Growing in Unity 2023 - WINNERS

 

Thank you for all of the wonderful comments on my projects from Last week.  

I appreciate all of the feedback.  

This week Sandra is sharing her projects.   

Stop by and check them out here at cardsandcreativity.blogspot.

And now it is time for the to announce the winners.  Please contact me at resatwo at sbcglobal.net.

Silvia Hayes

Kellyskardsfl

You have 2 weeks to claim your credit

Email Kelli at Unity Stamps

 kelli@unitystampco.com

Include in the subject line "Winner from Teresa's GIU Week"

Congrats!!!

~Teresa~

2023 Growing in Unity Day 5

 

Happy Firday!!! We made it through the week.  I hope you have some fun weekend plans.  

Today is my last day of my Growing in Unity post for 2023.   I am super honored to be a part of this group of lovely creative people.   

Thank you for all of the lovely comments.  

For my final post I am using the Turn Toward the Light set.  Why.... it's a flower of course and I love coloring sunflowers.  

For this card I went with the slim line design.  It is about 8.5" x 3.5".  I learned log ago not to make a card size until you have an envelope to fit.  Luckily I picked up some slim line envelopes on sale recently.

 For the coloring I chose to play with my watercolor pens with some more traditional color.  I left some splatters behind.  Though the splatter technique is something I need some practice with.  These turned out rather light.  

The word "Explore" is actually part of this pattern paper.  It is not a stamped image. 

I hope you found something inspiring this week.  

I will wait until Monday to pick my winners so you have time to comment all weekend.   

Here is a recap of  this weeks projects and links if you need to catch up

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Have a wonderful weekend

Teresa

2023 Growing in Unity Day 4

Hello there!!

I hope you are ending the week strong.

Today I am using stamps from the Slowly Turning Classic set.  

I was drawn to this set because it reminds me of my dad.  He loved his trucks and anything old-antique and classic.   I could see him driving this truck with a smile on his face and he would have it painted cherry red.  So... for today's project the truck is red.  LOL 

Sometimes I find it hard to find images for masculine cards.  This set is perfect for a masculine project and Unity has a good selection of images for your favorite guys.  

This time I went ahead with placing the sentiment.  It is great combo.  I worked out of my comfort zone a bit and combined a few different patters.

I also stamped this image on a gift bag.  I found that the best way to get a good image on an uneven surface is using a stamp press.  This way you can ink and stamp multiple times

Now it is time to start the day and head off to my real job.   Don't forget to leave a comment on each of my post this week to win credit to the Unity Stamp store.  And remember to leave your name if blogger is being a pill and making you Anonymous.    

If you missed the past days I have put the links below

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Have a great day!

Teresa

2023 Growing in Unity Day 3

 

Happy Wednesday!  

This week is flying right on by.  

For my project today I chose the Angiegirl images from the Sunshine Girl set.  I really love these ladies and all the different themes.   And if you know me, I am always attracted to flowers and this image is perfect for my flower addition.  LOL 

I would call this a starter card.   I'm leaving the corner blank so that I can add a sentiment at a later time.   In the past I found that I have made too many cards for one occasion and then I don't have a card ready for some other event.  Leaving the sentiment out allows me to quickly convert the card into something needed.   I may even add some embellishments.  If I'm going to mail it those embellishments will not be bulky.   

I was inspired to color the sunflowers in the dark red-orange color from sunflowers I planted in my garden last year.  

Remember to leave a comment to have a chance to win store credit to the Unity Stamp Store.   I also noticed that blogger is being a pickle, so if it says you are Anonymous just be sure to leave you name in the comments.  

If you missed the past days I have put the links below

Day 1

Day 2

Hope you have a wonderful day.   The sun will be out today and for us in California we will be welcoming the opportunity to dry out a little before the next storm rolls in to town.

Teresa

2023 Growing in Unity Day 2

 

Good morning!!!

Today is my day two with Unity Stamps for my Growing in Unity week.  

Take a moment to check out the Unity Store.  I'm sure you will find something you can't live without.  

Today I chose to use the Cuddlebug Giraffe Mini.  This is such a sweet little set.  I was drawn to the set because giraffe's was the them of my son's bedroom as a baby.  When he was about 5 we merged the giraffes into a safari theme.   When he was little it was so hard to find giraffe items and I still find myself being drawn into the images.  

I wanted to go pink with this image.  We now have a new Great Niece and I was thinking that this could be a good 1st birthday card... or even make it a new baby shower card.   That is why I did not use a sentiment.  

As you can see I used those scalloped circles again but this time I ran them through the embosser to give them some texture.  I love how they mimic the flowers but help soften the vibrant background pattern.  I did use pop foam to pop raise the image off the back ground as the embossed circles are bulky.  

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  And if you missed yesterday's project here is a link to Day 1.

Be sure you leave a comment each day.  I will be picking 2 winners at the end of my week to win $20 credit to the Unity store.

Have a wonderful day

Teresa

2023 Growing in Unity Day 1

 

Good morning and happy Monday,

I am very excited to be the featured GIU Gal this week and share my projects with you.

The last couple of years have been super crazy and I have not had much time and energy to papercraft so I am feeling a little rusty.

For my project today I chose to use stamps from the Simple Wisdom set designed by Graciellie Designs,  It is such a beautiful set of flowers and I love the sentiments 

For this card I decided to try a new technique and create a distress design and simply stamp and black image floating outside the color.   I've seen this done before but I never really gave it a try.  

The color block was created by die cutting the scalloped circle and then using the circle as my mask.  It took me a couple attempts to find a size and location for the image before I landed on this one.  I really like the sentiment as it goes with the idea of being outside the circle or box.  I also embossed the image and sentiment to help add some dimension to the layout.  

I chose the simple black and white pattern to help pull the black image forward,  

I hope you enjoy today's project and come back tomorrow.

Make sure to leave a comment everyday this week as I will be choosing 2 lucky people to win a prize from Unity. 

Thanks for stopping by

Teresa