~ Unity's Friends With Flair & CardPatterns Sketch 68 ~

Friday has come by rather quickly again. Last weekend, I sorted out my Unity stamp sets and now they are nicely displayed on laminated sheets which makes for easy use. It's far easier to use them now than before when they were in their original packaging. 

I've been creating 'thank you' cards as the school term is slowly drawing to a close and these cards will be given to my boys' teachers. I made use of a CardPatterns Sketch: 

Here's my card: 

The retro flowers are from April 2010 KOTM set. Patterned paper from Basic Grey Kioshi collection.

My boys recently went to a scout camp and I made them a label for their bags. 

Stamped images from May 2010 KOTM set. It was enclosed in a laminated sheet. Pretty simple to create and effective.

Stamped images on the left are from May 2010 Moments in Bloom set and the 'happy' is from May 2010 KOTM set. In both tags, the back was stamped with a large butterfly from May 2010 KOTM set and our address was printed over it. 

I'll be making more tags as we are off for our summer hols next month and I'm always looking for labels for our luggage! Have a great weekend! I've got a wedding party to attend and looking forward to it! TTFN!

~ CardPatterns: Sketch 65 ~

I played with this sketch:

And came up with this: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Granola. Stamp images by Banana Frog Hiya Chick.

Incidentally, this card was my offering for Banana's Frog May Colour Focus as well based on a colour inspiration. This can be seen here. TTFN!

~ CardPatterns: Sketch 63 ~

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket Material Girl

Stamps: Unity April's store kit

TTFN!

~ CardPatterns: Sketch 59 ~

Tried scrapping last nite but hit a brickwall and decided to make cards instead. So checked with a few fav card blogs and here's this week sketch for CardPatterns: 

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Kioshi. Now that fabric strip is actually purple in real life! The sentiment reads 'thank you'. 

Need to start creating more 'thank you' cards as they will come in handy when the school term close for summer hols! TTFN!

~ CardPatterns: Sketch 57 ~

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by K&Co Amy Butler Belle collection (which I got it at a bargain price at the NEC). Luv my latest purchase... Martha Stewart border punch (I'm addicted to them). Snowman image is from Unity.

The inside of the card.

Card sketches are great time saver ... especially when you need to complete 5 Xmas cards in a nite (only b'cos I left them too late in the month to do!) TTFN!

~ CardPatterns: Sketch 47 ~

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

Patterned paper by MME's Adore collection. Stamp image by Unity's Dec store kit.

TTFN!

>>> CardPatterns: Sketch 46 <<<

Here's a sketch from CardPatterns:

Here's my card:

Patterned paper by Pink Paislee Cupid collection. Stamped image from Unity's Lollipop Tree You & Me stamp set and coloured using Promarkers. I turned the sketch to suit my design.

TTFN!

>>> 365 Cards: Day 318 <<<

Today's challenge is entitled 'Home Sweet Home'. As the name implies, this requires an image of a house on the card. Using In Style image, I came up with this:

Patterned paper from Pink Paislee Cupid and Bella Blvd Honey, I'm Home collections. I cut a hole in the birdhouse and attach a little birdie, sticking its head out. The bird image is also from In Style as well. Sentiment is from Unity.

Thanks for dropping by. TTFN!

>>> 365 Cards Day 108 & Card Patterns Sketch 19 <<<

Did a card that covered 2 challenges.

At 365 Cards Day 107, the challenge is 'Oh Boy!' which calls for a birthday card for a boy.

At Card Patterns Sketch 19, here's the sketch for this week:

Here's my combined effort of the 2 challenges:

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Lime Rickey and Crate Paper Mia collections. Stamped images by Unity.

My son is turning 9 next month (sheesh, time flies) so I thought I make him a birthday card in advance. He luvs the beach and playing with the sand so I came up with this card. Sprinkled Tim Holtz distressed sticklers on the sand. TTFN!

>>> Card Patterns Sketch 18 <<<

This week's sponsor is Unity Stamp Company, one of my fav stamp companies. Hence, no surprise that I'll be participating and using one of their stamps. Here's this week's sketch:

Here's my take on it:

Patterned papers by Cosmo Cricket Early Bird collection. Stamped images by Unity.

TTFN!

>>> Card Challenges! <<<

Killing 2 birds with one stone here and completing 2 challenges with 1 card! Firstly, the challenge at 365 Cards Day 80, entitled 'You're So Plaid'. It requires you to create a plaid pattern on the card. My first thought when I saw it was to make use of Chatterbox papers, not the recent ones but those that came out in 2005/6. There were lots of plaid patterns in almost all the old Chatterbox collections. And yes, I've been hoarding a fair few of them.

Secondly, the challenge at Card Patterns Sketch #15. Here's the required sketch:

Here's my take on both challenges:

Patterned papers by Chatterbox Sun Burst collection. Stamped image is Lola with bird by Rachelle Anne Miller (purchased secondhand) and sentiment by Unity. Also made use of Cuttlebug embossing folder and Stamping Up border punch.

TTFN!

>>> Card Patterns Sketch #14 <<<

Here's the sketch for this week's challenge.


Here's my take on it:

Patterned papers by Cosmo Cricket Dapper Dan and Prima The Best Things collections. Stamped images by Unity, coloured using Promarkers.

TTFN!

>>> Card Patterns Sketch #12 <<<

This is the sketch for this week's challenge:

Here's my take on the sketch. Didn't deviate much from it:

Patterned paper from WRMK Urban Window collection. Stamped images from Unity stamp comapny and coloured using Promarkers. Background paper embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Another card to my Xmas collection. TTFN!

>>> Card Patterns Sketch #11 <<<

Here's the sketch for this challenge:



Here's my take on it:

Decided to go for a Xmassy theme as I need to start making my Xmas cards. Patterned papers by Basic Gre Blitzen. Stamp images from Elzybells and Stamp Away (UK manufacturers).

TTFN!