be there...

how long has it been since i've participated in friends with flair??  who knows!  but i decided to today.  this card was inspired by one of the emails that angela sends out for unity with the awesome tips on quick cards.  it's sparked something in my brain.  i keep thinking taking time to make a card needs to be this big long process.  not.the.case.  i watched  one of the quick video tips, came up to my room and made a quick card.  I NEED TO DO THAT MORE OFTEN!!!  hope you have a great weekend!!

be there
stamps: phyllis harris-unity
cardstock: cameo coral, watercolor paper
ink: jet black, distress inks

face the sunshine...

do you ever work on a project and you have something in your mind as to how it will turn out, but then it turns out a bit different? that is how this set of atcs worked out for me. it's the first time (i think) that i haven't made every one exactly the same. i got some cute 6x6 paper in an order from unity (love the freebies!) and i love the paper. so i used it on some of these. i gotta say, i may mix it up a little more often. i think they turned out pretty cute!
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face the sunshine
stamps:  phyllis harris, susan weckesser, unity
cardstock: white, echo park pp, authentique pp
ink: onyx black, daffodil delight

sunflower girl...

i've been making some cards the past week.  trying to do some non-specific, clean and simple, for any occasion type of cards.  here's one i made using this awesome stamp by phyillis harris and unity.

sunflower girl
stamps:  phyllis harris-unity
cardstock: white, burano
ink: onyx black
embellishments:  distress markers

beauty...

i got a card the other day from my cute friend sherri.  it inspired me to make this card.  i loved how she did such a simple background.  this card is a bit of mixed media and stamping.  i gessoed some watercolor paper then stamped the image.  used watercolor crayons and painted the image and background.  so simple!

another unity world card making day challenge.  and you guessed it...the challenge was to color an image.

beauty
stamps: phyllis harris
cardstock: white, watercolor paper
ink: jet black
other:  watercolor crayons, gesso

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miss you...

i love that it is friday.  and i love unity.  and who doesn't love phyllis harris stamps? this one is so cute!  i merged three different stamp sets for this card. and it's friday (have i mentioned that i'm stoked that it's friday??) so it's time for friends with flair. awesome!!  check it out over at the unity blog.

miss you
stamps:  unity, phyllis harris, stampin up
cardstock: island indigo, ocean breeze, white
ink: island indigo, onyx black, tumbled glass, soft suede, shabby shutters
tools: distress markers

love the way this card opens.  it's like a little surprise in the envelope!  the card base is from creative cuts & more.  hope you have a great weekend!

fly...

this may be a long one, so hang tight!!

fly
stamps:  phyllis harris, unity
cardstock: fancy pants pp, book pages
ink:  jet black, pacific point
paint: gesso, acrylic, gelatos
embellishments:  prima flowers, muslin, glimmer mist
other:  sharpie marker, india ink-black & white, modeling paste

most people know i'm a pediatric icu nurse. nine years ago, i started in the icu as a new grad from nursing.  it was both terrifying and amazing at the same time.  every day i go to work, it still can be both terrifying and amazing at the same time.  but i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  i love what i do and i can't see myself doing anything else.

i have a lot of people ask me "isn't it hard?" and "how can you do work with sick kids?" or "how can you not get attached to the patients?"  the answer the first one is yes it is hard at times. devastating at times.  and at other times it's awesome.  i can ask nurses who take care of adults the same "how can  you work with adults?" thank god they can, because i couldn't!!  that's the beauty of nursing...there is something for everyone.  

the last question is an interesting one. yes, it's easy to get emotionally attached to your  patients.  you have to find a balance.  some kids (and their families) just touch  your soul in a certain way that you can't explain. but not all of them, luckily...or you would go crazy. there are many patients and families that i will never forget.  but for whatever reason i've had two patients that have left such an impact on me that i will be lifelong friends with their families.  i have blogged about my little angel, luke, before.  

this is norah.  she is one of those patients. and she has touched my life forever.

she has been a part of my work life for the past almost several months.  i would always get to peek in and see her smiley happy self every day i worked. and some days, when i was having an exceptionally rough day, i would go visit her for a little norah-sunshine therapy to remind me that things would be ok. i think her and her mom, shuana, were actually more helpful to me than i was to them over the past few month!!  but she took a big step last week.  so i wanted to give her and her family a little going away/graduation present.  and now that she is no longer a patient, it's officially legal for me to hang out with them!

i went to hang out with the two of them the other day.  we went to lunch, then went back to norah's room and crafted the afternoon away.  i loved that as soon as shuana opened the gift, she said, "well, we need to hang this right now!"  and grabbed a pin from the bulletin board and hung it on the wall!

dreams you dream...

hello peeps!!  it's friday.  and it's my cute dad's birthday.  so a big happy birthday to him!!  love you, dad!  it also means time for friends with flair!  a gathering, so to speak, of unity lovers around the world that show off some crafties they have made.  so check out the blog for all the other creations. here's a card i made with one of my favorite new co-brands by phyllis harris. i also used this stamp from the stamp of the week club. she makes such cuteness in her stamps! i used the new tim holtz distress markers and gave it a water colored effect.

have a good weekend!

dreams you dream

stamps: phyllis harris-unity
cardstock: cherry cobbler, early espresso, white, stampin up pp
ink: broken china, soft suede
embellishments:  prismacolor markers, distress markers
tools: decorative label punch