A Lovely Day

It's time to announce a winner from my GIU week!!!  But first I have cards to share. ;)  I want to thank you all SO much for all of the sweet comments on my posts all last week.  You guys are the sweetest!

Do you ever get an idea for a card and just have to go and try it RIGHT NOW!  That was this first card, only when I stole 5 minutes for myself and went down to my craft table to make it I couldn't find my stack of white paper anywhere.  Since I was planning on covering up my embossed image with distress inks I just grabbed the first paper I saw which was a cute yellow with orange dots and some summer words and figured that it would all cover up anyway.  It didn't but I think I like how it turned out better!  The bold background became subtle under the distress inks and gives the card some added character.  The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye.  I white embossed the flower from Unity Stamp Co's June KOTM and sponged some Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed distress inks over the image and finished it with a sentiment (from Unity's Lovely Butterfly Day) stamped in vellum.

In fact, I liked how it turned out so much that I went down later and played with some of the leftover paper and came up with this card using the same technique. 

 

The stamps used here are from Unity's July KOTM Beautiful Inside and Out.

 

And now what you've all been waiting for, winner time!!!  I used Random.org to generate a number between Day 1 and Day 5 and it picked Day 2.  There were 23 comments on that post and Random.org picked 15, which was...

July 23, 2014 at 8:04 AM

 

KC said...

this is an awesome kit! I love the look of the watercolors in this one! awesome job!!

July 23, 2014 at 10:52 AM

KC, please send me an e-mail (crystal_hubbsathotmaildotcom) with your name, shipping info and of course your 2 Unity Itty Bitty choices so we can get you your stamps!

 

Thank you all again for such a great week as your Growing In Unity gal, you really made my week with all your kind words!

 

 





GIU Day 5: Lunchbox notes

Friday got here quick this week!  Love Fridays but a bit sad that it is my last day as your GIU gal.  It sure has been fun, thank you all for the lovely comments all week!

Today I am sharing a little project I worked on last night.  My oldest will be starting Kindergarten this fall and she loves crafting and making cards with me but even more than that she LOVES getting cards!  She's going to all day Kindergarten and she'll do awesome but I'm sure going to miss her during the days.  I wanted to make her some little notes that I could include with her lunch each day and what better way to do that than to use my Unity Stamps!

 I started with a pack of 100 blank white cardstock in 3x4 from my Project Life stash and just started looking through my binders of stamps for some fun and encouraging images that I thought she'd like. 

 I used my Copics to color them in and glammed a few up with some washi tape.

 Most of the stamps are from old Kit of the Months or Itty Bittys. 

 Some got edges distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks.

I have lots of great ideas for more and I know she will get a kick out of her colorful notes each day!

GIVEAWAY!!!
The wonderful and generous Unity Stamp Co is giving away 2 Itty Bitties of your choice to one lucky commenter this week.  To qualify simply leave a comment on any of my 5 GIU posts this week (M-F) for a chance to win.  I will pick a winner on Monday July 28th.

I am also linking up for Friends With Flair today, always lots of gorgeous inspiration every week!

GIU Day 4: Beautiful Soul

Day 4 already, this week is flying by!  Today I am sharing a card I made using the gorgeous lady from Unity's Beautiful Soul and a quote from the Beautiful Inside and Out KOTM. 

I gave her some pretty wild and unique hair with my watercolors because she reminds me of one of my BFF's from HS who dyed her hair at one point with blues and greens.  The sentiment is a perfect reminder that each day is to be treasured as it will never come again. 

 

GIVEAWAY!!!

The wonderful and generous Unity Stamp Co is giving away 2 Itty Bitties of your choice to one lucky commenter this week.  To qualify simply leave a comment on any of my 5 GIU posts this week (M-F) for a chance to win.  I will pick a winner on Monday July 28th.

 

I am linking this up with Lawnscaping Challenge: watercoloring. 

Thanks for visiting and treasure yourself and your day!



GIU Day 3: Beautifully Confused Anniversary

Hello and welcome to my Day 3 of my Growing in Unity week!  Today I am sharing an anniversary card I made for my awesome hubby (I hope he's not peeking cause our anniversary isn't until next month).
I love script backgrounds and they seem to be everywhere right now so I tried to make my own.  My first attempt was me with my watercolor brush and black paint.  It turned out okay but I didn't love it.  I had already inked this fabulous heart from Beautifully Confused so the set was still on my table and I thought that the rest of the set had a pretty script and so I experimented with it and the July 2014 SMAK kit By The Numbers and came up with a background I really liked!
The sentiment stamped onto the heart is from July 2014's KOTM Beautiful Inside and Out.

 

GIVEAWAY!!!
The wonderful and generous Unity Stamp Co is giving away 2 Itty Bitties of your choice to one lucky commenter this week.  To qualify simply leave a comment on any of my 5 GIU posts this week (M-F) for a chance to win.  I will pick a winner on Monday July 28th.

GIU Day 2: Sunshine

Welcome back! It's supposed to be a hot one here today.  Thankfully we haven't had too many of them this summer because when it hits 90 I can be found inside enjoying the A/C and missing my run. 
Here is another card using the Beautiful Inside and Out Kit of the Month by Unity.  I LOVE that kit, it's so fun and there are so many fantastic quotes and images.  I used the lovely girl and sun and finished it with the You are my Sunshine sentiment. 

When I get a new kit I tend to get super excited and want to ink it up ASAP!  Recently I've been loving watercolor because I can stamp a lot of images onto watercolor paper when I get a chance and then color them anywhere (which is often outside while my littles are playing).

GIVEAWAY!!!

The wonderful and generous Unity Stamp Co is giving away 2 Itty Bitties of your choice to one lucky commenter this week.  To qualify simply leave a comment on any of my 5 GIU posts this week (M-F) for a chance to win.  I will pick a winner on Monday July 28th.

 

I am linking this up with Lawnscaping Challenge: watercoloring.

Growing In Unity Day 1: Hope

Happy Monday to you all!  I am super excited to be your Growing In Unity gal this week! I don't know about you, but if your Mondays are anything like mine I can usually use some inspiration to get me through the week. 

Hope is the thing with feathers,

that perches in the soul,

and sings the tune without the words,

 and never stops at all.

 

I love this Emily Dickinson quote and this gorgeous feather from Unity's July Kit of the Month-Beautiful Inside and Out.  The feather is so fun and funky that I got a little wild with my watercolors and Dylusions sprays. 

I added a little bling to finish it off. 

GIVEAWAY:

The wonderful and generous Unity Stamp Co is giving away 2 Itty Bitties of your choice to one lucky commenter this week.  To qualify simply leave a comment on any of my 5 GIU posts this week (M-F) for a chance to win.  I will pick a winner on Monday July 28th.

 

 I am linking this up with the Lawnscaping Challenge: Watercoloring.
 

Thanks for visiting!  I have more Unity creations to share with you this week so I hope you'll stop by each day to see what I have in store!