Friends with Flair ~ Unity Inspiration Color Challenge

Oh wow, Unity has started a new monthly Inspiration Challenge!

The choice is yours, you may use the sketch or the colors to create a card, layout or mixed media project...and boy, are the entries gorgeous!

I'm linking to both that challenge and Friends with Flair this week...and hopping around to look at the other entries is leaving me in awe of the talent that people have!

I chose to use the colors as inspiration for this card ~ although some ideas are starting to form for the sketch...we'll see if I can make another project in time to enter for this month!

I love the red and turquoise, and the picture of the pinwheel really caught my fancy, plus the stripes on the chairs...so I sponged on some sky over a few cloud masks, then turned to my silhouette cameo to cut some pinwheels from patterned paper. I love how I can resize the file to any size I want. So fun!

I trimmed some scraps for 'sticks', then found the perfect sentiment to fit. 

Don't the pinwheels make you happy too? I didn't like the look of the plain white as the reverse side of the pinwheel, so I mirrored the pinwheel in the software and cut from a second paper then just formed the pinwheel with the two papers wrong side together, easy peasy!

 All in all a pretty, happy card that will hopefully brighten the recipient's day!

Supplies:

• stamp - Unity Itty Bitty - This is a Happy Life
• cardstock and patterned paper - scrap pile
• brads - The Paper Studio
• punch - EK Success
• cut file - Silhouette America
• ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China

Thank you for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends with Flair ~ Brighter Life

Unity Friends with Flair time again!

Quick card for tonight...pulled out an itty bitty with a great saying, and paired it with a cute cut from my Silhouette from some adorable paper...added a dimensional flower to round it out and done!

Supplies:

• stamp: Unity Stamp Company
• cardstock: Bazzil
• patterned paper: Echo Park Paper Co.
• cut file: Silhouette America

Thanks for looking!

Meredith

Friends With Flair ~ Awesome Banner

Happy Friday! 

Friday is the day I link up to Friends with Flair sponsored by the Unity Stamp Company. 

I may not be creating much during this tax season...but so far I'm creating at least once a week!

When I was searching through my Unity stamps to see which one I wanted to ink up, I came across this itty bitty...

When a quick scroll through my pinterest board found this lovely card...I'd found my match!

And it didn't hurt that it is a great use for my burgeoning pile of scraps...

I cut nine 3/4" strips, used this tutorial to trim the ends, inked the edges, and glued them on! The sentiment fit beautifully along the bottom, then a quick ribbon knot and I was done. I'll be making quite a few more of these cards, that's for sure!

Curling the edges of the banners adds some interest, but it still fits in an envelope easily.

Supplies:

•  cardstock: stash
• patterned paper: BasicGrey (sweet threads)
• stamp: Unity Itty Bitty: You Did It
• ink: Ranger Distress Ink (walnut stain)
• ribbon: The Paper Studio

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Meredith

I Love You ~ children's valentines

I had so much fun making Valentine cards this year...and to top it off...I actually mailed them!!!

I did end up using some that I had made previously and never sent...but I made enough that everyone on my 'list' got a handmade card!

Here are the cards that I made this year...

I think you can tell that I used my Silhouette Cameo for quite a few cards...I'm so loving the capabilities of this machine!

Thanks for looking!

Meredith

Friends With Flair ~ Floral Notecard

Oh my...is it Friday already? 

I like Friday for a lot of reasons, but in my little papercrafting world...Friday means its time to link up to Unity's Friends with Flair! (Which has been growing, my friends!) 

If you've created a project with your Unity goodies this week, join the party! If you haven't been able to create this week, come look around for inspiration! If you don't have Unity goodies...now's a great time to get them...Unity is having Happy Hour this weekend! (Bye-bye, paycheck!)

I have a simple notecard to share today...I've got some Unity stamps pre-stamped onto cardstock that is tucked into the front of my coloring pencils...when I have some down-time as I'm out and about I like to pull them out and color, so relaxing.

I added just a bit of dimension with pop-dots, inking and the sheer bow. Now I've got a lovely bit of cheer ready to send to someone who needs it!

Supplies:

• cardstock: white (Wausau), blue (scrap bin)
• patterned paper: Recollections
• ribbon: JoAnn's
• stamp: Unity Stamp Company
• ink: black (Memento), gold/yellow (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

Thanks for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends With Flair ~ Birthday Candles

Just a quick post today to participate in Unity's Friends with Flair...it's tax season...and that means I am busy, busy, busy! Just not in the craft room, as I'd like to be!

This card was super quick to put together...I had colored the stamped image weeks ago, the base was a reject from a prior card because the pink was too strong a color, the purple mat came from the scrap bin...all I had to do was a bit of trimming, then tie on the twine and glue on the button!

It'll be perfect to send to a friend who has a birthday in two weeks!

Supplies:

• stamp: Unity Stamp of the Week
• cardstock: Wausau (white), Coredinations (pink), Recollections (purple)
• ink: Memento
• pencils: Prismacolor
• twine/button: stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Meredith

Friends With Flair ~ Celebrate

Friday Friends With Flair time! WooHoo!

Come on over and join in on the fun! Just link up your Unity projects and/or skip along and comment on other projects that are linked up.

Does anyone else have a bit of trouble with having creative fun while making up cards for the gentlemen in their lives? I can make masculine cards...but I normally feel like I'm stifling my typical level of creativity to do so. 

Not with this one! This card is inspired by this pin here. I found that papers that are quite feminine when looked at as a whole, can be suitable for a masculine card when cut into smaller pieces!

The patterned cardstock that I used has flowers, butterflies and lots of soft colors, but when I cut it into smaller strips and accented the darker gray...wow!

Between the sentiment banner, the buttons and twine and the popped-up patterned panels, there is lots of dimension on this card, so it will cost a bit more to mail. I'm so happy with how it turned out though, I'll probably be making several similar ones!

I kept the inside simple, since we need room to write the birthday wishes to the fil!

Supplies:

• cardstock: recollections (cream), stash (gray)
• patterned cardstock: K&Company
• stamps: unity itty bitty
• buttons: stash (sewing store)
• ink: memento
• twine: walmart jewelry making isle, little box of $1 stuff

I hope I provided some inspiration today! Thanks for looking!

Meredith