Growing in Unity, DAY THREE!

Morning Unity Lovers!  Thanks for tuning in to day three of my Growing with Unity week.  Today, as promised, is my fun recycling project.  I took this little can of mandarin oranges and turned it into a...

cute little cupcake tin for my daughter.  (She has a thing for cupcakes, but who doesn't??) After removing the label (comes off really easy) and washing the tin.  I used the label as a template and marked out where I wanted the holes in my can to thread the ribbon and also used it to measure my patterned paper.  I used my crop-a-dile II (thank you GINA!) to make the holes in my tin and patterned paper. On a side note, I really haven't used my crop-a-dile that much (it's fairly new) but I was surprised just how easy it was to punch into the tin.  Then I glued on my Rusty Pickle Chocolate Truffle paper and threaded the black ribbon around the top.  Next it was on to STAMPING.  I pulled out my Unity Cupcakes A la Yummy kit and started paper piecing them with mocha and french vanilla Bazzill Cardstock and Sassafras Lass Serendipity Owl Pals Honeybunch paper. (oh I stamped the "Hey there cupcake" sentiment on the paper before gluing it to the can) So after cutting them out, I used some super cute dimensional rub-on sprinkles from 

Colorbok The Sweet Life line.  (If you haven't seen their stuff, it's SUPER cute!) For the main cupcake (see close up) I used a CTMH Red Gem as the cherry on top and some sparkly glitter glue (yes that is the name of it!). 

WOW, that was a lot of typing, I don't think I talk that much! ;)  Anyway, now that I have this super cute tin, I don't know what to put in it.  Any suggestions?

See you tomorrow for HIP HOP THURSDAY and my big project for the week! 

Growing in Unity, Day TWO!

First off, thank you to everyone who has been leaving such wonderful comments.  :) 

Today I'm sharing the second layout I sent in for the Unity DT tryouts.  It's a quick and simple layout, but I just love the colors.  

I used Unity's Bright Snow (huge stamp!) with CTMH baby pink ink to create the background of my page.  The size of this stamp made it so quick and easy and I love the thought of pink snowflakes.  Wouldn't that be pretty to see falling from the sky?  (We did spray watercolor on our snowmen to make them pink this year! but somehow I lost those photos) :(

The DP is Tinkering ink Yuletide and the journaling card is Making Memories Noteworthy.  

See you tomorrow for a fun RECYCLING project :) 

Growing in Unity, DAY ONE!

MORNING UNITY LOVERS!  Thank you for tuning in to my week with Unity Stamp Company. 

We are going to start the week slow and end with a bang!  I'm in LOVE with the mini album I made, but it won't be making an appearance until later on in the week. (I might be a little bias though) ;)  

Here is a card I made for my daughter's 3rd birthday.  Her birthday isn't until March, but I wanted to play with my new cuttlebug and Unity stamps and this is what happened.  

The Details:

Patterned Paper: Sassafras Sunshine Lollipops wee bundle

Ribbon: American Craft Elements

Stamps: Unity Pinwheel and Birds from the November KOTM

Ink: CTMH Pink Carnation, Orange, and Chocolate

Embellishment: CTMH Clear Sparkles 

Cuttlebug: Number Collage 

I love the three birds to go with her 3rd birthday, but also because the card will be from three people, her daddy, her sister and me. :)  

See you tomorrow and don't forget to check out the Unity Blog

Are you ready?

Ok, I'm super excited about my week Growing with Unity Stamp Company and it starts TOMORROW!  Be sure to come back all week and leave me some love for your chance to win a Unity single.  

For those of you who came by today, here is an extra surprise for you.  I LOVE Unity stamps, and don't know how I can pick which single I want to give away.  SO......  go here UNITY STAMP CO and have a look around.  See if you can find these singles

Little Princess 

Wish

Heart Journal

Scalloped Journal

My Biggest Wish

Owl Journal Box

and then leave me a comment on which one of the singles above is your favorite. Maybe your comments will help me decide what to give away on HIP HOP Thursday.  Got it??  Ok go look at some stamps!!

On a roll

So I am still doing good with my exercise and crafting, woo hoo!

Here is a quick card I made for a friend who just delivered an 11 pound baby boy. (YEP 11 pounds and 2 ounces to be exact!) WAY TO GO MICHELLE! (I know you will probably see this post before we make it over for a visit) 

I used my CTMH inks and Baby Steps acrylic stamps.  The paper is Petals and Possibilities, baby theme paper (it's probably 2 1/2 years old, since I think I bought it for my daughter's album) The cardstock and giraffe are DCWV Nana's Nursery.  

Pictures as promised...

 of my girls sabotaging my resolutions.

So of course every time I get crafty, my older daughter, has to get crafty!   I don't mind that she wants to create. It just takes time away from my work to get out her supplies and make sure she isn't decorating things she isn't supposed to be.  So when she goes down for a nap, it's time to exercise.  Well my younger daughter thought she would make her own schedule yesterday and woke up when I was supposed to get on the elliptical machine.  No biggie, I decided I would go downstairs and hop on Wii Fit while she played on the floor by me.  UM, NO!  She had other plans....

So even with balancing all that I did manage to make 6 of these thank you cards to send to family friends that sent the girls gifts for the holidays.  I used Cosmo Cricket Jack's World paper and stamps for this one.  It would have been a super quick card, but I decided to cut all the zig zags out and then layer them on top of each other again, so it doesn't look as flat in person.

Here is my question...Do you think editing photos and posting on my blog is allowed to count as "being crafty"? (or is that pushing it)  Let me know what you think, thanks. 

2 days down 361 to go!

So I have managed to craft and exercise for 2 days in a row! woo hoo!  I decided that I would be on the treadmill all day if I had my laptop hooked up able to surf the net like in the pic above.  (I wish my arms looked like hers too)  While I have managed to keep my goals so far, I haven't managed to find the time to upload photos of my crafting. (I guess something had to give).  I also have photos of 2 of the ways my girls are trying to sabotage me. I will post them soon, maybe tomorrow.  I hope you all are doing well on your resolutions too. Happy New Year