You Are My Sunshine...

My only sunshine, (come on, sing along with me) You make me happy, when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. So please don't take my sunshine away....

That was fun, and so is today's sketch from Ally, at So Sketchy.

This card is a 4X7.5" rectangle. I used the following supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co-July 09 Kit of the Month. Papers: SU- Marigold Morning, Basic Grey, and prints pack II. Ink: Mememnto- Black, Summer Sky, Tangelo, Dandelion. Accessories: Shimmerz paint- Angels Wings, White Signo gel pen, scallop border punch.

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Im So EXCITED and I Just Cant Hide It....

I was asked to be a part of the Paper Maniac Design Team!!! Paper Maniac is a brand new craft store opening up in Minnesota, and Patti, the owner, is super sweet and a pleasure to work with. Check out the Paper Maniac BLOG, to meet the other talented Design Team members. I'm so excited to work with these ladies.

New Blog Design

Hello, I am working on redesign of my blog. I needed a change.
Bear with me, as HTML editing is not my forte. If you like this design, I got it from Sweet Shop Designs, Blog in a Box designs by Zoe Pearns. Check out the site for more awesome blog layouts. Warning: you download the elements, but must put them into blogger yourself....very time consuming!!! Hope to have this functional again real soon.

Relax...

Here is another card I made for the So Sketchy blog. Ally has such awesome sketches on her site. I love the sketch for this card, and went completely out-of-the-box on it, using the ferris wheel stamp as my circle image, the flowers as my heart image and I scored 2 lines down the middle of the card as the long rectangular piece. I love that Ally lets me stretch the creative elements on these sketches. This was alot of fun to create.

I also used a Kaliedacolor (Calypso) ink pad (I'm not even sure if these are on the market anymore, sorry) on the ferris wheel, which I have not used in a while. I have been letting my daughter "play" with those ink pads, and she used the ferris wheel stamp, and it looked soooooo cool, so I had to give it a try. I also used shimmerz paint on the outlines of the ferris wheel, for added sparkle. I added a siver pearl to the middle of the wheel.

Ok, so you are probably wondering where the awesome stamps come from.....they are from the exclusive UNITY Stamp Co kit called 100% Happy. You can ONLY get this kit from your local stamp store (LSS), if they carry Unity Stamps. Since northern NJ does not really have a LSS that carries Unity, I went on a search for an online store and found Paper Maniac. Patti, the owner, is super sweet, friendly and helpful, and will get your package out to you so fast, you don't even have to wait!!! Visit her site to see the upcoming auto-ship deal for these exclusive kits.

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Perfect

Here is another fun card I created from one of Ally's sketches, for the So Sketchy blog. I LOVE the starry images that she put on the sketch, and I knew I had the perfect stamp for this card. The star stamp comes from the Unity Stamp Co January 09 Kit of the Month. The sentiment "perfect" comes from the Unity Stamp Co June 09 Kit of the Month. The card sketch is for a rectangle, and the size I made this card is 4.25X8.5 inch.
Supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- Jan 09 KOM, June 09 KOM. Papers: PTI White, Pure Poppy, SU Basic Grey and October Afternoon DSP- Cherry Hill. Ink: Memento. Accessories: PTI Stitched ribbon- Pure Poppy.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Check out the So Sketchy blog for more sketchy fun!!

The Cherry on Top

Ally created an awesome card sketch for this week on the So Sketchy blog. I really like how it is different from any other sketch I have ever seen and truly stretches the imagination. I also had fun using the Unity Stamp Co June Kit of the Month for this project. I also used papers supplied by The Paper Passion, which was So Sketchy's sponsor this month.
This card is 5.5 inch square.
Supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- June 09 KOM. Papers: October Afternoon DSP- Cherry Hill, Olive textured paper, PTI White. Ink: Memento- Black and New Sprout. Accessories: PTI Ribbon- Pure Poppy, Scalloped circle punch (SU), copics for coloring.
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A Miracle

Here is the first card for my new term on the SO Sketchy design team!! I really liked this sketch Ally gave us, its really fun and enabled me to "create out of the box." Check out the quote on this card: "Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle." Well, this is as true as any quote can get, and we expereinced it yesterday firsthand.

Card supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co: June 09 KOM. Papers: PTI White, American Crafts Black, DCWV Garden Party designer paper. Ink: Memento- Tangelo. Accessories: foofala buttons, white thread, felt flowers, dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day.

AMERICANA

So, I got in a festive Americana mood and came up with this card. Its another no-layer card, which I seem to be making alot of lately. This is the new Unity kit called: Unity in America. It is an exclusive kit, sold only at Memory Making Crafts, and its a must for anyone who has military in their families or friends, yet, versatile enough to make everyday cards, as well as cards to support our troops. The white paper is from PTI (Papertreyink) and I used their awesome tutorial on how to emboss the frame on the card front with Nestabilities. (Now I do it all the time) :-) Ribbon is from Walmart and I also used stickles on the heart. Ink is Memento and I sponged the insdie of the frame with Desert Sands.

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BEE-lieve in Yourself

I finally got to make a BEE card!! This is about as close as you'll ever see me get to a bee, I avoid them at all costs, since I am allergic. I do like crafting with these little buggers' images though. I have had this adorable set from Unity Stamp Co, called Everyday Adorable out on my desk for a bit, and the cute little bee was wishing to make it to paper. And now, she finally did! I just love the way the white and black look together, with just a small splash of color.

I followed Julee's sketch for Mojo Monday (Sketch #88) for the layout of this card.

Card Supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- Everyday Adorable. Papers: PTI White, American Crafts- Black Textured, SU- Summer Sun, and Basic Grey- Urban Prairie DSP. Ink: Memento- Black and Dandelion & Sumemr Sky for sponging. Accessories: Shimmerz (although the picture does not show them well), Hero Arts Silver pearls, Nesties Scalloped circles die, and stitched ribbon from Michaels.

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Sweet Smiles

WOW, I must have got my scrappin' mojo back or something. I have been working on pages all week, and moving right along in Amanda's baby book. It might also have something to do with a SUPER cool sketch site I recently found, called 52 Sketches 52 Weeks. They are AWESOME!! If you need scrappy inspiration....head there....NOW!!! :-)

This layout uses Sketch #3 from 52 Sketches. The only thing I changed on the sketch, was adding another row of photos since I captured soooo many "Sweet Smiles." I couldn't decide which ones not to scrap, so they all made it, for now. Above, you will see the details of the Sassafrass letters (sunshine lollipop), which I painted the outlines of with Marigold Shimmerz, and the Dragonflies from the Unity Stamp Co May KOM, also painted with Marigold Shimmerz and popped up on dimensionals.

Here is a close-up of the Fancy Pants transparency frame. I just love the way these flourishes extend from the frame. On the top of the page you will see "you light up my life" stamped- that also comes from the Unity Stamp Co May KOM. The word "Sweet" stamped at the bottom of the page is also from the May KOM.

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Page supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- May 09 Kit of the Month. Papers: SU- Friends & Flowers Kit, Celery and PTI- White. Ink: Memento. Accessories: Fancy Pants transparent frame overlay (doodles), Sassafrass letters (sunshine lollipop), Shimmerz- Marigold, Hero Arts- Silver pearls. Distressing layers.

HHH...Happy...

HAPPY HIP HOP HANGOVER DAY!!!

What's a scrapbook page without some UNITY?

I stumbled upon an amazing site called 52 Sketches 52 Weeks the other day, and I just absolutely love the sketches and friendly community there. This page is created from Sketch #6. I think the sketches on this site will really help me jump-start this baby book for Amanda, again and maybe I'll actually catch up...after all I'm only about 4 years behind. LOL.

Page supplies: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- April 09 KOM, Confession i {luv} Unity.

Papers: SU Friends & Flowers kit, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron. PTI- White.

Ink: Memento.

Accessories: Sassafrass letter stickers (poket full of rosies), Hero Arts pearls, White Signo gel pen, Shimmerz (on butterflies). I distressed around all the edges as well.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your Friday.

The Difference

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this new stamp set from VERVE, called Because of You. It is such a versatile set and can be used for many different cards for Mom's, Friends, sisters, etc. This time around, I decided to make a friendship card.

Above, is a picture of the inside of the card. I am sooo into decorating the insides of my cards lately, its so much FUN!!

Card recipe: Stamps: Verve- Because of You. Papers: PTI- White, SU- Basic Grey, DCWV- Garden Party glittered DSP. Ink: Memento- Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue and Desert Sand (sponging). Accessories: SU Stitched Ribbon Wasabi, Hero Arts silver pearls, dimensionals, and Nesties Labels 2.

Thanks for stopping by, have a FABULOUS day!!

**Scrapbooking Adventures** My Sleeping Baby

I am working on Amanda's baby book again...and this time I came across some really adorable photos of her when she was only a few weeks to a month old. She is sleeping soundly in most of them, so I decided to scrap about how peaceful she looks while sleeping. To this day, and she is almost 4 now, I still find that I have to just sit and watch her sleep in the middle of the night. I have a feeling I will be doing this for quite a LONG time....

Above, is a detailed close up of the page elements. Here is what I used for this page: Stamps: Unity Stamp Co- July 2008 KOM, Mix Up of Cuteness and Journaling Block- (Scalloped Details & Dates). Papers: Colormates- Medium Terrific Teal, We R Memory Keepers- Nonsense DSP, Rainbow DSP, Papertreyink- White. Ink: Memento. Accessories: Cosmo Cricket- Honey Pie Rub-ons, American Crafts-Thickers letters, corner rounder punch and I distressed the edges of the DSP layer.
Thanks so much for stopping by, hopefully I will have more scrapbook pages to share in the near future. HOPEFULLY.........Have a WONDERFUL day.

***HAPPY BIRTHDAY SO SKETCHY*** Up Up and Away...

Today is SO SKETCHY's 1st Birthday!!! Wow, that just flew by so fast. Congratulations Ally on your wonderful blog and awesome sketches. This card was made following the sketch found here.

Just for being here as a part of the So Sketchy Birthday Bash,

you can WIN some fabulous prizes! YUP!

All you have to do to win is

leave a comment on EACH of the participating So Sketchy Sista's blogs and then return to the So Sketchy blog birthday bash post and leave a comment with:
your first name & last initial,
your location (state/province & country) *open world wide* and
some means of getting a hold of you (ie: email or blog link).

So make sure you have commented on all the Sista's blogs to be eligible to win. The prize draw will take place on Thursday June 4 after 10pm MST so you have until then to complete the round of So Sketchy! Sista blogs celebrating our 1st birthday. The winner will be posted on the So Sketchy! blog sometime after the 5th of June. Good luck!

Now Please HOP to ***ABBIE'S*** fabulous blog.

Card Recipe: Stamps: Verve- Up, Up and Away, Whimsy Tree. Paper: PTI White. Ink: Memento- Black, Cocoa, Summer Sky, Bamboo Leaves and Potter's Clay. Accessories: Fun Flock White, Yellow Shimmerz, Dimensionals, Nestie Labels 2. This is a no-layer card.