So EXCITED!!

I am so honored and excited!!!

I woke up this morning to find that my card was chosen as the winner for the 

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge - Anything Goes!!

Thank you Paper Smooches!

I always have a ton of fun creating with your adorable stamps!

What a bonus to be recognized in this way!

Happy day all!

~Shilo

Anything Goes - Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Another Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge!

I'm kinda on a role!?

This weeks challenge: Anything Goes.

The Anything Goes challenges are always fun because I get to pull out my Paper Smooches stamps and create away freely....

I can go in whatever direction my creative juices get flowing! 

For me that usually means pulling out my stamps and going through all the adorable images and picking a couple that I really want to work with...whether its because I haven't really used them much, or I get inspired when I see them,  or I just really want to color the images...it really doesn't take much...just a jumping point. Once I have the stamps picked out the rest of the card usually comes together pretty easily!

Here's the two cards I came up with for this week:

 Fruitastic

 Thanks Word Die

Little Fella

Party Posse

For both of my cards I played with masking the images - I know this is a VERY basic stamping skill but it is one I VERY rarely use! It was fun to do something different and I really do like how they turned out. And of course, I had so much fun coloring these little guys....so cute!

I hope you enjoyed my take on the challenge....

I encourage you to head over to the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge blog yourselves and join in on the fun!

For all the details, click here.

Thanks for dropping by!

~Shilo

Paper Smooches - Picture Perfect Challenge

Hi everyone!!

I'm playing along this week with Paper Smooches newest challenge!

This week is a Picture Perfect Challenge...

Create a project inspired by this photo:

Here's the card I created:

I used the colors from the inspiration photo keeping the card very tone on tone...browns, cream and white. I love challenges like this since I usually go for brighter colors when creating my cards. I guess that's why its a challenge...to get us doing something out of the ordinary!

The adorable cow and sentiment came from the Green Acres stamp set.

The challenge goes until Saturday evening - which means there's still time to join me!

Thanks so much for checking out my card!

Happy Day!

~Shilo

Unity Thursday - Inspiration All Around

Hi everyone!!

It's a great day for inspiration!

Actually I have had a week of inspiration.

Yesterday I posted a card I created for Inspiration Wednesday on the Unity blog.

I used a tattoo for inspiration.

Today, my card came from multiple sources of inspiration....

Inspiration #1:

Today is the first day of the January Unity {be inspired} challenge.

I used both the card sketch and the color inspiration from this month on my card.

Inspiration #2:

This amazing layout by Jill Sprout for Jenni Bowlin.

A crafty friend of mine posted a layout on her blog referring to this same creation by Jill.

So if it wasn't for my friend, I would not have come across this particular layout even though, I DO follow Jill Sprout pretty faithfully.

SO...yes!! The inspiration for my card came from this layout BUT it also came from friend.

Phew...that's a lot of places to get inspired for one little card...

BUT I am thrilled with the result!

This card is a little different for me, but I think it fits right in with my usual style:

Do you see all the inspiration in this card??

The sketch has the hearts centered but I off set them so they would show off all the detail in my paper patchwork and to reflect the layout design a bit more....all in all I think the two worked together perfectly.

The Unity Stamps I used to create this card:

I embossed this background stamp onto two vellum hearts using white embossing powder.

{hearts of old}

And the sentiment came from this Kit of the Month:

{all hearts & love}

I hope you all check out the January Unity {be inspired} challenge this month!

I would love to see what you all create! Plus there are prizes!!

For more information, click here.

Speaking of prizes.....

We have another great prize for you this week:

All you have to do is leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win. The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Here's a list of all the pretty faces in today's blog hop:

And for a little shopping inspiration (hehe) be sure to stop by Unity this weekend
and check out the fabulous sale!!

Thanks so much for letting me share with you - 

I hope you find some inspiration today!

~Shilo

Bringing in 2015 with us Unity Chicks!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope every one of you had an incredible holiday season!?

Thank you so much for spending your very first day of the year with us Unity Chicks! 

A great way to start the year, if you ask me;)

I have a few creations to share with you today.

This first card was made using the brand new January 2015 Kit of the Month:

{magic of beginnings}

So much goodness here.....really lovin' the quotes in this kit too!!

I was immediately drawn to the couple with the umbrella image....I just HAD to make a card with it.

Here's what I came up with:

It's a little hard to tell in the photo but that umbrella is coated in Glossy Accents so it looks wet.

The next two cards are from the November 2014 Kit of the Month.

I usually leave my kits hanging around for a couple months until I feel like I've had a chance to really get into them and make a few cards. So I am just getting to November's kit now.

I used my watercolor pencils on this gorgeous blooms....really love how it turned out.

This owl.

Love him.

'Nough said.

{what lies within us}

Hope you enjoyed my creations :)

Now to continue along on the hop....

We have a fantastic prize to kick off the New Year:

All you have to do is leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win. The winners will be announced Monday on the Unity blog.

Here's a list of all the pretty faces in today's blog hop (yup - that's all the Unity Chick beauties):

Don't forget to head over to Unity and check out all this goodness:

Thanks so much for dropping by- 

Blessing to you all for the New Year!!

~Shilo