A Day At the Beach

I made this card for a swap yesterday and am just getting around to blogging about it. I'm entering this card in The Sisterhood of Crafters Beach Challenge. I used Unity Stamp Company to the beach background border stamp and Beach Girl sentiment on the front and colored in with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. The inside extra stamped images are from Cowtown Creates Seaside Bay. I stamped the background border with My Favorite Things Extreme Black hybrid ink and the sentiment with Versa fine Black Ones ink. The oysters I stamped with Archival black ink and also included 3 sentiments from Seaside Bay, but didn't take pictures. I made this card for an O is for swap for a group on Facebook and the lady who will receive this card doesn't follow my blog. The paper and the enamel dots are from The Stamps of Life. The twine is Watermelon Sorbet from Trendy Twine, but is no longer available. I hope my swap partner enjoys this card as much as I enjoyed making it!

Happy Cinco de Mayo

I made this card on Friday or Cinco de Mayo using the taco fold-it from The Stamps of Life. All of the products I used except my scissors that I used to hold my card down is from The Stamps of Life. I had never made a taco card and I decided it was perfect for Cinco de Mayo! TFL and have a good day!

 

Growing In Unity Winners

 

Karen Adams and Kathy Hering are the winners from GIU week. Please e-mail Kelli kelli@unitystampco.com within 2 weeks to receive your $20 gift credit to Unity Stamp Company. Please put “winner from Amanda’s GIU week” in the subject line.  Thank you all again! I will share my Cinco de Mayo card later. Have a great Monday!

Growing In Unity Day Five

 

Welcome back to Growing In Unity Day 5 and Happy Cinco de Mayo! I can't believe our week has come to an end, but nothing lasts forever they say! I almost forgot to type my post last night since I type them out the night before. I was watching a movie on Amazon Prime- Love, Sarah, and remembered I haven't typed my blog entry yet. Oops! I'm not crazy, I'm really not! I'm human and just caught myself. LOL! I decided to add a sentiment to the inside of this card. I used ...so glad you were born February 2016 Sentiment Kit by Lisa Arana. I used My Favorite Things Extreme Black hybrid ink pad for the cupcake image and Ranger Archival Jet Black ink pad on both sentiments. I'm going to give this to my nephew in a couple weeks for his 5th birthday. I colored in the cupcake with Spectrum Noir Duo Colour and TriBlend Markers and used Spectrum Noir Metallic Silver Ingot Marker to accent the middle icing layer. I forgot to mention that if you use Spectrum Noir Markers you have to use Art Liner pens on whatever image you use first before you color it. It helps with the blending and the lighting. I took a class with Academy of Colour and learned that. I need to practice more on the blending. The paper is from The Stamps of Life. I'm not sure what the color is called possibly blue jay? I'm bad at remembering the color of card stock from them. I used to be a club member, but since I'm unemployed I'm no longer a club member since I can't afford it. I have a lot of their product and will use it until I run out! The bling is from KSCRAFT Mixed Colors. I really have enjoyed this week with you all! This is the most I have used my blog in some time. I remember when blogging was more popular. I used to be in blog hops, but you don't see many of those anymore either. I've got to scrap some time today or at least make a Taco card to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! I will blog about it Saturday and pick my winners for $20 gift credit to Unity Stamp Company. I hope you all have a good weekend and a great International Scrapbooking Day tomorrow! I can't wait to do some scrappin' myself or at least start a layout and watch the Kentucky Derby. I won't be getting up at 5am to watch King Charles' coronation, but will watch it later if it is available. Please become a follower of my blog if you want to or just pop in occasionally since I don't usually blog everyday. Love, Sarah is a pretty good movie, I didn't appreciate the language in it. Take care.

Growing In Unity Day Four

Welcome back for Growing in Unity Day 4! May the Fourth be with you- my Star Wars plug for today! Haha! I used Catherine Girl for this card. I stamped the sentiment with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink pad and the image with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Hybrid ink pad. She is one of many Angie girls stamps by Angie Blom. I colored in Catherine with Spectrum Noir Duo Colour and TriBlend markers and used Spectrum Noir Glitter Vivid Pink and Spectrum Noir Metallic Silver Ingot  markers on the hearts around her. The pink glitter kept spreading in with the sky blue background. Oh well, it will still be a great Thank You card to have ready. The bling is adhesive-backed seasonal sequins from Stampin' Up. The paper/ card stock/ card base is guava from The Stamps of Life. Thanks again for all the comments. I have appreciated them all. Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the last day of the week. This week has flown by, but that's how it goes. Have a great Thursday! 

 

Growing In Unity Day Three

Welcome back to Growing In Unity Day 3! Did anyone catch Unity's Release last night? I did. All of the new stamps look fun! I couldn't pick a favorite. Ok, on with my card! I used Little Lucky Ducks by Tierra Jackson. I colored in the image and around it with ColorIn Watercolor Twist pencils. I stamped the image with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Hybrid Ink Pad and the sentiment with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. The enamel dots are from KSCRAFT Mixed Colors. The paper is from The Stamps of Life. 

I don't know about you all, but I'm looking forward to National Scrapbook Day on Saturday and the Kentucky Derby! I may watch some of King Charles' coronation that morning as well unless it's early in the morning. I know London is ahead of where I am. I hope you all have a great Wednesday! I really appreciate all your comments! I'm going out with a friend tonight for supper and maybe Dairy Queen. I won't be working at Hobby Lobby and am a little bummed. I've gotta look for a job soon. Please pray for me if you pray. Thanks again.

 

 

Growing In Unity Day Two

 

Welcome back to GIU Day 2! The stamp set I chose is Unity Stamp Company Allow Yourself by Angie Blom. I stamped the image with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Ink and colored it in with Spectrum Noir Duo Colour and TriBlend Markers. I used a Spectrum Noir Metallic Silver Ingot marker to accent the butterfly, The sentiment I stamped in with Ranger Archival Black ink. I probably should have stamped the sentiment again before I took the picture, but I may go over it with a Spectrum Noir Art Liner pen before I give it away. The enamel dots are from KCRAFT Mixed Colors. The cardstock/card base is pixie from The Stamps of Life. They have the best quality in cardstock! Don't forget to come back tomorrow! Thank you all for the comments so far. I have enjoyed reading them all. Have a great Tuesday! 

Growing In Unity Day One

 

Welcome to May and Day One of my Growing in Unity week! The stamped image was a freebie from Unity Stamp Company for me so I had to look it up on the website. It's from Trust the Creator by Phyllis Harris. Since I don't have the sentiment that comes with the stamp I found another one from Unity. I used Just a card to brighten your day from ...say it with love Unity Sentiment Kit 2020 by Lisa Arana. I used My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink to stamp the image and Ranger Archival Black ink to stamp the sentiment. The cardstock/card base is guava from The Stamps of Life. I colored in the stamped image with Spectrum Noir DuoColour Markers. The bling is from KSCRAFT Mixed Colors. I look forward to sharing with you all more of my favorite stamps from Unity. Please become a follower if you aren't already and be sure to come back tomorrow. I love new and old followers! Have a great Monday!

Retro Rubber Challenge #205

 

I made this card using the sketch above from Retro Rubber Challenge Blog. I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a post about it! The stamp set is from Craftin' Desert Diva's June 2018 Release. I used one of the stamps and a sentiment. They're no longer in business. I used Blue Belle ink from Close To My Heart on the sentiment and My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink on the ice cream cone. If you place an order with Katy on her CTMH website this weekend,  you will be entered to win $48 CTMH cash. I used Spectrum Noir DuoColor markers to color in the stamped image. The patterned paper is from Close to My Heart Sugar Rush collection and it is no longer sold. The cardstock/card base is from Stampin' Up In Color 8.5 x11 paper pack. The 3 mint chip enamel dots are from The Stamps of Life. The cupcake brad is from a friend on Facebook for  a swap. I stamped the sentiment and ice cream cone on Powdered Sugar paper from The Stamps of Life. I've never used the blue ink from CTMH, but it stamped pretty well. 

Have a great weekend! Please become a follower if you don't follow me already and come back Monday to see what I'm sharing for Unity Stamp Company until Friday of next week. It's hard to believe it will be the first week of May! This year is flying by. You will have a chance to win $20 credit to Unity. I know everyone loves prizes! Take care. :) 

Hello There

 

I made this card this afternoon to send to a penpal in CA. I made it for a challenge as well- #woodblockwednesday.  I used two wooden blocks- the flower and the swirl- from Stampin'Up Delight Life and the sentiment- Hello Friend- is from Stampin'Up Wood Words stamp collection. I used My Favorite Things Extremely Black ink to stamp the flower and the swirl and colored them in with Spectrum Noir TriBlend Purple Blend and Pearl Blend Markers. I stamped the sentiment with Ranger Jet Black ink. The cardbase is from Stampin'Up In Colors cardstock. The floral paper & green paper is one sheet of 6x6 cardstock from The Stamps of Life trimmed to fit the card. I added pink Nuvo Stone Drops in the bottom right corner. I didn't add anything else so the stamps would be the main focus. Have a great day!