Good Morning Fellow Crafters and Scrappers,

Welcome to this week's Just A Scrappin' challenge, which is to create a sympathy card using any color palette of your choice. I used Jen's Deconstructed Sketch No. 184 to create my card along with some of my favorite crafting goodies.

Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends!

I am stopping in for a quick post. The month of April is almost gone. Only a couple days left in April and with that only a two days left to check out April's Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions. I have enjoyed playing with this kit, stamp of the month and coordinating die set.

For this card, I wanted to showcase how versatile the Key Ingredients Kit is when creating any type of card. I created a sympathy card using Carta Bella's Sew Lovely 6x6 paper pack. To add a little interest to the white backdrop, I used a flourish stencil with white embossing powder. I then added a wonderful sentiment from the Care and Comfort stamp set.

Happy Thursday!

It is time for another Just A Scrappin' Challenge. This week's challenge is about flower power. Flowers are a wonderful embellishment for any project. The Just A Scrappin' design team invite you to create a flower, and not just any flower, but really enjoy embellishing, stacking and inking a bouquet of your choice.

I created my flowers by die cutting various sized petals from 3/4" to 1 1/4" and then stacking them using foam adhesive. This provides a wonderful layered effect. I completed my card with a little twine, layered papers and ink splatters.  Thank you for stopping by today. Do not forget to stop by the Just A Scrappin' blog to check out the other great projects by the design team members.

Enjoy,

K

Hello fellow Unity fans,

I know I am late to the party, but I wanted to share this card I made using Donna Downey's Insightful Meadow stamps. I created this card by first apply gel medium to the Insightful Meadows stamps and stamping my images onto a 3 3/4 x 5 card front. I allowed it to dry then used gelatos to color the card front. I revealed the resist embossed images by removing the excess gelato with a baby wipe. I was not completely satisfied with the design so I used Stampin' Up chalks to add depth and dimension to each flower. I completed the card with a shabby flower and a few bits of twine and ribbon.

Thank you for visiting. Don't forget to check out the other fabulous project on Unity's blog.

Enjoy,

K

Hello Fellow Crafters, Scrappers and Bloggers,

Wahoo, it is Friday! Do you know what Friday means? Another fantastic opportunity to participate in Unity Stamp Company's Friday Friends with Flair. Friends with Flair is a wonderful way to showcase your Unity love and share your projects, cards or layouts using Unity stamps.

This week, I used one of my new inspirational stamps by Stephanie Ackerman entitled: P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens). I just love the sentiment because it is so very true, especially in today's stress-filled world. The P.U.S.H. stamp is of a substantial size so my card measures in at 6x5. For this card, I used my American Craft alcohol ink pens, Amy Tangerine paper to create the background, and seam binding from Verve to complete my card.

I hope you enjoy the sweet sentiment as much as I do.

Happy Friday,

K

Ok, so I tried out Jen's Deconstructed Sketch No. 110 this week and I have to write I was stumped. I mean, the sketch is staring me in the face. I wanted to move in one direction and then felt myself experiencing a sense of creative paralysis. I know I was over thinking the creative process, but something didn't feel right. I wanted to layer, and layer more papers but this sketch was a simple, elegant sketch. It was pared down and I was finding it difficult to rise to the challenge.

So for this week's sketch I created two cards. One that is spot on and another that is an interpretation of the sketch. Thank you for stopping by.

Enjoy,

K

Good morning Crafters and Scrappers!

Are you ready for this week's Just A Scrappin' Challenge? This week's challenge is a color challenge, or more precisely what colors not to use. Challenge number 50 is to create a card, layout or project without using the colors WHITE, BLACK, BROWN or GRAY.

Ok, at first I was all over this challenge. I chose to create a card and was doing just great until I looked at the finished project and thought, "I am missing something?" And I thought, "Oh, to much open space. A doily would be great!" And it was the perfect touch. It was not until I had the doily in place did I realize it was WHITE! Ugh! And it was too late to remove it and spray with glimmer mist. Next time, right?

However, please stop by the Just A Scrappin' blog to check out my fellow DT members. I am sure they neutralized this challenge. See you next week.

Enjoy,

K