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!