Wedding Part 2

Here is the second half of the wedding layout I posted HERE. This layout was done following Christi's requirements for the Unity FIRST challenge. Here is the link to the Unity FORUM . All the Details are the same as the first layout, except that the butterfly is from the Colorbok Friendly Forest collection. Oh, and the large scalloped circle was made from my nestabilities.

F flowers

I insect

R ribbon

S Scallops

T teal or turquoise

2 layouts and a HOORAY!

Both of the layouts below are challenges from Jennifer Buck for Unity Stamp Co. Jennifer has so much talent, you should go and pay her blog a visit HERE.

The first layout was for a sketch challenge over at My Unity Place. You can find it HERE. I used DCWV Paper and two Unity stamps from the March KOTM. (I don't own that kit, but I won these two stamps from De, thanks again De!) The arrow and coner rub on are from the sweet life set I always seem to come back to again and again.

This next layout is for my mom's album and is her DAD (my grandpa). It was for the Unity's first anniversary color challenge. The challenge is now over, but you can find the details HERE. I don't own any SU colors, I had tried to come close. Again I used a Sweet Life Rub on, Unity's December KOTM, My Heart Goes Boom, August KOTM, and a journaling stamp. The DP is Sassafras and so are the letter stickers.

So for my HOORAY, I WON the OBP GRAND PRIZE!!! WOO HOO! Time to shop! Any OBP lovers out there have any suggestions on must have stamps for me?

I will be back tomorrow with the second half of the wedding layout I promised.

Etsy Inspired #33

The last April Etsy challenge is the for the Etsy store Opalescence. The store has lots of cute jewelry and beautiful yarn. I used these earrings for my inspiration and went with a heart theme.

The photos are of my parent's wedding and some of them weren't in the best of shape, but I wanted to use as many as possible. All the DP is Cosmo Cricket Hoeny Pie. I tore up a bunch of scraps and modge podged it to the CTMH heart in the corner. The ric rac is Cosmo Cricket as well. The hearts and scallops in the center are a Unity stamp from the "Be Owl Mine" kit. I have a second page to this layout and will be sharing it soon.

Don't forget to have fun shopping on Etsy!

Tulips, tulips, and more stuff!

This weekend we went to the tulip festival in Woodland, WA. All I can say is WOW! I have never seen SO many beautiful tulips or tulips that were so TALL. I won't subject you to ALL of my photos and it's hard for me to even pick my favorites, so I will just include one of each of my girls. They are both looking a little overwhelmed by all the flowers! hehe.

I don't have any crafty photos to share with you today, but just wanted to say some thank you and exciting news.

Thank you to De for sending me a cute card and delicious Unity blog candy. Please go check out her blog Musings of a Stampin DE Va. I also wanted to thank Ann at Creative Antics for sending me some American Crafts FLAIR! I can't wait to use it, I love pins and think this is the perfect embellishment! Ann also sent a beautiful card in her package.

I was so excited to find out that TWO of the OBP entries I posted last week were picked as winners! HOW COOL IS THAT! Thank you to all of the OPB DT for amazing inspiration and to Johanna for hosting the Earth Day Extravaganza! I have my fingers crossed to win the grand prize! How AWESOME would $100 in OBP stamps be?

OK, if you didn't know already it is UNITY STAMP COMPANIES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! There is a PARTY going on all week! Check it out over on SCS.....HERE and of course their BLOG.

That is it for now, I will be back later this week with my ETSY inspired challenge and hopefully lots of Unity challenges. Unity is giving away one MONSTER of a prize, go to the party and check it out.

HHH

It's FRIDAY! WOO HOO! I made this card for yesterdays hip hop challenge. You were supposed to use the colors green, blue and brown.

My girls received some ducky soap that came in a plastic container at Easter time. I of course saved that container and cut it apart for the grass part of this card. Behind it I stamped Unity's Eco Chic Sunflower in CTMH Honey and Clover Meadow on CTMH Notebook paper. The background and butterfly are DCWV green stack and the twine was from the Target dollar spot. The Unity butterfly is from the August KOTM, which is on sale this weekend, it's a STEAL! Oh and it also comes with a FREE STAMP by the same artist! Check it out HERE ! Don't forget to go to the Unity Blog and see all the other deals and HHH participants!

The little guy below was helping my husband do yard work yesterday and since it was an earthy card, I thought I would let him hang out on my blog today.

Odd Bird Planet Earth Day Challenge #3

I started this last OBP challenge yesterday and didn't think that I would finish it, but I did! HOORAY! This challenge was to incorporate an egg carton into your project. Find out more details on Dianne's Blog.

It's basically one big Cosmo Cricket project, but hey, you can't go wrong with Cosmo. The background in Jack's world Lessons. The stamp is from the Jack's world line too and the rub ons are from Honey Pie. The green "labels" are cut out on my cricut and are from the Accent Essentials cartridge. I painted my egg carton with pink and purple and used CTMH petal ink for the stamping. My layouts have been quick and simple lately but I'm enjoying the way the turn out! (this is a 12x12 layout, but I zoomed in a bit for a better picture)

Odd Bird Planet Earth Day Challenge #2

*this is my second post of the day, scroll down for challenge #1*

This challenge was by Debbie, here is her BLOG. The challenge was to use those magazine subscription inserts, that are always falling out of the magazine, and turn them into a card. I had fun with this project as well, and actually paid attention to the CARD part! ;) I originally thought I was going to frame a picture with the inserts, but changed my mind and enjoyed the result.

The card base is a manilla folder and the insert was from Scrapbooks etc. The Hi and Yellow paper are Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Elements and the brackets are Making Memories Hul.la.ba.loo. I used CTMH Cranberry and Sweet Leaf inks along with the CTMH Doodle Alphabet stamps. I think that font is my favorite!

And just incase you aren't familiar with OPB stamps, go check them out now! They are too cute, gnomes, owls, and mushrooms, OH MY!

ODD BIRD PLANET