Ippity and CropChocolate.com challenges

I'm posting 2 cards this evening.  The first one is for the current Ippity Chick Challenge, and I'm submitting it just under the wire -- only hours to spare.  The second card is for the challenge that just started today on CropChocolate.com.  We are to use both masculine and feminine embellishments, along with a 3D item.

Here's the sketch I used on the Ippity Chick Challenge:

And, here's what I did with the sketch:

Don't you just love those fat bumblebees?  They make me smile!

And here's my masculine/feminine card for the cropchocolate challenge:

I made two of these.  They both say "Happy Father's Day" inside, and will go to both of our Dads.  I'm considering the rhinestones to be the feminine touch to this card, and the 3D element.

So much to share during Friends With Flair

I've had such a creative week!  I've been cranking out design team projects, birthday card swap projects, I made a layout last evening, and I'm working on an altered book for a co-worker who is leaving after 9 years of working together.  I have until Monday to get her book done, so I hope the creative juices keep flowing.  I have several projects to share with my faithful Friday readers.  I hope you enjoy them.  I sure had fun creating them!

This butterfly card was sent to a very special young lady who is graduating from high school this year.  She was our neighbor for many years, until her family moved about 2 hours away.  I've enjoyed watching her grow into a beautiful young woman.  The sentiment is a Unity Itty Bitty called, "Dream Big."

Several weeks ago, I wrote about being excited about getting my new Harley, and was asked, "where are the pictures?".  So, last evening, I whipped up this layout.  The top picture was taken by my husband just before the bike and I left the shop.  The second picture was taken on our first stop, after about 30 miles of riding my new baby.  I haven't had a chance to ride in a couple weeks now, so come Saturday morning, "fire up the engine, honey, we're going for a ride."  The quote is from a Unity stamp set, "Travel Notes".  I entered this layout in a contest at CropChocolate.com.  We were to do some spraying, misting, or inking.  I used some Studio Calico Mister Hueys.

And, this card is a repeat from a post earlier this week.  It uses the April Unity kit of the month.  Inside, I stamped a "happy birthday" sentiment.  Hope to be at the party again next week!

One card, three uses

I'm using this card, along with several others, for a 'guy' birthday card exchange I'm participating in.  I'm trying not to bling it up too much!  I'm also entering it in two Ippity challenges -- a chick challenge, and the Ippity challenge.  The rules for the Ippity challenge are to stamp on designer paper.  The chick challenge uses this sketch:

And, here's my take on the sketch:

I stamped the sentiment, "Happy Birthday" on the inside of the card.

Here's a slight variation of the card, using the same stamps inside and out:

The stamps are from Unity's April Kit of the Month.  Paper is Authentique. I used Memento ink.  Buttons are from my stash.  I used the same Memento ink and a waterbrush on his tail.

I love Friday! It's Friends With Flair day!

My card this week was sent to a good friend.  His mother died and I made it in sympathy of his loss.  There are 2 Unity stamp sets used (clouds and sentiment).  The rainbow and sun are a Close To My Heart stamp set.  The paper is October Afternoon.  Let me know your thoughts on it.  I love your comments!

I hope everyone enjoys their Memorial Day weekend!  And check out the sales on the Unity website!

Stripes and bikes

I made this card for the Unity Challenge this month (stripes) and for the newest Ippity Chick Challenge.  It uses this sketch:

I followed the sketch very closely, and made this card:

I'm sending it to a friend who loves to bike.



How Do You Build A Love House?

It's Friday!  And time for another Friends with Flair blog hop.  Enjoy all the great creativity and join in the fun.  It has been a particularly exciting week for me.  I got my new Harley late Saturday afternoon.  I've been looking for the "perfect" bike for several years now, and Harley just came out with this bike, the Slim, this spring.  I ordered it mid-March, and it arrived at the local dealership in time for me to ride last weekend.  Shaun and I took a short ride together (each on our own bikes) on Saturday, then rode for several hours on Sunday afternoon.  Woohoo!  It's so fun.  That was the first exciting thing that happened.  Then, Wednesday morning, I woke to an email informing me I made it on my first design team!  And for a great company!  CropChocolate.com sells scrapbook supplies at great prices, has a super community of talented scrappers, a great message board, and contests.  Check it out if you are not familiar with the company.

Now, on to my card.  I accompany the children's choir at church.  The director, and good friend, taught the children a Ken Medema song this spring called, "Love House".  Some of the words are, "How do you build a love house?  How do you make it strong?  It takes working and sharing and playing and praying to make a love house last."   At our final concert of the school year, I made this card for the director with the message inside:  "I made you a love house.  It takes paper, and ink, and adhesive and friendship to make this love house last."  Needless to say, Dolly loved the card.  I hope you like it, too.

Blue and Brown plus Ippity Chick Challenges

This is a celebratory card for me.  I recently tried out for my first design team, and found out this morning that I made it!  I'm now a proud, but nervous, design team member of CropChocolate.com.  They are a great site -- super prices, contests, a great community, and tons of good ideas.  They sell many deals throughout the day. 

This Unity stamp seemed perfect for today.  I rushed home from work, inked it up, and came up with this creation.  The challenge on CC this week is to use mostly blue and brown, so I tried to do that.  The Ippity Chick Challenge sketch looks like this:

And this is what I created:

I hope you enjoy it.  The sentiment certainly holds true for me today.  Dreams that I dared to dream came true in an email this morning.!