Unity Stamp Company

SMAK BIRTHDAY CARD

2012-02-25T06:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Saturday!!!

It's Stephanie here sharing a project using the fabulous SMAK kit for February!!!

I think the thing I love most about these kits is that there are so many possibilities on what you can use them for.Whether you are a scrapbooker, cardmaker or mixed media artist it's perfect for all of those!!!

So for my card today I used the ABC background in the February SMAK kit and then for the sentiment I used Jillibean Soup's Favorite Sentiments kit. The pattern is from My Mind's Eye and to add a little more to the card I used some fun buttons and twine. I think this card would make a great Boy Birthday card.

If you are interested in these kits you can get all the info here on how to purchase them!!!

Have a fabulous day!!!!!!

Hello Friends!

2012-02-24T16:45:00.001-06:00

It's Natalie here!

I am so excited to be here today!

I get to share with you a project made with some Unity's

amazing co branded stamps.

What could be better....

amazing Unity quality combined with images from our favorite scrappy companies-

makes for some must have stamps :)

for my card today I used this new itty bitty from Simple Stories

Simple Hello my Friend

adore the vintage style phone!

I also used paper from Simple Stories Christmas 25 Days of Christmas 6 X 6 pad

and don't forget about the sale going on this weekend!

WANTED: creative, fun, laid back, easy going, i love my craft sort of gals.

2012-02-24T09:50:00.002-06:00

i was gonna GOOGLE design team calls. after being in this industry with Unity for ALMOST 4 years - you would think running a design team call would be "old hat" - for me - it is not.
i keep my girls forever and ever.as long as they will have ME. :) hee, hee.
i still have SO MANY of my ORIGINAL gals on my team.way back from 2008.and i love them.so much.i love the girls that have come along for the journey since then SO VERY MUCH.they are a HUGE source of GRATITUDE in my life. HUGE.one of my FAVORITE parts of Unity.not to mention the gals who have journeyed on.blessed to have crossed paths.so blessed.

they have put BOTH their creative energy out there for unity CONSISTENTLY as well asmade a PERSONAL INVESTMENT into unity.they are supportive and sweetthey are tolerant and flexible.they go with the flow.and they WORK HARD on VERY SHORT and spur of the moment WHIMS of mine.they go above and beyond when their lives allow it.they do JUST what is expected when life gets busy.i love that.
HERE IS THE DEALIO
i'm tellin' ya - i APPEAR organized.i TRY to be organized.sometimes i AM organized.sometimes.{rarely}but as a whole - we just have FUN and we make pretty stuff.with a schedule put together each month by sweet maria.
i am very flexible.family, and life comes FIRST always.however - i do always HOPE AND EXPECT the best. you are here to PROMOTE UNITY.i expect that.consistently.:)
i tolerate only kindness and compassion within the team.that is what we have now.nobody on our team keeps "track" of each other.we live in an adult world of ZERO comparisons of WHO is doing what.we support one another.encourage one another.enjoy one another.
if one gal makes 10 projects a month, cause her creative FLOW is there.and one gal does JUST what she is scheduled to do {no more, no less} - I LOVE THAT.
so i guess to sum it all up.don't expect ANYTHING of me as the owner of unity.
don't expect ANYTHING of your fellow unity design team members.JUST EXPECT of yourself. no keeping track. no drama. i won't allow it for ONE MINUTE.Take the opportunity of being on the Unity Design Team and RUN WITH IT.Gracefully.

....cause i PROMISE you - great things will happen for those that take the time to USE this position and FLY.{i encourage flying, just so you know}

ALL I HAVE EVER wanted is to help people make their dreams come true, along side my own.If I get to have a small part in that....it makes me SO HAPPY!
this isn't the normal design team call is it?
i should just get to the nitty gritty point.
HERE was my FIRST DESIGN TEAM CALL!
{here is a little secret - i didn't even know what a design team WAS in 2008}
Unity Stamp Company needs a design team! I would love to hear from you if you meet the criteria below:
#1: Willing to work on a SERIOUS deadline!!!!
#2: Me falling in love with your work :)
We will be taking our line of images and new product to the CHA Show in Anaheim, CA on February 10,2008. I have product coming in daily and I need some wonderfully creative people to create with them! I need sample cards, scrapbooking pages, recipe cards, tags and any other WONDERFUL project you can make for me to show off the adorable finished products my stamps can make!

Looking forward to hearing from you!
How FUN is that? :)
Pretty Simple....and it WORKED OUT phenomenally for me! :)
So we are going to run this DESIGN TEAM call very much the same. Sweet and Simple.
I know that there are SEVERAL of you that are on other teams.
I know this is BACKWARDS - but I am going to be UPFRONT with what I am NOT LOOKING FOR.{please be honest with yourself when reading my thoughts below}
please don't apply if you are not up for spontaneous requests!please don't apply if you run on rigid schedules and numerous TIGHT deadlines.please don't apply if you expect me to be months ahead of things.please don't apply if you only do well with a leader, we are ALL leaders on the team.please don't apply if you are not flexible.please don't apply if you love drama.
hee, hee.please don't apply if you expect EVERYONE on the team to do the SAME amount of work.please don't apply if you ask a million questions about every request i make.
i am ORGANIZED CHAOS.i KNOW what i want, when i want it - NOT MONTHS ahead of time.sometimes only days.YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING and HAVE THE TIME to work on things SPUR OF THE MOMENT.
if.you want to be challenged.have fun.have opportunity.partake in warm friendly women that have formed this team.enjoy your creativity - work within a group.love change.
can work with digisTHEN APPLY.
this is getting long.
HERE IS WHAT I NEED.

Mixed Media/Scrapbooking/Card Making individuals {dually talented} - 2 gals
Card Making GURUS - hee, hee - {2 gals}

If your BIGGEST concern is what my expectations are once you are on my team - you most likely will not like the way we operate.

I will say this.

I would love as MANY projects from you that promote our Kit of the Month, SMAK KIT, Stamp of the week, Co-Brands, Unity Kits - that your little heart desires to make.

I want you to follow the Unity Design Team Calendar - and participate in Blog Posts on the Unity Blog and your OWN Blog.

{narrows down to 3-5 posts per month - MORE if you choose}

I want you to submit to publications so that Unity graces the pages of all our AMAZING publications in this industry.

I want you to LOVE EVERY MINUTE of being on the team.

So if you are a go with the flow sort of gal.

that makes REALLY PRETTY creations.

Unity is for YOU.

I want to see YOU put UNITY into action.
Here is how to apply.
Send me an email with your BLOG ADDRESS.{blog required}
Also please include 2 of YOUR FAVORITE creations USING UNITY STAMPS.{you can LINK ME UP - or send photos}
One paragraph about YOU.'cause above the CREATIVITY - who YOU are as a person matters JUST AS MUCH to me.

Please keep in mind how extremely busy we are with our small/big company.I will do my BEST to answer any questions you have.
DISCLAIMER:Please also remember that my decision is not based on our past friendship, it is not based on "who you are" in the industry, it is not based on HOW MANY TEAMS you have been on or "who you know" - it will be based on how I FEEL you will fill the position by adding to the style that I want within the team, AND adding to the team as a person. :) this will be hard for me, because i know that no matter what there will be people that will be hurt by not being chosen. please be sure not to take my final decision personally if you are not chosen. that is precisely the reason i stay away from these design team calls.i know that i am going to make 4 people very happy and that others very sad. i don't like that very much.{i wish i could do a blind call - but from where i sit that would be nearly impossible.}
SO!here we go anyway.i am tossing it up to fate and taking a deep breath!
the end. :)
OH! my email.
angela@unitystampco.com
looking forward to hearing from you! :)
We will announce our choices on NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!May 5th, 2012

Submission Deadline:April 30th, 2012

TGIF!!!! $5 Feature & Gettin' our FLAIR on with Friends!!

2012-02-23T23:59:00.000-06:00

TGIF!!

I don't know about YOU... but I am READY for FRIDAY!!!

Brooke here..

bringing you the weekly FRIDAY $5 FEATURE

{which happens to be just FABULOUS!}

For the FIRST 25 PEEPS ONLY...

you can get the awesome

STRAWBERRY GREETINGS

for JUST 5 DOLLARS!

here is a BERRY LOVELY sample

created by Chautona..

leave her a comment... HERE

HURRY! Get YOURs before they are GONE!

Next up... it is time to

show off some FLAIR with our FRIENDS!

Here's how it works...

EVERY Friday, we post a LINKY TOOLS

gorgeous, crafty creations by adding your LINK.

We give away TWO PRIZES each week.

One randomly awarded to a person who participates by adding their LINK using Linky Tools..

AND

One will be given to a random commenter on one of the participating blogs.

Both prize winners will be announced on the Monday afternoon Unity/ippity blog post

COME and Join the FRIDAY FUN at UNITY!!!

This Week on UnityTV: Collage Style Tags with Angie Blom

2012-02-23T14:05:00.000-06:00

***Check out the previous post for some of Unity's Thursday Hip Hop of inspiration!***

NOTE:
If you are watching the video via this Blog, please go to the bottom to mute the blog's background music. Thank you! Or you can watch it on our You Tube channel.

This week on UnityTV....

Happy Birthday Tags - Collage Style
These tags are adorable and most of the work done here is stamping. Angie layers her stamps from Sweet and Sour Soup and uses several different colors to create stunning tags.

Featured Stamps:

Sweet and Sour Soup (Jillibean Soup Co-Brand)

And here is the how-to video!

UnityTV Episode #50

If you watch UnityTV on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming!

Thanks for watching!

Hip Hop Fun!!

2012-02-23T00:00:00.008-06:00

Hello there Unity Friends!!

Karen here, and I'm up today

to kick off ..

Hip Hop Thursday!!

featuring the ever so awesome

UNITY STAMPS!

Get ready, 'cause we have lots to share!

All the fun starts with

Brooke's Blog

just click on the hip hop button
to start the hop and continue through
to each of the Design Team blogs!!

Playing with Grandma's Needlepoint

2012-02-21T12:01:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! It's Christi Snow with you here today.

I had so much fun shopping with the new Unity Stamp Co releases that I had a hard time choosing which new stamps to use today. Finally, I decided that this precious little kit, Grandma's Needlepoint needed my inky love.

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Susan Weckesser- Grandma's Needlepoint

*Authentique paper collection

*Webster's Pages trim

*corner rounder

*Sizzix die cut

*button

*flat back pearls

*StazOn jet black inkpad

*Tim Holtz distress inkpad

*watercolor pencils

This kit is so cute. I adore all these darling little stamps...

Supplies used:

*Unity Stamp Co. Susan Weckesser- Grandma's Needlepoint

*Crate Paper collection

*trim

*buttons

*Nestabilities labels die

*doily

*Basic Grey paper

FWF Winners

2012-02-20T18:00:00.000-06:00

Winner Time

Woot Woot!!! Loved all the rockin' and beautiful Unity creations this week. I'm glad I don't have to pick them... thank you random.org.

Hello...

Winners from February 17, 2012

blog participant:

#14. Laura

{thanks laura for the touching story as well. hugs}

comment from #25 JPScrap's blog:

Crystalsaid...: What a great idea, love how it turned out! I will be saving from now on!; February 18, 2012 7:27 PM

CONGRATS Laura and Crystal!!!

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO:

kelli@unitystampco.com

Include your Full Name, Address

and state that you "won Friends With Flair".

KOTM Monday....Lucky to Have You!

2012-02-20T12:29:00.000-06:00

happy Monday! It's Lisa H. here today.
I loooove the middle of the month. For years now, I've been sooo excited to get my happy mail package from Unity.
Are you a Kit of The Month subscriber???You Should be!!!Check it all out HERE!
This month kit is chuck full of season AND all occasion stamps!Love, that!

I used this month's kit....Lucky to Have You! to make 2 totally different cards.
First up...it's CAS challenge day on SCSso I got busy adding a little stitching to my card.I just love what a little zig zag can do to a card.

and this sentiment is poking fun at getting old(kind of a theme lately....have you seen this image by ippity?) HA!I thought the cars were a bit masculine.
Then I couldn't pass up using this sentiment...it's one of my faves and something I remind myselfALL.THE.TIME.when things get a little rocky!I used fun and uplifting colors for this.

I'm over the moon with the raindrop background stamp included in this kit.....pretty cute!
Run on over to the Unity Site and sign up today, if you aren't a member.
If you are already....get busy creating something with this kitor any other kit for this month's KOM Sketch Challenge.

{....beautiful YOU} - NEW Stamp of the Week!

2012-02-19T13:04:00.000-06:00

Created By: Joslyn Nielson

http://www.unitystampoftheweek-signup.blogspot.com/

only $5.79

beautiful YOU.

perfect for your beautiful girlfriends, your daughter....

any occasion .

i am a gal that LOVES butterflies - so of course we had to have some for STAMP of the WEEK! :)

Includes ONE image - and ONE "beautiful YOU" sentiment.

So Ca-UTE! :)

Measurements:

Stamp Image: 1.5" X 3"

"hello" Sentiment: 1" X 1.5"

This stamp is unmounted deeply etched red rubber. precisely pre-cut and mounted on cling foam. can be used with any acrylic block in your collection.
*******Here is your SNEAK of the Week for the NEXT image.*****

Week 8

February 19 - February 26

Here are some STUNNING cards created by the Unity Design Team.

i love them all so much!

GET YOUR STAMP of the WEEK - shipped to you AUTOMATICALLY every single WEEK.

This will start Week ONE - January 9 through January 15th.

What is the COST of the Stamp of the Week?

$5.79 - that INCLUDES SHIPPING. Just $5.79 gets you a NEW STAMP delivered to your door EVERY WEEK.

What KIND of stamps are these?

Red Rubber at its BEST!
Unity manufactures ALL their own stamps RIGHT AT Unity Stamp Company!
Made RIGHT HERE in the good ol' USA
Each stamp is PRE-Cut PERFECTLY by our SWISS CNC machine.
The stamps are MOUNTED ON CLING foam - and can be used with ANY Acrylic Block!
you will LOVE them!
ask our current customers!

How DOES the MEMBERSHIP WORK?

Please read carefully .

Our STAMP OF THE WEEK subscriptions is re-occurring. - weekly.

You will automatically receive YOUR VERY OWN Stamp of the WEEK - each week until you wish to cancel your subscription.

There is an initial 3 month commitment to your subscription. After 3 months, you may cancel at anytime.

If you cancel before the 3 months has been filled there is a $15.00 penalty fee.

WE DO NOT ALLOW SKIPS ON THE STAMP OF THE WEEK. Once you sign up for a subscription, you must receive your Unity Stamp of the Week for 3 Months.

How does my subscription work?

You can sign up through our Stamp of the Week BLOG - Currently we accept subscriptions through PAYPAL ONLY. Your paypal account will bill each week on the same day for the amount of $5.79.

You can sign up at anytime during the week. Once you sign up, your account will be billed that day and the SAME DAY each week. The CURRENT WEEKS STAMP will be sent out to you IMMEDIATELY. Your stamp will ship on the SAME DAY each week.

{For Example: If you sign up on a Monday - your stamp will be shipped out Tuesday and every Tuesday following that for till you cancel your subscription}

Can I buy the Stamp of the Week without signing up?

The stamp of the week will NOT be available for individual purchase for 6 months. There will be TWO release parties per year featuring all Stamps of the Week on the Unity Website. June 11, 2012 will be the first release party.
The stamps will be available for $6.50 each - no discounts will be allowed on these stamps at the time they are put on the website. They will be exclusive NON-Sale items always.
They will not retire. They will be available for $6.50.

If I sign up can I get the stamps that I have missed?

The stamp of the weeks that you have missed will NOT be available for purchase till June 11, 2012 - at that time we will have a MEGA RELEASE of all the stamps. . There will be TWO release parties per year featuring all Stamps of the Week on the Unity Website. On June 11, 2012 - you will have the chance to complete your collection.
SO SIGN UP TODAY! - Don't MISS another week at this price!

Cancellation Policy:

This is a reoccurring sub, which means it does not end until you notify us. If, after 3 months you wish to STOP your subscription to our Stamp of the Week - simply send us an e-mail. info@unitystampco.com please include in the SUBJECT LINE: Cancel my Stamp of the Week.

HAPPY 40th KIMBER!

2012-02-18T08:00:00.000-06:00

i love ya SO MUCH i made a card. yes, i did.all by my little self!
here is the kicker.it is actually cute.and i took a really good picture of it.and my camera cord is NO-WHERE to be found.
so NOW you get me.a bad picture of a card.and a THUMBS UP.

i know you will be JUST FINE with that.
for your 40th birthday i wish you every amount of FUN you can possibly MUSTER UP!
have some TEQUILA for SURE!{just as the card suggests - if a proper picture was posted that would be noted.}
TONS OF LOVE from CHRISTIAN AND ME!wish we could help you celebrate in PERSON.WHOOP! WHOOP!enjoy!
Alright PEEPS - your next visit is Amy Martin!CLICK HERE to visit her blog!

Co-Brand Friday with Bella Blvd.!

2012-02-17T12:01:00.001-06:00

Happy Friday to you! Robyn here to share with you one of my favorite stamp sets, Bella Doilies from Unity Co-Brand Bella Blvd! I made this card using the Bella Doilies stamp set, Graphic 45 paper, Clearsnap inks, a Prima Flower, and ribbon and lace by Offray.

I remember the first time I laid my eyes on this beautiful set. I was sooooo excited to use it that I just couldn't keep still!

Unity has some absolutely stunning co-brand stamps that will surely inspire you to create your most incredible creations! Be sure to check them out HERE!

Wishing you and everyone you love an abundance of blessings and a happy weekend!

50% off Scrapbooking Stamps - Selected Stamps only $3.99

2012-02-17T10:01:00.000-06:00

hi.

We wanted to PUT SOME OF OUR SCRAPBOOKING Stamps on sale BEFORE National Scrapbooking day - SO YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TO PLAY WITH!

WHY?

'cause you are gonna want to get busy created PHENOMENAL LAYOUTS with them as we will SOON POST details on our Design Team Call!

Look for that information on the UNITY BLOG - February 24th

FULL DETAILS will be posted then.

We are looking for 2 NEW Design Team Members.

... and it is VERY IMPORTANT to me that you know how to use UNITY STAMPS in TONS of different ways - Including Scrapbooking/Mixed Media/Art Journaling - Etc.

So STOCK UP on some UNITY Stamps!

There are over 70 Items marked down 50% off!

CLICK HERE!

Here are just a few sets that you will see marked down.

A HUGE thanks to Lesley Langdon for putting our stamps to work so BEAUTIFULLY!

You can see more of her work HERE.

She is OUT OF THIS WORLD phenomenal!

THANKS, Lesley!

We also have OVER 70 Stamps marked down to

ONLY $3.99

Including THIS ONE drawn by Tanis Giesbrecht.

JUST FOR ME.

i LOVE THAT!

This SWEET LAYOUT was CREATED BY: Unity Design Team Member - Angie Blom

LOVE HER WORK! Love this Layout!

You can see more of HER WORK - HERE.

This is ONLY ONE of the stamps marked to only $3.99

GO SEE over 70 more on the Unity Website!

CLICK HERE for all of those!

Mark Downs - only good through Monday!

Shipping only $5

{$2.95 on orders under $10}

ONE MORE THING.

have a happy day.

'cause YOU DESERVE it.

xoxo,

ang.

It's time for our Fabulous Friends!

2012-02-17T00:01:00.000-06:00

Good Morning Unity Peeps!

It's Christi here with you this morning and

we have a SPECIAL treat for our $5 Friday Feature....

an {ippity} kit... So This Is Love

This kit is only $5,

BUT there are only 12 of them available so you better jump on it FAST!!!

gorgeous CAS card by Pryn

fabulous card by mamamostamps

another beauty by shuggy

*********************

For our FRIENDS WITH FLAIR portion...

share and get inspired

by all of our wonderfully talented

FRIENDS!!

Every FRIDAY we post a LINKY TOOLS SIGN UP

simply add a link to YOUR Unity projects

There will be 2 PRIZES given away each week.

One randomly awarded to one of the peeps who participates

in the blog hop by using Linky Tools

One will be given away to a random commenter on one of the participating blogs

Both prize winners will be announced on the Monday afternoon Unity/ippity blog post

COME and Join the FRIDAY FUN at UNITY!!!

UnityTV: Donna Poppies are WONDERFUL!

2012-02-16T15:39:00.000-06:00

This week on UnityTV....

Poppy Card Set (4)
Stamping with liquid color using NEWLY RELEASED CHA Unity Stamps, and Shimmerz Coloringz.

Featured Stamps:

Donna Poppies

Donna "Adore" Words

And here is the how-to video!

UnityTV Episode #49

If you watch UnityTV on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming!

Thanks for watching!

Happy Hip Hop Thursday!

2012-02-16T00:00:00.000-06:00

I'm so excited to get to start of hip hop today!

It's me Natalie by the way ;)

Today I have a layout to share with you using lots of my favorite new releases!

This layout is a picture of my daughter and her best friend.

(mine's the one looking at the camera)

My daughter is such a crack up, I love that she doesn't take things too seriously :)

After watching Glee last week I knew what the title to my layout needed to be.

and yeah been singing a little Ricky Martin all day.

Paper is from Authentique and a little bit of Echo Park.

The stamps I used are;

Simple Stampments

Simple Pointers

Sweet Paper Pals

now it's time to hop on over to

the UBER talented Angie!

an {ippity} love hangover...

2012-02-15T13:00:00.000-06:00

{ippity} love

Did you all have a fabulous 'LOVE' day?

The hubby and I are not big V-day celebrators. I know, how lucky is he that I'm good like that. Ha. But we did manage to go out to dinner. Have you ever been to 'On the Border'? It is a chain mexican restaurant that we have in Arizona. Not like the MOST amazing food ever, but it is good. And seriously, the chip and salsa are da bomb.

For Valentine's day, they had this free dessert.

Seriously... OMG! It was way too yummy.

Happy Valentine's to ME... ahem, us.

Now, I do always make the hubs a card.

How could I not, right?

I tried to keep it more man friendly.

No ribbon, no ruffles.

Bling, ok, so there is bling. Just a little.

The red paper strip is pleated for some interest.

The ippity {better together} was just perfect.

Adore those love bees.

Winners to the Facebook Challenges!

2012-02-15T04:38:00.000-06:00

We have our 2 Winners to the Facebook Challenges!A HUGE thanks to all those that participated!Be sure to CHECK OUT the Unity Facebook Page by CLICKING HERE.

Created By: Abby Scrapbookaholic

You can see more of Abbys work on her blog HERE: http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/2012/01/unity-stamp-costamp-of-week.html

Created By: Gini William Cagle

You can see MORE of Ginis work on her blog HERE:

http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/2012/02/home-is-where-heart-is.html

We hope to post ANOTHER challenge SOON!

Watch for it!

xoxo,

ang.

Growing in Unity Wednesday

2012-02-15T00:00:00.005-06:00

This week our Growing in Unity girl is Noelle Reese!

Meet Noelle:

Here is something about Noelle:

"Hi, My name is Noelle Reese and I am one of the lucky {ippity} chicks! I am a lucky wife and Mom of 2 beautiful daughters. Morgan is 14 and Carlee is 4. I love paper crafting in all of its forms! I love stamping, I love scrapbooking, I love die cutting, I love it all! I am a HUGE Unity addict! I love the people and the stamps and working with them is so much fun! I would love to be your ippity chick! You can order ippity now on the Unity website! You can use coupons and discounts! SO exciting! I still have almost all of the sets in stock on my {ippity} blog as well. http://noellelovesippity.blogspot.com/ I ship for free, they are on sale for 10% off and you can pick 50 yards of twine with each order during my Growing In Unity Week! I have a lot of samples on my personal blog http://noellescrapsalot.blogspot.com/ I would love for you to stop by and give me a link to your blog!"

Check out what Noelle came up with:

Be sure to swing on by Noelle's blog every day this week and leave her some love! At the end of the week she will be picking one random winner!!

Till next week!

{ippity} LOVE!!

2012-02-14T12:00:00.042-06:00

Hi Unity friends! It's Karen here wishing you a very SWEET day today!

I've got a little {ippity} LOVE to share with you on this Valentine's Day!

I'm using a new {ippity} itty bitty stamp on my card today,

and it's all about FRIENDSHIP!!

Seems fitting to honor the love between two people today...

whether it be between a soul mate, loved one, or a very special friend!!

I've added some Stickle sparkle, tiny pearls, and some Glossy Accents for added texture,

along with some fun papers full of hearts, x's and o's!

Wishing you a fabulous day full of love and lots of laughter!!

love. love. love. and some exercise.

2012-02-14T06:00:00.000-06:00

Brooke here...

I have the HONOR of posting today

for the DT Feature Tuesday...

and

it. just. happens. to. be.

VALENTINES DAY!!!!

so... grab your COFFEE.

cuz there are LOTS of PHOTOS.

LOTS of UNITY STAMPS.

and hopefully LOTS of INSPIRATION!

The story starts here.

A few months ago... my sista friend ANGELA

talked me into joining a gym... and for those of you

who know me AT ALL.. that was quite a stretch... ahem.

I was NOT a fan of EXERCISE.

To convince myself to go, I paid up for

8 MONTHS in ADVANCE.

the plan worked.

I have been consistently going to the gym..

working out faithfully.

I even took a dreaded BOOTCAMP class

and survived to tell about it.

NOW.. things are just getting CRAZIER all the time..

If you know me AT ALL... you know that I have sworn UP and DOWN

to NEVER. EVER. under ANY circumstances RUN anywhere.

{unless a BEAR or other wild beast was chasing me}

Time to eat my words.

I've started RUNNING. just a bit. just a beginning.

but I've run 3.5 miles in two days. and I might like it.

or maybe not... but I lived through it.

I need MOTIVATION. GOALS.

HELP. and a REWARD.

to KEEP me on the straight and narrow path of HEALTHY.

so I decided to start journaling the following daily for 40 week days/8 weeks:

My Weight {EEK!}

What I EAT {EEK!}

What exercise I partake in.

My REWARD at the END of the 8 weeks is...

DAY off from WORK to GO shopping.

To RECORD my PROGRESS

a simple journal wouldn't do.

I need something FUN. and CUTE to keep track of my info.

Of COURSE the perfect fit is UNITY STAMPS + scrap paper + a bit of TIME

{and some awesome KIDS who helped me put this ALL together in just a few hours}

I covered a BUNCH of playing CARDS with paper.

for EACH day there are 2 cards... one for me to write the date, etc

and the other to record the weight, food & workout info.

This is a work in PROGRESS {just like ME!} so the corners

will all be hole punched and the cards will be threaded onto a

HUGE ring that I can grab and toss into my gym bag.

Here are the PICS!!

the STACK. all different colors and patterns

to keep it FUN!

ready TO FLY.

all the CALENDAR cards look like the one above.

The opposing pages have blank areas for notes

and some UNITY inspiration via stamps!

definitely.

every stamp in the stack is a UNITY stamp.

SO MANY fabulous bits of RUBBER to INSPIRE.

EVER.

loved this one for the word BIKINI...

I WILL be getting a NEW ONE in 8 weeks.

This is the VERY LAST card.

I certainly hope I feel like a ROCK STAR after completing my challenge!

Thanks for letting me YAP on and SHARE about my JOURNEY...

NOW we need to get down to BUSINESS...

the business of LOVE

Here are some LOVELY quotes and pictures

that I came across on Pinterest...

wanted to SHARE them with YOU!

for the ONES you just wanna SQUISH with LOVE.

for your TRUE LOVE. XOXO

for the loves you can't be with. :(

for the EVERY DAY love.

no matter what.

JUST LOVE.

simple. as. that.

have a HAPPY DAY!!

FWF Winners

2012-02-13T18:00:00.000-06:00

Winner Time

Another fabulous and inspiring Friends with Flair.
Thank you all!!!

Did you all enjoy the {ippity} and
Phillis Harris releases?
A.MaZ.iNG right!

Just LOVE new stamps!

But, more importantly... who are our

Winners from February 10, 2012

blog participant:

#38. Rosyln O.

comment from #23. Rachel B's blog:

Evasaid...
Great card!
February 10, 2012 6:35 PM

CONGRATS girls!!!

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO:

kelli@unitystampco.com

Include your Full Name, Address

and state that you "won Friends With Flair".

Happy Monday, KOTM Monday!!!!

2012-02-13T00:22:00.000-06:00

Goodmorning Unity lovers,

It’s Monday, a very HAPPY Monday…I am here on this Monday to show you some creations with the KOTM..

Unfortunately, it’s not the KOTM Februari, it’s still on its way to me…SORRY!!!!

But I made some nice ones with the KOTM Januari!!

First a Layout.

I only used two colors of Distress ink; vintage photo and antique linnen.

And I could not resist my favorite stamps by Donna Downey.

I made this one for a good friend,

Rosa, she’s a friend in good and bad times to me.

That’s why I love her.

Of course a couple of cards with KOTM stamps.

I like the butterfly!!

And finally I met Angela, it was so great to see her, to speak to her and look her in the eyes.

It’s funny, because we e-mail a lot with each other, but it was better to really meet her.

And if that wasn’t enough, I also met Shemaine and Jessica. It was sad that we didn’t have enough time to talk. Maybe next year!!! It was great to see you!!

The CHA was great, it was so big and overwhelming, there’s only one deception, I could not buy anything…L .. and there are so many new things that I’d love to have!!! Did you see all the new stamps from Unity?? …talking about Yummie, this is real YUMMIE click here and take a look at the new stamps from Unity.

And off course when you click at the KOTM you go to the right place for information

KOTM Februari is.....YUMMIE!!!!!!

For today it’s enough, have a great week and I hope you enjoy my work

She dared to dream.. Mixed Media Sunday!

2012-02-12T12:35:00.003-06:00

Happy Sunday, Angie Blom here for Mixed Media Sunday.

Can I be honest with you.. and tell you how happy & delighted

I am to be a part of this company called Unity!!

I just love designing and being a part of such a wonderful group of talented and caring artists.

They are my Creative Family..

Just throwing it out there that I love everything about Unity..

all that they stand for.. the generosity of ANGELA & CHRISTIAN
they are amazing and beautiful people!!

Also all the wonderful people I have had the privilege to get to know here

and in theSCS forum for the past few years..

wouldn't trade this for the world.

**********

I am also so, so happy that we have this

New Co-brand Artist at Unity.

Christy Tomlinson

I fell in love with her style of art when I took

her first She Art course and am beyond thrilled

that she came out with these stamps!!

here is a frame tag project I made..

she dared to dream....

using some different sized tags, distressing inks by Tim Holtz ( you can purchase these also at Unity)

I made these crocheted flowers and trims.. I love the homespun element of this addition.

I coloured the girl using copics.

you can also use these stamps to dress up other tags like the MME tag I used the stitched daffodils with some spun sugar pink distress ink on the top of the image that was already there.

So dress up an old frame that is lying around the house.. I just used some white craft paint for a white washed look.. added some jute twine and these little wooden clothes pins to hole the tags up.

Now I can change the tags up as much as I want!.

these are all the stamp I used in today's project.

You can purchase all of these stamps and more on the Unity Website HERE!!

Hope you have a wonderful and creative Sunday

Hugs

Angie

I leave you with a generosity quote..

" the way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote

yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that

gives you purpose and meaning.."

~mitch albom

Unity Valentine's Day

2012-02-10T22:19:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone, Jimmi here :)
I'm here to show you some of the loveliest Valentine's Day
cards around...using Unity Stamp Co. stamps, of course!

I LOVE Valentine's Day cards...strangely enough I do not
love hearts...but when they are on a sweet card I change my tune.

So let's take a look!

{PLEASE click on each picture to follow the links!}

What do you think?
I hope you are inspired to get out your
Valentine's stamps and make a card for a love
or for a friend or family member...or maybe
for someone that just needs a little love :)

See you soon!
Jimmi

SMILEBOX - makes me SMILE. :)

2012-02-10T11:52:00.003-06:00

Doing a little EXPERIMENT! :) Check out the goods - the SIMPLE Smilebox way.Forgive me for being "behind" the times.Sometimes I just need to be knocked in the head with a BRICK!Creating ANOTHER one for the {ippity} release.Enjoy a little CRAFTY GOODNESS and Sugarland Sassiness!
Love this!

This free slideshow design personalized with Smilebox

$5 Feaure Friday.... and... Friends with Flair!

2012-02-09T23:54:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday!

This week our $5 FEATURED KIT is...

Straight From the Heart

You can get this AdorAbLe kit from

your favorite{ippity} chick...

simply click on a chick,

and she will get credit for your purchase...

EASY!

created by Vicki Dutcher

created by DT member Lisa Arana

Remember... Only $5... Only for the First 25 peeps that grab them!

___________________________________________________

For our FRIENDS WITH FLAIR portion...

share and get inspired

by all of our wonderfully talented

FRIENDS!!

Every FRIDAY we post a LINKY TOOLS SIGN UP

simply add a link to YOUR Unity projects

There will be 2 PRIZES given away each week.

One randomly awarded to one of the peeps who participates

in the blog hop by using Linky Tools

One will be given away to a random commenter on one of the participating blogs

Both prize winners will be announced on the Monday afternoon Unity/ippity blog post

COME and Join the FRIDAY FUN at UNITY!!!

UnityTV Design Team Call and the Latest Video!

2012-02-09T16:58:00.002-06:00

First and Foremost....have you seen this Design Team Call that we're having for UnityTV?

Do you love to work with Unity Stamps?

Do you love to teach, share your knowledge, and make videos?

Then, consider applying to our team!

Here are some examples of what we do:

Here is all the information you will need to apply:

Unity Stamp Company is looking for one or two individuals who: love our stamps, love to teach, and love to produce video tutorials. We have one to two positions available for our You Tube Channel UnityTV, adding on to the existing team of teachers.

At Unity Stamp Company, we believe in teaching and sharing the joy and excitement about red rubber and all the amazing things you can create with our stamps. If you have a creative flair, and have a passion to share your knowledge, we welcome the opportunity to work with you.

Links:

Unity Web Site: www.unitystampco.com

Unity Blog: http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

UnityTV: http://www.youtube.com/user/UnityStampCoTV

Expectations:

One high quality video tutorial/month, with images of your finished project/technique
Meet assigned deadlines
Start your term in April 2012
Term – TBD (at minimum 6 month commitment)
Help promote Unity Stamp Co. and UnityTV on-line

Compensation:

· Payment per video

· $100 welcome package (in stamps) from Unity Stamp Co.

· When applicable, new stamp releases

· Publication incentives

· A Design Team discount when purchasing Unity Stamps

· Opportunities when they arise to be involved in events of the larger Unity Design Team

How to Apply:

Send us an email with the following information:

Up to 3 links of your best STAMPING video tutorials. We are looking for creativity, quality of videos, and your ability to teach.
A link to your blog (if applicable)
In your email, tell us a bit about yourself and why you feel you would be a good fit with Unity Stamp Co.

Email your submission to: angela@unitystampco.com and lesleylangdon2@bell.net with the subject UnityTV Design Team Call: Your Name.

Deadline to apply is Monday, March 5, 2012. We will make a decision and get back to applicants by Friday, March 9, 2012.

______________________

Now - onto this week's video!

NOTE:
If you are watching the video via this Blog, please go to the bottom to mute the blog's background music. Thank you! Or you can watch it on our You Tube channel.

This week on UnityTV....

Girly Dots by Samantha Walker
Stamping our Unity Stamps and applying clear embossing powder and various inks to make funky backgrounds for our stamped images.

Featured Unity Stamps:

Girly Dots

And here is the how to video!

UnityTV Episode #48

If you watch UnityTV on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming!

Thanks for watching!

Ippity...it's Ippity Time!!! (almost)

2012-02-09T00:00:00.008-06:00

Hold onto your hats.....it's another FUN FILLED JAM Packed day of excitement!Today is our IPPITY RELEASE!!!!AND the NEWPhyllis Harris stamps!!!
LOVE theseand you will too!
Want to see????Here are the new Ippity Stamps!Just Click on an Ippity ChickON the UNITY SiteONE OF THESE CHICKS!and shop, shop, shop!!!!

AND because Unity Rocks.....

We've got a Release Party Planned!!!

Join us tonight....

at 7pm Central Time

on the Unity SCS Forum

(just like old times!)

Fun. Chit Chat. Prizes. and Sales!!!!

Yes, I said Sales....

past $16 kits to $12 till Wednesday February 15th

Ippity Bundle pack for $24

Phyllis Harris Bundle Pack for $40

Here are the new Phyllis Harris sets.

Aren't they just so sweet and full of FUN!!!!

Remember...these prices don't start until 7pm Central time.

Before I send you on your way....

How about a few Ippity samples to make you

ooooo and ahhhhh!

Lisa A.

Angie

Lisa H.

It is Hip Hop day.....so I'll leave you with the link to get you started...Brooke is up first!
BEFORE you GO!LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.FOR YOUR CHANCE to WIN2{ippity}ITTY BITTY STAMPSof your CHOICE!

If you've procrastinated like me...

2012-02-08T06:00:00.000-06:00

You'll appreciate this post today. It's less than a week til Valentine's Day and I came home from CHA to a note letting me know Lily has 18 kids in her class at Pre-School for Valentine cards. I'm not a fan of buying the cheap boxed character Valentines although the Hello Kitty's were looking pretty cute. So I wanted to come up with something quick and inexpensive for Lily to hand out and avoid buying candy. I remembered that I had bought some Valentine pencils for Scott when he was in grade school (Yeah he's a Freshman in High School now so I just outed myself as a crafty hoarder)

Anyway I thought the pencils paired with Valentines stamped with these adorable Bees Itty Bitty from Ippity would be cute to hand out at Lily's school.

Stamps+mini Valentines tied to pencils= Sugar Free Valentine Treats!

For quick and easy stamping I made them 3x3 in size (cut your solid cardstock at 6x3 and score at 3") and cut all my cardstock before I started stamping. After stamping and embossing the images I used Copics to color them, some Sparkle Fluff to give the Bees some fuzz and some Stickles for the wings. I did have to use a different sentiment to be kid appropriate.

Here's the teacher's card I made ( she gets a fancier bow) Lately I've been enjoying a light patterned (like these Bitty Backgrounds) stamped in a light colored ink (blush here from Close to My heart) and then stamping my image over. I think it creates a fun background behind my stamped images.

Please head over to the Ippity page and find an Ippity chick near you to place your orders. Remember when you buy Ippity, you're supporting a fellow crafter and I think that's just the coolest thing ever!

Have a creative day!

Growing in Unity Wednesday

2012-02-08T00:00:00.004-06:00

It's Wednesday and time for our Growing in Unity gal this week! This week we have the wonderful JenMarie!

Meet JenMarie:

Here is a little something about JenMarie:

"Hi! I'm JenMarie and I LOVE UNITY! I've followed UNITY from the beginning and am an Ipipty Chick! Come check out my blog this week, leave some comments and you could WIN a giveaway from UNITY or an IPPITY giveaway from ME!"

Now check out this wonderful card she created:

Be sure to swing on by JenMarie's blog every day this week to check out all her wonderful creations and for a chance to win a Unity/{IPPITY} prize!

Be sure to join us this THURSDAY NIGHT for a fun Unity/{IPPITY} release party in the SCS FORUM.

That's all for this week!

{ippity} and a recipe!

2012-02-07T07:13:00.001-06:00

Good Morning!

Brooke here...

bringing you some {ippity}goodness

this Tuesday morning...

I have a project to share

that features one of the

BRAND NEW {ippity} stamps

that will be RELEASING on FEB. 9th!!

MY KITCHEN TO YOURS

Be sure to CLICK A CHICK to purchase this product off the Unity Website -

It is that simple!

By clicking a CHICK you simply give her credit for your purchase -

it does not cost YOU anything.

You are able to shop the Unity website for BOTH Unity Stamps,

our Co-Brands AND {ippity} -

YOUR ENTIRE ORDER will ship directly from Unity Stamp Company!

I created a recipe card using the My Kitchen to Yours stamps.

I often go to family events or neighborhood get togethers...

we always bring FOOD... and it is FUN to have the RECIPE on hand

to share with everyone. This is a cute way to display it alongside your dish.

Another GREAT idea would be to purchase all the SUPPLIES to make

this recipe... wrap it all UP and GIFT it to a FRIEND along with the RECIPE attached.

The ingredients and instructions are listed on the back.

I simply found this recipe online and printed it off...then

trimmed to size and attached to the back of the recipe card.

The front of the card shows the name of the dish, a photo of the food

and the prep time, cook time and serving amount.

I used Distress ink to give it a bit of color and texture.

Thanks for letting me SHARE my recipe card PROJECT...

I hope each of you have a WONDERFUL DAY!!

See you on THURSDAY FEB 9th for the RELEASE PARTY...

get ready for BRAND NEW {ippity} and some other surprises!!

Get your Tickets....Hugs and Kisses

2012-02-07T06:00:00.006-06:00

It's Lisa H. here! We are chuggin' right along into Feburary. Before we know we know itValentines Day will be here. Are you ready for the BIG day???Want some help?
How about using the monthly KOM Sketch to jump startyour love day creativeness?
You can read all the details about this month's challengeHERE. I used the sketch to pull this card together. I used the Layered Hearts Die-namicsas well as two Just The Ticket Die-namicsto add depth and style to my card.
The stamps are the adorable tickets from the Jan. KOM....Heart and soul....

I used some Tim Holtz Distress inks to ink up those tickets.

A button and twine

in colors to cooridnate with the

papers (dilly dally dp by My Mind's Eye...swooon!).

Thanks for stopping by today!

Oh, and while you're here....pop on over to

the Unity FB page.

and find my Random Question of the day.....

I'll pick a winner from the comments

and one lucky person will win an Itty Bitty!

Have a good one!

FWF Winners!

2012-02-06T18:00:00.000-06:00

Winner Time

Another Fabulous Friends with Flair... because of YOU!!!
Thank you for all your amazing projects.

I'm excited to announce our

Winners from February 3, 2012

blog participant:

28. Tameko

comment from #17. Eva Strong's blog:

Jen

Feb 3, 2012 07:55 PM

That bow is really pretty! Love the hot pink and black!


CONGRATS girls!!!

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO:

kelli@unitystampco.com

Include your Full Name, Address

and state that you "won Friends With Flair".

We will see you again Friday!!!

Valentine's SMAK !!

2012-02-04T09:42:00.002-06:00

Good Morning everyone,

Angie Blom here with a cute and simple

Valentines Day Card..

using Janurary's SMAK kit of the month.

" Make everyday Count" you can purchase this kit HERE!!

Today I am keeping it short and sweet..

because I have a video to show you how I made this card.

here is the January SMAK kit!!

we also have this month's SMAK kit up..

go check it out, Sign up if you haven't already!!

Now sit back and enjoy the process of making this card

thanks so much for looking.
for no background music just click on the youtube icon in the video box
it will take you straight to my channel.
& will make it easier to hear what I am saying.
thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VAKyOQ4QWGM

Have a great weekend

Hugs,

Angie Blom

Virtual CHA Featuring Christy Tomlinson Designs!

2012-02-03T00:00:00.001-06:00

Christy Tomlinson Designs are now available through Unity Stamp Co. Amazing!

It's me, Lesley with you today, and I am so very excited to show you these NEW stamps.

I had the chance to work with two background stamps (Quilted Blooms, SheArt PrintTexture), each measuring approx. 6" in length! I also worked with a SheArt girl, called SHE was a daughter.

I stamped onto white paper, then applied Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutter Distress Stains. Stitched the background to green patterned paper, then die cut some Spellbinders Edgeabilities to make a decorative edge for underneath. The sentiment is also a new release from Simple Stories.

For this card, I stamped onto white paper again, then applied Spun Sugar, Shabby Shutters, and Wild Honey Distress Stains. I cut out my SHE girl, and stitched her to the card along with the background. The sentiment is from the Aug 2011 Kit of the Month.

Here are the images I used today, and these are just a few being released this CHA Winter 2012 by Unity! Check out the rest of Christy's images HERE.

_________________________________

For our FRIENDS WITH FLAIR portion...

share and get inspired

by all of our wonderfully talented FRIENDS!!

Every FRIDAY we post a LINKY TOOLS SIGN UP

simply add a link to YOUR Unity projects (see below for the linky tool).

There will be 2 PRIZES given away each week.

One randomly awarded to one of the peeps who participates in the blog hop by using Linky Tools

One will be given away to a random commenter on one of the participating blogs

Both prize winners will be announced on the Monday afternoon Unity/ippity blog post

_______________________________

Reminders of all that is happening at Unity!

See all the new releases here.

Click HERE for details.

Have a wonderful weekend.

This Week on UnityTV: Beautiful Quick Cards

2012-02-02T16:55:00.000-06:00

***Check out the previous post for some more Virtual Unity CHA and Unity's Thursday Hip Hop of inspiration!***

NOTE:
If you are watching the video via this Blog, please go to the bottom to mute the blog's background music. Thank you! Or you can watch it on our You Tube channel.

This week on UnityTV....

Quick and Beautiful Cards to Have on Hand
Stamping with Unity Stamps, using Ranger's Distress Stains and Inks, Embossing with Spellbinders NEW M-Bossabilities, and die cutting with Spellbinders NEW die templates.

Featured Stamps:

A Thing of Beauty

And here is the how-to video!

UnityTV Episode #47

If you watch UnityTV on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming!

Thanks for watching!

Virtual CHA Hip Hop

2012-02-02T00:00:00.000-06:00

Today, the design team is Hip Hoppin'

Virtual CHA Style!!!

Lots of new stamp projects today.

PLUS,

don't forget the sale going on too.

We can't have new stamps

without an AWESOME

SALE.

I have an extra little CHA peek to start us off today.

Using

Boys Rule

and

Spatters & Stars - all boy

Gotta love the grungy boy feeling

from these itty bitty stamps.

This style ROCKS!!!

The design team still has

LOTS of projects to share.

SOOOO many STAMPS

so LITTLE time!

But we are sure

going to try and SHOW

them all!

Because UNITY has the BEST

rubber stamps around.

The BEST co-brands and

artistas in TOWN!!

We are going to start off with

the AMAZING

Angie.

Leave the girls some love as you hop along.

We really appreciate your love notes.

Happy Thursday!

Virtual CHA Jillibean Soup

2012-02-01T17:35:00.000-06:00

Happy Wednesday it's Stephanie here to share one of my favorite new Co-Branded Kits being released!!!

I love Jillibean Soup and their cute fun style!!!

Have you been enjoying the New Releases? There are so many and what I love there is something for everyone!!! I loved the idea of being able to see all these amazing releases from home.

I love this sweet little phone and sentiment perfect for sending to a friend .
I paper pieced the phone with some My Mind's Eye Dp and added some pretty trims and buttons.
Now it's ready to send to a special friend. Make sure to come back to see more fabulous samples from the DT using the new releases!!!!

Playing with My {ippity}

2012-02-01T12:01:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!

It's Christi with you here today to share a quick little {ippity} card....

hmm, there is something about the coloring on this card that doesn't work for me. I think that if I were to do it over again, I wouldn't use the blue, but I just adore this little cupcake stamp!

Supplies used:

*{ippity} Sweet On You

*Webster's Pages paper collection

*Nestabilities labels die

*Martha Stewart border punch and doily punch

*watercolor pencils

*buttons

*twine

*glue pin

*prisma glitter

Growing in Unity Wednesday

2012-02-01T00:00:00.001-06:00

Hey it's Maria Levine here and welcome to Growing in Unity Wednesday!! This week our girlie is Heather Flaherty!

Here is a little something about Heather:

"Hi there! It's me, YOUR {ippity} chick, Heather Flaherty I started crafting 8 years ago while I lived overseas in Japan. Papercrafting and stamping is what I truly enjoy for "my" time in my craft room. When I discovered Unity stamps I fell in love and immediately became a KOM member. When the opportunity was presented for being an {ippity} chick, I crossed my fingers and hoped I was one of the 50 chosen. Since I do not have one style of crafting {ippity} stamps and Unity stamps fit right in with that!

I am a Mother of 2 beautiful girls, married to a wonderful man who is on his 20th year of serving in the US Navy. I am now living in the Sunny state of Florida and would love to answer any questions you might have about {ippity} stamps. Check my blog out this week, you might find some inspiration to get out your rubbah' and stamp!

The card I created today, I took it back a bit and created a criss cross card. I didn't make to many of these when they were popular but I really like them and love the Happy Are those {ippity} itty bitty sentiment.

My Blog: http://iheartippity.com"

Check out this wonderful project:

Inside:

Be sure to swing on by Heather's blog all week and leave her some love! At the end of the week she will pick one random winner for 2 Itty Bitty stamps!

Till next week!

DT Tuesday.. Authentique and my Idol !

2012-01-31T07:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, Angie Blom here with DT Tuesday..

Ever have those moments that you want to create something totally different, change up your style..

maybe do something like one of your idols.. well, today I thought I would have some fun.. and do just that.. So for years I have loved this person.. and her style..

you might know her.. Eva Dobilas..

she is my inspiration when I need a pick me up.

she is also a wonderful friend and supporter !!

So for fun.. I am honoring my dear friend with a card inspired by her style..

This year I wanted to add more detail and layers to my cards so.. using some of the papers from

Authentique's paper collection delights.. I layered my card.

Now how about that great sentiment.. it is a new one just released for Winter CHA..

Authentique " everyday Everywhere" itty bitty .. love it!!

It also reminds me of my friend and her beliefs to celebrate life everyday!

Using some Spellbinders, and a Martha Stewart punch and my Favourite Distress Inks by Tim Holtz that you can also purchase on the Unity Website..

Keeping with my Eva Styled theme I also did the inside of my card to match the outside.

Do you have someone you admire and love their style of cardmaking ?..

Maybe next time

give their style a try..

it is always good to challenge yourself..

and create something totally

different. ..

Make sure you check out the Unity Facebook Page around 10am est.. I will be posting a

question and a random winner will win an itty bitty of their choice!!

We also have Virtual CHA going on all week long.. so more inspiration coming daily!!

I leave you with a quote..

Have a wonderful day..

Hugs,

Angie

Virtual CHA Crisp and clean style

2012-01-31T00:00:00.000-06:00

Happy Virtual CHA Tuesday!

It's me Natalie here today!

Since I'm not in Cali enjoying the sunshine, fresh oranges and amazing creative mojo that is there right now

I thought I'd bring a little sunshine to the Unity blog today and share some new releases from Unity/Bella Blvd!

I stamped the chevron/ric rac stamp from the Jan KOM for my background -added some pop-dots and twine for more texture and interest. (oh, and just had to throw in the little doily underneath!)

Love the crisp and clean lines on this!

For my next card, I embossed the background instead of stamping, I really need to to this more often!

added the pear and sentiment, clean and simple, yet like it!

Thanks for stopping by the Unity Blog today!