Growing in Unity Week

HI there!  I'm excited because out of all the planning I do (which I love doing) I did remember to grab a Growing in Unity week for myself this year.  I've been helping out a few years now and it's been fabulous.  I love how excited all the gals get for their week, it's awesome.  And what's not to love with Unity right?  Thanks to Angela for letting me be a part of this great program!

Have you seen the Unity Blog Hop yesterday??  You need to check it out it's wonderful and I was actually able to join as well which also was so exciting and fun for me.  Be sure to swing in by the Unity Blog for the Hop and join us on the hop.

Now onto my Day 1 of GIU!

Foxes seem to be a popular image of sorts nowadays and this fox called "Foxy & Fabulous" is super cute.  I paired him with a "wood" like background I thought it made it look more "rustic" like he's hanging around a barn or something of the sort.  At least that is what I thought of when I was creating.

Be sure to swing on by Unity and check out the great deals from this weekend still going on!

I hope you will swing back tomorrow!  I will draw 2 lucky winners for a random prize from Unity (they are so generous) and I am thinking of pulling from my Unity stash to give something away myself, so stay tuned!

Till tomorrow!!!!

Maria

Growing in Unity Day 3

It's Wednesday and my Day 3 of Growing in Unity!  I'm thrilled to be featured on the Unity Blog if you want to check it out.

Today I decided to make a mixed media canvas piece.  This piece is on canvas 6x12 canvas board.  I wanted to make something somewhat springtime and bright.

Here are products I used in creating this piece:

I also used Mod Podge Dimensional to get the shine and dimension on the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today!

See you tomorrow!

Maria

Unity Addicts Challenge Wednesday

It's Wednesday and time for another Unity Addicts Challenge! This week we have a guest for our challenge as well, Lisa Wallace so be sure to swing on by the forum to check it all out! This week's challenge is a recipe one: Use 2 buttons, 2 flowers and 1 bow!

I decided to do a layout using a picture from this past weekend of my daughter and hubby in our friends pool.

I used the Unity June KOTM. The cool rainbows make a neat background and I thought perfect for a water themed page.

If you have a fun challenge idea I'd love to hear it and you may be featured on the Unity blog and in their SCS forum for a future challenge. Swing on by the Ideas thread and let us know.

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friends with Flair Friday

It's Friday and time for a little Unity Fun! Be sure to swing by the Unity blog for a full l ist of those participating today. Someone from that list will be hiding the Friends with Flair blinkie and that is the blog where you have a chance to win some Unity.

This week I used the Hip Hop sketch:

Here is what I came up with using a sentiment from the Unity Cosmo Cricket set "Get Scrappy With Material Girl"

My background paper is from a DCWV stack pack. And the other pattern papers I just picked up at Michael's today by Recollections. Don't those buttons look real? Pretty cool papers.

Well that's all I have for now.

Till later....

Unity Anniversary BASH Begins!

Today is the start of a week long Unity Anniversary Bash! Are you ready to party?

I was so honored to be asked to help celebrate and be on the Unity Anniversary Guest DT! I have been hanging out with the Unity peeps since the start 2 years ago! I can remember being on vacation at the beach but still finding time at night to hang during the Unity release party, I think it was then I ordered my first bundle of fun!

Today I get to host the first challenge of the week and I have a fun sketch for you. The challenge is called "The Martini Sketch". Why you may ask? Because it's a sketch with a twist, get it? The twist is to add a ribbon and 3 buttons to your creation.

Here is the sketch:
And here is my take:

Be sure to come on by the Unity forum where all the fun will be taking place.

I'll be back tomorrow as a part of the fun DT blog hop!

That's it for now!

Day By Day with Unity Winner of a Unity Single

Is everyone out there Hip Hopping with Unity tonight? I've been in and out of the Hip Hop today, great specials to be had as usual.

I have had a blast making all my Unity projects this week. Thanks to Ramsey for organizing and to Angela for being so supportive and generous.

So the winner chosen at random to receive the Unity Single Becoming a Butterfly (the quote I used on my coaster box) is :

Tonya Hopkins - Olde Time Creations!!!

WOO HOO! Tonya. Please email Eryn at Unity with your info.

Thanks to everyone who left kind comments and stopping by.

I still have one more day tomorrow so be sure to swing by and say HI! And next week I pass the Week of Unity torch onto Robyn.

And stay tuned because next week is a big week for Queen Kat Designs who is celebrating a birthday!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Till later....

That's if for now.

Till later.....

Growing in Unity Day by Day All Week Long: Day 4

Day 4 of my Week with Unity and it is also Hip Hop Thursday!!! SO party peeps head over to the Unity forum at SCS to check out what all the fun. I saved my favorite creation for this week for Hip Hop day!

This is a white craft box that I altered to hold a gift. Check out the awesome butterflies! I LOVE THEM! I got them as singles now I need Angela to release the others as singles as well! I layered the butterflies and added stickles. Yes I use glitter on everything! My pattern paper is from a DCWV Stack pack and I heat embossed this awesome quote in black. Pretty simple but I thought it is rather striking.

But WAIT there is more. You didn't think I would make a gift box with no gift did you? Check out what I put inside. These are bathroom tiles I picked up at a home improvement store. Tumbled tile to be more exact. I stamped the background using the floral stamp from the Believe kit. I used green Stazon Ink. The butterfly worked out really cool! I used to make these types of coasters all the time. I used to stamp with black Stazon and color with Slick Writer markers. This time I really wanted to use my copics for the variety of colors and vibrancy of colors. SOOO, I stamped my butterflies on white tissue paper in my Brillance Graphite Black ink and colored with my copics. I used modge podge to glue and seal the tile! I was so excited how well this worked and it looks great!

Don't forget you have all day to leave comments on my Unity posts this week to be entered to win a Unity Single! I will announce the winner tonight during Hip Hop!

That is it for now!

Till Later....

Growing in Unity Day by Day All Week Long: Day 3

Here we are Happy Hump Day! It's Wednesday and Day 3 of my week of Unity. It is also Unity Addicts Challenge day. For todays creation I combined the Addicts challenge with Amber's Sketch sketch challenge. The Addicts challenge this week was picked by the wonderful Tanis and it was to incoroporate the primary colors: Red, Blue, Yellow or tones of them.

This is the fantastic sketch to work with and my take on the sketch.

I used my October KOTM for my images. My pattern paper is from the Prints Pack by SU. I added stickles to the flowers and owls for glittery shine.

My week of Unity is alot of fun. For all those who comment during this week I will pick a random winner during Thursday's Hip Hop to win a Unity Single.

That's it for now.

Till Later....

Growing in Unity Day by Day All Week Long: Day 2

Here we are day 2 of a Week of Unity. I have been enjoying putting projects together for this and today I have a journal to show you.

I picked up a blank ruled journal at the Michael's dollar section. I tell you people those sections of the crafts stores and Target ROCK for things to craft with! I think I'm hoarding stuff for altering.

I wrapped this gem up with some cool paper by Scenic Route. I used this frame from the September KOTM and the Chicks from Hey Chick. I embossed the frame in green and cut out the middle. I adhered the orange paper underneath the frame. I colored the chicks with copics, added stickles and cut them out. The cute sentiment is also from the Hey Chick kit. The flower I had in my stash of goodies.

This was super simple but I like how it turned out with the bright colors.

Well that's it for now, stayed tuned tomorrow for another day with Unity.


Thanks for stopping by.

Till later....

Growing in Unity, Day by Day All Week Long!!

Have you heard of Unity Stamp Co? SURE you have especially if you have been visiting. The customer addicts of Unity have started Growing in Unity, Day by Day All Week Long, well it originated with the lovely Ramsey. Each week a Unity Addict has a turn at highlighting Unity all week long. It's sort of a blog hop were each week there will be a new person in the spotlight to show you some awesome Unity projects.

Soooo, let's get this Unity party started. I decided to try and work on more projects rather than cards for this week. I LOVE making cards but I also love using stamps to make gifts and home decor sort of items. To kick off the week I would like to show you a Christmas ornament I made. With two little kids who are 2 1/2 I know I can't have any breakables on the Christmas tree so hey why not make some right?

This little cutie is made using stocking shape made of out wood that I found at Michael's. They are perfect and only $.29! You can't beat that. I got a bunch so you may see more stocking ornaments soon! My background glitter papers are from a DCWV stack pack. The fabulous bird image is from Unity's Bird of a Feather kit. I colored with Copics and added Stickles, cut the cutie out and stuck him on the ornament. Then I had to punch a hole through this little piece of wood. SOOO, I finally busted out my big Crop-a-Dile II Big Bite. I got this gem for 1/2 off with a coupon at Michael's once and debated returning it. Then thought I'd try it out and it cut the wood like butter!! OH it's a keeper! And of course it has a long reach for scrapbook pages etc. Finally I used some velvet ribbon on top and Christmas rope like string through the hole and there you have it. A very simple but cute ornament for the holidays. I'm thinking some of these would make a great gift or gift topper!

While on the topic of Unity projects and this great Birds of a Feather kit I wanted to show you an oldie of mine. Something super cute I made a while back using the birds and some ceramic tiles. You may have seen my post with this magnet set but here it is again for those who missed it another great holiday gift.

If you are interested in the details on this project pls refer to this post or send me a mail I'd be happy to answer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Till later...

Unity Addicts Wednesday

This week Lisa H picked the challenge and it was an awesome inspiration challenge. Check out these plates she picked as our challenge.

I decided to pick one plate and use the color, image and shape of it. I picked the one with the butterfly and decided to make a Christmas ornament. I picked up some paper "unfinished" ornaments from Michael's. I covered it some paper by Basic Grey. I embossed this awesome Unity butterfly and added dots of gold. The flowers are from Michael's and I used a gold marker.

Here is my take on this inspiration challenge.

That's all I have for now. Don't forget Unity Hip Hop Thursday tomorrow in the Unity Forum at SCS. It's always a blast.

Thanks for stopping by.

Till later......

TGIF! - SCS Weekly Sketch

I love sketch challenges and this week's sketch over at SCS was awesome. I totally took to it and love it! I used it a few times! Here is the great sketch, seems somewhat simple but fun to play with.



Here is my first sample using this sketch and the image is by Unity Stamps.

I played a bit with this sketch so I have more to share. Here is my second one. This also is using Unity Stamp.

Well that's all I have for now. Come back later and I'll share one more I made last night using this sketch. I know I didn't lay out all the details but if you have any questions pls feel free anytime to send me a mail.

Thanks for stopping by!
Till later....

Lauren's Weekly Sketch Time

Are you guys feeling fall yet? Ok maybe for those who live in the northeast at least. It's cold this morning and I love it! LOLOL!

It's Saturday again and that means another great sketch from Lauren. Here is the awesome sketch. Here is my take on her sketch.

I just received the Unity Kit of the Month yesterday and I had to incorporate it some how in my design. I used these cute little trees. I started with SU Really Rust. Then I pulled the glitter pattern paper from a DCWV stack pack. I created the scallop with a Fiskar scallop punch and cut out the circles with nesties.

This is a quick one, have lots to do this morning. But be sure to stop by the other girls on Lauren's sketch team to see how they interpreted this awesome sketch.

Lauren's Weekly Sketch Team
Alicia Weimen
Dawn Easton
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Tamara Harder

Thanks for stopping by!

Till later....

Lauren's Weekly Sketch - TAKE 2

Here is Lauren's Sketch this week. When I first looked at it I just assumed it was the white section not the black. Yes I know what they say about assuming! LOLOL!!! So my previous post is what I came up with using that sketch. Ok, hey I change things up make sure everyone is paying attention. Maybe I should not have said anything and see who noticed! LOL!

Since I annoyed myself with that craziness, I decided to play again! Here is my next version of this week's sketch.

I used Unity's Kit called Bitty Christmas Tags for this one. Hey they are starting to put Christmas things out in the stores so why not jump on the bandwagon. My pattern paper is by Debbie Mumm and I used SU Vanilla as the base. The CB folder that I used is from last year but I love these snowflakes. The left side panel and image are on pop dots.

So remember if you play along and upload to SCS use keyword mytimeness04 and be sure to stop by the blogs of the other girls (see my sidebar) as I'm sure they are not koo koo.

So there you have it! LOL! I have more things to share with you late tonight or tomorrow. Limelight Papercrafts is having a little contest so I made something for that. Did you know that they carry Unity Stamps! And Serendipity has their new fall/winter line out now you can bet there are some awesome images there.

Stay Tuned.....