Today is the Day and Dreams

Two cards today. "Today is the Day" is my submission for FWF#33 (Friends With Flair at Unity). I love how coloring the bicycle with markers before stamping gave the image a watercolor look. The paper is by Colorbok (Forest Friends). The second card is "Dreams". Both cards use Unity's latest set by Melody Ross called "One Precious Life". I liked this girl chasing her dreams but I wanted to give her a skirt so I used an upside down flower and borrowed the wings and legs from an image on patterned paper in DCWV's Once Upon a Time stack (love this paper stack!) I had to add the sweet little butterfly dreams for her to catch! TFL. And enjoy Unity's Blog Hop today.

WOYWW, a couple of cute stamps and scraps

When I picked up this cute Amuse stamp of a "to go" coffee cup and it's matching greeting, I saw the cutest card sample on display. Since then I've been itching to duplicate it (complete with the Ranger white Enamel Accent on the lid). And since the paper piecing is so small, I figured I could (frugally) put some scraps to good use so I stamped it as many times as I could on one sheet of white c/s. I think the many extras will go into a pile to be sent to Operation Write Home ( a group that sends cards to soldiers). I see that going forward I will finesse the color combos, too, because I'm not sure my resulting card has enough contrast between the patterned paper and the c/s but it's a happy card as it is. (I'm especially pleased with the way I got the word "caffeine" placed just above the cup! Lol)
TFL!

Unity FWF Blog Hop

Here we are again. Another week of this delicious summer gone by. I hope you've been having fun.

It's time for another Unity blog hop. Head over to their blog to see the list of participants and then make yourself a nice iced drink and start hopping. There's always a ton of inspiration!

My contribution this week is a tribute to summer. The greeting and main stamps come from the June KOTM and they inspired me to do a beach scene. A few blog entries ago, I mentioned that I had picked up a $3 bamboo beach mat because I envisioned using the bamboo to add texture to projects. Well, considering the size of the mat, I think I'm set on my bamboo supply! I did use a small piece for, ironically, the beach mat in my card. I cut up an old towel to use here also. The flip flops were hand made. I wish you could see the detail. I cut out flowers from the patterned paper to 3-D on top and added a little bling to the middle of each flower. The boom box stamp came from the November KOTM and I stamped it 3 times to make 3-D layers. The paper came from an old DCWV Photo Stack pad. Most of the coloring of the main image came from Stampin' Up! markers but I snuck in a little Copic on the waves.

I hope this card puts you in a joyful summer mood! Thanks for stopping by.

Friends With Flair #32

Hello! A quick post before the clock strikes 12 because I have to post a new card after midnight for Unity Stamps Blog Hop tomorrow. Check back later.

This card is for the Friends With Flair Challenge #32. Every Friday, Unity posts a sample card on their blog and you are supposed to create a card that was inspired by it. I liked the four panels that the sample artist incorporated so I envisioned 4 panels of wallpaper (paper from Making Memories - Chelsea's Place kit). I've been wanting to use the Brave Girl kit by Melody Ross, so the butterfly girl fit the scene. I paper pieced her dress and added Stampendous Dot Sparklers to her collar and buttons, plus a little bling earring. I used the phrase stamp on a cool castle paper from the Once Upon a Time stack by DCWV. That became the picture in the frame on her wall.  I was really happy to find that the frame stamped nicely using StazOn on the My Mind's Eye glittered paper. All I had to do was cut it out. No messy glitter and embossing powder to deal with. The birdcage is also from the Brave Girl kit and fits the idea that butterfly girl can't abide birds in cages (she has wings, too, you know). 

Thanks for stopping by!

WOYWW

This stands for "What's on Your Workspace Wednesday". It's a group that shares just that: what we are working on. I like that I don't always have to have something done in order to share with like-minded individuals! Lol. My picture of my workspace today has some interesting features and if you know that I'm always on the lookout for great deals, they are, of course, part of the deal.

Today, I did a little hunting in the dollar bins of Michael's, 5 Below and Dollar Tree. At Michael's, I wanted to stock up on file folders not only because they're cute (and 4 for a dollar) but also because I used the plastic that they come in to store my 8.5 x 11 sheets of Unity rubber stamps (after I've moved them to a sheet of glossy paper-- works like a charm). To my surprise, all the folder sets I bought rang up at $1 except for the cute one in my picture. My bill showed that it only rang up at 1 cent! I didn't see any others like it in the bin so maybe that's their way of getting rid of the last of a kind? Good luck for me. I also got the cute Paula Deen recipe box for $1.80! I'm going to use it to store some little "go-to" stamps on my desk. At Dollar Tree, I found a couple of books that were each a dollar. One, I intend to read. It's called "Crazy Busy" and it's supposed to give advice on how to slow down. I'm game to read about that! The second book is in my pic. It's called "Fast Women" and it's a history of women in racing. I bought it because I'm thinking of ripping out pages and using them as a backdrop for cards using some kind of vehicle stamp. Maybe I'll even find one in my stash of a woman in a car. Love using book pages! What's not in the picture is the bamboo beach mat that I got for $3 at 5 Below. I'm going to cut squares off the mat and use them as texture on cards with some kind of complimentary theme (like summer, beach, etc.) So it was a fun day of shopping for crafting deals.

But the photo also shows the actual work I'm doing, too. I have 4 very cute Amuse stamps that are "Twilight" related: one of Edward, Jacob, Bella and her truck. I'm using Copic markers to color them and then I'll create some card scenes with them.

That's the tour. Thanks for stopping by!

Unity Friends With Flair Blog Hop

I am so excited to be included in this blog hop! If you're visiting and didn't know about the blog hop, go over to Unity and check out the list of blogs that are participating today. I used the "Love Bug" set, DCWV tree paper (from their Green Stack) and some cork paper that came in my "With a Cherry on Top" kit from the Caffinated Cropper. The scene had to have cans bumping in back of the love bug so I drew them around the XOXO stamp and strung them up with thread. I also used a couple of different punches to make the newlyweds silohuettes. Hope you get a kick out of this. :-)

Bro's birthday

I was in my LSS and drifted over to their clearance section. Mind you, it wasn't a dollar bin but my mojo was sparked when I saw a set of summer themed stamps that were perfect for my brother's July 5th bday coming up. And the set was 50% off. I pulled out my stash of rub-on letters and finally got a chance to use my COPIC markers on a project. The resulting card was simple but I like it.