Unity Challenge of the Month

Unity Challenge this month was to create a project that spoke of "New Beginnings".

http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.com/

I created this quick little baby card.....Hope you like it!

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Pattern Paper - Simple Stories Baby Steps 6X6 Pad; Jenni Bowlin Ink - brown sugar; Kaisercraft - Pearls; Copic R20; Divine Twine- Cotton Candy; Ippity Stamps - Moonbeam & Heartstrings; Spellbinders - Lacey Ovals & Fancy Tags 2; Lace - Prima

October Afternoon Sketch Challenge

http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2012/01/thursday-.html

This week's sketch is absolutely adorable.....I loved it so much that I did two layouts with it! I had so much fun creating both of these pages...thanks for the inspiration Roree!

This first layout is Christmas...a little late but I wanted to play with my Holiday Style Collection Kit...plus this sketch seemed to be a perfect way to help "hide" my terrible photos....two of them are quite blurry but I still wanted to scrapbook the story. Lovin' how it turned out!

Supplies: October Afternoon Holiday Style - Work stickers, Alpha stickers, Shape stickers & all patterned paper; Mini Market Alpha - October Afternoon - Teal & Black; Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Black Soot; Tiny Attacher - Tim Holtz; Heart Punch - Stampin' Up; Twine - Papertreyink; Stickles - Stardust; Coluzzle Circle Cutter

This layout is from our New York honeymoon....I love how all the patterns capture the funky-ness of my hubby....

October Afternoon Supplies: Pattern Paper - Rocket Age Collection (Blast Off), Road Map Collection (Shady Lane RV Park, Dew Drop Inn, Blue & White Motel), Hometown Collection (Norm's News), Holiday Style Collection (Toyland), Cherry Hill Collection (New Apron); Tin Pins (Rocket Age & Modern Homemaker); Little Flyers (Sidewalks & Farmhouse); Mini Market Alphas (Blue & Cream, Red & Cream); Sticky Keys (Red & Black); Sprinklers (Robot Blue); Word Stickers - Rocket Age

Other Supplies: Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Black Soot; Heart Punch - Stampin' Up/EK Success; Coluzzle Circle cutter.

Thanks for looking:)

Thank You Cards

I was needing to make some thank you cards really badly so I participated in two different challenges to get me going.

Challenge #1:

Saturday Card Sketch from 2Peas

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/challenges/1792409-xoxo-card/

Here is my two takes on this sketch. It always amazes me how different each card can look from a single sketch....I really am starting to enjoy following sketches more and more.

Supplies: Kraft cardstock-Bazzill; Patterned Paper - Basic Grey Origins line; Stamps - Unity Stamp Co Jan 2012 KOM & Heartfelt Sentiments; Divine Twine; Jenni Bowlin ink - seed packet & brown sugar; Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain; 3 Heart Punch - Stampin' Up

Supplies: Cardstock by Bazzill; Patterned paper - Bella Blvd Give a Hoot & Doodlebug's Petite Prints (tangerine); Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Vintage Photo; Jenni Bowlin Ink - spice tin; Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co Heartfelt Sentiments; Divine Twine; Owl Punch - Stampin' Up; Tim Holtz - Tiny Attacher

Challenge #2:

Unity Stamp Co Kit of the Month Sketch

http://theunitystampco-kotmsketch.blogspot.com/

You will have to follow the link for the sketch...sorry can't seem to get it to work to post it.

Here are my two takes on this sketch:

This card is probably my favorite out of this batch....love the colors and the vintage vibe.

Supplies: Bazill Cardstock; Patterned Paper - Basic Grey Picadilly (Refrigerator magnet & Wrought Iron Skillet); Twine - Papertreyink; Ribbon - May Arts; Lace - Misc; Stamp - Unity Stamp Co Jan 2012 KOM; Memento Ink - Tuxedo; X-press it Cardstock; Copics - B21, B23, B26 & B000; Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Vintage Photo

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock; Patterned Paper - Basic Grey Picadilly (Home Sweet Home & Blue Plate Special); Ribbon - Maya Road; Divine Twine; Border Punch - Martha Stewart; Jenni Bowlin Ink - Chewing Gum; Distress Ink by Tim Holtz - Vintage Photo; Stamps - Unity Stamp Co March 2010 KOM; Memento Ink - Tuzedo; X-press It Cardstock; Copics - C00, C3, RV00, RV02, BG0000, B000, BG01

And this card I did for fun - I was excited to get my Unity Stamp Co January KOM and so I, of course, had to play with the stamps immediately.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Paper - MME Lime Twist 6X6 pad; Divine Twine; Jenni Bowlin Ink - Fountain Pen & Cough Syrup; Stamps - Unity Stamp Co January 2012 KOM & Worn Grid Background Stamp & Heartfelt Sentiments; Scallop Punch - Stampin' Up/EK Success

Well, thanks for looking....hope you feel inspired to follow some challenges or sketches yourselves.

Webster's Pages - Another beautiful CHA release and another chance to win!!

The new In Love line by Webster's Pages

http://websterspages.typepad.com/webstershome/2012/01/introducing-in-loveand-another-giveaway.html#comments

October Afternoon Sketch Challenge and 2Peas Glitter Girl Challenge

October Afternoon Sketch Challenge:

Create a layout using this sketch.
http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2012/01/sketch-thursday-1.html

Adventures of Glitter Girl Challenge:
Create a layout using inspiration from other peas in the gallery.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/1794278-glitter-girl-adventure-003-breaking-the-block/

I combined these two challenges...it wasn't my original plan but when I saw the sketch from October Afternoon....and how it used a banner I just couldn't help it....all I had in my head was inspiration from Shimelle Laine and how she put buttons and multiple types of items on her banner and I really wanted to do it too.

So this is where I got my inspiration from:

This is Marcy Penner's version of the October Afternoon Sketch:

(I used her idea of the paper strips along the top and bottom of the page...she does this often and I love it)

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/112328-marcy-penner/1794652-rad/

And this is Shimelle's layout for this week's glitter girl...LOVE her banner (which was also inspired by other peas):

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/1794278-glitter-girl-adventure-003-breaking-the-block/

And so this is how MY layout turned out:

The supplies I used where almost all October Afternoon...some from new collections and some from old.

Patterned Paper - Farmhouse Collection: Guest Room; Attic Trunk. Sidewalks Collection: Hide & Seek.

Farm Fresh Collection: Hay Barn. Holiday Style Collection: Toyland. Thrift Shop Collection: One-of-a-kind & Still in Box.

October Afternoon Embellishments - Word Stickers from Sidewalks, Farm Fresh, & Fly A Kite. Shape Stickers from Sidewalks. Little Flyers from Sidewalks. Mini Market Cream & Red. Sprinklers - Robot Blue & Miss Mary Mack. Journalling Cards - Sidewalks.

Other Embellishments: Chipboard Butterflies - Maya Road; Acrylic Paint - Making Memories:Blue Raspberry; Mini Mono Stickers (red alpha) - Basic Grey: life of the party; Aqua Chipboard letters - American Craft - Thickers; Buttons and doily - Misc.

Thanks for looking:)

A chance to win new Webster's Pages CHA goodies.....

Follow this link to enter & to see the rest of this gorgeous collection.....

http://websterspages.typepad.com/webstershome/2012/01/win-palm-beach-the-whole-collection.html

Scraplift A Pea Weekly Challenge - 2Peas

The challenge this week at twopeasinabucket.com was to scraplift a project from another pea (someone else from their gallery). For the challenge follow this link
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/challenges/1792789-weekly-challenge-scraplift-a-pea/

The layout I chose to scraplift if absolutely gorgeous!! I love all the strips of paper going down the page....so cute.

The original layout by LaurenB79
 http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/member/467579-laurenb79/1790889-strawberry-lipstick/?source=pinit


And here is my take on this layout design....I love all things rainbow, so the graffiti art and the strips of paper just seemed to call for a rainbow pattern....I also played with my mists again....I think I will be using them alot! I love them:) Most of the supplies used on this layout where from the January Studio Calico Monthly Kit....exceptions: brads, dominos, felt heart and the mist. Thanks for looking:)

Mists & Sprays Challenge

Since I have never really used all the wonderful sprays and mists I have collected I thought this was the perfect challenge to participate in. Find the challenge here: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/1792245-glitter-girl-adventure-002-the-mists-of-magnitude/

So this is my first layout using my sprays. I used October Afternoon's Sprinklers in Robot Blue and Mister Huey's Atmosphere by Studio Calico. To get the large blotches I took the lid off and tapped the end of the dip stick (from the sprayer) over the paper.

This layout was also a bit of a "combo" challenge....well, at least my own challenge....I joined the Studio Calico kit of the month and I wanted to create a layout using just my kit. I managed to do it, with plenty of product left for many more layouts. My only additions were some kraft paper for my journalling and the mists. Oh and the ink for the stamp. It was so great to get back to scrapbooking...I think I have gotten my fill of cards for a while....the layouts are calling my name right now.

Valentine's Already???

It seems so crazy to have barely put away Christmas and to already be thinking of Valentine's Day. It is the way of our consumerism world, unfortunately. And since I make cards and sell them at a local coffee shop I needed to get moving on my Valentine's cards.  I love how they turned out; hope you do too.

On this card: Patterned Heart and Sentiment Stamy by Unity Stamp Co - We Treasure You; Patterned Paper by American Crafts-I Heart You Dear; Cardstock by Bazzill; Ink by Jenni Bowlin - Cough Syrup; Diecut by Spellbinders - Postage Stamp; Divine Twine

On this card: Sentiment Stamy by Unity Stamp Co - We Treasure You;Patterned Paper by Echo Park - For the record; Cardstock by Bazzill; Ink by Jenni Bowlin - Cough Syrup;  Rustic Cream Button Twine from Papertreyink.com; Paper doily from dollar store

On this card: Jar and Label Stamp from Unity Stamp Co - December KOM; Patterned Paper by Lilybee Design - Memorandum 6X6 pad; Cardstock by Bazzill; Ink by Jenni Bowlin; Distress Ink - Vintage Photo by Tim Holtz; Rustic Cream Button Twine from Papertreyink.com; Black Staz-On; Clearly for Art Paper; Diecuts by Spellbinders; Heart Punch from Stampin' up.

And then for fun and because I really need to make some more thank you cards I made this one too.

On this card: Jar and Label Stamp from Unity Stamp Co - December KOM; Patterned Paper by Crate Paper - Birdie Collection ; Cardstock by Bazzill; Ink by Jenni Bowlin;  Divine Twine; Black Staz-On; Clearly for Art Paper; Diecuts by Spellbinders; Heart Punch from Stampin' up.

Thanks for looking!