Unity Challenge - Tooty Fruity

This month's challenge at the Unity challenge blog is Tooty Fruity so I've made a card using the apple stamp from the October 2010 KOTM. I made it as a "thanks" card for one of my sons to give to his teacher at the end of the school year (which seems to be coming around rather quickly LOL!)

Materials used: Bazzill cardstock, SEI papers, Unity stamp (as above), black Versafine ink, Creative Imaginations letter stickers, Heidi Swapp tape, Dovecraft gem brad.

Also used: organza ribbon.

Another birdy......

Here's another card for the Unity challenge..... Tweet Tweet

For this card I used the Unity store kits "Naturally You" and "Moments in Bloom"  (which are available in the UK from Emily at Make The Day Special.)

I stamped the tree from "Naturally You" on to DCWV paper and cardstock before paper piecing it. I used DCWV chipboard birds and stamped the sentiment from "Moments in Bloom".

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, DCWV papers, DCWV chipboard, Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink, DCWV brads.

Also used: ribbon.

A Birdy Tag - Unity Challenge

The theme for the Unity challenge this month is to incorporate birds..... I foresee a few more entries from me for this one LOL!!!  

This tag is also for my post for the Make The Day Special blog this week.

I used 3 Unity Store kits to make this tag - Life Becoming, Quiet Essence and Moments in Bloom (all available in the UK from Make The Day Special).

The birds were stamped on to shrink plastic using Stazon ink.

Materials used: Crate Paper Portrait papers, Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink, black Stazon ink, shrink plastic.

Also used: ribbons, lace, staples.

Another Unity challenge card

Here's another "fashion themed" card for this month's Unity challenge. Again it uses a stamp from a mixed bag of Unity that I won on Ebay and some of the fabulous Webster's Pages Trendsetter papers.

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, Webster's Pages papers, Unity stamp, sepia Versafine ink, Marvy pens, ribbon, vintage button.

Unity Challenge

Another card for the Fashion Forward challenge at the Unity Challenge blog.

This one uses stamps from the Oct 2010 KOTM " Take Time to Laugh" which I was lucky enough to get hold of second-hand but unused woo-hoo!!

For a change I decided to go clean and simple for this and paper pieced the bags:

Materials used: Papermania card, My Mind's Eye papers, Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink,  Heidi Swapp rhinestones.

Unity Challenge, a special offer and 3 years on.........

Unity's second challenge is up on the blog and this time it's Fashion Forward - make any fashion themed layout,card or project. I've made this card using stamps from the Melody Ross set - One Precious Life (available in the UK from Make The Day Special here):

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, SEI paper, KI Memories journalling block, Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink, Doodlebug frill, HOTP brad, CraftWork pearl brad.

Next up: it's special offer time:

Emily is offering free p&p in the Make The Day Special shop this weekend for orders over £10 and a little goody bag for orders over £20.

She has new Suzi Blu stamps in stock and also restocks of past Unity store kits....well worth checking out!!


Lastly......
it's 3 years today since my Dad died but it seems like only yesterday.
I wish he'd been around to see how fabulous his grandkids are turning out to be.......
Jamie passed his 11+ and off to a great school in September
Matthew turning in to a confident, talkative and funny boy
Jess in to a proper little girly girl who loves singing and dancing and will be starting school in September
Miss you Dad xx

More Unity hearts

Here are 2 more cards for Unity's "use hearts" challenge. I made them for the Make The Day Special blog using Unity and {ippity} stamps.

The first one uses a stamp from The Right Words. I stamped using black Versafine ink on to kraft card and then paper pieced the 2 tiny hearts using shimmer paper before adding a ribbon and drawing a border on the card.

Materials used: kraft cardstock, Unity stamp (as above), black versafine ink, May Arts ribbon, black Sakura pen.

Also used: shimmer paper.

I used kraft cardstock again for the second card. I stamped the {ippity} stamp " A Bit of Burlap" on to the cardstock using grey ink then stamped the Unity sentiment in black ink over the top. I then cut out a couple of freehand hearts from patterned paper and added some hand sewing and rhinestones.

Materials used: kraft cardstock, Unity and {ippity} stamps, grey Memento ink, black Versafine ink, My Mind's Eye papers, Kaisercraft rhinestones.

The New Unity Challenge

Unity are hosting a fab new official Unity monthly challenge on their blog here.

This month's theme is "Hearts" and I hope to make a few cards for it starting with this simple one.

I used a quote stamp from the July 2010 Stampin Store kit along with some My Mind's Eye heart patterned paper.

Materials used: Papermania cardstock, My Mind's Eye paper, Unity stamp (as above), brown Memento ink.

Also used: organza ribbon and a metal charm.