got from Pier One a year ago. You can see the frame in the second picture below. It has these neat little clips that you can clip photos, tags, hangings, etc from. I actually have three in a row and I love them:)

Have a great weekend!

Stamps: Background stamps: May KOM: Unity, sentiment: Quote Bundle Pack: Unity
DP: Circa 1934: Cosmos Cricket
CS: Black: Papertrey Ink
Extras: Ribbon, Garnet Gems: Bazzill Basics, Pop dots, Twine: Papertrey Ink

Rainbow Birthday Wishes

Happy Sunday! It was so sunny and glorious here!! I found time to plant AND to stamp. What a great day:) Today my card fits for two challenges, an unusual occasion for me. Both the JUGS Challenge to use the colors of the rainbow and the CAS-ual Friday Challenge to use bling just spoke to me! I think this image from Unity works perfectly, too! I paper pieced the fun birthday cake, added gems to one layer and added glitter to the candle flame. Such a happy and bright birthday card:)

Challenges: JUGS Challenge 85, CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 3
Stamps: Cake: May11 KOM: Unity, Sentiment: Mixed Messages: Papertrey Ink
DP: Summer Days: Echo Park
CS: White: Papertrey Ink
Extras: Rainbow Ribbon: Offray, gems, Dazzling Diamonds: Stampin' UP, pop dots