Mitten's Papercrafting

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Growing in Unity - Day Two

 Here we are, already on Day Two of my Growing in Unity week!  I might like the color purple.  I have been on a mission to use up my patterned paper as card backgrounds. That might take another 20 years - I do love a beautiful patterned paper.   Another painted flower - beautiful tulips from one of my favorite Kits of the Month, on top of some great purple glitter paper.



Purple or periwinkle?  My theme is purple so we'll go with that.  I absolutely love the way this turned out.  I don't think the sentiment is Unity, though.  But I love these flowers.  So easy to color.




Thanks for stopping by and remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a $20 credit to the Unity shop!

Jennifer



Monday, May 30, 2022

Growing in Unity - Memorial Day


It is Memorial Day, a day for somber reflection about the heroes who have sacrificed everything for our country's freedom.  I am proud to be an American, even with all the work we have to do as a nation.

This is also the weekend for the Unity Memorial Day sale - lots of goodies over there so check it out!   The sale ends on May 31.  I am honored to be the Growing in Unity host this week.  Remember to leave comments this week on each post for your chance to win $20.00 at the Unity shop.

A little history - this is also my Stampversary.  I discovered stamping and Unity on Memorial Day Weekend of 2009 when my husband and stepson decided to go camping.  Once they were out of the house, I came across the OWH (Operation Write Home) blog and Memorial Day blog hop and found someone using Unity on one of the stops.  I raced over to the Unity site and placed my first order.  I do order a few things from other companies now and then but no company speaks to me like Unity. I love their stamps and amazing design team and, of course, the beautiful people of Unity. Angela is such a positive person and I love seeing Nic and Whit getting really involved in the business.  And the employees are the best - customer service is unmatched!  Of course, it all stems from their beautiful red rubber stamps.

It has been a while since I had a chance to make a card and I am a little rusty so bear with me.  Although these cards are not perfect, I sent them out anyway.  Everyone appreciates a card you made yourself!



As you can see, I am not the greatest at coloring, but I love these cacti.  Even I couldn't ruin this fabulous image from a past Kit of the Month. These kits are an amazing value and the images are huge!  I mean, look at this kit!  I had to stop my subscription because I have no more space to store them and refuse to part with any. You'll feel the same way - won't want to part with any!


I have some favorite artists at Unity - okay, well I love them all.  This is from a Graciellie set - I absolutely love her images - they are beautiful.



Again, not the best coloring but this image I stunning.  Here is the set it is from.  The "thanks" is from another set - these beautiful sentiments didn't fit on this card but I will be using them!


I hope you get some ideas from this post and I'll see you tomorrow!

Jennifer
Unity Addict since 2009