SMAK kit

April 24, 2014

[4.24.2014] Unity Thursday

Time for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog. There’s always fun stuff going on. We have tons of FABULOUS new stamps releasing this weekend. SO exciting. Watch Facebook and the Unity blog for updates on the sale.

I’m doing a little watercoloring today. A little wash of color over a pretty white embossed image is so easy to do and creates such a lovely effect. I’ve combined the new Wildflowers & Wings SMAK kit with the May Hope Sustain You sentiment kit. They work just lovely together.

After I finish my watercoloring, I usually set it aside and let it dry flat under my large acrylic block. That is if I have the time, if not, I hit it with a hair dryer before placing it under the block.

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Here are all the girls hopping today… just click on the next pretty girl in line.

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January 11, 2014

[1.11.2013] smak-tastic

SMAK-tastic

Yay for Saturday!!!
I’m sharing this card on the Unity blog today.

Going to make this my motto for 2014… live life fully. LOVE it. I’m using the SMAK (scrapbooking, mixed media, altered art kit) kit from July 2013 called Epic Moments.

I love the splatters from this kit and wanted to feature them. So, I picked three of my favorite stamp inks and got busy stamping on that popped up panel. I added the wood veneer arrow and some sequins to finish it off. To color the arrow, I just took my black stamp pad and rubbed it over the top till it was as dark as I wanted.

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March 25, 2012

{3.25.2012} a little SMAK

SMAK…

I was up on the Unity blog YESTERDAY with a project using this SMAK set.

This is my FAVE SMAK (scrapbooking/mixedmidea/altered art kit). I keep going back to those arrows over and over again. BUT, it was time to ink up some new images.

I love the random stamping action of the numbers. I used the fabulous ‘take time to laugh‘ kit of the month as well. The inspiration for this card came from a Starbucks tumbler. The pattern and colors were amazing. I have a video to show how this card was made and you’ll get to see the tumbler in there.

Wishing you a crafty Sunday.

Today, my family is celebrating my grandma’s 90th birthday at her park. Her birthday is in April, but my snowbird is heading back to South Dakota before then. So, her friends at her park want to celebrate her before she leaves. It is a BIG deal you know… pizza, cake, homemade bars and lemonade for my sweet grandma. It is going to be one rockin’ party… we are expecting around 50-75 folks. Whew, I’m going to be tired tonight. Ha.

January 26, 2012

{1.26.2012} SMAK’n it…

S.M.A.K

The new Unity SMAK set it out!!! Woo hoo. LOOK at all those fabulous stamps. You are going to fall in love with {remember your blessings}.

How cool are these stamps for a valentine or anniversary card??? What a great way to personalize a card with adding in the date. Yippers, Mr. A and I were married in 2003! Eight blissful, beautiful years… with LOTS of learning and growing pains. Ha.

TONS of GOOD stuff going on the Unity blog for VIRTUAL CHA. It all starts TODAY! Where do you go to see all the yummy new stamps?
Lots of places…

the BLOG
FACEBOOK
and
PINTREST

Woo hoo.

December 2, 2011

{12.2.11} FWF SMAK down

Happy day my Friends with Flair Unity peeps. Soooooo excited about the new SMAK Unity Stamp Company monthly kit.
You have to check this out!

Rockin’ awesome right???

I need to really try some real mixed media projects soon. I have a little journal sitting on my desk just begging to be inked up and painted. But, I just don’t seem to have the time I need to get all messy and crafty. But, I can totally see myself using this SMAK kit in my art journal. LOVE all the great background stamps and the AWESOME size of these stamps.

But it is also very cool for cards! Seriously COOL! This one has a grungy masculine feel and would be great for a teenage boy. Or a certain hubby in my house. He loved this one. Darn it, I should have saved it for his birthday this month. But I might have one stashed somewhere. Does anyone remember which card that was??? Ugh, I knew I would forget. It has to be somewhere, right?

So back to this card. I LOVE that awesome number background stamp. I accidentally stamped it upside down at the top, but it still looks pretty cool. And how rockin’ is that ribbon banner. I stamped it on some patterned paper and added the ‘happy’ from the Sweet and Sour Jillibean set. Then added some uber cool corduroy green Thickers letters. I really like the feel of this card. Hope you do too.

There are several options for this kit. You can sign up for monthly delivery or just purchase this month only. Love options.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to head back to the Unity blog to visit the rest of the Friends with Flair.