Happy Birthday UNITY!!!

Well, if you have not yet heard...Unity has been having a big birthday bash all week and you still have time to enter several of the challenges for your chance to win some great prizes (check them out HERE), not to mention the 30% off all orders this weekend! Yesterday I had plenty of time to hang out in the Hip Hop thread and even got my Over the Edge challenge card done too. I really love the card I created and hope you enjoy it too! :)

I thought this would be a great card to give to a couple for their wedding. The base of this card is Stampin' Up Barely Banana which I used decorative scissors on to create the scalloped edge. Then I added the beautiful Cosmo Cricket Everafter paper and tied some May Arts and American Crafts ribbon around the top of the card. For the circle tag I used my Unity dream tree to create the flourish background and then I stamped the man and woman image from Unity's Just my Type set. Finally, I stamped my sentiment, from Unity's Simply Said set, onto the patterned paper.

Thanks for visiting today! Be sure to check out Angela's blog to see a list of all the other talented ladies posting projects on their blogs today!

More blog candy!

Well, lots of people seem to be celebrating lately! De has some great blog candy up for grabs on her blog so be sure to pay her a visit! :)

I promise I will be back tomorrow and Saturday with cards to share! I have been busily working on scrapbooks for my son's Kindergarten class (22 of them!) and haven't had much time to create anything else. What was I thinking when I signed up for scrapbook committee?! Enjoy the rest of your day...'see' you tomorrow! :)

Playing Around

Last night I was a little too tired to work on any major projects but I did decide to bring some of my embellishments over to the couch and play around with creating my own unique embellishments. Here is what I came up with:

So, what do you think?

That's all I have today but I will be back in a day or two with an actual card or project. I'm off to spend the day at school with my oldest son...hope you all enjoy your day!

Another Amazing Giveaway

Just a little post to let you all know that Steph from Much Ado About Nothing is giving away some major blog candy right now. And I just might have some things to give away in the next two weeks too, so keep your eyes peeled! :)

Etsy Inspired Challenge #33

This week the featured Etsy shop is Opalescence which offers beautiful jewelry and handspun yarn which is so gorgeous it makes me want to take up a new hobby just so I can use it! :) So, can you guess what I was inspired by?!

All these beautiful shades of blue inspired me to pull out my scraps of various blue cardstock and create a monochromatic card.

I stamped Unity's worn grid background stamp in VersaMark on the first 3 panels. Then I used Papertrey Ink's Beyond Basic Borders set to create the center panel. For the finishing touch I added Kaisercraft aquamarine rhinestones to the tree.

For more inspiration be sure to visit the rest of the DT:

• Ashley (link your projects up here)
  
• Heather
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kristen
• Lee
• Shannon
• Taylor
• Tiffany
• Tonya
• De (April Guest Designer)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I am off to my oldest son's baseball game this morning and later this evening my LSS is having a big event where someone could win a $500 shopping spree! Send a little luck my way! :)

A Fantastic Graphic Giveaway

For all of you who have your own Etsy shop you should check out THIS blog post by Dana of Lily Bean Designs. She is giving away a $25 gift certificate to her Etsy shop which offers custom graphic designs for Etsy shops, business cards, etc.

Hip Hopping into the Weekend

I just can't get enough of Unity! And although Thursdays are always the big Hip Hop day in the Unity forum, you really can find stuff going on in the forum and great inspiration in their gallery all week long. And now...Unity has it's own special ning network...check it out HERE.

Yesterday I was able to spend some time chatting and even managed to do one of the challenges. Here is the card I created for the Earth colors challenge:
I thought these colors would make for a nice boy birthday card and my son has several friends turning 6 this year so that was my inspiration. First I stamped Unity's worn grid with VersaMark. Then I stamped Numbers, Etc. in SU Not Quite Navy and highlighted the number 6 by tracing around it with a white gel pen. Finally I stamped the happy birthday sentiment (from Flirty Flowers), matted it, added the button/twine, and popped the panel up on foam squares for a little dimension.

Next up is a card I created for this week's SCS color challenge.
For this card I used stamps from Unity's Something Within set and some Creative Cafe felt flowers, along with a few brads.

Last night I also managed to finish a layout using Jennifer Buck's CAS Scrapbook Challenge #5. I realized after I created it that her post says part of the challenge is to use a little designer paper. I hope that she meant 'use some designer paper' not 'just use a little' because my whole layout is designer paper! I won some fabulous Pink Paislee Captivating papers from Marcee and I couldn't wait to use them. I thought the colors were perfect for this picture.

Here is a close up:

The chipboard pieces are Cosmo Cricket and I did use Unity's journal lines stamp (from the old Amazing Me set). I love this stamp because I can create a journal tag/box out of any paper/shape I want.

If you are looking for more eye candy be sure to visit Angela's blog for a list of all the other talented ladies posting projects today! I will be back tomorrow with my Etsy Inspired card!