Happy Wednesday!

I am up over at Trendy Twine's blog today and boy-oh-boy am I having fun with their twine.

Today I am highlighting the pretty Thanksgiving Orange Truffle Trendy Twine along with some additional twines.

So, how did I make the lollipops?

First, I punched out a circle (1 1/2") from a cardstock and applied some glossy accents on it. Then I started from the middle to adhere the twine on it in a circle. I finished it up with a bow using more twine. For the lollipop sticks, I used some toothpicks :)

Here are the supplies I used to make my card:

Thanksgiving Orange Truffle Trendy Twine - Orange & Brown

Strawberry Cupcake Trendy Twine - Pink, Light Pink & White

Twisted Blue Berry Trendy Twine - Lt Blue & Dk Blue

Grape Fizz Trendy Twine - Purple, Lavender & White

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Brown Thursday is HERE!

Today's a very exciting day at Unity because it's the BIGGEST SALES of the Year!

We have NEW stamps, FREEBIES, and lots more.

Let's start of with some videos I made for you :)

I cannot say THANK YOU enough to all of you who continue to support and encourage me.

LOVE you ALL!

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NOW, are you read for a FLOOD of cards and awesome NEW stamps? :)

Watch video below | Watch video at YouTube

Watch video below | Watch video at YouTube

For the mosaic background, I cut up a piece of cardstock into 3 pieces and mask each layer off as I ink it up with a variety of Mama Elephant pigment inks.

Then I stamped the image from the "Old Traditions" kit onto some plain white cardstock and colored it in with my Copic markers.

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For my next card, I took out some of my washi tapes (from my huge stash! oops) and made a simple washi xmas tree!

Then for the snowmen from the "Ginger Snap & Friends" kit, I stamped and colored it in with my Copic markers -- then popped them up with some foam tape.

For the background I added some Ice Stickles {diamond} for the extra shine!

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In the recent Paris attacks, I felt so sad that many had lost their lives to this horrible incident.

Phyllis Harris image from the "Lil' Girl Prayin'" kit -- came in such timely fashion, which I feel this is a great reminder that God is love. 

Let's just take comfort in His arms and pray for the families of the all who were affected.

For this card, I used some Mama Elephant pigments inks to color up the image using a cotton bud!

How fun it is that you can get the bang for your buck, by using your inks not only to stamp -- but also to color :)

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Here are some more Phyllis Harris stamps I used to make more cards 

(because I love her and her art a lot!)

Here's two beautiful girls & their teddy bear from the "A sky with no limit" kit. I colored them in with my Copic markers.

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Next is this super sweet image of a girl with her puppy from the "Life is better" kit.  

Seriously... I need a puppy!!

I colored her in with some colored pencils and added some enamel dots.

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And finally, let us share KINDNESS everywhere we go. This beautiful image is from the "Always from the Heart" kit. I colored the image in using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens for that watercolor effect.

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Now onto the BIG SALES!!!!

Yes, yes, you read that right.

It's 60% SITEWIDE **

(please read exclusions)

And the BEST part is, $1 from each sale will go to Rice Bowls.

How COOL is that?

Oh and did I mention FREEBIES?

It's Inspiration Time at The Cutting Cafe blog and this week, it's all about Gratitude.

There are many things I am thankful to God for ..

for good health

for family and friends

for love, joy and peace.

There are also many people who I want to say THANKS to, and this "With Gratitude" printable stamp set is just perfect for those thank you cards! 

I printed the background words and the stripes for my card base, then printed the circle sentiment and die cut it. Added a BIG bow and some enamel dots using Viva Decor paper pen, and it's done!

Do stop by the blog for more inspiration this week.

Happy Monday :)

I am up over at the SVG Attic blog and would love to share with you what I made!

Since Christmas is just around the corner .. I am making some Christmas box envelopes to go along with the Christmas cards I made.

So, to make the box much prettier, I added this poinsettia 3D flower from the Winter Wishes kit to close the envelope up!

Here are some close ups!

I curled some of the layers up to give it a little bit more dimension and I added a red bling gem to the center for that extra shine :)

Do check out the other Christmas kits that SVG Attic has HERE.

WOO HOO! 

It's Blog Hop time with the Unity Stamp DT chicks and I have NEW VIDEOS for you.

Watch video here | Watch at Youtube

Watch video here | Watch at Youtube

I love this oil pastels because a little goes a long way and because it is water-soluble, you can create a watercolor look easily!

My next card also uses the Prima oil pastels, but with a gesso background -- so that the colors can blend easily and smoothly to create an easy rainbow background.

Just add a few bling to glitter the card up :)

And my final card, I colored this beautiful fairy in with my watercolor pencils.

If you love more control or you're still new to this whole watercolor thing --- watercolor pencils would be better than actual watercolor paints.

Hope this has been helpful to you who are interested in watercolors! :)

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Also, do check out the sales of the stamps I used for my cards HERE along with some grab bags!