Quick Card

Our Goddaughter is receiving her First Communion today!

 I needed a quick card that was pretty for a beautiful little girl!

I printed the sentiment since I couldn't find the right one. The font is Impervious. 

There is lots of pretty on this card; lace, pearls, and velvet :)

Paper is Olivia from Basic Grey.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Come back tomorrow for the winner of my Growing in Unity week!

Have a great day!

Last Day of Growing in Unity

This is my last day of my Growing in Unity week. It's been fun, and I truly appreciate everyone's kind comments :) This post is going to be long on pics, and short on words.

My first card uses the bird stamp from the February, 2011 Kit of the Month, "the best is yet to be". Paper is from Basic Grey Picadilly (loving that paper). I like the little frame around the image :)

I'm linking this card up to the Unity Kit of the Month Sketch Challenge.

My next card is the anniversary card for my husband (22 years this month). 

The ticket stamp is from Unity's "here's the ticket" set. The sentiment from the February, 2011 Kit of the Month, and it fits perfectly in the space on the ticket!

 I cut the strips of paper (Stampin' Up) to mimic the ticket shape. I sponged Weathered Wood Distress Ink around the edges of the strips as well as the ticket. 

This card will be linked up to The Deconstructed Sketch #50. 

 My final project is a notepad holder. The sentiment is from the Melody Ross set, "All Worth It". I love the sentiment! Great advice. I also used the Christy Tomlinson stamp, "Tattered Chicken Wire". The birds are from the Melody Ross set, "Love Life". 

The paper I used is Christy Tomlinson's new paper. Ok, I think I'm addicted to paper. 

 Here is a peek at the inside.

Whew, that was a long one, and not so short on words after all. 

Again, thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate all of the great comments!

I will be back on Sunday with the winner of the two Unity Itty Bitty Stamps~!

Have a great day!

Mixed Media Piece-A Dog's Love

More from the "Art of Wild Abandonment" online class.

This is based on our baby, Angel. She's not a baby really. 

She's almost 12. And she's a big dog too. 

Time's a tickin'. 

 Of course she can be a real pain the you know what, but we love her dearly. She is an Irish Wolfhound and Australian Shepherd mix. She is so sweet. 

And believe it or not, her hair is actually way longer than in the drawing. And it is everywhere! I'll have to dig up a pic of her and post it.

 I don't know that I'm actually done with this. Probably not. I think I need to do something with the words in the center. 

 True, Real, Pure. Exactly what a dog's love is. Dogs are amazing, and I couldn't imagine our life without one.

Thanks for stopping by.

And have a great day!

Art of Wild Abandonment Class

I am taking an awesome online class, being taught by Junelle Hallstrom Jacobsen and Christy Tomlinson. I am having the most fun, and even losing sleep because I don't want to go to bed once I get on a roll. 

Here are some of projects I've completed so far. (It gets better as it goes along). 

This is my fav so far. My Grandma used to say this to us when we wanted some kind of justice for something that was done to us or someone we loved. She was a wise woman.
The amazing paper used in this page is from Basic Grey's Picadilly line. I absolutely LOVE it!
That's it for now! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a phenomenal day!

Christmas Ornaments!

It is a busy, busy time! 

And I have been busy making ornaments! 

These are paper mache. I picked them up at Michael's.

I Mod Podged the heck out of them.  

The one on the left has red baker's twine along the seams, and a felt snowflake on top. 

The one on the left has ink along the seams, and gathered lace around the middle.

The paper I used is Basic Grey.

The ornament above is covered with PTI paper. For a new nephew :) 

These are made of some pressed board that I have had for a couple of years. 

I Mod Podged the paper on them also. The paper I used is The Girls' Paperie, Tinsel & Twig. 

They are all different, and covered on the back as well. 

Thank you for popping in :)

Have a wonderful day!

Ok, Last Post About the Birdhouses!

I have blogged about these darling birdhouses twice already! 

I loved them, but something was missing. Then it struck me, snow!

 I applied Crystal Effects, then caked on the glitter! 

 And I love it!

I am done with them! And this time I mean it!

Super cute I think!

Thanks for stopping by!

I will be back tomorrow with LOTS of ornaments that I have been working on!

Update on Birdhouses

I posted these on Sunday, but I knew I had to do something more.

I had these Stampin' Up felt flowers that coordinated with the paper pretty well. 

These antique looking pearl brads were the perfect accent.  

 I love the brad on top of the birdhouse below. 

Tomorrow I'll have a few more things I've been working on ;)

I've been having fun!

Have an awesome day!

Shimmer and Sparkle Lanterns

If I had one dream with my blog, it would be better pics. This card is so much prettier in person!

 The image is from Unity's February, 2011 Kit of the Month.

After coloring the image with Copics, I went over the lines with Copic Spica pens. So sparkly! Then I added the rhinestones. The paper is Memory Box Sprout and Basic Grey Eva.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a phenomenal day!

ETA:  I changes the pics to try to get a better view of the card. I don't know if it's any better, but you can see the sparkle now :)

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One of my favorite stamps, and I had only used it once before. So much fun to color!

Sorry for the shadow. I took this at night with terrible lighting, but I couldn't wait ;)

 My friend Deb has put tiny rhinestones in the hair of the ladies she has colored and it's beautiful, so I tried it.

I used Sketch 122 from Card Patterns for this card. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have an amazing day!

A Double Challenge Shot

The Play Date Cafe has a color challenge this week that I had to try. I've never done a PDC Challenge before, so I thought I'd try. The colors are shown below my card. I think I got pretty close. 

 

The papers I used are Basic Grey Nook & Pantry. I've hardly used it before, but I'm on a mission to use what I have! These were perfect for the challenge! 

Instead of an image, I wanted to use a sentiment. Unity of course! I grabbed a scrap of white cs (good girl ;) ) and stamped and cut it out with a Nestability die. It wasn't until I mounted it that I noticed I had grabbed a piece of shimmer cardstock from SU. I wouldn't have done that on purpose, but it was a very happy accident! I layered that with a piece of dp cut with a PTI die.

 I didn't have any twine with yellow, so I kind of made my own ;) . I used white crochet thread, and I used a yellow Copic to add little lines. I saw that idea on a blog somewhere, but I'm sorry I can't remember where. On one corner I layered a tiny button on a bigger one. I love layering buttons. It adds just a little extra somethin'. 

I can't forget to mention the layout came from Deconstructing Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #8.

I love it! 

Have a Fantastic Holiday Weekend!!!!

Vintage Christmas

These ornaments from the Unity kit, Bright & Merry Winter Wishes remind me of Christmases when I was a kid at my grandparents' so I wanted to make them look vintage. Love the old glass ornaments that I could never have in my house with kids, grandkid, dog and cats :) After coloring the ornament with Copics, I sponged the whole ornament with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I also went over parts of it with Spica pens. The paper I used is Basic Grey Jovial. So vintage!

This card is in the same neighborhood as the previous one.

Again after coloring with my Copics I sponged the whole ornament with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I wish you could see in the pictures the glitter from the Spica pens around the edge of the ornament and on the designs. The paper is also from Basic Grey Jovial. That gorgeous button is from My Mind's Eye. I wish I had a bunch of them.
Thank you for stopping by! I love visitors! I hope you are all having a great holiday season so far :)

Baby Girl Card

I love doing girly cards! My daughter's friend is having a little girl. Yay! I would rather do shabby chic than any other card, so this is perfect for me ;)

I knew I had to use this pink rose paper from Daisy D's. I'm so sad they're not around anymore. They had the best papers. I found the green print and the solid pink in the Olivia by Basic Grey paper pad. For a girl you have to have lace and flowers. The white lace is from a package of various white lace trims from Melissa Frances. The frame is from Unity. I cut it out by hand after stamping it. I sponged on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I couldn't find a Unity stamp to use for the sentiment, but this SU stamp fits perfectly! The flowers are from the Fairytale Roses in Orchid and French White. They were sprayed with Glimmer Mist in Peppermint Twist and Vintage Pink. So pretty! The button is from The Girls' Paperie Vintage Buttons. Love them!

Thank you for stopping by! I love company ;)

Have a fabulous day!

Christmas Gift Cards a la Unity

An assortment of little 3" gift card enclosures.

I'm using these for a Unity WCMD Challenge, Mini Cards.

Close up of the snowflake from Unity's Bright & Merry Winter Wishes. I went over most of the snowflake with the clear Spica pen. The paper I used is Wassail from Basic Grey. A favorite of mine ;)

I went over the entire tree with the clear Spica also.

Of course I had to work a button in somewhere ;)

I went over the entire ornament with various Spicas. These ornaments remind me of my Grandma's ornaments growing up. Great memories.

Thank you so much for visiting! I love company ;) I hope you found a little inspiration.