Balloon Birthday

I had been wanting to color this image from Unity's February 2011 Kit of the Month for awhile. 

So fun! No sketch for this one. It may be obvious ;)

 It took a lot of Copics to color those little balloons  :)

 Then I went over the whole bike with Copic Spica pens. 

 There was a little bleeding involved. The ink, not me.

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Another Mojo

I thought I would fit one more Card using the Mojo Monday Sketch.

 I used a Unity stamp that I can't find on the site, so it may be discontinued :( I love this stamp too.

The stamp was inked up with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I sponged the die cut with it also. 

 I used the lace ribbon from SU to make a flower, and the velvet ribbon for the leaves. 

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Mojo Monday Flowers

Getting my Mojo Monday 198 card in just under the wire ;)

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

 I couldn't find the right color ribbon, so I colored some white seam binding with the Copics I used on the image. Worked out well I think. 

 I wish I would keep my hand out of the way when I take pics! The flowers are Prima.

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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. 

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Baby Mini for Eli

I saw my nephew Eli for the first time since he was born yesterday! He is adorable! It was the first time I got to hold him too. Oh the memories it brought back! I can't believe my grandson Brayden was ever that small!

I brought this gift along with me :)

So much fun to make and so much fun to give! My sister can slip some of her fav pics of Eli into the book.

The little crown on the front is for their last name. The red heart is covered with Crystal Effects. So shiny!

The papers are all Daisy D's. Love it! 

Lots of acrylic paint and ribbons!

I am linking this up to Free Pretty Things For You Whatever You Want Wednesday.

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Distressed Beauty

I wanted to go with a fancy shaped card tonight. 

The way I make a card like this, I cut the full shape out of the designer paper. I then fold a neutral color piece of cardstock in half, and cut it out using the same die, only I leave the fold uncut. Then I mount the designer paper shape on the base. 

 The more I use this stamp, the more I love it! I saw this technique on Laurie's Blog today so I tried it on this stamp. Loved the result! Go check out her gorgeous card and see how she did it. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters. 

 The stamps are from Unity! 

The flower is from Prima (greener than it looks in the pic). I used a pewter button in the middle with a flatback pearl in the center. 

I am submitting this to Mojo Monday's Sketch #197.

I'm also linking to the "All Things Unity" challenge, Lets Fly Away.

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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! 

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