Chapter 39: Nothin' but Tea...

Chapter 39: Nothin' but Tea and Time...

"Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could. `

The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.' `

Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. `

No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?' `

I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter. `

Nor I,' said the March Hare.

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.' `

I don't know what you mean,' said Alice. `

Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'"

A BIG warm WONDERLAND welcome to Tracy Evans, our November/December Guest!

This week, we have an inspiration piece, again from one of Jess's favorite designers,Tarina Tarantino (Shown above).

For challenge details, please visit the OAC blog.

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.

Altered fairy album class coming soon to Paper Tales!

Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to visit the Twisted gals:

Jessica

Andrea

Donna
Emma

Erin

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara
Tasha
Tracy -Guest Designer

Oh, Alice Ch. 32: Journey...

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Window box: Ready-to-Go Mini Shadow Boxes (love these!)
{**Sorry, still having tech issues, my window card is going to be late. In the meantime...I pulled this from one of my older Unity posts! Thanks for bearing with me gals!}

CHAPTER 32: Journey to the Center of the Earth...

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!

"I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. `I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--'"

(for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over)

"yes, that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)...

Now it's time to really fall down the rabbit HOLE this week with this challenge! Your task if you wish to accept it is to create a card with a WINDOW or HOLE in the card! So lets take a look at what the design team has created in their fall down the rabbit hole!

Jessica

Andrea

Emma

Erin

Gloria

Jen

Ky

Lynne

Margie

Peggy

Sammi

Sara

Suzi

Tasha

Be sure to upload your card or creation over at the Oh, Alice blog!

Have a great weekend!

A Sparkly Flutter By & Whimsical Wednesday

Stamps: Unity - Melody Ross Collage Collection "Brave Girl"

Flutter By Wednesday #111 - OPEN + butterfly, fairy, or angel!

Here we are at our last FBW challenge until July 7, 2010. We hope you will play along this week and then come back and play along again starting in July!!

Once you've created your NEW card or project, place your direct link into InLinkz over at the FBW blog.

Sadly, we also say goodbye to the following Flutter By Team members this week~ Christine, Debby, Karen, Kris and Lelia. It has been so much fun working with all of you talented ladies and we will miss all of you!

**If you're interested in being a guest designer, please read this FBW post at the bottom!!

At this time I'd also like to introduce the "new" Flutter By Team. Danni ran a DT call within the DT. So, when we come back in July, the following will be the new Flutter By Team:

Danni
Michelle- team leader and guest designer coordinator
Harriet
Jodi
Kimberly
Kristie
Nancy
Randi

Thanks Danni & Congrats ladies!!! I am so lucky to be working with you all again!

And be sure to check out the newly remodeled FBW blog and grab your new blinkie badge!! It is SO adorable!!

Today is also Whimiscal Wednesday #37 at the Diedrich Dare blog and the last week of our Guest designing kids! This week we feature Kim Ross' daughters, Kaeli and Emilie.

Kaeli & Emilie's challenge:
Make your cards SPARKLE!

These girls know my favorite word!! :o) Thanks girls!

For these tags, I created flowers painted with a mix of Pearl Ex and Gum Arabic for some intense sparkle.....{click pics for larger views}

Please be sure to vist the rest of the Daredevil team:
Andrea Murdock

Cassie Larson

Heather Schlatter

Jacquie Peifer

Jessica Diedrich

Kim Ross

Kris Palakiko

Krista Vantol

Rebecca Ednie

Sara Henton

And, many, MANY, thanks to our wonderful May sponsor, Lynette at Sweet Pea Stamps!! And, to my Daredevil teamates for creating such amazing and inspirational cards all month long!! Thanks everyone!!

Be sure to check out my TUTORIAL below featuring Sweet Pea Stamps....

Be sure to check out the Dare blog NEXT WEEK...there will be a HUGE announcement and a HUGE prize pack up for grabs!!!

Unity Friends with Flair Friday!

It is Friends with Flair Friday at Unity Stamp Co! See the Unity blog for a complete list of today's Friends with Flair.

For my Unity FWF project I altered some playing cards into ornaments after I saw an article in Somerset's Holidays & Celebrations issue, by Candyce Martens. I changed it up a bit, by adding mulberry paper, distress paint and glimmer mist. I then stamped over them with Versafine Onyx ink and Unity stamps! For the large butterfly, I embossed with gold EP.


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Supplies:
Unity Stamp Co: April KOTM, August KOTM, Butterfly Beauty
Deck of playing cards
Crop-a-dile
Mullberry paper
Distress Crackle Paint: Dusty Concord
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Coffee Shop, Snow Angel, Juneberry Wine
Martha Stewart punches: heart, butterfly
Ranger EP: Queen's Gold

The Bachelor Bro Challenge results were announced today! Be sure to check out the blog and see all the amazing projects!! Congrats to Nancy McKinney for winning! Lucky girl gets a fabulous Unity prize package worth $750!!

Here's my entry....

Supplies:
Unity Stamps:Frame this Alpha, Bevy of Butterflies, Stylin' Stars, Stars of Worn, Oaky Doke Tree, Shurbery Tree, Shade Tree, "Remember Happiness" KOTM
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist:Tattered Leather, Blue Skies, Twilight
DP: My Mind's Eye, Prima
Ice Stickles: Coffee
Chipboard: Maya Road
Crop-a-dile



My box of exclusive {ippity} stamps will be delivered today!! If you haven't already heard the exciting news, Unity launched it's sister company called {ippity}!

Don't forget, there's a special Friends with Flair blinkie hidden on one of today's participating blogs...find the blinkie and leave a comment and you could win 25 FREE Unity stamps!!

Thanks for visiting!

Back to the Unity main blog list here.

Or, next blog: the wonderful Jodi

Unity Friends with Flair Friday!

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It is Friends with Flair Friday at Unity Stamp Co! See the Unity blog for a complete list of today's Friends with Flair.

I am still loving my Unity Bingo stamp. For the background, I embossed some Bazzill textured cardstock in pale robin's egg and sprayed with Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I then rubbed the raised embossed areas with Peony and Brilliance in Lightning Black. It is a gorgeous black with metallic gold. Love that ink!!

Easy tag making! Just add 'To/From:' on the back. These hearts were punched from the new K&Co paper Viola Vita. I love this new line! It reminds me of Anthropologie! I want to wallpaper my house with it!! The punches are Marvy. Keeping the sizes straight..giga..extra jumbo..jumbo...gives me a headache, so I just refer to them by color. The large scallop is the purple size, the regular heart is the pink size, and the smaller heart is the blue size.

Supplies:
Unity Stamps: Game of Chance Bingo, Confession: I {luv} Unity
Ink: Brilliance-Lightning Black, Colorbox-Peony
Tattered Angels glimmer mist: Blue Skies, Lime Twist, Mimosa
Ice Stickles: Coffee
DP: K&Co Viola Vita, Prima
Marvy punches

30% off ALL WEEKEND at Unity
for full details see: http://www.unitystampco.com/

Yes! I will have the exclusive {ippity} stamps soon! If you haven't already heard the exciting news, Unity launched it's sister company called {ippity} last week! It's a wonderful NEW stamp line sold only by independent {ippity} sellers. These stamps will not be found on the store shelf or at online retailers, nor will they be for sale at the Unity site. You can only purchase them from an {ippity} seller, or become an {ippity} seller yourself. To find out how you can become an {ippity} seller, click here.

Don't forget, there's a special Friends with Flair blinkie hidden on one of today's participating blogs...find the blinkie and leave a comment and you could win 25 FREE Unity stamps!!

Thanks for visiting!! Have fun blinkie hunting!

Back to the Unity main blog list here.

Or, next blog: the wonderful Julie

And, be sure to check out the SALE:
30% off ALL WEEKEND at Unity
for full details see: http://www.unitystampco.com/

Unity Friends with Flair and BIG NEWS!!

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So much news to share today!!

First, I am SO thrilled to be a finalist in the Unity Bachelor Bro Challenge!! I am one of the lucky 7 finalists that get to compete for an amazing Unity prize package!! HOW EXCITING IS THAT?!?!? My entry is a few posts down, or click here. Many thanks to Unity for hosting such amazing challenges, and of course, big thanks to the Unity bachelor himself, Mr. Ryan BROman!

If you haven't joined the party over at the Unity forum at SCS yet, be sure to stop by, because it is one FUN group!! Unity always has something amazing going on, including their latest endeavor....

Intrigued by the new blinkie?? Unity launched it's sister company called {ippity} yesterday! It's a wonderful NEW stamp line sold only by independent {ippity} sellers. These stamps will not be found on the store shelf or at online retailers, nor will they be for sale at the Unity site. How can you get your {ippity} stamps? You can either purchase them from an {ippity} seller, or become an {ippity} seller yourself. To see a temporary list of sellers, click here. To find out how you can become an {ippity} seller, click here.

Now, it's time for Friends with Flair Friday at Unity Stamp Co.! See the Unity blog for a complete list of today's Friends with Flair.

It should come as no suprise that I love making backgrounds! For these I used the Bevy of Butterflies and Le Chic Vintage kits. I inked up the butterflies with two shades of ink. I traced around each butterfly with my Sakura gelly roll in Silver Star. It's super glittery. The script background is from Le Chic Vintage, which was the September scrapbook kit of the month. October and November are still available at Unity. September is available at Paper Maniac.

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Supplies:
Unity Stamps: Bevy of Butterflies, Everday Adorable ['smile'], Le Chic Vintage
DP: MME
Ink: Memento-Desert Sand, Rich Cocoa, Angel Pink, Summer Sky, Versamagic-Perfect Plumeria
Sakura gelly roll pen: Silver Star
Marvy and EK punches
Prima bling

Don't forget, there's a special Friends with Flair blinkie hidden on one of today's participating blogs...find the blinkie and leave a comment and you could win 25 FREE Unity stamps!!

Thanks for visiting!! Have fun blinkie hunting!

Back to the Unity main blog list here.

Or, next blog: the wonderful Nina!

BIG SALE THRU THE WEEKEND....

Unity Friends With Flair Friday!

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Update 11/2: Finally got this finished just in time for the Unity Bachelor Bro Challenge #7 over at Splitcoast Stampers! Remember how I made this at 11pm after a day full of Disney...well I realized the challenge was to make a box, bag, or tag..so I had to convert my card!! ;o)

It's time for Friends with Flair Friday at Unity Stamp Co. again! See the Unity blog for a complete list of today's Friends with Flair.

Just a quick one! I'm exhausted and didn't start making this until 11pm. My husband suprised me with a trip to Disneyland for Halloween today!! Halloween is my favorite time to visit!! I just recovered from my cold and I had not been eating much and wow, did I make up for it today. The only reason I got this card finished and posted was because I was running on pure SUGAR!! Including a funnel cake topped with brownies, choco syrup, whip cream and powdered sugar! Oh, ya!

Yep, there's that bingo stamp again! I LOVE it!!



Supplies:
Unity: Game of Chance Bingo, Hauntingly Sweet["Happy Halloween"]
Martha Stewart: bat punch
DP: MM
Stickles

Don't forget, there's a special Friends with Flair blinkie hidden on one of today's participating blogs...find the blinkie and leave a comment and you could win 25 FREE Unity stamps!!

Thanks for visiting!! Have fun finding the blinkie!
Back to the Unity main blog list here.
Or, next blog: the talented Robyn!

Also, check out the sale at Unity:

BIG SALE TODAY!

Every $25.00 you spend you get to pick ONE NEW RELEASE for only $3.10.

See full details here.

Twilight Tuesday Anniversary Blog Hop!!

You found a BLOG CANDY stop!!
One lucky commenter on my blog today will win this AWESOME blog candy assortment from Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge!!!

Unity Stamp Company

My Werewolf can beat up your Werewolf Sentiment & My Vampire can beat up your Werewolf sentiment

Sassy Studios Designs

Sassy Studios Once Upon a Time Princess Penelope Digital Stamp & School Day Dayna (AKA Rosalie) Digital Stamp

Die Cuts R Us

Le Creme Paper Pack & One sheet of White Thickers

Stamp Happens Shop

Stamp Happens Embellishment Pack

Just leave a comment on my blog today! Winners of the blog candy at the candy stops will be announced on TTIC Friday October 30, 2009!
Now on to the challenge!

CHALLENGE #52: A look back at 51 challenges!
Today is the Anniversary Blog Hop at the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge Blog! The hop will start and end at the TTIC website at: http://www.twilighttuesday.com
Happy One Year Anniversary TTIC!

The challenge is to pick from the past year's 51 amazing challenges!

#49 Home Is Where the Heart Is:
"Make a craft based on either a home discussed in the series or what means home to you."

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Supplies:
The Greeting Farm: Wild Sprout Edward
Artful Inkables: Fictionally Inspired
Eat Cake Graphics
Copic Markers
Versamagic ink: Midnight Black, Night Sky, Eggplant
Tattered Angels glimmer Mist: Snow Angel

#5 Which Team are You?
"This challenge is all about showing your love! You can craft any creation that shows which team you are on."

Supplies:
The Greeting Farm: Wild Sprout Edward
Unity: Boo Crew, My Vampire...
Copic Markers: W00, W3, W6, W9
Spica gliter pen: Clear

Challenge #16 Twilight Music:
"Music is an important element in Twilight. Let the music from the book or the movie inspire you!"

For this challenge I chose one of my favorite songs from the Twilight soundtrack; 'Never Think' by Rob Pattinson.

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Supplies:
Unity: Butterfly Beauty
Papertrey Ink: Butterfly Kisses
Tattered Angels screens & glimmer mist
Distress Stickles: Fired Brick; Glitz Stickles: Tiara
Lindy's Stamp Gang EP
Adrirondack Paint Daubber: Silver
Marvy heart punch

Many thanks to the wonderful blog candy sponsors including these additional sponsors:
Stamp Insanity Stamps http://stampinsanity.com/
The Greeting Farm http://thegreetingfarm.com/shop
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Next stop on your hop: Rebecca http://bellacarta.typepad.com/

Unity Friends with Flair Friday!

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It's time for Friends with Flair Friday at Unity Stamp Co. again! See the Unity blog for a complete list of today's Friends with Flair.

I've been battling a cold, so just one quick card today!
I had to use my new favorite Unity Bingo background stamp and I really wanted to try out one of my new Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punches!! It's HUGE! Love it!!!! It makes a border over an inch wide!


Supplies:
Unity: Game of Chance Bingo
Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch: Flower Bed
Tattered Angels glimmer mist and butterfly framed fonts
DP: MME, Sassafras
Ice Stickles

Don't forget, there's a special Friends with Flair blinkie hidden on one of today's participating blogs...find the blinkie and leave a comment and you could win 25 FREE Unity stamps!!

Thanks for visiting!! Have fun finding the blinkie!

Back to the Unity main blog list here.