Growing In Unity Day 4: A Birthday Card and Fixing My Mistake

So, did anyone catch my mistake on my layout yesterday? "My 2 Little Tukeys"? I was rereading my post last night when I caught the mistake-my hubby and I had a little chuckle over it! So, I peeled off the letter stickers, realized I had thrown the leftovers from the green Thickers away, and grabbed a pink pack of foam Thickers to fix the problem. This is what the layout looks like now:

 

I also made a card to share with you today, because "My 2 little turkeys" have their 10th birthday party today! We are doing a party with a few of their friends at a local spa, and I am very excited for it! So, I made them each a little card that looks like this:

 

I started with pink card bases from Making Memories, stamped with Webster's Pages Itty Bitty Doily Decor along the edge, inked the edges of everything with Raspberry Versamark ink, added a strip of Crate Paper Acorn Avenue patterned paper, stamped a Chevron tag from the Webster's Itty Bitty Chevron and Doily tags set, added a birthday Sentiment from Paper Smooches, and a bit of pink sparkle to finish it off!

The Unity Stamps I used today:

Doily Decor (the set on the right):

 Doily and Chevron tags:

Thanks for visiting me today, be sure to leave me a comment on any of my Growing in Unity posts for this week for your chance to win 2 Itty Bitty's of your choice!

Growing in Unity Day 3: Scrapbooking With Stamps

So sorry to be running late today, guys! The guy that's buying our house called and wanted to go over some things with the realtor unexpectedly this morning, therefore I was out of the house without access to my internet. But, don't worry, I'll leave the comments open-you have through Sunday to comment for your chance to win 2 Itty Bitty's of your choice. Anyway, onto the page I made to share with you all today!

Once again, I was inspired by this month's Unity Challenge:

 I used a stamp from Webster's Pages Itty Bitty line, Doily and Chevron Tag Set:

 

I stamped the doily circle tag, then punched it out with a circle punch and used as a large scalloped border:

 

Don't forget to leave me a comment for your chance to win!

Happy World Cardmaking Day! (Part 1)

I know, it's almost over! But I have been working on a few cards, so I thought I would share. I started with some challenges (and combined them, 'cause I love to do that!). The first card was for :
WCMD 2012 Challenge 1: Holiday Greetings with Julie Ebersole
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes for WCMD
Studio Calico: Use a Die-Cut Or Punch

Here is my Card:

Patterned paper is by Webster's Pages, Stamps by Inkadinkado, washi tape, baker's twine, Fiskars punches

Busy, busy, busy...

At least, it has been around here! What with the hustle and bustle of back to school, canning, cleaning, shopping....and later, I need to mow...but I thought I would take a few  minutes to share what I have been working on with you. Today's layout is based on this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

 

Here is my layout, made with my August kit:

 

Supplies used: periwinkle blue cardstock, light blue chevron patterned paper, Simple Stories Summer Fresh, Chatterbox Artsylicious goodies, American Crafts glitter mini brads, Mr. Huey's mist, and aWebster's Pages flower.

Take Time To Smell the Roses

For today's post, I am sharing a page that I made for the Sketchbook 365 July Challenge (How do you like that for getting it done early, it's not even July yet ;-)  ):

My layout, "Take Time To Smell The Roses":

 This layout is made entirely from my most recent "inspired by Shimelle kit": Webster's Pages and Pink Paislee pp, cardstock scraps, and shapes punched from leftover bits of The Girls Paperie pp, embellies: Studio Calico Notions Vintage Pattern Flowers, Petaloo flower, Pebbles rose brads, We R Memory keepers twine, Cosmo Cricket tiny Type that I colored with a rose colored Copic marker, Jolee's bling letters, and a tag stamped with a gorgeous Webster's and Unity Girl Land stamp that I won in a recent blog hop giveaway!

Closer look at the tag:

I have more to share from this kit, but not today, need to get my run in before it gets too hot!

Masterforgers Paint Challenge

I used up my whole first kit for the month of June, so I pulled together a second (and a lot more girly!) "Inspired By Shimelle" kit:

I used this kit to do a page for the current Masterforger's challenge, to use paint (I used my mist and Distress Stain):

I used this sketch from Let's Capture These Sketches:

And here is my layout:

More layouts for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge :

You may have seen the first page that I am sharing with you today on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog, since it was my submission for the "Food Inspiration Challenge"- and yes, I do realize that it is stretching it a bit to call gumballs "food", but I had the precious photo of my son and his grandma who he was extremely close to before she passed away, and I have had the idea for the page swimming around in my head for a while, so I was happy to put it together finally.  

Counterfeit Layout # 6:

I used pretty much only supplies from my Counterfeit Kit for April: GCD Studios Patterned cardstock, Echo park patterned paper (teal dots),yellow Cardstock, Echo Park title, journaling spot,balloons, orange cardstock scalloped border sticker, and added a birthday mini banner from my stash. I cut the gumball machine with my Sweethearts Cricut cartridge, and added a silver mini brad, a red mini heart shaped button, and Glossy Accents for the "glass globe".

Close-up of the "gumball machine":

I was inspired for this layout by this sketch by Sketch Inspirations:
Sketch 214:

Layout #7 with my Counterfeit Kit:
( I must admit that this is my favorite one done with my kit so far this month!)

 The lovely patterned paper background is the Webster's Pages "Underwater Oasis" from my kit, which I painted in the center with a gold Shimmerz Blingz, and added some of the brown swirl patterned paper to the center to "ground" the photos, then added a journaling tag to the center-one of the K&Co tags from my kit , which I painted with Ranger white crackle paint, then sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in a couple of shades of teal, and tied with a sheer turquoise ribbon. I then scattered Primas with mini brad centers, a chipboard flower that was inked and painted and embellished with a rhinestone in the center, another chipboard flower that I turned into a starfish with crackle paint and pink inking on the edges, a tiny felt sandollar that was handmade by me, a couple of the gorgeous feathers from my kit,  a few of the tiny silk baby's breath, and a glittered (the turquoise glitter was in my kit, too) Prima flower, and a green glitter butterfly that was embellished with tiny pearls.

Close-ups Of My Flowers and Embellishments:

 This layout was inspired by this sketch from Twisted Sketches:

Sketch# 95:

Stretching My "Counterfeit Kit" Out!

My first layout is based on the sketch that was given to us at the Counterfeit Sketch Blog:

Sorry my photos are a little dark- that's what I get when I take photos in the middle of the night, lol!!

The second layout is not based on a sketch, just whipped some goodies from my kit together, adding as little as possible. I love this photo of me and my three youngest from a few years ago at Thanksgiving. And this last layout is based on the guest DT sketch at Sketchy Thursdays:

Teddy Bear Love! * Scroll Down for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Post!*

My twin girls have a deep love for their teddy bears, and I wanted to record these memories for them- My Counterfeit Kit(scroll down to see it) and some sketches made it sooo much easier!!
Natalie And Teddy: The first layout was inspired by the cover of February's Scrapbooks,Etc. I used the yellow patterned paper from Webster's, a piece of the yellow glitter cardstock to mount my photo, a couple of my handmade rosette flowers-I just added some BoBunny decorative brads to the centers to tie the color scheme together, added a couple of border strips, a tab, "LOVE" letter stickers, and a journaling spot from the Creative Imaginations sticker sheet.
Cecilia and Snuggles:
For this layout,I started with this week's sketch from Sketch Inspirations. I used my green paper lace cut with SCAL, mounted on a sheet of white cardstock, with a scrap of the Making Memories Battenberg paper (polka dot side) and another scrap of the front side of the same paper. I used a vintage image from my Add-On Kit, my red handmade ribbon flowers, a cut up border strip for the flourish and top of the vintage image, and added some of the Queen &Co. pearls to the flower centers, and one of the journaling cards, a ticket, and some of the Puffy Alpha Stickers.