GIU Gal Day#4

Hello all! Welcome to Day 4 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

Today is a hard day for me. It is my mom's birthday, but she passed away three months ago. With that being said, I chose to create a SheetLoad of Sympathy cards for today's project.

The focal point for these cards are stamps from Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set. It shows that it isn't available at Unity right now, which is a bummer because I use that set SO MUCH! I still linked it with an old blog post link in case they bring it back because it is a great one for sure. The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist and the floral image was stamped with Scrapbook.com Soft Lavender. As I mentioned earlier, these cards are based on the April 2023 SheetLoad of Cards sketch. The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio's Katherine 6x6 pad. I loved the soft lavenders in it! I accidentally got a little chop happy with the first paper, so I ended up improvising and making 8 cards instead of the 6 I originally intended. More cards is never a bad thing, right?!

The background solid colors (sage green and navy) are from Scrapbook.com's Peppermint A2 cardstock pad. To be honest, I was looking for an excuse to use a chunk of that pad because it is the only A2 size one that I have and a little out of place in my cupboard. Those colors worked great for sympathy cards! The foliage die cut was from Sizzix Thinlits Wild Blooms #2 and Recollections silver cardstock. Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. To embellish, I added a trio of small Park Lane silver gems. 

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

Here are the previous posts for my GIU week in case you missed them: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day#1

Hello all! Welcome to Day 1 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

On to my first project...a set of TWELVE masculine birthday cards.

These were created using Jess Crafts' 12x12 Paper Busting Template #21 sketch.  I simply adjusted the orientation of the card for the two types of cards. This first one uses patterned paper from DCWV's Guy stack and Unity Say It Big dies and stamp set. The stamp was inked with Scrapbook.com Cinnamon ink. The die cut panel was popped up with foam tape. Other adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. GMD Peacock clear enamel dots were the perfect embellishment.

The second set of cards used the same patterned paper, but a different stamp set. This time I used Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set with Scrapbook.com Cinnamon ink and die cut around it with a GMD slash stitched rounded square die. I added two leaf die cuts from the Sizzix Wild Blooms #2 set. The green leaf was inked with SB.com Olive ink and popped up with foam tape. Other adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. GMD Rainbow foil enamel dots were the perfect finishing touch.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Coffee Themed Cards (UFO Post #2)

Hello all!  I am back with another Unfinished Object (UFO) post today!  I had both the crimped kraft backgrounds and the stamped panels sitting on my craft room table as parts of random past projects, and I took the time to make them into cards.

I used patterned paper from Echo Park's 6x6 Coffee paper pad since the one stamped sentiment had a coffee theme.  The patterned papers were all scraps that were sandwiched between the pages of the paper pad.  

The top card features a stamp from Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set and was stamped in Scrapbook.com Midnight Blue ink.  GMD slash stitched round square dies were used on the focal point.  I embellished with GMD strawberry shortcake enamel dots.  The bottom card had a Stampabilities "Have Faith" stamp used on it and was stamped in black ink.  I embellished that card with GMD sunset colors enamel dots.  Adhesives of Bearly Art Glue, ATG, and foam tape were used on both cards.

If you missed my past UFO post, you can view it HERE.  There will be more of these posts coming up soon!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day #3

 Thanks for coming to my week of Growing in Unity!  From Monday through Friday I will post a new creation daily that feature stamps from Unity Stamp Co.  Be sure to stop by and comment each day because there will be 2 random winners from my blog comments who will each win a $20 gift credit to Unity!

On to project #3...

This navy and yellow sheetload of cards was inspired by the May 2020 Sheetload sketch.  The sentiment stamp is from Unity's I Consider You Special set.  It is a MUST HAVE!!  I have used it so many times.  It was stamped in Scrapbook.com Midnight Blue ink and die cut with a GMD X Stitched Circle die.  Patterned papers are from DCWV's Autumn Leaves stack.

I added a few GMD Twiggy Branches die cuts around the sentiment and a trio of Sunny Yellow Pearl Pen dots to embellish.  Adhesives used include Bearly Art Glue, ATG, and foam tape.  Here is a look at the whole set that I created!

As I mentioned earlier, be sure to leave a comment and stop by all week to increase your chances at winning those Unity gift certificates!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

If you missed an earlier post, you can find them here:

GIU Day #1

GIU Day #2

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Growing In Unity Day 1

Welcome to my week of Growing in Unity!  From Monday through Friday I will post a new creation daily that feature stamps from Unity Stamp Co.  Be sure to stop by and comment each day because there will be 2 random winners from my blog comments who will each win a $20 gift credit to Unity!

On to project #1...

I used Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set for this card.  It is probably one of my all time favorite Unity sets because of it's versatility!  The inks I used were from Scrapbook.com and the colors were Pink Lemonade, Camel, and Dark Chocolate.  I then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the stamped panel.  I popped that up with foam tape onto a die cut tag that was embellished with Posy Trendy Twine and a Krazy for Kraft Trendy Page Dot.  The patterned papers were from DCWV's Meet Me In Paris stack.  The final embellishment was gold foil enamel dots.  Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and foam tape.

As I mentioned earlier, be sure to leave a comment and stop by all week to increase your chances at winning those Unity gift certificates!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest/YouTube

Sheetload of Fall Sympathy Cards

Hello everyone!  Today I am back with another SheetLoad of Cards.  This time is a a group of sympathy cards with a fall theme.  The SheetLoad of Card sketch I used was November 2020.

The patterned papers were from DCWV's Farmstead Harvest 6x6" stack.  The sentiment was stamped with Unity's I Consider You Special set with SB.com Leather ink.  That was die cut with CC stitched circle dies and popped up with foam tape.  I also used ATG and Bearly Art precision tipped glue on these cards.

Behind the sentiment was the perfect place for a bit of visual interest with GMD Twiggy Branches die cuts.  To embellish, I added score lines around the center panel and also went over those score lines with white gel pen.  I also added gold Pearl Pen dots in the upper right corner.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

SheetLoad of Thank You, Baby, & Misc. Cards

Hello all and happy Friday!  Today I am sharing a grouping of cards that I created with prompting from Call Me Crafty Al.  She gave a challenge to use a scrapbooking kit you previously purchased and create with it!  Well, create I did, and I also used her January 2020 SheetLoad of Cards sketch to use multiple sheets of the 12x12" papers from the kit.  The kit I used was Echo Park's Just Be You kit.

This is the first set of cards I made using the sketch...thank you cards!  You can see they differ a bit from each other, but are basically the same. Products used on these include: wavy edge die, GMD Slash Stitched Round Square die, Corner Chomper, enamel dots, Unity I Consider You Special stamp, SB.com Midnight Blue ink, stickers from the kit, ATG, Bearly Art glue and foam tape.  There were 6 cards made in this way.

I made 3 baby girl cards next using the following supplies: wavy edge die, Cloud 9 Design Simple Thoughts-Baby stamp, SB.com Midnight Blue ink, Pink Fresh Studio fancy label frame die, corner chomper, stickers from the kit, ribbon, ATG, Bearly Art glue and foam tape. 

These final 3 cards didn't follow the sketch exactly, but the patterned papers were still cut the same way.  Supplies for these include: GMD Fishtail Banner die, GMD banner border die, Annie's Paper Boutique Choose Happy stamp, SB.com Midnight Blue ink stickers from the kit, ATG, foam tape, and Bearly Art glue.

As a bonus card, I saw this 4x6 panel in the paper kit and knew I had to make it into a card for my niece!  I simply cut around the panel with a GMD wonky stitched rectangle die, matted it with cadstock and added a piece of patterned cardstock behind it.  The two cacti in the front were stickers from the kit that I popped up with foam tape.  I kept the card simple, only adding an enamel dot in the top right corner.

There you have it!  A total of 13 cards made with the Echo Park Just Be You kit!  I'll let you in on a secret, while I had the papers out, there were two more papers that were really calling my name, so I had to make those into a sheetload of cards as well, so you will be seeing more cards from this kit very soon!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Unity Blog Hop~SheetLoad of Sympathy Cards

Hello all!  Welcome to the Unity Blog Hop!  You should be arriving from Avra's blog.  There is a complete list of all the participating blogs at the end of this post if you want to follow along for a chance to win goodies from Unity.  

Here is what I have to share with you today!

I created a SheetLoad of Cards using the Unity I Consider You Special stamp set and the August 2021 SheetLoad sketch.  The cardstock I used was from Craft Smith's Natural Luxury and Park Lane's Neutral Metallics.  Those layers were adhered with ATG and Bearly Art precision glue.

The stamped focal point used 3 stamps from the Unity I Consider You Special stamp set.  The doily was stamped with Scrapbook.com Cinnamon ink, the sentiment wish SB.com Charcoal ink, and the flower at the top was in SB.com Sugar Cookie.  That was cut around with my Brother Scan N Cut and popped up with foam tape.  To embellish, I added either GMD Matte white dots that had been colored with a gray alcohol marker, or Bronze Pearl Pen dots in two of the corners of the cards.

Complete Unity Blog Hop Lineup:

Joan

Michelle

Avra

Beth (You are here!)

Remember to comment on all the blogs listed above for a chance to win Unity goodies!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

SheetLoad of Butterfly Birthday Cards

Hello all!  This month I participated in the SheetLoad of Cards sketch that Call Me Crafty Al has on her YouTube channel.  If you haven't checked out her printable SheetLoads, I recommend you do so!  This time I created birthday cards using papers from DCWV's Birds & Butterflies stack.  I did end up sending one of the cards out before I took the picture, so I actually made 8 instead of 7 as the image shows.

I did alter the sketch a bit, but for the most part, I kept it pretty close.  I thought my brand new Unity I Consider You Special stamp set couldn't be more perfect for the sketch, so that was the focal point instead of the the oval on the sketch.  Scrapbook.com inks used on this turquiose/pink set of cards include: Hybrid Black, Mermaid, and Confetti Pink.

Adhesives used include ATG, Bearly Art precision glue and foam tape behind the circle.  I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut around the doily and butterfly.

The second part of the cards was a yellow/purple combo.  The Scrapbook.com inks I used for these include Hybrid Black, Rubber Ducky, and Parisian Purple.  I didn't think the yellow would pick up well with my Scan N Cut, so I simply used Cottage Cutz stitched circle dies for cutting out the stamped area.  Once again, the butterfly was cut out with the Scan N Cut.

I embellished with two sparkle dot stickers from Dollar Tree on each of the cards.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Floral Grandma Card

Mother's Day is on Sunday and I made this special card for my husband's Grandma.  She is such a wonderful and giving lady!  I consider her my Grandma too :)

I used the Blooming Card Kit from SVG Attic to make this.  I made the flowers in the colors that she had for her wedding 57 years ago!  I inked all the edges of the die cuts with tan and brown chalk.  Plus I added dimension to the petaled flowers by gently bending the edges of the petals up.  You can see that better in the picture below.

I created the Grandma sentiment in my cutting software and finished the card off by adding brads to the sentiment banner and neutral colored sequins for a little shine.

If you make any project using SVG Attic files, don't forget to link it up to our May Anything Goes Contest!  There are awesome prizes up for grabs!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Challenge winner at Craftin Desert Diva's!

Challenge winner at Classy Cards N Such!

Selected as honorable mention at 613 Avenue Create!

Selected Creative Choice at Creative Cutting Challenge!

Entering Here:
May 8 Brown Sugar 
May 9 Jo's Scrap Shack
May 9 Cardz TV
May 10 Suzy Bee's Bloomin'
May 10 HIMCR #03NSD
May 10 Little Scrap Pieces
May 11 Craftin Desert Divas
May 11 Classy Cards N Such (I used 1/4" Scor-Tape)
May 12 My Craft Spot
May 11 Creative Cutting Challenges
May 11 613 Avenue Create
May 12 The Kraft Journal
May 12 TTCRD
May 12 Eureka Stamps
May 12 Scrappy Mom Stamps
May 13 Papertake Weekly 
May 13 MFP Simple Salutations
May 13 Cuttin and Stampin
May 13 Pinspirational Challenge #106
May 14 Cut It Up
May 14 Penny's Paper-crafty
May 14 Word Art Wednesday
May 16 The Squirrel and the Fox
May 31 Scrap it Girl

May 31 DL Art

May 31 Chalk N Stock

May 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
May 31 Just B Creative Crazy