Well, it is day 5 and I am so glad to have this opportunity to share some of my cards with you. I hadn’t been in my craft room as much the last couple of years and this was a great way to start getting my stamps inky again. I used to go there and do something almost every evening and while I probably won’t do that much, I will definitely start doing more. I appreciate Unity for giving me this opportunity and all of the wonderful comments here and on Facebook.

My last card is one I put together for our office to send to our boss. He fell this summer and broke several ribs and hurt his leg. It has been a long recovery and when I saw this stamp set and paper, I know immediately it would be perfect to send to him. I love how many of the stamp sets have paper packs to coordinate with them. I may have a 6 x 6 paper addiction, lol.

The stamp set is Wing and a Prayer and the paper set is A Little Tenderness. This combo is a must to keep on hand for get-well cards and the images are very quick to color. I also used the scraps from trimming the paper for the front to add to the inside.

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Merry Christmas! My December Whit Kit arrived in the mail this week and I loved the vintage masculine vibe it has. I decided to challenge myself to use all the elements included with the kit to make a card. These kits have a lot in them! I didn’t have a lot of time since I was getting ready for my trip to Washington, but with all that Whitney includes, it was pretty easy to whip one up.

I used the stencil on the inside of the card and I even put a mini wobbler under the guy. I tried to add a video of it, but I couldn’t remember exactly how to do that. There are a lot of items included in these kits and are a great value.

Make sure to leave a comment here or on the Unity Show & Tell Facebook Group for a chance to win a prize from Unity Stamp Company. – Denise

Welcome to day three of my week and Christmas Eve. My card today is a wedding card that holds a gift card. A great-nephew of mine was married this past fall and they had an outdoor wedding with a fall/farm theme. Both of them grew up on farms, so it wanted to make a card that would be special to them. This card has a Z fold part that is attached to the base. That allows you to lift the front to get to the gift card. The front uses stamps from the April 2019 KOM (Have & Hold). This is a great kit for weddings. The inside used a kit called A Guy and his truck. This was perfect because if you know farm boys, you know how much they love their trucks. I am not sure if this kit is still available as I couldn’t find it on the site. It was an Angie Blom design and she is one of my favorite Unity artists. I hope you enjoy this slightly different wedding card.

Please be sure to comment here or on the Unity Show & Tell Facebook group for a chance to win a price from Unity Stamp Company. See you tomorrow – Denise

Welcome to day 2 of my GUI week. Christmas is just a few days away and I travel on Christmas Eve, so I am beginning to panic a little with what I still need to do, lol. One project I did finish were these sheets for a Christmas dice game. A co-worker of mine always does this with her family, so I decided it would be a fun thing for my family to do too. Someone rolls one dice for the top and one for the side and do what the square says where the two intersect. The next person then has a turn. I made a grid on Excel with the various actions and printed it with the “keep your gift” squares printed in red. I wanted those squares to stand out even more, so I decided to stamp those squares with various stamps. I looked through my stamps to see what would fit in the squares. I came up with four different ornaments from the September 2020 KOM (Elements of the Holiday), a present from Birthday Go Round, and a tree, holly, and snowflake from October 2018 KOM (All Winter Long). I placed them on the squares in my stamp platform to make it easy to duplicate as I made three sheets. I also stamped off on plain paper before stamping on the grid so that they weren’t as dark and the words would show through. The Merry Christmas at the top is from Cheerful Prancing. I had an embossing folder with donimnos, so I used that and cut out the individual squares like dice. I realized that Unity didn’t have any dice stamps, so maybe that could be in the future.

Don’t forget to comment (add your name if commenting anonymously) for a chance to win a prize from Unity. See you tomorrow – Denise

I am so excited to be a part of Growing in Unity this week. I was lucky enough to be a GUI some years ago and it is exciting to be one again. I have been neglecting my blog, so this is the perfect opportunity to start again. I can honestly say Unity Stamps are 90% of my stamp collection. Their quality and range of themes make them my favorite stamps.

I will be traveling to Washington state for Christmas and both of my children and their families will be there. Since we are flying, we decided to just do stockings instead of large presents. I wrapped all of the stocking stuffers with Kraft paper and used several stamps to create my own wrapping paper.

I used several different stamp sets. Elf Christmas, Stuffed with Joy Stockings, Comfort to Go, Joy Peace & Comfort Mug, Joy to Go, Home With You (Dec 2019 SMAK), Cozy Mitts, Our Hearts to Yours (KOM September 2019), Conspiracy of Love (October 2017 KOM), Cheerful Prancing, Simple Little Joys, A Frosty Christmas, Love into Giving, and finally one of the little stamps from the Advent box in a past year.

I belonged to the KOM for several years and really love how many stamps are in each kit. I make lots of cards, but also enjoy using my stamps for other projects such as this too and hope you will give that a try.

See you tomorrow. – Denise