Mothers Day Card

Happy Friday!!! 

I am so happy! It's almost my and my husband's 25th Anniversary, so we're celebrating this weekend!Yay!!!

This card has nothing to do with that. this is the Mother's Day card for my amazing Mother-in Law! She's an awesome person. And hey, she raised my great husband!

This is the Unity stamp, Hello Pretty. Love the bottles with a single stem in each. So simple and pretty. Cooped up Notes is stamped along the bottom.

They are colored with Copics.

I am throwing this card in the mix for Unity Friends with Flair, and Retro Sketches.

Enjoy your weekend, and Stamp On!

Joyful Flowers!

I love these funky flowers! This is another card for a dear friend of mine!

The stamp is from the Unity Itty Bitty, "Be Joyful". I paper pieced the flowers, then shaded with Copics. Love Copics! I added some Tim Holtz Distress Glitter in the centers.

I like the distress glitter because it adds s little sparkle, but it's more subtle. Yum!

This card will be added to Unity's Friends With Flair, and the Unity Be Inspired Challenged! There are some great cards in both places!

I'll be back soon! Lots of cards to make!

Have an extraordinary day!

Owl Pals Card

I love these little owl buddies! I'll name them Midge and Madge. :-)

 So stinking cute! The stamp is from Unity of course. The set is Owl Pals. I colored the image with Copics (it looks much more smoothly blended in person).

See  that gold sparkle? Copic Atyou Glitter Pens. I used a lot of them on the card, but it's hard to pick up the sparkle. I'm glad I could show you the gold!

This card is for a very special friend who is going through a cancer struggle. This is the perfect stamp for it. I'll be right by her side. 

I'm sharing this card for the Unity Be Inspired Challenge and Friends With Flair.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Cupcakes for my friend!

 

I love these Unity Stamps, and I love cupcakes! :)

This Basic Gray paper went perfectly with the yummy stamps! I colored them with Copics. Sooo many Copics!

I am submitting this for Unity Friends With Flair.

Thank you for stopping by!

Love This Little Guy!

 I had to ink up this little guy, Bernie! He's so adorable, and so me ;)

He went to my boss! He was colored with Copics, with some glitter from Copic Spica pens. You can see in the picture below a little bit. 

You can also see I inlaid the image die cut. Love the look! 

I am linking this up for Unity's Friends with Flair, and the Unity Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by!

And Merry Christmas!

Christmas Card for the Veterans

I'm back! I thought I was back last week, but I posted to an old blog of mine :P

Here is one of the Christmas cards for the veterans at our local Veterans Home. My friends and I make anywhere from 450 to 600 cards for every major holiday for the veterans. We've been doing it for a few years. We love it! 

I love this stamp! It's from Unity, of course. It's called most WONDERFUL time.  

And I love this pen to add a little shimmer!

I am submitting this card to Unity's Friends with Flair, and Unity's {be inspired} Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

A Gift for my Daughter, and a Challenge

I have wanted to make this for my daughter for a long time. I finally took the time this week. And I love it. I'm so excited. I think she will be too :)

I should have taken pictures along the way, but I never think about that until I'm done :p

By the way, the canvas is much less green than it looks on my monitor at work ;).

I started out with a 12x12 canvas, a stencil, and some gesso. I never thought it would work out this good! I laid the stencil on the canvas, and spread some gesso over it. When I lifted it I was amazed with how defined the pattern of the stencil was. I got the idea from Angie Blom. She used textured paste. Loved hers, and thought I'd add that to the canvas for my daughter. 

The canvas was painted with a combination of a few Liquitex Soft Body acrylic paints. After that was dry I used Martha Stewart Tintable Antique Effect with a little brown acrylic paint. You use very little paint in the Antique Effect, paint it allover, then wipe it off. I love the effect. It settles in the little nooks and crannies. I also used it over the heart, and on the edges of the patterned paper. 

The heart was torn out of simple printed paper from SU. The wings were cut out of the same paper. I painted the heart red with my fingers. I didn't want it to be perfectly painted. Then I used a toilet paper roll to make some big circles. I added some small dots with Unity's Distressed Dots.

All of the papers, and the lace, were adhered with Mod Podge! Love that stuff!

The words, from the Donna Downey Adore Unity Stamp Set, were stamped with black paint. I wanted it to really show up. 

So, there you have it! 

I'm linking this up in the Unity Challenge. Go see what others have posted. Some great ideas out there!

Thank you for stopping by!

Valentines for Vets

It's time for Valentine's Day cards for the Veteran's Home. I love this Unity stamp, Love Never Fails!

 I colored the image with Copics. Love this color combo! 

I hope the vets like them :)

This card is linked to Unity Friends With Flair ;)

Have a great weekend!

Anniversary Card

My Mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary is tomorrow. We're having a big party for them. :) I got up early this morning and made a card first thing. It's like me to forget to make cards for special occasions. 

 I die cut all of these little shapes and layered them. I love the way it turned out! The paper is from a My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad from Michael's. 

The sentiment is Unity, of course. It's from the February, 2012 Kit of the Month, Lucky to Have You. I used just the words from the bottom of the stamp.

I'll be back later this week with pics from the things I made for the party. :) I  was in charge of the decorations. I can't wait until tomorrow for the party!

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome weekend!

A little More Unity

Here is one of the cards I made for the Veterans at our local Veterans' Home for Veteran's Day.

I am also using it for the Unity World Card Making Day Fall Theme Challenge. 

I used Unity's Simple Blessings. Great set for fall.

The designer series paper is by SU.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Have an awesome day!

A Little Unity

Happy little mushrooms, and a cute little happy snail! 

I made this card for Unity's World Cardmaking Day shaped card challenge.

I only have one picture because my computer is being repaired, and I don't have access to my photo editing software :( 

The cardstock is SU Crumb Cake. The ds paper is My Mind's Eye. Happy paper! I think paper piecing is an awesome way to go when you have solid areas. I did use Copics to add a little dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

How Did I Not Post The News!!!

I am a grandma again! My dear daughter had a beautiful baby girl! Her name is Angelia, and she is amazing! 

Her brother adores her, as you can tell :)

And she is a month old already. Bad Blogger! Between Angelia (they live with us) and my new full time job, I'm wiped out! But it's a good wiped out :)

Thanks for stopping in to see the news!

Bless you all!

More Sprucing Up the Cubicle

A canvas will do the trick! I love making canvases! 

 I cut out some flowers and leaves from coordinating Webster's Pages papers.

Some acrylic paint, a white Sharpie paint pen, and some Mod Podge makes it fun and cute!

I did add some shadows with Copics too. I don't think it's great for the nibs, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do, right? After I was done it looked overall too dark, so I smudged some white paint on the background with my fingers. Much better. 

 Thanks for stopping by!

Have an awesome day!

New Job, New Excuse to Make Stuff!

I have a new, full time job! While it will definitely take time away from my craft room, it will also give me more excuses to make things ;) 

 I have a cubicle to snazz up now! I have pictures to hang, and I thought these teeny tiny clothespins I have been hoarding for YEARS would be cute! They were pretty boring though. Cubicle's do not need boring. I colored them with Copics, doodled  a little, then used Mod Podge Dimensional Magic over the top. First time I used it. Dried very clear! I have used other similar products, and they can sometimes distort color, but this did not. 

 These babies are tiny. Sorry the pics are a little blurry. I tried getting really close.

You can see compared to the dime how small they are. You can also see the shine from the Dimensional Magic. Love it!

Thanks for stopping by! I'm going to try to get some cards going this week, promise! And I have some other ideas for sprucing up my cubicle too ;) Have a great week!

Independence Day Cards for Vets

It's time to make cards for the residents of our Home for Veterans for the 4th of July. I'm doing four different designs, and here is one of them.

I used the Unity Carnivale Alpha to spell out FREE, and made a little banner. 

The "Thanks to you" was computer generated. 

 The paper is called Old Towne Tavern by The Paper Loft. 

I didn't have enough of any one design, so I used three or four different ones for the card fronts.

 I glued the banner pieces onto the linen thread, and mounted them on dimensionals. 

I wrapped the ends around vintage brads.

I'm sharing this on Unity's Friends With Flair!

Thanks for stopping in. Have an awesome weekend!

Grad Card For A Beautiful Young Lady

Tomorrow is the last graduation open house of the season for us. The young lady this card is for is our neighbor's granddaughter, and we've known her her whole life. Time sure does fly!

 The paper I used is from Crate Paper's Portrait Collection. So many beautiful papers! 

I used a stamp from Unity (I know, big surprise). The sentiment is from the January, 2011 Kit of the Month. Perfect for graduation.

I used the Deconstructing Jen Sketch. Instead of another piece of paper down the middle, I'm using the design of the paper. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have an awesome weekend!

Fun Bucket!

A while back I saw a 5 gallon bucket that Melody Ross had painted and decorated for the clubhouse. I filed it away for future use. 

My trash basket in my craft room wasn't big enough, and my recycle bin was a cardboard box. They weren't working out for me. I found a couple of buckets that were in pretty bad shape. They needed this!

After scrubbing them for a very long time, my 4 year old grandson helped me paint the buckets. 

That was so much fun!

After painting them with acrylic paints I Mod Podged various papers onto the buckets. I used the glossy Mod Podge. 

This morning I decided I needed more, so I started doodling with my paintbrush allover the bucket. 

That was fun too! 

 These aren't supposed to be perfect. They're supposed to be just as they are!

 The pic below shows my grandson's artwork. He was straying from my direction, and I loved it, so I kept it :)

This is my other bucket. I'm not done with it yet. Not sure what I'm doing exactly, but it will be fun!

I'm linking up to House of Hepworths link party and
Lolly Jane Boutique's Whatcha Got Weekend link party.
:)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have an awesome day!

Grad Time, FWF Style

It's that time of year! We have lots of grad parties to go to. 

My son graduated last year, and since he played hockey his whole life, we know lots of guys graduating!

Guy cards are always challenging to me, but I think this one will pass ;)

 I used paper from October Afternoon and Crate Paper. 

The stamps are "You Did It" Itty Bitty, and the clock from the February, 2012 Kit of the Month.

Ink is Frayed Burlap and Old Paper Distress Ink, as well as Tuxedo Black Momento.

That cute little button brad is Stampin' Up. I saw it in the "NEW" catalog and remembered it while I was working on this card. 

It's Friends With Flair Friday on the Unity Blog. Stop by and be inspired!

Thanks for stopping by, and have an awesome Memorial Weekend!

Happy Friday!

I don't know about anyone else, but I am sooooo happy it's Friday! No work this weekend, and tomorrow is our 22nd anniversary :) Great husband, great years!

 I made this card for the Unity Challenge. This month the challenge is Stripes. Great paper by October Afternoon made it easy. The stamp set I used is Undeniably You. It has the dress image and four sentiments!

Thank you for stopping by. Have an amazing weekend!

Edited to add: If tpgirl happens to read this post, you were the winner of my Growing in Unity week. I need a way to contact you for your prize :)

Growing in Unity Winner!

First of all, thank you so much for all of the kind comments last week! I really enjoyed my Growing in Unity week. My grandson drew the name for me, and the winner is:

tpgirl!

Congratulations! Please send me your e-mail address so you can pick your 2 Itty Bitty's!

Have a great week everyone!