Growing in Unity Blog Hop 2019

Sometimes Mother Nature has the answers when you do not even know the questions. ~Keith Wynn

Good morning!

I am late with my post but today is the start of a blog hop with some of my Unity Peeps!

I am using an adorable image for my card called Little Bunny for you which I colored with ProMakers.

Hop-a-Long List

Kim Marie Monson Leach 

Rachel Duong 

Heidi Cope 

Shelly McGovern Schmidt 

Sue Wisniewski 

Pamela J. Duncan

YOU ARE HERE ---> Cara Malmrose 

Ashley Johnson

Now on Wednesday, all the comments will go into random.org and Kelli will pick 2 random winners and post in the main Growing in Unity group on Facebook. So, make sure you comment on all the blogs!

Have fun!

(Hugs) Cara 

Day 5 & final, Growing in Unity 2019

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ~Henry Clay

Good Morning!

Awww... Sadness :O( …

Today is my fifth and final day to share with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. I hope you have enjoyed your visits and I appreciate all the wonderful comments that have been left over the last several days!

As you can all see, I am a big fan of using sketch layouts for my cards! They are such great prompts for those days when I struggle with a layout for an image I am using. I’m not really a scrapbooker (so to speak), but many years ago when I was questioning a friend who was using an actual scrapbook layout for a card, she simple said “Cards are just little scrapbook pages. Only instead of a photograph, you are using a stamped image”.

It just made so much sense and I started looking at them differently… Now I use them all the time.

This card is no exception. A layout for a square card was used here, but I did not follow exactly. You can see I modified a bit for a 5 x 7 card but you can still make out the layout. I do that all the time. Just have to make some adjustments for the card base size you are using.

Not sure what the deal is with my picture, hoping you can see it clearly on your end.

• Image “Scarf in Winter” from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper “Kiss” from Paper Pizazz
• Marvy Rectangle Punches
• Promarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections
• Studio G Glitter Glue

Sketch: Paper Craft Crew #68

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

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Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company and announcing here as soon as I have the go ahead!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 4, Growing in Unity 2019

The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous I don't care how long it is. - Freddie Mercury

Good Morning!

Today is day four of me sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. A good friend of mine has this stamp and when I saw it I just knew I also had to have it!

This card is going to be a birthday card for someone special and once again my card follows a sketch. I did not have any twine or ribbon I liked to go with the colors used on the card so opted to use a bit more of the glitter paper to create the "ribbon" effect.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Fabulous Flamingo” from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper “Tropical Vacation” from Recollections
• Embossing folder “Subtle” from Stampin Up!
• Glitter paper from Recollections
• Promarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections

Sketch: MojoMonday 384

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

  

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 3, Growing in Unity 2019

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Good Morning!

Today is my day three for sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. This card was made for a young family friend who is celebrating a birthday this month

The image is a recent purchase and I bought it because I kept seeing the clouds in different and fun colors! So it was great to actually play with it and see those thoughts come to life!

First I stamped the image on watercolor paper then heat embossed in black. Once set, I misted the paper and starting adding the twinkling H2O paints. When the paints and paper were dry, I added glitter glue to give a lot of additional sparkle to the card! Perfect for a young lady!

I love how bright and sparkly it turned out

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Clouded by Cuteness”  from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Canson watercolor paper (140lb cold press)
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design papers from ColorBok “Watercolor Rainbow” and ProvoCraft "Speckled Frog"
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps “Halo Dirty”
• Stampin Up! Black Embossing Powder
• Studio G Glitter Glue
• Twinkling H2O watercolor paints

Sketch: Stella Says Sketch SSS606

 Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

  

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 2, Growing in Unity 2019

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Good Morning!

Today is my day two for sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. This card was made for a family friend who celebrated turning 90 years young! Since he has such a great sense of humor, I thought Brian Guy would be a great image for his card.

I did a bit of paper piecing for the shirt and pants by stamping the image on some bits of design paper I had in my scrap box. Then I trimmed them up and attached to another image stamped on white card stock.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Brian Guy”  from Unity Stamp Company
• Card stock from Stampin Up and American Crafts!
• Design Paper from my Scrap box
• Fresh Sage Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• India Ink from memories
• Medallion from my stash
• ProMarkers

Sketch: My Favorite Things MFTWSC58 (flipped)

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 1, Growing in Unity 2019

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other. ~ Dave Willis

Good Morning!

I was one of the lucky few to be selected as a Unity Gal for 2019! I did this in 2017 but just could not pull off making the team for 2018 so I am very excited to be sharing with you my cards this week made with Unity Stamps! Now, each week a different Designer from around the world is going to be sharing share their talent with you so if you don’t want to miss out, make sure you follow them on Facebook (Links below)

To start my week off, I am going to share the Anniversary card I made for my Husband (we've been married 33 years) using "Promise Always". Beside the sweet image, this set has some really great sentiments to create a card for your sweetheart or a favored couple!

Supplies for A2 card

• Image from Promise Always by Unity Stamp Company
• Card stock from Stampin Up!
• Circle punch from Stampin Up!
• Classic Circle die from Sizzix
• Cranberry Bliss Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Design Paper from Stampin up!
• Heart is a left-over piece from another project
• Ink from Stampin Up!

Sketch: Sweet Sunday Sketch #273

Here are links to te Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

Now, here is a bonus for you! At the end of the week, I am allowed to draw two names from all the people who comment on my posts and those two people will win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company! That is a very generous prize and you won't be disapointed! So, don’t forget to comment!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara