Tuesday, May 8, 2012

week two of flower fantasty

Hi everyone welcome to week 2 of our flower fantasty. Laura and Denise here to bring you week two - CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you know we teamed up with Manor house to bring you some awesomeness...

lets start with this amazing creation from Linda from Manor House

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That bloom is so gorgeous and all the dimension and glitter

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another beautiful card from Linda

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Don't you love the shape of the card and the fabulous layers? and that glistening bloom is delish!

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Now Denise created this amazing card....so creative (she uploaded the pattern into the file section if you would like to create this gorgeous card) She used mostly Manor House flowers with a few handmade and a few Flying Unicorn ones and the paper is ScrapCake.

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This is so Fantastic! I just love it! Who would not want to receive this card! so cheery!

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Here is what I created....

I love the manor house blooms! They matched perfectly with the scrapcake papers. I did lots of fussy cutting and punching!

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here is a close up

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I also created this one...

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I punched the bottom using a deep edge punch and added a gem...To create the swirly background I used my cricut

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and the manor house blooms match so well with the 7 dots paper
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Want to win this awesome RAK?????





all you have to d is create a new card as of May 8th and remember the theme is flowers!!!! You can use any flower you wish on your card!!!!



The challenge will run till May 14th, 8pm est and I will make a random draw from the entries and post the winner here shortly after!



Good luck everyone

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Flower Fantasy May challenges are up at theUnicorn

Hi everyone! There is so many wonderful things going on at The Flying Unicorn this month you just have to check it out!


FLOWER FANTASY! You know we've always got something happening at the Flying Unicorn and May is no exception, so be sure to join us May 1st as we kick off our Flower Fantasy month! We've joined up with Manor House to bring you a new challenge each week. The Creative Team and designers from Manor House will be showcasing Manor House's beautiful blooms on our example projects. There will be Manor House flower RAKS too!! Since it is Flower Fantasy month at the Flying Unicorn, what could be better than flower tutorials? The CT will be posting a different flower tutorial each and everyday of May. The tutorials will be revealed each day on the Today post with a link to each tut. As always, we'll have our monthly challenges and RAKS too. The Flying Unicorn is a "happening place," come join in our Flower Fantasy!

The first Flower tutorial went up this morning so make sure you check it out!

The May challenges also are up...there are so many wonderful challenges to get your mojo going!
Here is mine

I love photos....I love to alter them too......sometimes its the perfect little bit that just makes the photo jump off the page. This month I want you to alter your photo....more than black & white or sepia....you can add a frame or completely change the colors or whatever. Don't have a photo editing program, thats ok....there are a lot of free on line ones...like are a lot of free on line ones...like Picmonkey I love this site

So here is my challenge to you...

1. Your project must be a layout. NO DIGITAL accepted for this challenge.
2. Your project must have at least one altered photo (more than black & white or sepia)
3. Only 3 entries per person.
4. May not be used for any other challenge here at Flying Unicorn.
5. Must be new as of May 1. Challenge will end on May 30th at 7 pm EST.
6. Project must be posted in this thread…don’t forget to post in the gallery and leave some love here and there too!
7. You may only win one challenge per month
8. Winner has 7 days to pm Alda your address for the RAK.

here is my example


here is what you could win


Hope you will drop by and check out all of the awesome challenges!