Kindness

Like many crafters, I enjoy sharing what I make with others.  I recently made paper bag albums with a Halloween theme for two little girls I know. I sent them in the mail, so they would get happy mail.  One arrived one day and the other the next day.  Next time I need plan a little better. Kids get a little disappointed when one receives something and they don't.  

Now Jennifer McGuire has started a Share Handmade Kindness campaign. Encouraging everyone to make something and share it with others. It can be a card, a baked item, a letter, anything handmade. Last night I came across this Riley Funny Bones sentiment stamp that Mitchell encouraged me to buy quite awhile ago. Suddenly I was inspired to create a card using the Pebbles Happy Day paper and the coffee cup die I got a few months ago.  Here  is  the card I  came up with last night. Isn't this a great sentiment ?  So perfect for your coffee and wine drinking friends!  

I  will be linking this to Jennifer  McGuire's share handmade kindness challenge  and then sending it out to a friend who will get a big smile when  receiving this fun card.

Oh and I just have to share the Halloween albums, here the larger one is still in progress, I did add more ribbon. :)

Thanks  for stopping  by, I  hope  you take some time to share a little  kindness today. 💜💚💙💛

Happy Friday!

It's Unity's Friends with Flair day and I'm excited to say that I've created some mini cards. My friend Kelly sent me some goodies and in one bag was this ivory colored card stock, which at first I thought was tags. I did discover that they had a score in the middle.  Folding them into six 3.25"x3.25" mini cards.  I ended up trimming off the 1/4 inch.

I needed some creative time because life has been pretty stressful lately. I won't get into all of it, but my mode of transportation is 14 yrs old and needs quite a bit of repair. Yesterday the brakes locked up, I knew brakes needed repair, but was just hoping to make it a little longer, so my son's friend could have done it for less expensive.  I got the brakes repaired and now need to get springs in the front as those are broken. I think I need a Fairy Godmother that is great at repairing vehicles!

Enough of that...here are three of the cards using the grab bag of Unity stamps I won for commenting. 

Congratulations to Unity for hitting 60,000 Facebook followers. Unity has a great sale going on this weekend and The Friends with Flair challenge linky is open until midnight tonight, winners are announced on Monday. Thanks to my friends Kelly and Carolyn for the goodies and inspiration! I'm so glad the two of you are in my life. Also, a big thank you to Angela for creating such awesome stamps and being so generous with them!

Mojo Monday Great Day

Hello again! I'm happy to say I was able to get creative again today.  I remembered that I looked at Mojo Monday 379 early last week and had hoped to play. So I cut some cardstock to use for layers and pulled out my 6x6 paper pads to see which ones I thought would work.  I chose this one from American Crafts because of it's bright happy colors.  I really need to use these colors more often. 

Here is my Mojo Monday 379 challenge card.

The Have a Great Day stamp is an older Hero Arts clear cling stamp. It was on a set with a lot of great sentiments. I probably should get back and create a couple more bright cheery cards or do some housework...hmm you're right...creating cards sounds much better! hehehe

Hey have you seen some of the great new items that are being shown at CHA? I've been following the posts from CHA and am itchy to get some of the great crafty goodies that will be on the shelves  soon. I hope you have a great week and are able to get creative! Thanks for stopping by!

Friends with Flair

Well hello there!  My second blog post in less than a week, a rare happening these days.  I vowed to use my Unity Stamps more often and today I thought I'd see what I could come up with to enter Unity's Friday Friends with Flair challenge. And I'm happy to report that I came up with a card! I spent some time looking for this stamp I won from Unity last year.  I lucked out twice last year and won liking and or sharing cards made with Unity Stamps. I stamped a few different colors and sentiments and decided to stick with the So Special stamp that I won.  Angela is very generous with her fabulous stamps. 

Here is my Friday Friends with Flair entry.

I like using "office looking" printed paper and the file folder die cut works with it perfectly. Distressing with my fingernail and some distress ink is another technique I like to use. I like the dimension distressing gives the card or project.  

Thanks for stopping by again. I hope you enjoy your weekend and spend some time getting creative!

It's Been Awhile

Yes, as you can see my previous post was back in January.  Work was busy for awhile, then I was not feeling well for awhile.  Now, I'm on some thyroid meds and iron and about three weeks into taking those I felt "normal" again. 

I did, however, keep checking out Mojo Monday and when I saw this I thought I knew where I'd go with it. Graphic 45 is always fun to work with.  

Here is the Mojo Monday 340 Sketch

 And here is the card I came up with.  When I saw this cute sentiment, I just had to get it. It's from a stamp company I had never heard of before.  I picked it up at my LSS Picture This.  I tried finding the name of the company but my scrap table is a little messy at the moment. 

Thanks for taking time to stop by.  Hope your upcoming week is Awesome!  

PS Oh, and if you'd like to stop by my friend Kelly's blog, she has some blog candy.  

I {{Heart}} Challenges

I'm not sure why, but it appears that I'm only able to get one or two cards done in a weekend. Maybe, it's time to reorganize my space.  That'll help me clear my table and maybe my mind as well. Between Facebook and Pinterest I did see some sketches I liked and Tenia Nelson posted her DT card for Dynamic Duos. So I thought I'd at least be able to use the two wonderful colors and come up with some cards, which turned out to be ONE card. I used Sweet Sunday Sketch 203. So here is my card.  

Once in a Lifetime You Meet Someone Who Changes Everything

I do not use pink that often, so that made it a little more fun for me.  Dots, hearts and doilies always make me happy and who knows maybe it will bring some happiness to the recipient. 

Entering this card in:

Dynamic Duos 86

and 

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 203

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful week.

Back At It

Last week I received a commission check from Colfax Arts and Antique Mall, so it's time to get back at it.  The Holidays are over and the Polar Vortex sure made it easy not to want to go outdoors. With Valentine's Day next month and St. Patrick's Day the following month I know I want to add a few of those in the stock I send to the mall. 

I've created two cards since the new year started and for both I used sketches to create them.  The first card I'm showing is one I created for Mojo Monday 327.  I wanted to create a birthday card since it seems like I do not do those as often. I used Unity Stamps and colored the image with Prismacolor and EK Success pencils using OMS to blend the colors.

Mojo Monday 327

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This card I used a sketch from CardMaps Jan. 2014 It is the second sketch from the top.  I used a piece of a large square paper doily, a rubon heart which I then cut out, a Hero Arts stamp and the tag is a Sizzix die I got last year.  

Well, that's it for now.  Wishing you a wonderful and warm week.  Hopefully the weather has "warmed" up in your area.  It sure was dangerously cold around here.  

Happy New Year!

So it's almost two weeks into the new year and I'm finally wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy 2012!!  After the past couple of years I'm ready for an awesome year.  As you might have noticed by the time of day this is posted I've been having bouts of insomnia.  This is one time when being unemployed is good - taking a nap later if I can squeeze it in.  A few weeks ago my netbook decided she'd served her purpose for long enough - just over two years.  Hoping that tax refund time is good to me. Very thankful for Mitch sharing his laptop with me.

I guess I should show you a couple of things I did for Christmas.  I won't post anymore altered journals for the moment, unless you ask.  I did a couple with a coaster sticky notes holder and coaster notebook. I called them a kitchen set as the journal was done so the recipient could add recipes.  Also Curt inspired me to do a mini book for my parents as they lost one of their labs (black lab) last year. Sadie was such a good dog.  Scared of thunder and lightning though, she once crawled in bed with me when it was storming.  I was going to do my first paper bag album, but when I found this mini flip book that I made about three years ago, I thought that might be a better choice.  I found the MAMBI doggie stickers at M's.  

Last year our calendar was a weekly tear off calendar with dog quotes.  I used a few of the quotes on some of the pages. I created some journal spots so my parents could add any of their thoughts or memories.  My mom called and thanked me for the pictures.  


Here is a card I made.  Actually made a couple of these in different colors but only got a photo of this one which was my first one.  Dawn allowed me to open her Spellbinders Poinsettia Shapeabilities at the last crop we went to in Dec. I sat and cut out 6-8 of these in red, grey lavender color and this pink.  I really love the Memory Box paper that I used.  I wish I would've bought more than one sheet of this.  I used a sakura glitter pen to add a little glitz to the petals.  

Well that's it for now. I suppose I should try and get some sleep.  I hope to be a bit better at blogging this year. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

No Stamping or coloring = cheating??

How come when I do not color or stamp on a card I feel like I'm cheating? The first two cards here I created yesterday. The semester is nearly done, only a paper and a couple of exams. With school and Tim's health issues I haven't been able to create and hardly had the mojo to do so either. Please keep Tim in your thoughts and prayers. These past few months have been worse then when he was first diagnosed and going through chemo.

Happy National Scrapbook Day! I entered some of the challenges on scrapbook.com today. I've been on scrapbook.com for 5 years and have yet to win on NSD. But it's so much fun and so I go back every year! Here are the cards I've made over the past two days.

Blogger isn't letting me move the cards around, so the card I made today is first. I had colored the image prior to Valentine's day and no matter what I did I couldn't get a card together! So now that OWH is having a challenge using some red I was able to put it together - amazing huh? LOL The digi stamp image is Busy Beauties Boy Meets Girl. Isn't it just adorable?

These following cards were created using Mojo Monday Sketch 136. I created the Thank you one for a challenge on scrapbook.com and the other one I just had to make since I found these Doodlebug stickers on clearance at Hobby Lobby. I love bright colors for birthdays. I made these two last night.

Thanks so much for stopping by I hope you have a great rest of the weekend!

Busy Beauties

My dear friend Carolyn along with her best friend Thomas have come up with some wonderful digi stamps and they're aptly named Busy Beauties. So named because like many women they are mothers, friends, aunts, grandmas, spouses, significant others and what comes along with all those titles? BUSY BUSY BUSY We handle the house, the kids, chauffeuring to and fro, making sure everyone has what they need and often thinking about ourselves last. So to celebrate women Carolyn and Thomas have come up with some great images. There are girls, teens and women. The amount of images at the moment is minimal, but don't fret there soon will be many more! Please join the blog hop that is going and and enter for a chance to win your own Busy Beauties. Stop by today you won't be disappointed!!!