Tis the Season!!

Well, Thanksgiving has now passed,

 and we have Christmas just around the corner...

yikes (it always sneaks up on us so quickly)!

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made for the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge

 this week called "Tis the Season"!

I wanted the red poinsettia to really pop out, so I placed it on top of the largest

Tags 1 die, and added some holly leaves and pine branches!

Tucked a tiny Felicity doily behind the coved rectangle die.

I also layered a few different French Flair dies and added

the beautiful Mesh border die right on top of the blue paper!

List of dies I used:

French Flair Classic Stackers

French Flair LG Classic Stackers

Coved Rectangle Classic SM Silver Stackers

Tags 1

Felicity Tiny Doily

Pine Branches

Poinsettia Strip

Holly Leaves

Mesh Border

Come play along in this week's  Cheery Lynn Design challenge 

with other Cheery Lynn friends!!!

The winner that is chosen will receive $20 towards

shopping at the Cheery Lynn website!!

I always love to see what you all create...see yo there!

Hugs & Smiles,

Cheery Lynn Designs New Release!!

Hope you are enjoying all the fabulous projects showcasing

Cheery Lynn Designs ** new release**!!

I'm excited to share this project with you today....

My inspiration comes from the AMAZING new Shuttered Window w/Flower Box die!

I love the way you can ever so slightly open the little shutters...

The top of the window frame as well as the flower box both have 

a bit of dimension to them...gotta love that!!!

The window has been popped up using my pop dots...

and is framed with the new Daphne Doily!!

I used the new Tiny Flower Kit #3 & Tiny Fanciful Flourish dies

and built an array of flowers popping right out of that flower box!!

Also, I added a little sparkle of glitter to the center of each flower!

Even the little mini butterfly has a tiny flower added!

Lastly, I hung a Tag #1 w/sentiment to my crinkly ribbon!

Here's a list of all the Cheery Lynn Designs dies that I used on my project:

** new Shuttered Window w/Flower Box

** new Tiny Flower Kit (set of 3)

** new Tiny Fanciful Flourish Left & Right

** new Daphne Doily w/Angel Wing

Tags 1

Mini Dimensional Butterflies w/Angel Wings

Enjoy your day!

Hugs & Smiles,

Friends with Flair Fun!!

Happy Friends with Flair Day!  

Today, I am so happy to be sharing another NEW Unity stamp set just released...

Tulips & Daisies

I love the font styles used in the sentiments, and of course,

the beautiful flowers arrangements..makes me happy coloring them! 

Nothing like a bouquet of flowers to lift your spirit huh!

I've colored these daisies using my Copics, 

and I dyed some ribbon with a couple of subtle Glimmer Mist sprays...

Pop dots raise the beautiful centerpiece and designer papers 

are from the Pink Paislee "Portfolio" collection.

Wanna pick up a set?  Well, now's a great time as we

continue to celebrate Angela's birthday this week - 40% ALL STAMPS sale!!

Have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs & Smiles,

Hip Hop Time!!

Hi there Unity friends!  Thanks for stopping by and visiting today!

Gotta sweet Christmas card to share with you that highlights one of my

very very favorite Unity Christmas stamp sets!  

Love the labels, flakes, sentiments, little holly and tree...

so perfect to mix and match or create background papers!

Totally enjoyed paper-piecing the tiny trees onto the label...

and aren't these vintage looking designer papers by Pink Paislee delicious?

One last thing...

Stock up on itty bitty's!!!

That's all December long!

sweet way to add a little something special into a stocking...

one for you and one for a friend!!

Keep hoppin' over to lovely Lisa Henke, to see the fabulous project she has to share today!

Hugs & Smiles,

Inspiration Monday - Circle Cards!!

Hello there sweet friends!  It's my turn to host Inspiration Monday at La-La Land Crafts!  This week's challenge is "CIRCLE CARDS"!   Stop by and check out what the designers have to share this week!!

I'm featuring Travel Marci today on my circle card (Silhouette Die: 5 scalloped circles by Lori Whitlock)!  I've added the beautiful rolled roses and added some stickles for sparkly effect!  You see, I've added some of the accessories that come up with this set, and even decided to fold the map for fun!   To add a soft touch to the card, I decided to back up the main circle with some gorgeous vintage lace!  

Rolled Rose Large Die

Travel Marci (with accessories)

Copics -

Skin: E000, E01, E93, R11

Hair: E42, E49, E55 

Hat: B000, BG10, BG90, R12, R20, R00, E40 

Shirt: Y23, YR30, YR31, E40, BG10, BG90 

Skirt:  R00, R12, R20, E40, BG10, BG90 

Tights: E41, E42, E43

Shoes: E34, E39

Purse/Luggage: R000, E43, E84

Have an awesome day!

Hugs & Smiles,

Friends with Flair!!

Hi there friends! I just couldn't resist making another project to share today,

 using another one of Unity's CHA Summer 2012 releases! 

 This one is a Unity-Bella Blvd itty bitty, that caught my eye...she's such a cute lil hippo!

Look at those kissie lips!

I love shaped cards...I really really do!  So, I had to pair the stamp up with this 

fun shape Silhouette die (nested tag frames by Alaa K) I used for the card frame!  

It's a nesting frame, with so many sizes to choose from!  

Papers are from Pink Paislee - Vintage Vogue!  

Here's the little sweetie, in case you want to buy her!

Don't forget, there's an AWESOME sale happening...

Have a fabulous Friday!

Hugs & Smiles,

Scrap-Mart: A Friend Like You!!

Sharing a card that I made using all sorts of goodies you can purchase from Scrap-mart!  Just had to make a big scrunchy scalloped flower to adorn my card!  The scalloped flower has been Glimmer Mist in Vintage Pink, and I made some crinkly Glimmer Mist ribbon using Coffee Shop!

Totally love this sentiment, along with all the other sentiments you'll  find in the "Inspire Me" stamp set by Heartfelt Creations!

You can buy these supplies at Scrap-Mart:

Heartfelt Creations: Inspire Me Sentiments

Spellbinder Dies:  Big Scalloped Circles Nestabilities

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Vintage Pink

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Coffee Shop

Spellbinder Dies: Grommet Tags

Have a wonderful Monday!

Hugs & Smiles,

Art Journaling - Let Your ART have Wings!!

I'm excited to share my first Art Journal page that I made this weekend while cropping with my friends!
I just love all the vibrant and rich colors of the Dylusion Sprays!  Playing with my Dylusion's Stencils and Crafter's Workshop Stencils and sprays was so addicting!  If you'd like to pick up sprays or stencils, check out Scrap-Mart to grab some and try!  Did you know that Scrap-mart also carries Mixed Media type products (inks, sprays, stencils, stamps, mixed media products)... as well as a vast array of other products!!

I used my new set of Caran D'Ache Neocolor II Watersoluble Crayons to add shading, used to color the flowers and handrawn birdie, and I even pulled out some of my   to add slight shimmer to the top of the little birdie.  The center of the flowers are Stickles for a little glitz effect!  

You'll also notice that I wet embossed the stenciled circles on the heart and also the butterflies in white!  There are different stamps sets from Unity Stamp Co,  Hero Arts, 7 Gypsies, Pink Paislee, and Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi.  I've been aching to use these sets for way toooo long!!  Because I really loved the way the sprays mixed so easily, I cut up 3 big circles to highlight the amazing effects of the sprays...along with some of the stencil work! 

My girlfriend helped me with the quote for my first journal page.  She was reading off quotes from stamps sets to me, and this quote really resinated with me.  Seemed appropriate, as I have truly fallen for yet another artsy passion....art journaling.  I knew I'd fall for it, and it's really peaked my attention to it even more! 

The music notes make my heart sing...especially with this saying...

I know...me and my dimension...I snuck just a little bit of it by having parts of the flowers lifted and the rest adhered to lay beneath the birdie!

Well, that's it for today!  I will be back to post another Mixed Media project that I made this weekend!  It's a canvas inspired by "Taking Flight"!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Hugs & Smiles,

Scrapmart: You're So Thoughtful!!

Happy Friday! Today, I  have a card to share with you that I made using my Heartfelt Creations Posy Patch flower stamp set that I got from Scrap-Mart along with some Spellbinder dies and distress inks by Ranger.

My card is ink distressed with Ranger inks, as well as the ribbon.  I added a little banner to the top, because I somehow had to sneak that little birdie onto the card!  These are all of the supplies that you can purchase directly from Scrap-Mart:

Heartfelt Creations - Posy Patch Flowers
Heartfelt Creations - Inspire Me Sentiments
Spellbinders - Labels Thirteen
Spellbinders - Classic Standard Circles
Rangers Distress Ink - Peeled Paint
Rangers Distress Ink - Stormy Sky
Rangers Distress Ink - Mustard Seed

Have a fabulous day and hope you get a little scrapping or crafting in this weekend!
It's National Scrapbooking Day tomorrow, and I'm hoping to create a layout 'cause
 it's been awhile that I've made layout!

Hugs & Smiles,

Unity Hip Hop!

It's Hip Hop day...

and I'm going back a bit to an

older KOTM!

Needed to make a special card to send out

so, I pulled out this beautiful stamp sentiment

and my Pink Paislee London Market papers to come up with this...

There's always such versatility with the Unity Kit of the Month sets...

check out what's included in this one...

Now..hop on over to lovely Lisa Henke, to see what she has to share today!

Hugs & Smiles,

Faerie Marcie in her Butterfly Garden!

Happy Monday!  It's time for another Inspirational Monday at La-La Land Crafts!  This week, it is "Make Your Own Paper/Chipboard Embellies"!  How fun...right? 

My card features a new Summer CHA La-La Land Crafts stamp - Faerie Marci!  I paired her up with Pink Paislee "Butterfly Garden" papers, which really inspired me to have this sweetie flying around in her butterfly garden! 

The handmade embellies I made today are the rolled flower & the glossy butterflies!  The rolled flower was topped with some Stickles for extra sparkle and to match the inside of Marci's wings!

Then, the two butterflies, all a flutter, were just cut from the designer paper, and then topped with Glossy Accents! Pretty simple, and yet...I adore the texture it adds to the card!  If you look closely, Marci's crown jewels and her sweet little diamond on the necklace have been texturized with Glossy Accents! 

A few die cuts I used were Spellbinders and My Favorite Things!  The flourishes were distressed ink with "olive green", then cut apart and tucked all around Marci to give a whimsical feel!

By the way, just a sweet little reminder...  There's time to enter La-La Land Crafts Birthday Contest for this sweeeeeeeeet prize:

You can still enter the contest even if  you don't have a blog..yay!!  You can upload your photos to Photobucket and post that link to the blog.   And, for those who do not have Marci or Luka stamps,
you can purchase a digital image at the store so you can get started on a card right away.  All the details are posted in the La-La Land Crafts Birthday Contest post!!

Card: Faerie Marci
Materials - Stamp: Faerie Marci by La-La Land Crafts; Cardstock: Bazzill; Designer Paper: Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee; Dies: Flourish by My Favorite Things & Spellbinders; Distress Ink: Olive Green by Ranger; Handmade Ribbon; Handmade Rolled Flower; Handmade Butterflies; Copics: Hair - E13, E37; Skin - E000, E00, E01; Outfit & Crown -YR30, YR31, R83, YR00, YG91, Y28;

Have a great day!

Hugs & Smiles,

Hip Hop Thursday & CHA Sneak Peek!!

Hello there Unity friends!  It's Hip Hop Thursday, and today I have a little sneakie peek to share with you!!  It's a brand spankin' new Co-Brand Unity & Samantha Walker set that I am totally in LOVE with...so I just had to create with it right away!!

Pairing up my stamps with the gorgeous Pink Paislee "Sweetness" designer papers!  I've got a total of FOUR stamps from this set that I used my card.  Even added some pop dots for some added dimension!  I ink distressed and machine stitched, and finally added a beautiful tiny red rose, leaf, and twirly vine!  Ah..be still my heart...this card really brings out the "romantical" (Paula Deen word-steal) side of me!!  How 'bout you?

** NEW CHA SNEAK**

Twisted Metal

Co-Brand by

Unity & Samantha Walker

Did you also catch that this Unity Co-Brands stamp set will fit perfectly into the new Compatibles by Spellbinders? They are designed by Samantha Walker and soon to be released...YAY for that!

Get ready for some more inspiration!!  Just keep on hoppin' over to super talented Lisa Henke 

to see what amazing project she has to share with you today!!

Hugs & Smiles,

La-La Land Crafts - Inspiration Monday!!

Happy Monday!  Time for another La-La Land "Inspiration Monday" Challenge!  The recipe, this week, is "lace, pearls, & punches"!  How fun...right!!

Using these gorgeous Pink Paislee designer papers called "Sweetness", I created a notecard featuring the sweetheart "Fancy Marci"!  Added some pearls to the center of the butterfly punches, onto her dress, and in the middle of the big Prima flower!  The lace was run down the right side of the card, and I love the softness it adds!

Let's see what you have to share with us this week!  Don't forget to add your projects to the
La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery!

Details - Fancy Dress Marci Note Card
Supplies - Stamps: La La Land Crafts (Fancy Marci) Company; Lace: JoAnne's; Pearls: KaiserCraft; Distress Ink: Ranger (Tea Dye); Papers: Pink Paislee (Sweetness); Flower & Leaves: Prima; Die Cut: Spellbinders; Punch: Martha Stewart (Butterfly);
Copics Used - Skin - E000, E01. R20; Hair- E27, E33, E35; Dress & Hairbands - Y02, Y08, R22, R32; Shoes - E27, R22;

Hugs & Smiles,

National Scrapbooking Day with Unity Stamp Co!!

Unity is celebrating National Scrapbooking Day!  All the designer's have created 8x8 recipe layouts using Unity Stamps, picture of the dish prepared, and recipe for their dish!!  It's one awesome gift for one LUCKY WINNER!!  We are linking you up at the Unity Blog, so make sure you check out all of the recipes!  You're gonna love them!!

So, the dish I prepared for my recipe layout  is "Spinach with Honey Balsamic Chicken"! Actually, it's a recipe that my husband created, dish he cooked, and presented in this photo!  I just can't take credit, but for just taking the photo!  I do know he totally got into this and loved sharing his recipe.  I can tell you though, it is super delish with a sweet and tangy taste, and I hope the winner will enjoy making it too!  It's quite easy and quick to make!

The designer papers I used are from the "Hometown Summer " collection by Pink Paislee! 

I created a machine-stitched pocket (yellow paper), where you see the recipe tab peeking out.  Just pull up the tab, to reveal the recipe for the ingredients and cooking directions!  

The Unity Stamp set I used is a Unity/Samantha Walker Co-Brand set called "Home Baked"!  I love Samantha Walker designs in this set!!  Perfect when you have a food gift you've made, or even purchased, or have a recipe to share that's home baked!!  If you are interested in picking up this set, just click on the stamp set photo below!!

After you've visited each of designer blogs today, come on over and visit  My Unity Place for a fun time!!  We have a mini on-line crop, some challenges, and other great things going on...it's gonna be fun!!

Enjoy your day and hope you get a little stampy & scrappy time in this weekend!!

Hugs & Smiles,