My Top 10 Cards of 2010

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Here are my Top 10 in NO particular order...


Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge & Scrappy Mom's Stamps The Charmed Life Set, Paper-unknown


K.I. Memories Paper, Unity Stamp Company images


Paper Pad purchased at Michael's, My Favorite Things images


Patterned Paper unknown, Dictionary Pages, Unity Stamp Co. Paisley image, Stampin' Up Sentiment


Basic Grey Papers, Stamps Unknown


Basic Grey Papers, House Mouse Gruffies Image, Stampin' Up Sentiment


My Mind's Eye paper, Unity Stamp Company image


Basic Grey Papers, Stampin' Up images


Block Party Cricut Images, Unity Stamp Company sentiment


Freshly Picked Cricut Image, Hippie Chic Paper Pad

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Love is in the Air

Today I wanted to share a card that I made with my Cricut & Peachy Keen Stamps. I was inspired to make this card after visiting Andrea's blog Work in Progress back in June. I really fell in love with the digital stamp she used, but couldn't find it for purchase on the designer's website. So I decided I would use my Peachy Keen stamps and my Cricut and make it myself.



This was my first attempt at adding detail to a Cricut cut with pens and stamps. I used a Gelly Roll White Pen to color the eyes. And a Black Le Pen (Hobby Lobby) to add the dashes and dots to the umbrella.

I think it turned out pretty cute. It needs a little something else, but I wasn't sure what yet. I may end up adding three brads along the corner of the white panel the umbrella is on for some added dimension.

Inside I stamped a Unity Stamp Company Sentiment "Love is in the Air".

Supplies Used:
Blue & Pink Cardstocks by Close to My Heart (unsure of exact colors)
Distress Pink Patterned Paper by Junkitz
White Cardstock Georgia Pacific
Black Cardstock from Hobby Lobby Open Stock papers
Face Stamp Peachy Keen Stamps PK-493 Everyday Character Face Parts 3" to 4"
Umbrella cut at 3" from Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
Hearts cut at 1/4" from George Cricut Cartridge

Hope you enjoyed this fun project today, have a good one and try to CREATE SOMETHING!!!

YOU ROCK!

OK so my nephew turned 15 at the beginning of the month. I remember the day he was born, where did all that time go??? He is such a cool kid, and I really had a hard time coming up with a cool, NOT little boy, birthday card. How'd I do???



here is the inside of the card...


Supplies:
Kraft & White Cardstock from Hobby Lobby
DCWV RockStar Mat Stack (skull paper, guitar paper, stripe)
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Brody Drummer Z Stamp by Just Johanna Odd Bird Planet
You Rock & Star stamps are Love, Elsie by KI Memories
happy birthday by Unity Stamps

I tried to grunge up the inside to make it look very ROCK-like. I hope I was successful, of course even with money in the card I never heard if he liked it or not...oh well that's a 15 year old for ya! LoL!

I would love to hear how you liked this card, or have you become a follower. I spent yesterday afternoon on a "date" with my hubs. That hasn't happened in over a year and a half on a Saturday night. Nice dinner, ran a few errands, riding around with the windows down & having an ice cream cone. That's the life!!! Have a super day!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! (yes I know it is April....)

So I am a little (LOT) late posting these....so I'll just get right to it!


These are two of my swap for my stamping group's Valentine Postcard Swap.


Supplies:
Close to My Heart Cardstock (pink & red both retired colors)
Black CS is DCWV
Basic Grey Bittersweet 6"x6" pad
Cricut Love Struck Seasonal Cartridge (heart)
Distressed Hearts Background by Unity Stamp Company
Sentiment is cut from a piece of paper I got at Hobby Lobby (unknown manufactorer)


















This was our Valentine's surprise when we woke up. Valentine's Day is always a day Keith has to work being in the Restaurant business. So we peeked at our presents, went to church and then he had to go to work. We went to dinner the next night to celebrate. :o)


This was the card I made for Keith.
Supplies:
KI Memories Kiss Me Collection Papers
Trees stamp is by Unity Stamp Company, it was in a kit of the month and the kit is listed as KOM-9 on their site
you + me = happy sentiment from Unity Stamp Company you + me = happy set
Trees were colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS (Odorless Mineral Spirits)

This is part of Keith's present, though I doubt he will use it. Last Spring we had our pictures made for the church directory and I used a wallet sized to make him this sweet little momento.

Supplies are KI Memories Kiss me Paper Collection

I tried a new format with the post today, and am not sure I like it, so we'll see. Thanks for stopping by. NOW GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

It's a Boy!

Today's card was made for a family friend that is having a baby, actually he was born this morning! YAY! So I thought it only fitting tonight to post this card! I gave her a hand-crocheted baby blanket made by my Mother-in-law and this card to go with it. The baby's room is done in blues & browns so I thought it would make a great little piece of art to hang in his room as well! :o)



I stamped the Elephant off three times onto patterned paper, and then once onto my white cardstock. I cut out the entire elephant and placed him onto the white Cardstock (I realized I wouldn't have HAD to stamp him on the white first, but it helped me with placement), Then I cut out the ears & Trunk and pop-dotted them on, then finally I just cut out the ears, and then pop-dotted them on. It gave the elephant some REALLY nice dimension! And for a final touch I added some stickles to his little toenails, since the patterned paper had some glossy areas the sparkly toenails really stood out an looked cute!

Supplies:
Stamp: Unity Stamp Company Set Wild & Crazy Bunch
Papers: Twinkle,Twinkle Little Boy by My Mind's Eye, Cardstock from Hobby Lobby
Buttons: Walmart bag of buttons (one even said baby gap on it! HOW CUTE!!!!!)
Other: Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, CTMH Waxy Flax in the buttons


Thanks for stopping by and please say a prayer for baby Kaiden and his mommy! Now go CREATE SOMETHING!

Layouts Galore!!!

Supplies Used:
DCWV Cardstock
KI Memories Patterned Papers
Heidi Swapp & Prima Flowers
MAMBI Bling Paw
Wordsworth Dog Stickers
Oriental Trading Brads
Ink Memento Rich Cocoa
KI Memories Alpha Stamps
Worn Grid Background Stamp by Unity Stamp Co.


You will notice a lot of my papers or supplies are not the NEWEST trends, but they are from my stash and I intend to use them - I LIKE THEM! But I have tried to find different ways of using these items. I have found I really like layering the KI Memories tags that were sold in sheets. I have TONS (from being assistant manager at the scrapbook store years ago.) And you will see another page posted this week using this again. WOOHOO!
Supplies Used:
DCWV Cardstock
KI Memories Patterned Papers and Tags
American Crafts Letter Stickers
Liquid Glass (over letter stickers)
Colorbok journaling Tag Pad



Ok I know this one is WILD! But I actually like how it turned out. I dug into all my chipboard letters and played around! These pages were all done on the same day at a crop and you will see I was really enjoying my liquid glass adhesive that day! LOL!
Supplies:
DCWV Cardstock & Patterned paper
Chipboard Letters: Target $ Spot, Oriental Trader, Little Davis
Unity Stamp Co. Just Polka Dots Background Stamp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Liquid Glass used in centers of letters, and to cover a few flowers on patterned paper (not really showing up in photo - sorry!)

It is my GOAL to get caught up on my scrapbooking, and trying to use my stash up as well. I have a couple of more pages to share this week, but they are going to get posts of their very own since they have a couple of things I want to highlight.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend, and blessings for your week! NOW GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

WORLD RECORD BLOG HOP!

View the Inspirational Blog Hop by starting at Unity Stamp Co. Blog
with Angela. If you just stopped by my blog today, click on the Unity link above and hop your way through all the blogs.

Angela asked us to post our favorite quote today. This one has always been my favorite.
"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ~Cesare Pavese
I think this quote is so true, it is all those little things we have great memories of, not entire days. And thank God for those moments.


This first card was made for the Hip Hop Thursday No Sour Grapes Challenge
Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp Co. Ginormous Sweet Cupcakes Stamp Kit
CTMH Black Core Cardstock, DCWV Rockstar Patterned Papers, DCWV Glitter Paper
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink & Brilliance Moonlight White Ink



This project was made for the Unity Thinks Spring! Hip Hop Challenge.
Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp Co. November 2008 Kit of the Month - Pinwheel
Love Elsie Patterned Paper, Brown DCWV Cardstock, Georgia Pacific White Cardstock Memento Rich Cocoa Ink


Thanks for dropping by today! Don't forget to become a follower of my blog, so you can find out each time I post new art!!!

Your next stop on the WORLD RECORD INSPIRATIONAL BLOG HOP is SummerThyme Studios. Have a super day and don't forget to check out all the awesome specials Unity Stamp Co. is having by clicking on the blinkie below!!! GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!

Hip Hop Hangover

Yesterday was HIP HOP THURSDAY in Unity Stamp Co. World. And so today I am sharing my Hip Hop HANGOVER project!!!





Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Christmas Stack
Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View
3-d Tree & Lights Stickers: Magic Scraps
Rub-Ons: EK Success
Frame Stamp: Unity Stamp Co. Our Life, Our Stories Kit (now sold seperately)
The Details Stamp: Unity Stamp Co. Our Life, Our Stories Kit (now sold seperately)

Thanks for dropping by, and remember to come back tomorrow for the WORLD RECORD BLOG HOP Unity is doing!

GO CREATE SOMETHING!

Funny Valetine

I had three lovely "younguns" to make Valentine's for this year. TWO are boys and they are 11 & 13. So I had to come up with something WACKY! I forgot to take pictures before I mailed Kaylee (an adorable PINK MONSTER) & Austin's; but I got a picture of Michael's. WOOHOO!!!

The FUNNY part of all these Valentine's was, I got them all stamped and colored, and decided to add "BLING" for their eyes and I had "BLACK BLING" in my stash, I was SO EXCITED, well then I ran them through my cuttlebug to cut them out with my nesties....well of course it CRUSHED THE BLING!!! But it turned out perfect, they were the perfect MONSTER EYES!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Unity's Cuter than Most Kit, "Valentine" Michael's $ bin Peg Alphabet
Papers: DCWV Dots, CTMH Blue Dots, DCWV CS, Georgia Pacific White CS
The Paper Studio Brads (Circles & Heart)
Punches: EK Circle Punch, Stampin' Up Word Window Punch
Nesties Rectangle & Scalloped Rectangle DIES
Colored with COPIC Markers
Bling from Michael's $ bin

Thanks for dropping by!

Now Go Create Something!!!

Pink & Lime ATC Color Swap

Well, I was hoping to post these when I had the whole collection of Color Swap ATCs, but my next set is lost in the mail somewhere between Columbia & Morristown. So who knows if Connie (the swap hostess) or I will ever see them??? I will be doing more of the color swaps, but won't have the complete set as I hoped, so here they are!

Connie gives us a two-color combo and asks us to make six ATCs with it. I made an extra and used it on a card for my COTM partner. The picture of the card seemed to turn out better than the picture of the ATC itself, oh well.

The inspiration for this started with my obsession with Jenny saying "Dear God make me a bird...." from the movie Forrest Gump. And this was born.

The Bird Stamp is from the June 2008 Unity Kit of the Month - Bliss & a Birdie. The crown was made from a vertical stamp I have of aged & distressed license plates - that look as if the edges were torn off (I think it is a Stamper's Anonymous Stamp, but I am not sure) - then I cut them into Crown shapes based on how they were "torn".
The sentiment was printed on the computer in strips and cut to fit each ATC. And Stickles were added for some bling. Wing details were added with Copics and Journaling pens. And to be honest, I am not sure if the eye is 3-d or not....I can't remember. Papers are Making Memories (Pink Floral), The Paper Studio (Green Plaid), Georgia Pacific Cardstock




Thanks for looking!!!

Now Go Create Something!!!

Valentine Postcards

I finished up my Valentine Postcards for a swap I am in, and I wanted to post the end result! The only thing you cannot see in the photo, is the irridescent spray I put on the cards after they were stamped, it makes a nice little "glow" on them. I think they turned out GREAT!

Supplies Used:
Stamps - Unity January Kit of the Month (Kiss Me, Love Me, Love Stamp, Valentine Circle, all my love, burst of hearts grass); Unity Love Grows Kit (Tree, love you, love words type)
Inks - Distress Ink Fired Brick & Worn Lipstick, Memento Angel Pink
Paper - White Cardstock - unknown
Paint - Krylon Paper Finishes Make It Iridescent

Unity Secret Santa Card

This is the card I made for my Secret Santa on the Unity Forum at SCS. I used a pre-made 6" x 6" card by DCWV, Red CS Unknown, White CS by Georgia Pacific, Ink is Distress Ink by Tim Holtz, Paper Studio Border Punch used. I also added stickles to the stamped tree to make it more Christmas-like! Stamps are all by Unity Stamp Co.: Tree is from Growing in Unity Kit, Words are from Bitty Christmas Tags Kit. I hope she enjoyed it!!!

Thanksgiving Cards

Supplies Used:
Unity Stamp Co.'s Fall Festival Kit
Copic Markers, Spica Pens, Google Eyes, Spellbinders Nesties, Offray Ribbon, Orange Cardstock is Unknown, Paisley Paper is Chatterbox, and White CS is Georgia Pacific.

Layout Class

Two weeks ago tonight, I took a layout class with some new scrapbooking friends. It is so much fun because all we did was bring the pictures, and she had all the supplies. We just had to have our adhesive, and basic tool kit.

These first 4 layouts were not intended to be Christmas, but I thought that I could make the pink and brown colors work since a lot of my Christmas decor is in Pink & Red.




Supplies Used:
Papers: All by Close to My Heart, except for Pink Brocade paper on some chipboard is by The Paper Studio
Embellishments: CTMH Chipboard, K & Co. Binder Clip, Making Memories all Solid Color Clips & Metal Markers, CTMH Stickers, Heidi Grace Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Rub-on Letters.
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Good Times, Bliss, Indulge, Love Almighty God); others are alphabets from Michael's $1 Bin.


These next two layouts were done using the same papers, but the OPPOSITE side of them. I decided to use the Blues for Keith's birthday pages. The story of where we went and why we went there is on my personal blog. :o)Some of the close-up pictures show where we used a piercing tool and a stamped image to create a very cool star background.





AllSupplies on these pages by Close to My Heart!

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoy'd them. Now GO CREATE SOMETHING!!!