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Friday, September 14, 2012

Friends With Flair {Happy Halloween}

Lately I have been trying really hard to use up some of all the older dp that I had to have, and then never used. When I was going through my drawers of papers, I found this huge pad from DCWV called "The Fall Stack", and I thought that these papers were perfect for this bat stamp from Unity that I have had for some time too and never inked until today.
 
 
I embossed the bat stamp so it is really shiny looking, and added the black gems just because it is so hard to resist the urge to add a little bling to everything I make.
 
Supplies:
Unity "Halloween Traditions" kit
DCWV paper
Zva gems
Spellbinders ovals
embossing powder
 
Thank you for stopping by, and have a happy weekend!
 
 
 

 
 
 


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Friendship

Seems that it is harder than I thought to use up one entire pad of paper...
Last week I challenged myself to keep making stuff until one pad of dp was used up, and I am still working on that. So here is a card made with papers from Me & My Big Ideas and a stamp from Unity.
 

(supplies)
Unity Feb 2011 KOM stamp
Me & My Big Ideas paper
EK Success border punch
Black brad
 
Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful Wednesday!



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Embrace Possibility {CAS}

For today I am playing along with the CAS challenge over on SCS,to use color blocking on your card.
This is my take on that in simple black and white with a sentiment from an awesome Unity kit called "Art & Possibility"
 

I cut the black piece of card stock freehand and rounded the top corner only, to go with the curve in the black piece.
 
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Friends with Flair {Boo}

Here is a cute little Halloween card that I made after seeing the idea for these cute little gate fold cards on SCS this week. I love how it turned out, and think it would be perfect for putting in a kids lunch box, or even my hubbys lunch with a small bag of treats, he deserves it for putting up with me every day :)
 

 
The paper is from Echo Park "Apothecary" (I love these papers), the bat on the front is from the August KOM, and the stamps on the inside is from a Unity set called "Too cute to Spook".
 
Thank you for stopping by!
 


Thursday, September 6, 2012

Just a Note

I am still working with the same pad of paper from Me & My Big Ideas.
My plan was to keep making stuff using only this pad until it is used up, but I am not sure that I will be sticking to the plan - there are a lot of papers in a pad and it gets old only using the same papers for every card.
Today I have a fun card that I made with smaller scraps that I punched into hexagons, I love using the scraps of paper, and I do like how this turned out.

 
Supplies:
Unity Jan 2011 KOM
Me & My Big Ideas design paper
PTI card stock
ribbon
 
Thank you for stopping by and have a terrific Thursday!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Explore!

Last weekend I organized my smaller pads of papers, and realized just how many papers I have. There are so many 6x6 pads of paper I "had to have" only to put them in the pile with the other ones and either only use one piece of paper from the pad or not use any at all. So now my challenge to me is to use all of the papers in a pad before I can get anything new. This is why you may see several project using the same papers for the next few weeks.
Today I have a card that I made using my Cricut which I have not been using much at all either.

Supplies:
Me & My Big Ideas paper
Inkadinkadoo "Creative Words" stamp
Provo Craft "Sentimentals" cartridge
Ribbon
Brad
 
Most of these cards (and more) are being sent to OWH, as I hope to be able to give back just a little, since I received several OWH cards from my hubby last year when he was deployed, and I know how happy these cards make both the sender and recipient.



Tuesday, September 4, 2012

A quick CAS Card!

The past few weeks have been super busy with getting kids ready for school, and getting to know the new area we live in, so it has been a while since my last post here.
I finally got most of my craft stuff unpacked (cannot believe how much stuff I actually have...), and spent a lot of time making stuff this weekend.
For today I have a CAS card that I made using some felt for the flower, and some washi tape
The sentiment is from Unity July 2012 KOM "Ol' Bag of Fun" and I am pretty sure the button came from PTI, the felt was cut using a round Spellbinders die.
I really like how this turned out, let me know what you think.