Sweet Challenges

So excited to have a chance to WIN Sweet Stamp Shop's first CHALLENGE!

I used the new release, It's a Man's World and paired it with two older sets:

Melvin and Vernie and Sweet Alpha Doodles.

When I saw the bow ties in the new set, I couldn't wait to try one on Melvin.

AND just look how adorable he is:

He definitely looks like a fancy workin' Dad! :)

Thanks for stopping by, and as always, I enjoy receiving your feedback

so go ahead and leave me a comment.

A Little Birdie Told Me...

I need to just get to it, this stamp has been burning a hole in my pocket for MONTHS!

Isn't she just a SWEETHEART?!

Well, I think she's perfect. :)

You can find the Unity set with her in it HERE

I imagine this will be a Birthday card...

but it is blank inside in case I change my mind.

Just one more thing a SHOUT OUT to my Spellbinders.

I use them on almost every card I make. I LOVE them!!!

I should definitely invest in a few more, just to change it up.

Thanks for looking. Be blessed!

Full of Scrap!

Well I got your attention! ha!

When I buy those 6x6 paper packs I feel like I have so many little scraps...

I only buy the packs that I really love, so I hate throwing away any of it.

Solution:

I used my circle punch to savor each scrap and mixed up the patterns.

I added some Walnut Stain distress ink to the edges to make sure they popped off the kraft background.

I love the frame, it's a Sweet Stamp Co. goodie from the Sweet Alpha Doodles Set.

...a chunky twine bow held with Glossy Accents and I'm done!

Successful use of teeny tiny lovely scraps!

May Joy Always Find You

Happy Sunday!

Seems Sundays have become my only day to get crafty lately...boo!

I took some time to build a photo cube to help take better pictures.

I sure hope my readers will notice a difference as I practice using it.

Here's a little CAS card:

These are some scraps I just couldn't part with and

how perfect is this sweet Unity Stamp Co. sentiment?

I added gems with  my iRock tool to fill in the extra space.

I am totally on the 'banner' bandwagon, however, those adorable fishtail ends

can make this perfectionist go a little nuts so I went for a little variation.

Hope you like it!

Sweet Stamp Shop THANKS

To say I was thrilled when Nicole from Sweet Stamp Shop

asked to feature ME on her blog is an understatement!!!

I am such a HUGE fan of her designs...

It also makes a BIG impact on me when an owner is down to earth and friendly.

She definitely seems like a girl I would love to get crafty with.

Here's a new card to say THANKS for noticing me:

I used the Furry Friends Forever set

with some oldie but goodie My Mind's Eye design paper.

The sentiment is stamped with the go to set Sweet Alpha Doodles.

Welcome to those of you who haven't been here before, I hope you stick around!

So Many Babies

I cannot believe how many women in my life are expecting right now!

I made this 'sweet' baby card as an entry for the Sweet Stamp Shop design team.

 I haven't made very many baby cards so I assume bunnies go along with babies?!

I think the ribbon is my favorite part of this card.  I like the texture it brings.

The bunny stamp is from the Furry Friends set.

I added some pink Stickles and some Liquid Applique to the ears and tail.

And the sentiment is actually from the Buddie-Bee set.

Love this soft, distressed paper-- it's from Simple Stories.

Now, hopefully one of these ladies has a girl!

Owl be BACK!

Well sadly I did not make the Sweet Stamp Shop design team...

There is still a slim chance I could get picked as a guest designer though!

Which, for my life, would be just as great!! **fingers crossed**

So I thought I'd share one of my entries:

Sort of a fitting sentiment huh?  I will be back!

I just love SSS too much :)

Their next design team call will be in July.

Melvin and Vernie were my first set and they were a winning set from a blog hop.

It was a downhill spiral of purchasing after that...Don't tell the hubby!

For this card, I colored them with my Copics and tried to practice my blending/shading a little. Can you tell?  For paper I used my new FAV:  Authentique.

Thanks for looking!

Sympathy Card

Unfortunately, my family and I lost a very dear friend recently to cancer.

He was gentle and kind and simply taken way to soon...

I can't say I have ever made a sympathy card. 

Probably because of the obvious--they aren't very fun.

By chance, months ago, I purchased the Unity set:  With Sympathy.

I really LOVE the quote:

"If the future seems overwhelming, remember it comes one moment at a time."

I think simple is best in these situations.

The pops of colorful butterflies are my favorite part.

They are an Echo Park goodie from the set:  I Adore You.

I think they look awesome on the black and white.

I hope this card helps, even if just for a second...

Blog Awards!

Thank you to http://happeningsbyheidi.blogspot.com/ for thinking of me. I adore scrapping with her, she's such a sweetie! You seriously MUST checkout all her amazing layouts!!!

Liebster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved' but it can also mean 'favorite'. The idea of the Liebster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers. Please stop by and visit them.

The Rules are:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.

3. Post the award on your blog.

4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.

5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love! 

My five picks for the Liebster award are:
http://sparklewithin.blogspot.com/

http://redballooncards.blogspot.com/

http://papersscissorsrocks.blogspot.com/

http://scraphappystudio.blogspot.com/

http://designingdeva.blogspot.com/

 

Puppy Love

I started this card with intention to use as a design team entry

however I didn't have the Sweet Alpha Doodles yet!

I knew what I wanted to say and Thickers just weren't fitting so yes I ordered

this set just for this card! LOL

BUT I did know I would use the beegeezes out of it so that helped seal the deal.

Do you love the striped puppy as much as I do?!

Paper piecing does wonders for images like this... I think it's such a finished look.

The gems are from my iRock tool and shine much better than in this photo.

Hoping to hear about the design team spot next week,

I read there were almost or just over 100 entries!

Be Mine Valentine

I might be ahead of the game for once by posting Valentine's Day cards,

But sometimes you just gotta strike when the iron's hot right?!

I had my niece and nephew in mind when I made these...

I think Lilly will LOVE Vernie. The sentiment is a Unity Stamp favorite of mine.

And I really do adore Miss Lilly. :)

Not sure what my little man Bennett will think of this Furry Friend. 

This sentiment is also from Unity Stamp Co. 

He's all boy and would prefer some thing of the sports variety...

typical man.

I entered the Design Team Call for Sweet Stamp Shop today. 

Tomorrow is the deadline if anyone is interested.

I think half the fun of entering is forcing yourself to get things made!

Maybe that's why these cards will be on time....

hehe Have a GREAT week!!!

Sweet Gnomies

Happy NEW YEAR! What a year 2011 was...

I couldn't be MORE blessed. <3

Thought I might make a few cards today, I finally got in the grove

with the darling Sweet Stamp Shop set: Gnomies.

I used my Copics for both cards.

This card was inspired by my blonde friend

Shannon who came to visit over the holidays.

I added the log from the set Furry Friends Forever set.

To make the grass I just cut cut cut!

Those fancy Martha Stewart scissors have nothing on ME!

I actually bought the Copic marker BG72 to match this Authentique Paper: Gathering.

Isn't perfect?! Of course I couldn't resist some Stickles on this guys beard...

Here's to happy, healthy, and blessed 2012!

CHEERS!



Furry Friends

Just a quick post today...

I recently picked up a few new sets from Sweet Stamp Shop.

There is not ONE set I dislike, seriously cute stuff over there!

I made these fox cards yesterday when I working at the scrapbooking store:

 I colored them with my Copics and used Jillibean Soup paper. *A tip I learned: Use black ink and clear embossing powder before coloring!

It's genius because you can't color out of the lines! 

I think it gives the image a more finished look too.

The yellow layer is popped up giving them a little dimension.

Of course I got a little messy inking the edges.

I'mmmm BACK!

Hello bloggie friends! 

I know, I know, you can hardly even believe I am posting right?!

Well, I have a bucket FULL of excuses but I'll spare you the details.

My new job has my left brain working overtime

and I think it started to take over the crafty right brain side of me too.  BOO!

But HERE I AM.  With a special post of some wedding cards.

A friend of mine ordered three cards to give to her parents and her hubby on their special day.

Her colors are red, ivory, black and silver.

She also mentioned a wintery theme of snowflakes.

So this is what I came up with:

I LOVE my new Generations set--

I've wanted doily stamps for a long time and now that I have them I can't believe I waited so long! 

They are so super fun to stamp!!! Get this set, seriously it's my FAV.

This card seems a bit more masculine to me with the stripes but I added some Stickles (Black Diamond) to the heart and sparkly silver ribbon for some bling.

Saved the best (or my FAV for last) I just picked up this Spellbinders set yesterday and couldn't wait to use it- HUGE fan of the detail.  I think it tips this card to the more fancy side of things...

The snowflake paper is Echo Park.

Oh and the sweet sentiment is from another new set called The Right Words.

I'm sure I'll be using this set like crazy!!!

Hopefully it won't be so long until my new post...

But I can't promise anything. :)

Growing in Unity: WINNER!

I just want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who came to visit my blog last week.

I had so much FUN reading all your comments!!!

I'm also very excited by the few that decided to start follow Erin's Heart Sprinkles!

I hope I can keep the creativity going...

Now for what you came to see **drum roll**

and the WINNER is:

JOCELYN OLSON

Jocelyn Olson said...

Okay, seriously, you have the best designs! I LOVE these cards...you look like a naturally good crafty person to me! :) These cards are amazing!!

October 21, 2011 2:48 PM

Thanks so much for the sweet comments and support Jocelyn!

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO:kelli@unitystampco.com
Include your Full Name, Address and
please state you won your prize from Growing in Unity.

Here are the choices again:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

Thanks again Unity friends!

Growing in Unity: Day Five

I really am a scrapbooker at heart... And I originally started collecting Unity Stamps

to use on my layouts.

So this week I wanted to make sure to show you how

I use Unity Stamps to embellish my pages.

This page is from a family fun day at the Mall of America.

{My niece and nephew are often the subjects of my scrapbooking}

 I used a very special Itty Bitty my friend Lacey sent me as a RAK.

It's called Snapshots. I cut out the camera and popped it up for some dimension.  I took the 'snapshots' sentiment and repeated it along the top as a border.

On this page I also used the set Here's the Ticket. 

I like to use this set as a place to journal and as a date marker.

The adorable paper is the Dreamin' set from Close to My Heart.

And I broke out my Cricut to cut the title from the Paisley cartridge.

This week was SOOO much fun, I'm sorry to see it end...

Don't forget to stop back and see if your name was drawn as the WINNER!!!

Growing in Unity: Day Four

Welcome to my newest followers, so glad you came to join me!!!

Day four is here and I'm using Echo Park paper {another favorite of mine}

How many "favorites" are we allowed?! hehe

Anyway, I thought I'd show you how I make make cards both masculine and feminine.

This first card has tons of color and gems to 'girl' it up:

The sentiment I used is from the Itty Bitty Simple Party.

The second card is for the boys:

The plaid pattern combined with the red, green and navy colors 

make this card a bit more on the manly side.

And believe it or not the sentiment on this card is from the very girly set Undeniably You.

Oh and the tiny star? It was an unexpected gift from Unity in one of my orders.

Another reason to LOVE Unity Stamp Co. right?!

Can't wait until tomorrow to show you the layout I made...

Thanks for all the sweet comments, it has been so fun to hear what you think.

Keep commenting on each post and YOU might be a WINNER!

Growing in Unity: Day Three

I wouldn't describe myself a natural when it comes to being crafty.

So I LOVE that Unity Stamp Co. offers so many ways to help me get started.

Their Kit of the Month Sketch Challenges are my FAVORITE!!!

I especially like this months sketch:

Here is my take on the design:

I moved the embellishment to the center, I liked it better there :)

This sentiment is used a lot; mainly because it's so versatile: 

birthday, wedding, shower, etc. it just seems to work for everything!

The fancy paper is by Crate Paper;  So CUTE right?!

I used my Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles to cut the circles.

I also made another card {I don't want you to get bored!)

Sometimes it's kinda nice to have a card without a sentiment on hand:

This was my first time using this Echo Park stamp and now I can't believe I waited so long!

It's from the set I Adore You.  How vintage and pretty?! 

It fit my Spellbinders Labels Four fairly well too.

This week sure is flying by! Hope you're having fun...

Growing in Unity: Day Two

Co-brands are another reason why I {heart} Unity so much.
Lately, I have been all about Authentique Paper

and when they combined with Unity Stamp Co.

WOW was I excited!!!

Today, I made TWO cards

with a few of my Authentique Unity stamps.

The first card features the Itty Bitty Direction of Happy

I inked the edges of everything with my Tim Holtz Walnut stain Distress Ink.

The second card has rounded edges and a little satin ribbon

to make it special.  I used the You + Me = Bliss set for the sentiment:

I often add a small amount of bling to my butterflies...

for these cards I used my iRock tool and gems.

The paper I used today is from Authentique's Splendid Collection.

Thanks for stopping my for round two...

keep those comments coming for your chance to win!

Growing in Unity: Day One

Welcome to Erin's Heart Sprinkles!

I'm so happy to be hosting the Growing In Unity feature this week!

I'm a HUGE fan of Unity Stamp Co for MANY Reasons...but most of all 

for the opportunities to meet so many creative people who share my addiction!

I hope you have FUN following me this week

 Don't forget to leave a comment on each of my posts for your chance

to win some of your very own UNITY

For DAY ONE I made two Clean and Simple Cards

using the set Simple Blessings

Check out those massive pumpkins!

The sentiment I used is from one of my "go-to" sets

Sentiments O'Simple

Below I just repeated the same leaf design in three colors. 

The ink I used was from Close to My Heart:

 I picked up this 'Happy Fall' sentiment in one of Unity's special grab bags. 

Thanks for stopping by,

I look forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some NEW ones too!