More from the Flying Unicorn March KOM!

I have lots to share with you today, I've been busy these last few days!

First I want to show you this card I made.  It is special for two reasons, the most important of which is that it was for my Mom's 90th birthday!!  And not so important, but really, I seldom make cards so this is a milestone, LOL!!

The March kit included some wonderful Kanban papers that had this divine image on it, what luck for me that it had the Happy Birthday tag also!   I combined the Kanban with a sheet a Bazzill cardstock and BasicGrey Little Black Dress - Foxy Posh.  The large flower is a fabulous bloom from Manor House.  Their flowers are divine!!  The smaller roses are no name from my stash.  The bloom above the tag is from the kit and is a Petaloo Color Me Crazy orchid stained with Lindy's Alpine Rose.

The Kanban and BasicGrey papers in the kit are so elegant that I had this vision of a layout featuring a true beauty, this photo of Elizabeth Taylor fit my vision perfectly!  I mixed BasicGrey Little Black Dress - Vogue and Foxy Posh with Kanban Couture Chic-white and added Bo Bunny Enchanted Noteworthy journal spots as accents for this layout.  The Dusty Attic (DA0542) corners are from my stash and are painted with oyster Luminarte.  The cameo is something I've been hoarding forever and thought it was perfect for this LO, and of course I had to add lots and lots of bling for a Liz LO, ZVA and Recollections.

This layout was also done with the March KOM.  I combined papers from BG Little Black Dress (Black and White) and Inkido Rosebuds & Vintage Love for this.  I also added a sheet of cardstock and the tan diecut (CI) from my stash.  the DA corner, bird and cage are also from my stash.  The large bloom is from the store, Manor House, I am loving their flowers!!  The heart and wine rosebuds are from the Feb KOM.  This was a fun project that I did for a challenge that Alda is hosting at the Flying Unicorn this month, it was quite the challenge, come join us, there's a great RAK up for grabs.

We are having so much fun this month making fun fashions, come join in the fun. This week our challenge is to create a hat so I made this fun little garden hat.  Here in the south its past time to be thinking about the garden so I thought I'd better get myself a hat to wear, LOL!  I used a little hat form for the crown and then cut a large brim that I cut on the edge with a Martha Stewart punch.  I added two ribbons and the flowers, the large one is a Flying Unicorn brand flower, new in the store, I love them!!!

And finally I made this simple little shoe last week during shoe week.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, hope to see you at the Flying Unicorn some time!

March Flying Unicorn KOM - Putting on the Ritz!

I am thrilled to share these layouts with you that I did using the March KOM and addons.  We are all about fashion this month and this kit is great for fashion inspired projects but its also versatile so that you can make any kind of project.  The mix of papers is really outstanding, I loved the Kanban paper that I used on this layout - perfect for this wedding layout.  Note that the butterflies and flowers are actually silver foil and they picked up reflected colors when I photographed.  The silver is so pretty, but it acted a bit like a mirror in this photo.

The Flying Unicorn takes great pride in bringing you beautiful papers from all over the world and this month we are so excited to introduce you to Inkido papers from Sweden.  I really loved working with these soft pink colors, so perfect for this layout of my grand-daughters!

I love this picture of my brother and me, it was taken in Verdun, France where my Dad was stationed in 1951-1954 witht he US Army.  The base paper is Inkido that I masked with Prima masks and Glack Magic Glimmer Mist.  The scalloped paper is BasicGrey Little Black Dress collection that I fussy cut.  I diecut the swirls using a Sizzix die.   The flowers are a mix of felt and fabric flowers.  I love the Eiffel Tower chippie, its a Pink Paislee House of 3 design.

I've saved my favorite thing from the kit for the last, and its the Off the Page project!!  This is a 17" tall wooden dress manequin that has a stand so that your beautiful creation will stand on its on.  Isn't this just soooo sooo fun?  I dressed my mannequin in papers from the BasicGrey Little Black Dress collection and black tulle from my stash. 

My design was inspired by this gown created by Christian Dior.  He is the designer that I decided to use as my fashion muse this month.  I think this gown is divine!!

 I hope that you will join us at the Flying Unicorn this month.  We have so many fun challenges going on!  In addition to the monthly challenges we always have, we're having our Haute Couture at the Flying Unicorn challenges too.  We're designing fashion collections, making shoes, purses, all kinds of great accessories.  Come join us and maybe you'll win one of our fabulous RAKS! 

March Flying Unicorn KOM - Putting on the Ritz!

Putting On the Ritz 

We are beyond thrilled to present to you the March Kit of the Month which is packed with oh my goodness so much and without further adieu Flying Unicorn introduces INKIDO papers in this Kit !

From the BASIC GREY, Little Black Dress Collection, to KAISER after 5:00pm , with a touch of KANBAN and BOBUNNY , this Kit is sure to turn heads.

How Awesome is this month's Off the Page (OTP) project! From KaiserCraft we present to you a 17" tall Wood Mannequin, just waiting for you to dress her to the Nine's!

Visit the Flying Unicorn store to get your kit, but hurry, they will sell out QUICK!

FLOWER NEEDS Add on

A Collection of Flowers to add additional elegance to your March projects 

From Petaloo - Black Floral set of 4, Color me Crazy Orchids, Pink Paislee Mistables, Felt Creations 2 packages and more, 2 corsage roses - All for $19.99

EMBELLISHMENT Addon

This is a need to this month's Kit. Filled with Chipboard Pieces by Pink Paislee, Kanban diecuts and Paper, Bo Bunny Die Cut Journals, ClearSnaps Mannequin set of 3 and 18" of beaded wire chain - Embellishment Add on 19.99

PAPER ADD ON

More yummy goodness from INKIDO,BASIC GREY, AND CORDINATIONS

You will receive one sheet of each : Inkido Springtime Rosebuds, Vintage Butterflies, Basic Grey Little Black Dress Haute Couture, Black and White, Kaiser After 5 Top Hat and Black Tie. Cardstock from Coredinations Kisses, Whitewash, Black, Core Amour - Paper Add on only 8.99

Flying Unicorn - new challenges

We have some wonderful challenges for you in March and they are all fashion related.  I hope you will come over and check them out.  I am hosting  a challenge that I've named Dress It Up!  For my challenge you will need to use a dressform or dressform image and dress them up, no naked dressforms allowed!  Please visit the Flying Unicorn challenge forum to see my challenge as well as all the other CT's challenges.

I did this arch using both a dressform image and dressform for my challenge. The beautiful image is from Gecko Galz and the dressform is a Prima resistable canvas piece as are the butterfly wings. 

All of our challenges at the Flying Unicorn have wonderful RAKS from the store and are awarded by random selection.  We don't like to vote on our members work 'cause all of it is beautiful and we wish everyone could win!  Here's my RAK, papers from one of our newest lines, Maja Design direct from Sweden.  You are going to want some of this lucious paper!!

Don't miss our exciting month of fashion at the Flying Unicorn, Alda is hosting Project Runway, Unicorn style, be sure to check it out.  We're making shoes this week, these are soooo fun, you are going to want to make one of these, trust me on this!!

March guest designer at the Flying Unicorn!

Hey scrappers!!

I am so excited to announce our new March Guest Designer at Flying Unicorn but first want to say what a fabulous experience it was to have Gerry van Gent as our February designer! She did some amazing projects with the February kit!! We were beyond ecstatic to have her with us and hope we can get her to return in the future.

Now, I am SO happy to announce our March Guest Designer...Jeni O' Connor!  Check out her BLOG here and be sure to check out the wonderful creations she makes with the March kit revealing on March 3rd!

A little about Jeni:

I'm an Aussie with a Canadian dh so we spend time in two beautiful countries. I'm a mum to twins who are growing up way too fast for me. Crafting has always been a part of my life and scrapping is where I spend most of creative time.

Jeni is a great designer and designs for Manor House Creations, Scrapbook Creations Magazine, OUAS, and has guest designed for companies like Imaginarium and Websters, to name a few. She is going to be a great addition to the Flying Unicorn Team!

Make It Work!! Blog Hop winner!!!

WOW!!  Thank you everyone who participated in our blog hop, it was a smashing success thanks to all of you.  We had a blast, loved reading all your comments and are so excited that we have some new members at the Flying Unicorn forums.  We hope that you will continue to be a part of our growing coummunity.  We work really hard at the Unicorn to keep things exciting and the Creative Team is forever planning new and different events and challenges.  We have planned a really exciting March that I really believe you will want to be a part of.  We'll have challenges designed to push your imagination and spark your creativity.  Of course we'll also have some great RAKS to accompany all those fun fun fun challenges!!

And now let me announce the winner of my blog hop RAK!!!!  Drum roll please!!!! 


And the winner is........Fritchey aka Sharon  Wooo-hooooo!!  Congrats Sharon, be sure to email Alda at mailto:cs@flyingunicornllc.com within 7 days to claim your prize.  You can also PM Alda from the Flying Unicorn forum.

Thank you all so much and stayed tuned, there is much excitement just around the corner!!

Let's make a Journal

I am kind of OCD when it comes to being organized so I wanted to make a journal to keep my scrappy world organized. I decided to use a 3-ring binder as it is so easy to add pages that I have printed to this type of journal. I purchased tabbed dividers just like we used in school to separate various categories. I have a tab for sketehes, ideas, shopping list (most important!), posting calendar. I also add notebook paper so that I can quickly jot things down as I think of them.
At this point I have only done the cover but I will eventually do a back as well as scrap each of the dividers. The notebook I bought has a plastic sleeve on the front and back so that I can easily slip my scrappy creation into it and have a pretty protected cover.

Here is the cover that I did using the Creative Imaginations IOD Devotion collection from the Flying Unicorn store. This is one of myd favorite collections, well yeah, it is red and black with ivory. The image I have used is a card (Anne Taintor Inc.) that I found when I was on a scrappy retreat with my best scrapping buddies in Ohio and I love the saying on her skirt, isn't that just too too funny? I picked up a few other equally amusing cards at the same time and will use those in my journal too.

I will work on the back cover next and I'll share that with you as soon as I get that completed.  Stay tuned as they say!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I really appreciate it!  I hope that some of you will make a cool  scrappy journal like this and if you do, please leave me a link so I can see yours!

Welcome to the Make It Work!! Blog Hop at the Flying Unicorn

Welcome to the Flying Unicorn Make it Work! Blog Hop. We’re so happy that you’ve joined us!  The Hop starts at the Flying Unicorn blog, so if you didn’t start there, hop on over to this link and get started so that you don’t miss anything!  I’ll see you back here in a bit!

First I want to share with you this layout that I did just for this blog hop.  The photograph is from a Life Magazine Christian Dior fashion shoot in Russia during  1949-1950.  I love the contrast of the thin model dressed in high fashion contrasted with the peasant women.  I used Kaisercraft Chanteuse and Duchess collections from the Flying Unicorn store to do this layoutPink Paislee Mistables and the small letters are Tattered Angels Rockin' Renaissance Ir-resistables.  The scallop near the bottom is Pink Paislee Mistables fabric trim misted with Cadillac Pink and Cotton Candy Glimmer Mist.  All of the beautiful buttons are from the February Flying Unicorn kit except the pink one.

I used a Dusty Attic dressform that I first painted with white Gesso and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist Old Lace. I love how it turned out, looks a bit like satin fabric. The gold chandelier is also Dusty Attic and I painted that with gold Perfect Pearls.  The largest flower is a Prima Meredith Mer and the vine is Prima retton Purity.  I a lso used Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers.

There is a reason that the Creative Team members are all featuring fashion on their blogs during this hop.  This is just a preview of the fun we are going to have in March during our Haute Couture at the Unicorn Ritz challenges!  Wait until you see the OTP project, it is so fabulous.  Hmmmm, what is haute couture, anyway? 

“The term "haute couture" is French. Haute means "high" or "elegant." Couture literally means "sewing," but has come to indicate the business of designing, creating, and selling custom-made, high fashion women's clothes.

To be called a haute couture house, a business must belong to the Syndical Chamber for Haute Couture in Paris, which is regulated by the French Department of Industry.  Members must employ 15 or more people and present their collections twice a year. Each presentation must include at least 35 separate outfits for day and eveningwear." (For more information see What is Haute Couture by David Johnson. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fashionside1.html)
I can’t wait for the March kit reveal. You are going to love it because it is the best ever!! Just to whet your appetite, here are a few sneaks, can you hardly wait to see it?

The March kit will reveal on March 3rd at midnight.  Be sure to join us in the forums for some high fashion, Unicorn style all during the month of March! 

Back to the blog hop!  There will be a grand prize awarded to one lucky person who visits, becomes a follower and leaves a message at all the Creative Team member blogs.  AND each CT member will also be randomly selecting someone to win a RAK so you will have 9 chances to win!!  Here is the blog candy, some gorgeous Scrapcake,  that will be sent to some lucky person!!  To win my blog candy:

1. Be a follower of my blog
2. Leave a message for me on this post

• If you came to my blog from Laura’s blog, then you are on the right track.  Below are links to all the stops on the blog hop.  The next stop is at Shona’s blog,  http://suchawonderfulmess.blogspot.com/

Thanks for visiting me, be sure to leave a comment and become a follower so I can enter you in my random drawing for my RAK.

Make It Work! Flying Unicorn Blog Hop

• Flying Unicorn blog-Alda (note you can't leave a comment at this blog) - BEGIN HERE
• Denise
• Frank
• Helene
• Laura
• Maggi
• Shona
• Tammy
• Tracey
• The Flying Unicorn Forum final stop on the hop, NOTE:  You must check in here to be eligible for the grand prize.

Now check this out!!  Here is the grand prize that will be awarded to one lucky person!!  It has a retail value of over $150!!!!  You sure don't want to miss out on a chance to win this.

To win:
1. Leave a comment on each CT members blog
2. Be a follower of each blog
3.  Leave a comment at the final stop in the Flying Unicorn Forum

Blog Hop Sneak!!!

Omy gosh I just saw the RAKS that will be up for grabs during the Flying Unicorn Make It Work! Blog Hop……There will be RAK winner on each stop along the way and then a Grand Prize on top of that!! That is a total of 11 PRIZES!!!!! Here are a couple of teases of what the RAKS are…..this is just insane, there is even some BRAND new released goodies in the RAKS…..both NEW Scrap Cake releases are up for grabs! 7 Dots, Fabscraps, Inkado…

The blog hop starts at the Flying Unicorn Blog, don't miss it!!

Sketches: Creatively Yours - a new sketch and layout

Here's my last layout for Sketches:  Creatively Yours.  I have really enjoyed my time with Ali and all the DT at S: CY, Ali always has great sketches for us to use and some of my favorite layouts have been from her sketches, thank you Ali!!

Here is sketch #6-12

And here is my interpretation.  It's a photo of my Dad taken in Vietnam, I love this picture of him, his smile is justo great!  I used the February kit from the Flying Unicorn for this layout.  Its such a versatile kit because I was  able to do both Valentine type LOs and things like this!  The March kit will go on sale March 3 at  12:01am, you are going to want to be in the store then because they go really fast!!  I also did this layout for the American Idol challenge that we have going on at Flying Unicorn, be sure to check it out!

Don't forget our blog hop on this Saturday and Sunday!!  We'll be revealing sneaks for the March KOM during the blog hop, you're not going to want to miss it!!  Oh and there will be RAKS galore!

Mojo Monday sketch - Flying Unicorn

Check out this fabulous Mojo Monday sketch posted this morning at the Flying UnicoTrn.  Give it a try and be sure to post it in the gallery and Mojo Monday thread!

Here's my take on the sketch. Its a great sketch for multiple photos. 

I used the February kit for this layout and added the 12 x12  pink BasicGrey doilie over Core'dinations cardstock that came in the kit.  The other papers are all from the kit, Fabscraps and Kaisercraft.  The largest flower is a Prima from my stash, the others are from the kit. The black accents and tag are Creaqtive Imaginations Narratives cardstock stickers, also from the kit.  I used a Sizzix die to cut the leaves, "branch with leaves", it is definitely one of my favorite dies. 

Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate your comments so much!

Flying Unicorn news!

We are so excited to welcome Mandy back to our Creative Team!!!  Mandy  had to step down for  while to deal with the damages her home received in the aftermath of hurricane Irene.  We are so glad you're back!!

We are really thrilled that Tracey has joined our team as a creative artist for the Enchanting Creations magazine.  I can't wait to see what Tracey designs for the magazine! 

Congrats to both of these gals, they are fabulous additions to our Creative Team!

Make It Work!! Blog Hop at the Flying Unicorn

Join us for a very special Make it Work blog hop February 25^th and 26^th!   The blog hop starts at the Flying Unicorn blog and ends in the Flying Unicorn forums.  Each of our designers will be revealing a very fashionable project on their blog that they’ve designed just for the blog hop.   You know how we like to give fun “stuff” away, so of course, there will be RAKs awarded randomly to one lucky visitor of each blog.  

 If you visit each CT member’s blog, leave a comment, and become a follower, you will be entered in the grand prize drawing for a fabulous prize package assembled by The Grand Unicorn herself!

Our favorite part of the blog hop is that we’re going to preview the March kit with some sneak peeks on our creative teams’ blogs instead of in the forum.  We’re also going to tell you something about the wonderful projects we have planned for March.  Trust me; you are not going to want to miss this.  We are all over the moon excited about our March plans that we’ve been working on for a couple months now.  Don’t miss this blog hop because we’re going to be working it!