Growing in Unity

 I want to thank each of you for your kind comments and words during my GIU week.  I enjoyed showcasing Unity Stamp CO. stamps and papers. If you haven't yet stopped by their website, I encourage you to do so. 

It is my pleasure to announce the winners of a $20 gift certificate to Unity! And those people are

Lorenda Rousseau

Jane Bosi

Please contact    Kelli@unitystampco.com for all the details. 

I promise to be back and not neglect the blog this year!

Growing in Unity Day 5!!

I am proud to announce that I am Unity Stamp's Growing in Unity Girl this week. It is my pleasure to showcase some of their wonderful products and different ways to use them. 

For those not familiar with Unity Stamp, this small family owned business offers over 60,000 sentiments and images all of which are produced in the USA. In addition they offer dies, paper and more! 

Welcome to Day 5! I am sad to say that today is my final post for Unity. I hope you have enjoyed my projects. I appreciate the kind words and comments you have been leaving!

The holidays are over. For many winter is in full force which means being snowed in. The view out your windows and doors can be gray and dark. Feeling sad or even depressed is very normal at this time of year. What better way to brighten someone's day, than to send them a card letting them know you are thinking of them. And I have just the Unity products to make one!

I started my card base with the lovely check paper from the Rustic Christmas Paper pack. I added some shimmer to this background with thin gold tape stickers. Love the shine! 

I grabbed one of my favorite stamps - Linen Flowers. Just look at the details in this floral spray.

I grabbed my red ink pad and stamped on vellum. Using metallic pens I added gold and green to the buds, centers and leaves. I turned the stamped image over and added a hit of pink to the back using watercolor paint brush pens. I wanted a very subtle effect.  Here is a close up of the finished image. The gold really adds a sparkle to it. 

I fussy cut the sentiment and backed both with green cardstock.

I used thick foam adhesive to pop the flowers up.

 

I do think this will brighten my friend's day! What about you? Ready to make a card to brighten someone's day? Be sure to share with Unity on Facebook if you do!

And you have all brightened my days this week. Thank you for all of your kind words and comments. I hope you are inspired or maybe have learned some new ideas for how to use your papers and stamps. 

 Thank you Unity Stamps for allowing me to be a part of the Unity Girls! 

Please stay tuned for the announcement of the gift card winners! 

Growing in Unity Day 4!

I am proud to announce that I am Unity Stamp's Growing in Unity Girl this week. It is my pleasure to showcase some of their wonderful products and different ways to use them. 

Welcome to Day 4! I hope you are still following along and commenting! 

For those not familiar with Unity Stamp, this small family owned business offers over 60,000 sentiments and images all of which are produced in the USA. In addition they offer dies, paper and more! 

Next on the calendar of holidays is Valentine's Day! It is the perfect time to create a handmade gift for those you love. You will be surprised with what you can create using paper, stamps and a small canvas. 

I started with a small 3 x 3 inch canvas which I painted red. To that I added a small square of paper from the Krafty Deck the Halls Paper Pack .  

I pulled out the darling fox stamp from the Warmth of Winter KOM

I stamped with Distress Oxide and painted it with watercolor before fussy cutting it.  I used the LOVE stamp but cut it apart to fit my surface. I finished with a couple of painted wood hearts and the sentiment stamp.

Now I need to grab a canvas and make another one so each grandchild will have one hanging on their door on Valentine's day! 

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Now for the important part - don't forget to leave your comments all week here - and also on Facebook and Instagram -for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Unity Store. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for my final project featuring Unity Stamp products!

Growing in Unity Day 3!

 I am proud to announce that I am Unity Stamp's Growing in Unity Girl this week. It is my pleasure to showcase some of their wonderful products and different ways to use them. 

Welcome to Day 3! And Happy New Year! 

For those not familiar with Unity Stamp, this small family owned business offers over 60,000 sentiments and images all of which are produced in the USA. In addition they offer dies, paper and more! 

Is everyone still with me this week? Thank you for all the kind words and comments. 

The rush of the holidays are over and it is time to look forward to what comes next. My twin sister's birthday is in February. And while you might think Rustic Christmas is only for Christmas, you would be wrong. I thought the reds and the vintage feel would be perfect for a birthday card for my sister!

Using all of the patterns, I cut strips and layered them to make this diagonal design. I die cut flowers and created a tag for the sentiment using another pattern paper.  A bit of bling and twine completed the embellishments. 

I can't wait to send this to her for her special day! 

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Now for the important part - don't forget to leave your comments all week here - and also on Facebook and Instagram -for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Unity Store. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for another project featuring Unity Stamp products!

Growing in Unity Day 2!

 Happy Tuesday and New Year's Eve!

Welcome to Day 2!

I am proud to announce that I am Unity Stamp's Growing in Unity Girl this week. It is my pleasure to showcase some of their wonderful products and different ways to use them. 

For those not familiar with Unity Stamp, this small family owned business offers over 60,000 sentiments and images all of which are produced in the USA. In addition they offer dies, paper and more! 

Thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday! 

Before we toast the New Year, it is time to document one of our favorite activities - hunting for the perfect Christmas Tree.  We literally walk two blocks to a church down the street from my grandkid's house where they sell live Christmas trees. The kids enjoy a scavenger hunt for a stuffed owl while trying to find a large tree to bring home. 

Since I didn't have a pattern paper perfect for the background, I created my own! I adhered the Krafty Deck the Halls Paper to a white sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock leaving a white border on the sides. I added the green strip aper from Rustic Christmas

To create the evergreen branches, I grabbed the stamps from the Whispering Pines Stamp Set.

I stamped using Distress Oxide ink, added watercolors to the branches and pinecones and fussy cut them out. I scattered them on the sides and added branches by the finished tree. 

The Season of Definition consist of tiles of festive words complete with pronunciation and definition. These were the perfect embellishment for the layout. Wood buttons, a few leaves and and twine completed my embellishments. 

I need to remember to use stamps more often on my layouts. I love how this turned out!

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Now for the important part - don't forget to leave your comments all week here - and also on Facebook and Instagram -for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Unity Store. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for another project featuring Unity Stamp products!

Growing in Unity! Day 1

 I am truly sorry for having neglected this blog but I am back today as this week's  Unity Girl!

Welcome to Day 1!

I am proud to announce that I am Unity Stamp's Growing in Unity Girl this week. It is my pleasure to showcase some of their wonderful products and different ways to use them. 

For those not familiar with Unity Stamp, this small family owned business offers over 60,000 sentiments and images all of which are produced in the USA. In addition they offer dies, paper and more! 

I am going to start the week with a little thank you card. The presents have been unwrapped and it is time to get those thank you notes in the mail. The  Rustic Christmas Paper Collection has the perfect patterns for these cards. I used two pieces of the paper for the background and added the sentiment to a tag which I decorated with a flower cluster and bow. 

This little note will brighten someone's day. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Now for the important part - don't forget to leave your comments all week here - and also on Facebook and Instagram -for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Unity Store. 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for another project featuring Unity Stamp products!

Time for Scrapping

 In just a few days, we will be leaving to spend the winter out west. I was packing up scrapbook supplies to bring but instead sat down and got to work.  Cleaning and packing can wait until tomorrow:)

My grandson is all about Transformers which was the obvious choice for his birthday them this year. 

I grabbed Graphic 45's Come One and All to document the event. I printed and fussy cut some of his favorites. We created Optimus Prime using cupcakes and pieces of a large balloon that we cut and backed with fondant. It was a hit!

I am working on a few other layouts. If I finish I will share! 

I appreciate your stopping by and for the kind words!