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

WINNERS FROM GIU WEEK!

First, our winners - Jan Golden and Beckie MacArthur, please email kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit from Unity within two weeks.  I hope you select something as great as my Brown Thursday haul, below!  Thanks to everyone for their kind comments last week.  

Jennifer

 

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 5

I am sad to say, this is my last day as the GIU person. I selected Winnie the Pooh for my last card - I love the message of kindness and inclusion that   Winnie has.  It is more important now than ever that we accept people the way we find them, right?  This is another beautifully stamped image with an error - an upside down sentiment.  Definitely not awake sometimes...

But, it all turned out okay.

I can never get these photos just right.  People take photos with their iPhones that decorate the sides of skyscrapers and are incredible and I always struggle with taking photos of cards.  This is another thing I need to work on.  In real life, the coloring looks more blended but I think I have the right colors for Pooh.  I bought some alcohol markers recently so have spent the week experimenting with them and hope you enjoyed it as much as I have!

Here is the set - as you can see, you don't even have to figure out a layout - the picture already does it for you!

I did get my Brown Friday order and every set is fantastic.  

Remember to comment for a chance to win a Unity prize!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 4

This is my second to last day of sharing projects with you.  I still have projects to share, again trying some easy to mass produce Christmas cards while still mixing them up so each card has some individuality.  I am sure this is the season that spurs us to make the most handmade cards since we send out many at once.  I love creating my own cards but will admit that some years I had to supplement with store bought boxed cards.  I haven't done that lately, though, since I have started mass producing some easier designs.  

I absolutely love this coffee cup and made a card with it.  But, it would be great on a Starbucks gift card holder, too!  Here's my first attempt - again, an amazingly sharp image the first time.  I had to do a little magic since I stamped the sentiment upside down.  Doh!!

This is how it turned out and I absolutely love this card with all its bling!  I have glitter paper and foil cardstock as layers under the coffee cup image. It looks amazing in really life.

Remember to comment for a chance to win a Unity prize!!!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 3

We more than half way through my Growing in Unity week now!  I am veering away from Christmas for the day with something out of my comfort zone.  I fell in love with this image at first sight.  I stamped it out and left a thumbprint on the side but you will see how I fixed it.  This is from Phyllis Harris who has many brilliant stamp sets at Unity.  I don't blame her for having Unity do her stamps, their red rubber is perfect.  There is no conditioning the stamps - just take them out of the package, ink them up, and perfection.  I have lost my Misti and I have been stamping these old school and the images are still amazing even when you get only one try at it.

I couldn't imagine this image of the upturned head and hands without something for her to look at or for her to have thrown in the air so here it is.  I added these stars and I love this card so much!  Again, my amateur coloring but it doesn't matter because you can't ruin this image.

This is called "Joyful Echoes" and you need to get it now!

I hope you all have a great day and remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a Unity prize!

Jennifer

GROWING IN UNITY - DAY 2

 Welcome to the second day of my Growing in Unity week.  Again, this is all about Christmas cards. So many great sets to choose from, so little time!  Here's another peek at our new kitty.  My husband is obsessed with walking her on a leash. 

                                                    

Anyway, on to the cards!

When I was making these cards, I thought my coloring skill was pretty good - when I took photos, I realized a 6-year old could have done this.  I think it would be great to stamp a bunch of these for the kids to color and give to friends for Christmas.  My husband immediately declared that he was picking this et for our cards.  This stamps beautifully - my Misti is missing in action and I have been stamping old school and these sentiments came out perfectly every time.  I tried one in traditional colors with foil paper which I am obsessed with right now and the other in nontraditional colors.  I love this set!!!!  It is on sale, I think, if you realize you need it too.

Note that I haven't put on sequins or enamel dots because these will be going out in the mail:-)

Here is the set...how cute is this???

Remember to comment for a chance to win a prize from Unity.  Thanks for stopping by - come back tomorrow for more fun cards!

Jennifer