Plaid and Polka Dots said Bro Man!

"Friends with Flair Friday"...where Unity customers share their creations...WHO? yea, I'm asking
WHO DOES THAT??? Oh yea, UNITY does!

I know there are soooo many blogs to run through and take in all the incredible creativity, so I am making this a short post. This is a gift card holder that I made for the new 'BRO' challenge which is to use plaid and polka dots. The opening is on the right side and I tied the flap closed with crocheted ribbon that I had from Rusty Pickle. Thanks for looking!

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Stamps: Unity Mix Up of Cuteness
C/S: Ruby Red, Sweet Slumber DSP (retired), Whisper White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ruby Red
Accessories: Stickles for sparkle, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, Lace Punch (Martha Stewart), Rusty Pickle crocheted ribbon, twineHave a terrific weekend!

Win a Gypsy? What????

Okay, can you believe this? Do YOU want a chance to win the new exciting GYPSY?

"Oh goodness.......have you heard the news????
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Get on over to "CUTTING ABOVE" to get your entries in and YOU could win one! Hurry, the deadline to enter is October 2nd!

Monochromatic Flair!

It's Friends with Flair Friday again! Unity Stamp Co posts 50 of their customers blogs to share creations on Friday!
Who does that?

I ended up creating a simple monochromatic card, did a little sponging, distressing the edges and added some Stickles:

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Stamps: Unity September KOM "go ahead WISH"
C/S: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Confetti White, Close to Cocoa DSP
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Chocolate Ribbon, SU Buttons, Stickles, Twine, Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler

What a challenge!

One of Unity's new challenges is going to last for 7 weeks...it's the Bachelor Bro-man Challenge! There is lots to be had...$750 worth of product as a grand prize!

Week 1 Challenge was to make a card for Bro-man asking for a date (or your loved one). You had to use his favorite colors of red, green and black. Since the first week's winners will be announced on Thursday, September 24th I put that date on my card. Here's my card for week 1:

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Stamps:Unity: Frame this Alpha, u & I, KOM September
C/S:SU Real Red, Green Galore, Basic Black, Naturals White
Inks:Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:
Distressing tool (edges), circle punches, rhinestone brad, green apple grosgrain ribbon, stickles

Friends with Flair Friday!

Hello Friends! Today is another customer blog day showing your Unity goodness. Wow, the new Unity theme "WHO DOES THAT?" is pretty cool! Lots of new fun at Unity especially with the new 'Bachelor' challenge too!

I have recently taken a couple of classes with Heidi Swapp and she does a lot of "masking" and stamps lots of images together. I have some scrapbook pages that I have to finish up and I will share those soon...really fun and messy techniques!

So...I decided to try some masking on a Unity card and I stamped many images together too. I also used some Gold Glimmer Mist that looks awesome in real life. I misted the sun rays and center of the sun and the flowers. Then I put Glimmer Mist on the chocolate chip c/s on the bottom of the card just below the scallops:

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A close-up of the flowers...you can see the Gold Glimmer Mist on this pic:

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Stamps: Unity July KOM: "a pocket full of...", Paisley B/G
C/S: Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Whisper White
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ruby Red, Really Rust, Garden Green, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, SU! Markers, Glimmer Mist, Scallop Punch, Round Scallop Punch
Thanks for dropping by to let me share! Don't forget to visit all the other Unity customer blogs and leave them some LUV! It makes us *SMILE*!

Friends with Flair Friday!

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Wow, how can this week have gone by soooo fast? It must have been the short week due to the holiday and the hectic school/baseball schedule!

It's great to share Friday's with our Unity friends...lots of talent and original ideas...you guys are all awesome!

I created this card with the August KOM...Following my Heart. I read somewhere to try and NOT use pattern paper so I doodled on the red cardstock and doodled little flowers on the bike. You can't really tell, but I tried Beate's tutorial from SCS to use my Scor-Pal and scored the c/s that the bike is on, while also sponging the edges in Creamy Caramel. Then I used some siren Smooch on the bike and hearts, which does stand out IRL. Sorry for the picture (that's what I get when I try to take a photo at night):

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Thanks for coming by! By the way, on my "to do" list: set up a photo corner with appropriate lighting to get better results for my pictures! Enjoy your weekend!
Stamps: Unity KOM...Following my Heart
C/S: Real Read, Textured Basic Black, Whisper White
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: White Organdy Ribbon, Designer Label Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Siren Smooch