Growing In Unity Day 4: A Birthday Card and Fixing My Mistake

So, did anyone catch my mistake on my layout yesterday? "My 2 Little Tukeys"? I was rereading my post last night when I caught the mistake-my hubby and I had a little chuckle over it! So, I peeled off the letter stickers, realized I had thrown the leftovers from the green Thickers away, and grabbed a pink pack of foam Thickers to fix the problem. This is what the layout looks like now:

 

I also made a card to share with you today, because "My 2 little turkeys" have their 10th birthday party today! We are doing a party with a few of their friends at a local spa, and I am very excited for it! So, I made them each a little card that looks like this:

 

I started with pink card bases from Making Memories, stamped with Webster's Pages Itty Bitty Doily Decor along the edge, inked the edges of everything with Raspberry Versamark ink, added a strip of Crate Paper Acorn Avenue patterned paper, stamped a Chevron tag from the Webster's Itty Bitty Chevron and Doily tags set, added a birthday Sentiment from Paper Smooches, and a bit of pink sparkle to finish it off!

The Unity Stamps I used today:

Doily Decor (the set on the right):

 Doily and Chevron tags:

Thanks for visiting me today, be sure to leave me a comment on any of my Growing in Unity posts for this week for your chance to win 2 Itty Bitty's of your choice!

Growing in Unity Day 3: Scrapbooking With Stamps

So sorry to be running late today, guys! The guy that's buying our house called and wanted to go over some things with the realtor unexpectedly this morning, therefore I was out of the house without access to my internet. But, don't worry, I'll leave the comments open-you have through Sunday to comment for your chance to win 2 Itty Bitty's of your choice. Anyway, onto the page I made to share with you all today!

Once again, I was inspired by this month's Unity Challenge:

 I used a stamp from Webster's Pages Itty Bitty line, Doily and Chevron Tag Set:

 

I stamped the doily circle tag, then punched it out with a circle punch and used as a large scalloped border:

 

Don't forget to leave me a comment for your chance to win!

Growing in Unity Day 2/Making my own embellishments

The project that I am sharing today is a simple one, but one of my favorite ways to use stamps. I used the Music Of My Heart Stamps once again:

I used black Staz-On to stamp the "sheet music" several times onto a larger scrap of cream shimmer cardstock-it's a little harder to see the shimmer online, but for me it's just the right touch! I didn't worry too much about perfect stamping on these (my larger stamping block is packed up for the upcoming move, so I just grabbed one of my Cuttlebug plates and stuck the stamp to it. It actually worked pretty well.)-I knew that I would be cutting it up anyway. I put the stamped cardstock into my Cricut, and cut out various small star shapes using my Plantain Schoolbook cartridge, in sizes ranging from 3 inches down to a 1/2 inch. I tried it at a 1/4 inch, but that was just too small.

I am kind of addicted to stars in my scrapbooking right now, so I think they will be perfect for embellishing my Journal Your Christmas album! However, seeing them scattered on the navy cardstock, I have a sudden urge to make a layout with a navy background and scattered cream shimmer stamped stars...Be still my heart!

Thanks for stopping by today, don't forget to leave a comment on all of my Growing in Unity posts this week to have a chance to win 2 Itty Bitty's of your choice!

Growing in Unity Wednesday

Hi, everyone! I am taking on a different focus on my blog this week! I was invited to be a part of the Growing in Unity feature for Unity Stamp Company's blog this week, so I am up today, and for the rest of the week, with Unity Stamp projects. What does that mean for you? I will be sharing Unity Stamp projects all week, and I will be drawing one lucky winner from all of the comments on my Growing In Unity Posts this week to choose 2 Itty Bitty's of their choice.

The card that I am sharing today is made with one of my favorite Unity Stamp sets, "Music Of My Heart" :

Layered and colorful on the outside:

Clean and simple on the inside:

As I was browsing the web looking for inspiration to give me a jumpstart, I took a peek at the Unity Stamp Co Challenge for this month:

 

When I saw the color challenge, I immediately thought of Crate Paper's Acorn Avenue collection, so I took that and  ran with it. I stamped the bird on manila cardstock, fussy cut it, and misted it with peach Color Shine, then stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card. 

Please remember to leave a comment on every Growing In Unity post this week ( I plan to post every day, today through Saturday), to put your name in the prize drawing for 2 Itty Bitty's!

12 Tags of Christmas, Day 10

Ok, after a weekend of being sick, I am pulling myself up "by the bootstraps" as my dad would say, and getting to work...wow, I have alot to do to finish getting ready for Christmas! Takin' some Dayquil and getting down to business! Tim has shared all 12 of his tags now, and this will be the 10th one I have shared. I have also made an 11th tag, which I will share later, and I hope to finish tag 12 tomorrow.

Here is my tag for day 10:

Tim's tag:

I die cut my tag from kraft cardstock, stamped it with the sheet music stamp from Unity Stamp Co, used a foam stamp and Martha Stewart pigment ink for the holly leaves, which were heat embossed with UTEE. I then distressed the tag with my scissors, inked the edges with frayed burlap and then Walnut Stain Distress Inks, and then misted the tag with my homemade golden shimmer mist. I cut the santas from Tim's Seasonal Paper Stash, and since I didn't have the facets, I coated them with Glossy Accents instead. I hand cut my shabby banner, also from the Seasonal Paper Stash,and the letters I used were some black glitter letter stickers from the halloween section at Target's $1 spot, which I dabbed with a gold paint dabber and coated with Glossy Accents. I attached the ornaments with brads, hot glue, and jute twine, hot glued my banner on, then added a silver tinsel bow with a scrap of white tulle, and some beads.