Pear-fect Unity!

My favorite kind of card creating is that which is done with a specific person in mind. I love being able to create a card with the perfect image, sentiment, color combo, etc. It makes the card that much more meaningful and special!! This is one of those cards, for Millie . . .



I was so excited to come home from work last Thursday to find a huge bag filled with the most wonderful and delicious pears inside! Our neighbor, Millie, has two pear trees in her front yard. Everyday on my way to work I admire how filled every limb on the tree is, how big and perfect each pear seems to be! I saw Millie outside one day and asked her if they were as good as they looked and she said "oh yes!" I asked her if I could try one and she informed me that they weren't quite ready yet - they still had a couple more weeks of sweetening and plumping left to do! But she assured me that I would get to try one when they were ready :0)

And now here they are! Not just one, but a whole bag of them! I thought about hiding them in a special secret place so I could enjoy them all to myself :0) They ARE delicious!!

So as sweet as those pears are, as sweet as Millie was for sharing such a wonderful treat, I had to creat an equally sweet and wonderful thank you card. I was excited to pull out my Unity pear tree and sentiment. I hate to admit that this is their first inking, but they did a wonderful job!! I colored the image with Copics and then popped up the bird for dimension. I sponged around the edges with Ranger distressed ink in Antique Linen and SU! Bashful Blue. It doesn't show up well in this photo, but I colored in all of the seeds, leaves and birds wing with a Spica glitter pen for lots of sparkle.

I hope Millie enjoys this card as much as I'm enjoying those pears :0)

Like the music?! Make sure to scroll down to the previous post to find out all about it! And play along too :0)

Color My World!

First of all let me just say WHOO HOO THANK YOU! To Cath from Moxie Fab World for selecting one of my cards in the "Around the House Challenge" I was so excited to see my card selected - makes me all giggly and giddy :0) And a second THANK YOU to everyone that left such sweet comments. It's so weird and fun to have such sweet blogging buddies that you truly appreciate and care about but have never even met! You all are just wonderful!

Last night my youngest son was up to his eyeballs in homework - Kindergarten homework! And is probably the norm with Kindergarten homework, it involved lots and lots of coloring. He wasn't too happy about it. Apparently there were soo many more important things he could have been doing! So, I thought it might make things a little better and less traumatic if while he was doing his coloring homework, I would sit beside him and do some coloring myself. . .

I LOVE to color! I find it relaxing, rewarding and just plain ol' fun!! This first card used some Unity rubber that hadn't seen ink yet! Unbelievable, I know! These teapots are actually two different stamps but they look so cute together don't ya think?

This second card uses an image by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper. That girl has a way with chickens, I tell you. Too stinkin' cute! I gave him some polka dots with a white gel pen. The ribbon is some yumy new stuff from Stampin Up! and the pp is from October Afternoon.

Finally, this last little card was a smorgasboard of stamps! The turtle is from Unity, the cupcake was a Michael's dollar bin purchase and the sentiment was from ??? I'm sure it's on the block of wood, but can't think of it right now.

As you can see I was in a Not Quite Navy mood last night. I think it was mostly because the paper was already cut, it was lying right in front of me and it just seemed to go well with the colors I chose to color in the images with.

Well, my son eventually got his homework done (with a little help from mom - I just couldn't resist :0) And I got a chance to get some "fun-work" done too!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a wonderful colorful weekend!

Toodles,

Randee

Shine On

I've had this image colored in for quite awhile now, just sitting there in my box waiting for the chance to be crafted into something cute and sendable :0)

I added some bling and then paper pieced and popped up one of the lampshades. I used a Tombow N89 grey marker to add subtle shadows around the shades. I stamped the sentiment on the card base and colored in the flower with a white gel pen.

It's a busy weekend here. We have our towns summerfest this weekend so it will be filled with building a Cub Scout Pirate Ship float for the parade, carnival rides, good music, food and fun with friends!

Hope your weekend is filled with fun too! Check back tomorrow for the 3rd Sketch Girls challenge :0)

Recipe:
Stamps: Unity-Shine On
Paper: SU!, Making Memories
Ink: Memento black, copics, white gel pen
Accessories: Assorted bling

Unity, Mom and Coffee

Sorry I've been away for the past couple of days. As I say in my profile, life takes precedence. As the warm weather starts in, activities pick up. And as the end of the school year gets closer, the number of school projects pick up too!. These past few days I've spent helping my son with a 6th grade term paper and project. 75% of his grade for both Social Studies/History and English will come from this project. "screw up and you'll be going to summer school" is what the teacher told him.

Anyway, onto the cards. I made these to send to the Ohio coffee shop. They are having a Mother's Day event so we thought it would be a good idea to get some Mom's Day cards to them. Luckily I got my order of new Unity stamps in the night before they were supposed to be sent!! I fell in love with some of their images the moment I saw them. They are pre-cut real red rubber with a cling mount backing - my fav! I love the impression you get from real red rubber :0)

The cards were pretty simple and pulled together very quickly. I think they turned out pretty cute, well, actually - adorable! Hopefully others will like them to and some well deserving Mom's out there will receive one :0) Have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Stamps: Unity - Shine On, Love Ewe

Ink: Black Staz On, SU! and Copic markers

Accessories: Walmat Ribbon, Cuttle Bug embossing folder, Sewing machine, scalloped edge punch