~ 365 Cards: Day 86 ~

This week's challenges are sponsored by {ippity} stamps!

Do check out Elizabeth's blog. She's offering a free stamp set to a random winner at 365 Cards blog so hop over there to get more deets!

Today's challenge was 'Keep It Simple'! Here is the instructions:

One stamped image (you can color it in), one stamped sentiment, and one embellishment of your choice. No patterned paper on this one!

Eeeks! No patterned paper! Well, all I can say that this was one super duper quick card: 

Background image stamped using {ippity} Because Of You and sentiment from The Simple Things

Need to get over my hangup about making simple cards! TTFN!

~ Growing In Unity: Day 4 ~

A little late in posting but it has been a maniac day today. Anyway, today's offering is based on the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. I've been wanting to do something like that and I created each sin on a tag but with a modern twist, using Unity stamps of course!

7 Deadly sins from top left: Anger, Sloth, Envy

Bottom left: Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Greed

I gave a modern twist to it. Base of tags done using Tim Holtz distressed inkpads and spritz with water to give it a mottled, weathered look.

Words created using {ippity} alphabet stamps.

Here are the tags closeup with more details:

First deadly sin: Anger

I chose skull to signify the theme.

Stamp sets used: Confession stamp image in background from I {luv} Unity set, ticket image from Le Chic Vintage and skull from Pirate Madness

2nd deadly sin: Envy

It relates to the eyes doesn't it, so hence this li'l cute monster with one eye. 

Stamp sets used: Monster & sentiment from Cuter than Most

3rd deadly sin: Gluttony

I could have used a lot of food images but I especially luv this gumball image... in the eye of a child, scoffing tons of that would be gluttony!

Stamp sets used: background image from Going Retro, 'yummy' from Retro Barbeque and gumball from Mar10 KOTM.

4th deadly sin: Greed

Who doesn't want it all?

Stamp set used: Treasure to Me

5th deadly sin: Lust

The image of an incandescent tryst suddenly appealed to me.

Stamp set used: 'sun' from Jul09 KOTM, 'couple' & 'grass' from Jan10 store kit.

6th deadly sin: Pride

This had me stumped but I figured one does take pride in cooking so hence the kitchen theme!

Stamp set used: Kitchen Logic, 'leaves' in background from Bevy of Butterflies.

7th deadly sin: Sloth

Well, this was easy... lazing on the sofa!

Stamp set used: Comfy Cozy

Doing these tags certainly stretched my imagination. Definitely had fun and even broke into stamp sets that I've not used yet!  Definitely be doing another series of tags again but based on a different theme! TTFN!

~ Growing In Unity: Day 1 ~

It's my turn this week to host Growing In Unity, which basically is to showcase any creative work using Unity stamps. As you know, I'm a fan of Unity/{ippity} stamps since discovering them early last year. I have since amassed a fair number of this red rubber stamps. What's the appeal? I guess the unique designs and I especially luv their scrapbooking sets. 

Today's offering is a mini book which I made for a friend's birthday. After lots of stamping and punching and this was the result: 

Made use of a Bazzill cardstock for the cover.  That is one of my fav Unity stamp image. I find it so versatile.

The pages came from October Afternoon. I pulled out one of my old Scarlet Lime kits and played with it. 

Most of the stamped images are from the scrapbooking sets.

I particularly luv the words stamp. I find myself using that a lot.

The background on the left page was stamped using a border stamp from the March/Apr SB set. The quote on the right page came from {ippity} Love in Return set. That's one of my fav quotes and used fairly often.

The back of the album stamped simply with an {ippity} stamp from Love in Return. 

The inner pages were held together using a strip of cardstock, punched using a Martha Stewart punch. Idea's not mine... seen a fair few albums done this way and thought I give it a go. Good use of border punches too (which I've seem to have amassed apart from stamps). 

So pop back this whole week for a showcase of Unity/{ippity} stamps in action. And if you fancy winning a stamp set of your choice at the end of this week, drop me a comment! Thanks for popping by and have a great week ahead. TTFN!

~ 365 Cards: Day 51 ~

It's a Tuesday Trio day today and the challenge is to incorporate alpha stickers, stamp and the colour red. Here's my card:

Patterned papers by Basic Grey Koishi and Sugar Rush collections. All 3 elements covered... alpha sticker, stamp (thinking) and red (shoes and the dots in the patterned paper). Now you won't find this particular image that I used as they are of my boys. I had them custom-drawn and was given an outline for me to colour in. Why the violins? Well, they are both violinists! I think they look so cute!

If you like to have any custom-drawn images, check this lady out. She's superbly talented and she did a great job drawing my boys! TTFN!

~ Create 10 Card ~

A card challenge was set to make use of the techniques learnt in Day 1. Well, here's my card:

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Kioshi collection and I used an {ippity} stamp set called Where You Should Be.

Here's my handmade rosebud, sprinkled with glitter at the top. 

Enjoyed making those flowers.... quite addictive. TTFN!

~ Sketchy Thursdays: 3.4 Challenge ~

Had an hour to spare this morning so headed over to Sketchy Thursday's blog and found this sketch: 

A lovely simple sketch and I whipped out my Scarlet Lime Jan's kit to play. Here's my LO: 

Base patterned paper is from SL exclusive paper. The other patterned paper is from Making Memories 8x8 ledger pad, which I found at Hobbycraft (normally don't buy from there as they are overpriced but I luv ledger papers and doubt if I can find them anywhere online in the UK). Chandelier and journaling box images from {ippity} Regal Greetings (which can be found here) and other background images from Unity's Dec09 scrapbooking kit. Alpha came from SL Nov09 kit. 

These days, I rely on sketches to get thru' scrapping quickly as time is not on my side. This is a particularly busy month for me. I do enjoy adding my own twist to the sketch. TTFN!

~ Christmas Cards All Year Round: February challenge ~

This month's challenge is to create a Christmas card with at least three hearts on it. All the cards created were in conjunction with other challenges as well. Here are my 5 cards:

3 hearts on the snowman

Using 3 hearts to create a Xmas tree.

3 hearts behind the sentiment.

Behind the sentiment is a heart background. Here's a closer look: 

I've got at least 3 hearts there!

Nearly the end of the month and I've done 7 cards so far, another one more to go. Doing well with my quota! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Apologies for the late post. Been on the road for 4 hours due to traffic and just got in, well, to SIL's place. Anyway, here's my offering for this week. 

Managed to squeeze in some time to do a LO this week. LO is based on a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.

LO created using Scarlet Lime Nov09 kit and using Unity's scrapbooking kit. Luv the journaling panels.

Also did a card based on a sketch that I drew for a challenge at 365 Cards. 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Used Unity's Joy & Wonder set and the sentiment box is from {ippity} Just Wanted To Say. 

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend! TTFN!

~ 365 Cards: Day 353 ~

At 365 Cards this week, the DT comes up with a card sketch every day. It's my turn today and here's my card sketch:

I have to say, I'm very sketch challenged! I cannot follow a sketch exactly and I've a tendency to alter a little. So despite drawing up this sketch, I came up with this card design based loosely on the sketch!

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Stamp set is from Unity's Bright & Merry Winter Wishes.  Sentiment box is from {ippity} Just Wanted To Say.

Here's the inside of the card:

I'm working on my Xmas cards quota at the moment. I've done 3 so far and need another 5 to complete the quota! 

If you enjoy making cards, 365 Cards is holding a DT call. Check the deets here. TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

So glad it's Friday, the last day of term before a good week break and rest! No more struggle to get the boys up in the morning! A busy weekend as it's my youngest 7th birthday as well as a Chinese New Year reunion dinner. Chinese New Year is this Sunday. 

Anyway, managed to squeeze in some time to create and did a LO: 

LO is based on a sketch at Creative Scrappers. Made use of the Jan/Feb'10 scrapbooking kit as well as Scarlet Lime Jan'10 kit. The 'calendar' image is from {ippity} Life's Little Moments set.

My next project is a card, a very simple one: 

Made use of Jan'10 KOTM set.

The inside of the card using a sentiment from Aug'08 KOTM set.

Check out the other blogs on the Unity site for more inspiration. Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend! I know I will! :) TTFN!

~ 365 Cards: Day 344 ~

It's Super Sketchy Sunday today at 365 Cards and here's today's sketch:

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Sugar Rush. Stamped images by {ippity} Life's Little Moments and sentiment by {ippity} Just Wanted to Say. 

Made this card for my little boy who turns 7 this Saturday. The number '7' has been highlighted with a souffle pen (although it's not that evident on the photo). Thanks for dropping by! TTFN!

~ Creative Scrappers: Feb challenge, sketch #89 ~

Had some time on my hands and found this sketch blog (thanx to Lisa). February's challenge is to create a LO using any sketches from #89 - #92. Here's sketch #89: 

Here's my LO:

LO created using Scarlet Lime Jan main kit. A couple of stamped images came from Unity's scrapbooking kit (bunting from Jan/Feb10 SB kit & journaling panels from Sep09 SB kit). The calendar image is from {ippity} Life's Little Moments.

TTFN!

~ The Studio: 16th Jan Challenge ~

My first time taking part in a LO challenge on this site. The challenge is to: 

1. Take your alphas and alter them. Maybe you have a font you love but in the wrong colour – well change them! Show us what you can do!
2. Use a symmetrical page design – everything on one side should balance what’s on the other.
3. Use fabric of some kind on your page!

Here's my LO based on the above recipe: 

Made use of a fabric Thickers and outlined them in brown ink and later coloured using Copics. Symmetrical designed: checked! and I used fabric (felt) for the flowers. LO created using Scarlet Lime Jan 10 kit. Stamped images (background words on strips and quote) is from {ippity} Because of You set.

TTFN!

>>> 365 Cards: Day 323 <<<

It's Super Sketchy Sunday today and here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses (still loads left over). Stamped images from {ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe set.

Here's the inside of the card:

The inside was stamped using Unity's Joy & Wonder stamp set.

TTFN!

>>> Mojo Monday: Week 121 <<<

Here's a sketch from Mojo Monday:

Here's my card:

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Stamped images from {ippity} Kissmass & Mistletoe stamp set.

Here's the inside:

Kinda like adding stamped images on the inside.

TTFN!

>>> Caardvarks: Jan challenge1 <<<

Had some time on my hands so joined in some challenges on some card blogs. Here's Caardvarks sketch challenge:

Here's  my card:

I turned the sketch to suit my design. Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Stamped images from {ippity} stamps.

Here's the inside of the card:

Stamped sentiment and background images from Unity's Bright and Merry Winter Wishes.

You may be wondering why I'm doing Xmas cards now but I ran out of Xmas cards last Xmas and had to resort to buying commercial ones. So this year, I've calculated how many cards I need and it seems I need to make at least 8 Xmas cards a month in order to meet my needs for this year's Xmas. Let's see how it goes... TTFN!