It's a Girl Thing ~ TSA Bloghop WINNERS!!

I am brimming with happiness at all of the wonderful comments, shares, and participation in general in this beautiful hop for TSA Awareness!  I wish everyone could win...
              (in a big way, everyone has!!).



My 3 lucky winners are (as your name was stated on either FB or this blog's comments)

1. D.Ann C
2. Lagene
3. Shartl H

Congratulations! & Thanks so much for participating and for your great comments.

D.Ann C wrote: I love that the butterfly is the symbol for these gals as they can fly even missing up to 70% of their wings and these gals rise tho missing 50% of their chromosomes!"

What a beautiful fact to know D!! Thanks! Another great way God weaves beauty, love & hope into our difficulties.1

I will send out one of the above prizes to each of you as soon as I receive your information :)  No requests please

Sending Happy Wishes

Wow!  What a busy last couple of weeks!  Traveling to my big brother's wedding, 4H conference in Corvallis, headlong into Spring Fair, replanting my garden, as we had several days below freezing & now on to Summer Camp (luckily I'm only driving there and back!!) Which means that as long as it is raining (Yes, I forgot to mention the arrival of rain! Beautiful, cool WET rain) I may have time for some crafting and blogging!!

First I would again like to thank Unity Stamp Company for my prize package which came somewhere in the midst of all of the above! $50 worth of beautiful stamps <3  I highly recommend visiting their store and Face Book sites and JOINING IN THE FUN !!

Which Brings me to my next subject:  Weekly Challenges!  Always inspirational, this week on the Unity show & tell FB page the challenge is: any item made with one of the "Unity Girls" 

This is the one I chose. She is from the Kit Of the Month MAY 2014.  I used a sentiment from a newer kit Sending Up Something Beautiful.

I needed to make a few birthday cards and the request was for bright colors.  I first water colored the image with my "Zig's" and then decided that this shade of pink (Pixie Pink from Stampin' Up!) went best with the colors I'd used.  I wanted the background to "pop" a little so I inked  my multi-striped embossing folder from The Paper Studio with Rose Red from Stampin' Up then embossing the pink cardstock which also transferred the color simultaneously.  I thought it was beautiful just like that!  Adding Black to the card made it a little more sophisticated and punching a lacey edge for the white card base gave it the vibe I was looking for. 

 I added the tag on the inside just to finish it off as a birthday card, but I could've left it as a note card otherwise.

Simple, beautiful and so full of celebration!

So Excited to share my 1st Challenge WIN!!  A BIG "ThankYou!" to Unity Stamp Co. for offering such fun challenges (and Prizes!!) Every Week!!  Challenges are posted on their "Show & Tell" Face Book page.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/434773279941105/

HONORABLE MENTION - SUE MOORE
(see it on Facebook!)



HONORABLE MENTION - TINA DEMATTEIS
(see it on Facebook!) 

What a wonderful group that is if your looking for somewhere to find amazing & unique rubber stamps and really sweet people who LOVE STAMPING!!  There is so much love and encouragement on this page it can only help you

grow in your artistic journey :)



Go to the Unity Stamp Co Wed site to find all of the images for these beautiful cards! As you can see, there is SO MUCH inspiration there <3

Hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday sharing time with the people they love!