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Sentiment from Unity {Far Better Things Ahead (Grab Bag)}

Yay!!  I was able to get my Friends with Flair card posted even though I have had the past two days off from work.  You know how that goes...I spent the majority of those two days playing taxi, doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, and doing my very best to fit in some therapeutic crafty time. 

For today's card, I used some of my stored goodies that I forgot I owned.  The Jillibean die-cut "You" and the Unity sentiment from the Far Better Things Ahead Grab Bag are the only items that are new.  The rest are from my stash and have been neglected for far too long.  Initially, I planned to create a shaker card, but that did not come out the way that I had planned.  So, I decided to pop the frame up from the sentiment to give the illusion of a shaker card minus the hassle of butterflies that were too large and too much static on a transparency.  Although it wasn't what I had originally hoped to achieve, I am still happy with the end result...especially since I realized this card also fits the color combo for the current Unity {be inspired} Challenge. :)

Now, that I finally have a moment of "me" time, I am heading to my crafty cave to pamper my creativity.  Thank you for stopping by, and I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing weekend.

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!

Cutting it Close

After the running Mitch to work and then getting home to relax a bit and doze off a few times, I didn't start on my card until about 8pm CST.  I turned on Glee and picked out the stamp I wanted to use and decided I wanted to emboss it using Distress Ink Dried Marigold and the heart stamp from Unity's The Best Love Story.  On my messy scrap table I saw a piece of paper from Bo Bunny that I flipped over and the board print with graffiti print caught my eye.  I laid it on an orange card base and thought it looked good together.  I stamped the heart with dried marigold and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I cut that out and then figured out what I'd use for accenting paper.  I wanted to use a sentiment too, but wasn't sure how I'd get it on the front.  Then I remembered Kristina Werner using vellum so it didn't cover the design completely and still allowed a sentiment to be used.  The sentiment is from Unity's Your Heart and My Heart stamp set that my friend Carolyn gifted me. I used Ranger Turquoise embossing powder for the sentiment.  I really like the unique colors of this Love card.  I like using non-traditional colors whenever I can. I am submitting this card for Unity's Friends with Flair Challenge that ends at Midnight tonight...in about 45 minutes!

 That's it for now, I hope you have a wonderful weekend and are able to get your craft on!

Friends By Choice

It's been quite the busy weekend. Nice to hangout with a new friend and last night was the employee appreciation event for work.  My body is not used to all that running around, so today I'm just relaxing, doing a little housework and I was able to get a card together for the Mojo Monday 383 Contest.  I had to use one of the new Unity Stamps I recently obtained. This sentiment says it all, we may not get to talk often or see each other but I really appreciate my brother and sister.  

Remember you can always click the photo, if you'd like to see a larger version of this photo. If you'd like to enter the Mojo Monday 383 Contest, there are a few more hours before the linky closes at 8 pm MST.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!  

Be Inspired Cigar Box

Every month Unity Stamp has a Be Inspired challenge.  I decided to do the color challenge with a new item that I'm hooked on altering and that is the cigar box.  It is kind of funny that I'm showing you the second one.  The first isn't quite complete and of course doesn't fit the parameters of this challenge.  The big boss of our department smokes cigars, of course I didn't remember this until I purchased my first cigar box...I really thought they gave them away. So I asked him where he got his cigars, thinking I could go there and ask for cigar boxes.  He said he bought his online and would bring me boxes if I wanted.  I said sure a couple would be great.  He brought me a whole grocery bag full!  This not very deep box was in there and  at first I wasn't sure what I could do with it.  Then I remember my mom is a tea drinker and sometimes you do see tea boxed up prettily for a gift.  So that's what I decided to do alter the cigar box to hold tea envelopes.

I used the coffee cup from Unity Stamp and paper pieced the rays on the cup. It came on a kit with A Cup of Sunshine sentiment, that I'm unable to locate at the moment. I did find a Mary Engelbreit that says Tea is a Cup of Life. I used Glossy Accent on the cup to help keep the paper piecing in place and to make it look more like a cup. I used Tattered Angels Glitter Mist all over the top. The flowers were sent to me by my craftin' sister Carolyn!  I found the flowers around the edge in my stash and may have come from my friend Laura.  I usually do not buy too many frou frou things for scrapbooking/card making.  

Here is my altered cigar box.

Let me know what you think. I'm hoping to donate this box for a benefit for my cousin if it works out. Oh and you have a few more days to join the challenge it doesn't end until Feb. 11. Thanks for taking time to stop by and I hope you have a wonderful week!