UNITY FRIDAY

Ah yes, it's Unity's Friends With Flair Friday.

  So I'm hitting 2 birds with one stone today &

 submitting my Unity monthly blog challenge as well.  

 The requirement is for the creation to use

 pennants or banners! 
 

The Itty Bitty used here is called Life Documented. 

 I hand cut the ornaments from Authentique

(Glistening Festive) paper & raised them up. 

 The pretty music note paper

is (Yuletide Festive) Authentique.

CARD SKETCH

IT'S A TWO PEAS CHALLENGE AGAIN.... I JUST LOVE THAT WEBSITE.

MY CARD MAKING IS WAY FASTER WITH A SKETCH IN FRONT OF ME!

 

 

 

THIS IS SOME OLD K&CO PAPER & TAGS.

IT LOOKS SORT OF FOLK STYLE.

 

I'VE GIVEN MYSELF THE GOAL OF MAKING 2 CHRISTMAS CARDS

EACH WEEK, SO I CAN HAVE PLENTY TO SELL (&USE)!



FF Video Challenge

I played along with Two Peas In A Bucket for the Finally Friday video challenge.

 It's always good to have a specific technique in mind when starting a card. 

They suggest making a "peek hole". 

 

 

I used the Creative Memories to slice a hole in the middle.

This Echo Park Paper is from last year.

In the window I slipped in a ATC card from my generous stash.

A pretty bow & some Liquid Pearls finished it off!

 

Now, a bonus card that took only about 5 minutes to make:

 

 

For this one I simply slapped on a cute sticker!

Sorry the photo is crooked.  I still wanted to share it with you.

 

Am I crazy or has anyone else started Christmas cards???

 

A Holtz Halloween!

I couldn't resist getting grungy with this army theme Halloween page!

 

Using Tim Holtz's kraft resist paper, I added distress ink & some splatter stamping.  The black Core'dinatins paper was sanded & some raised up for dimension.  Those awesome brass dog tags are from Vintaj Brass Company & have my son's initials embossed on them in white!

 



Embellished Ad

At a retreat last winter & handed my gal friends each their own Cosmo Cricket ad. I copied it from a magazine because it was too cute to be true!  The fine print is what really made me giggle.

 

I know it's old, a few years maybe even.

 

However, it just struck me as a fun to embellish ad.

 

So, here is how mine turned out...

 

 

I used Unity's Imagine It stamp to make some fun leaves.

Then I dug out every matching flower, paper & punch I could find in my stash.

Now I have a fun little page to put on my inspiration cork board!

 

Linking up to Unity's Friends With Flair!

Comment on blog posts there & maybe win a prize.

 

 

 

CC45

Ippity's Chick Challenge 45 has a great sketch for inspiration.

I had to think about it for a while, since the shape is a bit hard to use. 

 It ended up serving as a frame for the Unity stamp "Dream Big" butterflies.

 

 

I think this paper is Echo Park's So Happy Together.

The sentiment is off Unity's Fabulous Girl Itty Bitty.

 

 

 

Spooky Bat Cave

With fall upon us & soon Halloween, these photos from last year seemed fitting.  We live near an old rock quarry with sheer cliffs & even small caves.  My oldest boy & I took a hike to the spooky bat cave.  The large gate was placed on to keep folks out for safety & to protect the bats from people with tennis rackets.  Seems sad, but to some people killing bats is fun. 

The majority of the products used are Authentique.  Last years Glowing Thrill is the orange background.  Diffused is the larger strip shown.  The Unity stamps work great on the layout.  They are the corners, bats & "spooky".  I cut the title on my Cricut using the CTMH Arte Philosophy on Aunthentique"s Journey Itinerary paper.

I masked a circle & sponged around it.  I added some Smash tape to as photo corners & a long strip on the right side.

 

I'm linking up to Authentique's Color Challenge on their blog.  Head over there to see some other fun layouts & cards.  You can join in the fun to win prizes!  The color storyboard provided is great inspiration.