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