Friends with Flair Linky Party January 9, 2015

Hello Friends, I hope all is well with everyone!  I am participating in the Friends with Flair linky party over on the blog at unitystampco.com.  Before I share my card with you, make sure you head on over to their website this week-end for some amazing deals on brand new sets.  Your need for some fabulous stamps will be satisfied...I assure you. 

Well on to my card.  I'm on the fence with this one.  Don't get me wrong...I like how it turned out, but I feel like it needs something more, but I can not figure out what the something more is.  I thought about adding another stamped sentiment, but it looked like it took away from the card.  So I said to myself, "Leave it be."  This is the first time I used both of these stamp sets from Unity.  The mason jars and trio of hearts are from Jars of Love x 3.  I used Gelatos and did a little water coloring.  The heart with the word 'love' inside is from the March 2014 Kit of the Month called the reason someone smiles.  The pattern paper is My Minds Eye.  Have an amazing week-end! Thanks for looking...Dawn

Sympathy Card and Altered Journal

In my prior post I mentioned that I was making a sympathy card and journal for a 13 y.o. girl I know, who loss her mother on Christmas Day.  I really like how both came out.  Both sentiments are from Unity Stamp Company February 2013 Kit of the Month and the butterfly is from their SMAK July 2012 kit.  I really love this butterfly; it will be used a lot.  My 13 y.o. son helped me pick out the paper for the card.  I used Distress Stickles on the butterfly.  I really wanted to use TH crackle paint, but the one jar I could find in my stash had dried out...but I think the Stickles look nice.  I am going to stamp the inside cover of the journal with an inspirational stamp.  I just haven't selected one yet.  I am also going to write a note to her on the first page.  OK, let me know what you think...I designed these with a 13 y.o. in mind.  I hope I succeeded.  Thanks for looking!

Happy New Year...2015

Hello friends,

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone has had a joyous holiday season!  I cannot believe it is 2015 already!  This is going to be a BIG year!  Our oldest son will be graduating from high school in the spring!  I am looking forward to planning his graduation party.  I promise to share whatever I come up with.  But until then, I have a card I want to share with you.  This Itty Bitty I received as a prize from Unity Stamp Company; it is called 'your love is my anchor'.  This is my first time using it and I love it.  I really love how this card turned out as well.  The striped paper and the paper with the anchors is My Minds Eye.  The circle paper and dark blue paper is American Crafts.  Twine is Lawn Fawn.  Thanks for visiting my blog and check out the pics for this card.

I may be sharing another card later; it will be a sympathy card for a 13 year old girl I know who loss her mother on Christmas Day.  My heart aches for her.  I want her to know I am thinking of her and praying for her continued strength.  I am going to make her a journal as well, so she can write down anything that comes to mind or to express her feelings during this difficult time.

Winner of My 50th Post Blog Giveaway

Good Evening!  Sorry I am late getting this in!  Drum Roll Please!!!!!!

LAGENE  you are the winner of some pretty amazing crafting goodies!  Please contact me at lovepaperetc@gmail.com to claim your prize.  I will need your full name and address.

Thanks to all the ladies who left comments on my blog!  I love reading all of your comments!  They really make my day!

Dawn

50th Post and Friends with Flair

Happy Friday!  Don't you just love Friday's?  I do!  Let the week-end begin!  I especially love this Friday in particular because my oldest son will be having his very first high school basketball game.  He is a senior and has tried out every year since the seventh grade, but had never made the team.  Senior year was the charm.  I'm so proud of him...he never gave up!  He was determined and it paid off.  Go Twinsburg Tigers!  Another reason I love this Friday is that it is my 50th blog post and as promised I will be having a giveaway.  Please come back later to see pics of what I am giving away.  I am in the giving spirit, so this giveaway will not disappoint.  All you have to do is just leave a comment on my blog over the week-end.  The winner will be announced Monday, December 8, 2014.  Also Friday means Friends with Flair linky party over at the Unity Stamp Co. blog.  I have been saying I am going to try my hand at a mixed media canvas.  Actually, this is a burlap panel.  Well, I dived in and created this piece!  I am pleased with how it turned out and I hope you are too! 

Don't forget to leave a comment and come back later to see what I will be giving away!

 

Here are the pics for the giveaway I am having

Repurposed Wood Tea Box

Hello Friends,

Guess what...this is post 49 which means in my 50th post I will be having a giveaway, so make sure you stay tuned in.  It is also snowing and quite chilly in Twinsburg, Ohio.  Today I am sharing a wood tea box I discovered at our local Hobby Lobby a little while back.  It just had an image on the lid and the sides were just plain wood.  I repurposed this little gem into a prayer box; this is the first one I have ever made and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.  I decoupaged some older Crate Paper pattern paper to the sides and lid of the box.  I also stamped 60 prayer cards to go inside with a floral image.  The floral stamp is Unity, from the Blossom by Blossom March Unity Sentiment Kit 2013.  It matches the pattern paper perfectly.  I stamped the sentiment from the same kit on My Minds Eye pattern paper and cut out a circle shape and attached it to a die cut doily.  This project was very easy; I am always looking for something to repurpose and/or alter.  I forgot to mention; the word 'faith' was cut on my Cricut.

I am also entering this prayer box into the Friends with Flair challenge over on the Unity Stamp Co. blog.  You should come play, have fun, and be inspired if you have not already!  I promise you won't be disappointed!

Unity be Inspired Challenge

Hello Friends,

Thanks for stopping in!  I have a card I want to share with you today that I'm submitting for the Unity be Inspired Challenge.  I just received this fabulous Itty Bitty in the mail on Monday.  It was one of the free stamps Unity offered last week with purchase.  It is called Foxy & Fabulous.  I followed the card sketch and color challenge.  I wasn't sure about the bow; let me know what you think!  I can't wait to hear from you!

This is my 48th post; remember to keep checking in.  I am having a giveaway with my 50th post.

Keep crafting in peace & love,
Dawn