Is it too late for a Christmas Card?

This card was my idea for my Christmas card! It took me a long time to find the right placement and color combo. I invested a lot of time in the design. Then on Oct. 6th my daughter was diagnosed with Pancreatitis. This is an unbelievable condition from which she is still recovering 4 months later! So, here is the Christmas card!

The background is Ellen Hutson's Twelve Days embossed in gold. The partridge, pear and sentiment  are by Hero Arts from the Color Layering Partridge set.

This will be linked to:  Ellen Hutson's Mix-It-Up Challenge

One Layer Card

This is a one layer card on kraft paper colored with Copics - WHEW! It wa a challenge just to describe it!!!! 

I added Glossy Accents to the middle of the flower and to the bees wings.

This card will be linked to:

This is what Swagger looks like!

Here is a cute little chick with lots of S W A G G E R! 

I tried the new Dip Dye technique for the background - it is definitely something I will keep practicing!

Love my Unity stamps!

This card will be linked to:

Unity's Friends with Flair

Unity's {be inspired} Challenge

Sunny Skies

We are going to have sun for the next week!  Here in the Pacific Northwest

it is very exciting!!!

I thought this card would be perfect for the week!!! The background was made with Ranger's Embossing Dabber, Stampendous White Embossing Powder, My Favorite Things Cloudy Day stencil and a couple of Distress Inks. I used Lawn Fawn's "Sunny Skies" for the elements and sentiment.

This card will be linked to:

A Heart Bouquet

  

I had the perfect occasion to send someone a little pick-me-up.  This cute image does just that! The 

stamp is Heart Bouquet.

I used American Crafts "Dear Lizzy" patterned paper and Copics to color it.

The will be linked to:

A Peek at Easter!

 The stamp and die set is Lawn Fawn's Eggstra Special. The window die is My Favorite Things

Square Grid cover-up. The fence and grass are by Lawn Fawn. The cloud is from the Sunny Skies 

set by Lawn Fawn.

This card will be linked to:

April Flowers in the Middle

I have been having so much fun with My Favorite Things "Circle Scribble Flowers".

There are two sets of dies that match the stamps so there are endless possibilites for cards! I also used

Lawn Fawn's Grass die and Scripty Sayings.

Happy April!


This card will be linked to:

Simon's Monday and Wednesday Challenges

You Have My Heart Birthday

This little cutie is going to my friend, Joyce, who has a little red Dachshund!

I used You Have My Heart  stamp and die set from My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn's Scripty Sayings.

This card will be linked to:

 Wednesday Sketch Challenge at My Favorite Things

Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This is a lovely stamp from Unity Stamp Co called LUCKY you're my friend. I used Lawn Fawn's 

Let's Polka Paper and the washi tape is from Impress Cards and Crafts.  I used Glossy Accents on the 

large shamrock.

This card will be linked to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Just a hint of clover,

Unity's Friends with Flair

and

Whoop! Whoop! Let's Hear It For the Guest Hopper!!!

I am so excited to have won the Unity {be inspired} Challenge! One of the prizes (besides a BOAT LOAD OF STAMPS) is a chance to be a Guest blog hopper! So here goes.....

The Hop starts here on Thursday 2.26 with the Unity Blog.

I have a few cards to share with you.

This is the "birdie conversation" set. I colored the birdie with Copics and used Distress ink for the background. The patterned paper is American crafts and I die cut it using Stitched Rectangles and Squares.

The stamp is Donna Downey "poppies". The sentiment is from "Everything Easter". I watercolored with Distress Ink for this card after heat embossing with white embossing powder.

This is the front of the card and below is the inside. I used "Love Brings You Home".

I used the "J{our}ney" stamp from the "Explore. Discover. Escape." stamp set.

The background stamp is a map of Rome from Hero Arts.  The frame and stamp is from Sizzix. This card is for a friend's engagement. She is a world traveler!

This is the "Welcome to the Hood" set. Thanks to Angeline Choo for the inspiration! When I saw her cute card I knew I had to have that stamp!

I used Unity sentiments for this card.

I used "#Hashtag Kit", "Elephant Behind", and a "Age is Only a Number". This is my husband's birthday card. We have two black and tan, long-haired dachshunds, hence the coloring of the dog. The image on the inside of the card (the back end of the dog) wiggles like it is wagging her tail! 

Thanks for being with me today. Thanks to Unity for always supporting their customers. They are the most giving company around!

Here are the designers for Unity:

GROUP A

I love to read your comments!

It Moose Be Love II !!

I had to try this again. I wanted to work on my trees and the masking technique and to place a moose in the PeekaBoo to make more sense about the love of one moose to another. 

Such fun to make!

Linked to:

A Holiday Card

I have made a card that is mostly tone on tone, in this case, white on white with Lawn Fawn's "Joy to the Woods".


I will be linking it up here:

A Thanksgiving Card

I love this technique of embossing the image in white and then adding the color.  I mounted the leaf with foam tape on top of the stamped leaf. I am all done with my Thanksgiving cards. How about you?

I am linking this up to:

Lawnscaping Challenge - Fall

having fun! with an angel!

This is a Phyllis Harris designed stamp by Unity Stamps. I used Copics to color the

image. I tried a technique of coloring the background by Jennifer McGuire (I couldn't find the video that demonstrated this technique but she does mention it here). I  went over the image with an embossing pen and then covered that with clear embossing powder and heated it.  I then was able to go in with Distress Ink to color the background. I wish that would have remembered to wipe my card stock with an anti-static because some of the embossing powder stuck to the card in front of her face
resisting the Distress Ink.  I will keep trying!!!!!

THIS CARD WAS A WINNER AT UNITY STAMP CO!!!!

Posting at Unity for FWF

                 Day 13 Copic Marker for Card Makers

Day 10 - Copic Markers for Card Makers - Finishing Touches

I used all the final touches that I could. I did the double blue shadow around the image. I used Heidi Swapp's Glitter pens.  I used Uni-Ball Signo white pen to add snowflakes and to hide errors where I could. I tried to go over the image with a black pen but it smeared badly so I stamped, cut out and pasted a new runner where I tried the pen work.

I Love this Phyllis Harris designed stamp!

This is my latest Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity - "too beautiful for earth".

It is so sweet.

I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and used Copics for the color with a dash of Ranger's Stickles for the angel wings.

Unity's Friend's with Flair 8.22.14

I finally took time to make a card! My son and daughter-in-law are celebrating their anniversary!
This cute card is for them!

I used the #Hashtag Kit, May 2010 KOM, and a freebie (anniversary).

Boy, these photos are terrible!!! Sorry!  Happy Weekend!

A Fun Card 7.18.14

 I used Lawn Fawn's Love You S'More and Critters in the Forest stamps and dies. I used Sizzix's Royal Stand-Ups die for the card base. Inside the card is a stamp and diecut of a S'More. I told my husband that he was the Graham Crackers of my s'more!

I hope you enjoyed this card!  I had so much fun making it!

Unity's Friends with Flair July 4, 2014 and Unity's Challenge of the month

As some of you know I lost my little black and white dog several weeks ago. I just received the stamps Pawprints and #Hashtag set and I knew I had to ink them all up!

Happy 4th!

Unity's Friends with Flair May 9, 2014

This is a cute little box card that I made for a graduation! I love the little diploma and mortarboard!  I added a couple of banners and the word "Happy" from Unity's "You Did It" Itty Bitty. I used the graduates school colors for added touch of fun!