My winners were
Anne Colburn and Anya!!!
Congratulations lady's !!! Please email Kelli at
kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit within 2 weeks". In the subject line please put "winner from 5/5 Amy's GIU week". Be sure to send Kelli an email ASAP!
You must claim within 2 weeks.
Thank you for allowing me to be a GIU gal!
Hope to see you all soon.
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Amy
Hey Crafty Friends. I'm sorry for the late post. Last night and this morning got away from me. Today is my last day as a GIU Girl. The week usually flys by and this week isn't any different.
I just want to say Thank you to Unity Stamp Company for yet another wonderful opportunity to create and be a GIU Girl.
And a Big Thank you to all of you for leaving amazing comments. I hope I was able to inspire you to think outside the box.
Make sure you comment on everyday for your. Chance to win a $20 gift card to Unity. There will be 2 winners. I will give everyone thru the weekend to comment and pick winner Sunday night or Monday.
My project for today, I decided to play again with the Ken Oliver color bursts for the background but decided to stamp the image as part of the background too. I didn't use these beautiful flowers yet from the same kit "Difference Maker".
I also used the same sentiment as before just cause I like it a lot.
Welcome back for Day 4 of Growing in Unity!! For today's project I was just playing around with Ken Olivers color burst and came up with a pretty neat background. So I wanted to use one of the feathers I didn't use and came up with a clean and simple card. I also wanted to use the sentiment Difference Maker. I think it's pretty cool to have a meaning or definition with it.
I also added some layers to make everything pop.
Welcome back for Day 3 of Growing in Unity!!
Today I'm sharing a more simple but still beautiful card. I used the same kit from Unity Stamp Company "Difference Maker". This time I am using the silhouette of the night sky. Such a beautiful stamp.
I stamped using a lighter blue colored cardstock and my Cathrine Pooler blue suede shoes ink. I stamped my image and then using my blending brushes to add a little distress around the edges making it look shadowed in.
I was just going to layer with darker blue behind but found a black glitter paper in my stash. So I added it in between to give it a little sparkle. I also used the most empowered sentiment I've seen yet. "She overcame everything that was meant to destroy her". It really hits home for me. I added a little color behind to make it pop and used thick double stick tape to adhere it to bring it up off the card.
I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do. Remember to comment each and every day for your chance to win. Go back and comment on the previous day if you haven't already. Each comment is a chance to win.
Thanks for stopping by. I will be back again tomorrow with another fun project.
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Amy
Welcome back everyone. Today is Day 2 of my Growing in Unity week. If you have visited my blog before you already know I can't help myself but to get a little bit inky and create some kind of mixed media. So today I am sharing a tag I made using the same kit from Unity Stamp Company that I used yesterday. Difference Maker.
I have always loved positive quotes and/or sayings and that is one of the many reasons I love Unity Stamps. There is so many amazing stamps with positive and encouraging vibes. Something this world really needs more of.
I started with a blank tag. Using black gesso I covered the entire tag to prime it. After drying with my heat gun I added a second, thicker coat to add a little texture. I then chose a honey comb stencil from my stash. Using deco art modeling paste I stenciled a small section. I used my heat gun again to dry it quicker. By doing this it will allow the modeling paste to crack at times. Which I am ok with because I like the cracks. To avoid them your project should air dry.
I added a few fun colors of paint for the background. I stamped the feathers in blue ink on white cardstock and fussy cut them out. I found a few other things in my stash to add some layers. I also stamped the sentiment "Strength". Which I found in a different stamp set by Unity. I just thought it fit.
I hope you found some inspiration today. Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win. 2 winners will be chosen and each with get a $20 credit to Unity! Please also pay attention to not post anonymously or to re-comment on your comment with your name. Thanks for stopping by. See you again tomorrow.
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Amy
Good Morning crafty friends. Today is my Day 1 as a Growing in Unity Girl. One of my favorite things to do since I absolutely love Unity Stamp Company.
One thing I like to do is use one of my Unity kits of the month and use a variety of the stamps it contains to show a different variety of things you can do. So I hope to inspire you to step outside the box and get creative.
This week I plan to use Lot of the month: Difference Maker.
My card today I chose to work with the sunflower. At first I stamped it and colored it but didn't like how it was looking. So I stamped again, used Tim Holt's distress crayons and fussy cut the flower out. I then stamped the image again leaving it uncolored and used my distress trimmer. I wanted to used a teal color in the background so I layered a few different colors to make the image pop. I then added the colored image at an angle to give it a 3D look. I also added the sentiment "Life is Tough but so are you!"
I hope you enjoyed my card today. Remember to comment every day this week for your chance to win. Prize will be a $20 gift credit to Unity Stamp Company and there will be 2 winners soale sure you comment.
I will be back tomorrow with another creation.
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Amy
Hello Crafty Friends
Just popping in really quick to announce my winners. I apologize for taking so long. Life just gets so busy so quick. And my son decided to hit me with "Mom can you paint my graduation cap". Last minute so of course mom is gonna try to pull this one off. Will have to share later.
Ok now into the WINNERS:
Angie Buehler
AND
Ida
You are my winners!!! Congratulations!!!
You have won a $20 credit to go pick out whatever your heart desires at Unity Stamp Company!!! Yay!!!
Please email kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit within 2 weeks". In the subject line put "winner from "Amy's GIU week."
Thank you all for the amazing comments. It's always my goal to inspire at least 1 person.
Have a great day!
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Amy
Good Morning crafty friends. Its Day 5 and my final day as your Unity Gal!!! It went by so fast. I hope I was able to inspire you all with at least one of my projects. Remember to go back and comment if you haven't already on all 5 days for the chance to win some Unity. I will draw my winners at the beginning of the week, giving everyone plenty of time to comment.
Let's get into todays project. I created my background using a stencil from my stash and blending brushes. I wanted to use the girl stamp on this one and highlight the "Be A lot" stamp set. I decided I was going to leave all the color in the background and not color the stamp itself so it would pop out more. Also there is no "BE" stamp, so I used it from the sentiment I used earlier and stamped it above "Alot". I backed each stamp with blue cardstock to make it stand out more.
I hope everyone enjoyed my week as I always love creating using Unity Stamps. That's it for today. Don't forget to leave those comments.
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Amy
Good Morning everyone. Today is Day 4 of my GIU week. It always goes by so fast. I am using my Growing in Unity stamp set "Be Alot".
My son is Graduating High School this year. Seems like that went by too fast too. Wasn't he just a little boy just yesterday? Sheesh!! I am proud of the man he is becoming. He graduated early and will walk with his class in 2 weeks. So I made this card for him.
I used The feather stamp and stamped it on white card stock in black. I used Tonic studio colored card stock to back the white. I also used my Tim Holtz distress cutter to cut my paper.
Instead of a Happy Graduation as a sentiment I chose "Shine bright". Because that's all I hope he will do from this day on. Shine bright in everything he does.
Ok. That's it for today. I will see you back her tomorrow for Day 5. Make sure you leave a comment on every one of my posts because you could be the lucky winner of some Amazing Unity!!
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Amy
Good Morning crafty friends. Today I'm sharing a fun wood canvas I created using Unity Stamps "Be A lot" stamp set.
I used Ken Olivers color burst and water color burst for the background. Had a little fun getting messy. I used paper towels to help soak some of the water up so it didn't soak the wood. It was a little different than a regular canvas. But still turned out pretty. I used the same sentiment as yesterday and the butterfly. I absolutely love this butterfly. The details are amazing. I stamped it twice to get a fluttering effect.
I hope you enjoyed today's project. Come back tomorrow for more creative inspiration. And make sure to leave comments every day for your chance to win some Unity goodness.
(I didn't realize my post didn't post today. So here it is. Sorry about that.)
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Amy
Good Morning and welcome back for Day 2 of my Growing in Unity week. Let's go ahead and get started. I de ided to have a little more fun with my blending brushes and ink pads. I used my Catherine Pooler stamp pads: Limoncello, it's a boy and sued shoes colors.
First I knew I wanted to used the cute little bees from the Be A Lot stamp set. So I decided to use a bee hive stencil. I first used the yellow color (Limoncello) and planned to only use that for the back ground but ended up having a happy lil accident with some blue and I really liked how it was turning out. So ai added some more blue tones.
I stamped my bee's in black and I chose the sentiment for all the Be's to go with the Bee's. Plus I love the positive sentiment. We all need to remember or be reminded of how good enough we really are and to just be YOU!!! I wanted to add a layer so I bordered the sentiment with a wood piece to match and attached it with double sided tape to pop it off the card.
I hope you like my card and enjoyed some inspiration. Make sure you come back again tomorrow and leave comments every day for a chance to win some Unity. See you all again Tomorrow.
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Amy
Good Morning my crafty friends. So excited to share my creations using Unity Stamps.
I hope you stay with me all week long and enjoy seeing what I've created.
I will be using Unity Stamps Company's Kit of the month "BE A LOT" all week long. This is an amazing set and my favorite part is the positive quotes mixed with my favorite things. We all need a little more positivity as well as Self Love!!
Today I decided to make a card. It is hard for me to do clean and simple as I love mixed media and using all kinds of layers. But that crafty mojo just did it's own thing today. I started with blank card stock cut down to size for my card.
I decided to play with my blending brushes and ink. I chose my stencil and went to work shading in the stencil and adding a few smears to add a little shaded areas behind. On e I was happy with the colors and the design, I then added an amazing Sentiment in the kit "no beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart."
I decided to stop there and keep it very clean and simple because it really looked great and I have the perfect person to give it to. I hope you enjoy it as much as the receiver will. Stick around with me all week and leave comments for your chance to win some goodies from Unity Stamps Company.
Have a great day.
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Amy
Hello everyone.
I'm just popping in to Thank everyone for their amazing comments, they mean so much and to announce my WINNERS!!!
I apologize for the delay as life got away from me.
And without any further delay
Congratulations
Kathy H.
And
Silvia Haynes
Congratulations ladies!!!
Please Email kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit within 2 weeks". In the subject line have them put "winner from Amy's GIU week."
Thank you again everyone. Keep on crafting and inspiring others. Have a great day!!
Hugs
Amy
Hello and welcome to my final day of Growing in Unity. It's been a fun week of sharing my projects with you all. I am hoping at the least to inspire one person to try something new or just go get messy and create and let your creativity flow.
Sometimes creating with different emotions can bring amazing things. I have come up with some great things when I'm sad. Beauty comes from everywhere and every feeling.
So today my project uses the word Inspire. And I hope I have inspired you.
I had a lot of fun playing with my tags from yesterday that I decided to play on a couple different canvases to see what I would come up with.
I started out by using Gesso so the color burst wouldn't just soak into the canvas. After that was dry. I started playing with the same colors as yesterday. Using my heat tool in between to get the darker areas. On the first one, I attached the stencil "Inspire" to the canvas before I sprayed. I actually thought it would cover the area and come out as the background color, but to my surprise it all gathered underneath. I used my heat tool very carefully as to not melt the stencil to dry the color underneath. Happy lil accident. I loved how it turned out. After everything was almost dry I removed the stencil and dried it the rest of the way. I just kept playing until I liked the background. I then took the same stmp with the leaves and painted them carefully to only get the leaf and stamped it until I was happy.
The second canvas I did at the same time. Only added the stencil at the end and highlighted it with a reg. Pen. Then I went back over both with a gel pen and a paint pen to highlight the word. I purposely wanted it to fade into the background. So make sure you click on the image to get a good look at it if on your phone.
I hope you liked my projects this week and it is always sad when the GIU week is over. Remember to comment on all of my posts this week for a chance to win some amazing Unity!!!! I will pick my winners at the beginning of the week and post them here and on the GIU post.
Have a great day
Hugs
Amy
Hello. Welcome to Day 3 of my Growing in Unity week. Today I'm sharing a different kind of project. It's on a wood Canvas. I mod podged some tissue paper I had to the wood to give it a Vintage looking back ground. I then took a stencil to add the bee hive type look for texture. Using my Deco Art paints. I distressed the background and edges. I again decided to use the Eiffel Tower stamp and detached the word love to use it in a different way.
I found some gears in my stash and used them staying with the Vintage/Steam punk theme. I added a few more embellishments and layered some things under the stamped image to make it pop up off the canvas more.
I hope you enjoyed Day 3 and don't forget to head back to the previous days to comment for a chance to win. Please leave your comments today as well to have a chance to win some Unity!
Thank you for joining me. Have a great day.
Amy
Products used:
Hello my crafty friends. Here we are with Day 2 of my week as a GIU Gal!!!
Today I have another canvas for you. I decided to go a lot lighter on colors with this canvas.
I started out again with a burlap stencil and whipped spackle to give me some texture in the background. I then also used another stencil, Tim Holtz splatters and used some metallic lustere to add the design. I used paints and paste wax as well as the lustre again to color my background.
After that dried, I used some Nuvo drops to add some more color and texture. I Stamped my image using Cathrine Pooler inks and fussy cut it out. I grabbed some embellishments from my stash and arranged them until I was happy with their placement and attached them with glue.
Thank you again for joining me for my week for Unity Stamp Company. Remember to leave your comments every day for your chance to win some Unity!!! And please go back to previous days and comment as well.
Have a great day!!
Amy
Products used:
Unity Stamps: Vintage Era Background Kit. Dusty Attic Stencil- burlap. Prima- Art Alchemy paints metallique vintage rose and crocus fields. Faber Castell - Whipped Spackle. Embellishments from my stash. Tim Holtz Stencil-Splatters THS009. Art Anthology paste wax- silver and black. Art Anthology- Patina Teal Velvet paint. Nuvo Drops - Strawberry Coulis and pale parawinkle. Deco Art- Metallic Lustre - Fab Fuchsia.
Good Morning and Thank you for joining me for my first day of my Growing in Unity week.
All week long I am using my Unity Stamp Company Vintage Era Background Kit stamps.
You will notice I do a lot of mixed media. And alot of things on canvas as well. I think outside the box sometimes and come up with meat ways to use stamps. Which you will see later in the week.
Let's kick this day off with a bright and colorful mixed media canvas.
I started off by using a brick wall stencil and some whipped spackle to add some texture in my background. After letting that dry, I started playing with colors using mixed media art spray and Prima Art Alchemy paints. I wanted to leave it lighter in the middle and darker towards the outside. Almost like the sun was shining thru clouds.
After letting that dry and I was happy with the colors. I Stamped my image and fussy cut it out. I also burnt it a little with a lighter to add the burnt look. I then arranged different embellishments around until I was happy with the arrangement.
I hope you enjoyed my creation for Day one. Remember to leave a comment every day for a chance to win some Unity!!!
Have a great day!
Amy
Products used:
Unity Stamps: Vintage Era Background Kit. Marabu Mixed Media Art Spray- sunshine yellow, plum and flamingo. Rubbernecker Stencil- repeating brick wall. Catherine Pooler - Limoncello Ink pad and blending brushes. Prima- Art Alchemy paints metallique vintage rose and crocus fields. Faber Castell - Whipped Spackle. Embellishments from my stash.
Good Morning!! Welcome to day 4 of GIU!! Today I'm sharing a Canvas I made. I honestly wasn't sure what I had in mind to do. I just sat a blank canvas in front of me and started sketching away. I sketched out a broken clock and decided I hadn't tried some pens I bought a while back and I should see what they were about. So I just started coloring and shading away and this is what I came up with.
At first I wasn't sure I was shading right with the pens because I wasn't seeing the blending right away but just kept going. Switching back and forth with each color I found what worked well together and what didn't. After my clock was finished I went back with a small pen and added cracks. I then shaded those cracks.
I decided that I had to add a little bit of my style in there and grabbed my Finnabair paints and added a cool background. I started looking thru my sentiment stamps to see which one fit what I just created and the perfect one flip out on the table. "You don't know how beautiful you are, do you?" I thought about it and stated that actually fits. A broken clock, beautiful??? In the right person's eyes. Yes. It sure is!!! I also decide to add a few more positive sentiments as well. Because the world needs more positive thoughts.
I hope you enjoyed today's project as well as the last 4 days. It has been a pleasure to be this week's Growing in Unity Gal. Thank you Unity for the wonder opportunity. And Thank you for all the amazing Stamps you make for us to create with.
I will be choosing my 2 winners this weekend. So get your comments in to have the chance at a $20 GC to Unity Stamp Company!!!!
I will announce my winners here on my blog and on the Growing in Unity FB page. Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments.
Big hugs to you all
Amy
Products used:
Unity Stamp Company: Capture life, Wish Big, Thank you for your (Kindness), You really don't know stamps.
Self Made Creative: duel tip Markers - Cool gray colors
Prima-Finnabair: Art Alchemy Metallique Emerald Green and Deep Waters.
Good Morning everyone. Today I am sharing two tags I made. I started out by using gesso on my tags so my colors I was going to use would show. These tags were brown in color and would not hold much color if I tried to add it without gesso. Gesso also helps so any liquid doesn't just soak straight into the tag.
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After the gesso dried, I started playing with Ken Oliver's liquid watercolor. Adding a little water to help the liquid flow. After I was happy with the colors I used my heat tool to dry them and set the color in. I chose to make both of them different. The first one with an older, rustic look and the second with a very colorful look. The second one I also decided to add to the background and used a stencil in black ink using my blending brushes.
I used Unity Stamp Companies Feel the Joy stamp. It comes with a flower stamp and a sentiment. So I used both. One on each tag. Since the rustic tag is lighter in color I stamped directly on the tag. The other I stamped on some white cardstock to make it pop.
I hope you enjoyed my project today. My week is coming to an end so tomorrow's post will be my last day. Make sure your getting those comments in on each day of my blog posts so you get the chance to win!!!
I will be selecting winners soon. 2 winners will get $20 GC to Unity!!!
See you all tomorrow.
Hugs
Amy
Products used:
Unity Stamp Company: Feel the Joy stamp
Dusty Attic: Burlap Stencil
Ken Oliver: Liquid watercolor
Burnt Umber, Lemon yellow, Cadmium Scarlet, Cerulean Blue, Alizarin Crimson.
Art Basics: Heavy Gesso
Ranger Ink: Archival black ink
