a card, envelope, bag thingy....

I made a card to send to someone in a bigger package so instead of using a standard envelope (since it wasn't directly being mailed) I stuck it in this kraft sack. A sackelope maybe?? Think that could catch on? :)

I didn't pull out the card on the inside but it;s inked up with the Kaleidiscope stencil from Ronda Palazzari and I masked off an area for my note.

I used some of my favorite Unity stamps (Insightful Meadows on the tag, Vintage
Handwritten on the green paper, sentiment is from Where You Should Be) so I'm linking up to Unity's Friends with Flair hop.

Simon Says Stamp weekly challenge is to use a tag. So I'm linking up there too. :)

I was trying to conjure up a Springtime feel with these colors and flowers so I hope I managed to do just that!

Thanks for stopping by today folks!



be mine

It's the last day of February and I am just sneaking in my tag for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014. 

 

The background came from an embossing folder, then I rubbed some ink over the embossing.

Stamped some Unity stamps.

Added a glittered heart and epoxy key.

 Done. Whew!

 

I'm linking up to Unity's Friends with Flair hop. Come hop with us to win some rubber stamps!

 

Have a great weekend!!

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{p.s I'm hosting the current challenge over at The Paper Girls and I'd love if you stop by and enter. You've got until the end of March 1st to enter and they are not many entries}



new beginnings

I don't usually share art journal pages, probably just because I feel like they aren't worth sharing maybe. Idk. But I'm sharing this one since it was for a challenge. Practical Scrappers started an art journaling prompt challenge so I thought I'd play along. The prompt was "new beginnings" and here's what I came up with:

 

 

 The photos are very light so it's hard to see some of the detail on the background. And I intentionally journaled in a color pen that matched the background so it's hard to see too.

 

It still doesn't feel finished and I'm sure I'll go back and add to it more. I just wanted to link up to their linky before it closed! I'm also linking up to Unity's Friends with Flair hop since I used Unity stamps (Growing in Unity) on it.



home

I am hosting the current challenge over at The Paper Girls Challenge blog and the theme I chose was 'Home'. That word is my word of the year and since I've moved I have been thinking alot about the meaning of that word 'home'. It's just been on my mind a lot lately.

My husband and I casually mentioned in conversation the other day that we are living in our sixth house. In the last 15 years of marriage we have lived in 6 houses and 2 apartments. Crazy. To say we move a lot would be an understatement.

 

So I thought I'd create this mini album and document all the homes we've had (and am pretty sure are still to come!).

 

Hopefully, I can find photos of all our houses somewhere (once I unpack all the photos) and get the inside of this album scrapped.

 

Please come join in on the challenge! The theme is 'home' and it can be any project with a home/house on it, anything referring to home such as 'Welcome Home', 'Congrats on your new home', 'There's no place like home', a home décor piece, etc.

 

I'll have a prize for a randomly drawn winner too!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Oh...and I'm just curious. 

How many homes have you lived in?

Leave me a comment if you'd like to share.

:)



you are amazing

I've got another card to share today:

I used some gelatos on watercolor paper to create the card panel and the tag.

 

 

I went to fetch my "you" die and realized I had never opened the package. Since that makes it new to me I am entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday monthly challenge to use something new! And technically the enamel dots were in an unopened package. I also used my new PITT pen too which I just bought!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!



love card

 

I am finally playing along in Unity's {be inspired} monthly challenge using this color inspiration:

 

I made this card using the tag stamps from the Hearty Barley set.

I couldn't find a sentiment stamp I liked so I wrote out the word love with a red marker and then hand cut it with a craft knife. I have never been good at using those, but I was too lazy to pull out my die cutting machine. :)

I'm also linking up to Simon Says Stamp's Challenge to put a heart on it.

Thanks for stopping by. And if you get a chance go play in Unity's challenge - they have an awesome prize.

AND if you happen to have a LOVE-themed project then go link it up to The Paper Girls Challenge since that's our current challenge. Becci's got a fun prize for the winner.

the friendship mug

 So I had these friends Victoria and Jenni. We would meet almost weekly for craft days. Some days we'd actually craft. Some days we'd just talk and eat. You never knew. Thursdays were always fun because I knew to expect some girl time on craft day.

Then I moved.
:(

I miss them and our craft days. But before I left Jenni bought us all a matching mug. A friendship mug she called it. So we could remember each other every time we use it.

 Of course I loved it so much that I had to scrapbook it. I just thought that was one of the nicest gestures anyone had done for me. Gosh, I miss those girls. And I do think of them every time I use it.

I stamped a bunch of friendship quotes alongside the photo:

I added a gold-embossed chipboard heart, a gold framed heart, an Epiphany Crafts epoxy, and a flair for my embellies.

Oh, and see those faux coffee stains? I just dipped my embossing powder jar in brown ink, misted it with water and then stamped it down to get a coffee stain look.

I'm linking up to:
 Unity Stamps' Friends with Flair hop

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to add a heart
Jot Magazine's February Mood Board

Thanks for stopping by today.

I am so glad to FINALLY be settled in our new house and be crafting and blogging again!

:)

Supplies:

Unity Ornate Artisan Stackers stamps

SU I {Heart} Hearts stamp

Crate Paper Random paper

Mr. Huey's mist in Water Cooler

Watering Can Archival ink

Sap Green Archival ink

Gathered Twigs Distress ink

AC Zing embossing powder in Gold

Epiphany Crafts Vintage Settings Cabana epoxy setting



smile...a tag

Well, hello there!

 

I finally got a chance to play around and created a tag for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014.

It feels good to create something again.

It's been a few weeks and we have settled in to our new house in Washington.

I still need to work on my craft room, but it will get done soon.

And I hope to play along every month and make a tag with Tim.

So thankful

 

I am still alive.

I just have almost no time devoted to crafting lately :(

 

But the upside of having a house on the market is that it is pretty clean! :)

Too bad it takes so long to clean :(

 

A good amount of boxes have been packed. But we still have MANY to go.

Only 4 more weeks left of living in Colorado. In one month we'll be in Washington.

Crazy.

 

I happened to find this photo on my craft table. It is one of the very few that were not packed. I decided to play along with the Thankful theme that  The Paper Girls are hosting.

 

 The background paper is from an old Stampin Up set called Autumn Meadows. The solid cardstock might be River Rock from Stampin Up. And the rust is from a Colorbok pad. From the Simons Says Stamp October card kit I used the chipboard heart, twine, and the woodgrain and arrow papers from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods.



 The leaves were from a SU die (I'm too lazy to look it up!).

I handwrote the title with a Faber-Castell PITT big brush pen (love those markers).

 

I got to use my new Tim Holts Rays mask with some tinted modeling paste to make these sun rays. I adore modeling paste. I adore stencils. Put them together and I am so happy!

 

It felt good to get my hands messy again :)

 

Thanks for stopping by today!



They fish. I read.

Jessica at The Paper Girls Challenge has challenged us to use some sort of sewing on our project.

Well...I didn't technically sew. But I did use sewing thread and wound it around my page.

I had planned to stitch some lines on the page to journal on too. But I decided I liked the page better without the lines and wanted to leave it simple. I used tiny bits of quick-drying glue along the thread at the ends and where it overlaps itself at the loops.

 I dropped black mist on my page. Used leftover book page leaves from my last project (which happened to just be laying on my desk and were just perfect for a layout about reading!).

 Some gold sequins and a piece of flair. And that was it.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Make sure you stop by and participate in the Paper Girls' challenge for your chance to win a great crafty prize.