Jar-palooza with UNITY

Today, I have a couple of projects for you {shhhhhhh} using the NEW May Sentiment Kit releasing next week on my cards - a little SNEAK for YOU! You can buy this kit starting next week, but in the meantime remember to get the current amazing sentiment kit for only $10. - All About Hope here. These sentiment kits that release with the new be inspired challenge every month are FABULOUS! 

For this card, I used my Cameo to create a jar shaped card as well as the flowers using the Print and Cut feature. 

The new Simple Stories Vintage Bliss line has my heart! More on this awesome sentiment kit next week...

Be SURE to play along with the be inspired challenge - you have one more week to enter this month's! The challenge can be found here. 

Your next stop along the hop is Jolande....enjoy!

A Special Thursday: Unity's Birthday!

Unity Stamp Company is 5! Five years old. I love everything about them. I love the owners, I love the people, I love the stamps. I love the creativity and variety of stamps. Y'all know this.

Today is a BIG celebration. How do we party at Unity? By offering NEW releases AND 50% off ALL stamps!!! WOAH! That is huge. I will definitely be loading up my cart.

This week, there are new Fashionista girls and new sentiment kits by me to go along with them! I'm so excited about these, I hope you are too.

I put together a few cards to show the new girls and matching sassy sentiments.

I haven't had a chance yet to play with the Cowgirl Up set yet, but THAT set excites me and I can't wait to get my hands on it! I mean Texas Forever, cmon!!!! Love it.

AND one more little bit of info...if you like my sentiments, you can get some never seen before releases for free! 

Your next stop on the hop is Renee....

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Pretty Little Petits Fours

Hi! Yep. I did it. Blogged twice in one day. Alert the media.

I got some down time tonight to create for a fun challenge, Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger. The challenge this week:

Those almost look too pretty to eat! Here is my take on the challenge.

I used some of my new Lil Inker dies, love these stitched things! I used Unity Stamps and Tim Holtz Distress Markers on watercolor paper for the flowers.

Hope you enjoyed your Saturday!

Puffy Heart You.

Helllllllllooooooo friends! Happy Friday. Yes indeedy.

Here today posting a card I made for Unity's Friends with Flair Friday. Go link up your Unity projects with me, will you? Prizes being given. Just sayin.

I LOVE this panda in this month's kit. And this sentiment. Perfect.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday Unity Hop: new Phyllis Harris in da house!

YAY! I love Phyllis Harris releases. All of them. Always. What do you guys think? Pretty adorable, huh. I haven't had a chance to ink up that giraffe, but it will be happening at some point in the very near future. He is just adorable.

I did however, get a chance to create two cards. Today, I used the same technique on both - Prismacolor Colored Pencils with a blender. Love mixing up my coloring techniques!

And {gasp} another horse image! LOVE LOVE LOVE.

It's always so nice to be able to take a little me time to color these beautiful images from Phyllis Harris. It's therapeutic, I tell you! Have a GREAT Thursday....don't forget the sale.

Next along the hop is.....Jolande!

Unity Thursday!

Hey friends! It's Unity Thursday - a chance to win some prizes and score some awesome deals over on the Unity website. Today, you can grab some grab bags, there are new releases AND shipping is only $2.95! Such a great deal on shipping.

I created two cards today for the hop. The first card I created is using a past Kit of the Month (fox) and one of my sassy sentiment kits, Sassy Pants. I put some brad sunglasses on my fox because well, he is much more handsomer this way, no?

The second card is using the Throwback Thursday set. This set is from waaaaaayyyy back and is only available for a limited time! This flower set called It's Spring is totally fun and BIG with lots of funky and fun flowers.

Your next stop is JEN! 

You Are Simply The Best.

Hola crafty amigas! I'm hoppin with Unity today...thanks for stopping in.

For my card today, I used the current Kit of the Month, You Are Simply The Best. LOVE this banner sentiment a whole lot and of course I did the chalkboard technique with it. Super easy, super cool looking.

You know me and embellies. I love that with Unity stamps, you can create your own! The washi strip and flower is from the same kit.

Don't forget to swing by the Unity website today for a super fabulous sale {EGG-cellent!}

Your next stop on the hop lineup is Jen Buck. Don't forget to leave your comments on the way for a chance to win some Unity moolah!

Unity Hoppin: Girls, Girls, Girls...{and sassy sentiments}

Hellllllllooooooooo lovely girls! This Thursday at Unity, we are celebrating GIRLS and having FUN. Unity Artistas Angie and Tracy have come up with some amazing girls to color and ink to your little heart's desires. I've created a few samples to show them off. By the way, did I happen to mention I'm on the Unity Design Team to stay, like permanently? Like for good? Well, I am!! :) :) :) Hooray!

LOOK at these sassy ladies {fashionista girls can be found HERE}:

Angie has some sweet new girls, too {HERE}. Love the preggo girl! She is just adorable. 

And last, but not least, I have more exciting news to share....I'm now a Unity Artista!!!! I have designed some sassy sentiments for all the sassy stampers out there that need to stamp some sass into their lives. {The world just doesn't have enough sass yet, wouldn't you agree?} So without further ado....

I have two sets available TODAY! The sets are called Hiya Gorgeous and Sassy Pants. They are just $10 this weekend! 

I have used these sentiments in all the cards above, as well as these...

Fun, yes? PHEW that's a lot of samples, but I just had to show you how AWESOME this week's release is! I hope you like them too. 

Now...you are now off to the next Unity Design Team member, Angie. Have fun, and don't forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win prizes!

Thursday Hoppin with Unity

Heyyyyyy crafty peeps! Today is Thursday. That means it's hoppin day at Unity Stamp Company. We have a bunch of exciting stuff happening today so pay attention! {there will be a quiz later...errr I mean PRIZES...}

First, there are NEW Phyllis Harris releases. You know her from Highlights Magazine, and her girls are just beautiful. On top of the new releases, ALL Phyllis Harris stamps are 40% off!!! Um, yes please.

Here is the card I created with Let Love Fly set. I love that her sets are so simple. It just takes some coloring and the card is basically done because the images are just so beautiful standing alone.

Next, we have a NEW monthly challenge starting today. Check out the new sentiment kit you can grab for $10 this month, love those roses!

There is a color inspiration and a card sketch you can use, whichever one inspires you. I used the sketch and the color coral from the color inspiration:

To create this card, I used this month's Kit of the Month You Are Simply The Best. Just LOVE the ikat trend going on right now.

Last, we have a chance for blog hoppers to win a gift certificate to Unity by just hopping along and commenting along the way. Sweet, huh? So make sure you leave comments galore for your chance to win some Unity moolah to pick up some stamps that are on your wish list. I think that's it for now! Your next hop along the way is Jen Buck...have a great day!

Unity Stamp of the Week cards.

WHOOPS! I totally forgot to post my past few Unity Stamp of the Week cards on my blog. So, time for a quick catch-up post.

For this card, I used Glitz Design's Unchartered Waters stack (looooove) and You Are My Anchor. Love the anchor trend right now.

Next, I used Hip Hip Hooray for this sentiment only card. The chevron makes the card pop and I wanted to add a little pop of color with a few red enamel dots. Love those things right now!

Okay, that's it! Quick and easy post today :) See you back here tomorrow for Unity's hop! 

Unity's FWF Friday! HAWG.

Hi friends! Comin atcha this morning with a card I made {just this morning!} for Unity's Friends with Flair Friday! WHOOP.

I bought this awesome Hawg set a few weeks ago and just got it out to play with. Isn't it fun? Oh, it's also on sale this weekend for $18. Better check it out. The sentiment is from Mix Up of Cuteness which is ALSO on sale! Sales are good.

I hope everyone has a FABULOUS weekend with crafty time included :)

****I also totally forgot to post the winner of the Made with Love Blog Hop. The winners were announced on the Facebook event page, so I kind of overlooked posting it to my blog, I apologize! The winner was Deanne @ Three Trees!!!!

Hoppin with Unity: embossed photo booth.

Hi friends! Hoppin with Unity...it's a fun place to be...

I created a card with the current KOTM, Let Love Grow. The phone booth, the sentiment and the diamonds are ALL from this kit. I absolutely love how you can mix and match all the elements from each monthly kit - it's totally up to your imagination on how you create with them.

I used Zing Rouge embossing powder to really make the photo booth pop. The wood veneers are currently my fave embellishment addiction {as you can see} - the triangle went so well with the stamp! It's the little things. {Literally.}

Be sure to head over to the Unity website to check out what's happening this Thursday, including some fun new releases and an Itty Bitty sale! 

I'm the last one on the hop today, so you can head back over to the Unity blog to check out all the details on the sale to get your SHOP on.

Moxie Fab World: Tuesday Trigger

Hello people! I had a bit of down time this afternoon to play with Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger. YAY! Here is the trigger:

My style? Not so much. I am a brights girl. I do lots of colors. WOAH...challenging, yes.

Here is what I came up with. 

I didn't have a fork / knife / spoon stamp, so I found this cute little set in Silhouette Studio. I used Unity's Blossom Stackers, LOTS copper embossing powder, copper paint and copper ribbon.  Kinda fun after all! You should come over and join!

Thanks for stoppin by...have a great WEEK! 

Unity Thursday. {It's a very good, good day.}

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am pretty stinkin excited today. Why you ask? Because well.....

I am the Guest Designer for Unity Stamp Company this month!!!! WHOOP!

I will try to contain my excitement, but I can't make any promises. {I already used quite a few exclamation points, sorry about that.}

For those that know me, you know that I just ADORE stamping with my Unity stamps. They are fabulous and I talk about how great they are constantly. So...this is BIG for little ol Erin. Enough talking about me...onto the BLOG HOP.

If you've come from the Unity blog, you are in the right direction. I'm the first stop today!

Starting today there are a few exciting things going on at Unity. First, for CURRENT Kit of the Month and SMAK members, now is your chance to stock up on some of your favorite past kits - they are only $18! That is a great deal, so be sure to grab some past kits you've been eyeing. If you aren't a member yet, JOIN! You won't be sorry, trust me!

I went through alllllllll my KOTMs and decided this particular banner stamp from the kit from head to soul was by far my very favorite. I LOVE to paper piece and this banner is so fun to do that with a pretty 6x6 stack that has coordinating colors and patterns, like this lovely Glitz Design Color Me Happy stack. {I even have a card in the January/February 2013 issue of Paper Crafts Magazine using this stamp!}

NEXT UP...today there are TWO new Angie girls on the site. I love love love coloring these girls created by Angie Blom. My favorite method of coloring right now is Tim Holtz Distress Markers for watercoloring. This is Eryn Girl. Isn't she sweet? 

The next Angie girl being released today is Debbi! I turned Debbi NEON with my Promarkers, neon washi, neon sequins and Hero Arts neon inks. {heehee.}

You can pick of these girls starting TODAY for $10 each. Speaking of the talented Angie Blom, her blog is the next stop...so carry on...

p.s. Be sure to comment on each blog along the way....Unity is giving you a chance to win one of 3 gift certificates for $20 each! Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll come back soon.