Simple Says it Best

Today is my new day to share Creative Inspirations Paints projects on the CIP blog. To see my full DT blog post, go here.

I CASE'd a card I found while checking out the galleries for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges. When I saw this card by hskelly, I just knew I had to make my own version using Creative Inspirations Paints for the coloured portion to make it all nice and shimmery.I used stamps from two {ippity} sets. The branches are from So This is Love and the sentiment is from The Simple Things. To make the wintery look, I used 7 different paints. In order, from bottom to top, they are Mocha Latte, Silver Frost (just a tiny hint), Winter Frost, Blue Ice, Tanzanite, Sapphire, and Denium. The sentiment was inked in Faded Denim Distress Ink.

See you guys again tomorrow.

Hi Again

Hi everyone. I know...long time, no blog. It's just been...well...maybe I'll go into it later, but I don't feel like being depressing right now. Besides, I have a card to share. It's my first card for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges on Splitcoaststampers, as well as my most recent Creative Inspirations Paints DT card, which went up on the team blog yesterday.
The challenge was to use bling and pink. I also painted the embossed rays with Rose Quartz Creative Inspirations Paint and I painted the edges of the Spellbinders Spiral Blossoms Two die with Olive Green Creative Inspirations Paint. No stamping and super quick, but I'm really happy with it. I hope it will spread some cheer to someone at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

I hope to be posting more often again. I need to keep my fingers inky! Hope everyone has a great day.

GIU Has Friends With Flair

It's day 5 of Growing in Unity, and that means it's your last day to leave a comment in order to win some Unity goodness. I'll be drawing a name this weekend. It's also time for Friends With Flair, so there will be someone else hiding a blinkie out there for another chance to win! The Unity Blog has a list of every participating. Look hard to find that blinkie and check out all the eye candy while you're at it!

Today's card uses the sketch from HYCCT30, posted by flowergirl36 (aka Dawn B). It's also EtsyInspired, just by this week's shop overall, which is very whimsical and cartoony. BeiLeXian has the most adorable prints! The whole shop makes me smile.
I just love Unity's co-branded stamps! Ashley is using Material Girl today, also. The sentiment I used came from "Get Scrappy With" Material Girl, and of course the dp is Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl.

If you want to know which set the two of us are challenging each other to use tomorrow, you'll just have to come back and see. Have a great day.

And a little sidenote - RIP D2 Williams. WRNK
You will be missed.

GIU is Never Square

Whew! It has been busy so far, and it looks to be a fully busy week. Taking the boys to class, then 2 kids to the orthodontist on Tuesday, plus 2 homework assignments due, then a trip for the boys to the dentist today and another assignment due...and NaBloPoMo is just getting started!

I'm having fun with Growing in Unity and my little side challenge with Ashley. Her card from yesterday was gorgeous, wasn't it?? Today's set is Jolly Little Winter. I think these penguins are adorable!! I made a Christmas tree card for AJ's Don't Be a Square HYCCT challenge, using my Spellbinders Nested Pine Tree dies.
Speaking of dies, jmahugger asked about the die I used for the flower on my card from Monday. It's the MFT Die-namics Rolled Rose die.

I also made a little ornament for this week's Unity Addicts Challenge. I tried making it with the same snowflake stamp from Jolly Little Winter, but all I got was a big, smeary mess, so, after trying a couple other stamp/ink combinations, I ended up going with a little tiny snowflake stamp that seems to be retired. Thanks for the lovely comments you guys have left so far this week! They make my days so much brighter. Leave one each day of Growing in Unity (Mon-Fri) and you'll be in the running for some Unity goodness!

ETA: Because I didn't think it really worked, so I didn't, and then was told it did after all, ...EIC112 for the whimsy of the penguin card.

H{ippity} H{op} Monday

I've got the Monday morning blahs today. No idea why. I think my mojo took a vacation.

I've got a quick little card that I made for All Things Unity's paper piecing challenge and for Tanis' Colors of Hope Challenge - it's one of the Hope You Can Cling To challenges to benefit UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.For a full list of hopping peeps, check out the {ippity} blog.