My new Key Chain!

Here I am again... another Friday, working against my addiction to scrapbooking...

I bought these place cards at TJ Maxx, and I've already used them for several things but a place card.

I inked one of them with distress stain and then stamped this sentiment from Unity Stamp Co..  I totally love what it says...  It applies perfectly to me.

Then I stamped and cut in chipboard to use as a mask...

... and added another color with distress ink...

I ended up having this:

Then I added some color and glossy accents, plus glitter to the drinks... and a thin decorative tape for some break of color.

Here's a close up:

On the other side I stamped this key image several times and then, also stamped it in different patterned papers to cut just the center and add some personality to the stamped keys.

I used this luggage badge and replaced the id card with my piece of art.

And I will use it as my new key chain.

I admit I still want to add something to it...  but for now, I'll use it for a change.

Tks for stopping by... Don't forget to leave a comment.  You need to do it for two reasons... One because I'll link this to Unity Stamp Co.'s Friday Friends with Flairs and you'll have the opportunity to win something... and Two, because I love reading your comments.  

Have a great weekend!

Playing with Chalk

I played with chalk again.  I usually don't paint with chalk but I'm trying to use all the tools I have and chalk is one of those I don't use that much.  So, I'm taking advantage of the Chalk N' Stock challenges to make me practice. 

The challenge this month is with the "get well" theme.  People associate sunflowers with this theme so I went with the flow and worked with this stamp from Unity, that I hadn't used before.

I colored the image with chalk, and then cover with a mask and color the surroundings with chalk too.  

So I ended up with the image and a nice soft chalky background.

I used the image to make a card and followed this sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges.  I've never participated with C4C before (not that I remember)... but always receive the updates and get inspiration from others' work.  So this time I decided to submit my card.

And this is the card.

After I made it I felt it had too much "air" or empty space in the blue background, so I used some sand paper to rough it out and painted with more chalk and stamped dots in the areas for a final touch.

The butterflies stamp is from TAC, and the sentiment stamp from Inkadinkado.

I really hope you liked my card.

Thanks for your comments.

Happy Sunday.