TAG! You're IT!

Hey everyone!

It's going to be a short post today,

but just wanted to let you know about the Unity Challenge!

For everyday this week -

come join in the fun and make a tag!

You can use any stamps, as long as they are UNITY!

Share your creations over at UNITY {show & tell}

where one lucky winner will be selected to win a prize daily!

For fun - 

I made a tag to share as well!

For this tag - I used:

Lightbulb Moment

Urban Chevron

For the tag cut out and the bracket - 

it's from HERE.

That's it!
Looking forward to seeing your creations!

Oh, and before I let you go - 

my other favorite company, SVG Cuts, (who I design for)

is in the running for the GRAND PRIZE in the

Martha Stewart's AMERICAN MADE!

They've won in the craft category beating out other 1000 nominees, 

so we're very excited!

The Grand Prize voting runs through Sept 30th,

so I would appreciate your effort to vote!

(6 votes daily!)

CLICK HERE TO VOTE! 

Thank you!

A bit of huntin', dancin' and dreamin' - Unity Thursday.

Hello peeps!

It's time for another Unity Thursday!

 You should be arriving from Shemaine's blog :)
and like always -
here's a whole list of participating blog for your reference.

Eryn Hannig - http://vintageglamdesigns.blogspot.com/

Jen Erickson - http://shut-up-its-true.blogspot.com/

Karen Maldonado - http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Lisa Henke - http://www.mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com/

Shemaine Smith - http://shemainesmith.blogspot.com/

Thienly Azim - that's me!

Alyssa Bennett - http://mythoughtsexactlystamps.blogspot.com/

Hope that you're LOVING these new releases - 

as much as I do!

I made a few cards today to share with y'all!
Up first is a fun cowboy card to get you movin'!

I used papers from both Carta Bella Giddy Up collections 

(bringing out the goodness of both!)

and embellished with some wood veneer stars, trims, button and a clothespin.

Simple but a fun card!

I just love this stamp - 

the boots are so darn cute and love the font used for the sentiment!

Next up is a card from the hunting set!

This is another simple card -

but loved the concept :)

I cut out concentric circles and layered them to make it look like a target.

Except - I randomly displaced the circles off by a bit to add to the style.

The stamp is on an acetate, 

backed with a vellum,

and is holding a wooden veneer heart inside :)

Lastly, but not least - 

is another hunting one, but real outdoorsy one this time.

(sorry - ran out of time to make a dreamcather!)

I found the perfect papers from Bo Bunny to use with these stamps.

I added some burlap and mesh to make it a bit rough - 

and added some interest using Epiphany Crafts circles and stiching.

The compass and the binoculars are from HERE, if you're interested!

You've got to go take a lookie at the rest of the stamps in that kit! 

It's so much fun!

Don't forget to check out the store to see all the other fun things going on!

For PHYLLIS HARRIS markdowns - click HERE.

Yep - you got that right!

It's time to go get those KOM and SMAK that you've been eyeing 'cause YOU KNOW - 

those don't go on sale that often!

Now, the girls have worked so hard to inspire you today - 

so make sure that you leave some LOVE on EACH and EVERY blog!

AND - to make it even MORE fun for you - 

we'll choose a lucky winner on Saturday night to receive this amazing package of Unity goodies!

Alrighty now -
I'm going to send you off to our last stop -
our amazing guest designer, Alyssa!

My Mama's Birthday Cupcake.

Hello friends!

My Mama just turned 65, just two days ago.
(For those of you that are friends with me must have seen my her pic I posted ;) )

She's a special woman -

beautiful inside and out,

and with her positive energy, humorous, and thoughtful personality -

she can pretty much light up any room she's in.

I just love her.

So, to commemorate her day,

I made a paper cupcake for her as part of her gift -

and I wanted to share that with you today!

She loved it.

With this project, I used the Birthday Jubilee sentiment kit.

(By the way - did you know that Unity releases a new sentiment kit EVERY month,

and they are all SO amazing?

The current one is a Halloween one, 

and am currently waiting for that one to come in the mail!)

The papers are from October Afternoon's Woodland Park collection -

it's so beautiful!

Here's a side view!

I didn't really do anything 'special' with the stamps here - 

but just LOVE to used them with my papercraft projects, too!

For those who have cutting machines and are interested,

the cupcake and the flower files are from HERE.

 the candle is from HERE.

the plate is from HERE.

the spoon is from HERE.

So, I asked her what she wanted to have for her birthday...

and this is what she said.

(yep - found pretty much the 'quote' of exactly what she told me!)

Just love this quote!

So, we all took her out for a nice family dinner that night,

and treated her to a special drink :)

(Of course, I'm getting her a present, too!)

Here's a pic of us from that night - 

(my mama is on the left and I'm in the middle)

Oh, do we ever have so much fun together!

Hope that you enjoyed my little post today -
have yourself a beautiful day!

BON APPETIT! - food gift box

Hello all friends!

Thought that I'd join in the fun today for Friends with Flair Friday!

I have been busy working on my project that are 'soon' to be posted,

and was going to keep myself quiet...

until I realized I had a project (which I really liked)

that I had made all the way back in May!

Yep, May!

I made this for the intention as a 'back up' project,

in case, I got too busy over the holidays and needed a project!

... and then, I forgot about it!

Until now...

So, here's a fun little box that I'm ready to share!

You can use to GIVE -

little treats, coffee beans, tea bags, or even homemade herbs if you have your own garden!

The cute part of this box is that you can stuff these goodies inside the crackers :)

Arent' these stamps SO ADORABLE?

It's ALL from the {aBOUT} Bon Appetit stamp collection!

I just LOVE the classiness of kraft, cream and black -

so I stuck with those colors for this project.

So, when you open the box... 

it has 3 crackers all decorated with these pretty stamps.

How fun would it be to receive some goodies in these!

For the cutting file info:

Crackers  (made Halloween crackers way back, and there's a link where you can download them!)

Rectangular Box (I resized it to fit the 3 crackers and added an acetate window)

That's it - but before I let you go...

Don't forget to check out the sale over at Unity!

(and there are lots of new releases, too - 

just click on the images you're interested below)

...and one more thing.

Leo and Mary from SVG Cuts are getting married in a week!!!

Congratulations!

I'm so excited for them!

They are going to be releasing their last kit (will mostly likely be posted here when it's available!)

before they are off to get hitched! :)

It's a pretty amazing kit - 

and I've seen some sneaks of it - 

and you're gonna want it!

Here's a peek of what they've posted!

Okay, won't keep you here any longer...

enjoy your Friday my friends!

Broken Shopping Cart Unity Thursday

Broken Shopping Cart?

Yep.

Unity's website shopping cart totally messed up on the last sale day...

So for those who didn't get a chance to purchase what you wanted to -

Here's a chance for you!

But wait!

This only lasts a day, but you also have a chance to purchase the new releases,

as well as there are several new things added to the store!

Unity sure knows how to keep us going back! :)

You should be arriving here from Shemaine's blog,

and as always, here a list for your reference.

Andrea Murdock - http://www.mystampingheaven.blogspot.com/

Jen Erickson - http://shut-up-its-true.blogspot.com/

Karen Maldonado - http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Laurel Seabrook - http://want2scrap.blogspot.com/

Lisa Henke - http://www.mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com/

Robyn Weatherspoon - http://robynweatherspoon.blogspot.com/

Shemaine Smith - http://shemainesmith.blogspot.com/

Thienly Azim - that's me!

Alyssa (Guest Designer) - http://mythoughtsexactlystamps.blogspot.com/

Make sure that you COMMENT on each of the blogs for your chance to win a PRIZE!!!

First up is MY FAVORITE project for this hop...

using the new Fashionista witch... Tabitha!
(artist: Tracey Malnofski)

Isn't she amazing?

She's a classy witch - so hard not to love her!

I used twine to do her hair, 

jute twine to bring out the dimension in the broom,

added glittter to her dress and a hat...

and used wooden stars to bring some of them out.

This sentiment comes from You Witch! itty bitty. 

Next up is a cute 'lil Snow Peeps release -

Make Snow Angels!

Also from Tracey Malnofski!

For this one, I really wanted to emphasize on the cute snowman making the angel path.

So, I added some 'dimensional snow' to the rest hoping to create that effect.

Perhaps, you can see it better below!

This was made using the Christmas ornament file found HERE.

Oh, and I don't know if you notice,

but I tried to lift off his sweater and his hat off the page a bit to make him look chunkier :)

You can see the rest of the new snow peeps here!

The next one is a super simple card using the current KOM.

If you don't know what it is, or to sign up - click above :)

I wanted to keep this clean,

but add some 'umph' to the card.

I created a window to the card,

layered it with the window sill, clear acetate, vase, and a fabric curtain :)

Lastly, but not least, is a card using the current SOTW!

(This was up on the Unity blog, but just haven't had time to post it here)

This is not usually my style..

as it's only my second ever card that I used splattered ink on,

but am very happy with how it came out!

I love that weaved white cardstock that I picked up at Jo Ann's during my trip to the US.

It adds so much!

The butterfly is made using adhesive fabric - 

I sprayed it with various mists,

and after drying, I stamped the image on it.

Anyway - that's it!

Don't forget to COMMENT,

check out the SALE - 

and now I'm sending you off to our fabulously creative Alyssa!