Birds of a Feather

This weekend I have been playing alot with my new Unity Stamps. Today I have to show you some cool things I did with the Bird's of a Feather kit.

This cutie is stamped on... wait for it.... (yes a sitcom quote can you guess which one?).... a bathroom tile! Yes the little 'ole hexagon ones you can buy at Home Depot that come in sheets. These birdie stamps fit perfectly on there. SOOO.... I stamped using black stazon and allowed sufficient dry time (I think you can heat set it if you want). Then I colored in using permanent markers (Bic) and added Stickles! Can you guess what it is?? A magnet! WOO HOO!! Isn't that the cutest? This is the back with the magnet:

This little tin I had from work from a few years ago when they gave out tins of mints to everyone (I don't know maybe they were trying to tell us something). I collected a few and it came in handy for this little project. I used my nesties to cut out a scalloped circle in Regal Rose then the stacking smaller one from a glitter DCWV stack pack. I used the flowers I had that I picked up at Michael's in the bridal section and I colored the flowers with my Copics. It was that simple and made a cute little gift for a friend.

I couldn't stop there with just one magnet! SO I continued on my journey and made a set of 4! Now I am thinking what a cute gift set this would make. So in my stash of alterable goodies I found a little box that I picked up at the dollar store. I decided to decorate it so I would have something to give this gift in.

To decorate the outside of this box I used paper from scrapbooking kit by Melissa Frances. The birdie on top was stamped on a little punch out from this kit. Again I colored with copics and added Stickles. I also added the flowers again colored with my Copics.

Here is a shot of the inside with the magnets safely tucked in. I used a circle punch to make a little hole for the magnets to sit in.

Sorry for so many photos but I just wanted to share it all with you.

Finally here it is shot of the whole project:

Thanks so much for stopping by. I have to tell you I had a blast making this project. Doesn't it make a cute little gift? I think I'm going to give it to a friend with a bottle of wine for her birthday. Wait I should also give her my wine charms! LOLOL!

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask sometimes it's hard to type everything out.

Till later.....

BTW: My sitcom reference in case you didn't know was from "How I Met Your Mother". :-)

WE HAVE A WINNER!!

Now it's time to annoucne the winner of the super duper awesome UNITY blog candy!!!

Are you ready??


The winner chosen at random is:



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Mary
primitiveseasons.blogspot.com

WOO HOOO!!!!! Congrats Mary!! Please send me your mailing information and I will get your goodies out to you.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to play!!

Sugar Shack

How yummy does this look? For a hot summer doesn't it look pretty refreshing? These babies are from the new kit by Unity called Delectable Delights. I used lots of stickles and my Copic markers to color in. All the glitter paper is by DCWV.

Tomorrow is the day to reveal the winner of my super duper Unity Blog Candy so you still have time to enter here.

Have you checked out the new awesome challenge site Our Creative Corner? You will find some wonderful pieces of inspiration and a weekly challenge every Saturday. This week if you participate you will be entered to win a super fabulous prize from Mothers & Daughters Creations. Check out all the details here.

That's it for now. I will be back tomorrow with the winner and I have another project using the new Unity Stamps to share.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Till later....

Featured Sketch Artist Today

I have something nice to share with you. I was asked to be a featured Sketch artist for the Sisterhood of Scrap. How much fun is that? This is the sketch I submitted....

I posted a layout using this sketch awhile ago but here it is again:

Check out the sisterhood site it's pretty cool with great challenges.

Thanks for stopping by!

Till Later....

Clear & Simple Stamps

Here is a scrapbook page I put together using an awesome wedding set by Clear & Simple Stamps. The sentiments on the page as well as the little flowers are all from the set. The awesome patterened paper is by Daisy Bucket. The larger flowers in the upper left corner are from Michael's bridal section, they are white and I colored them with my Copic markers. I used the rectanagle scalloped nesties to cut out the middle sentiment and it's mat. The background pink is Regal Rose by SU.

Do you have some Clear & Simple Stamps? If so you MUST check out the awesome challenge they have going on. Make a creation using stamps from Clear & Simple Stamps and you could win a$25 GAS card and $5 gift card to the store.

Here are some details from their site:

"Three projects will be selected at random, and our design team will vote and select a winner. All three finalist's projects will be showcased on the website and receive a $5 Clear & Simple Stamps gift card. In addition, the Grand-Prize Winner will also receive a $25 free gas card."

You have until July 23rd to send your creations to the CHALLENGE MAILBOX. C'mon now get stamping! If you submit let me know! Good luck!

Finally here is a photo of my creations using this great bridal set:

Thanks for stopping by!

Till later...

Black Magic - MDC Weekly Challenge

Here we are again Thursday and another Mothers & Daughters Creations challenge. This week the challenge was to use the new awesome Core'dinations Black magic paper.

Have you seen this cool stuff yet? It's black heavy weight slightly textured paper and the "magic" part is that when you rip, sand or antique the paper the colored core comes through. It's pretty cool. So for my creation (can you believe no stamping on this one? It almost felt wrong) I decided to go with a Happy Birthday 4th of July theme, the 4th of July is a Birthday isn't it? I used my cuttlebug to get the embossed happy birthday collage, then with a sandpaper I sanded over it to expose the awesome color underneath which is a light blue. I then ripped around the edges to show more blue and add more texture. How cool is that? Check out the MDC site for links to awesome tutorials on this great stuff. Don't forget to add a few packs to your shopping cart!

The little flowers are from Michael's bridal section and I colored them with Copic Markers and added some white liquid pearls to the middle. The ribbon is from the target dollar spot and I added the paper piercing with my SU paper piercing template. I can't believe I have no stamping on this but I wanted to really have the awesome paper as the complete focal point, that was the challenge right?

Be sure to stop by the blogs of the other Design Team members for their awesome "Black Magic" creations!

Thanks for stopping by!

Till Later.....

Unity Ladybug Wine Charms

I have had a blast working on this little project. I decided today to take my awesome Ladybug image from Unity's kit called "Cute as a Bug" and make wine charms or wine markers. You know those cute little pieces of "jewelry" for your wine glass so you know which one is yours?

Now I know you are going to remember this... Shrinky Dinks! Oh yeah! I used shrinky dinks, literally! Ok you can use regular craft shrink plastic, but I had the "real" thing in the house. So I stamped the bugs on them (Staz On) and colored in using my Bic Permanent markers, cut them out and punched a hole. Now the fun, stick them in the toaster oven and watch them go! LOLOL!!! That was fun. I then put them on little jump rings I got at Michael's in the bead/jewelry making section and had a "wine charm" loop, added some beads and I was good to go.

Of course next I had to have a cool box to store it in or to give as a gift. I will admit I had a small box on hand which I covered with some Cosmo Cricket paper. To the top I added a bug image all colored, glittered and cut out and some of those awesome flowers (colored with markers) from the Michael's bridal section.

Phew did I cover everything? If not ask away. I really enjoyed making these little guys. I was going to wait till my new Unity stamps arrived but I was itching to play and though the bugs were the perfect size to shrink down for this reason. Of course each bug is a different color because that is the purpose of the charms, each charm has to be different and color usually works well.

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Well that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by.

Till later....