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 is time for Thank You cards!!!

So this thank-you I made to play along with Unity's monthly {be inspired} Challenge.

I just love these little guys from "birdie conversation"!

Lawn Fawn Critters in the Burbs

This is a stand-up birthday card. I used the clouds from Sunny Skies. The bush at the bottom with the bunny is the top of the tree. I do not remember the manufacturer of the Happy Birthday die.

I will link this to the Simon Says Stamp challenge.

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 4.24.14

Unity's Itty Bitty "Boots, Class, and Sass" is one of my newest favorites! The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket "Wanted".

I am finding some peaceful time to create after work time in the gardens. We are back to rain for the next week so the six yards of bark will have to wait.

I hope that spring has sprung where you live!

Unity's Friends with Flair 4.18.14

 I needed a couple of anniversary cards this month and I have wanted to try the box cards from Lori Whitlock (where I also linked up!).  I cut these from a Silhouette file and added more flowers from the Sizzix Stamp & Die-cut "Garden Flowers" set.

The really surprising thing about these cards is they fold flat and fit into an A2 envelope!!!!

I wrote my greeting on a flap that will be showing when you take it out of the envelope.

I used a stamp from Unity's "You Did It" itty bitty.

It rained 1 inch today (at least it wasn't snowing!)! 

Spring is fickle!

Unity's Friends With Flair 4.11.14

This is a "Thank You" card with a little spring/Easter theme. I wanted to try my new Garden Bench die from Elizabeth Crafts and Karen Burniston. So much fun!

The Unity Stamp is a Phyllis Harris image from the "Forever Friends" set.

I hope you like this card. Have a Happy Easter!

Unity's FWF 3.7.14

A little birthday card or two! The stamps are from the May 2010 KOM ( a little happy) and the April 2013 ( celebrate the good times).  Love the cut out for the butterfly that I cased this idea from Audrey Pettit for Sizzix Inspiration. This is an easy card!

Unity's FWF 2.27.14

This is a flip-card for a friend's birthday. She rides horses so I thought this patterned paper (Sasparilla by October Afternoon) would be perfect. The sentiment is from "Listen From the Heart" a Phyllis Harris set.

I am sorry that I did not look at these photos before I sent the card. Such weird angles and the lighting is off.  UGH!

Thanks for looking!!!

Unity's FWF and Challenge 2.14.14

I made a sympathy card for a cousin. I have been intrigued by the monochromatic cards that I have seen lately. So with that inspiration this is the design I made. I like to keep sympathy cards fairly simple. I love this trellis die by Lifestyle Crafts and the butterflies from Sizzix. I am not sure the name of the stamp on the front of the card but the inside sentiment is one of my favorites for the "With Sympathy" set.

Unity's FWF 2.7.14

I can't stop making Valentines! How much fun! This is a Pop N Cuts card with a flying heart with wings that pops up when you open the card. 

I will be volunteering in my granddaughter's class for Valentine's Day. Nothing like a little 2nd grade Valentine fun!!! And I get to make 23 more Valentine's!!! I hope you are having fun making cards too!!!!

Unity's FWF 1.31.2014

So here is a crazy story. My sister wanted to paint the number 12 (Seahawks fans are considered the 12th man on the field) for the Super Bowl this weekend. She found a website about "How to Decorate Your Horse" (really!). But she could not find any large stencils. So I made her 18" stencils on my Silhouette.

I am sure I will be nominated for some kind of award for this excellent video!!!

Here are the photos of the retired race horse as a 12!

The next day and after a lot of rain, my sister stopped her horse from rolling in the mud and messing up his numbers.  So he did an interpretative dance instead with a pirouette, a leap and then a kick which hit my sister and crushed her elbow! The surgery was extensive.

Here is the card that I made for her!

I put a little cast on the girl's arm and signed it!!

So the advice of the day is don't stop your horse from rolling in the mud!!!!

Unity FWF 12.20.13

Just one of many Christmas cards. 

Unity FWF 11.15.13

I used Karen Burniston's A2 die with circle label 3-D Pop N Cut insert and her Love Set Sizzlet to make this card. My stamp is Phyllis Harris' Autumn Joy.

Sizzix Fall Craft Photo Challenge

Give Thanks is a banner I made from a PDF file. I do not know where I got it! Sorry! I added pieces cut from the Fancy Label die and embossed with Bricked embossing folder.

Happy Fall!

Flying Easel Cards

Here are two Flying Easel Cards that I learned to make from Karen Burniston! 

The first is a birthday card for my daughter.

I used Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic paper collection.

The note is on the little card in the envelope.

This Halloween card 

was made with Graphic 45 paper and Sizzix dies - Square Card with Ornate Edge 3D Pop-Up, Majestic Labels and the spider from Spider and Spiderweb 3D Pop-Up.  I clear embossed the spider several times. The ribbon was sprayed with Heidi Swapp's Mustard Color Shine.