GIU 6/23

Happy Friday!  Do you have exciting weekend plans?  I can honestly say I don't.  If it stops raining, I'll get back to gardening.  If it's rainy, we'll find an indoor house project because that's a never-ending list!  We bought our house a year ago and today's card is celebrating a friend who is buying their first house and relocating to a different state for work, all at once!  

I used the cute house from Devoted, one of my most favorite images from Unity, and a sentiment from You Can and You Will. I finished up with some Copic coloring and paper punched clouds and a tree. 

Thank you for joining me for my GIU week with Unity Stamp Co!

GIU 6/22

Last weekend was Father's Day and I needed to make cards for my dad and my father in law.  They enjoy different hobbies, so personalized cards were in order.  

My dad has been an avid golfer for most of my life, so I grabbed some argyle-inspired pattered paper to play on the theme and stamped out the cute golf cart from FORE!!!  I went with a slimline style card so I had more area to show off the patterned paper.  To jazz up the blue cardstock layer, I stamped with one of my most-used Unity backgrounds, Love Life As Is.  It gives a subtle nod to the texture of a golf ball on this card, but it is very versatile!

I grabbed the same Cuttlebug "Harmony" die cut letters to make a card for my father-in-law, who loves bird watching.  I'm not sure if he picked up on what I tried to do with this card, but I took the cute image from the July 2017 Kit of the Month and used my Micron pen to make it look more like a cardinal by adjusting the feathers on the head.  Then I colored the birds to be the color of a male cardinal and a baby cardinal.  The background is an original Brutus Monroe and Unity collaboration, barn wall. 

Thank you for your kind comments this week.  When the week is through, two commenters will win store credit from Unity, so be sure to leave comments on any post that you might have missed to increase your chances!

GIU 6/21

Happy Wednesday and first day of summer!

When I saw this fishbowl in the March 2022 Kit of the Month, I knew it would make an amazing wedding card for an aquarium-themed wedding I'd been invited to.  I embellished the fish with a veil and bow tie and added some shiny cardstock and patterned cardstock bubbles as a background.  I almost always make A2 cards but whenever I make a wedding card, I make it a 5x7 or 6x6.  This was a 6x6.

Sentiments are from the November 2015 sentiment kit and the May 2016 sentiment kit.  

Thanks for joining me here this week.  Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win store credit from Unity!  Winners will be announced next week from all the comments left this week. 

GIU 6/20

Happy Tuesday!

Today's card is perhaps the strangest anniversary card I've ever made, but bear with me.  My two egg-trordinary friends recently celebrated 12 years of marriage.  When I hear "twelve" I think about a dozen...and then I think of eggs!  This is a great versatile Itty Bitty set from Unity!

Be sure to stop by and comment all week for a chance to win a prize from Unity!

GIU 6/19

Happy Monday!  How did you spend your weekend? One of the best parts of my weekend was celebrating a family member’s graduation.  You Did Good is one of my go-to graduation sets. I just grab some inks and cardstock in school colors and whip this up in minutes! 

Unity Stamp Company has been running an excellent sale. Head over today to see if you can snag any great deals before the sale ends tonight. I’ll be back all this week sharing Growing in Unity projects. Remember to comment because at the end of the week two commenters will win a generous prize from Unity.