With Sympathy

This card is my second entry into Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge #70.

 The challenge is to use your favorite technique. For this card I utilized scoring to make an unconventional card. I also used scraps (is that a technique??). I hate throwing beautiful paper away. So I have a whole box of scraps in every size and color. I like this card because all the small panels let me use up my scraps without needing too big of a piece. I even made an envelope to match!

Opened up:



 To get an almost A2 standard size card use a 5 1/2" x 12" pieceof cardstock for your base. Score at the 2", 4", 8", and 10" marks. This gives a 4" x 5 1/2" card.

From the top:





Thinking of you

Project #31

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This wee little card is entered into 3 challenges: Unity's FWF, Unity's KOM sketch challenge, and Wee Memories challenge

What is Friends with Flair (FWF) you ask?

Well, let me tell you!

 Unity Stamp Company hosts this FWF blog hop every Friday. And anyone can participate by creating a project using Unity stamps and then linking up here.

So you get to create (FUN!) and you get to blog hop (FUN!).

But wait.

There's more!

Unity gives prizes!!!

TWO prizes.

One goes to a random participant who links a project. And another goes to a random person who simply comments on a blog. So even if you aren't a crafter or don't have time to create you can still play by commenting! I've already won twice in the last few months and each time I received a goody bag of stamps. Delicious red rubber stamps! So play! And comment here because you could win.

Ok. Here's my project for the day:

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I am also entering this into Unity's Kit of the Month (KOM) Sketch challenge. Every month there is a different sketch in which you create a project using only stamps from a kit of the month. The winner receives their choice of any kit of the month plus 100 random stamps for free!

 suh-weet. xx-fingers crossed-xx

the sketch:

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(If you aren't already a KOM subscriber and you suddenly feel the overwhelming urge to join, please use me as a referral. If you do I'll get a free stamp kit! And I'll love you forever.)

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Wee Memories Challenge Scrappy Saturday #70 is to use your favorite technique. I l-o-v-e to distress. So I ran my distress tool around every single edge of all those strips and the card base. I had a lot of paper dust in my black shirt today!


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For today's card I used:

MME Stella and Rose papers

AC white cardstock

SU label punch

SU ink

Distress ink in Pumice Stone

Unity's August KOM ...What I Know
SU distressing tool

Through Rain or Shine...

Project #2 of 100

Here's my entry for Unity's Friends with Flair blog hop (using Unity stamps) 

and

 Wee Memories Challenge #63 (which is to color using at least 4 colors)

I used Unity's Rain or Shine stamp set, paper-pieced and popped the umbrella, and colored in the couple (I think I used about 8 colors!).

I love the sentiment on this set. Plus, now I want some really cute turquoise rain boots too!

Sending Love Your Way

Here's a card I made for a dear friend. We used to write each other letters all the time. Until email came along. And then it was the sporadic letter. And then I convinced her to join facebook. And it seems we forgot what pen and paper was. So now just every once in a great while we will surprise each other with a "real" letter.

I fussy cut the images using some Unity stamps from the Sending My Love set, hand colored them and then popped them with foam.

I used twine (in her fave color purple) for the movement swirl of the letter.

I'm entering this in Wee Memories Challenge #62 which calls for a Clean and Simple project.

and

In All Things Unity Challenge #35 which is to use twine or ribbon (and only Unity stamps).

Wishing you the best

A fun bright summery card!

I used WRMK's 72 and Sunny paper - one of my faves!

Twinery twine - another fave!

and random embellishments.

I'm entering this in:

 Color Throwdown Challenge #149

Scrapalicious Challenge #10

Wee Memories Challenge #61



Happy Birthday barn card

For Wee Memories Challenge #59 which is Anything Goes!

I made this for our cutie pie friend Charlie's 1st birthday which was a farm animal-themed party:

 My first banner:

 The inside:

That Create a Critter cartridge got a workout on this card!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY baby Charlie!!!!!!

Too bad I didn't think of photographing the cute matching envelope : (

So Happy Together

Okay, I made this cute little card and it is for 4 different challenges.

First up is the Unity challenge to use birds!

Second, is Wee Memories challenge to paper piece.

Next is Here Come The Boys challenge which is Anything Goes (as long as it is suitable for a male).

Lastly, I wanted to enter the Color Throwdown challenge (I love their colors). But the problem is that their colors are pink, brown, light blue and kraft. But since this is for a male I kinda changed the pink to an orangey color. I probably shouldn't enter, but I'm gonna try anyway because some of the DT cards up on their site don't exactly match either. : )

I thought it would be nice to create a card I can give to my husband just to say I love you!

The birds and sentiment are Unity stamps from the Happyville set.

 Here are the cute little pieced birds. I had to stamp them 5 times, once as the base and 4 times on each of the different papers. This is actually my first time paper piecing! I like it.

 The sentiment is punched with my SU label punch, but I wanted it framed so I hand cut the kraft and brown frames behind it. Then added some I-rock bling.

 Beautiful cappuccino twine.

And the inside.



You're Invited card

This card is for the following challenges:

Wee Memories Challenge #49 (Anything goes)

and

Color Throwdown #135 (black, red, cream, yellow)

The ribbon is attached with black grommets (or eyelets - I don't know the difference!)

I finally got to use my Paper Lace Cricut cartridge for this one. So many pretty images on it!

Happy Birthday card

This card is for Stacy's card challenge at Sketches 4 All which is a sketch challenge

The Stamptacular Sunday Challenge which is to make an adult birthday project and use a stamp

and Wee Memories Challenge #49 which is "Free Your Creativity" meaning ANYTHING goes!

I made it and photographed it in a rush so the colors don't look too great - it's much brighter in person.

 I stamped the sentiment, the flourish and the flowers on the yellow strip of paper. That yellow paper is actually the white back side of what was left after I cut the first layer. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mists and stamped the flower to make my own patterned paper since I didn't have a yellow one I liked.



flower: Sassafrass Lass paper whimsies

I-rock pearl bling

SU! linen thread

BasicGrey Ambrosia patterned paper

Glimmer Mists: Yellow Daisy, Lemon Zest, Wheat Beer, Black Magic

Stamps: Martha Stewart (flower), SU! (sentiment), BasicGrey (flourish)

Ink: SU! Basic Gray

Happy Anniversary card

I'm entering this in:

 Wee Memories Challenge #47 - use anything Spring or green

Mojo Monday #182 - sketch challenge (I elongated mine to fit the sentiment inside!)

Sketches 4 All - Jessica's Challenges March - use 5+ flowers, pearls/bling, ribbon/lace, and spring colors

Supplies/tools:

Sizzix Fun Flowers Bigz L die

Sizzix Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Sizzix Little Leaves (?) sizzlet die

SU! corduroy brad

Sizzix Beautiful Wings Embosslits die

I-rock and stones

Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge

My Minds Eye Bella Bella paper

Glimmer Mist

amber, aka MOMMY!

Here's a layout I did that ended up being harder than I thought. Why? Because it was about ME!  I 've been doing a lot of scrapbooking lately of my kids' photos. And then a thought popped into my head. "How will my kids remember me?" Sure, they'll have all these scrap pages of their birthdays and first days of school, etc. But what about mom and dad?! So I decided that from now on I will also scrap myself, my husband and even just some of our day-to-day activities just so we can remember what it was like to have little ones all over the house. And so our kids will remember some fun stuff about us.

This is for Wee Memories Challenge #40 which is Free Your Creativity, which means anything goes!

I used ScrapbookSteals.com's MWM #8 Sketch:

 AND, it is also for Stacy's Scrap Your Stash challenge over Sketches4All which is to make someting about yourself and to doodle on it.

I love these felt letters from Thickers.

 These flowers are from the new Sizzix die from SU!, Fun Flowers.

My attempts at doodling!



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