Growing in Unity Week Winners!!

 Thank you all for your support last week.  It was amazing and I appreciated getting to show some of my creations.

Winners of the $20 Unity credit are:  Debbie Farrell and Wilma DeG.  Please email kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit within 2 weeks".  In the subject line have them put "winner from "Jennifer's GIU week.

Thank you!!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 5

 Welcome to my Growing in Unity Week!!  I have been looking forward to this for months and I am glad you stopped by.  Just leave a comment at the end of my post each day (Monday through Friday) of this week for a chance to have your name drawn to win a $20 credit to Unity.  Two names will be drawn.  How is it already the end of my week?!

Today I've got a couple of cute critters for your enjoyment.  This cat totally cracks me up and I love this adorable mouse.

I have enjoyed making my cards for the week and enjoyed sharing them.  Remember to leave a comment on each day for your chance to win.

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 4

 Welcome to my Growing in Unity Week!!  I have been looking forward to this for months and I am glad you stopped by.  Just leave a comment at the end of my post each day (Monday through Friday) of this week for a chance to have your name drawn to win a $20 credit to Unity.  Two names will be drawn.

How is it already Day 4?  I have so many ideas!!  I have a watercolored card today.  I find them more forgiving than alcohol markers - for some reason, I am quite initiated by the markers. LOL

Look at this beautiful floral image called "Sweet as Honey."  I takes up almost an entire A2 card so all you need is the image and a sentiment.  

As you can see, I used an arch die to cut this out and do a foil border for it.  I added some shimmer spray since I like it sparkly.

Have a great day!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 3

 Welcome to my Growing in Unity Week!!  I have been looking forward to this for months and I am glad you stopped by.  Just leave a comment at the end of my post each day (Monday through Friday) of this week for a chance to have your name drawn to win a $20 credit to Unity.  Two names will be drawn.

So, I am back to the June Whit Kit and the 2022 Kit of the Month.  This time I have focused on the hydrangea stamps that are in each set.  They are both stunning but I personally like the Whit Kit one a bit better.  I tried coloring with markers, watercolors, and perfect pearls.  I have to say I find watercolors more forgiving and I prefer them.  I need practice on my alcohol markers:-). The first two are the Whit Kit and the second two are the 2022 KOTM.

All of these cards are great and the stamps are stunningly gorgeous.  Enjoy!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 2

Welcome to my Growing in Unity Week!!  I have been looking forward to this for months and I am glad you stopped by.  Just leave a comment at the end of my post each day (Monday through Friday) of this week for a chance to have your name drawn to win a $20 credit to Unity.  Two names will be drawn.

Yesterday was about the dresses and today is about Pooh and being nice to others.  I love the gentleness of Pooh, Piglet, and the rest of the characters from Winnie the Pooh.  I am trying to bring back positivity, encouragement, and friendship.  The past few years have been tough on everyone and it is time to get back to kindness.  One thing about our Unity community is positivity and encouragement.  You don't see our folks making negative comments on others' posts.  I think it comes from Angela - she is always kind and encouraging to others!

Enough about that!  I realized after I took the photo that the sentiment has a slight error - I will be handwriting the extra "me" before I send this out.

Here is my card.
- I absolutely love Pooh and Piglet in case you couldn't tell.

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 1

Welcome to my Growing in Unity Week!!  I have been looking forward to this for months and I am glad you stopped by.  Just leave a comment at the end of my post each day (Monday through Friday) of this week for a chance to have your name drawn to win a $20 credit to Unity.  Two names will be drawn.

So, I recently heard Jennifer McGuire repeat yet again that red rubber is the best for stamping and gives the best impressions.  Thank goodness for Unity and their beautiful red rubber stamps!!!  We are the lucky ones who buy from this wonderful family business.

I have to say that the June Whit Kit totally caught my eye.  I saw the hydrangea theme and was smitten and placed my order.  I got it in the mail a few days later.  The paper pack especially blew me away!  The stamp set is great and the mica powders are very interesting.

And another thing about these stamps - Angela recently did a small post about the inks you need to use to get clear images from finely detailed rubber stamps.  I followed her advice and bought this ink and it worked beautifully.  Unity sells it but if they are out of stock you can find it anywhere.  I highly recommend!

If you missed the kit and only wanted that hydrangea stamp, you are in luck.  The June 2022 KOTM has a hydrangea that is the same size although it is a little different.  I had pulled it out because I wanted to paper piece the gorgeous dress in the kit with the hydrangea papers. This whole kit is amazing.

Here are some cards that I made with these two beautiful kits.  I absolutely love these kits and the papers are incredible.  So today I am sharing three cards I made with the June Whit-Kit paper pack and the dress from the June 2022 Kit of the Month.  I hope you like them and get some inspiration!  I also used some foil yardstick I had hanging around.  I am obsessed with it:-). Sorry for the images here - I bought a special white box to do these photos but when I transferred them to my computer, they don;t look too great.

A lot has happened since my last GIU week in November.  If you looked at the Facebook post, you'll see I have ovarian cancer and my PSA is that you need to get checked even if you've had a hysterectomy because those cells can hang around for 17 years before becoming stage 3.5.  Anyway, my prognosis is good and I am in a good place with good care.  Just wanted to share with other women that we need to stay up to date with medical appointments.  Please take care of yourself!

Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a Unity $20 credit.

Have a wonderful day!!

Jennifer