The case of the missing file.

I was getting ready to make another post for my blog, starting with the taking of the photos. I went to open the photos in Photoshop as I usually do but could not see the pics I’d just taken. Hhmmm….thats odd. Nothing I did seemed to work, so I just thought I’d sit on it for a few days and eventually the solution would come to mind. That day was last night as I was going off to sleep, so this morning I put my new idea to the test and found my solution.  Somehow I’ve created a new file on my card ( not sure how that happened, but it did), so I went looking for the new file and there I found all my pics for the past week. Yay!!!

And this is what I’ve been wanting to show you for a week now.

Last weekend I bought a secondhand Cuttlebug. Weeks before I purchased my first set of Nesties, knowing that the CB was coming my way. As soon as I got it home I was quick into making these cards. I really love the embossed edges you can put on the cut out shapes and I love the stencilling too.

I made these for a local sidewalk market stall I’ve finally got around to participating in. A few people over the past year or more have suggested that I do this, so I did. I don’t anticipate that I’ll be making big dollars doing this, but it is good for me to get out and about and meet people. I tend to be a stay at home sort of person, but as much as I love my own company, I find I should balance it out with a bit more social interaction. I’m sure I’d like my job at the bar more  if customers didn’t turn up. LOL. Seriously though, I am getting use to the fact that I’m required to interact with others in a public and open place. I don’t think I’m overly shy as I’m just very private. Anyway I digress. The market stall is a nice little diversion for me, I’ve made a few sales and I’ve got a couple of requests to make a card to order. I may take a photo of me and my little, little stall one day.

The images were stamped with Stampin’Up! A Rose is a Rose stamp set and the sentiment is by The Unity Stamp Company.

Unity Friends with FLAIR

The Unity Stamp Company is starting a new blog participation event every Friday (US time) called Friends with FLAIR FRIDAY, and I’ve decided to join in.

I made my card with images from the Unity Julne Kit of the Month. With eyes like that I sure the owl has to be a girl, so I created a feminine looking card, LOL. I thought it’d be interesting to create a frame with the branch, just for something different. I watercoloured the images with dye inks to give a soft look.

I’m really liking my Unity Kits of the Month. I can’t wait for the new September KOTM to arrive. I’ve already got some cards planned out in my head with some of the new images. Don’t forget, all you Aussie girls, that Craft-a-Lot handles the distribution of the Unity KOTM here in Australia.

Be sure to go and visit the other Friends with FLAIR blogs as one of them has a special blinkie. When you find the blog with the blinkie and leave a comment, you will be eligible to win BLOG CANDY of 50 random stamps from Unity. Who wouldn’t want to win some great Unity stamps?

Time for a challenge

A Unity card challenge that is. After several weeks off from doing some creative card making I feel it’s time to get back into it. And here is my first offering.

 

The challenge was to use the colours purple, orange, green and black, and images from the past two Unity Kits of the Month. I used the bird from the July kit and coloured it with artist colour pencils. I love the way the colours can be layed down and blended. I bought myself some Nesties on the weekend, even though I haven’t got the other neccessary equipment to use them. So I went around to my friends place for a cuppa and a chat and she just happens to own a ‘bug’, tee hee. The orange layer I had to trace and cut out by hand as it doesn’t cut to that size, but I think it is so groovy having these decorative shapes thatI didn’t mind one bit. I think this card is really pretty and I’m very happy with it.

To my lovely Aussie readers. If you’d like to subcribe to the Unity Kit of the Month, I’m happy to say I have found a shop in Australia who handles the distribution. Details about how to subscribe can be found here and more info about the kits can be found here. Unity has a lot of fun activities to join in with, as well as prizes to be won. With this card I’m eligible to win the September Kit of the Month for FREE!!!!