~ 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!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

It's Friday again. Time to hop on the blogs of Unity fans (Check Unity's blog for more info). My May KOTM arrived rather late and I only got a chance to play this week. Top on my list was the roller skates image and I made this: 

Patterned papers by Basic Grey Granola (luv that range... so suitable for male cards). I need to make more 'mal-ish' cards as they are rather short in supply.

Gonna be busy later as my eldest is off to camp today until Sunday while the wee one will be attending an all day camp on Saturday. The hubs is away on a weekend golfing trip while moi will enjoy some time alone to myself on Sat! Not often I'm left alone but I do cherish it ..... mmmm what shall I do... scrap, shop ..... All I know I will enjoy a bit of peace! :) Have a great weekend! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Got myself another Christmas stamp set (can't have too many of them eh) and played with it when it came and create a few Xmas cards. This stamp set is called Merry Merry Merry and comes with some adorable images. 

Here are my cards. Had fun playing with the images:

Some of the cards above were based on sketches from various card blogs and also Hippity Hop sketches too. They come in handy when I need to create tons of Xmas cards to meet my quota for the month. 

My SIL gets married today so I'm out the whole day. Today also marks the end of the one week break as well. It has been great being at home with my boys although the days did pass rather quickly. Anyway, thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend ahead! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

So pleased that Friday has come again.... and this Friday is especially special as it's the start of half term! Yay! A week of break. Looking forward to not having to rush about in the morning. Although scary to think that the next term will be the last in the school term. It's like a year has gone past so quickly. 

Had some time to craft last weekend and created a commissioned canvas using May's store kit. I told myself I had to stop getting so many stamp sets as I'm running out of space to store them not to mention lack of time to play but the May set was just too unique to pass on...

Background misted using Tim Holtz stencil and glimmer mists. Then the flora stamps were used at the bottom of the canvas. Patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. Went overboard with the flowers as I don't get much chance to use them (I've got boys and there is only so much flowers you can put on them).

The stamped florals

Luv the large circular journaling block... gonna be very useful!

Also created a card based on this sketch: 

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by October Afternoon

The inside of the card. The zig zag border was punched out from an EK Success punch.

Thanks for dropping by. Thankful for a quiet weekend and hoping to be able to squeeze some crafting time. Whatever you do, have a great weekend... TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

It's Unity's day today and I played with April's store kit:

One of my fav images. Patterned paper by Basic Grey Sugar Rush and the background is stamped using {ippity} Because of You set. I created this card for 365 Cards. 

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

~ Growing In Unity: Day 5 & Friends with Flair ~

It's a Unity day today. Last day of my Growing in Unity week, one which I had a blast, playing with Unity stamps. It's also Friends with Flair day today as well. And it's gonna be another maniac day for me too, with dental appointment and violin rehearsal thrown in! I guess that's what being a mom is.... your kids' schedules takes over your life!

Thankfully, found some time last nite to scrap and with a new stamp kit, Brave Girl. A box chocked full of new stamps was delivered yesterday, much to my delight! Here's my first LO: 

Made use of Scarlet Lime April's kit for this LO. The base is Basic Grey Basic White paper (boy do I hug the Basic ranges). LO based on a sketch at Butterfly Craft. I used quite a fair bit of stamp images from Brave Girl... gonna be one of my fav scrapbooking sets!

LO created using a Studio Calico May kit (which incidentally arrived this week). This is based on a sketch by Sketchy Thursdays (I rely on sketches a lot these days as I've got limited time for crafting and dun wanna be fluffing about). Although the kit is entitled Brave Girl, I found them equally versatile for use on male LOs too. 

The photos used on the LO were taken on my iPhone using a Hipstamatic app. Now if you have an iPhone, you need this app! It makes your photos look rather 'vintagy'. What I love about it is the ability to change lens, films and flashes to create a certain look in the photo. Or simply shake the phone to get a random look. It makes taking photo so much fun! 

Thanks for dropping by. And if fancy winning a Unity single stamp set of your choice, drop me a comment. The winner will be drawn this weekend! It's gonna be a fun weekend as my boys will be basking (playing their violins) in Birmingham town centre on Saturday for charity. They are helping out Christian Aid and I'm praying for sunshine! Whatever you are doing, hope you have a good weekend! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

I'm sure by now you have seen the new stamps by Unity and I can tell you how excited I've been by them although I shudder to think how much I'll be spending!!! I'm excited by the new Xmas stamps (it will definitely fall into  my basket) as I do a little of Xmas cards each month and will therefore be used more frequently than any others!

Anyway, here's my Xmas cards for this month. A couple were done using sketches from various places.

Stamp set from Bright and Merry Winter Wishes... one of my favs! Card created based on sketch from Mojo Monday.

This is Cheer and Joy stamp set, one of the free set I got after using my KOTM discount. Luv that set as the images are lovely and big! Patterned paper by Basic Grey (not sure which collection... sorry).

Sketch based on an Unity's Anniversary challenge. This snowman came from Nov 09 store kit while the other is Ho Ho Ho set. Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kiss (6x6)... trying to make one sheet last! LOL!

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend ahead. I know I will as we have a Bank Holiday on Monday and it's my birthday tomorrow! :) TTFN!

~ FWF Blog Winner ~

Here's the winner of Unity's Friends with Flair blog hop, chosen by a random generator:

Congrats StacyC. Email Jimmi (jimmi.mayo at gmail.com) to claim your prize ! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Happy St George's Day (not that it's widely celebrated in England) but my son's school is holding a Disco and I'm involved in it! At least they are celebrating it with a special meal too. Surprise that it's not a public holiday. Unfortunately we don't have 'Independent Day' here. 

Been scrapping a fair bit this week as I joined an online class and have been putting the techniques learnt to good use. Here's a few LO done with Unity stamped images thrown in! Most of these LOs have been done in conjunction with sketches from either Sketchy Thursdays or Creative Scrappers (info can be found in previous posts on this blog).

My latest LO done last nite using sketch #100 from Creative Scrappers. Stamped the swirly image on the  background and included a poinsettia and a Xmas tree.

Another LO using Unity's scrapbooking kit and some images from KOTM sets.

A journaling stamp from Unity's scrapbooking kit. That is one of my fav stamp image. Heart and swirl came from a template in the online class.

Another stamp image from the scrapbooking kit which I used as journaling lines. 

Finally, a Xmas card using Unity's Xmas images: 

I do a few Xmas cards each month to ensure I have enough cards at the end of the year. 

Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend. If you've reached here, you know what to do...


You found the blinkie! Just leave a comment for a chance to win 25 random stamps from Unity! Good Luck. I'll draw a random winner on Saturday. Check back here or the SCS Unity forum. TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Sad to say that my Easter break is coming to an end. The boys go back to school next Tues and I go back to work too. It has been great having them around although it did impact on my scrapping time but on the plus side, I've got loads of photos to scrap! 

Today, I've got a canvas to showcase. I did it for my hub's birthday gift, using Unity's Mar/Apr scrapbooking kit.

Patterned paper by Webster's Pages. I cut it out and applied on the canvas but not before misting over a damask stencil.

For the side, I use {ippity} Regal Greeting set.

I also made quick 'themeless' tag using March's store kit and Donna Downey Inspired stamp.

Sometimes I just luv playing with the stamp images and making tags with them is a great way to use them. Sadly, I never end up keeping any tags as they are usually given away.

Well, I'm off to enjoy the last few days of my Easter break. Before I leave, I offer my full-hearted sympathy to those who are unable to fly today due to flight restrictions (i.e no flights till 1pm tomorrow). The ban is the result of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano. I know of a friend who's due to fly out today for the US and another who is due to come back from the US. Let's hope they do make their flights eventually! 

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

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Gosh, it's Friday again but this time, it's Good Friday and I'm on a 2 weeks break from work. My boys are with me as well and it feels so good not to be rushing about with school activities! 

Been playing with my scrapbooking stamp kits and this sketch: 

and came up with this: 

Made use of an old Scarlet Lime kit and played with a few scrapbooking stamp images here. 

Incidentally, the LO is on display at Creative Scrappers as part of their Birthday Bash. I was fortunate to be selected to contribute to their celebration! Thanks for dropping by and have a great Easter weekend! TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

It's Friday again! I luv Fridays, just because it's the start of the weekend! It's gonna be a busy weekend for me.... craft classes, concert etc. Another two more weeks of work before it's the Easter break! Looking so forward to it. 

Been playing with Jan/Feb10 scrapbooking kit and came up with this LO:

Patterned papers by Jillibean, one of the collections supplied by Unity in their earlier scrapbooking kit.

My next offering is a Xmas card, using Feb's KOTM set. 

I adore this tree image and tried to make it work with an Xmas card. Have to say, it's quite a versatile stamp. Patterned paper from Jillibean. 

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

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

Friday sure came early this week! I don't know about you but I'm finding the days are passing by very quickly! Weather has been pretty great this week... we had sunshine! Yay! Now hoping it gets warmer as it's still quite cold. 

Well, this week, I've been playing with a few old stamps. Sometimes when you get new ones, the older ones seem to be forgotten so I took pity on them and pull out some older sets to play with. Here's my LO:

Patterned paper by GCD Studios. When first saw this paper, I though it was really pretty as it's very glittery. I found the perfect photo to go with it, a group of scrapping friends I met when I was in Singapore last year (looking forward to meeting up with them again later this year). The 'le chic' journaling block is from Sept09 scrapbooking kit. Then I played with a quote stamp which I thought was appropriate for the photo. 

For my next project, here's a card that I created a while back for 365 Cards.

I used the quote from Feb's KOTM set.

Thanx for dropping by and have a great weekend. It's Mothering Sunday this weekend too (yeah, UK celebrates Mother's Day in March but I have to wait till May to send my mom a card as over there Mother's Day is in May! Confusing eh!) Another busy weekend. TTFN!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

It's Friday and the end of the first week of March. This is gonna be a very busy month for me ... loads of concerts coming up for the boys as well as preparing for a car boot sale in my son's school. Gearing myself for the onslaught of 'busy-ness'. Hence, any escape to my craft room is a welcome relief and I did manage to pull myself away and create some stuff last weekend. 

First up is a LO created using a Scarlet Lime kit (July 09). I luv scrapbooking kits as it saves me the hassle of buying stash online as I don't have a LSS near me at all. I don't have the time to trawl through the latest arrival of items and I rely on kits to provide them! Here's my LO:

Patterned papers by GCD Studios Ava collection. I used a mixture of Unity's scrapbooking sets. The butterflies were cut out from the patterned paper and were thoroughly glitzed and blinged! As the base of the patterned paper was quite busy, I kept the overall design simple and decorated the background with stamps instead. (Picture of my boy, taken in Singapore last summer, who was determined to get thru' the monkey bar, no matter how long it took him).

My next offering is a card with I did for 365 Cards.

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Sugar Rush. Stamped images from January's store kit, coloured using Promarkers. 

I'm so glad it's Friday, hoping to be able to grab some chill-out time for myself tonite. Haven't had the chance to craft this week and I'm itching to create something! Thanx for dropping by and have a great weekend. 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!

~ 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!

~ Unity's Friends With Flair ~

I luv Fridays, I always do, it heralds the start of the weekend that I'm so looking forward to! Anyway, it also heralds Unity's blog hop and I enjoy looking at all the inspiration using Unity stamps.

My offering today consist solely of Christmas cards! I made a resolution early this year to ensure I gave out homemade Xmas cards at the end of this year without resort to commercial ones and in order to reach the amount of cards needed, I would have to create at least 8 Xmas cards a month. And I reached January's quota so feeling quite chuffed about it! I even found a couple of  blogs dedicating to Xmas cards here and here so that will help me further.

Here are my cards: 

  

I made use of 'Ho Ho Ho' set. Inside sentiment is from 'Joy & Wonder' set.

  

Stamped image is 'Christmas List' and inside sentiment came from

  

'Bauble' image and inside sentiment are from 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes' while 'joy' image is from November store kit.

  

Stamped image on the cover is from 'Christmas Bough' while the inside comes from 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes'.

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