November 2022 Tag A Day- Day 17

I am so excited to be doing a Tag A Day in November!! Each day I will share at least one tag and hopefully have a short video up each day sharing them too!! Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel so you don't miss a thing!!

I do have a series intro video up telling all about this HERE!

And I have a playlist to make it easy to find all my tags HERE!

See all my TAG blog posts HERE!

Today I used the Sweet November Stamps Harvest Wishes stamp set. I adore the mice in this set!! I paired my little mouse with some papers I won that are from Unity. My tag is from the Sunny Studio Build a Tag #2 dies.

How sweet and fun!!

See you back here tomorrow!! Have a super day!

Supplies~

Sweet November Stamps Harvest Wishes Stamp Set, Catherine Pooler Cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copics, Papers from Unity, Sunny Studio Build a Tag #2 Dies,White Pen, Twine,

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Winnie The Pooh Social Media Hop

Today I'm part of a Winnie the Pooh Social Media Hop. I'm "officially" linking to/from my YouTube Channel but wanted to share here too! When you're done here, head over to MY VIDEO to see who to visit next and where to start the hop!!

I used some stamps I recently got from Unity Stamps for my cards today! They are just so much fun! I do love Pooh! When my son was a baby everything was Pooh Bear. Brings back happy memories!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to head on over and watch my video!!

Supplies~

Unity Stamps Winnie the Pooh Difficult Days Stamp Set, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Catherine Pooler Cardstock, Prismacolor Pencils, MFT A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1, Whimsy Stamps Calico 6x6 Paper Pad, MFT Blueprints 27, SU Mango Melody Cardstock and Ink, Gina Marie Designs Jewels, SU Tahitian Tide Cardstock and Ink, Circle Nestabilities, SU Banners Pick a Punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder,. Unity Stamps The Smallest Things Stamp Set, 

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Alfie

Today I'm continuing on my quest to use all the Sweet Sunday sketches in order, this is #24!

I've had this cute mouse from Unity forever and I don't think I've ever inked him up so I thought he'd look cute on this card. What do you think?

Have a simply fabulous day!

Stamps~ Unity~ Alfie-Heart & Soul Mouse,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
Cardstock~ SU Bravo Burgandy,
Designer Paper~ Prima~Madeline collection,
Other Goodies~ La La Land Crafts Stitched Nested Circles, Kaisercraft pearls, 

Have a sweet summer!

My friend Alicia made a watermelon card recently that was adorable so it inspired me to make one too!

I used some neglected dies for this card. I always forget to sponge ink onto my die cuts but I remembered today and did a comparison between inked and uninked...wow! It really does add so much!!

This was a fun card to create! A little different for me to not be using many stamps but that's good, it helps to shake things up often!

(it was a hard card to photograph but hopefully you get the idea!)

Have a wonderful day!!

Stamps~ Unity~ June 2012 Kit of the month, 
Ink~ SU Flirty Flamingo, SU Certainly Celery, 
Cardstock~ SU Certainly Celery, SU Flirty Flamingo, SU Basic Black,
Designer Paper~
Other Goodies~ Sizzix watermelon die, Quickutz ant die, La La Land Crafts Stitched Nested Circles, 

Hello Sweet Baby

A cute little baby card today using a stamp from Unity called Sweet Elle. I just adore this elephant! 

Hope you have a happy day!! 

Stamps~ Unity~Sweet Elle, 
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Flirty Flamingo,
Cardstock~ Copic Xpress-it, misc. white, SU Flirty Flamingo,
Designer Paper~ a muse gingham, 
Other Goodies~ copics, Martha Stewart border punch, SU Enamel shapes,

Love You, Friend

It's been awhile since I've done any of the challenges for my yahoo group- (I have put out 100 challenges there and this is only the 15th one I've done, eek! I need to get busy!!), so this card is for Challenge #15~ Love.

I used one of the many Stamp Of the Week stamps I have from Unity called Flowers for a Friend. I thought the vase was perfect to do some paper piecing!

I'm entering this into the current challenge at 613 Avenue Create which is Anything Goes with the option of paper piecing.

Hope you have a simply wonderful day full of lots of smiles and love! thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Unity- Flowers for a friend,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Rich Razzleberry
Cardstock~ misc. white, SU Rich Razzleberry,
Designer Paper~ Basic Grey-Lemonade
Other Goodies~ copics, Wink of Stella pen, stickles, SU Triple Banner Punch, Crafts-Too Hearts embossing folder, Martha Stewart butterfly punch,

For all your help birdies

Another image I colored up in June, Unity's For all your help birdies. Aren't they cute and fun!!

I stamped the sentiment on the inside which reads, Thanks for all your help! For my layout I used an old Deconstructed Sketch~

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• Sweet Stampin' Challenge~ Anything but a Birthday
• Sister Act Card Challenges~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is spectacular!!

Stamps~ Unity-For all your help birdies
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock~ SU Daffodil Delight, misc white
Designer Paper~ Jillibean Soup-Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup
Other Goodies~ copics, corner punch, MFT Mini Pennant die, SU button, bakers twine, Wink of Stella, pearls

Day 4 of 30 Day Coloring Challenge #2

Not gonna lie...I am dragging tonight. Already fell asleep on the couch once but I'm determined to see this challenge through! So here's to another day done! yay!

Image is from Unity, For all Your Help Birdies. One thing I'm rediscovering through this challenge is how much I love to color. Sometimes I think I get caught up in trying to make my coloring perfect with all the shading, shadows, etc. and doing this challenge I'm not worrying about it as much and I'm discovering the joy in it again. Hip, hip, hurray!!

See you tomorrow!

smile and move forward

I've been getting the Unity Stamp of the Week stamps for a little while now and figured I best start using them! I made this for a challenge in a yahoo group I'm in. The challenge was to use orange and yellow.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to be back soon!

Stamps~ Unity-Smile and Move Forward
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black
Cardstock~ SU Basic Black, SU Crushed Curry, SU Tangelo Twist,
Designer Paper~ 
Other Goodies~ copics, Martha Stewart punches, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Wink of Stella pen, SU pearls

You-nique

I guess it's pretty obvious when my days off are as it seems lately those are the only days I post, LOL! Sam is back to work as of Monday though so I'm hoping to get back into a routine of crafting in the evenings, but we'll see.

Today's card is for another challenge in one of the yahoo groups I'm in. The challenge was to make a colorful card. If you've followed me for very long you know those are my favorite cards to make!

I am using a new stamp from SCACD for my card today called You-nique! She is one of 4 new stamps in the Brave Hearts Collection. I thought these girls were just so fun, funky and different that I just had to have them!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• Through the Craftroom Door~ Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion~ Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap~ Anything Goes
• Through the Purple Haze~ Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant~ Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting!! I really appreciate you stopping by!

Stamps~ SCACD-You-nique, Unity Graffiti Art,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Melon Mambo, SU Pretty in Pink
Cardstock~ SU Melon Mambo, Copic Xpress-it,
Designer Paper~ Basic Grey-Lemonade
Other Goodies~ copics, flowers, card candy dots, Quickutz flourish die, Wink of Stella pens, SU border punch

If you're feeling blue...

I found this digi, Stand Out in a Crowd from Tiddly Inks in my *waiting to be colored* folder so I thought I'd do just that!

I really like how this turned out..it was fun to create too! Have a happy day!!

If all else fails-add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

stamps~ Tiddly Inks~digi~ Stand Out in a Crowd, Unity~ Graffiti Art, Inkadinkadoo~Kid Quotes-Friendly Advice
ink~ Kaleidacolor-Spectrum & Calypso
cardstock~ misc white, SU Basic Black, SU Perfect Plum
designer paper~
other goodies~ copics, corner rounder, Doodlebug gems, 

for my reference~copics used for hair~ E23, E25, E27, V04, V06

Zoe

A while back I purchased THIS coloring tutorial from Make It Crafty. I finally took the time to just sit down and color and try the techniques that the talented Zoe demonstrates.

I think this is the longest I've ever taken to color an image but I so enjoyed and am so pleased with the results. Makes me realize what I can do when I just take the time and am not trying to hurry through things.

I still have more to learn but I think I'm on the right track.

I used the current sketch from Seize the Birthday and turned this into a birthday card with my greeting on the inside~hopefully that counts.

Have a fabulous day!!

If all else fails-add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

stamps~ Saturated Canary-digi-Zoe, Unity July 2012 kit of the month for inside stamps
ink~ SU Lucky Limeade, SU Not Quite Navy, 
cardstock~ misc white, SU Not Quite Navy, 
designer paper~Basic Grey-PB&J,
other goodies~ copics, EK Success punch, SU buttons, scrappers floss, copic glitter pens,

Little Stargazer

This fun little stamp was calling out to me today so I just had to use her!  She is Little Stargazer from Susana Loves Stamps. So fun!!

I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with my copics then cut her out. For the background behind her I used my new Unity Christy Tomlinson Distressed Criss-Cross stamp--I LOVE that SCACD is carrying Unity stamps now..be sure to check them out! So, so fun with so many possibilities!!

For my designer paper I used My Mind’s Eye-Fine and Dandy- Tickled Pink. The corners are made from my Dies by SCACD. These ones are Garden Corners.

So funny as this card is totally different than I envisioned it to be when I sat down to make it, LOL! does that happen to you?
Have a great day!

Copic Creations Challenge #2-jeans

Have you seen the new Copic Creations Challenge blog? Very cool! Not only do they have challenges but an awesome design team full of tips and inspiration!!

Their challenge #2 is coloring/shading/blending/designing jeans with your copics.

Ever since I created this card, I've hated it. Do you have those cards? Ones that other people like but you just can't stand? Well, that's this card so I decided to use that wonderful image again and see if I like it better!

So here's what I came up with for my remake and also for the Copic Creations challenge #2. Sam helped me choose the colors for the apron and butterfly. Not too shabby!

I used Jen del Muro's SFYTT for this week~ you can see it here! Well, okay I used it as a starting point! LOL! My oval is too big to add one of the layers.

I like this version much better. And I really concentrated on adding some embellies and a sentiment.....I like how that worked too. Cool! LOL!

Supplies:

card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

stamps: Catch a butterfly, TAC Flutter By, on the inside is a stamp a dear friend sent me~I believe she said it was from Unity,

paper: Creative Memories,

ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Real Red

others: copics (including the Basic Blue Jean Bundle, and the Blonde 2 Bundle), Azure Smooch, CM cutting system, flowers, brad, MS branch punchies that was shared with me--gotta get this punch!!, periwinkle parfait bella baubles,

Flutter By Wednesday #45

Flutter By Wednesday is here again!! I simply love this day and seeing all the flutter by's!!
We'd love to have you play along! Just create a card with a butterfly on it and then leave a comment and a link to your creation. Or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword FBW45.
This week's challenge was to use blues and purples with your butterfly. Not a requirement, just a little challenge if you choose to take it.
The Flutter By Team has done a fabulous job yet again! Be sure to visit their blogs and leave them some love!!

And my card for the week~~ a little different for me but I love this saying and a friend shared this image from Unity with me.

Thanks for stopping by!! The challenge for next week is a special one to me. Your challenge is to create a card with a butterfly and the colors yellow and orange. This is special to me as it's the favorite colors of one of my dear friends who I just haven't been in touch with as much lately since we're both so busy but I wanted her to know I was thinking of her! So I'd love to see lots of yellow and orange Flutter By cards next week!! We'll also have another guest designer then so be sure to stop back by!

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: image received from a friend, TAC Swoops and Swirls-retired-on butterfly and inside
paper: CTMH-unsure of the name
ink: VersaMagic Spring Pansy, Palette French Lilac, VersaMagic Sea Breeze
others: corner rounder, prismacolors, iced lavender shimmerz, shimmer chalks, prima flowers, brad, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, crystal stickles,