Card Patterns 124

You know how I love sketch challenges ;)  Card Patterns has a great one this week, pictured below!

A great combination of Sassafras Lass' Indie Girl, Unity Stamp, and some lace, rose ribbon, and pearls make for a sweet soft card. 

 

The Unity stamp I used is from the March, 2010 Kit of the Month, Rockin' It Unity Style. The sentiment is die cut from a Papertrey Ink die, and sponged around the edge.
I kept the trims soft too. The rosebud ribbon is petite and adorable. The diamonds on the right end are cut from the smallest Nestability in the Labels 3 set. I sponged them while they were still in the die.

I even did the inside! I rarely do that ;) 

Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate your time.

Have a fantastic day!

Supplies

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Marina Mist, Confetti White

Paper: Sassafras Lass Indie Girl

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink

Accessories: Pearls - e line by Prima, Lace - Stampin' Up, Rose ribbon - unknown (sorry)

Tools: Punch - Martha Stewart, Dies - Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #8, Nestabilities Labels 3

Be Nice

I made this canvas for my entryway, for various reasons ;)

I love it! I had seen signs with this saying on it lately, and I knew it was perfect for us :)

 To start with, I Mod Podged a piece of an old pattern on the canvas. I brushed a little cream paint over it, but only enough so you can still see some of the lettering on the pattern. For the next part, I traced the awesome Cosmo Cricket Blackboard "Sweet Mix" chipboard letters (that I may never use because I love them so much!) onto clear Contact paper. I think I'll just trace them forever!
I cut them out by hand (this is where one of those nifty Cricut's would come in handy). Then I lined them up on the canvas and painted it. I used a crumpled up paper to blot some of the paint off. I wanted it to look old. Yes, that was on purpose :)
When the paint was dry I peeled the letters off, and was sooo excited! There was paint that seeped under the letters, so I just touched it up a little. The I outlined it with a black pen, and added a sloppy little shadow for some dimension. Love it!

I may sand it a little yet. I'm not so sure. If I do I will post an updated pic.

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate it :)

Have a glorious day!

Friends With Flair Flowers

It's Friends With Flair Friday! Yay!

Here's my card, with my favorite stamp right now, Beautiful Disaster. I think I need to lay off it for a while now ;)

The flowers are what I was really excited about though. They're made of white crepe paper! I know! Crazy huh! I inked the crepe paper up with a combo of Distress Inks and Copics. Fun stuff!

I'm linking this up to the All Things Unity Challenge (Thanks Sav!) to use Twine, Ribbon, Burlap, etc. along with Unity Stamps. I used the crochet thread at the top, but I hope the crepe paper will count too.

Thanks for stopping by! I really appreciate you taking the time to visit!

Have an awesome weekend everyone!

Supplies

Paper: Pink Paislee 365 Degrees

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White

Stamp: Unity Beautiful Disaster

Ink: Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Old Paper, Mustard Seed Distress Ink

Markers: Copic

Dies: Nestabilities

Buttons: Various from collection

Additional Embellishments: Doily, Crochet Thread, White Crepe Paper

A Little Mini

Hello all, and Happy Friday!

That means it's the last day to enter for a chance to be on the design team for Pumpkin Spice ;)

I made the front and back cover for a mini album I'm creating. 

The cover for the album is from Teresa Collins. It was made for the Bind It All, but I decided on ribbon instead. 

The papers I used are from my two Favorite paper lines; Crate Paper's "Restoration Collection" and Echo Park's "For the Record." They worked well together too.  

 Now for some of the How-To's. 

I traced the covers onto the papers and cut them out by hand. I glued the papers to the covers with Mod Podge and sanded the edges, then sponged ink on the edges.

The crochet flowers were white and dyed with re-inkers and water. It's great when you can't find just the right color to be able to dye what you have.

 All of the stamps I used are of course Unity ;)

 I used a lot of Nestabilites for the sentiments and frames for pictures.

These two pages are ready for pictures. There is room under the top left corner of the sentiment panel for a picture to slide in.   

 I can't wait to slide some pics in here. I'm going to add pages as I go along.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great weekend :)

Supply List

Paper: Crate Paper “Restoration,” Echo Park “For the Record”

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up White Confetti

Stamps: Unity December, 2010 Kit of the Month, Unity October. 2010 Kit of the Month, Unity January, 2011 Kit of the Month

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels 3, Labels 4, Labels 17, Classic Ovals, Classic Scalloped Ovals

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Up Re-inkers – Certainly Celery and Brocade Blue, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – More Mustard, Old Paper, Peeled Paint, Barn Door

Flowers: Crochet - Stampin’ Up, Pink Lace - Bo Bunny, Green and Yellow – Prima

Additional Accessories and Tools: Buttons from my collection, Crochet thread from collection, Vintage fibers, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch

Framed Friendship

I found this black frame in my bag after a trip to my friend's house for a day of crafting. I knew I wanted to use it on a card someday since it was almost exactly in the center of the piece of cardstock it was cut from. Today I pulled it out, and after a touch of trimming, got busy :)

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

The paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 Collection.

The die for the sentiment is from PTI. I traced around the outside of the die for the backing of the sentiment and cut it out by hand.

I added the rhinestones from MME's Lush to the corners. Then it was all popped up with Dimensionals.

Thank you for stopping by. It means a lot to me

Have a great day!

Unity KOTM Sketch Challenge Card

Every month Unity has a Kit of the Month Sketch Challenge. You can only use stamps from 

Unity's KOTM. I turned the sketch and the center image.

 The sentiment is from the February, 2011 Kit of the Month.

I used October Afternoon Thrift Shop designer paper. The edges were sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Old Paper.

The doily is from the July, 2010 Kit of the Month. It's heat embossed with American Crafts Zing Embossing Powder in Mustard.

The turquoise flower is Prima. The others are Stampin' Up, and were dyed using reinkers and water. So glad I had the right colors!

Well, that's it. Thanks so much for stopping in! I really do appreciate it when you visit :)

Have a fantastic 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 :)