National Craft Month Day 31

I can't believe it's already the last day of National Craft Month.  March has been a challenge for me, and I'm proud that I was able to make 26 projects.  That's a record breaker, at least for me :D

For my 27th and last creation for NCM, I made Easter eggs.  With this project, I used the following:

• Cricut Expressions
• various embossing plates and folders (with the aid of Big Shot)
• Creative Memories 12 inch Decorative Trimmer
• Fiskars, Stampin' Up and Martha Stewart edge punches
• leftover cardstock and bg paper
• Color Box pigment ink
  

 

Before I began, I cut oval shapes with the CE.  Then, I dry embossed a bunch of cardstock.  Then I swiped ink on the embossed surface.  After that I cut/punched the edges with my edge punchers and decorative trimmer.    And the fun part is adhering layeres of bg paper and embossed cardstock on each "egg".

I'm going to use these eggs in my bulletin board at school.  That's why I also cut grass with the Cricut Expressions.  Right now, the board has my 3D flowers and Think Spring title.  Tomorrow, I'll be adding the grass and eggs in time for Easter.  I can't wait to see what the board will look like.

For more photos, click here.

I'd like to end my NCM celebration with my deepest sympathy to Mish and her family.  Her mom passed away on Sunday.  It was a very sudden and sad situation.  My thoughts and prayers are with you, Mish.  I hope all is well with you.

National Carft Month DAY 29

Did you all have a good weekend?  I did.  Even though I had to work both days, the Unity Blog Hop made it fun.  There were over 200 participants in this event, and as you hop on each blog, you see a lot of inspiring projects.  These are the ones I liked the most:

Simply Me
Family and Crafting
Inky Paws
Paper Princess At Play
Make A Difference
Zany Not Crazy
Altered Ambitions
Blooming Pink
Bella Carta
The Lakeshore Stamper
All Things Through Christ
Barely Banana Days
Lindsay's Creations
3Trikes
Whateva
Fancy Crafty {Me}
Sweet Pea
Real Life in Pictures
Paper Hugs and Die Cut Dreams
Here By Grace
Pink Lemonade
For The First Time
 

And just about everybody thinks Spring is finally here, it snowed another 6-8 inches.
 

Speaking of Spring, I wanted to crochet some flowers today.  I want to use it for a traditional scrapbook layout I've been planning to make.  What I like about crocheting is that you can take it with you, anywhere you go.  And it doesn't require any space.  All you need is a ball of yarn and a crochet needle.  For this project, I used my leftover yarn from past projects.  These are all easy to make - just basic stitches from chain stitch to slip stitch, to single, double and triple crochet.

To see each one in close-up, click here.

National Craft Month DAY 27 and 28

Welcome and it's time for UNITY BLOG HOP!!!  Woot!!!

  

Kudos to Angela for a really cool idea.  She thought about it while soaking in the tub.  Maybe I should do that more often... LOL!  But before I move on, I have to apologize for posting this earlier than we're supposed to.  I have work all morning till noon and won't have time to post at 10 am CST.  And I don't want to miss this one.

For this special event, we are to create something with Unity Stamps.  I decided to make a Candy Paper Dish.  I fell in love with the Label It set the first time I saw it on the Unity website.  And that's basically my inspiration for this project.

  

 

  
The following are the materials I used:

• Unity Just Circles
• Unity Label It
• Unity Love Grows
• Nestabilities Circle die
• Nestabilities Scalloped Circle die
• Nestabilties Long Scalloped Circle die
• Tim Holtz distress ink
• ColorBox pigment ink
• Stamp-a-ma-jig
• Scor-Pal
• ATG gun
• Hersheys dark chocolate miniatures
• Georgia Pacific cardstock
• Bazzil Just the Edge cardstock strips
• Misc.:  leftover bg paper

 

At present, these words inspire me:

"IF IT'S WORTH DOING, THEN IT'S WORTH DOING WELL."

I can't wait to see what a lot of other crafty bloggers have made for the Unity Blog Hop.  

View the Inspirational Blog Hop by starting at http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/. 
 
Now, it's time to hop on to the next blog:            THE PAPER GOURMET. 

 

National Craft Month DAY 26

This is my first time to play with Unity Stamps.  I learned about them through SplitcoastStampers a long time ago, and it was only recently that I took the plunge.  When I saw them in my hands for the first time, I fell in love (once again!).  The quality is really good and their images are beautiful and versatile.  And yes, I was fined $5 when I bought these stamps, together with other items.  But I can say that it was worth it.

Anyway, Unity Stamp Co. had a card making challenge at SplitCoastStampers.  The challenge was to use the color scheme black, white and purple.  And of course, we had to use Unity Stamps.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  Embassy, vellum, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Unity (Feel the Joy, Becoming Butterfly)
ink:  Spica, Colorbox, Memento

tools:  MS edge punches, SU scallop edge punch, Spellbinders

embellishments:  SU eyelets, ribbon, epoxy stickers

misc.:  embossing powder

To see my Butterfly Card in detail, please click here.

You might want to check out the Unity Blog for some good deals and coupons.  I also hope you can join their Inspirational Unity Blog Hop this coming Saturday - I'm sure it's going to be fun!

National Craft Month DAY 25

I was inspired by Paulyn's bead creations this month.  She makes really nice bead accessories.  It's been a long while since I last made bead accessories.  If I'm not mistaken, it was with my sister and cousins back in the Philippines almost a year ago.  That was fun!

So tonight, I took out one of my beading magazines, and decided to make a bead pendant.  This style is called a "Spiky Tubular Peyote."  The spikes are supposed to go all around the beaded tube, but I just don't have the time tonight, so I just put 3 rounds of spikes in the bottom.  While creating this pendant, I remember why I'm not so much into beading... LOL!  I'm sure when my sister sees this, she will just laugh at me.  She's really good at making beads accessories (miss you sis!).  But I'm happy with this one - something different for my celebration of National Craft Month :)

The pendant kinda reminds me of blackberries, only it's purple.