Scripture Encouragement card

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.  That is so true.  This is a wonderful scripture from Philippians and I fell in love with the Vintage Scripture stamp set from Unity Stamps.  I plan to use this set again and again.   Unfortunately, there are several people in my life struggling with cancer and other issues and we all need encouragement now and then.  I challenge you to be an encourager today.  God bless!

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Cake wishes birthday card

I had so much fun making this card.  I used two different stamp sets from Unity Stamps, Cake Wishes and Tiny Grained Banners.  As usual, there's lots of sparkles.  We can't make a birthday card without sparkles can we? 

 Here's a tip:  stamp your image on patterned paper, then cut it out and play around before you adhere to your card.   In this case, I masked or covered the cake with tape and stamped the candles in yellow ink first on my card.  Then I stamped my cake on patterned paper and only cut out the cake.  Fun and easy!

Supplies: The Twinery Lemondrop twine,  American Crafts purple glitter marker, Bic Mark-it Yellow fine point pen, Stickles yellow and Diamond glitter glue, TPC Studio lilac ink, Basic Grey candy buttons, Memento Luxe Black ink

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Happy birthday circles card

Hope you are doing well.  I haven't been able to craft lately due to an unwelcome visitor known as the stomach flu.  Let's hope it skips the rest of my family and that all of you stay well.

This is a pretty simple card I put together using a birthday sentiment from the Bunches of Love kit from Unity Stamps.  I added another embossed circle a layered banner tag and some other little extras.  Have a great day and thanks for popping in. 

Supplies: American Crafts adhesive glitter ribbon,  lace, jute cord, Basic Grey candy buttons, Smooch Glitz Goldrush accent ink, American Crafts Apricot ink

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Get well cards

This Unity Stamp set has quickly became one of my favorites.  Its called Bunches of love and you can do so much with it.  I also have a lovely 6x6 Basic Grey pad called Paper Cottage.   I really wanted to incorporate the color of the papers into the flowers and I really love how it turned out.  Zoom in to see the sparkles I put on the flowers and leaves.  Pretty!

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Just because Owl card

I got this cute Owl stamp set called "Just Because" from the Unity Stamp Co.  One of the best things about Unity is they send freebies with every order.  I decided to incorporate a couple freebies into this card, the songbird background (behind the wood grain image) and the green string around the tag.  I also used the Unity background stamp called "Grainy" with some Tim Holtz distressing ink.  I love it!  Gives this page a woodsy feel.  I also used a distressing tool on the paper and edged it in ink also.  On the tag,  I used some Basic Grey Paper Cottage stack.  I plan to use more of this stack in an upcoming card set I'm working on so check back.

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Winner, winner!

Thanks to everyone who commented and re-pinned my most pinned card on Pinterest.   We even hit another milestone with over 5000 page views on my blog so that is wonderful.  Thanks so much!  I hope you will follow my blog on Google for more crafty inspiration and future contests.

Now onto the winner who was drawn via a random number generator.   And that is ......Cal8007.  

Contact me at momtojeb@gmail.com with your email address and I will get that Unity gift certificate right out.  Congratulations!

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Vintage music card and Unity FWF

Today is the Friends with Flair challenge over at the Unity Stamp blog.   I've been in a vintage mood since picking up an old bulletin/magazine in an antique shop for $1.50.  Yes, I'll be re-purposing some of the pages like this music page below.  I also added elements of Teresa Collins Vintage Finds kit for the banner tag and circle punched music.  I'm a musician,  by the way, so I incorporated some manuscript paper and edged just about all the elements in Tim Holtz distressed ink.  For the stamped images I used Unity's background stamp called Worn Music and the sentiment and scalloped edging from the Sing a new song Kit which is pictured below.  I love this set!  Add some lace and a pop of blue and we are done. 

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Sweet pink bunny card

For my mom's birthday last month,  I got her a 3 month stamp of the week membership to the Unity Stamp Co.   Yes, I have dragged her into my crafty world.  She loves it though,  just as much as I do!

This cute bunny is one of the past weekly stamps called "Some bunny loves you".  I combined a sentiment which came in a grab bag collection, also from Unity.  I sponged a pale pink ink for the bunny and yellow for the egg.  The egg was colored using Bic Mark-it fine point pens and I added Stickles yellow glitter glue to the egg and diamond around the frame which was cut with a die using my Cuttlebug.  Sweet and simple. 

Supplies: American Crafts inks, DCWV blossoms and butterflies cardstock,  craft ribbon, Recollections enamel dots,  flowers from Target

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Scripture card with bird

I made this card a few months ago and this has been the MOST re-pinned card on my Pinterest page.   The background of the card was Cuttlebug embossed and I stamped the bird image in dark green ink.   Added a little twine and copper colored leaves for embellishment.   I used
Martha Stewart Crafts - Edge Punch - Floral Lace
from: Scrapbook.com to edge the top also.  

The scripture is actually a clear sticker that came from a grab bag I got at a crop.   I think it turned out lovely,  don't you?

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Unity FWF - Encouragement card

Today is Friday. Whoop!  That means it's time for the Friends with Flair challenge.   I haven't participated in awhile but I have a new stamp I've been wanting to use.   It came from a special collection grab bag that Unity has now made into an individual set.

I stamped my clouds on patterned paper, cut them out and edged them with Stickles glitter glue.  I inked up my paper by sponging different color inks (Studio G and American Crafts), then hand drew a few raindrops.   The flowers were masked from a Unity Stamp set called Mothers Day Daisies.   I used a mini butterfly punch on patterned paper from DCWV and the background paper is from Colorbok.  Notice the  Cuttlebug embossing at the top of the page?  I love how it turned out.  Your comments are most welcome.   Thanks and have a super weekend.

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Here's a link to the stamp I used if you would like to get one of your own.  It's on sale right now so don't wait!   Unity Stamp Co