FWF Friday

This is my first challenge with Unity. I'm excited to start crafting again. I had to take some time off to adjust to working again. I'm feeling pretty good with balancing everything now.

This is a simple card, but I love how it turned out. I used two different Unity KOM. The flowers came from Aug 2009 and the sentiment came from March 2010 KOM.The paper is PTI (I'm really loving everything they have). Ink and brads are SU. Thanks for looking.......T

A birthday gift

I have to get a bit creative these days with gifts. Since we are so tight with funds I have to make things. My daughter has quite a few friends who have birthday's close to each other so I decided to make these chipboard books. It takes a long time to make just one, but it's something the girls can keep for a long time. I had in mind that they would put pictures of their parties and have people sign the book that were at the party.
I used several different media types. I cut out felt, used some bling (rhinestones), crop a dile, paper flowers, and ribbon. I wish it didn't take so long to make, but I really hope they will like it.

A little Unity action

It's been a long time since I've done any crafting. My new job has taken my attention lately. I have been missing it though. It's like going back to an old friend who always makes you feel good. I needed some time at my table today.

The job is going well. I can honestly say that I love being at home the most and don't feel like I've really missed out on anything over the last 15 years of being there. Kit will be having surgery on his shoulder this coming Monday. From there we are looking at the min. of 6 months healing before things may go back to normal. I am very thankful that I was given a job to help us during this time. It's rough out there so I know I'm blessed.

Okay, now some stamping talk. I LOVE this month Kit from Unity. I saw the store one and like that one even more, but I'll have to love that from a distance for now. I colored in the thread with ink.The sentiment doesn't show up very well, but it is what it is. Sometimes I feel just like I'm hanging by a thread so I can relate. :o)

Ippity challenge creation

The challenge this week is to make a spring or Easter card/project. I wanted to make another pizza box set so I pulled out my Regal Greetings stamp set. I embossed the image on the box.

Here are the four cards that go in the box. 

Lastly this is what it lookes like in the box. The lid stays down nice and neatly.

Pizza box with 3 x 3 cards

I was invited to spend the day crafting with my favorite crafting buddy a few days ago. I was able to meet her sister and have fun gabbing and creating. I decided on doing a pizza box card set while I was there. I loved it so much that I came home and made another set right away.

I find that sometimes a small card is more fitting then a full size card, so I wanted some on hand.

Here are the four cards that fit neatly into the box. I used crate paper (streamer paper) to make the flowers. I found a ton of rolls at some thrift stores today so I took advantage of the cheap price and thought I would see how it worked.

 

I am really into spring colors right now so this set very much appealed to me.I embossed two of the four cards with SU polka dot folder. This was a blast to make and I think I'll be making some more this week.

Have a great weekend y'all.........

Go with the flow

I made this card with the ippity hop in mind. It has taken me forever to figure out how the hop works, but I think I've got it down now. I didn't realize the hop was different from the challenge, so that would be why I was confused. We're supposed to have our cards posted by 9 am on Monday to make the hop and I kept thinking "How in the world can we do that when we don't know what type of card to make?". I now know how it all works.

I used the Fishy Philosophy set with this card. This set didn't really appeal to me at first so I figured I wouldn't use it much, but I'm happy to report that I LOVE it. Leave it to ippity to come up with some unique stamp sets. I'm hooked.....

More Spring colors

I broke out the Nestibilities today and went to town. I really like the layered look, don't you? The sentiment is from Unity's AUG KOM. I had a chance to get it at a great price  so I jumped on it. There are so many stamps in it that I LOVE.. I'm still trying to learn how to use the glitter the best way possible. I've seen such beautiful cards made using it so I'm going to keep trying until I get it down. 

Hope y'all are having a bright sunny day.