Friday Friends with Flair- Feathers!

 I made this card for last month's Unity Sketch challenge, and then forgot to post it!! 

Oh, well, it works for today's Unity's Friends with Flair!

I used Feather Flight stamp , and the sentiment from All Smiles (Itty Bitty).

 And I made another with My Mind's Eye paper and stamped the Feather Flight feather again, and then stamped off a second time.

Friends with Flair

 This is for Unity's Friends with Flair. This is one of my favorite Unity sets: Insightful Meadow. 

It is stamped in navy blue ink, and sponged edges in a tea dye ink.

The patterned paper is MME.

June CARDS Blog Challenge

 This is for the CARDS Blog Challenge for June. I used a couple MME background papers. The pink striped strip is from A Muse Mad for Plaid, and the faux stitches is Technique Tuesday stamps.

Friends With Flair in Green

 I am posting this for today's Unity's Friends With Flair, and the eP: eclectic Paperie Pick challenge: flowers. It looks similar to some I've made before. I just love that flower from Insightful Meadows. But I think this is the first time I've stamped it in green, it reminds me of Queen Anne's lace in this color.

MME December Sketch Challenge

 I can't believe it has been exactly a month since I posted anything. I have been busy, mostly crocheting, but I have been looking at challenges to get me back into some paper crafting. So! I decided to do My Mind's Eye December Sketch Challenge for scrapbooking.

 All the paper is from MME. The background sheet is Bella Bella: French Flea Market. The other papers are The Sweetest Thing: Bluebell, Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky, and Stella & Rose.

 The stars are dies from A Muse

 The stamp below the button is Unity's Ippity Kit: A Moment in Time.

The pics are from our latest family dinner, this past summer. My nephew Ian & his cousin Jake were climbing trees, and Ian said he was a monkey, so they were making monkey noises. It was too cute!

Cornish Heritage Farms "Trees" Challenge

 Cornish Heritage Farms is having a Trees Challenge this week. It is amazing, that this stamp is my favorite of theirs!

For this card, I used MME Stella & Rose paper. I like inking the stamp with different colors, and then spritzing or misting with water. I use a little heavier hand with water when I use watercolor paper, and the result is always satisfying. (Altho this regular cardstock)

The inks I mixed for these: Memento Peanut Brittle & Morocco (on card), with SU Choc Chip; Memento Bamboo Leaves & SU Old Olive, Choc Chip (left); Memento Morocco & Rhubarb Stalk, SU Choc Chip (Right). It is always fun to mix colors, and see what comes out!!

CTS 6

 This is for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #6. I switched sides for the flower/sentiment, I hope that is ok for the sketch. I have been seeing a lot of white on white without mats the past few weeks, so I thought I would try it out with this one.

 A couple years ago, I did quite a bit of image trades on splitcoaststampers.com. I had wanted this sentiment for a long time, and then I got it, and never used it. So I pulled this out of my super stash of images, and added one of my favorite Donna Downey stamps from Unity: Insightful Meadow. I stamped it in my new fav colors from PTI, Autumn Rose. The polka dot paper is MME: Stella & Rose.

Focal Point Challenge

 This is for Michelle & Corey's anniversary. I also made it for the Moxie Fab Focal Point challenge.

It is a little Faux Watercolored. The flower is from SU's Fabulous Flowers. I inked it in Memento's new Morocco ink, then misted it with water in a mini mister, and stamped, then misted again, and stamped off the edges. The sentiment is AMuse: Essential Sentiments stamped in AMuse gray.

The paper is My Mind's Eye Indie Chic "Ginger". I love that whole pad of paper!! 

The focal point of the card is edged in AMuse gray ink, to set it off against the patterned paper.

The PTI scallop edging is PTI gray paper, it matches the MME paper so well!

Wish I Was There!!

 Way back when! I think it was the last month of my design team work with Kim at Serendipity, Kim gave me this ? plastic bubble? I can't remember what it is called. Something to hold memories in, I think. 

Anyway, on one of our stamping get-togethers, I used a JustRite stamp from the beach, and thought this would be perfect to hold a few shells and some sand. 

(But I didn't add the sand, too messy!)

I watercolored with my aquapen. Dave didn't like the way I kept shaking the card, to get the shells just right! Tee hee, but I had fun, kinda like a shaker card!

I used Nestabilities Circles to cut a hole to fit around the bubble and hold it in place. It was a little small, so I used the area that is usually like an embossed mat, and it is folded up a little around the bubble. It holds it in place.

Flourishes Sketch Challenge 181

 I had a fun stamping day with my mom, and this was my first card. I made it for the Flourishes Sketch Challenge this week. I used Flourishes Waterlily stamp set, and masked the lily pad, so I could put multiple buds around it. I stamped it in the new Memento Espresso Truffle, and stamped the sentiment in PTI Canyon Clay. The designer paper is MME's Indie Chic - Ginger.

Unity's Sketch Challenge - Scrapbook Page

 This is for the Unity National Scrapbooking Day Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers. I used a paper plate to mask a section, and spritzed around it. It was just so dark, so I used some MME patterned paper with white to lighten it. But it was still too dark, so I used a white gel pen to add a circle and some faux stitches, and then some star outlines. 

The journaling part and stars were stamped with Unity's A Moment In Time stamps.

 I used some chipboard letters for Ian's name, but they were in the wrong colors. So first i spritzed them, still too dark, then I outlined them in white ink. Still didn't look right, so i inked them with red ink. 

Again, too dark! I inked them with my white ink pad, red still not dry, so I just ruined my white ink pad! ugh!! SO I ended up using a Pearl Pen in white.

Its Not Blurry!

funny story: I have been having contact trouble, but i know you are not too. I stamped this 3 times. Once in green, too light, another in white, still too light, but i could only see it at an angle, then again in aqua mist from PTI. So it looks a little blurry, but it's not! LOL, its just stamped multiple times.
other funny part: I had to stop wearing one of my most fav summer shirts(shrunk too much lengthwise, why does it do that?), that is/was a diagonal stripe. I thought to cut it in strips and make flowers, so this one is the little scallop trim from the neckline. I love it! I asked Dave what he thought of it, and he said it looks like i wanted to keep a shirt i should've thrown out. LOL! He's not big on the dimensional flowers. But that is my fav part of the card!

Stamps: Unity Insightful Meadow, A Muse Thanks
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, MME

Unity's March Challenge: Windows or Doors

This one is for Unity's Monthly Challenge, and for today's Friends with Flair. It was really hard to get a good pic straight on, I attached the stamped image only on one side in the crease, and it is not wanting to lay flat. I wanted to give the illusion of a window with the shadows, so that is why I didn't glue down the right side.

I used Unity's Feel the Joy stamp, and colored it with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink, and SU Brocade Blue, then used a mini mister to dampen the ink. I was hoping for more watercolor-y look like the bottom flower, but I think it turned out okay.
The clouds are from PTI dies, and I sponged along the bottom and used a white gel pen on the highlights. The bit of patterned paper is from MME Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky.

CFC 45 & Friends with Flair

This is for CAS-ual Friday's #45, to use black with a pastel, and also Unity's Friends with Flair.
I am loving Unity's Insightful Meadow set, you are probably getting sick of seeing it. The sentiment is from A Muse. The pastel is PTI's Lavender Moon.
I also borrowed Michelle's butterfly dies from A Muse, and die cut a bunch out of MME Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky paper pad. Thanks Michelle, I love those butterflies, they make me smile!

Winter Blues

ETA: above is new camera, below is old camera . i can tell a difference in sharpness.

so sorry for the bad lighting, i was in a hurry to get it uploaded.
This is for Moxie Fab's Winter Blues challenge, and Unity's Friends with Flair.
I stamped Unity's Insightful Meadow in PTI Enchanted Evening on a page torn out of my dictionary. I just happened to be Turkey Vulture, I thought that was funny, so I left it at the top ;)
The paper is also PTI E Evening, that is textured, and with Fresh Snow on the edges. The buttons are faux from MFT dies and MME paper. I think I got carried away with the Glossy Accents and messed one up, but oh well, I like texture.

Happy Anniversary!

A little while ago, I used some of Michelle's A Muse butterfly dies on some polka dot paper. I like the wings folded up to make it look like they are flying above the A Muse flower.

World Card Making Day

This is a no stamping card, just patterned paper, and a little die cutting. A very quick card, thanks to My Mind's Eye paper, and Papertrey Ink dies!

PTI's Make it Monday #33

This is my card for the Make it Monday Frosted Images challenge. The only craft ink that I have is a SU Old Olive stampin' spot. (I tried the technique with this card, with Memento Rhubarb and white, and when it didn't work, I sponged over it.)

Rubbing the PTI Snow White ink over the top of the old olive did change the color a little, but I like the look with the PTI avocado paper & ribbon. The background paper is from My Mind's Eye: Lost & Found.
I am trying to get used to my new Big Shot, since I blew out the side of my Cuttlebug. I don't know all the sandwiches for everything, so my PTI Impression plate didn't impress very much. Anybody have any tips? Thanks.

Stamps: PTI Turning a New Leaf, and Take Three:Summer sentiment

PP #64 & Friends with Flair

This is my card for the Paper Players Challenge # 64 to use a plant or animal, and the Unity blog's Friends with Flair. So I chose Unity's Feel the Joy flower. I stamped it in Memento Rhubarb, and then sponged Sand ink around it.

The wonderful background patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye: Lost & Found. It is definitely a new "found" favorite! The back side is the black & cream polka dot.

Embellish Square Card Challenge

this is for Embellish square card / color challenge. it is about 3 1/2 inches square. the second shade of pink is very light in the background. i used Michelle's new A Muse stamps and inks, thank you very much. the ribbon is Kim's new May Arts looped sheer ribbon, such a cool shape, thank you too, for letting us play with it. and the paper is MME Stella & Rose.