Christine Girl for January Challenge - new Unity Stamps in the house!!

I was challenged again by my good friends, Carmen and Carolyn, to get crafty more often, and this Unity Challenge for this month has been on my mind and started on my craft table since last weekend.  It was a busy week, but I finally got the coloring completed with my Copics and all the layers put together this morning to complete the following card using my new Christine Girl stamp from Unity.  I also used Spellbinders' Large Ovals and Floral Ovals, Crafty Secrets pastel paper pack, Stampin Up Pretty in Pink, my Copics as mentioned above, spica gel glitter pen and liquid applique.  Some sheer navy blue ribbon and a snowflake pendant were also used for adornment.

Here is a closeup of the dimensions and liquid applique.

This challenge is ongoing until February 11th, so be sure to stop on by and check it out.

Warm, Inky Hugs to you all on this chilly weekend :)

Unity Challenge for 2015

Happy new Year, everyone!!  :)  It has been a while since I have posted.  I have created quite a few Christmas cards lately but didn't take time to photograph them for the blog.Sorry about that.  I mailed about 30 this year compared to my typical 60 or 70, which saved some time and stress.  Why do we do this to ourselves, I wonder?  Why do we stress out and try to get so much done around the holidays?!  Well ... I didn't do that this year, just created a few cookies (not many), as we didn't need all that sugar anyway either. :)

Well, hoping I can post more often this year.  I am pretty busy with work and now with a 21 Day Fix Beachbody challenge for myself and a friend, posting some good stuff at Gusto for Good Habits on my public Facebook page.  Stop by to see what's going on there too.

Now for today's post ... I have a dear friend whom I've met through the wonderful hobby of paper crafting and stamping who challenged me to enter the Unity (Be Inspired) Challenge, which is a month long challenge with a wonderful prize package for the monthly winner. I decided to go with the color challenge, and unfortunately I only have one Unity stamp (now retired Faith as Small as a Mustard Seed), which I do not usually use pastel colors with, so this was a real challenge for me.

I hope you get a chance to participate in the challenge too.

Happy Stampin!

Still a Spring Chick! :)

Today's card was created with a few of my girlfriends in mind.  The sketch I used was From The Heart's I {heart} Sketches #72 using the twist of warm reds, oranges and yellows!! :) With the Summertime fun

fast approaching, this Sketch will be held for 2 full weeks to give you all extra time to play along.  So,

please upload your photo to play along at the FTH blog by July 6th.

We can't wait to see what you come up with too!  :)

Image: Birthday Candle Birdbrain 
Papers: pale yellow and light red-orange Bazzill card stock and
Stampin Up red, only orange, summer sun and barely banana cs 
Coloring Medium: prismacolor pencils and Gamsol Tools/Other Supplies: SU large oval punch, Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles,
sheer orange ribbon w/white polka dots.

This was a fun sketch, and I hope you get a chance to play along too.  See you there!!

Inky Hugs,

Love Lifted Me

This beautiful hot air balloon is from Imagine That Digis, and it's called Love Lifts You!  Of course, the hymn "Love Lifted Me" comes to mind when I work with this set.  It definitely screams summer to me with bright, cheery colors and fun puffy clouds.  :)

Card Details:  Love Lifts you hot air balloon, SU lovely lilac cs, Head in the Clouds Pebbles Inc dp
as well as dp from Minds Eye, Martha Stewart
heart border punch, d'vine swirls Cuttlebug folder, sheer and gingham ribbon
miscellaneous buttons and embroidery floss

Card Details:  Same as above except the sun was made using SU
yo-yo yellow cs in my Silhouette Portrait, then I sponged only orange ink on it.

I am using this lovely hot air balloon for a summer card swap I am taking part in over at SplitCoastStampers, and I am trying to get my layers just right.  I do hope the others in the swap like them too.  :)

Inky Hugs,