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What's YOUR favorite music style?

The newest challenge is up at These are a Few of my Favorite Things. This time, they'd like to know, what's your favorite music style?

Mine is Indie Rock. LOVE it. From bands like Bright Eyes to Vampire Weekend, the music just speaks to me. Here is my page as the April Guest Designer:

Again, the page is in a 6 X 12 format to fit into my special album for TAAFOMFT challenge pages. I took the photo of my hand holding my iPod (which is much more difficult to do with a DSLR than you would think!). The iPod screen shows my favorite song, First Day of my Life, by my favorite artist, Bright Eyes.

I had a ton of fun playing along this month! Thanks so much to Julie for asking me to take part as the April GDT :)

DT, GDT and the Giveaway Winner

Lots of things to cover today, so let's get to it! 

It's time again for yet another Sketchy Thursdays Challenge! Here's the new sketch:

Super cute, right? This time around, there is an opportunity to enter two challenges in one! Sketchy Thursdays has teamed up with Who's That Girl. If you use the sketch and incorporate the prompt "Right Now" (things your into, etc.) into the page, you can enter it at Sketchy Thursdays AND at Who's That Girl. Cool, right?

For me, this was easy. I've been obsessed with cameras lately (I'm sure some of you have noticed), and I've been super-obsessed with learning how to REALLY use my camera in manual mode. I prefer manual for a lot of things, but I just really don't know enough to satisfy my craving. So, here's the page I made:

Almost everything on the layout is from the awesome Kitschy Digitals Vintage Camera Kit. I printed all the digi files and cut them out to use as elements on the page. Here is a close up of the little camera in the corner:

To avoid the layout from being so matte from all the printed elements, I stamped the little camera with Versamark and embossed it with UTEE. It took two coats of the UTEE to make it nice, thick and shiny. It was easy to do and made a huge difference in the overall look of the page.

This month I'm also the GDT over at These are a Few of My Favorite Things! Thank you so much Julie (who is also a fellow Sketchy Thursdays DT member!) for this fun opportunity!! The challenge this week is to scrap your favorite city. I have a lot of favorite cities, so it was hard to choose one. I narrowed it down to San Diego. It's such an easy weekend getaway from AZ and always so relaxing for me to visit. It doesn't hurt that I have access to a yacht and spend most of my time floating on the water :) Here is my take on the challenge, a 6 x 12 page to go into the little album I created to hold all of my TAAFOMFT pages.

Lastly, what you've all been waiting for...the giveaway winner!!! I summoned the help of our little friend, Random Integer Generator and the winner is:

 

 

Congratulations Nitasha!!!! Please email me your address and selection of either Baby Cakes or Vegetable Garden Bloom Bundle at greenhornedunicorn (at)gmail(dot)com and I will get your prize shipped off to you! 

Thank you so much to all those who participated and for all of the wonderful flower suggestions and names! There were SO MANY. Who knows, maybe you're suggestion will become next new Green Horned Unicorn line and you'll receive some happy mail from GHU featuring YOUR color combination :)

For those who didn't win, you can stay in the loop by following my blog or twitter feed (in the left sidebar). There are more giveaways to come! And, of course, you can always purchase your favorite Green Horned Unicorn goodies from the shop!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Feeling Sketchy and Challenged

One of my goals this year is to play along in more challenges and use more sketches. I achieved both of these goals this weekend!! Now I only have to keep it up for the entire year!

First up is a page with a funny story. I think most of you all remember this picture of Nate and I on Christmas day, sipping on Mimosas while basking in the warm AZ sun:

Well, we sent it out to my family who were all snowed in on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Nebraska as a result of a huge blizzard that passed through. My parents, the comedians, who were OBVIOUSLY going a bit stir crazy from being stuck at home, sent this picture back to us:

Note the same chairs (the awesome zero-gravity loungers they gave us for Xmas!), the same chair placement and seating position. I laughed SO HARD when I got this photo I was in tears. What a difference in scenery 1500 miles can make! :)

So, of course, I just HAD to scrap these photos. For some reason, this was quite a challenge for me. After one failed attempt (that went into the trash bin) I found this sketch on the Studio Calico blog:

From the sketch, came this layout:

It is a little hard to see in the photo, but the arrow below the photo of my parents says "Frightful" and the green circle above the photo of Nate and I says "Delightful". Get it? Funny, right?! Now you all know where I get my sense of humor from...HA :) 

Next up is an awesome little sketch I found on Sarah's blog:

Here is my take on the sketch, a layout of my niece titled Smiley Kylee:

When completing the layout I also challenged myself to use up some older paper that I have never used (yet another goal this year...use up old supplies!) Thank you Sarah for sharing such a fun sketch!! 

Next, is a sketch from the Sketchy Thursdays Blog. I've noticed a lot of my blog friends posting up layouts from their challenges (and even being voted to the GDT...woohoo!), so I decided to check it out. Much to my surprise, their layouts are simple and FUN! I don't like over complicated sketches. I like the straight forward versions that leave a lot up to interpretation. The ST sketches are just that! So, here is the sketch:

And here is my interpretation of the sketch titled, Boys Will be Boys: 

I didn't have a small piece of scalloped paper, so I substituted a Maya Road Kraft Envelope that had a pretty scalloped edge. I love the pic of Nate and my nephew Caden clowning around during our Christmas celebration. I will be entering this layout into their challenge, hence meeting my goal of completing sketches AND challenges. 

Speaking of challenges, I also completed the most recent challenge over at the These are a Few of my Favorite Things blog! The challenge this time was to pick your favorite scent. For me that was EASY PEASY...Mac Turquatic, OF COURSE!. (I think I may have mentioned that here a time or two recently...)

Here is my page:

Of course, I'm not entering to win a prize, but I wanted to play along anyhow! Don't forget that Green Horned Unicorn is the challenge sponsor there this month! Play along to win a fabulous prize from my Etsy shop! To double your odds, you can enter the giveaway on my blog here. You have until 8pm MST on Monday to enter!

Thanks for stopping by! 

XOXO, Antonia

How about a little giveaway?!

In honor of a new year, new product, and Green Horned Unicorn’s sponsorship of the challenge over at These are a Few of my Favorite Things, I thought a little giveaway might be in order! For those who haven’t already, you should check out the super-fun challenges over at TAAFOMFT. Each one is about YOU and your favorite things! You can’t go wrong with that, right?!

For those of you who are new to Green Horned Unicorn, WELCOME, and THANK YOU for stopping by!!!

Here at the Green Horned Unicorn blog, I strive to offer creative inspiration through projects, tutorials, and a weekly series. It is also a great spot to check for shop updates, new product, and uses for Green Horned Unicorn product. In the Green Horned Unicorn Etsy shop, I offer handcrafted embellishments, frames, garland, bouquets and more! Check it out here or by clicking the shop gallery on the left sidebar.

So, about that giveaway…

One lucky winner will receive a package of Green Horned Unicorn Blossoms and a Ribbon & Trim card in Pink Passion colors – a brand new collection for Valentines Day! Who doesn’t love lots of pretty pinks and polka-dots?!

To qualify for the giveaway, head on over to the Green Horned Unicorn Etsy shop and take a peek around. Then come back here and leave a comment on this post, letting me know what your favorite item in the shop is. That’s it...easy-peasy! You have until Monday, January 18th at 8pm MST to leave your comment. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, January 19th, so be sure to check back to see if you were selected! Also, feel free to pass on the word about Green Horned Unicorn and, of course, the GIVEAWAY!

Thanks you so much for stopping by Green Horned Unicorn! I hope to see you again soon :)

TAAFOMFT - Favorite Layouts and Projects for 2009

I've gotten so far behind in my quest to complete all of the challenges over at the These are a Few of My Favorite Things challenge blog. One of my goals for the new year is to get all caught up and continue playing along and adding pages to my "These are my favorite" book. Fortunately, this time around, the challenge is quite easy, they want to see your favorite crafty project or layout of 2009. This project is by far my favorite:

There are many reasons this is my favorite. First, the mini was so fun to make with all the messy painted backgrounds on the recycled backgrounds. Second, it was such a wonderful adventure; it was the first trip Nate and I took anywhere together. Third, it was such a FUN time! You can't beat Fourth of July on a yacht in the Pacific :) And lastly, the album just turned out plain awesome (at least in my opinion...ha!). 

These are just the first few pages of the album, the entire project can be viewed over on my old blog here or on Flickr here. Thanks for stopping by! :)