New Monthly Challenge at Unity Stamp Company

Soooo....here's an odd little fact about me. I love to draw and paint and I loooove stamping...but I HATE coloring!

Ironically , I have a gazillion stamps...ok...maybe not a gazillion but trust me when I say they number in the general area of a thousand ! 

One of my fav brands of stamps is UNITY STAMP COMPANY . I just love those red rubber stamps!

There's always a monthly challenge going on over at their UNITY BLOG . 

Here's this month's challenge.

I chose to make two projects based on this month's challenge. 

My first project is a card that incorporates the color challenge and the card sketch which I flipped.

The fairy is from the Nov 2014 KOM  and the sentiment { which is hilarious!!! I get such a kick out of it!} is an IttyBitty called "Happy Dust".

 I used TOMBOW dual tip markers for the dreaded coloring {just kidding}.

I also added a little Stickles to the wings for some glitter and fairy magic!

My second project is a tag that is based on the color challenge this month. My daughter has already laid claim to it to use as a book mark.

The sentiment stamp is from the kit called "Delightful Little Things" and the stars are from the "Jar of Mixed Sentiments" kit. I used the same Tombow colors on this tag plus a dab of Distress Ink in Dusty Concord for the edges. I simply scribbled the colors on my craft mat, squirt it with a bit of water and smooshed the tag around on it. I also added a few star sequins for a little added bling.

So why don't you pop on over to the UNITY BLOG and give their monthly challenge a go!

Thanks for popping by today! Toodles!

Summer's over already?????

What ??? What do you mean it's over already? I don't know about your neck of the woods, but summer was dismally short here in Nfld...practically non existent in July.Thank goodness August rose to the challenge!
So.....despite the lousy weather I spent most of the summer gardening, trying to repair the damage done by last year's "big dig" {the result of a basement leak}. As a result, I didn't do a lot of scrapping and have thoroughly neglected my blog! But let's face it, winter will soon be here and there will be LOTS of scrapping and blogging time then . 
In saying that, I have managed to do a couple of layouts and cards over the summer that I'd like to share with you today. 

First of all, I'll share a couple of layouts done for Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy challenge. I am proud to say my awesome scrappy friend Kelly Klapstein has taken over design responsibilities for the Sketchy Challenge. Please make sure to check it out and give her some luv!

Here's August Sketch

and here's my take on it....

This is a layout that was hard to do...I've been trying to do it all summer. We lost our precious Jasper in June and I have wanted to scrap about it all summer but wasn't ready till now.
I switched out the diamond pattern in the sketch for hearts. I didn't have a heart stencil so I free hand cut one from scrap card stock and stenciled through that. 

I loved the cascade of leaves in the September Sketch...

 but I did something totally NON fall with this sketch ...

My son and I share a love of Minions {from the Despicable Me movies for the uninformed}. 
 I jokingly decorated with Minions for his 20 Th birthday {hoping that he wouldn't think I was too corny!}. He LOVED it and got a great kick out of it!
I love that he is comfortable enough in his twenty year old skin to  enjoy "kid' stuff and still be cool.
The minions were fussy cut from a sticker sheet that I picked up at Buck or Two earlier this summer.

So why don't you all give the Sketchy challenge an try and get back on your scrap booking track now that fall is setting in!

I also want to quickly share a couple of other layouts and cards I did over the summer. 

 Hubby and I were blessed to celebrate our 25 Th wedding anniversary in August and I wanted to do a soft,romantic layout to honor it. These stunning papers from Lemoncraft were perfect!!!!

 Here's a super cute layout featuring sock monkeys and my daughter's love of them!

The papers are from Daisy D {thanks to my buddy Susan who offered them up when I mentioned doing a sock monkey LO!}. The cute little monkey down in the corner is an IttyBitty stamp from UNITY Stamp Company . I wouldn't dare confess to you how many Unity Stamps I currently own { and I may or may not have another big order on the way ...shhhh... I can't resist a great sale! }

While in Georgia this past spring with hubby, I picked up a paper pack by Heidi Swapp that I realized afterwards was to be used with a day planner line she has out. Psshhhh... I don't have any plans for a day planner but I loved the paper. So far I have done a layout and two cards with it!

Yes...It's another "anniversary" layout...what can I say... I love the guy!

and two cards done with the same paper line...

I also purchased the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy line of stamps from ScrapShotz... a Canadian company that does awesome kits! I recently signed up for a six month kit subscription and can't wait to start playing with them!

Bird Crazy birthday card

 Papers used on this card are Madeline papers from Bo Bunny .

So that's about it for my creative endeavors over the summer. I think I may have done a few more cards but forgot to take pics of them. I hope you had an enjoyable summer whether you were creative or not and can't wait to see everyone's new creations now that fall has arrived and we are heading back to our craft rooms!
Toodles and thanks for dropping by today!