Mojo Monday sketch - Flying Unicorn

I love Mojo Monday sketches at the Flying Unicorn.  They are sure to get your creative mojo going!  This great sketch was done by Creative Team member Tammy Henderson, its a beauty isn't it?

I flipped the sketch from side to side as that seemed to work better with my photo.  The great thing about a sketch is that it gives you a jumping off point.  Here's my interpretation of the sketch.  It's the 2nd LO in my unusual telephone booth series.  This photo was taken on the Olympic Penisula in Washington state. I used G45 Botanicabella papers for this, perfect colors and theme for my photo.

This is a Manor House Creations flower that I misted with Lindy's Moonshadow emerald mist.  You

can just see a hint of the emerald color here and there.  It is more vivid IRL. 

We have a lot of great Mojo Monday sketches, be sure to stop in and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I sure appreciate it!

Flying Unicorn - May KOM challenge!

We have a new challenge at the Flying Unicorn beginning today, May 10th and that is to create a project using the May KOM!

I created this example layout for inspiration and used the Kaisercraft These Days collection from the May KOM. Everything except the blue flower, lace and ribbon are from the kit.The circle is Melissa Frances paper and if you look closely, you can see that I used a resist technique on the circle.  I simply painted mist on the title numbers and let them dry  before adhering.  I sort of went punch crazy on this layout, I used 5 different punches but I love the lacy effect it gives to this layout.

That is little old me at the tender age of 5 and again at sweet seventeen, just after I graduated from high school.

That's a beautiful Prima bloom surrounded by Kaisercraft blooms.

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Here's to Friendship Flying Unicorn Challenge

We always have lots of challenges going on at the Flying Unicorn and even better, we always have awesome RAKS randomly awarded to a lucky winner each month!    One of our May challenges is to create a project featuring friends.  We have friends in Colorado that we miss   so much, they really are our best friends.  When we get together, it often involves a bit of the bubbly and lots of laughter!!  If you follow Escape Kitty and Chena, this is  Chena's Uncle Willie!

We are also really excited to be teaming with Manor House Creations this month for our Flower Fantasy.  They have provided flowers for some of our RAKS.  We have special weekly challenges this month that are all about flowers.  Be sure to check those out because you could win some fabulous Manor House flowers!

I used these wonderful sunflower papers from Prima - Sun Kissed.  My flowers are a collection of handmade, Manor House (ledt top and center right) and some layered flat flowers.  I made the center left and top right using Spellbinders die Sunflower Set  # 2.  The centers are antique copper micro beads.  The bottom left flower I made using Alterations Tattered Floral die, the center is layered McGill sun punches.  The bottom right flower is a layered purchased flower with a micro bead center.

I painted the title chippy with Ranger dabbers.  First I randomly dabbed on espresso but not covering the entire chippy.  Then I added some snow cap but only in random places. I semi dried that and then misted with bronze glimmer mist and the final step was to randomly dab on gold.  I inked the edges with Distress Walnut Stain.

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More May KOM projects from the Flying Unicorn!

Here are some more of my creations done with the May Flying Unicorn KOM.  This first one is a photo of my parents when they were teenagers.  The perspective to the bridge in the background is quite striking.  I added the trip from my stash, otherwise everything is from the kit.  The papers are from the Kaisercraft These Days collection, perfect for vintage work!  I love the letters from Heartwarming Vintage, I coated them with Crackle Accents. I layered Prima sprite flowers that came in the kit  and added Spellbinders diecut for Heartfelt Creations stamped leaves underneath the flowers. 

Closeup:

The kit included a large set of clear acetate embellies that included the frame you see on this next layout.  I used several different colors of alcohol ink to splash around the frame to match the brilliant fall foliage in this photo.  the big yellow/orange bloom is from Manor House and matches the photo perfectly!  The smaller flowers are also Manor House, they were lime and I misted them to match my LO.  Everything but the letters and journal tag are from the May kit.

This next LO is one I did for a May photo alteration challenge  at the Flying Unicorn.  I applied a Lomo camera effect to the photo that I took on the Olympic Penisula in Washington state.   The papers on this LO are Bo Bunny Serenity.  All of the embellies are from my stash on this LO.  The pine cones and tree trunks are from my dear friend, jrabs, who has the most amazing collection of scrappy useful "junk"!  I added some fern foliage that I got in the floral dept to make the trees.  The journaling is Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken - I just thought this LO was a great illustration for the poem. 

Flying Unicorn, NSD!!

Join us in the forums for special challenges just for National Scrapbook Day!  There will be something for everyone!

Flying Unicorn - May KOM - OTP project

The Flying Unicorn kits always include an Off the Page project and this month is one of my favorite things, a paperbag album (PBA).  These are so fun to make, hope you'll try one!! 

When I make PBA's I always chose a theme, then I do a search on the net for images and quotes to go with my theme.  The theme of this PBA is Fly and it features birds, butterflies and fairies.  Here's the cover.

I find that PBA's are easier to make if I chose a paper collection and use it throughout the album.  I used the Inkido 6 x 6 papers that came in the kit.  You can use any kind of adhesive that you like.  I like to use Uhu glue sticks, its inexpensive and whatever you put down stays put!  Since  PBA's don't have page protectors you have to take care that everything is securely adhered.  Another thing that I often do (but did not on this PBA) is paint the front and back covers with Glossy or Crackle Accents to add another layer of protection.

I got some of my images from Gecko Galz and some from a gaphics program that I have. 

Where your PBA has a flap from the bottom of the bag, you can make a place to tuck in some tags.  Below on the left is a flap; you can just see the brown edge of the flap.  I sew the flap across the top and bottom before I add any paper so that the flap is secure.

On the right, instead of making a cubby to tuck in tags, I cut the flap so that it would open out. The flap is open in the first picture and closed in the second.

On the right I used an acetate from from the May KOM.  I painted around the edges with Liquid Pearls.

 I hope I've inspired you to make a PBA, they are so fun and they make great gifts for anyone that has an appreciation for handmade gifts.  My bff loves the artist Salvador Dali so I made her a PBA featuring the works of Dali, she LOVED it!

Here are a couple other projects I did using the May KOM . The first LO features Melissa Frances papers and the 2nd is Bo Bunny Serenity.

This is me at the tender age of 6 showing off my kimono that my Dad sent when he was stationed in Korea.  We moved to Japan the next year and lived there for 2 1/2 years.

Flying Unicorn May kit!

ITS HERE!

MAY KOM

SWEET EMBRACE

PROJECTS FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM USING

SWEET EMBRACE !

8 Sheets of card stock One Sheet of Each : Coconut Cream, Seaweed, Aruba, Vienna Lake, Sequoia, Sand Castle, Amazon and Reflecting Pool

All Eight Sheet for $4.00

Bo Bunny Serenity Luck and Dot

Melissa Francis C'st la Vie - Pink Lady, Blessings, Vines and Blooms, Hydrangeas, Unbillet, Dotted Kraft, Little Girls Collage, Nanna's Fabric

Kaiser These Days Collection - Ancestry and Family

ALL 12 SHEETS OF PATTERN PAPER ADD ON $8.99

FLOWER ADD ON : a medley of blooms Kaiser Craft, Sprites by Prima and Fleurs and

Manor House Creations . Sell price $19.99

May challenge at the Flying Unicorn

I'm hosting a fun challenge this month at the Flying Unicorn.  One of our members wrote these words and I've wanted to do a challenge using her quote ever since.  So often I hear scrappers say that scrapbooking is their stress relief, their happy place, this quote really expresses what so many of us feel about our craft. My challenge is to use this quote on a project, oh there are some other requirements, head on over to the Flying Unicorn forums and check it out.

“There is something to be said about creating something beautiful with your hands even when there is a storm in you mind.” Amy Harlan

Here is my layout that I created using a mix of 7 Dots Wonderland and Dreamer collections. I love love that paper!

These are Manor House blooms heavily sprayed with Black Magic Glimmer Mist.

And like all of our challenges, there is a great RAK to be won by some lucky randomly chosen scrapper!  Everyone is wanting that tool set in the back and those gorgeous Manor House blooms!!

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Flying Unicorn and Manor House

The Flying Unicorn is very proud to be one of the few US retailers carrying Manor House Creations flowers and this month we've joined together to bring you our month long Flower Fantasy! What could be a more perfect embellishment for your craft project than a perfect Manor House bloom? There will be four week-long challenges in May, featuring, what else but FLOWERS! Manor House is graciously providing RAKS for a randomly selected winner each week.

The Flying Unicorn likes to celebrate in a BIG way and in honor of our Flower Fantasy, all our flowers are 20% off. Now is the time to stockpile beautiful blooms for all your craft projects!

Please join us tomorrow in the Flower Fantasy  Forum for our first week long Flower Fantasy challenge!

Sneak Peek at the Flying Unicorn!

The May KOM goes on sale at 12:01 am May 3rd, whoo hoooo!!  Here's are some sneaks of the projects I've done!  You don't want to miss this one!

Scrapcake My Private Happiness

Now in my mind, there is nothing in this world any cuter than a sweet sweet puppy!  One of our challenges at the Flying Unicorn this month was to do a project with babies as the theme. My babies have always been puppies so please meet Jezebel at the very sweet age of 6 weeks.  She grew to nearly 100 lbs!  She was a Rhodesian Ridgeback and just the sweetest girl ever!  Oh she was a horrible puppy, chewed everything!  But after much perseverance and work, she turned into a wonderful adult dog that was loved by many!  She had a storied life, she went fishing with my husband at the time who was a commercial fisherman.  She learned to climb up ladder like steps to the wheel house on the boat.  They stayed out at sea for a couple of weeks at the time so she was quite a seadog.  It's funny though, she hated the water!

I made this layout using the gorgeous Scrapcake My Private Happiness collection.  The flowers and vine are Petaloo.  You can get the paper and flowers in the Flying Unicorn Store too.  These flowers are beautiful with this collection.  I stained the lace (from the April KOM) with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal.

I diecut the letters from a blue sheet of  Core'dinations whitewash cardstock using old Lollipop Sizzix dies.  Then I dabbed on some Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal mist.  (I purchased alot of my Lindy's mists with dabber caps rather than spray caps, I love them, so much neater and not as much waste.)    The pearls are from the April KOM also.    The quotes are from a set of vellum stickers that I've had for years, no idea who the mfg was but I'm sure they came from Hobby Lobby.
I just did some light distressing on this layout and then inked with Distress Black soot.  The white circle is punched with MS Deco Fans corner punch, one of my favorite techniques and I think Deco Fans is my favorite MS punch.


I popped up the letters to give them some dimension, try this, it'll make your flat letters look more like chipboard.