Growing in Unity Day 5! Thank you for an amazing week!

 I have gotten to the end of my super fun week!! Day 1, day 2, day 3 and day 4 are here if you'd like to go back to the beginning of the week! 

Today's card(s) feature my other obsession.......scraps! I am a hoarder of scraps! All sizes, I have a hard time throwing away anything! Every once in a while I gather all my scraps together and make a bunch of backgrounds or put similar colors or patterns together and create something that wasn't there before!

These 6 cards are all created using scraps! Some Unity paper and some not...along with Unity stamps and dies! I am always amazed at the number of cards I get when I put all the scraps together! It's fun to find stuff that goes together! Not necessarily the same paper pack, but colors that work together!

Stamps used for this one are ....extended celebration and ...aging gorgeously.

Stamps used for this one are ...extended celebration and 5/23 KOM {bloom in color}

Stamps used for this one are all included in ...extended celebration.

This one was not a stamp that was used, but a die set.  Say it Big die set, coordinates with the stamp set of the same name! 

The stamps used for this one are from ...aging gorgeously and Insightful Meadows.

And last but not least, this was created with a die and stamp set combination.  Many more birthdays is the set, but it appears that the die is not available.

this is the pile of scraps I found that I started with...I then grabbed the Unity paper scraps (I keep those in a separate bag ;)

and this is what my desk looks like AFTER the SCRAP-ocalypse!!

You can see that there are PLENTY of scraps left to make a bunch more cards, and I very well may do that! But for now, I probably need to get working on addressing and mailing out some Christmas/Holiday cards!

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

God bless and I'll see y'all next year! :) <3

Favorite scissors for fussy cutting!

Growing in Unity Day 4!

 The week of fun for me is quickly coming to a close! Day 4 of my {Growing in Unity} week is here! If you'd like to go back, links are here! Day 1, day 2 and day 3.

Birthday cards were on my mind today! I hope I'm not the only one that does this....but I stamp the image and think "nah, needs to be on white," "nope, let me watercolor that," "hmmmm maybe black on kraft is the answer." Then you end up stamping the image over and over and over! Well that happened to me with this image from the Kit of the Month 2/23 {happy soul}.

Started first with black on kraft. I wasn't super happy with that. Next was.....

Jolande's technique! I have watercolor pencils (from a Whit Kit a while back), that I did her technique (as best I could). But it still didn't really seem like "me," ya know?!?

Next I tried coloring with some alcohol markers that I found at Ross (not copics, or any other brand name I can think of)! 

After the alcohol markers I came back to the black on kraft and colored in the flowers with a white colored pencil (crayola if you can believe it)! Pretty sure it was a leftover from the kids school supplies! LOL

Closer look at the watercolor.

All the stamped images do not go to waste! I have one more image that needs to get used, but maybe not this time! :) All in all....see where your creativity takes you! In this case it took me in three completely different directions! Same floral stamp.....three different outcomes!

As I linked above, the floral is from the 2/23 KOM. The birthday sentiments are from gotta love sentiments, extended celebration and aging gorgeously.  I used the scallops and rectangle nesting dies, some foam adhesive along with some burlap and white twine and Gina Marie Designs enamel dots!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for day 5! It's been a great week!!

(products used....links above)

Growing in Unity - Day 3!

 Hello there and happy "hump-day!" My week as the Growing in Unity Girl is already half over....boy that was fast! Day 1 post here, and day 2 post here!

If you follow along with all things Unity....you know it's Unity Membership Makes Wednesday! 

Today my card(s) feature one of the larger stamps in the Kit of the Month. This happens to come from KOM May 2022 {one friend}. Sentiments are all from
Unity Sentiment Kit May 2022 ...extended celebration.

It's a set of 4 gender neutral birthday cards. There is something about white on kraft that just makes me happy!

Kraft cardstock is from Unity, along with all the stamps used. White pigment ink and white fine detail embossing powder are both from gina k. designs. Sentiments were stamped onto vellum in VersaFine Clair Nocturne and then embossed with clear embossing powder and die cut with a banner nesting die set that was in a Unity Whit Kit. Spiegelmom Scraps Frolic Along sequins, Pink Fresh Studio Jewels mix...espresso color.

Here's a closer look at each one.

Don't forget to keep following along and comment! 

A gift card could be coming your way! :)

Growing in Unity - Day 2!

 Hello and welcome back for day 2 of my Growing in Unity week! If you missed day one....you can find it here!

I am a big proponent of Thank you cards! If someone takes the time to send you a gift or do something nice for you or provides you with excellent service or ANYTHING, the least you could do is let them know how you feel about it and that you appreciate them thinking of you! Today's post is about saying thank you!

I love the simplicity but the elegance of this snowflake in this Sentiment Kit from October 2020 by Unity Stamp Co. called Heart of Christmas. It also comes with a die set that coordinates with the large words, but this "thanks" is not available any longer. I stamped the heart of snowflakes onto cardstock with distress oxide in stormy sky and embossed with clear embossing powder. I then die cut the panel with the large rectangle from Scallops and Rectangle nesting dies (from Unity). Stuck it to a white cardbase, die cut the word and then attached it to that panel using a glue pen! After all that was said and done....I thought it may need something more.

This is the original card.....embossed stamped image and die cut word.

Then I added a few rhinestones....

Then a few more......

Then I tried pearls (gina marie designs)! I love them all!

This card design/idea came about because my sister-in-law asked for thank you cards that were "not Christmasy, but wintery"! They don't have to be difficult or fancy or hard! They just need to be addressed and mailed! Easy peasy lemon squeezy! This simple but elegant card will be much appreciated by the recipient!

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