Balloons make EVERY birthday better!

I totally love balloons - so it is pretty obvious why I LOVE this stamp! This is easily my favorite stamp from Unity Stamps newest Kit of the Month - so since it arrived Saturday, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!

This is one of those cards that just kind of came together by accident - but I love the (unexpected) result! I started off by stamping the bike and balloon image in red, then distressed the paper and it's darker blue mat with my Tim Holtz distress tool. On a whim, I decided to lightly spray it with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Creme de Chocolat that I had not tried out yet. Then, since that hid the image a little more than I wanted, I decided to restamp it in black. Of course, my aim was bad and I missed, but I kind of like how it is off-set a little anyway. Added the brads to hold the layer together, pop dotted the bike and sentiment, used a little Baker's Twine at the side of the sentiment, and finished by inking the edge of the background paper before attaching it to a pre-made card.



Snips & snails & puppy dog tails

I am SOOOO in LOVE with how this card came out!!! It is for the mom-to-be of a baby shower that a friend and I are hosting tomorrow after church. She is having a little boy (in case you didn't guess from the card!) This idea popped into my head tonight - and just in time, since I didn't have much time left to make it! Still need to cut some stuff out to decorate the diaper cake with, but that will be next! Also going to enter this in the A - Z project at Getting Cricky with K Andrews.

So...all the cuts are from Nate's ABC's...one of my all time FAVORITE cartridges!!! (I can't wait to get Kate's ABC's!!!) I welded the letters on my Gypsy using the font on Nate's ABC's, and covered them with Glossy Accents. The snail and the dog have some dots on them, and then I pop-dotted them from the background. Added some corners cut from my Fiskars corner punch, with a bit of Glossy Accents on them as well, and finished by using zip dry glue to attach some Baker's Twine around the edges.

 

What's brewin'?

Had an interesting day yesterday...actually, it's just been an interesting week! Started off the week on Sunday night, getting my daughter in my lap while I was sitting in my scrapbooking chair, and leaning back to snuggle her...only forgetting that the chair didn't have a back! Yep - fell smack back on our hardwood floor head and neck first!!! Took a couple days of visits to the chiropractor to even be able to move! So, on Wednesday we got nearly a foot of snow, and then it just got really cold. Then we woke up yesterday to a broken furnace!!! Fortunately, we were able to get it fixed, and it was lovely to wake up to a WARM house this morning!!!

Anyway, this is the card I made while my hubby was trying to work on the furnace. I needed something to do, and also needed to stay OUT of his way!!! I was a little distracted (and COLD!) so it took a little longer than normal, but I finally got it done, with the help a friend who was over. We had a mixed up day - were supposed to go shopping together in preparation for a baby shower this weekend. Finally made it out the door though!

So for this card, I used another Unity Stamp from my grab bags, added a Peachy Keen face, a Papertrey Ink sentiment, a button, and some Baker's Twine. Needed to think of something warm and cozy I guess! Anyway, thanks for looking!



Believe with all your heart

This fairy stamp is another one that I got in my Unity Stamp Grab bag, and have been just itching to use. So I sat down with some of my scraps last night, and played a little. This one came out a little different than what I planned, and I'm still not entirely sure if I'm happy with it - it almost feels like it just needs a little something more, but I'm not sure what!

Used Unity Stamps for the fairy and the sentiment, a Martha Stewart border punch for the vine edges, added some Glossy Accents to the fairy's wings, and some Stickles to the flower and along the border edges. Pop-dotted the sentiment as well. Let me know what you think - does it still need something? Thanks in advance!



Smile - it's your birthday!

Just thought I would quickly share the birthday card I made last weekend for my big brother! It was super simple, mostly because it was a guy card - still think those are some of the hardest to make!

Anyway, the frame stamp is from Unity Stamps, I added a Peachy Keen Face from the Wide-Eyed Kids Assortment, a sentiment from Pink by Design, and a Baker's Twine bow. Finished with some doodlin' and some corners punched from a Fiskar's border punch.



sMOOches!!!

This card was SOO much fun! And I am really proud of myself - I am able to enter it in FOUR challenges!!! That is a record for me...and something I have been working on - because there are so many fun challenges I want to enter, and I have a really hard time mixing them.

So, the first challenge is over at Scrappy Mom's Stamps to use Create a Critter. The second challenge is over at More than Favors Wacky Wednesdays to use a farm theme. The third challenge is a sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog. The fourth and final challenge is on the Cricut Circle Blog, to use an animal cut.

 The cow is from Create a Critter, with a Peachy Keen face from the Princess faces added to it, and some doodling, inking, and little Baker's Twine bow. The yellow and green background is from Preserves, stretched and lengthened with my Gypsy. The banner is from Winter Frolic, with a sentiment from Pink by Design. Cut the white square behind the cow, used a corner punch on it, added some doodling, and ran it through the Cuttlebug. Finished by pop-dotting the cow and the center of the banner.



Cherry Miracle

Had cherries on my brain lately! I know, kind of random - maybe I'm just wishing for summer!

But I had this the red polka dot background (from Lacey Labels) cut out recently for another card, and didn't use it. It just looked SOOO perfect for a cherry card! So I stamped the cherry from the August 2010 Kit of the Month in black, red, and green, cut out the cherry in red and the leaves in green, and pop-dotted them on the black one. Added a sentiment from the June 2009 Kit of the Month, some Baker's Twine, and some doodles.