Housewarming Party Challenge

I'm entering Catherine Pooler's Housewarming Party challenge.

This is the card - using Mama Elephant's In My Heart stamp set. I was excited to use window and grass die cuts. I cut out a lot of other things so I can use them for cards later. Again, it's been difficult putting cards together - my desk gets so messy and I find that too many hours have gone by. 

I would like to enter this into Viva la Verve's September Challenge, using week 2 sketch.

TE Sketch, Selfie, Share Challenge

Challenges are a great way to practice different sketches and techniques when it comes to crafting. Mostly I've entered in Unity Stamp Co.'s challenges because I have a lot of their stamps. Here, I'm entering Taylored Expressions: Sketch, Selfie and Share Challenge. The last thing I wanted to do today was take a selfie. I'm exhausted so I'm hiding behind the card, lol. I decided to quickly make a card before I get to the hundreds of pages of reading that awaits me. The joy! :)

I used a sentiment from Mama Elephant's Make a Wish set, Stampin' Up's Petite Petals plus punch, and Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter marker brush (you can't see it in the pictures below but it's traced over the sentiments and stars). I love the Kraft cardstock (it's from Papertrey Ink). This card will be for one of my close friends -- I don't want to say the name because she may be reading this entry :) Although her birthday is two months away, I am trying to stock up on some cards because school will keep me quite busy otherwise. Hope you like it.

And here's a selfie of me plus a close-up of the card itself. 

Hear Me Roar FWF

I love Unity Stamp Co.'s empowering women stamp set. It's one of my favorite. It's hard trying to plan a card together, especially with the collection I've got now and all my patterned paper calling to me. If you want to share, I'd love to know how you plan out cards in advance. My craft journal has ideas, but it feels like information overload. And I really need to focus on readings this year since it's a significant year in the program. I find myself bouncing back and forth, thinking about social work and then crafting, lol. Both have become important to me. Thank you so much for your comments, and I hope you all have a great weekend! 

This is being entered in today's Friends With Flair as well as Viva la Verve's September Challenge, using week 3 sketch.

Strength & Dignity FWF

I feel like I'm always in a rush, needing to get somewhere. Once again, I can't write a full entry but wanted to enter Friday with Flair :) Another card for another good friend, and I'm blessed with many of those! I'm sorry, I'll try to make my entries more detailed next time. School started this week so I'm trying to adjust to the new schedule as well... thanks so much for visiting and commenting. It really makes me happy. ♥

This card is being entered in Viva la Verve's September Challenge, using week 2 sketch. 

Beautiful FWF / SSS Anything goes

Encouraging/uplifting sentiments are so necessary, and true friends appreciate kind words. I made this card for a dear friend of mine. Hope things get better for those experiencing challenging times. I'm entering this in this week's Unity Stamp Company's Friends With Flair as well as Simon Says Stamp's Anything Goes challenge. Now that I'm back from vacation, I have lots of craft e-mails/entries to catch up on. Everyone's creations are inspirational :)

Unity {be inspired} Challenge - Aug '14

It was accidental that these colors turned out the same as this month's {be inspired} challenge so I wanted to enter/share it. :) I love my new watercolor pencils! And this stamp is beautiful!!! I used Stormy Sky Distress Ink for the background, and the stamps were heat embossed with black embossing powder.

Harmony FWF

Finally had a chance to use Harmony Girl! Sometimes there are so many stamps, one doesn't know where to start. I was also really excited to use my new Prismacolor Premier Watercolor Pencils to color in the girl. I made three of these cards, one of which ended up being similar to this month's {be inspired} challenge colors. :) For this week's FWF, I chose these two. First I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. Then I masked it so I could stamp the girl over it (also with black embossing powder). One card is with the Stormy Sky Distress Ink in the background and the other I left it white. Then I added some speckles for a rainy look. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else shares!

All My Love FWF

Thank you all for your beautiful comments on my last two posts. I really do appreciate them. I was soooo happy that I won last week's Friends with Flair! It was the first time I ever won any contest! :D

Today, I'm sharing a simple card I made for a dear friend of mine. I love the Strength & Dignity kit from Unity Stamp Co., and it was one of the first ones I ordered from them. Can't wait to see what everyone else shares today! Have a great weekend :)

1st Friends With Flair

Today, I'm entering Friends With Flair for the first time. I'm really excited to use my new Unity stamps (have yet another order arriving today!) I'll keep the entry simple for now, just like my card. I absolutely love flowers, I'll add them anywhere!! Here's what I came up with this morning:

Thanks for stopping by! :) 

Hand in Hand Card

Hi! I'm Ruby and mostly known as a writer. The world of crafts is a bit new to me, but it's so exciting!! I'm entering my card in this month's Unity Be Inspired Challenge. It's my first entering any kind of challenge, and I'm new to making cards anyway! Although I'm still practicing, I feel it'll help me to enter contests for the inspiration and motivation. Here's a friendly card that I made today...

I played around with a lot of the embellishments I had around. And I'm absolutely in love with the Unity stamps (which I received today so I'm really new to this). Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!