Pretty In the Pink

I made a card for a couple of challenges.  Me, two challenges at once is rare!!  First challenge is for Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge - Pretty in Pink and Ribbon Theme.  The next is for Unity KOM (kit of the month) Sketch Challenge and since it's Friday, I might as well entered it in the Unity Friends with Flair.  Being that it's October and Breast Cancer awareness month, my card is for the pink.

here's the Unity sketch for the month

Here's my pretty in pink card.  I used the Unity October 2011 KOM stamps to create this card. (Sorry, the sun was bright this morning.)  I wrapped the bottom of the card with ribbon, baker's twine and ribbon fiber. The circles were created with MFT dienamics Circle Stax 1 and 2.  Very easy card to do.

inside

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: Unity 10/11 KOM

paper: SU and MME - Market

die-cuts: MFT Circle Stax 1 & 2

embellishments: Martha Stewart Valentine Ribbon, Adornaments Ribbon Fiber, Sew Easy Lollipop Baker's Twine

Tuesday Teapotters - The Church Cat

Another Tuesday, another Teapotter fun!!  This week's card is going to Ms Jean who has been diagnosed with lung and breast cancer.  The Teapotters are sending happy and cheerful cards to Ms Jean.  The story of Obadiah the church mouse and Inky the church cat was our inspirational story for our cards.  As always, here's the teapot:

Since the story goes the church cat was well fed by the church she was not hungry to eat the church mouse. Ms Jean's favorite color is yellow, which is very cheerful.  The cat and mouse are digi stamps from CC Designs.  I believe this is the first time I've used digi stamps for a card.  It was very simple, just make sure you have the right paper for your ink printer or the ink will stay wet for a long time.  

Teapotters always have cookies, so Obadiah and Inky are having a friendly tea party with cookies. I will be putting the Scripture of Isaiah 40:31 inside the card for encouragement.

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stamps used: CC Designs Digi Pretty Kitties, Unity KOM 9/11 (cookies), Unity KOM 4/11 (bird & sentiment)

paper: Bazzill and scraps

die-cuts: MFT Fresh Cut Grass & Cloud Trio

RCC72 - Buttons and Twine

Sitting here waiting for the Moroccan Lamb Stew to finish cooking I thought I could hurry and post another card. This one is for the Ribbon Carousel challenge, perfect timing because I just received my ribbon of the month kit.  The challenge is buttons and twine.  I even added ribbon to my card.

I decided to ink up Halloween Greetings by Unity and make a Halloween card.  Yes, her face is a lite green/yellow color. I didn't want to make her too pretty, she is a witch. I used three different ribbons and one baker's twine on this card for the challenge. I colored my image with watercolor pencils and color pencils.  Pretty simple card and it's time to eat!

Thanks for looking and sharing :o)

stamps used:  Unity Halloween Greetings

paper used:  Karen Foster Haunted Decor, BoBunny Boo Crew Dot, Coredinations

embellishments:  Ribbon Carousel Ribbon of the month kit, Prima Marketing wooden button

ink:  Recollections Cricket

Tuesday Teapotter - The Best They Can Be..

This week the Teapotters are crashing another birthday being the best they can be at the Women's Ministry Tea!  Destination is Madison, AL for Dorothea, mother of fellow Teapotter.  Challenge, just recently re-diagnosed with cancer, we are looking for cards with flowers, the Bible, puzzles, mysteries, church hymns or classical music. Here's the inspirational teapot:

The card I created.

Very simple card again this week.  I was recently given the handmade paper with flower petals and some leaves. I stamped one edge of the paper with the Worn Music by Unity, since music seems to be a big part of Dorothea's life. Uncertain where to go from there with this card, I knew I wanted to use the cross brads I've had sitting in my craft closet for awhile. I decided to use flowers I had and put the cross in the middle of my flowers.  Stamped happy birthday on the front and decided I was done. I didn't want to cover up too much of the beautiful handmade paper.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: SU Well Scripted, Unity Worn Music

paper:  handmade and SU sage

die cuts:  MFT Upsey Daisies

embellishments:  Recollections brad, Prima Marketing flowers

MFT #90 Challenge Sketch

Finally posting my MFT Wednesday sketch challenge. Fall is coming and coming fast. I've made pumpkin bread, stew and Jambalaya already.  My favorite time of the year. Time for the sketch:

Here's my card using the sketch:

I finally used the Once Upon A Time Jolinne for my image.  MFT is discontinuing this line of stamps which is sad, she is a cute girl.  Nothing real fancy with this card, just a lot of paper cutting into the right shapes and coloring with watercolors and color pencils.

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used:  MFT Once Upon A Time Jolinne

paper used: Penny Lane-Graceful Circles, SU-Sage and DP, Chocolate Lovers-Tan

die-cuts: Circle Stax 1 & 2

embellishments:  Simple Sentiments-ribbon, Making Memories-heart eyelets

Unity Friends with Flair

I have a couple of Unity projects this week.  First being the Ribbon Carousel Challenge from earlier this week, as well as the sorry card I made for a friend.  Yep, the third card finally getting posted.  I knew when I made it, this was the one to post for Unity Friends with Flair.

Using the Unity The Time is Now Stamp for the image and the Unity HeartFelt Sympathy for the sentiment.  I masked off the tree to sponge in the clouds.  Wrapped some floss around the bottom and added a wooden button.  It was a very simple card.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: Unity The Time is Now, Unity Heartfelt Sympathy

paper used: Bazzill and white SU

die-cut:  MFT Fresh Cut Grass

embellishments:  Sew Easy Floss, Prima Maketing Wooden Button

iSpy Sketches ISSC33

Three cards, three challenges.  This time I used the iSpy Sketches for my sketch design for my card.  There are way too many challenges, just picking what I like. Here's the sketch for this week:

Thought this was a neat sketch to try.  Here's my take on it:

I used MFT Just My Type stamp and die-cut set for this card.  Stampin' Up for the deep red paper and black, the rest was scraps. Instead of making the strips all the same width, the gradually get smaller.  I used Tim Hotz tissue paper for the center of each strip.

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: MFT Just My Type

paper used: SU and scraps

die-cut: MFT Just My Type

embellishments: Ribbon Carousel KOM for August ribbon, Tim Hotz Tissue Paper-Journeyman

Mojo Monday Sketch

A friend of mine is in need of some apology / sorry cards.  She apologizes more than she should just to keep the peace with her HOA.  I thought if I'm making cards, I might as well make them for some challenges too.  I have been wanting to try the Monday Mojo sketch for a while, so my first card I made was using this week's sketch challenge.

Here's my take on the sketch.

I used MFT I'm So Sorry Jolinne (i'm sad to say they are no longer carrying this line) for my image.  Stampin' Up paper was used for the most part.  I'm unsure about the tan paper, I picked it up somewhere.....not sure. The pearl embellishment I found awhile back is by Prima Marketing.  Hopefully this card will win them over.

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamp used: MFT I'm So Sorry Jolinne

paper used: SU

die-cuts:  SU Circle Scallop, MFT Circle Stax 1, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

embellishment: Prima Marketing Pearls

Tuesday Teapotters are Going to a Wedding

A fellow Teapotter's daughter is getting married and we are crashing the wedding with cards this week.  The wedding is elegant and CAS cards are wanted.  Cream and gold are the colors to use.  Here's the inspirational teapot:

I created a CAS, which can be difficult to do sometimes.

I used Stampin Up stamps to create this card.  The gold vellum paper was an anniversary gift from my husband years ago and finally a perfect project to use it.  The ribbon was from a dear friend's wedding we attended in Greece in 2010.  That was a totally different experience all together.  We had so much fun at that wedding.  This ribbon is making it to another wedding.

Well wishes are inside for the bride and groom.  Bringing a cake was part of the challenge.

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: SU Blissful Bride, Well Scripted, God's Blessings

paper used:  unsure - no tags or printing on them

die-cut:  MFT Rounded Banner Stax

embellishments: Martha Stewart Pearls, reused special ribbon

Ribbon Carousel CC70

I bought ribbon from this company and have purchased 3 months of ribbon of the month club. I'll tell you, I'm in love with the ribbon I've received and have already used most of them in my projects.  I was excited to find out that they have challenges.  The first challenge I'm entering for Ribbon Carousel is a smypathy card.  I didn't have any made (some reason we have been using them lately) and need some to add to my stock pile of cards.

I have plenty of scrap cardstock needing to be used, so this whole card is from scraps.  I used Unity Stamps for the image and sentiments.  The ribbon is from Ribbon Carousel.   It is a wonderful cloudy day here, so the pictures to me are on the dark side.  I sponged around the distressed light purple paper and fussy cut the leaves for the branch and the bird.

I copied in the outside of the card inside.  

Thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: Unity-Precious Things, Heartfelt Sympathy

paper used:  even though they were scraps, the paper was Brazzill and Printed Tissue by Recollections

embellishments: Ribbon by Ribbon Carousel: Sage Cotton Twill and August kit of the month