Unscripted Sketches 250 Thank You card

Good morning and happy Saturday!

Today was supposed to be my sleep in until my body wakes me morning and do absolutely NOTHING!  I've been crafting up a storm this entire week getting ready for an upcoming event and cannot wait to share it with all of you, but you will have to wait a bit yet!  I love teasers...

When I did wake up at 7:23 a.m. I was pretty amazed that I slept in almost a full 1 1/2 than when I normally wake up.  I got up, made coffee and decided to check in on facebook.  BIG mistake...or maybe not.  I found a post by Susan who is my leader over at Amazing Mold Putty and she mentioned that Unscripted Sketches had it's Saturday sketch up.

I don't know why, but it totally made me want to create a card with it.  So, taking my coffee I headed to my craft room and started looking for inspiration.  I have a 12 x 12 container with all sorts of unfinished or partially finished resin pieces in it and I've made it my goal to USE them and make something with them.  Whether it's a card, layout or a mixed media project, I've got to use them up.  I found this frame that I had poured a while ago and inspiration struck immediately.  The frame was made with a mold using the Amazing Mold Putty, poured with Amazing Casting Resin and Copper Alumilite metallic powder.

I pulled out my Alumidust in Deep Purple and Lt. Green and began working... 

Just dip your dry paint brush in the powder, highlight the area you want covered, spray with water and set with your heat gun!  EASY and no mess. 

I love the shimmer that it gives it. 

I did the same exact thing with the Bronze Alumidust on a piece of white card stock and after setting it with my heat gun I stamped my sentiment with black Stazon directly over the top of it. 

Then I traced around the frame and cut it out.  I also added a heart rhinestone right over the top of my "stamped" heart for that needed bling I always have to have. 

Some quick dry glue to the back of the frame and clamped with my chip bag clamps all from the Dollar Tree, hehehe and it can sit and set up for a minute. 

Now, another one of my goals is to use up some of my store bought embellishments.  Seriously people, I could open my own craft store with all the stuff I have.  I have a big problem when it comes to hoarding crafting supplies, but with that said, I always do have that perfect item. 

So I found these Iron On Rhinestuds from a clearance bin...is it possible to iron on paper?  

Let's try...I set my iron (which I had to ask hubby where it was 

since I do not iron anything; he does. What a good man!) 

to wool 5 setting and following the package directions began to iron the studs directly onto my paper. 

IT WORKS!  

Now, back to my stash of resin embellishments, I needed a butterfly and I'm sure I had one or two or three...When I pour molds and I have extra resin, I will pour molds that I have in my stash to not waste the resin.  That's why I have so many embellishments.  

Maybe I should figure out how  NOT to OVER MIX resin. 

I even found a purple butterfly, but that really isn't unusual because purple is my favorite color.

I highlighted the body and a bit here and there with a black sharpie.  Sharpies work fabulous on resin! 

I glued my butterfly next to the rhinestone studs and 

PERFECT match. 

Isn't that just the cutest Thank You card?  I say you can never have too many of them, so I might have to do this again and again using different color paper.  I'm really thrilled with how this card turned out.

Now, if I've inspired you to create a card using this week's sketch from Unscripted Sketches, I've done my job for the day!  

As always, have a great day and God Bless!

New DT member at ...

Good morning,


I hope everyone is doing great this morning.  I think life is getting a bit better on my side of blog land...at least there hasn't been any set backs in the last 5 days.  It's been a little rough over here, but the sun might just be shining on me sooner than later.  


I wanted to let you all know that I have been added to the Filekutz Design Team....yeah for me!!!  LisaJane has some awesome, awesome svg files and since I've gotten my E-craft I've really enjoyed cutting some intricate designs and she sure has some beautiful ones.  I know you cricut users are saying that you can cut intricate with your cricut, but seriously, I have a heck of a time.  Either my mat is too sticky, not sticky enough or I get uneven cuts.  I am still using my cricut as I have invested in quite a few cartridges, but I also love the idea of cutting ANYTHING I want.  Joining Filekutz Designs is giving me some more abilities to share with you and maybe enable a bit also.  LOL


Now here is the card I created for my first DT submission...I hope you like it as much as I do.  I cut everything on my E-Craft and am very pleased with how the scroll came out.

You can find the Flourish frame and flowers here

It's only 99 cents right now, so head on over there and 

grab it and create a beautiful card with it.

I pop dotted the flowers and added

some flat pearls I had gotten at Michaels

a long time ago.  Still shopping my stash...

The background paper is an embossed

felt like and the teal is also from my stash.

The sentiment is from Sympathetic Sayings

at Kandrewdesigns.com.  

So with all that has been going on in my life, I decided to make this card for me; to remember that it's not always and end, but sometimes a beginning.  I just have to look for that open window after the door has been closed.  I hope I've inspired you to make a card for YOU!!!  Sometimes we just have to do something for ourselves.