FWF Hugs shaker card

Hi everyone!  It's Friends With Flair time!  I haven't had time to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair in such a long time, so I busted out my Unity stamps and played along today.

Everything OLD is NEW again, right?  Case in point, shaker cards are all the rage right now and here's a link to my first shaker card back in 2007!  Shaker parts can be both large and small.  I made my shaker part the entire card front using my Circle dies, but I have something in the works using smaller butterflies.

Not gonna lie, shaker cards are kind of a pain to make and after several hours of fiddling with my beads and sequins I remembered WHY I didn't make many all those years ago!  I cut my foam squares in half and started to line the inside of my card frame.  After placing the small pieces down, I switched to cutting larger pieces from my foam tape roll to cover more ground.

 Next I peeled the backing of the bottom portion only and stuck it to my card base.  My thought was to hold the top open and pour in the beads/sequins and then seal up the rest of the circle.  Wellll... I ended up with way too many beads, so I had to pry the top open and pour some of the beads out. Which created a hot mess with beads stuck to the adhesive pieces all over the circle.  I fixed it eventually, but I am pretty sure there is an easier way to make shaker cards.  Any tips are welcome!!

Back to my card, the image is Mug of Hugs which is from Unity's Stamps of the Week collection and I think it's ADORABLE (not sure what set the sentiment is from).  I colored the mug with Copic markers.  I used another of my charms and even used one of my purple beads match.  Go me!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:   
Spellbinders Dies: S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles SM, S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®; S2-132 Pretty Petals C Shapeabilities®
Stamp: Unity Stamp Co, Mug of Hugs
Other Supplies: White, Kraft and Pistachio Pudding cardstock; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lavender baker's twine; Rhinestones; Charms and beads
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares  
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders dies at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Friends with Flair -new feather dies

Hi everyone!  I have a fun card to share today which uses some new feather dies from Spellbinders and some adorable stamps from Unity.  I haven't had time to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair in such a long time, so I am playing along today.

 

I inked the edges and spine of the feathers with Delicata GoldenGlitz ink, super shimmery IRL.  Notice the sentiment?  I cut that apart so I could stamp the "love is" part at the top, continuing the rest at the bottom.

Here are the Feathers On the Wind dies:

Here is the kit I used on my card.  I used one of the border stamps (stamped along the top in yellow ink) as well as the sentiment.  The washi tapes are from Stampin Up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets: 

Spellbinder dies: IN-019 Feathers on the Wind Shapeabilities®; S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®
Stamps - Unity Stamp Co, You are Simply The Best -3/13 kit  
Ink - Tsukineko, Delicata GoldenGlitz; Stampin Up, Baked Brown Sugar and So Saffron Paper: Papertrey Ink, White, Fine Linen and Lemon Tart cardstock;
Embellishments - Stampin Up washi tape and button Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares    
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Summertime (I know, it's barely spring)

Hi everyone! I have a quick post sharing a card for today's Unity's Friends with Flair. 

The cute summer stamp is from the set, All Smiles.  It's such a fun happy image -I really love this kit.  It's almost 2 years old now, but it's still a goodie!  I colored it with copics and kept it pretty simple.  I made this card for magazine submission awhile ago, it didn't get accepted and I forgot about it.  I thought FWF would be a perfect time to share it.  And, yes, it does make me long for hot summer days!

The fun paper is from one of my favorite MME lines, The Sweetest Thing, "Tangerine" pad and is perfect for summer.  The orange/white striped piece on the left is the coordinating MME "Tangerine" washi tape, but you can find the same tape in their Decorative Tape orange/pink set.

That's if for now, thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:
Stamps - All Smiles (Unity Stamp Co) 
Ink -Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) 
Paper -White, Kraft and Carnival Yellow cardstock (Gina K Designs), The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye) 
Accessories -Spellbinders™ E8-007 Classic Edges One scallop Edgeabilities® and Rectangles SM Nestabilities®; Copic markers; The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" washi tape and Enamel dots (My Mind's Eye); Seam binding ribbon (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store)

Friends with Flair mini card

Hi everyone! I have a quick post sharing a mini card for today's Unity's Friends with Flair.  This 3x3 card was made by dressing up a pack of notecards I found in the dollar section at Michael's.  It came with 3 designs, 4 of each design with envelopes -not bad for a buck!

The stamp set is Ippity's What Matters Most, this set is an oldie but goodie!  I mean, how cute are these little birdies?

That's if for now, today is a jammie and Christmas cookie making day with my boys.  Well, they will probably play the Wii and eat the cookies I make, but you say potato I say potato! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Card Deets:

Stamps - What Matters Most (Ippity by Unity Stamp Co.)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - White cardstock (Gina K Designs), Marjolaine 6x6 paper pad (Basic Grey)
Accessories - Mini note card set "Bohemian" (Studio G), silver cord (May Arts), silver pearls (Recollections by Michael's), Copic sketch markers, Classic Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Mini flower punch (ProvoCraft)

A HAPPY Friends with Flair card

Hi everyone!  I have a card today for the Unity's Friends With Flair.  You can check out their blog for a link to all the Unity card goodness posted today. I made this card awhile ago and never got around to posting it.  This card just makes me HAPPY (yeah, I crack myself up)!  I LOVE the fun pattern paper (by Jillibean Soup) and the little hand made flowers.  The sentiment is from Unity's kit, To the Moon and Back.

I made the flowers by die cutting scallop circles from pattern paper, hand cutting them into spirals, and rolling them up. The tag shape is from the Grommet Tags set and I added lots of silver pearls accents from Recollections -which I can't seem to find anymore, I fear they are no longer made!  If anyone has a source please let me know!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:
Stamps - (Unity Stamp Co) To the Moon and Back
Paper - (Gina K Designs) White and Dark chocolate cardstock, (Jillibean Soup) Blossom Soup 6x6 pad
Accessories - (May Arts) Burlap string, (Prima Marketing) brown scalloped lace trim, (Recollections) silver pearls, (Spellbinders Paper Arts) Grommet Tags and Scalloped circles SM Nestabilities, corner rounder