~ May 2025 Friends of Unity Blog Hop ~ Bloom Where You Are Planted!

 Welcome to May! Hard to believe that we've already made it this far! At the beginning of the year, I knew this year would fly by as my youngest daughter is graduating high school in just a few weeks. But I digress.....the theme this month is Bloom Where You Are Planted. Which also seems fitting for her leaving for college....to bloom where ever she is planted! Just bloom!! 

Unity has so many floral stamps that I had a difficult decision deciding which ones to use! LOL This first one is a favorite background! Obsessed with Floral is a great all over floral that can be used just just about anywhere!

I started with a piece of white 110# cardstock to which I ink smooshed a bunch of colors until I got the result I wanted. I used dried marigold, spun sugar, worn lipstick, picked raspberry and festive berries (the ink smooshed panel is below). I stamped the large background stamp with versa fine clair nocturne ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I cut the panel with the scallops and rectangles nesting dies. I used the smallest scalloped rectangle to cut the center out and then popped it up with foam tape. I made a tag using the make a tag nesting die set and then cut it a tiny bit smaller to fit where I wanted it.

I then added some seam binding in the color coral from My Scrap Cabin, some white flowers with colored brads and some clear flat sequins. The sentiment is from the set called You Go Girl!

ink smooshed panel!

Next I chose a scrap background that I had created some time ago. It is basically the remains of some ink smooshing. You know when you still have ink left but can't waste it....yep, that's this!

The ink spot was only on the bottom left so that's where I stamped the flower from ...aging gorgeously. I colored in the petals and leaves with my KingArt Alcohol Markers. I then cut the panel with the largest scalloped rectangle die, added it to a kraft background, stamped the sentiment which came from the February 2025 Kit of the Month. I then added some coordinating enamel dots from Echo Park.

Lastly, I saw this idea on Pinterest and loved the single colored flower! Since I had already used the Obsessed with Floral background, I grabbed the Magnolia Background instead!

Started with white #110 cardstock from PaperTrey Ink and stamped the magnolia floral onto that with versafine Clair in Nocturne. Then I stamped the Just a Dash background. Cut everything to size and mounted it onto a black background panel. I colored the one flower with my KingArt alcohol markers and then added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer in glitter gloss for some sparkle! Sentiment came from the December 2018 KOM {best friend till the end}. Stamped onto black cardstock with ink on 3 clear embossing ink and then some white gina k. designs embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us this month! Be sure to check out the entire hop! We'd love to see your sweet comments!

To start at the beginning, vist Crystal's blog. To continue onto the next, visit my friend Joyce!