FWF:Do What Makes You Happy.

Hello and happy Friday!  Today I have a little vintage beauty that uses different Unity stamps.  The sentiment is from the ippity itty bitty called Do What Makes You Happy.  Vintage paper crafts have definitely been making me very happy, so it was perfect to add to my card!  I also used several stamps from the Iron Orchid set My Dear (I think this kit is retired).  I stamped the script in antique Linen distress ink onto the ledger DP.  I also stamped the single postage stamp.  You can see it peeking out from behind the bow, and also I cut a circle out of a one of the stamps, and added it to the vintage lady image.  The scrolly stamp in the right corner is also from this set.
The vintage lady image is from a free vintage clip art site here.  I loved the smoky blues, but didn't realize that it was an advertisement for cigarettes!  So....I covered up the word "cigarette" with the circle and gem.
I die cut the flower with Spellbinders dies (Tattered Florals) for Heartfelt Creations with text from an old book. I inked all of the edges with distress ink, and added some chunky glitter to all of the petals.  I just free hand cut the leaves.
The designer paper is from Authentique.  The white twine is from my sweet friend and ippity chick, Noelle.

This is for Crafty Ribbons Challenge 28-vintage theme!

So that's about it! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I may be in a minority group of ladies, but I am so super excited that football season is here! HOORAY! When I am not watching the games, I will be hanging with my guys outside. It is supposed to be GORGEOUS this weekend.

Have a good one!

Emily

FWF: So Thankful...

Hello!  Today I have a card and tag that I made as a teacher "thank you".  My boys have LOTS of teachers these days, so it is always nice to have a little something on hand when someone does something special for them.  I used stamps from the Apple Cheddar Soup set.  I used some old Scribble Scrabble DP.  The tag will go on whatever it is I decide to give to them! LOL!

I am thinking it would be perfect on a bag of caramel-apple cookies.  I love that fall is almost here.  It is by far, my favorite season.  I love the warm colors, the smells, and definitely love all of the foods. Halloween and Thanksgiving are bonuses that make it that much better! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF: Happy Blessings

Hello! Happy Friday.  Today I have a card using some old ippity sets that have been neglected in my collection.  On this card, I used Regal Greetings and Life Is The Journey sets.  I was going for a shabby chic look.  I think this card will be perfect for a couple who just found out they are expecting!
I used papers from My Mind's Eye Stella Rose/Hattie collection.  I also added some chunky glitter to the frame behind the stamped bird and the text leaves (using SU punch).  I made the rolled roses myself.  I tied some butchers twine to the top of the pleated paper and frayed the ends.  I also frayed it a bit on the twine going through the tag towards the bottom.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I have been quite the slacker lately because I have been glued to the tube. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Olympics.  I love hearing the different stories the athletes tell from different countries.  I love seeing the families of the athletes in the stands, so proud, scared and nervous.  I cry a lot during the Olympics.  Sigh...My family knows that for two weeks-they are on their own! LOL!  My oldest came to me on Wednesday and said, "Will you PLEASE go to the grocery, mom"?  When the twins are older, we would love to take the boys on a big vacation during the Olympics.  I see Rio in our future....

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily 

FWF-Santa Has The Right Idea...

Hi there and happy Friday!  I used this week's sketch challenge over on SCS for my card today.  I pulled out my fab Authentique Wonder DP and my matching Unity stamps(itty bitty Wonder of It) to make this one.  I inked all of the edges of the paper with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain distress ink.  I used the Fancy Label die from Sizzix for the panel centered in the holy circle and then stamped the images on top.  I tied some May Arts green burlap twine and added a vintage button from my stash.

I LOVE the quote on the postage stamp from this Authentique collection-"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year."  This makes me giggle every time I read it!  I am sure we all know someone who visiting once a year is MORE than enough! LOL!

I hope you all have a great weekend.  It has been horribly hot, and humid here.  We have been waiting until after 7pm to let the twins go out and play, and it is still nasty!  Will had football camp this week, and they let out early every day because of the heat.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-Shine!

Hi, there! Happy Friday.  I am excited to be participating in a Unity Friends With Flair.  It has been too long!  I inked up the ippity set Shine, Shine, Shine.  I bought it months ago and it has sat unloved in my craft studio.  I inked the lamp in black and red ink.  I then went back and added some highlights with grey copic markers.  I also added some rhinestones to the lamp.  I used this week's sketch over on SCS (367). LOVE this sketch.  Super CAS, just how I like them!  The paper used is from echo park's "For The Record" collection.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Emily

FWF-JOY...

Hello! Happy Friday, everyone. Today I have a card for Friends With Flair using the ippity set, Gingham Christmas Greetings.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this set.  I added a green, felt snowflake and some red, burlap twine to finish off the card.
I buy my ippity from the fabulous Noelle.  She has the best deals, free shipping and free twine with every order. You gotta love that!
I am hoping to get some crafty time in this afternoon.  I have had a couple of sick boys home with stomach viruses, so not a lot of stamping in my house this past week!  I am off to disinfect bathrooms, kitchen and tidy the house. Fun stuff...

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily

FWF-All Things Are Possible...

Happy Friday!  I am soooooo ready for the weekend.  It has been one heck of a week!  Today's card uses the sentiment from the ippity set, All Things Are Possible.  I bought mine from Noelle.  She ships super fast, for FREE and gives you twine with every order.  Can't beat that deal.
I layered some scrunched up, texty, scallop circles after inking them with pink ink.  I added some glossy accents to the center and sprinkled on some pink glitter.  The leaves are also cut from text and sponged with green inks.  The strip of DP is from Memory Box Pixie collection.  I added some bling around the verse.  I created the flourish with glossy accents and sprinkled that with pink glitter, too. 
I have been having fun with my glitter.  I have oodles but never really use it because of the mess, but I decided what the heck...mess or no mess, I want to do something fun and different!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-A Christmas goodie bag and tag....

Hi there! Happy Friday.  Last night, it was a cold, rainy, blustery kind of fall night, so I busted out some of my ippity stamps and came up with the goodie bag and matching tag above.  I love to have lots of little things like this ready to go for the holidays.  It is perfect for adding a small gift or some homemade cookies and candies.

I know I have shown my little goodie bags before, but for those who may be new, I just used an oval punch to punch a handle into the paper sack.  Easy peasy!!!  I stamped the large and small snowflake from Gingham Christmas Greetings in Fired Brick distress ink onto the front and back of the paper sack.  I used the same snowflakes and the emboss resist technique on my tag.  After the clear embossing cooled, I sponged some Antique Linen distress ink over the entire tag.  The edges are inked with Walnut Stain ink for contrast.  I used two of the little pennants from The Best set, and on the smaller pennant added some clear Tiny Type Cosmo letters.  The felt star and the vintage button are from my stash and I used some glossy accents to draw my flourish and added some copper micro glitter from PK Glitz.  I hung my tag with some seam binding and a burlap string bow.

If you are loving the ippity I used on this project, you can buy some from my friend Noelle. She has great prices, free shipping and free twine with every order!!!!!

edit:  I buy these mini lunch bags at Hobby Lobby.  They come 10 to a pack and are found in the aisle with all of the envelopes, tags, ATC's and what nots. HTH!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

FWF-Birthday Quilt

Hello! Happy Friday. I decided to create a little paper quilt with some of my Stella & Rose scraps from My Mind's Eye. After laying them all out and adhering them to my cardstock base, I paper pierced around every single square. I then used an archival pen to make a faux zig-zag stitch around the squares. I used several distress inks to ink up the edges of all of the papers. I used a nestie to die cut the frame and the sentiment is from Unity. I made a rolled paper rose and punched some leaves from other scraps of paper in this collection. I pleated some eyelet lace on the bottom and tied some pink, burlap string around it and made a loopy bow. An antique stick pin seemed to be the perfect embellishment to finish it off.

The clothes pins at the top actually hold on some thick butcher's twine to hang this from something. I plan on hanging it in my formal dining room on my antique pot cubbard.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

FWF-Super Sweet!

Happy Friday!  Today is a great day not only because it is Friday, but also, it is my hubby's birthday.  So glad he was born!!!
My card today uses stamps from an older store kit, called Super Sweet.  These two stamps had not seen ink yet (gasp)!  I paper pieced the lollipop with DP from echo park's Summer Days collection.  I stamped the sentiment in licorice ink by Stephanie Barnard (my new fav black ink) and added some rhinestones underneath to tie it all together.  Simple and sweet!  I don't know why I haven't used that sentiment before because I say "that's super sweet" A LOT! LOL!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Emily

FWF-Forever Thankful For You

Hello! TGIF....what a busy week!  Football practice, back to school shopping and enjoying the last couple weeks of summer break with my boys has worn me out.  I can't believe how much money I spent on school supplies for a kindergartner and a fifth grader! $102.00 to be exact.  That was JUST school supplies, too.  That is on top of the school fees and the buying of new backpacks!  Okay...enough griping and onto the card!

Today's card uses the ippity sets Thankful For You and Thoughts From The Past.  Both of these fab sets can be bought for  $12.00!  You can buy them from the sweet Noelle right HERE. You also get free shipping and free baker's twine with every order! Can't beat that deal!

This card was so easy to make.  I stamped my postcard image with antique linen distress ink and also inked the edges with the same ink.  I stamped my sentiment with Walnut Stain distress ink and lastly stamped the dragonflies in Baja Breeze (SU).  Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-Just Bee Cause!

Hello! I haven't participated in a Friends With Flair over at Unity in a while, so I decided to share this card I made for Tuesday's color challenge over on SCS.  I used papers and stamps from Garden Variety.  It is fun to pull out older stamps and papers and  use them.  Reminds you why you fell in love with it in the first place!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Emily

FWF: Embrace Your Funky Self Journal

Stamps: Unity by Melody Ross-One Of A Kind set

Paper:  Crate Paper Restoration DP

Accessories:  vintage lace and buttons, rhinestones from my stash, crate paper chipboard element, safety   pin

Hello!  I couldn't remember if I had shared this journal on my blog yet. If I have, so sorry! I tried to go back and find it, and after 5 minutes just decided to post it (I am not a patient gal)!  For today's Free 4 All challenge on SCS, we were to make anything but a card.  I made this several months ago, but thought it was worth sharing.

Having three kids makes for busy days that sometimes seem chaotic at best.  I am REALLY far behind on my scrapbooking, so I decided to keep a little notebook or journal in my purse, so that when my kids say something that I want to remember, I will have it recorded on paper.  It always makes me so mad when I try to think back on a moment, and know that one of the boys said something profound or just darn cute, but I can't remember it EXACTLY.  This has helped me out a great deal.  I will admit that sometimes I am even too busy to drag it out of my purse and write, but I am certainly catching more than I ever used to.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

FWF: Ladybug, ladybug fly away home....

Hello!  I am so excited to participate in a Unity FWF Friday!  I haven't been able to in a long time!  I decided to pull out some old school Unity.  The sentiment is from the May 2009 KOTM and the ladybug stamp is from the June 2009 KOTM.  I colored my ladybug image with Copic markers.  I added some red baker's twine and stamped the sentiment in the lower corner. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Emily

FWF-Happy Bird-Day!

Hello! Happy Friday!  Today I have a card using stamps from some old store kits.  The bird houses and sentiment are from the kit, Naturally You and the bird is from the kit Life is Fabulous.  I used patterned paper from Lilly Bee Designs called This & That.

I also made this card for this month's Unity challenge, which is to incorporate a  bird or birds onto your project.  It was hard to choose which bird stamps to use, but I decided that these little bird houses were quite neglected! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-Now and Always...

Hello! Today I have a card using the ippity set, Now and Always.  I used the leafy vine and sentiment from this set.  I used nesties to make my scallop flower and added a vintage button in the middle.  I sprayed some of my flower layers with smooch.  I definitely need to pull out my smooch spritz more often.  One of the many things I forget to use! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Emily

FWF-{Heart} Us....

Hello! Today I have a card using stamps from various Unity KOTM's.  I stamped the journal frame twice. Just connected them to make the background frame. I then took pink Copic markers to color around the border. I stamped the {heart} us onto kraft and cut out around the image.  I made a paper flower from a page from an old vintage book and added a button and some twine. I distressed the edges of all the paper and sponged distress ink in Old Paper and Walnut stain.

Even with the pink, it will make a great "just because" card for hubby!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF: Just As You Are....

Happy Friday!  Excited to play along with FWF, since I haven't in awhile.  I used stamps from Melody Ross's One Of A Kind set. LOVE this set!  I colored the bird and the girl's hair and skin with Copic markers and then pieced her dress.  Added some hand dyed seam binding and a crocheted flower and button to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF-Hello Girlfriend!

Hello girlfriends!  I made this card for yesterday's What To Use challenge over on SCS.  The challenge was to use gray as your card base.  I love the way this turned out!  I am going to give to a friend who just had a birthday. Her bathroom is pink, black and gray and very chic! She will appreciate this card with the shoes and the colors.
The shoe stamps are from the Unity January 2011 KOTM and the sentiment from the October 2010 KOTM.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

FWF and OLW41-It's Christmas?

Hello! Today I have a one layer card for you.  This is for Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a one layer Christmas card using only green and red.  I used stamps from Unity's November 2010 KOTM.  I scored a frame around the design with my scor-pal and added a bit of baker's twine to the bottom.  It seemed a bit weird to make a Christmas card with the nicer weather we have been having, but I can add this to my stash for next Christmas!  I used Ridinghood Red and Old Olive to stamp my frame and sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily