TGIF Flair!

Happy Friday! Showcasing a little of my Unity Flair today. I hope life calms down soon, so I can get back to better quality creating. It has been a bit crazy lately. Hope you have a great cup of something comforting and kick your feet up for some great Unity blogging! See Angela's blog for a complete list of Friday Flair participants.

Supplies

Stamps: September In-Store KOM

Ink: Cocoa (Memento), Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Indian Summer (DCWV)

Accessories: Ribbon (Archiver's), Pebbles, Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Supplies

Stamps: July Kit of the Month (Unity)

Ink: Black, Cocoa (Both Memento)

Paper: Kraft, Really Rust, Lined DP, Basic Grey DP

Accessories: Twill Tape, Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Fluttering Friday Flair

I finally finished my card for Unity's Friday Flair. (I still need to get caught up with comments from the blogs last Friday!) We have been putting in a hardwood floor in our dining room and kitchen, then moving on into the living room not to mention a fresh new school year. With that being said, I have been doing other things lately and procrastination was on the top of my list for stamping projects.

This card was inspired by SCS's clean and simple (making a card "pop" with dimensionals) and color (Olive, Eggplant and Black) challenges. I also got my new Cuttlebug embossing folders that I preordered a few months back. What a treat to get in the mail!!!

Check out Angela's blog to get the full list of Friday Flair participants! Unity Stamp Company Rocks!!!

Supplies
Stamps: Bevy of Butterflies, June KOM (sentiment) All Unity
Ink: Eggplant Envy
Paper: Old Olive, Gina K. White
Accessories: Pearl Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Black Satin Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders - Moroccan Screen and Organic Flourishes, Black Pearls

First Friday Flair Post

Happy Friday!

It's been awhile since my last post. School is in full swing and I have had little time for anything else. I actually made this a week before school started with my Unity August Kit of the Month. Love, love it!
Sorry about the terrible photo! Bad lighting!!


Supplies
Stamps: August KOM (Unity)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Real Red, Lined Paper, Raspberry Lemonade (Basic Grey), Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug Alphabet Dies, Copics, Ledger Punch

Some Unity HHH Sweetness

I love strawberries! Love the taste, the smell, the image...I can't resist a good strawberry image, thus I had to use this stamp from the Unity August In-store KOTM. I couldn't help after uploading this card adding shimmer mist all over the strawberries.

Supplies
Stamps: August In-Store KOTM (Unity Stamp Co.)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Real Red
Paper: Bashful Blue, White
Accessories: Copics, Bauble, Sewing Machine



I didn't know really what I was doing with this one. I wanted to play around with my Tattered Angels colored glimmer mist, so I did. The jury is out on this one. It was fun to create and I learned a few things, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. Experimentation is never a waste.

Supplies
Stamps: August In-Store KOTM (Unity Stamp Co.)
Ink: Taken with Teal, Black, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Clear Stardust Gel Pen (Sakura), Nestabilities
Paper: Very Vanilla, Taken with Teal

Dream Wings HHH

Happy Hip Hop Hangover!! This is the product of my first inking up of Bevy of Butterflies. Love it! Glad that I finally got the inspiration to create something fun with it. Scroll down to see another fun Unity card!

Supplies
Stamps: Bevy of Butterflies, August In-store KOTM (Unity)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Lulu Lavendar (Memento)
Paper: Gina K. Luxury Base, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Button (Basic Grey), Fiskars Border Punch, Gemstones, Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist (Pearl)

Love Beyond Measure

I have been waiting to use this paper and charm since about June, then this fabulous Unity kit came along with the perfect stamp! I am so glad that I went with my gut and didn't eBay my Riding Hood Red pad and cardstock. I knew it would be a keeper. I have a whole pack that will be great for Christmas cards, too.

The details are tough to see in the photo. Should have added more contrast. Just click on the photo to enlarge.

Have a great Thursday!
This card won a Unity sponsored SCS Challenge contest today during Hip Hop.
Supplies
Stamp: August In-Store KOTM (Unity)
Paper: DP, Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Kraft
Ink; Riding Hood Red, Black
Accessories: Glitter, charm, ribbon

HHH Birthday Cards

Here are some fun


birthday cards! Have a great Hip Hop Hangover! This is for my grandmother's 92nd birthday today!

Supplies
Stamps: August In-Store KOM & July KOM (All Unity)
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Very Vanilla, Raspberry Lemonade (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Crocheted Fleurette, Cuttlebug Folders, Nestablilies, Sizzix Die Cuts, Pearls



Supplies
Stamps: Unity July KOM, Love is in the Air (Unity)
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Gina K. Luxury White Base Weight, DP (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Fiskars Border Punch, Glossy Accents

So Excited!

Happy Hip Hop Hangover!!!
To be back creating again. I haven't really thrown myself into it fully quite yet, because I am also working on cleaning everything up from grad school chaos and repacking for vacation.

I have been dying to use this Basic Grey DP for something. I actually mounted the DP to kraft over a month ago and have been deliberating what to do ever since. One of Jeanne's challenges for Hip Hop was to "stamp and go". Meaning stamp a line art stamp and do nothing else...no paper piecing (my fave), coloring or embellishing. So, here are a couple cute birds from Unity's July KOM.

After getting home from grad school, I had about three Unity sets waiting for me and an SU order. I had ordered a set of Sizzix dies one of which I used in the upper right hand corner of this one.

Supplies
Stamps: Unity July KOM
Ink: Black
Paper: June Bug (Basic Grey), Kraft
Accessories: Pink and Vanilla Satin Ribbon

Perfect Pair Wedding Card

Happy Hip Hop Hangover! Probably my last for a month or so. Grad school starts on Monday and I have to keep my mind in the game!

I created this fun non-traditional wedding card for Mitch's friend Jon (and my Fish Wrangler crew mate) and his new wife Jeanette (Welcome to the group, girl!). They are having a wedding reception on Sunday and this will be their card from us.

All of the pears and bird are paper pieced from Basic Grey DP. All but the bird are glazed with glossy accents to add dimension.

Perfect Pair
Stamps: Perfect in Every Way (Unity KOM June)
Ink: Black
Paper: Gina K. White Base, Basic Grey DP, DCWV (Wood Grain)
Accessories: Glossy Accents, Fiskars Border Punch, Ribbon, Stickles

Love is Everything

How often I forget that and let myself get carried away with daily tasks, my hobby and other things going on in life. I made this card for Mitch for Father's Day as an affirmation that I need to make more time for "us". I helped Liam make a little card card for daddy with some self-adhesive foam shapes and crayons. He had fun making it!

Love is Everything
Stamps: Love is Everything (Unity)
Ink: Black
Paper: Kraft, Offbeat (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Ribbon, Clear Gel Pen (Sakura)

Three Scoop Sweetness

Happy Hip Hop Hangover!!! Just had to use this super cute ice cream cone stamp. Who wouldn't love in extra scoop in the summer? (I would have liked having enough of a scoop to fill the bottom of the cone I got yesterday. Oh well, he was a newbie at the local dairy bar.)

Have a great day and enjoy at least this card if you don't get a scoop yourself!

Three Scoop Sweetness
Stamps: June KOM (Unity)
Ink: Black, Versamark
Paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla, We R Memories Keepers DP (Sunsplashed)
Accessories: Embossing Pen, Iridescent Ice, Copics, Glossy Accents, Cuttlebug Spot and Dots, Scallop Border Punch, Black Embossing Powder, Satin Ribbon

Next in HHH
is...

**Tenia**

Hip Hop Hangover

Hi, Unity Addicts! Hope you enjoy these fun HHH creations, which were actually supposed to be Hip Hop Challenges from yesterday but SCS and I had some uploading issues! Enjoy!

Sailing in the Sun
Stamps: Beach Days and Sun Ray (Unity)
Ink: Black
Paper: Kraft, Basic Grey DP, Gina K. Layering White
Accessories:Linen Thread, Liquid Pearls, Copics, Pearl Shimmer Spray (Tattered Angels)

Sailing in the Sun
Stamps: Beach Days and Sun Ray (Unity)
Ink: Black
Paper: Kraft, Basic Grey DP, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Gemstones (Hero Arts), Souffle White Gel Pen (Sakura), Twill Tape, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Spots and Dots

A Beachy Scene

It seems like all of the SCS challenges are focusing around the same thing lately. Clean, simple designs. This is for Color Combination Challenge 222 using only a white base.

Supplies
Stamps:Beach Days and Sun Rays
Ink: Angel Pink, Summer Sky, Creamy Caramel, Black
Paper: Luxury White (Gina K.)
Accessories: Dauber, Pearl Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Copics

I always think of summer as sparkling, so I sprayed shimmer mist on the background, although it is hard to see in the photo.

Lake Hope 2009

What a great time we had this year at the 5th Annual Lake Hope weekend!!! Friends, food (I am pretty sure there are pics somewhere of a large pork tenderloin and deep fried turkey along with 30 ears of corn for our Saturday night meal.), nature and great conversation were abundant as usual. This year our hostess, my best friend Patty, made arrangements at Laurel Lodge instead of at indiviual cabins for our large group. We loved it! The consensus was to make those arrangements again for next summer.

The guys were there early on Friday fishing as well as early Saturday AM. Mitch and I decided to do the mountain bike trails. What an experience. To say the least...the map was a bit of a disappointment. One of the trails turned into a creek, which then turned into a swamp. Not to mention the trail was a bit muddy from rain earlier in the week. We were a muddy, wet mess by the time we got back. Luckily, we ran into Julie and Gary and hitched a ride back from the boat docks. I don't think I would have been able to do the steep road work after the 3.5 mile excursion in the forest. (I need to get the picture of Mitch and I after our ride uploaded from my camera.)

Here is a picture of my friend Patty and I. Good times. Good friends. Good food. What more could you ask for? Looking forward to next year!

Hip Hop Hangover

Ok, here it is. I used Jeanne's Limited Supply Challenge today, which was to create a simple one layer card using the base as the one layer. I finally got to use one of my favorite Unity Stamp images. I also used Gina K.'s Stamp TV sky background technique (hard to see) and some shimmer mist on the background as well.
Love is in the Air
Stamps: Love is in the Air
Ink: Angel Pink, Summer Sky, Black (All Memento)
Paper: Gina K. Luxury Base White
Accessories: Copics, Pearl Shimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Cuttlebug Embossing Folder