Pretty Unity Tag

My Unity Place has a tag challenge going on right now, so I got out some tags and went to work!

 This tag is pretty darn big. It's 6" x 3 1/4". I used the Unity set, Birdie Duet. I heat embossed the image and sentiment. 

 The birds were colored with a Copic. 

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Father's Day Cards

With such a crazy week I don't know how I got any cards done, but I did! A couple anyway.

Here is my father-in-law's card. We love that guy! 

I used the sketch from Deconstructing Jen. 

This second card is for my hubby. Another great guy! I used the paper from The Girls' Paperie, "On Holiday." Love that for men and boys. 

 I added the grass, and the oval to ground the image. Colored with Copics, with Spica markers on the little accents and smoke swirls. I had no navy rikrak, so I colored white rikrak with a navy
Copic. 

I added the burgers to the grill :)

These cards are both being submitted to All Things Unity Challenge #33, Get Manly :)

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Welcome Baby Eli!

I have a new nephew! Eli was born to my sister Chrissy and her husband Kevin last night! He was a long time coming! They have tried for years and had a loss, so this guy is so loved and wanted!

I was lucky enough to be in town (they live 2 hours away) after taking my mom home from the hospital, so I got to see the little guy in his first hour on earth! What a blessing he is!

I am making a book for him and his parents :) 

Digital scrapbooking done with Creative Memories Storybook Creator.

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Been MIA

Sorry I have been missing in action. We had my son's graduation party last weekend. Lots of work, but well worth it :) . 

Then my mom got very sick with pneumonia and sepsis and ended up in ICU on a ventilator. She was on her way home from the grad party and decided she couldn't go any further. She made it a half hour away, and stopped at an ER. Of course if we knew how sick she was we never would have let her leave, but she likes to keep those things to herself. Stinker. So my dad is staying with me and we have been running back and forth to the hospital every day. 

Off we go again. She should be off the ventilator today, so hopefully she'll be out of the hospital by the end of the weekend. I'll be back in my graft room in no time. 

Some Simple and Sweet Cards

Well, I tried to follow the sketch for Unity's Kit of the Month Sketch. After I cut the floral paper I realized I flipped the diagonal, but I was not wasting this paper! So flipped it is!

 

 I used the December, 2010 Kit of the Month for the sentiment. Then I blew it again and used the flowers from the Get Scrappy With Material Girl kit instead of some from a Kit of the Month. Oh well. I still LOVE it!!! The papers are October Afternoon Seaside. I love the wood papers ;)

This next card is for the All Things Unity "From the Hearth" Challenge. The challenge was to use food inspired stamps.

The apples are from the October, 2010 Kit of the Month. Paper from Cosmo Cricket.

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Quick Thank You

 A quick card using the current CPS sketch. 

Paper is October Afternoon with a little MME mixed in. Stamps are Unity, of course. 

The little flowers were die cut using the Blossom Nestie. I cut little slits toward the middle, then used my stylus and shaped the petals a little. I added the SU brads to the middles. 

The ribbon is from some packaging for something I bought.

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Card Patterns 118

What a fun sketch! When I saw it I immediately thought landscape. 

 While I was moving things around last week I ran across my stash of rarely used felt from PTI. Lightbulb moment :)  

I freehand cut the felt grass, as well as the paper grass.  The bird is punched from an SU punch. The circle for the sun is also. Those little buttons are SU too.   

 The "thank you" is Unity, as is the frame. The base of the card is PTI Vintage Cream. I wanted more muted colors, and the colors of the felt and buttons worked perfectly. 

Thank you for looking :)  I hope you all have a fantastic day!