Friends with Flair Friday

I'm back again with more Unity. It's Friday, that means it's time for Friends with Flair! If you've never participated in Unity activities, I highly recommend it. Not only is it a BLAST, but the folks at Unity are so fun, helpful, kind and generous. Make sure to stop by Angela's blog to get a full list of FFF participants; one of the fifty gals is offering a chance to win some Unity, but you have to find the blinkie!

Today I'm sharing with you an invitation for my hubby for a date night. It was for the Unity Bachelor challenge. The challenge was to make an invitation for the man we love using red, green and black. I instantly thought "Christmas" when I saw red and green, but I definitely didn't want to make a Christmas invitation; I wanted something more immediate.  ;D

I used Bo Bunny papers and stickers, then handwrote my little when, who & what on the bottom. Once we have a little more free time, I'll give it to him.

supplies ~ cardstock: stash, stickers & dsp: Bo Bunny It's My Party, sentiment stamps: Unity Sentiments O' Simple

Have a fantastic Friday, and a wonderful weekend!

My blogversary is coming, and with CANDY!

***CANDY NOW CLOSED. The winner is... ***

Michelle said...

I'm a follower!

October 2, 2009 3:38 PM

Congratulations, Michelle!  Email me your contact info and I'll get your goodies sent off to you!



I cannot believe that nearly a WHOLE YEAR and 187 posts have passed since I started this blog! It all started with a few posts to get in on a sample I wanted to request, but it snowballed from there! I never would have thought I'd be designing for anyone or posting cards up to two or three times a week. But there's so much inspiration out there, and it made me want to do more; so this blog has grown and blossomed into quite a project all its own!

To celebrate, I'm giving away some stuff from my stash! Here's what I'm giving away:

• Stamps: Brayden's Backside, Leapfrogs (2 separate stamps), "Bewareth Ye..." sentiment (High Hopes Stamps), rose & chicken (Unity Stamp Company), Falling for You series 34 (Studio G)
  
• Cuttlebug embossing folder "Congrats"
• Cuttlebug dies "Cake"
• Stamped images from High Hopes, Whimsy Stamps, Unity Stamp Company, and Doodle Dragon Studios
  
• ...and a few surprises!
  

I haven't had time to take a picture, but will try to put one up by Saturday.

How can you win my blogversary candy? It's easy!

1. Leave a comment below.
2. If you are a follower, leave a second comment for another chance.
3. If you're a challenge addict like me, play in the challenges for Whimsy Stamps. You don't have to use a Whimsy Stamp to play. Leave a comment for each entry with a direct link to the card you entered (I reserve the right to delete entries that have only a link to a blog).

This candy closes on October 4 (my blogversary) at 11:59 pm AKDT and is open to anyone, including international readers. I'll use Random.org to choose the winner and post it on October 5. Good luck!

Whimsy Challenge: Buttons!

Hello, and happy Monday! And you know what that means, right? NO?!?! Well, it's another Whimsy Stamps challenge! Last week's theme was fall, but it was my week off; I thought this week I'd combine them.  =D

I usually make standard A2 cards, but I decided to do a 6x6 card this time. I used the sketch over at CPS for my card, decided to do some more watercoloring and made my own flowers. I just got a new set of nesties - the small octagons - and couldn't wait to put them to work. I not only cut the image and its mat, but decided to make some flowers, too. I used the same papers to continue the color scheme I had going, and popped a button in the center of each flower. To give the flowers a little more dimension, I scored from corner to corner and folded, then used adhesive in just the center of the flower back so they could pull up away from the card front a bit.

supplies ~ cardstock: DCWV, dsp: DCWV Indian Summer, buttons: Lansing Blumenthal, image: Whimsy Moose

Have a terrific day, and we can't wait to see your take on this week's challenge!

Friends With Flair Friday

Welcome back to another Friday with Unity! Angela finally revealed the new Thursday format that replaces Hip Hop, and WOW! I cannot wait for all the fun to begin! Go check it out!

So today, I'm sharing with you a card I just love. I made it a while back for a Unity Addicts challenge to choose our least favorite color and make it the dominant color in our card. I don't really NOT like any colors, so I went with one that I had not used in a long time. I paper pieced the flower group in the middle with the same paper that appears below the image panel, then used Shimmerz to paint all the other flowers and the leaves.

Thanks for coming by to visit; enjoy the rest of your FFF blog hop!

Today is Doodle Dragon release day!

Welcome back! Did you get your Doodle Dragon freebie yesterday? It's a cute one! With the holidays drawing near faster than I would like, Dustin is offering more winter themed digi stamps. Take a look at what I have for you today!

This is a pretty simple card. Even with the coloring, the card went together in less than an hour (and that's short for me, a slow-poke). I used a QuikKutz embossing folder to mimic the dots on the red paper I used for matting the image. I also decided to emboss the image with my nesties die. I almost never do that! I colored the image with Prismas & OMS.

supplies ~ cardstock & dsp: stash

And remember that Dustin is offering a great deal on the first 5 pages of digi stamps on his site; $25 will get you ALL 145 OF THEM (yep - I counted them)!

Only one more day to the weekend! Have a terrific Thursday, and thanks for coming to visit!