How do you scrap? In order? With the current season? Me? I scrap whatever moves me! Whenever it moves me! that is why my friends you are getting a Halloween layout today after a Christmas one last week! It's whatever moves me! This layout is a picture of Ava and I this past year on Halloween (her first) not I am not caught up to that point! Heck no! I was moved to scrap this by Unity's Challenge and the Fancy Pants October 31 paper I ran across while cleaning last weekend! LOVE the purple!

I used the scrapbook sketch

and turned it up a bit! Super cute sketch perfect for stamping! I started with Fancy Pants Oct 31 kit which I have had for awhile and not used! I spritzed Black Magic Glimmer Mist on the page and then stamped the spiders. Layered the pp which I inked the edges of and then stamped the Trick or Treat. I added little glitter die cuts from the kit and then added stickers buttons and embellishments to finish it off. I used the kit Unlucky 13 to stamp on the layout and the Distressed spider Dance journal spot - both from Unity!

Looking at this picture Ava looks so like MY daughter! lol Finally a kid that looks like me! OR is that bad?!?!?  I think it's so funny how we both have our mouths open and have the same lines around them! Even though I look like a dork I am sooooo glad Andrew took this picture!

Oh and don't forget! The Origami Owl giveaway is still going on!
HERE

 I have a layout to share with you using the beautiful Echo Park This and That Graceful Collection.  I used the Creative Scrappers Sketch 202. This collection is pretty on the screen but let me tell you it is simply stunning in person! I absolutely love the pink and teal combo! It is a GREAT collection! The only things I added were chocolate Kasier Craft pearls (um about 16 of them!) and the mar. stamp by Unity for Simple Stories. I cut the strips and matted them on brown paper that is part of the collection, it is the other side of the pale pink that I used for the background. The daughter sticker I actually trimmed down and inked as well as the other stickers and vertical doilies strip. The ten circle I cut out of one of the pieces of paper and inked and added some pearls.

Here is a close up of part of the layout.

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Sharing a layout with you today using Simple Stories Baby Steps and the coordinating Unity stamp set. I just love these newborn photos they have started offering right in the hospital room! The photo is Ava at 1 day old! Isn't she precious? Isn't that bow huge?!?!?! I used the March 30 Boys Rule Scrapbook Kit sketch. I matted the photo and patterned paper on PTI dark chocolate cs and inked the pp as well.I used the coordinating stickers for the title, journaling and embellishments.

Here is a close up of the circle element using the Unity Stamp Set Absolutely Priceless. This set also includes an adorable hot air balloon. I stamped the tags in dark chocolate on pink cs and cut them apart.

Here is a close up of the title and "journaling". The title BABY is up on foam dots. This collection could definitely work for a girl or a boy! It is adorable! Thanks for looking!

 I got to do some scrapping! YAY! I had several new unity stamps and they were begging to be inked up! I knew exactly which stamps I wanted to use with these pictures! This layout is kinda wild and crazy for me but I really like it! I used NO, zero, not one piece of patterned paper on this which is also unusual for me. It doesn't need it! I did use a stamp to create a patterned background and there are some patterns though so it's definitely not plain! 

I used this page maps sketch.

I only changed it a little I made the outside border much bigger!

I stamped the animal print (from Unity KOM) on the pale pink cardstock. I printed out the photos and matted them on hot pink to make them stand out from the black cs. The tags are all stamped and cut out they are from the Ippity set   . The animal print butterfly (how perfect!?!?) is also from Unity KOM. I used fiskars border punch and black waffle paper. I journaled on the punched strip. For the cluster with the butterfly I used a Prima flower random black flower and pink button. The corrugated letters are from Jillibean Soup and I inked them a bit. Behind the cluster I also stamped the animal print background and a bracket (from Ippity set). Added some bling, curled ends of tags up added journaling below pictures with white gel pen.

 And here is a close up of the embellishment cluster with the animal print butterfly! How fun is that?!?!?

 I was home with a sick kiddo today :( but it gave me a little bit of time to make a card while he slept.

It is for SCS's Hope You Can Cling to Challenges and uses one of my favorite techniques, Paper Piecing making it eligible for the Wee Memories Challenge.

This is just the balloons.

Here is the whole card.

 

I made my own sentiment with Papertrey Ink's Simple Alphabet that I thought went with the balloons.

So I was playing with my new Unity stamp To the Core that coordinates with Jillibean Soup Apple Cheddar Soup Collection from Pink Whimsy - available NOW! I wanted to make something so I thought I would try the All Things Unity for some Inspiration which sent me to etsy where I found this:

A cute little apple cozy from Natalya's Studio! But more so I liked the colors and was inspired to make something using the colors and apples! :) This is what I came up with:

 I kept it simple hoping to use it as a Make and Take at an upcoming show. I used Fine Linen CS, Apple Cheddar Soup pps, and stamped the sentiment and apple in Dark Chocolate ink. I also used some Dark Chocolate Bakers Twine. Super easy and will hopefully inspire people to want to stamp/scrap! I am trying to convince Christie, my friend and owner of Pink Whimsy to carry stamps, specifically Unity stamps that coordinate with paper lines! I have to convince her I can sell them! I don't think that's too hard but maybe it will be! So do you buy Unity stamps? For stamping for for scrapbooking?

Remember to order you can contact me, or order directly through my site and have it shipped straight to you!

My site : Tessa's Pink Whimsy

Just a Quickie Card I whipped up with some old papers from my stash, and some NEW Unity stamps!!!! I colored the strawberries in with my copics.  I decided to cut the sentiment apart from the image to make it easier to stamp it in a different color. I used some dew drops and a bit of Ocean Tides ribbon.

 Good morning! I am back at school today - gee I hope I can handle this one day week!

Have you seen Unity KOM yet!??!?! I just signed up last month and I love that ticket in this months kit!!! And those teacups! Oh my! My layout today features one of my fave unity stamps for scrapbooking! This super cute polka dot month journaling spot!

I love it! So fun! And you can get it HERE. It is huge and you could use it so many different ways! masking, cutting off the outer part - I just love it! So here it is with the full layout!

 Cute?

Man I was HUGE! This was less than a month before Mr. Blake showed up!

 So I caved! I finally gave in to the EXTREME peer pressure from my wonderful friends and gave into the Copic Craze! I don't have very many yet - only about 30 and for now I am buying Ciao cause they are way cheaper! I get them at Creative Play STamps! I love coloring with them and even my hubby (the true artist in the house) says I am getting pretty good with them! But this will be my first time posting a project with them! So be kind! I decided to start small and what better than All Things Unity Mini Card Challenge?!?!?! 

They had a challenge to create mini 3x3 cards.

And what better Unity Set than Little Me?!?!

I made two little baby cards using the pea and peanut from this set.

First up close ups of the coloring

How did I do? I think the peanut needs more blending!

Now for each of the cards with their markers.

 CS is Lemon Tart by PTI - Copics are E29 and E55

 CS is Pear Pizzazz by SU, Copics are YG97 and YG95

And here are both cards together.

They just make me smile!

I am hoping this will help me get selected for a Design Team!

hmmmmm maybe it will NOT depending on how good I am! I submitted to another mag and applied to a DT today so here's hopin!

Oh and I will draw and post the winner from yesterday's FWF when I get up - I scheduled this post ;)

 So since we had a snow day yesterday I had plenty of time to Hip Hop and drool over all the new Unity Goodness! Seriously loving all these new stamps!!!! Especially the cobranding with two of my fave companies! Cosmo Cricket and Jillibean Soup! Because I did have so much time I decided to create a layout! YAY! I used all kinds of Unity Stamps on it!!!! Which is perfect for the Two Peas Stamping on your layouts class/challenge that they are doing this year! The challenge was to stamp the Title in particular but I did one better I stamped, title, date, and embellishments!
Here is a list of the stamps/kits I used! They are all linked directly to the stamp
Just Circles
Just My Type
Let's Get Scrappy
Our Life Our Stories
Time for Travel

First off I want to show you the Date Spot I made
And here is the handstamped title - I am trying to get better with not having things perfectly lined up!

And here are some of the little circle embellishments I stamped and punched out!

And oh alright here's the whole layout!
This layout has lots of layers, lots of ink, lots or stamps and was LOTS of fun to do!
You will notice LOTS of circles which qualifies it for Natalie's I Dare You Circle Challenge, The Coordinate Collections Circle Challenge, and I used the Get Your Sketch On Sketch #3 for this week! Also qualifies for Pile it On Anything Goes.
WOW! Thanks for looking!

It is a long skinny card - usually I just do standard and square so that was a challenge and then I didn't have rhinestones to match, which I was able to remedy by coloring some clear ones with my Adirondack alcohol markers!!!! I don't have that much Verve so I used Donna Downy for Unity for the stamps. The butterfly I cut and layered using my cricut. If you look closely you can see I glittered the butterfly up with rock candy stickles. Thanks for looking!

 First off I want to say Happy Birthday to my "little" brother!!!! He is 27 this year!!!! Anyone single out there in NW Missouri? I am looking for a papercrafting sister-in-law!

And now on to the card I have for you today!

 I made this card for the CASE study challenge blog found HERE. Each month they have a MUSE and each week they post a card that you are to use to inspire you. I love the card this week! I started with a pretty direct CASE and it took on a bit of it's own personality -which is the point right?!?!?!

I just LOVE this stamp from Unity! I added some stardust sakura gel pen do it for a bit of shine! As well as to the Basic Grey Kioshi papers. Here is a close up of the focal image.

Thanks for looking!
I was nicely informed that this also works for the Play Date Cafe Color Challenge - I think I found a new challenge to participate in!!!!

This is the card I created for yesterday's Hip Hop Sketch challenge on SCS in the Unity forum. I think you still have time to play so feel free to join in! I couldn't decide which of my new Donna Downey sets so I used a stamp from BOTH Insightful Meadow and Create Today. I just can not get over how HUGE these stamps are! I stamped the branch image on the Creamy Caramel panel in Close to Cocoa and off stamped it and also in Creamy Caramel to give it depth - I know it kinda looks blurry in the picture it's not! I inked all the edges. I die cut very vanilla with Spellbinders labels two and inked the edges and stamped the sentiment layered it with ribbon and a close to cocoa matte. TFL!

Today I am thankful for my dad! He is so patient and kind! He is the hardest working person I know! He's headed out deer hunting this weekend so I pray for his safety! (and my brothers too).

Well if anything could get me blogging it's this!
Today is the World Record Unity Blog Hop!!!!
If you are just visiting me and want to start the hop from the beginning please go HERE to the Unity Stamp Co. Blog!

Either way thanks so much for stopping by!
Unfortunately my mojo is still missing so this isn't a new project but it's one I LOVE that I used a BUNCH of Unity on!

The papers are MME as well as most of the embellishments. I used 5 different Unity stamps! Such a great layout of my boys!!!
If you are familiar with Unity then you know there are some amazing HUGE quote stamps! Angela is always sharing GREAT quotes!

I had a REALLY hard time picking ONE quote for today! I decided to go with the topic of change since I am facing HUGE changes in my career at the moment!

This is the one I decided to go with today:


Thanks again for visiting me now you are off to Lisa's blog!

So we are having a bit of a freak snow storm here!
I don't even know how much there is out there!
I am supposed to go get my hair cut at 11 so I hope it lets up soon!
I am SO over the snow by the way!
I am ready for SUMMER!
So I have a fun summery layout for you today!

It's of Kaden and his new Big Wheels he got for his birthday last year!
I used Cosmo Cricket's new line Little Man!
I just love it! Pretty simple layout.
Stamped the tire tracks in choc chip thought it added just the right touch
then added some buttons with twine and there you have it!

I have been working on lots of layouts I just haven't posted them!
So this week I am going to give you lots of layout eye candy!!!
Starting today!
With Valentine's Day just this weekend, I thought I could get away with posting one more lovey project. This is a layout of me and my hubby for my AAM book.
Pretty simple layout.
I used a Unity journaling spot stamp and sewed on the lace and ribbon.
The flowers are layered with a CS heart that I punched using a MS punch.

My hubby's a cop in case you didn't know ~ so for Valentine's Day
I got this quirky littlesentiment in my head
and wanted to make a card using it!
I ordered these police images from High Hopes AGES ago! I don't know if they even still sell them! Oh I checked they do!
HERE is a link to this image he's called Patrolman Pete.
I colored him with my SU markers and Copic Skin White.
Isn't he adorable? I used last week's Taylored Expressions Cupcake Sketch for this card! I curled the strip the sentiment is on to give it some dimension. He will just love this! TFL! Will be back later with the card he made me!

since I was able to do both Hip Hop Challenges yesterday you are gettin a double dose of Unity in my HHH post!!!The first challenge I did was to use Gel Pens on your card.
Well I own 2 gel pens a Sakura Gelly Roll Pen and a White Gel pen!
So the Sakura it is - I immediately thought of cupcakes cause I always use it on the cupcake liners!!!! I used Unity's Cupcakes a'la Yummy and the Limelight Challenge sketch for the week. The papers are from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie. I stickled the tops as part of the Limelight challenge to use pink bling! They are Worn Lipstick Distress stickles!


The second and far more difficult challenge for me anyway was to TILT your main image! YIPES! I like things nice and straigh - so tilting sends me into a tizzy! Somehow I
managed to survive! I was also able to create this for Dutch Dare's Card Challenge which
is being sponsored by Limelight! It was to create a Valentine
using NO pink or red. Yes there is a tiny bit of pink but hopefully
it will be overlooked/forgiven!
I used the birds from Giggle Grove and did some reverse stamping to make them
face each other. Colored them in, drew a little heart and handwrote Love Birds.
The paper on this is also Basic Grey's Urban Prairie - lovin this stuff!
Thanks for looking!

I got this single butterfly from Limelight it is made by Unity but sold in a set usually. I am not a HUGE butterfly fan I don't have THAT big a need for girly things!!! However as just one butterfly I thought it should come to live with me!!!

When I saw the Basic Grey Ambrosia paper (also from Limelight) I knew I needed to make a card pairing my butterfly and this paper! It's so pretty! I am NOT an orange fan but I love this paper! I even used Tangerine Tango - just for you Sarah (my friend who LOVES orange).

So I thought I would check out yesterdays sketch challenge on splitcoast! I love a good sketch! Card or scrapbook!
I thought I could make it work and it did!
Fairly simple card just Ambrosia papers layered with Basic Black. The butterfly is stamped in black and I added Black Diamond stickles and mini black rhinestones. The side needed something so I added the corduroy brads I got at Hobby Lobby! Luv 'em! Will be getting more real soon! Thanks for looking! Check back tomorrow for HHH!
Join us today for Hip Hop on Splitcoast - in the Unity Forum!