joy! joy! joy!

Oh my, one more week and it's Christmas! 

Did you get all your shopping done? 

Do you have all your plans made?

(I'm not gonna answer these questions right now! heehee)

I'm sure everyone is busy, busy, busy and the holiday excitement is brewing! 
So I will make this post really quick!

This is one of my Christmas cards using the

Unity/Webster's Pages 'handmade holidays'. 
The outside frame is stamped with Versamark and white embossed, then sprayed with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist; looking through the square cut-out the image is stamped with Pacific Point and the 'joy' sentiment is a cut-out in red. 
The inside of the card is on shiny cardstock, but you can't tell with the picture.  And since it seemed like this card had lots of shine, I didn't want to do much more to this card, so I just added the triple bow and button on the front:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Don't forget to check out the new stamp sets at Unity...
you can click on the banner below to take you there:

Thank you so much for your kind words and
en'joy' your weekend!

Do you know what day today is?

It's the day that I 'THANK UNITY STAMP CO' for being such sweethearts and allowing the Growing in Unity hosts to give away one stamp set during their week!

So, it is the day to post my random WINNER for GROWING IN UNITY!

The winner gets a choice of one of these stamp sets:

Along for the Ride

or

Margarita Moments

or

Berry Good Life

 

or
Grow Yourself Extraordinary

So, I'm done with working today. 

I copied all my comments from this weeks Growing in Unity posts and

pasted them all out on an excel sheet. 

I printed them out. 

I cut strips of each comment. 

I put them in my blue empty box. 

I mixed them up and mixed them up and mixed them up and all around. 

I picked out one strip of paper. 

And the winner is...

.

.

.

.

Can you see that?

It's Wendy ten Hove! 

Yay Wendy!

Please contact Eryn – eryn@unitystampco.com  and let her know you won Growing In Unity on my blog, your prize choice and your address information!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME BY THIS PAST WEEK...I HAD SO MUCH FUN!

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEKEND AND THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS!

Merry Christmas...

...the most wonderful day of the year!

And so is Unity's Friends with Flair Friday!

Here I am at

Day 5 of Growing in Unity.

I can't believe how this week has just flown right by me. 

I really posted every day this week?...hahaha that's certainly a surprise!

This is the last official day for my hosting Growing in Unity and I had a blast. 

THANK YOU so much for visiting me this week and

I was proud to share some of my Unity and {ippity} creations with you!

Don't forget to comment on each post this week to be entered in the random drawing

to win a stamp set from Unity! 

The choices are:

Margarita Moments ~or~ Along for the Ride ~or~ Berry Good Life ~or~ Grow Yourself Extraordinary.

I will post the winner on Saturday at 3p Arizona time (after I'm done working).

My share today is a gift card holder that I made for the

Moxie Fab World challenge: Glitter is Glam!

(you've got time to enter, click on the above name to go there)

Featuring the Unity Bright and Merry Wishes set, 

I used SU Chunky Glitter on the snowflakes and around the cut-out ornament:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's the inside view when you pull up the lid...glitter is on the stamped glassine envelope too:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Oh, and are you wondering who won the Unity Birdie Inspiration stamp set
and the Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist from yesterday's post?

Well,

it is...

'lynn said...

happy bday, jen! (today's my son's bday:) love your sweet tags!
December 9, 2010 7:18 PM'
Yay Lynn! Please send me an email with your info to: jenstampin4u at aol dot com.

Now, if anyone needs to go back to the Unity blog
for the entire list of participants today,

click HERE.

Again, I had a fun time this week...

I hope you have a fabulous day of Moxie Fab & Unity! *wink*



Christmas Tag

Day 4 of Growing in Unity!

Don't forget to comment on each day's posts this week to be entered into a random drawing to win a Unity stamp set!

Simple. Easy. Fun.

I like working with projects when it can be Simple. Easy. and Fun.

and maybe a little messy.

 

I'm sharing my little tags that I'm making for presents. 

One side is decorated. 

The other side is blank to write who the gift is for.

I played with my distress inks and mists and took out some bling. 

The stamps are Unity's 'Christmas Bough'.

(Hurry, if you want this set, it's on sale at Unity for...$5!)

This one has Shabby Shutter Distress Ink; Patina Glimmer Mist, Heidi Swapp Icee Bling and white embossing powder:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

This one has Broken China Distress Ink; Forever Green Perfect Pearls Mist, Heidi Swapp Icee Bling and white embossing powder:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Do you make Simple tags too?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Guess who won the Unity Gratitude = Joy set?

The random pick is...

stamping sue said...

Friendship.....friends are a good thing to have. stamping sue

December 8, 2010 6:00 AM

Yay! stamping sue...please send me an email with your info: jenstampin4u at aol dot com.

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For my birthday, I am going to give away the Unity stamp set 'Birdie Inspiration'

and a bottle of 'Coffee Shop' Glimmer Mist (a warm reddish brown with copper glimmer). 

Oh yea, it's today. 

So one lucky commenter will get this gift sent to them in the mail. 

Just leave a comment on today's post and I will pick a random winner and announce it on Friday's post.

Thank you for all your comments so far 

and

I hope your day is happy and filled with *bling*!

appreciate the beauty...

Day 2 of my Growing in Unity

First I'd like to show you a creation that I made...a 'Magic Card'!

Okay, so have you ever seen the tutorial that Beate has on SCS? 

You make a card with an image that is stamped in black with no color...

then, you pull up the card and the magic of color appears!

At first glance, there is no color on the tree image
(but I had to paste that cute little owl there).
The tree and sentiment are from Unity's KOM {delightful moments}, Dec 2009.

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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Pulling up the card is revealing a polka dot background
and the paper pieced leaves
(the leaves show lots of color in person...and that Staz-on ink is really coming out dark on that acetate....hmmm, must be the photographer!heehee):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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Now the magic appears and there is color!
(Looks more colorful in person, trust me.)

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

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So what do you think?  Have you ever made one of these?
You could also write a message on the blank space to appear when you pull up the card!

Click HERE to find the instructions to Beate's Magic Card...

they are fun and her tutorial is step by step!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okay, drum roll
for the winner of

{ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe

is


"Anne said...

Gorgeous and elegant card! I love the music background and the awesome angel:)
December 6, 2010 3:20 PM"

Anne, please email me your information to jenstampin4u at aol dot com,
so I could get your stamp set sent to you today!

Don't forget, I will be putting everyone's name from all the comments in a hat and
pick a winner for the Unity stamp set on Saturday!
So if you comment each day, you will have 5 chances to win!

p.s. TODAY...I have 5 random Unity stamps to send to one of my commenters from today's post...
I will announce the winner tomorrow!

Yay! Thank you for all your comments and...
Have a fantastic day!

Unity and {ippity} Music of my Heart

Happy {ippity} Monday!

Guess what?  I'm also hosting Growing in Unity this week! 

So, I'm sharing a card that has both {ippity} and Unity images.

Did you see Eva's {ippity} challenge to get inspired from a gallery called 'Cakes for Occasion'...oh my gosh those cakes looked so yummy! 

I made this card using {ippity} Music of My Heart,

and the cut out angel is from Unity's Friendship.Love.Miracles KOM (Sept 2008). You can't tell very much from the photo, but the wings have some 'shine' and is popped up:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Based on this cake for inspiration...my inspiration was the musical notes and the colors (I added a little red):

So glad you came by today!  Please make sure to visit all the {ippity} goodness...if you need to get the list of participants, visit the {ippity} blog!

Oh, and don't forget to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win

some Unity goodies for my Growing in Unity week.  

You have 5 chances to win...one comment on each day's post! 

I will chose one winner on Saturday morning...yay!

p.s.  Oh, and another thing,

I will have additional goodies you could win from my own stash...

I will pick one winner from today's comments (announced tomorrow), and the prize is:

{ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe stamp set!

p.s.s. Take a look at my {ippity} page

to see check on the sets that I have in stock...

you might find that you NEED to have a set or two! *wink* 

Have an {ippity} kind of day!

happy holidays...

Happy Unity Friends with Flair Friday! 

To see all the flair friends who are hopping today,
you can find the list at the Unity Blog.

If you are following the list, then you have arrived here from

Judy's - Joy in A Jar

(wow, fantastic creations!) 

I finally had time to play with my new 'A Handmade Holiday' stamp set
by Webster's Pages & Unity! 

I have been pretty busy and also worked lots during the holiday, that I didn't get to stamp much till now.

I'm sharing a card that I made for the
Unity Addict's Challenge by NoraAnne - 'fussy cutting'.

I did 'fussy cut' the ornate frame and 3 layers which hold the sentiment,
and the blue highlighted words on the image,
and the flowers on the edges of the vintage lace...hope this qualifies as 'fussy cutting'.

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

I really looooove the dress form on this stamp and paired this stamp set
with my SU Pacific Blue c/s; papers from My Mind's Eye Magnolia;
vintage lace; Prima flower; and a shell button.

You're next stop is

Michelle's - Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

(awesome inspiration and she's one of the Unity Stamp Company Artista's too!)
Don't forget to look for the 'blinkie'...and you could win a prize!

Thanks for visiting me!

p.s. I'm hosting Growing in Unity next week...

along with the Unity prize, I will be giving away a few other items.

*wink*

It's Friends with Flair Friday~

Wow, can you believe that it's already the last Friday in November, and Black Friday too? 
Time sure does fly by!

Did you see the Unity sales going on?

Oh my, you've got to go take a look at the Unity store if you want to take advantage of the great prices and FREE shipping (see flyer below)! 

...And if you need the full list of participants on the hop today please go to the Unity blog!

I'm sharing a couple of old creations today, because time just got in the way! 

I made these little door hanger gift bags last year for gifts,
and I'm going to make more for this year...
they are stamped with my Unity Royal Day background stamp:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

and I'm making more of these gift card holders too,
but maybe they'll be a little more holiday-ish:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's the Unity sales flyer to check out:

Thanks for coming by and happy happy shopping!

Comfy Cozy goes to...

THANK YOU gals for commenting on my post from yesterday! I love when I could share Unity! 

I copy, pasted and cut apart all the comments from that post, and folded them all up...

then I put them in my son's baseball hat like this:

My son Austin picked one folded comment out of the hat, and

the winner of the awesome

Unity Comfy Cozy set is....

drum roll...

drum roll...

drum roll again...(heehee)...

Yes, that's your comment in the picture GEORGIA!

Please email me your address:  jenstampin4u @ aol dot com, and I will ship this off to you tomorrow, Monday!

CONGRATS GEORGIA and ENJOY your comfy cozy time with your 
Unity Comfy Cozy stamp set!

Want to win some Unity?

This drawing has now ended...thank you!
Okay, so here's the story...

I won two stamp sets from Unity (yay!)...

but, I received two sets of the same stamp set, in error (oh my)...

I asked Eryn if I just send the 2nd set back to Unity...

and she said 'no', just do something with it (see...this is how the Unity family is...terrific!).

Soooooo...

I decided to give the extra stamp set away on my blog to one lucky person TODAY!

What stamp set, you ask? 

COMFY COZY

Don't ya just love this set? Since I just received this set too, I thought I would share a quick new creation, using my Echo Park "life is good" papers and that yummy

 Sheer Ombre/Kiwi Watermelon ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon:

So here's the deal:

if YOU don't have this Unity stamp set and want this set to arrive in your mailbox soon,

then all you need to do is:

COMMENT ON THIS POST and vow to take an hour or so of time for yourself ,

to get Comfy Cozy and relax. We ALL need to take care of ourselves! 

I will pick a winner and announce who that lucky person is right here on my blog,

on Sunday by 5p (AZ time). 

That's how easy peasy I am!

Good luck!

Friends with Flair...it's Friday!

Hello Friday Friends!

If you want to see ALL the FABULOUS and  AWESOME inspiration today, don't forget to start at the Unity Blog for the list of all participants! *smile*.

I got home verrrrry late from playing Bunco, and couldn't get a picture of a new creation that I made, due to the lighting.  Howevever, I am going to share a few of my

Unity World Card Making Day Challenge cards that I had not posted on my blog yet. 

A huge CONGRATS goes out to all the Unity World Card Making Day WINNERS!

Everyone did such an amazing job with their creations! 

This is my mini card:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

This is my 'shaker card':

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

This is my 'inspiration challenge' card:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

This is my card using a 'tag':

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

All cards contain Unity and/or {ippity} stamp images and are colored with my Copic Markers.

 Thank you for taking the time to stop by today...I really appreciate your kindness!

Oooh, I almost forgot...on my post tomorrow, I will be giving away an awesome Unity stamp set...

details will be on my Saturday post! *wink*

Friends with Flair Friday....hooray!

So...I'm finally getting back to creating and blogging...and there is no better way than to dive right in to all the Unity goodness!  Don't forget to start at the Unity blog for the complete list of awesomeness and creativity today!

Did you get any of the Unity World Card Making Day Challenges done? 

I have many and here are a few:

My Card and Matching Envelope (I 'Zentangled' on the tree):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

NO Patterned Paper:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

One Layer Card:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Paper Piecing:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Stitching (my faux stitching):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

That's it for today!  I will post the rest of my challenge cards this weekend (and hopefully I will remember to post them all on SCS!).

Thank you so much for stopping by!

May your weekend be filled with lots of smiles and laughter!

...think SNOW!~

Okay, okay, I know some of you are probably saying...no, no, no snow yet! But if you were in Phoenix with 105 degree weather ALL WEEK long and the forecast for 107 degrees by Sunday and Monday...you would be wishing for snow too...heehee!

So my 'friends with flair'...it's Friday!  To cool myself down, I had to make a 'snowy' card using my Flower Soft, and these cutie pie Unity penguins.  
Can you tell it is a 'diorama'?  It folds so easy to put in an envelope to send off to someone too!

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Stamps: Unity-Jolly Little Winter
C/S: SU Pacific Point and Bashful Blue, Neenah Solar White, SU Maine Blueberry DSP
Ink: Memento Noir, Copic Markers, SU Whisper White

Technique: Diorama card--if you would like to make one of your own, click HERE to find instructions over at SCS!

Flower Soft is all the fluffy stuff on the white hills and the penguin's ear muffs--did you know that Flower Soft is a new 'member' company in the forum at SCS?  Click HERE to go check them out!

Flower Soft Close-up:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Diorama Card view over top:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

      Also, this card was inspired by Unity's Sketch Challenge-HHSC25;

and a challenge from a couple of weeks ago for Flower Soft-Favorite FS Colors...which mine at the moment is Polar White!

Thank you for visiting my 'snowy' blog...have fun with the rest of the hop and enjoy your weekend!

~nice...you rocked it!

The Unity fans ALWAYS rock Fridays and show us a little Flair! And this Friday is not any different, I love all of the Flair and can't wait to go on the hop!

If you want to see ALL the gals participating today, please go to the Unity blog for the complete list!

I created this card below for the Unity Addicts Challenge #17....BINGO! So, if you're asking what kind of challenge this is...Stacey came up with this FUN challenge...go HERE to read all about it...I know you want to! *wink*

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

My 'BINGO' row is "N across"...
~colored image...I colored the jukebox (from my March 2010 KOM-Rockin' It Unity Style) with my Copic markers and Spica's...can you see the shine?
~stickers...the 'nice' cloud sticker.
~swirl...the swirls on the inside and the outside of the jukebox.
~green...green markers, green ribbon, green cardstock.
~embossing...I 'dry' embossed the yellow cardstock with lines going diagonally...hope you can see them.

Have a 'rockin' weekend and it was pleasure to have you visit me!~

~I have a Play Date with All Things Unity~

Okay, so yes, I wasn't sure what to put as my title on this post...do you like it? It represents two challenge blogs that I made a card for, which are

Play Date Cafe and All Things Unity.

Before I give all the details, here is my card creation:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Stamps: Unity March 2010 KOM: Rockin' It Unity Style

C/S: SU Purely Pomegranate, Sahara Sand, Pure Mustard; MME Wild Asparagus, Neenah Solar White

Ink: SU Purely Pomegranate, More Mustard; Memento Noir, Copics E00, E01, E31, Y17, R89

Accessories: Purely Pomegrantate Satin Ribbon, sponging technique, paper piecing technique, MS punch

All Things Unity: I had wanted to participate in their challenges, 'cause you know that I love Unity stuff and that's what they are all about "Unity Stamp Co" sets...so finally I'm doing it! The challenge HERE is called What's your Flavor? Well, I'm not really sure if I have a specific flavor of creating at this point, but I sure know that I love bows...hence the bow in my card.  If you want to get your submission in at the last minute...hurry, tonight is the cut off!

Play Date Cafe: I love their challenges and have been absent for a while, so yay, here I am! The Challenge this week is to use some dark and rich colors in the picture below.  I thought my colors from Stampin' Up of Purely Pomegranate, More Mustard, and Sahara Sand fit perfectly for them. If you want to join in on the fun, get your challenge creation in HERE by Tuesday, 9/7 before midnight!

I appreciate that you came by today...have a fabulous Labor Day weekend! Enjoy!

Silver Peace

Happy Friday Unity Friends! Did you take in all the Design Team inspiration yesterday? And, if that wasn't enough, I'm sure you're taking in all the inspiration today! I am so proud to be able to join these ladies who hop on Friends with Flair Friday...you guys are so inspiring!

Here's the link to the Unity blog if you need to start at the beginning of the hop...there sure is some gorgeous art along the way!

I was eyeing my Unity Hodge Podge of Happiness set that has been unloved lately, and saw the musical poinsettia...knew right away that I wanted to create something with it.  I wasn't sure about these colors, but in real life the silver card stock 'shines' and the poinsettia is the 'split negative' technique with black and silver embossing.  I used my Worn Music background stamp and embossed that in black too, with the 'Peace' sentiment coming from {ippity} Season of Joy.

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Oh, I almost forgot...I was inspired by the Hip Hop Sketch Challenge #23 {HHSC23}:

Thanks so much for coming by, may you enjoy a day of Peace and have a peaceful weekend!

Next on the list is GWEN...enjoy!

bee-lieve me...

yup, 'bee-lieve' me...when I say that I have missed these fun hops lately!  Life has gotten in the way of my fun, and I have been so exhausted in the evenings...well, I won't bore you with my life, so let's get on with my card that I was able to relax and make.

I have been inspired by all the Unity fans who have been using some older sets (the kind we have to dust off) and have not been inked up lately. I'm so tired, that I can't even think of who they were, so please know that I 'thank everyone' for the inspiration!
This is for the Unity Addicts challenge UAC15, which is black and white with a pop of color...so I chose yellow to be my color and played with my Unity-Everyday Adorable set:

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Stamps: Unity-Everyday Adorable
C/S: My Mind's Eye-Meadow Lark, SU-Basic Black, Neenah-Solar White
Ink: Memento Black, Copics-Y11, Y15, Special Black 110
Accessories: SU Crushed Curry Polka Dot ribbon, Kaiser Craft Black Pearls, Black Spica

Thank you so much for buzzing by, and enjoy the bee-utiful inspiration from everyone on this hop!

p.s.  did you notice...somehow along with the way of trying to update my blog, I have lost my 'signature' that automatically appears at the end of each post...hmmm...I'll have to look for it later. {yawning}

Too early for Halloween?

Hi ya, Friends with Flair Friday...UNITY friends, of course! 

If you're joining in on today's hop and want to start at the beginning...make sure to go to the Unity blog! You can take a look at those sneak peeks of all the new fabulous stamp sets too...exciting! 

BTW, did you see Angela's pictures that she posted from CHA? Tons of pic's every day and it sure looks like they are having such a great time...thanks Angela for allowing us to be there with you from your pic's!  How fun!

I'm still fooling around with this blog and seriously was so frazzled with my changes (deleted some stuff in error, made everything post all over, still can't get my Hof3 b/g to fit in my columns...ack!!!), that I had to just take some time off and get totally away from my blog! I will slowly keep making changes, and I'm glad at least that I changed to a lighter background...easier on the eyes, especially when you get to be my age..ha!

Do you think it's too early to share something for a Halloween birthday? I looked in my 'stash' and found a few of these little paper mache bags...they hold gift cards perfectly! I re-used the plastic from the star bling, cut it up on the edges, put on some Glossy Accents, and placed it behind the sentiment as a layer.  This is entered into the Unity Hip Hop Sketch Challenge and the Play Date Cafe Colour Challenge (info below).

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Here's a close-up of the sentiment and the green drink filled with Glossy Accents from Unity's "Cocktail Party" stamp set. I made the Glossy Accents kinda 'dripping' on the sentiment too (since it's a Halloween gift card holder):

From Unity and {ippity} Projects

Stamps: Unity 'Cocktail Party

C/S: SU Ghostly Greetings DSP, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: Glossy Accents, Kaiser Scrapbook BlackStars, Heidi Swapp Jet Bling, EK Success Fibers

It's for two challenges:

1) AJ's Unity Sketch Challenge HHSC18; and

2) The Play Date Cafe PDCC40...

THANK YOU for coming by today!  Yay Unity and Play Date Cafe!