It's time to choose a winner for my week long Growing in Unity extravaganza! But first, a big thank you to all of my blog visitors this week. I so appreciated your comments and visits.
I used Random.org to generate two random numbers, the first number was to choose 1 of the 5 posting dates and that number was 5, so the winning comment is coming from the Day 5 post. I then generated a number between 1-9 because there were 9 comments on that day. The winning commenter is number 3 who is Denise Bryant who said:
Welcome to GIU Day 5 on my blog, the last day of Unity Stamp Company fun! (see my Day 1 postfor the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so don't stop now. This post is your last day to leave a comment so that you may be entered in Unity Stamp giveaway. And, if you missed days 1-4, go back a few days and leave comments to increase your chance to win.
On my last GIU day, I will continue going beyond the card and beyond paper with my lovely Unity stamps. On this home decor project I used the Insightful Meadows Unity stamp set by Donna Downey. I simply stamped it on the fabric and used a some embroidery stitches to complete the project.
I really appreciate your blog visits and comments this week - thank so much. Now that we've met I hope you will stay in touch. You can subscribe to my blog and YouTube channel to keep up with my creative journey.
Thanks to Unity Stamps for sponsoring the GIU program and the blog prize! I'll post the Unity stamp winner here on my blog this Saturday.
Welcome to GIU Day 4 on my blog! (see my Day 1 postfor the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so keep them coming for a chance to win stamps from Unity Stamp Company!
I started off this week going beyond card making with my Unity stamps. Today, I'm also going beyond paper by stamping on fabric to create a lavender sachet that can be hanged on a door knob, wall or on a hanger in your closet. Just a few easy steps and you can make one too:
Cut two pieces of fabric to your desired size - any size that suites you
Cut a piece of ribbon to your desired length, if you want to hang your sachet
Use your awesome Unity stamp to stamp the top piece of fabric
Sandwich the ribbon between the two pieces of fabric and pin in place
Sew the two pieces of fabric together on three sides using a top-stitch, add lavender thru the open edge and then sew that last side to close all four sides of the sachet. This is a great opportunity to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine. If you don't sew, you can also use fabrice glue or a hot glue gun to connect the two pieces of fabric. Adding ribbon or lace around the edge could take the place of a decorative stitch as well. Your sachet is now complete and would make a wonderful gift or something special for you to
I used theDream Big Itty Bitty stamp from Unity, cotton fabric and gross grain ribbon.
Leave a comment on any or all of my blog post this week to be entered into a random drawing for your choice of two Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamps!
Welcome to GIU Day 3 on my blog! (see my Day 1 postfor the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so keep them coming for a chance to stamps from Unity Stamp Company!
Today's project is a stationary set. I like the idea of this as a gift accompanied with a book or a set of coordinating cards. The set includes:
An altered steno pad
A cover for a Post-it pad
A bookmark that woudl be used with the book that would go so well with this gift set
Each item is decorated with a positive and life affirming sentiment from two different sets of Unity stamps and includes the following supplies:
Pape: Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper, Post-it's, Steno Pad Lace: Pale Yellow Cluby Lace fromThe Piece by Piece Spellbinders Dies: Standard Circles Small, Lacey Circles, Floral Doily Motif
Leave a comment on any or all of my blog post this week to be entered into a random drawing for your choice of two Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamps!
For today's Growing in Unity (GIU) (see my Day 1 post for the background on GIU) project I used two different sets of Unity stamps and scrapbooking paper to alter a plain white gift bag. I LOVE this sentiment and it makes this gift bag usable for many occasions. Altering (and up-cycling) gift and paper bags is a great way to use all that scrapbooking paper you've been collecting. Add some wonderful Unity stamps and you have a gift wrapping anyone would love to receive.
Gift Bag: You can up-cycle any store bag or purchase plain bags at Michael's.
Paper: The patterned paper was first printed as part of the first American Crafts Dear Lizzy collection. But I recently found it at Michael's under the Recollections brand. Also used Bazzil & Hambly cardstock.
Dies: Spellbinders cirlce & scallop dies for the gift tag
Don't forget to leave a comment today and everyday this week for a chance to win two Unity Itty Bitty stamps of your choice - a gift from Unity Stamp Co.
Growing in Unity is a program sponsored by Unity Stamp Company. Each week Unity selects a blogger to feature on the Unity blog. The selected blogger blogs using Unity products for a week and visitors to the blog leave comments for an opportunity to win Unity stamps.
This week, I'm the lucky blogger to be selected for Growing in Unity and you are the lucky visitors who have an opportunity to win Unity stamps by leaving a comment on each post I make this week. So here's what I have for you today...
I love using my Unity stamps to make cards, but for Growing in Unity, I wanted to go beyond the card and use my Unity stamps for anything but a card. I have a few things in mind for the week, but for today, I'm sharing these up-cycled containers.
These beauties started as tin, glass and plastic containers from my kitchen and craft supplies. I thought they would be great for housing, pens, paintbrushes and twine that I have wrapped around long bobbins. So, to go with some of my favorite stamps, I took out some of my favorite papers, fabric, ribbon and lace to create these containers.
Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win any two Unity Itty Bitty stamps of your choice. I will use a random number generator to pick a winner on Saturday, April 28.
It's Unity Stamp Company Friends with Flare Day! Here's my share for the day. To see more Unity Inspiration, visit the Unity blog to see what other Unity lovers have made.
This was so much fun to make! I used some of the new bird cage dies from The Piece by Piece to make an adorable little containers that can be used to hold gifts, pens, candy, cards and just about anything else that suits your fancy. See what I;m talking about in this video:
For the month of March, my design team package for Scrapbook Island contained Konnichiwa from Basic Grey. It was fun to play with and in the end I created 3 cards, a 2-page layout (12x12) and a mini book measuring 6x6. Here they are:
And here is the supply list:
Paper: BasicGrey Konnichiwa, Bazzil Cardstock
Embellishments: Konnichiwa Designer Chipboard
Stickers & Sticker Sheet, BasicGrey Vintage Buttons – Plumeria, May Arts ribbons, twine & fabric
flowers, Prima Stick Pins, Beads
& Microbeads, Brad from My Minds Eye Fun Day collection
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Born to Fly
Ink: Colorbox Chestnut Roan
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilites –
Samantha Walker Blossom Tags & Accents, Donna Salazar Rose Creations,
Labels Six, Circles, Scalloped Circle, My Favorite Things Rolled Scalloped Flower
It's Friday which means it's time for Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flare Blog Hop!
This weeks card also has some what of a romantic feel and the color scheme is the same, but I think it has a very different look. I hope you find some inspiration and enjoy the card. The details...
It's Friday which means it's time for Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flare Blog Hop!
Love the romantic feel of this paper from Creative Imaginations. Goodies from two of my favorite Etsy shops (The Piece by Piece and Scrap Happy Supplies) as will as the wonderful Unity Stamp collection form Samantha Walker and the corresponding Spellbinder's dies really helped to pull this card together. The details...
What a treat it was to receive the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection and other goodies in my February Scrapbook Island Design Team Kit . Loved this kit and working with all of the goodies. Here's what I created:
Supply List
Book Base: Paper Accents, Arched Pennant Chipboard
Collection: American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan paper, Accent & Phrase Stickers, Thickers – Splendid, Letter Stickers
Acetate: Hambly Screenprints All Mixed Up
Embellishments: Prima – Vintage Trinkets, Flowers-Fleur de Lys Ivory (deconstructed), Say it in Crystals-SIIC Swirl w/Flower BL Diamond (deconstructed), BBP Big Beads, Canvas Corps- Burlap Banner (deconstructed)
Ribbon: Green, yellow & peach from cut by the foot/yard, Embroidery floss in peach & tan
Dies: Sizzix – Fanciful Flight, Tags #3, Frame w/Heart, Hearts, Tipsy, Spellbinders – Standard Circles Small, Big Scalloped Circle Large, Labels Seven, Rose Creations, My Favorite Things – Die-namics Rolled Flower
Punches: EK Success – Square Scallop, ¾” Circle, Scallop Border, Martha Stewart - Butterfly, Heart, , Fiskars - Scallop Circle, Star, WRMK – Corner Rounder, Crop-a-dile, Epiphany Crafts – 1” Circle with Epoxy Circle
Paint/Ink: White Craft Paint, White Pigment Ink, Tattered Angels Glimmer MIst in Lemongrass
Inspiration can come from many different sources. In this case, I created a set of cards that were inspired by Roxyfur (YouTube Name), a bad class at CHA and The Piece by Piece Fabric Flowers. Listen to the video for the details...
And here are some pictures of the cards...
If you found some inspiration here, I'd love to see what you've created, just leave a link.
It's Friday which means it's time for Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flare Blog Hop!
Fell in love withe the sentiment and image on this stamp. I used a Copic marker and watercolor paint to color it up. The stamp image was a great compliment to the My Minds Eye Blush paper. Here's what I used to pull this card together:
It's Friday which means it's time for Unity Stamps Company's Friends with Flare Blog Hop!
This card has elements from some of my most favorite companies and it has my very first Unity Stamp set that I purchased, it's still a favorite. The details are:
I love Unity Stamps just about as much as I love their weekly Friends with Flare Blog Hop. It inspires me to get out the stamps I love and use them! This week I used this Life stamp for the first time and paired it with paper from Authentique. Love the way it came out and can't wait to use that stamp again.
DeniseB