Unity's FWF 12/6

Hello!

It's Friday; isn't it? This week has just flown by! My eldest daughter turned 8 yesterday and I've been busy today preparing for her birthday party tomorrow. 

Today I also realized that I always panic when Christmas is over and I realize that I'm completely out of birthday cards, and we have several family birthdays in January. And since I had the sewing machine out making party favor bags, and it's Unity's Friends with Flair day...

Echo Park here & now
Unity's 'everything wonderful'
SU ribbon
Momento inks

Thanks for visiting me today! be sure to hop back to the Unity blog for lots more inspiration!

Best,

Jen

Unity's FWF 9/13

If you are here for my Lone Wolf Designs post, showcasing Lawn Cuts by Lawn Fawn, please scroll down or click here. 

Hey there friends, time for another Friends with Flair Friday over at the Unity Stamp Co blog. I have gotten out of the habit of participating (boo!) and so here I am again. :) 

I have been trying to use up some of my partial 6x6 pads... because sadly, I seem to accumulate them faster than I can use them. I'm sure I'm the only one with multiplying paper. 

Anyhow. I LOVED this MME happy go lucky pad and I am sad to see it gone, but it was so much fun to create with. I loved the patterns and the bright colors!

This was a random stamp I received and I ADORE it. :)
Random ribbon from stash, Quickkutz heart dies. At this point I was only
running on smaller scrap pieces, yet this is probably my favorite card of
all that I made using up this pad!

And here are a few more. I used up all of my leftover Jililbean Soup epoxy buttons on these cards... the colors coordinated perfectly! The left bottom card uses a gorgeous Unity flower stamp. SO pretty!

Stamps via Unity Stamp Co, Paper Smooches, Ali edwards for Technique Tuesday.

And a handful more for good measure:

Stamps via Paper Smooches, Ali Edwards for TT, Lizzie Anne Designs.

Thanks for visiting me today! have a wonderful weekend!

Jen

Unity's FWF 6/21 - so this is love

Happy Friday! I'm so excited to once again be linking up with Friends with Flair over at the Unity blog! Last weekend I went to a local shoebox (card making) swap and since we had only 9 women, we had everyone make 2 cards so you could make one and take one from each person.

Last week I shared the first card I made; today is the favorite card reveal:

 Basic Grey Kioshi
Unity Stamp Co sentiment (so this is love set)
ribbon flower
PTI plum pudding card stock and ink
Gina K ivory card stock

Okay, I should clarify. We did vote on 'best card.' This was not the winner, but it is MY favorite and considering I taught several in the group how to make those ribbon flowers AND their own homemade glue dots I'd say this card definitely taught some of the group a new trick or two! And it's my favorite card. So there. :)

I made some with a different (non-Unity sentiment); this card showcases a much better ribbon flower. The above one I was clearly hyped on too much Diet Coke!

Thanks for visiting me today!

Jen

Unity FWF 11/23 -time to gather the peeps

Hey there! I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving yesterday. I finished my race and I'm glad - it was really fun! My husband and daughters came to cheer me on at the finish line. :) Here's my munchkins and I after the race:

Now I can go buy crafting stuff. :) Woot!!!!

 

Anyhow, yes, you came here for a card. Here it is; when I first got this sentiment I thought of it for Christmas. So there.

(Details: Basic Grey Jovial dp; Unity stamp co sentiment; Gina K cardstock, Tim holtz inks.)

 

Thanks for visting me today!

 

Jen

Unity's FWF 11/2/12 - we go together

So yesterday, here in Wisconsin, it snowed. It was only 20 minutes worth and pretty light, but it snowed. And this weekend is daylight savings time (how I love that extra hour to sleep!)... winter is assuredly here. YAY! :) It's also time for Unity's FWF again and I am thrilled to link up! It's been a crazy week but I hate to miss time with all the Unity peeps. :)

And I give you....... masculine Valentine, with no red, pink, or hearts:

Unity's "we go together" set, though the sentiment I used is from a different set.

Thanks for visiting me today!! Have a great weekend!

Jen

Unity FWF 7/20 and Ippity chicks sketch 40

I am so glad it's Friday! I am ready for some relaxing at the lake this weekend. :)


There is a new sketch up over at the Ippity Chicks Challenge blog (be sure to go wish Maria 'happy birthday', too). 

My Mind's Eye 'happier' dp
Unity sentiment from the kit "naturally you"
Tim Holtz inks in walnut stain, tea dye

Thanks for looking! Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog and check out all of the other projects! You could win Unity stamps for commenting or linking up  your own Unity project!


Jen

Unity FWF 6/29; Ippity Chicks sketch 37

Happy Friday!! I'm linking up my Ippity Chicks sketch #37 card to Unity's Friends with Flair as well. Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog here to join in on all the fun and see the gorgeous cards and projects that are uploaded today! And next best, you could win free Unity stamps. :)

Ippity's Wise Guy
MME On the Bright Side dp
Twinery twine
Distress inks: walnut stain, brushed corduroy
I flipped the sketch to accommodate the owl - I just love that owl! I had chosen the MME paper (on the bright side) once I decided to use the owl. Barns, old wood, owls, twine... it all goes together, right? Well, that was the thought. :)

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by to see me today,

Jen

Ippity Chicks #34 - light of my life

Happy Friday.... it's friends with flair Friday with Unity! Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog to see everyone's projects. I'm always so inspired by what everyone else creates. :)


I used this week's sketch over at the Ippity Chicks blog. This sketch threw me for a loop... I went through about 3 attempts before I was ready to call it good. :)


Here is my card:

Ippity sentiment, I think (??!!)
Unity lamp stamp - not sure which kit
Tim Holtz walnut stain and antique linen
MME paper; glossy accents for the "light"

Thanks for visiting me today! :)


Jen

Unity FWF 5/11; Ippity Chicks sketch #30

Happy Friday! It is a gorgeous, sunny day here in Wisconsin. I'm hoping this means I can finally pack away the winter jammies and get out the shorts and sandals. I dug out my sparkly wedges this morning.  :)


I have a quick card to share. This is the new Ippity Chicks sketch for this week and I'm linking it up for FWF at Unity as well. This was a fun sketch - I dug out some gorgeous MME paper for this. *love*

MME - Paris & Co 
Unity sentiment 
Inks: Tim Holtz walnut stain, antique linen


Thanks for visiting me today!


Jen

Unity FWF 4/13 - you are fabulous

Hey there, everyone!

I'm in with just a super short post. I made this card for a friend recently; I hope she liked it! :) I'm off to a shoebox swap tomorrow with a friend. I CAN'T WAIT! I'll be bringing my Unity stamps, of course. :)

Ippity's Totally Happy and Fabulous Girl sets
Paper by Basic Grey

thanks for visiting me! Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog for all of the fabulous projects and inspiration!!

Jen

Unity FWF 3/23 - wishing you love & laughter

Happy Friday! I'm glad it's Friday but I am not thrilled to be another year older. My 6 year old said, "I know how old you are, Mom.... 16!" Oh yes, yes, I am 16 (times 2 and add 1... LOL)!

Anyhow, my mom's birthday is this weekend as well so I made her a card. I'm also linking this up for the Unity challenge as I left the top undone so it creates a flap. Of sorts. Hey, it made me think of a window covering fluttering in the breeze.  So I'm going with it. :)



















Paper: MME, I think; This is Ippity's So this is love (the 'love & laughter' is on the inside of the card)

Thanks for visiting me today. Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog to see everyone's projects and get inspired to create!!!

Jen

Unity FWF 3/16; Ippity chicks sketch 22

Friday, Friday, I'm so glad to see you again! Daylight savings time kicked my kindergartener in the butt. I'm hoping a weekend of naps and earlier bedtimes and she'll wake a little easier next week... nothing like dragging your kid out of bed to get ready for school when you don't want to be up, either! :o

Anyhow, I made a card. It fits for this weeks Ippity Chicks' sketch and I thought I'd link it for FWF at the Unity blog as well. This card turned out zip, zilch, nada like the card I was envisioning in my head but I think I like it anyhow. And yes, the stitching was intended to go all worky. I really can sew a straight line if I try! LOL

I had the hardest time getting any sort of decent photo of this card! :( Sorry!

I used Ippity's 'so this is love' set and my new button punch from Marvy... it was 60% off at my LSS! I backed the faux buttons with chipboard so they appear thicker and, um, less-faux in person. :)

Thanks for visiting me today! Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog for the rest of the projects!

Jen

Unity's FWF 3/2/12 - motherhood's a VERB

Happy Friday, everyone! I am featured cardmaker today over at the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog, if you want to check it out. OWH sends blank, handmade cards to our servicemen and women overseas so that they can write home to their loved ones. If you aren't familiar with them, please go check them out here.

I was working on Mother's Day cards for OWH (because of the delay in shipping overseas, deadlines come early!) and I decided to make a mother's day card for my sis. I'll be sending her a box, so that big fluffy bow is perfectly ok. :)

I love this stamp from Unity! It came in the mail yesterday and I inked it up right after I got home. DH and I took a quick trip to the Mall of America yesterday - he's no longer wearing rags, thank you very much - and I got to go to Archivers. I stayed under budget - so far under, in fact, DH asked if I was ok. LOL!! it was fun to browse, I've never seen Unity on a shelf before!

Thanks for visiting me today. Be sure to go back to the Unity blog to see all of the other projects and comment to win free stamps!!

Jen

Unity FWF 2.17 and Ippity Chicks sketch 18

I hit 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---->

Thank you, thank you. And YES, I have been shopping. I kind of started shopping a little bit early. Oops!!

 Anyhow. I must think of another challenge to keep me from spending all my spare change on new crafty stuff, so stay tuned.

One of my good friends will have a birthday soon. I'm going to get her a gc to a craft store and I found a really cute MFT stamp set, so I wrapped the stamp set with blue and gray twine. And then I realized I needed a tag, so I used the Chick Challenges sketch to make one and used those colors so it could be all pretty and matchy matchy. Ahem. That's not how I usually roll... she might be surprised! LOL

Ippity's thankful for you; weathered wood distress ink and london fog ink by Momento; all else is stash stuff


Thanks for visiting me today!! Be sure to stop back by the Unity blog for all of the projects and your chance to win
free stamps. Free stamps rock. Free UNITY stamps are even better!!!!!!


Jen

UNity FWF 2/3; Ippity Valentine challenge

Friday rolled around again, again WAY before I am ready, and it's time for another Friends with Flair at Unity!! I have not had a lot of time to create this week so I thought I'd do another 'two-fer'. :)

I recently won some stamps on the new Ippity Chicks challenge blog (thanks Jennie!!!) and I couldn't wait to ink them up today:

Ippity's Wise Guy, Paper by Basic Grey, branch stamp from... somewhere else.  ;)

I thought this would make a great Valentine for my DH, and it also fits with the Ippity challenge to create a Valentine. Score!

Enjoy your weekend, friends... I won tickets to Chipwrecked from my local movie theater, so I'm taking my 6 year old. Should be fun! :)

Jen

Unity FWF 1/27 and Ippity Chicks sketch 15

Friday again! Time for another Friends with Flair at Unity (win free stamps. awesome projects. go back and check it all out!) and since I have a sick kiddo, I'm doubling up with this week's Ippity Chicks Sketch 15. More bang for your buck, as my mom the avid couponer would say. :)













Anyhow. We have a niece who is leaving in another week to go teach English in China for a year, and I thought I'd make a tag. I still don't have a gift for her.... what do you get someone who is going to China for a year? I don't know. But I have the tag ready. :)

 

Ippity's Shine, shine shine, some FUN My Mind's Eye paper I think - or maybe October afternoon? Not sure. Distress inks in Walnut stain, tea dye, and Weathered Wood (why that one is BLUE, I have no idea).




The cord is copper (not purple - I don't know why the color looks so off) and I only pulled it to the side for the photo. It wasn't lying nicely at ALL. I'll tie it onto... well, whatever we end up giving her. :) Oooh, I do have an idea, come to think of it - a memory box from Paper Coterie! Hmmm. Off to browse in just a sec...

Now. I must be off to find a gift and also the Momento Ink pad that I suspect a little munchkin of stealing... darn kid took my favorite color! I already checked her hotspots and no luck yet...


Happy weekend! Thanks for visitng me today!


Jen

Unity FWF 1/20 and Ippity Chicks Sketch #14

I'm kind of bummed. All of my plans for today and this weekend kind of fell apart... my daughter wants to go to spend a night with my parents, so we can't go up to the lake like we planned since they can only keep her one night. My littlest and I were supposed to have a play date with a good friend and her son today, but her eldest got sick, so she had to cancel. Perhaps that means I will get more time than I anticipated to make cards? I hope so. Another day and another couple of cards closer to my spending freeze ending. LOL!

I sat down to make a card for the Ippity Chicks sketch challenge and thought I'd make a Valentine for my DH, and then figured I'd link if for FWF as well. Triple duty... just hope he likes it! And I get total bonus points for doing it before FEBRUARY. I mean, seriously. I should treat myself to a new scarf or something in celebration.... anyhow, moving on:

I used Ippity's Loads of Love and All things are Possible. The paper is Basic Grey and the rest of it is who knows what. :) I really liked the contrast of the very geeky, eccentric paper with the braided trim.

Be sure to stop back to the Unity blog and comment away to try to win some Unity stamps! Did you see the 39% off sale, too? 'When Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.' I interpret that to mean, BUY STAMPS. :)  And totally join in on the sketch challenge, too - sooo fun!




Jen

Unity FWF 12/16 - mini album

It's Friiiiiday! This is a crazy busy weekend with holiday gatherings BOTH days for our family, and we've been out of town for a week. Yeah. I think I might be *glad* to see Monday arrive! LOL

I spent today making a mini album for my 13 year old niece for Christmas. I've seen so many great mini albums on blogs and I feel like this is the amateur edition... oh well. I hope she likes it! I tried to make it fun and cute but a little grown up, too. I left some space so she can journal or have her friends write notes or insert pictures. The pages are 4.25" square.

I don't have the cover done quite yet, so the pages aren't bound... here are just a few, in random order:

Most of the paper is Echo Park, add lots of Twinery twine and all Unity and Ippity stamps!
In the spirit of Christmas, I have some unity stamps to give away! Just leave a comment to be entered to win - I'll draw a winner on monday! :)
Thanks for visiting! Be sure to hop back to the Unity blog for the rest of the links and stop on in to the Unity store - did you see the sales??? :) Be sure to link up your unity project, too!

Jen

Unity FWF 12/9 - may your cup overflow

Anyone else excited for the weekend?? I am! I am! Or as my two year old would say, "too! too!" :) But before I head out of town, I have two cards to share!

The first is my KOM sketch card:

Unity KOM: May 2010, Twinery twine, SU paper. A little mishmash card! LOL

And then this is for the anything goes Ippity challenge:















Hello fired brick distress ink, how I love thee...

This card uses Ippity gingham christmas greetings, Basic Grey and PTI ripe avocado paper, Bazzill walnut cream c/s, and distress inks in fired brick, walnut stain (trees) and antique linen (snowflakes).

Thanks for looking! Hop on back to the Unity blog for more projects and comment to win Unity stamps! And then check out the fabulous sales on the Unity site! I have a cart full!  And have a FAB weekend,

Jen

Unity fWF 11/25 - I'm gnome one without you

Happy Thanksgiving blog friends!! I hope you had a great day. :) I'm keeping this post short... I want to hang with my family today, and I bet you do too (or you're just checking in from a break from shopping. Hehe!).
This card is a testament to NOT throwing stuff away. I had an idea for a card with a sun made out of twine a while ago, but then I didn't like how the sun looked. But I kept it, and decided to make it into a little card for my DH anyhow.

FWIW, I'm still not crazy about the twine sun. But I do like how it overall!

Stamps: Unity & Jillibean Apple Cheddar soup
Martha Stewart grass punch
Twinery twine; Momento rich cocoa ink

Sorry for the Tonka truck that snuck in there. :) Be sure to hop along over on the unity blog... you could win free stamps!!

Jen