Die Cuts R Us #21

It is time for Die Cuts R Us to have another Challenge.

This weeks challenge was to use Christmas Paper Scraps... "leftovers."

Well, my Christmas cards this year just used black and white paper so I didn't have any REAL Christmas scraps lying around, so I opted to use Christmas Colors that I had in my scrap pile.

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Unity} Love Bug
INKS: {SU} Basic Black
PAPER: Summertime Designs, Martha Stewart, Embassy, Georgia Pacific
ACCESSORIES: {Nestabilities} Inverted Circle & Circle, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry Button, {Quickutz} Polka Dots, EK Success Border Punch

FWF Embossed Ink Distressing

Happy Friday the 13th Everyone!

The customers of Unity, or addicts as we are lovingly called, use Friday Friends with Flair {FWF} to display their creations made with Unity.

Angela, owner of Unity, has generously given out a secret blinkie to one lucky customer participating in the FWF to display on their blog and will choose a winner from all the visitors who posts a comment on their blog during the hop!

So as you travel along the list of participating Friends with Flair (FOUND HERE), don't hesitate to leave some love for your chance to win the above mentioned RUBBA!

Time for the UNOFFICIAL theme, IF you are interested in doing the UNOFFICIAL theme for FWF, next week a few addicts and I have picked the theme of

FLOWERS...
any image containing some sort of floral...
So let's show them off next week in our FWF posts!

This is UNOFFICIAL and NOT required. If you want to do the theme, great ~ if not, perfectly okay with me! And if you have a Great Idea for the UNOFFICIAL theme, please let me know in the comments section.

I have been asked on how I do my ink distressing on my card edges like those seen in this card here:

It is fairly simple, but easiest understood with visuals, so I put together another video tutorial.

Here are the finished cards, showing each of the 3 ways I showed in the video which also has my example of dry embossing for this weeks unofficial theme:

1. Direct to Paper Technique:2. Circular Sponging:3. Dab Sponging:

Stuff Used for these Cards: Stamps: {Unity} October '09 KOM ... Wherever you go!

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, SU Basic Black, Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: Georgia Pacific, Embassy
Accessories: Glitter Writer Pens, Quickutz Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

NOW, head back to the CUSTOMER BLOG LIST on Angela's blog so you can continue visiting all the Unity Addicts out there! And while at Angela's blog, check out some of the great sales happening THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Busy Busy with Monday

As my post HERE said, I participated in some challenges last Saturday and I am sharing those cards challenge by challenge here on my blog.

Here is the challenge card I did Sponsored By VERVE:

{the challenge was to go to a designated website, choose a flag, and use those colors to make a card... I chose Trinidad with Red, White, & Black}

Stuff I used for this card can be found HERE.

Viva La Verve September

It's time again for the Viva La Verve Challenge round up. There were five challenges in the month of September. If you would like a closer look at the challenges, you can click on the challenge title and it will take you to the direct thread at SplitCoastStampers.

VLVSep01: The first was a sketch given by Julee while Amber was out of town. The {twist} was to include round things. I used the mini Rhinestones from Zva. I also used the half circle boarder punch from EK Success called Scalloped Scallop.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Bermuda Bay and Dusty Durango
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Mini Rhinestones, Nestabilities Label 4, EK Success Border Punch

VLVSep02: The second challenge {twist} was to make a smaller card than the normal 4.25"x5.5" card. Since I was out of town with the first challenge started, I decided I would make all the cards for this month smaller and thus they are only 3"x3" and I went ahead and used the sketch from the first week again.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Enjoy
INK: SU Basic Black
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Nestabilities Label 4

VLVSep03: The third challenge was another sketch with the {twist} to make a card for a special lady in your life. One of my best friends if having a birthday at the beginning of October and I thought this would be a nice gift card for her.

Here is a close up of the 3D balloon. I saw a tutorial on the web for this and thought it was great. You can see the tutorial HERE.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up, & Away, Enjoy
INK: SU Basic Black, VersaMark
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: 1.5" circle punch, white embossing powder

VLVSep04: The next challenge was another great sketch with a {Twist} to make it black and white. I didn't have any great black and white paper, so I used white rub-ones on black cardstock, and black rub-ons on white cardstock. I really like how this turned out, even with the simple stamp for the focal with NO sentiment!

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up, & Away
INK: VersaMark, SU Basic Black
PAPER: Embassy, Georgia Pacific
ACCESSORIES: Rub-ons, Pearls, Holographic Embossing Powder, Quickutz Embossing Folder

VLVSep05: The final challenge was another sketch with a {twist} to use specialty paper. I didn't read the twist the first time around and had to go back and add the stripe of glitter paper to make sure the {twist} was covered! Don't you hate when you forget to read the directions!

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Heartfelt Thanks (received free for an release order)
INK: SU Chocolate Chip
PAPER: Georgia Pacific, Die Cuts With a View, scraps
ACCESSORIES: 1.5" and 2" scalloped circle punch

Thanks for looking!