Holiday Sparkles.. just add glitter

Hey everyone! I am so excited to bring to you this super glittery card.. If you know me.. you know that I think everything is better with a little sparkle.!

I used the fun  Holiday Sparkles. from The Alley Way Stamps.. the sentiment is PERFECT!!! 

I am so excited! Christine asked me if I would like to play along with the KIS Challenge this time around.. I was so honored to play..and to be donating a prize from TAWS  
Here is the color pallet we got to play with :) 

Isn't it beautiful? I really love how my card turned out. I hope you will get a chance to come play along with the KIS Challenge as well! 

Challenges-

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

I love the little pops of color with the brown :)
CAS-ual Friday-curtain call
Whimsy Stamps-Anything Goes
Divas by Design-Something Snowy
Addicted to Stamps-Anything Goes


-The Alley Way Stamps.. Holiday Sparkles
Paper Trey Ink.. Snowflake Die

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Let's Mix it up Friday..

Hey everyone.. I am here with a quick Let's Mix it Up Friday card :) I hope you like it and will play along :) hugs

Challenges-

YAY!

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It's been a crazy week....

So yesterday I needed to blow off some of my stress.. so I made a super quick and simple card.. I wanted to play along with the Spark Challenge at Paper Smooches.. the inspiration is so much fun! So I made a cute little onsie card I really love how it turned out..

For this card I used the Vegtastic little peas, and the top of the carrot for the green around them, I also used the sentiments and hearts from that set too.. :) Love this set.. so many possiblities.. :) The onsie template is from paper smooches also.. I used memento ink, distress ink old paper & fired brick , copic pen, pp is MME life of the party, Cosmo Cricket Clementine.

last night.. it was almost time for Liberty to go to bed, she was playing the rockband drums.. and was so excited, she tripped and hit her eye on the coffee table.. end results.. trip to the ER and 4 little stitches.. :( what a bummer.. needless to say this week has been crazy!

Thank you to everyone for the well wishes for my dad.. he is doing better, he had to have a stent put into the front main artery that was block 99%.. he has a few others that are borderline, but they would like to try to clear some of them up with medications.. he has to take it easy.. and work his way back up to his "normal"... :)

I hope you all are having a less eventful week than I am.. :) hugs

I used the colors, stamp set, and "bunch theme"

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Welcome Baby! PS Spark Challenge

Hey everyone!!! Well first I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU for all the well wishes to Stefan & Stretch.. they are doing much better.. just sore, and a little bruised.. They will need some massage/adjusting but they are doing good..

I haven't had much "creative time" lately.. but really wanted to play along with the Paper Smooches Spark Challenge.. So this is the inspiration photo:

and this is my creation..

I used 2 paper smooches stamp sets.. the A Little Lovin for the sentiment & the Friendly Flowers set.. Yes.. I really did use both of them.. Oh.. I also used the Paper Smooches onsie template.. so cute!

for the base I clear embossed my own flower pattern using the Friendly Flowers set.. it looks so neat IRL.. :) I used some Rasselberry glimmer spray and tissue paper to make the "ruffle".. it turned out so cool.. and the texture ROCKS!! I added some twine, a little safety pin, and some white faux stitching.. I know I am cutting it close.. but with everything going on.. I still wanted to play along..

Thanks so much for looking!! HUGS

Challenges-

favorite technique (right now is inking/spraying anything)

anything goes

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Feeling Blue..

Hey everyone! here is a simple card I submitted to be published.. but it didn't make the cut :( bummer.. thanks so much for looking.. hugs
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GIU.. I am your gal this week.. :) my last day!

Well I can't believe this is my last day for the GIU girl.. :( I really have enjoyed having you all stop by my blog.. I hope you will continue to stop by from time to time.. for my creation today I used 2 stamp sets.. Unity's KOM Sept 2011 and Togetherness Families.. LOVE this.. (thanks Lynn)

I really like how this turned out.. the banner I made by using the same colors of ink, and masking off the stripes where I wanted it to stay white.. :) Thanks so much everyone for your sweet comments..all week long.. I hope I have inspired you even just a little..

'll be back monday to let you know the winner... In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the following Unity stamp kits:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

I'll randomly select a winner at the end of the week (entries close Sunday at Midnight CST) and post the name next Monday evening.

Challenges-

Wee Memories-no patterned paper

less is more-anything goes

styles ink-sentiment

Friends with Flair-Unity

Don't forget to check out my UNITY blog candy HERE

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GIU.. I am your gal this week.. :) day 4

Hey everyone!! :) I can't believe it's Thursday already.. the time is going by so fast.. well here is my card for you today.. I wanted this to be a simple yet fun card.. so I used this months Unity Kit Of The Month Stamp set... called All Seasons.. I love it! It's so much fun to use.. it has this adorable snowman "stamp" that I just couldn't wait to ink up..

I really wanted just one of the snowmen to pop off the page.. so I colored just one of them.. and then added some twine that matched.. :) well I hope you all are having a wonderful week.. come back tomorrow for my last project as the Growing in Unity Girl.. :)

'll be back tomorrow with another project. In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the following Unity stamp kits:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

I'll randomly select a winner at the end of the week (entries close Sunday at Midnight CST) and post the name next Monday evening.

Challenges-

Wee Memories-no patterned paper

less is more-anything goes

styles ink-sentiment

Don't forget to check out my UNITY blog candy HERE

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GIU.. I am your gal this week.. :) day 3

I have to tell you if you don't already know.. I just LOVE houses.. I don't know why but I do.. so this is the adorable stamp set (honey i'm home from Unity) I used today.. it is such a sweet set..I really love it.. I paper pieced the heck out of that house.. I used an exacto knife to cut out the windows. Something fun, I don't know if you can see it but I dry embossed/scored the back of the card, to give it a fun texture.. :) well thanks so much for stopping by today...

I'll be back tomorrow with another Itty Bitty project. In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the following Unity stamp kits:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

I'll randomly select a winner at the end of the week (entries close Sunday at Midnight CST) and post the name next Monday evening.

Challenges-

mini card 4x4

less is more-anything goes

styles ink-sentiment

Emily's home challenge

Don't forget to check out my UNITY blog candy HERE

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GIU.. I am your gal this week.. :) day 2

woohoo.. okay so you are back for another project.. well for this one I wanted to bring you a super fun CAS card.. with lots of bright colors.. and I think I did that..

This is a long card.. not the typical a2 size I normally do. I love how it turned out.. for this card I used 2 stamp sets from Unity (Sketchy Little Boy & Happy Happy Happy) thanks so much for stopping by and for all your comments and support :)

I'll be back tomorrow with another Itty Bitty project. In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the following Unity stamp kits:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

I'll randomly select a winner at the end of the week (entries close Sunday at Midnight CST) and post the name next Monday evening.

our DYSU DT Call is up and open.. come see how to be a part of the team

Challenges-

Less is more-anything goes

Wee Memories-no patterned paper

Styles ink-sentimens

Don't forget to check out my UNITY blog candy HERE

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GIU.. I am your gal this week.. :)

Hey all you bloggers out there :) I am so excited to be Growing in Unity this week.. this means each day this week you get to see a project made by me using Unity stamps.. How fun is that?? This is a simple project using Unity SOM Aug 2010 and Sept 2010 stamps.. I just love the "vintagey for me" way this turned out :) hehe..

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I'll be back tomorrow with another Itty Bitty project. In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the following Unity stamp kits:

Sending My Love
Bitty Backgrounds
Little Me
Bella Fiori
Homegrown
Hugs & Kittens
Handmade Holiday
Bella Trees
Imagine It

I'll randomly select a winner at the end of the week (entries close Sunday at Midnight CST) and post the name next Monday evening.

Challenges-

mine is 4x4

Less is more-Anything Goes

Wee Memories-No Patterned paper

Don't forget to check out my UNITY blog candy HERE

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circus..the craft's meow

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a FUN{TACHE}TIC day!! Hehe okay so I am a dork :) Can I just tell you I LOVE these stamps..they are from The Craft's Meow this is their 2 newest sets. I used the owl and the mustache.. I paper pieced the whole card.. I was going for a circus/ring master effect.. I hope I did it :)

I wanted the "curtain" to be more like fabric, and curled up the scallops..

I gave him a stool to sit on.. :) anyways.. this is a super simple, and fun card from me.. HUGS
our DYSU DT Call is up and open.. come see how to be a part of the team..

Challenges-

The pink elephant-vintage

Critter Challenge-photo inspiration

Get Punny!

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Super Simple..

Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful week so far.. I have a SUPER SIMPLE card to share.. This is my idea of a "vintage baby card." Okay lets all face it.. I don't do vintage very well.. I think of vintage as more of the kraft cardstock, colors, and distressing.. so this is what I came up with.. :) I added some stickles to the middles of the hearts for a little "flair.." thanks for stopping by.. HUGS

Challenges-

Styles ink-baby card

The Pink Elephant-Vintage

Ippty-Fall colors

Wee Memories-one layer
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Super Snazzy

Super Snazzy!!! hehe.. isn't that the best sentiment ever??? I just love it! This set is from The Craft's Meow it's called Fun{tache}tic (this is the other set I won.. Thanks Lisa!)and let me tell you.. all these little staches are amazingly fun to play with.. This is totally a CAS card, and the hardest part of the card was 1-finding 2 of the same small buttons.. 2- trying to get those little buggers to be straight.. :) but really it's a super fun card.. I think I might just make a bunch to have on hand.. you can never have to many "guy" cards can you?? I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday!! :) hugs

** Oh if you didn't see my post.. I am an Aug Gallery Challenge Winner over at Paper Crafts.. you can view it HERE.. I will be back with some crafty goodness later.. I just had to share.. :) hugs

Challenges-

Wee Memories-one layer

Annabelle: use 2 embellishments (buttons)

Simply less is more-one layered

Fairy Fun Fridays-Man

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The Crafts Meow

********ETA: I was looking at this card and wasn't happy.. something felt like it was missing.. BIG DUH!!! to me.. the little bat's ears.. (blushing here) I was so excited to get this posted.. I forgot the ears.. I have NOW... used the little cat whiskers and added ears.. :) much better.. oops)

Hey!! Okay.. sooo this card may look CAS.. but it's CA took a while to figure out.. so CATAWTFO..lol :)

Really it did.. this is the reason why.. see that adorable bat.. well he use to be a spider... and his wings, they were "cat whiskers" yep.. I used the cat whiskers from this set to make bat wings.. I paper pieced this whole card.. and the spider web is just part of the web that comes with this set.. You may be asking yourself.. DUH Alison!! Why didn't you just use that adorable bat that came with it?? Well 2 reasons.. 1-I needed a little bigger bat to balance out this card. 2- You know me.. I have to do it the "hard/my way" lol :) The only thing I wish was different about this set.. I wish there were a spider and a bat sentiment.. like I'm batty for you., or I'm Batty,. or swinging by to say hi.. :) but I still LOVE IT!! :) This set is from The Craft's Meow (Designed by Jenny Suchin)

This is the adorable set that I used.. LOVE IT!!! :)

I hope you like this little creation from me.., and I hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday! If you have any questions please ask.. oh all patterned paper is from SEI :) HUGS

Pals Paper Arts-Halloween

Stamp something

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For You

- "Where were you when that world stopped turning on that September Day...." ~ Lyrics from "Where Where You When the World Stopped Turning" by Alan Jackson I remember right where I was, what I was doing.. Stretch was only 1 year old, and I remember my heart going out to everyone.. but my heart hurt so much for those little children.. Today we REMEMBER those that lost their lives 10 years ago today.. We thank their families, friends, and those heroes.. we will never forget..

I had some "mommy time" while Liberty was sleeping.. and I really was so inspired by the Spark Challenge going on at Paper Smooches.. so I had to play.. You get to draw inspiration from the photo.. and I did.. Peach, Lime Green, Baby Blue, Circles, Dots, and a little bit of shine to "top" it off.. :) I really love how this turned out.. It looks more "calm" in real life.. the camera made it a tiny bit brighter than it is.. never the less.. :) I like the look...

The "non" traditional colors for Christmas... here is how I made it.. All Stamps are from Paper Smooches...

Santa Paws-Sentiment

Sugar Rush- Big (green) circle, and small circle, and the 3 little green tree trunk is the little circle candy.

Surf & Turf- 2 sets of bubbles

Hang ups (peach hearts)

I used Stickles for the top of the tree just to add a little something extra.. Thanks for looking! HUGS

Challenges-

The Paper Variety -Favorite embellishment (stickles/puffy paint)

The Rubber Cafe-No Patterned Paper

Stamp Something

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Little things make me HaPPY!!!

Hey everyone! Here is a simple card I created using Unity's KOM stamp Aug 2010 :) I followed the sketch for this month on the blog.. I really like how i turned out..

I cut out the little circles in the middle of the flowers, and placed the same papers I used for the flower behind it :) I thought it brought it all together.. (yes I I know I left one white, I wanted it to stand out ..;) hehe) I used MFT trio flower die for the flower.. Thanks so much for looking! HUGS

Challenges-

Annabelle Stamps-Use a flower/bloom

Stamp something-

Totally Paper Crafts-buttons

Inkspirations-colors

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