UNITY STAMP COMPANY - GIU WINNERS

 I wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU to everyone who visited my blog during my week as a GIU Gal, I truly appreciate the support. 

Congratulations to my 2 winners!!!

xoxo

 

UNITY STAMP COMPANY - GIU DAY 5

Well here we are at the end to a beautiful, creative week designing with my favorite red rubber stamps from
Unity Stamp Company. 
I truly appreciate having this platform to do what I love, CREATING. 

I thought it be fitting to share a project using Berry Good Life, my very first unity stamp purchase

 

Thank you all so very much for visiting with me this week.

I will picking winners from all the comments left this week and will make a special post here on my blog announcing the winners.

Come back often, I am always "creating something handmade"

xoxo 

UNITY STAMP COMPANY - GIU DAY 4

 

Welcome, welcome it's Day 4...ALREADY.  it amazes me what one can conquer when they are on a schedule.  I have managed to create everyday this week so far and truthfully it makes me over the moon happy that I am able to create and do what I love for not only fun, but for a living.

Black and white and stripes a perfect pair and my favorite combination.  I used my Cricut machine to achieve this look and very happy with the outcome.

 

I want to thank you again and again for stopping by my blog and supporting me this week and my love for Unity Stamp Company.

Don't forget leave a comment and on Saturday I will pick 2 lucky winners randomly to receive 25 stamps from Unity.

xoxo

UNITY STAMP COMPANY - GIU DAY 3

 

It's officially hump day and I want to thank you for hanging out with me.

There are days that I sit down and create and I struggle with white space being left open...I don't know it sometimes just seems as if there needs to be something to cover it up, yet today this card just works for me.  I love dark blue with the bright colors.
 

I used a sentiment from Angie Girl (cares for what she loves), it's perfect for this delicate card

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a random stamp pack from Unity Stamp Company

xoxo

UNITY STAMP COMPANY - GROWING IN UNITY DAY 2

Thank you so much for stopping by for yet another day of Growing In Unity feature post.

 I wanted to say it with words, so I picked a sentiment from EVERYTHING WONDERFUL a kit I use often from 2013.  When you have a sentiment that says just enough it makes my cards just perfect!

 

Because this is a 2 stamp image, I wanted to make sure my sentiment was centered into the circle, so I pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig Stamping tool.  I tell you this is the best tool ever for placement.

You basically align the acetate sheet in the corner of the acrylic L shaped block, you align your stamp in the same corner and stamp on the acetate sheet over the surface you will be stamping on.  You then remove the acetate sheet and stamp directly onto your surface.

 

and just like that you have a centered stamped image.

Thank you so very much for stopping, don't forget I will randomly pick 2 winners from all those that comment during the week to receive a prize pack of 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company. 

Don't  forget to visit my GIU partner for the week Judy, who is an card maker and huge Unity fan like me!!!

xoxo

HAPPY NEW AND AND WELCOME TO MY GROWING IN UNITY BLOG POST: DAY 1

 

Ok, when I went to set up my post I just happened to notice I have not posted ANYTHING since my last years Growing In Unity feature week...ughmmmmm I need to do better.

 In the meantime WELCOME to my blog, it's an exciting place to visit this week because not only do you get to see some fun projects using Unity Stamps created by little ole me, you get a chance to win stamps too. At the end of the week I will pick 2 random winners to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company.

What's even more exciting this year Unity changed the participation game up a notch and added to the line up a BRAND SPANKIN' NEW GROWING IN UNITY GAL and paired each participant up with a
Veteran (ME for this week)...

This week you can view my partner's project and increase your chances of winning by just leaving a comment each day on the project and at the end of the week we will both pick winners

>>>>click here to see her projects  Judy Markowitz  

For my project I used this super, duper cute exclusive wood stamps I got several years ago.  Stamped the image seveal time in different colors using Momento Ink and cut them out using my Brother Scan-N-Cut.  A tag, some washi and just like that cuteness on a card

Unity exclusive, limited edition, wood engraved Unity Red Rubber Stamp...sounds wonderful doesn't it?  Well let me tell you, all the stamps created by Unity are just that...WONDERFUL!!!

 I want to thank you for stopping by my blog, don't forget to check out Judy's Blog this week as well. 

xoxo

GROWING IN UNITY BLOG HOP

Welcome to another Growing In Unity Blog hop, so happy that you have joined myself and the othe GIU Girls in celebrating Angie Girls a unique set of stamps designed by Ange Blom. 

You should have came to my blog by way of Julia, but no worries the complete list is down below.

I am very excited to be apart of this blog hop and have the opportunity to share my project using

Ellie Girl  

The stamps that Ange designs are so fun and easy to create with, thank you for sharing in my excitement.  

I designed a 6x6 card using Pink Paislee Switchboard paper collection and colored using Copic Markers 

We have a full line up and the winner of this blog hop will have win 2 Angie Girl stamps of their choice, make sure and leave a comment on the Unity Blog for your chance to win.  Here is the full line up:

UNITY STAMP COMPANY BLOG

Amy 

Marilyn 

Julia

Deirdre (You are here)

Pamela

Kapree

Ruby 

Sarah

Kris 

Make sure and hop along over to Pamela's blog where she will share with you what she has created.

xoxo, Deirdre

Bonus Project:

Challenge Entered:
Hiding In Our Craft Room

GROWING IN UNITY DAY 5, RECAP AND THE WINNER

Oh, Christmas Joy

My heart is over joyed by all the support and comments from all the people who came to support me this week..  Five days of doing what I just absolutely love and adore and I was able to do it with all of you....THANK YOU SO MUCH and thank you Angela Magnuson for living the dream and allowing me to be apart of it through your program Growing In Unity

For my final card I have used Oh Christmas Joy, designed by Angie Blom

I wanted to focus on the card and the image, so I stamped on a book page and used some distressing ink to showcase a part of the car..layering on top of another image.  I ran my image through my Xyron and sprinkled it with glitter and using my new favorite Simon Says Stamp stencil Falling Snow I created a background on top of the glitter

Fun paper from my stash, ribbon and a button, this card completes my week. Again thank you for stopping by each day to see what I have created, it has been a pleasure sharing with all of you

 Day 4

   

Day 3

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1

Day 1

Day 1

And the winner of two Itty Bitty stamps of her choice...

Thank you Sheena for stopping by and leaving a comment...you are my Growing In Unity winner

Happy Holidays, xoxo

GROWING IN UNITY DAY #4

Lil' Nick

Welcome to my day 4 blog post for Growing In Unity.  Today is a super fun day and a long post, I actually took some step by step photos that I wanted to share with so that you can do some coloring with your Copic markers if you so choose.  Lil' Nick Is one of my holiday stamps, I just adore Angie Blom's designs.

There could not be a Santa without snow, so I pulled out some modeling paste and a stencil and made it snow

I am a layering type of girls, so this was a fun card to create

Star brads and ribbon added that extra touch

Thank you, thank you all so very much.  Today marks the 4th day leaving one more project to complete my week and what a week it has been.  Please take a moment to leave a comment, I will announce one lucky winner who will get to choose 2 of their favorite Unity Itty Bitty (which there are not so itty) stamps, 

how awesome is that!!!

xoxo

A little something extra:

Coloring with Copic Red's are fun, but how about coloring on Kraft cardstock

Copic Grey's are the new Black...

To color the white and add the gold I used a Prisma pencil and Gold Spica pen from Copic

I used Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil along with modeling paste to create the perfect snowy scene

and this is how it all comes together...xoxo

GROWING IN UNITY DAY 3

Oh Deer Happy Holidays

Welcome to my blog post,  I am on day 3 of my week long project post for Growing In Unity, this is so much fun creating and sharing my projects.  I sure appreciate this opportunity and I appreciate all the comments that are coming from other Unity Stamp fans, thank you it means alot.

I just love this little guy to pieces, so much so that I turned him into an ornament, this just seemed like the right thing to do so that I can enjoy him on the tree.

This ornament is made from 3 ingredients:  salt, flour and water.  To make salt dough mix one cup flour, 1/2 cup salt and 1/2 water.  You knead until smooth, then take a rolling pen to flatten to about 1/4 inches.  Stamp with your favorite ink, cut out, then bake on 250 for about 2 hours.  Super easy!!!  If you need less cut the recipe in half, but keep in mind this dough does not store well, so make what you need. And if you are going to hang your pieces ensure to poke the hole prior to baking.

I like to embellish, but enjoyed the main piece in it's natural color

Thank you and I appreciate you stopping by my blog.  I hope that you will consider 

"creating something handmade"  for the holiday.  Don't forget, leave a comment for a chance to win 2 Itty Bitty Stamps of your choice from Unity Stamp Company, winner announce on Friday

xoxo