Ride On

The current sketch from Seize the Sketch #19 is great for those little pieces of paper left over in the bottom of your storage baggies (ok well, I keep my 6x6 pads in Quart size zip-top baggies)

No stamping or inking of any kind today, instead

I mixed together two different paper packs

Fancy Pants Park Bench 6x6

and

Fancy Pants The Good Life 4x6 Brag Pad

Hello... Bees & Butterflies

Just a super quick post today to show off what I made using Operation Write Home #222

Printed Papers - Authentique Carefree

Cardstock - Grey from Stampin' Up & Black from CloseToMyHeart

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Here Today, Here Tommorrow & Bee Happy Hexagons

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Black

Embelly - Viva Pearl Pen

destiny is calling

oh so many people I know who started college after starting a family & are graduating!

I can't tell you how proud I am of my besties, Wendy's daughter Arrie...

she is truly inspirational!

And she is going on to Law school this fall!

Did I mention Arrie's sweetheart of a husband and

totally adorable little girl

(one of those kids you really enjoy spending time with)

This is for Arrie

My inspiration for her card: Sketch Frenzy Friday 042514 sketch

Just Add Ink #212 color combo

Printed Papers, Swirl Chippie, Sentiment Stickers & Stamps- 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk

Chipboard Banners - UmWow Studio

Ink -CloseToMyHeart Lagoon, Bamboo & White Daisy

Embossing Powders in Winter White & Teal

Cardbase - Stampin' Up Crumb Cake

Layer Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Lagoon

Washi Tape

Twine - The Twinery

She Laughs

Years ago, my brother met this girl (she's quite a bit younger than us), she had this adorable little girl, then not terribly long later, they decided to get married & had a baby together, but she & I never really bonded... you see we just didn't have much in common and didn't click.

Stuff & junk happened over the next few years and they divorced. Flash forward, different stuff & junk happened and we are friend, it's amazing how that happens... and I really think she's a great lady.

Recently I received a graduation invitation from her for college!

And I am So Unbelievably PROUD of her!

This is for Melody :-)

And her graduation invitation is hung on our refrigerator

Here's my inspiration.. Fusion Card Challenges

also, for Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flair!

Chevron & Butterfly Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. KOM June 2012 Sweet Summer Love

Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. KOM November 2013 Strength and Divnity

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink & butterfly colored with Copic Markers

Chipboard Chevrons - UmWow Studio

Colored with StazOn

be courageous

oh my... UmWoW!

yep, that's exactly what this is!

from the paper to the stamps to the chippies... my friend & the owner of UmWoW Studio,

DeeDee, created this line for 7 Dots Studio and 

I'm completely in l-o-v-e with it!

SHOP HERE!

I'd planned on telling you more but I think I'll just show you instead  ;-)

ok so I went totally grungy on this one

but I think the person I've made it for will appreciate it

fly

Using Unity Stamp Company's current color combo challenge,

I whipped out the Newest Layers of Life stamp set

from Unity Stamp Company to create this card for a friend

who is going through a rough patch right now...

cuz I love her!

this color combo was difficult for me to use, I'm not sure why

but I'm so happy with how it turned out

and I LOVE this butterfly!

here's another view of the pretty

Challenge!

It's not often that I come up with something but you see I'm in this Facebook group that does challenges to each other and it was my turn.

The wheels started turning, I ended up creating a sketch!  What?  yep, it's true!

You can see the official rules & requirementes

over on my facebook page: Paula's Paper Playhouse 

Here's the Sketch:

Post a DIRECT link to your creation (blogs, facebook, etc. anywhere as long as I can go see what you made & leave a comment) as a comment to the Paula's Paper Playhouse post.

Deadline is one month from today: May 15 @ Midnight CST

I must be able to recognize my sketch in your creation.

The more people who play, the bigger the prize package. Open to U.S. addresses only (sorry but I hate paying for postage)

Got Questions? just ask!

embrace new beginnings

a while back my friend DeeDee designed this paper & product line with 7 Dots Studio... yesterday my birthday gift (I ordered the complete line for my birthday!) arrived and it is AMAZING! If you want some, you can visit 7 Dots Studio to locate a distributor or UmWow Studio, it's called Nature Walk

I used Sketch Frenzy Friday 041114 sketch and made this for Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flair

printed background Paper - 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk

card base - Stampin' Up

Tag - Canvas Corp

Ribbon - Offray

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. KOM 1/14 be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

Ink - Memento in Rich Cocoa & various Copic Markers

Bling - My Mind's Eye Lush

nice journey

I've been trying to play along with Unity Stamp Company's Facebook challenge of an Itty Bitty a day but wow am I ever having a hard time keeping up!  I'm working way too much, but I suppose that is a good thing :-)

I used Operation Write Home Sketch#219 and since The Paper Players {PP190} wants 3 of something, it's a good fit

Printed Paper - Authentique Suave 6x6

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Consider Yourself Vintage

Ink - Tim Holtz Black Soot

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Embellies - Freckled Fawn Enameled Dew Drops

Hey Foxy

Just Us Girls Challenge #235 is this great sketch... And I have some wonderful new papers from Authentique, eventhough it may not be new to the market... it's new to my stash!

Printed Papers - Authentique Strong in 8x8

Stamp Set - CloseToMyHeart Wild About Love

Inks - CloseToMyHeart Brown Bag & Outdoor Denim

Solid Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Outdoor Denim

Heart Chippies - UmWow Studio Heart Confetti

Hello Birdie

every single Friday... Sketch Frenzy Friday introduces a new sketch... I totally love sketches so I try to play along when I possibly can!  This is SFF040414, I've also enter this into Unity Stamp Co.'s Friends with Flair

Printed Papers - jillibean soup Southern CHicken Dumpling Soup 6x6

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Bird with French Fry

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa colored with various Copic markers

Alpha Stamps - CloseToMyHeart A Typeface

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Chocolate

Banner Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Watermelon (reverse)

Circle Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Creme Brulee

Twine - The Twinery

Faith, in your Heart

I think this creation catches me up for this week's Unity Stamp Co facebook challenge of using an

Itty Bitty everyday and I got to use the latest Just Add Ink #209 Just add... Layers

Solid Cardstock - Stampin' Up

Floral Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Feel the Joy

Inks - CloseToMyHeart Sunflower, Sunset & Hydrangea;

Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean & Pickled Raspberry

Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Faith & Blooms

Imk - Tim Holtz Black Soot

Ribbon from Hobby Lobby (half price sale!)

The inside I could NOT get a good picture of, but here it is:

You're Out of this World

and it doesn't matter which planet you're on! well, that's my take on it anyway ;-)

Seize the Sketch #17 came to my rescue on this one... I'm such a sketch freak, I rarely make a card without using a sketch... maybe I'm just lazy?  HA probably!

Printed Paper - my old misc stash box

Stamps - both are Unity Itty Bittys... Solar Elem & Sentiment from Out of this World

Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black colored with various Copic Markers

Star Chipboard - UmWow Studio

Smooch in Olive Twist

ok, confession time here..... I hadn't intended to splatter on this card

BUT I accidentally had two splotches show up magically after working on the star... EEK!

so I threw on a bit more and now I think it looks kinda cool

vases & flowers

I love when Unity Stamp Co does facebook challenges... such as the current "Itty Bitty a Day" this week, unfortunately I haven't been able to play until today.  I searched & found the perfect sketch, then dug around for just the right Itty Bitty and, well, I think I like it!

CAS(E) this Sketch #171 combined with Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #198

and, of course, Unity's facebook challenge

Printed Paper - Authentique Free Bird

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Array of Bottles

Stamp Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black colored with various Copic markers

splotches - Tim Holtz Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed & Tumbled Glass (all mixed with water to splat)

UmWow Studio Circle Confetti chippies