*~Heart Times~*

Hello! Welcome to Day 2 of the Unity 2nd Anniversary Bash! Are we having fun yet?;)

Today, we're bringing you a fun new kit called "Heart Times". It's full of fun, uplifting stamps anyone would love to help cheer them up on a sick day!

I wanted to ink up this sweet umbrella and matching sentiment for my card today! I used papers by Cosmo Cricket (Earth Love) and colored the umbrella with Copics to match!

There are a ton of fun festivities happening today, so make sure you start at the Unity Blog to get the low-down on the happenings for today, hop through the DT blogs, and then head on over to the Unity Forums to join in the fun!

Now go visit the sweet Miss Jennifer Buck! See ya back here tomorrow for more FUN!

In Stitches!

Today, the Monday girls are pulling the sewing machines out! Or, pretending to at least;) Our challenge today is stitching--real or faux! If you want to play along with us, just link your card to one of our blogs so we can take a peek!

I pulled out a favorite PTI set, Blooming Button Bits for this card...

My card base is Vintage Cream and that fabulous dp is from Kioshi, by Basic Gray! I stamped the leaves in Kiwi Kiss ink and then added some Ocean Mist and Spring Moss vintage buttons by PTI. The edge punch is by Martha Stewart and the lace is some pretty stuff I picked up at the 100 Yen store (lucky me, lace is SO cheap here!)

Check out the rest of the sweet girls to see what they came up with! You'll be sure to spot some new Unity releases along the way so you don't want to miss it!

AJ

Brooke

Jeanne

Jimmi

Latisha

Maren

Renee'

You can always start at the Unity blog and go with the flow of the hop! I'll be back tomorrow with a fun card using a new Unity set! See you then!

SFYTT and NEW VERVE!

Hello friends! It's a beautiful Saturday evening here in Okinawa! Hubby and I just got done watching Avatar, OH how I love that movie!

I'm sure you came here to see a new SFYTT, right? Not hear about my day;) You may also know that Verve just release a bunch of RAD new stamp sets! You just GOTTA check 'em out! Go HERE to see all the new goodies!

Here's this weeks sketch:

Fun, right? Here's my sample using the NEW and FABULOUS "Relax"!

How much do you love those surf boards? And the waves, and sun, and sentiments? It all adds up to a MUST have set! I just went and bought the Copic Airbrush System today and LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I airbrushed a little B02 for the sky! Billy says, "how come you didn't just stamp it on a blue oval?" LOL! What a silly guy, he just doesn't get that it's all in the process, huh?? Hhaha! It was a first attempt, so it's nothing special but boy am I having fun with it! I stamped the surfboards on some MM papers. I stamped the waves and then colored them in with Copics as well.

Check out what the other ladies came up with this week!

Jen Del Muro and Guest Makeesha Byl

Susan Liles…taking a break this week due to Eric’s chemo schedule. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Amy Rohl

Amy Sheffer…taking a break this week

Leigh O’Brien

Kelly Lunceford

Megan Lock

Jenn Diercks

Sony Christoph

 

I'll be back tomorrow with some of my new release samples, have a wonderful weekend!

A *Cherry Sweet* blog hop!

Hello! Are you here to for the Caffinated Cropper DT hop? Have you been inspired to either A) pull out your Cherry on Top kit and create? Or B) go BUY a Cherry on Top kit?;) Either way, I hope you LOVE this kit as much as I do! Here's my card for today!

Everything on this card except for the ribbon is from the Cherry on Top kit! Do you see that cork border on the bottom? That sheet of cork comes in the kit! You actually get TWO sheets of cork, to cut however you want! I used my large scallop edge punch by EK Success and created a fun little border!

Here's a close up of the gorgeous sparkly butterflies that come in the kit too!

Amy has a ton of fabulous sales going on today!

WITH A CHERRY ON TOP
will be

$29 With Free shipping UNTIL MONDAY at 6am

Just click the button over there on your right!!

The first five orders will also get a package of

Little Yellow Bicycle Clothesline 6x6 Dec Edged Cardstock

Don't forget you get a $10 store credit with WhimsyHaven and EAD Designs with your purchase!!

The BEEEZ KNEEEZ/CHERRY ON TOP Bundle is Marked down to

$45 with free shipping

and

A Free 6x6 Pad of KaiserCraft Lilac Avenue

There is only one of these bundles left so you better hurry!!

Amy also has a Paper Mania sale going on! She has a ton of AWESOME paper pads from a variety of companies, and they're all on sale, so hurry over and get what you want before it's all gone!

We also have a new Guest DT Member! Please help us give a big welcome to Michele Kovack! She's joining us for the rest of April and all of May!

Make sure you stop by the girls' blogs and leave them some love! Amy is giving away a 6x6 pad of KaiserCraft Lilac Avenue to a random poster!

Amy (buy your kit here!

Ashley

Christi

Jimmi

Michele

Sherri

Have a fabulous day!!!!!!!!

Flutter By Anya!

Today was another one of those days, ya know? You just want to come home, curl up in a ball and go to sleep! Well, one other thing I felt like doing, besides go to sleep, was color! I don't know what it is about these darling TGF stamps, but something just beckons to me, they BEG to be colored! I got a new load of TGF yesterday and stamped off this sweetie pie girl from Miss Anya Dressy and it just so happens that she qualifies for this week's Flutter By challenge! The only rule to the Flutter By challenges is that there must be a butterfly, angel, or fairy on your card. Do you see the cute little butterfly on Miss Anya's hat? TOO CUTE!

I used paper from MME and the white card base is PTI. The white cardstock that Anya is stamped on is Neenah Solar White, 80#. I am finding that this is my preferred Copic coloring paper! It's super smooth and takes the alcohol ink really well. The corderouy buttons (umm...HEAVEN!) are by SU! The "smile" sentiment is from "Say it with Style" by PTI.

There is alot of fun happening with Unity next week! Did you know we'll be celebrating our 2nd anniversary??? Well, you should totally come hang out with us next week in the forums, there will be a TON of things going on! You won't want to miss it! Head on over to the Unity Blog to get in on the Hip Hop action!!!

Also, Verve is having a new release this week! Go on over to the Verve Blog to see the Spotlights! I'll have some projects to share here on my blog tomorrow so come back then!

Thanks for visiting, see ya soon!

Monday Challenge Time

Hey there! Super quick post today! Some of the Monday Chicks have a "Mother's Day" themed card to share today! I broke out last years Mother's Day release, "Because of You" by Verve!

Julee just comes up with THE perfect sentiments for the Verve stamps, and I think this one has to be one of my Top 5 FAVORITE Verve sentiments. It really says exactly how I feel about my mom, so I think this is the perfect card to give her:)

Go by these fabulous ladies' blogs and show them some love!

Jeanne

Renee

The other girls are taking a break this week, but had BETTER be back at it next week;)

Okay, I'm off to get ready for bed! Ta for now!

Etsy Inspired! *2nd post for the day!*

***Please scroll down to see my SFYTT sample! Thank you:)***

Today, the Caffinated Cropper is sponsoring the Etsy Inspired Challenge! Have you ever participated with EIC before? Neither have I, but that's about to change! It was so much fun! This weeks inspiration is coming to you from the Cose Dolci shop!

Here's how you play along:

1. Go to the Cose Dolci store and pick any item to be inspired by (subject matter, colors, layout, anything.) Make a creation.

2. Post a link to your creation on the EtsyInspired #84 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday April 23, noon Pacific time. A winner will be chosen from the people who enter.

3. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please you keyword EIC84. You may enter as many times as you like.

 

This is the picture that inspired me:

As soon as I saw the patchwork done on those squares of fabric, I knew that's what I wanted to do on my card!

All the different 2x2 squares of paper were stictched to the card base, and then I had to cover them up with that big ole' scalloped circle, lol! That wasn't the original plan, but it had to work out that way! I just really wanted to use that cherry tree from the EAD Designs Stickerz you recieve when you buy the "Cherry On Top" kit! EVERYTHING on this card is from the kit except for the Hibiscus Burst ribbon and cardbase (both PTI). The "Cherry Up" sentiment is also from the EAD Stickerz, and I colored it in with a Copic marker to turn it pink, to match the colors of the card! Can you see the red rhinestone cherries? The rhinestones (Kaiser) also come in the kit! In fact, there is so much awesome stuff in this kit, I'll post another picture of the kit for you, in case you haven't seen it yet!

Lots of goodies, right? Man, I have SO much left from this kit and I've already made 3 cards! If you participate in this weeks EIC challenge, and you're chosen as the winner, you could win a MINI Cherry on Top kit! Seriously, how fun is that???????????/

Check out what the other CCDT girls made for today's challenge!

Amy (buy your kit here!)

Ashley

Christi

Jimmi

Sherry 

It's a SFYTT kinda day:)

Well hello there! So nice to see you today:) I can only HOPE that your weather is as beautiful as it was here today! It was GORGEOUS! Billy and I went for a little drive and went to the Okinawa Zoo! It was so fun, the monkies are my FAVORITE! I have fun pictures, but those will probably go on my facebook since you really only come here to see crafty stuff, I'm sure;)

So without further ado, here is this week's SFYTT!

And here is my card! I used another sweet Anya from The Greeting Farm! Isn't she adorable? I colored her in with my Copic markers. 

The sentiment is from PTI's "Say it with Style" and the papers are from MM's English Garden collection. The buttons are also from PTI's Spring Rain and Sweet Blush Vintage Button collections.

Make sure to check out with the other SFYTT Sisters have created and play along with us! If you upload to a gallery, use the keyword "SFYTT" so they can all be in one lovely spot:)

Jen Del Muro and guest Makeesha Byle

Amy Rohl

Amy Sheffer

Leigh O’Brien

Kelly Lunceford

Megan Locke

Jenn Diercks

Sonja Christoph

Susan Liles

Thank you so much for stopping by today! It was great to *see* you;)

Berry Adorable!

Howdy doo, lovely ladies! Isn't it a beautiful day for a Hip HOp? It was a ROUGH day at work for me today, so it's nice to come home to my Unity stamps and stamp my little heart out and forget the worries of the day! I love that about this little obsession hobby of ours:)

If you haven't started this hop from the beginning, start on the Unity Blog and go through that way so you don't miss a SINGLE BLOG on this hop! You won't regret it;)

Today I have a *sweet* little card for you using some fun stamps from the April KOM, Together we Bloom!

I got the whole idea for this card when I was playing with this red dp by PTI. I put it down on my desk and it happened to fall onto this little scrap of felt! I thought, "hmm...mebbe I should sew that paper onto that felt and see what happens?" Turns out it is SUPER cute! Then with the colors I thought "Hey, there is a BERRY ADORABLE strawberry stamp and sentiment in the new KOM! Lets use that!" And my card was born:) I also just recently bought these sparkly blooms by Petaloo and thought the sparkly red flower looked just AWESOME on this card! I colored the strawberry in with Copics, in case you were wondering;)

So you ready to move on to the next stop? You're on your way to Jen Buck's beautiful blog! Just hit the button below and be swept off to her beautiful world:)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Caffinated Cropper DT Hop--Featuring With a Cherry on Top!

Have you seen this months CC kit? It's VERY Cherrylicious!

See what I mean? Have you ever seen a prettier pile of stuff? All of the papers, embellishments, stamps, ribbon, all coordinates SO well! You can grab a handful of stuff from this kit and just make it WORK! Love that:) Here's a little card I created, all from this kit!

Okay actually, the only thing that is not from the kit is the white card base and the Fired Brick  Distress Paint and Stickles rubbed all over the top heart.

Here's a close up of the hearts, which I love!!!

So what do you think? You want this kit, doncha? I don't blame you;) Go HERE to get a CHERRYLICOUS kit of your own!

And of course, what is a DT hop without a DT? Check out the blogs of these lovely ladies! You are sure to find inspiration at EVERY. SINGLE. STOP!

Amy

Ashley

Christi

Jimmi

Sherry

Have a wonderful day!!!