Welcome to my First Day as a Growing In Unity Girl for 2021. I was lucky enough to win a spot for a second time, THANK YOU Unity Stamp Company for always providing us crafters with an enormous amount of stamps for every occasion and always encouraging and inspiring us with the beautiful things you create.  I am so excited to share some of my creations with you !!!  

At the end of my Growing In Unity Week, I will randomly pick TWO winners from the comments below to receive a lovely gift from Unity Stamp Company. 

Today I have a beautiful card  and a lovely gift tag or bookmark for those adventurers and motorcycle lovers out there!

The two sets used for these are as follows:

Explore Stamp From Unity Stamp Company -Link Below

https://www.unitystampco.com/explore/

Kit of the Month June 2018 from Unity Stamp  Company-Link Below

 https://www.unitystampco.com/we-can-rise-kom-6-18/

First up, this lovely card that could be used for soooo many occasions! 

Using the Explore stamp from Unity Stamp Company, First I stamped the Explore stamp onto cardstock with Versafine Black Onyx and Embossed with a clear embossing powder. 

 I used  Ranger Distress ink and water to get this soft colored effect. 

Next I used a water brush to outline where I wanted to tear around the image
( this stamp is huge!!   I LOVE IT!!! ) 
I inked the edges with a dark brown distress ink and  mounted to black cardstock. 

From there I used the Kit of the Month June 2018 sentiment "Ready For an Adventure" , stamped with Versafine Black Onyx, embossed it, then tore around the sentiment and did the edges with a dark brown distress ink. I mounted the sentiment on another piece of black cardstock and attached to the card.

This was a fun card to do and went together really quickly.  I could see using this Explore Stamp to make some wonderful backgrounds for Scrapbooks too! So many uses!!

Next up... this fun little tag (or bookmark) for that Motorcycle lover in your life. I also used the same kit I used for the Explore card. This Kit of the Month set has been my GO TO so many times!! I bought this set FOR the motorcycle, but my goodness, it has so many awesome stamps in it, I have used all of them!!!

First thing I did was stamp the Motorcycle on a few sheets of cardstock. Unfortunately I did not take as many photos on the tag. Whoops! It was inked with Black Onyx and embossed. Then trimmed down to make a tag shape. Next I created a mask by stamping the motorcycle on a sticky note and fussy cutting it. I placed it over my stamped image and used some foam sponges to create a background with some Ranger Distress Inks. 

Next I spritzed with water to get that weathered look.  The motorcycle was colored with Fabric Castell Brush Pitt Pens (but I probably should have used another type, they did not blend well on plain white cardstock. I am used to using them with Gesso prepared surfaces) Live and learn right? LOL  

Once I had the coloring done and the background, I mounted the tag to black cardstock to give it a nice frame and also make it more sturdy. 

I have enjoyed creating these projects for all of you.  Go check out Unity Stamp Company at the link below. They always have wonderful stamps, amazing sales, and THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE on the planet!!

https://www.unitystampco.com/

Please leave a comment, let me know what you like
(or didn't like, I'm tough, I can take it..lol)

At the end of my Growing In Unity Week, I will randomly pick TWO winners from the comments to receive a lovely gift from Unity Stamp Company. 

Happy Crafting Everyone!! See you tomorrow for some more Unity Stamp Creations!!

Catching Up

Oh my... it has been much too long that I have posted here. We all get so busy with the every day, it is hard to slow down and look back at what you have been creating. 

I usually remember to post on Social Media, but never remember to post here all the wonderful things I have been creating so I am going to cheat a little and dump a bunch of pictures here to share with all of you.

First Up.... Tags!!!  Gosh I LOVE Tags!!  I know, I know, I make Greeting Cards, and yes, I love those too, but Tags are my favorite. They are quick, and they can serve multiple purposes. I use them as gift tags, book marks, heck sometimes I just hang them up as art work. The tags in the above picture were stamped using a Unity Stamp Company set on watercolor paper I inked using the Saran Wrap technique.  

Some more tags I have made using that saran wrap technique are below:

This tag above was made using Unity Stamp Company stamps.

https://www.unitystampco.com/be-the-best/

The tags above were made using Unity Stamp Company stamps.

https://www.unitystampco.com/a-summer-story-kom-5-16/

https://www.unitystampco.com/gina-and-me/

https://www.unitystampco.com/dreams-take-you/

The tags above were made using Unity Stamp Company stamps.

https://www.unitystampco.com/be-the-best/

https://www.unitystampco.com/badass-every-day/

https://www.unitystampco.com/dreams-take-you/

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The tags below were made using the "Wonderful Wings" stamp set from Stampin Up.

This picture above shows how they start out, then the picture below shows what they look like after the inking and being punched with my tag punch. That thing gets a huge workout on this watercolor paper as it is quite thick. 

I could ink paper all day long!! It is so fun and you never know how they will turn out until you lift them out of the ink.  Below you can see how I do that:

I start out by taping a piece of Saran Wrap down on my craft table. (You could also use a glass mat if you have one). Next I take my ink pads and blot some ink all over it, then spritz it with a bit of water. Your ink will have different effects depending on how much water you have put down.  Also, I put a piece of white paper underneath my Saran Wrap so I can see what colors I have going, on my dark table I couldn't tell if I had ink there or not so the paper helped quite a bit!

Next, we drop!! Just drop the paper into your ink, lift ever so gently and you USUALLY get spots, but as you can see below, sometimes when there is a bit more water in places, the ink tends to smear.  Not what I had wanted at first, but still pretty, so,,, happy accident right? 

I will usually drop 2 or 3 papers down before I have to apply more ink but a lot of that will depend on what look you are going for AND how much ink and water you had to begin with. 

The only downside to this??? You can never recreate the same look twice!!! Believe me, I tried...LOL Some of the color combinations are just gorgeous, and some are a train wreck, but we make those work too!! 

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Now on to some cards.... yeah yeah yeah, I KNOW I should have started with those.... but I couldn't help wanting to post my favorite picture of my tags.  so sue me...lol

Below are some Butterfly cards I made using more of that paper I made using, you guessed it... SARAN WRAP (hmmmm maybe I should buy stock in Saran Wrap as much as I use it..lol)

I like to make cards like these and give as a gift, bundling 4-6 cards with matching envelopes together and tying up with a pretty ribbon. Who couldn't use a few note cards that are ONE OF A KIND? 

The Butterfly stamp used on the cards above are from the Stampin Up stamp set called "Wonderful Wings". Unfortunately discontinued I believe. One of the first stamp sets I ever bought and I STILL use it quite often.  All the Dragonfly cards below were made using that same set. 

Of course I should mention, most of these photos were taken using my ShotBox. This tabletop box is great and has lights built in to it that have lots of adjustments to help get the right lighting you need for your projects. I have included the link below in case you want to check it out. and NO, they didn't ask me to. They don't even know I exist...LOL 

https://shotbox.me/ 

Hope you have enjoyed CATCHING UP!!! Stop in again to see what little creations I am cranking out.   Have a great day everyone and remember.... 

Be kind to one another. The world needs more of that!

Springtime Fun - Unity Stamp Blog Hop

Okay all you Crafty people out there... Are you ready for a Unity Blog Hop??

Be sure to visit the other blogs listed below to be in a drawing for some AWESOME stamps from

The Unity Stamp Company.

I am so excited to be a part of this blog hop for Unity Stamp Company!!! This Blog Hop theme is.....

SPRINGTIME FUN

And what says Spring better than FLOWERS??? I knew exactly what stamp I wanted to highlight for this project.... The  Beautiful Flower girl from the May 2016 KOTM (Kit of the Month) stamp set.  This lady just screams Spring!! My first thought when I looked at her was "she reminds me of the Spring when beautiful things start popping out of everywhere, even our thoughts"! Rebirth. Renewed. Beautiful. Oh so many words I could come up with to describe this beauty!!

For the Sentiment I used the Be The Best Unity Stamp Set.

For the background, I tried a new technique of putting ink on saran wrap, spritzing with water and wrapping up to dry. Wow, what messy fun and the results are just stunning. I was pleasantly surprised. For once I can say it wasn't a Pinterest Fail...LOL

For the ink I used Colorbox, Lava Black. Embossed  with Clear embossing powder. I used a few Spectrum Noir markers to color her hair and flowers and a couple Copics markers for the skin. I will include some before photos below in case anyone wants the colors used.

Thought she looked PRETTY IN PINK too, so I had to make a second card.  :)

Thanks for HOPPING by my Blog today... be sure to visit the other blogs listed below and leave a comment!! Unity will be picking 2 winners to receive some of 

THE BEST STAMPS ON THE PLANET!!!

Blog Hop List

Annie

Shannon

Pamela

Kathryn

Beth

>>> You are Here>>> Denise

Jennie

Stephanie

Unity Blog

 Now go....just GO I say....  :)  Enjoy your Hopping!!!

Thank you Unity Stamp Company

Just a quick blog post to Thank  the Unity Stamp company for such an AMAZING prize!!!!  Love love love the stamps they sent me for a contest  and I couldn't wait to make something with them.  This tag is so cute!!!   I have included some pictures below of the wonderful stamps.

The five stamps shown in the picture above were used to make this adorable tag. I love tags!! SO fun to make, great to make as bookmarks for a nice little happy gift, and who doesn't love tags?? :)

Can't wait to use all these awesome stamps to create fun projects!!  

Unity Stamps are by far the best stamps I have ever used! Great artwork, excellent product, and top notch customer service. What more could you ask for?

THANK YOU UNITY!!!!!