Last Day for Unity’s March Kit of the Month and First Day for Amy Tangerine Plus One at Digital Project Life

Today is the last day of March and the last day you can order March’s Kit of the Month from Unity at a discounted price.  As a Kit of the Month subscriber, you will receive a full 8-1/2-x-11-inch sheet of images you’ll love to use on your projects and cards.  Below is a peek at March’s kit.  Clicking on the image below will take you directly to it’s product page at Unity which will give you all the information on becoming a subscriber. This kit will not be found in stores. It is a special kit offered for the Kit of the Month Membership Program. These stamps are deeply etched, red rubber, mounted on cling foam, and are perfectly pre-cut!

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March 2014 KOM Card Supplies

Sentiments on both cards are from the March 2014 Kit of the Month available from Unity Stamp Company. They were scanned into my computer, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 and arranged as seen on the front of the card.

The sentiments/cards were colored and paper-pieced digitally in Photoshop Elements using the NEW Amy Tangerine Plus One collection from Digital Project Life (available NOW--today).

After printing-and-cutting the sentiment for the card on the right, it was adhered with 3D Zots for dimension.  For both cards, the card bases were made in Silhouette Studio DE, using a 3x4 journaling card from the kit above. The shape, file tabs, and font used on the file tab are available from the Silhouette America Online Store.

All print-and-cut items were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples/Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

A Wink-of-Stella pen was used on the flowers in the card on the right.

The file tab for the card on the left was adhered using a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher/Staples.

Below is a peek at the NEW Amy Tangerine Plus One Mini Kit available at Digital Project Life. Clicking on the image below will take you directly to it’s product page at Digital Project Life.

NEW Phyllis Harris at Unity Stamp Company & Customer Wishes Sale!

Four NEW Phyllis Harris releases are at Unity and ALL Phyllis Harris stamp sets, including the NEW ones, are on sale all weekend long. Click on the link below to take you to the Phyllis Harris Sale category at Unity.

To add to the joy of NEW releases, there’s a Customer Wishes sale, too.  Click on the link below to take you to the Customer Wishes Sale category at Unity to see if your wishes for stamps are on SALE for YOU!

 ALSO!

Orders ship for ONLY $2.95

all weekend long!

USA only!

{after discounts}

We May Not Have it All Card Supplies

Trust in the Creator stamp set by Phyllis Harris and sentiment from March 2014 Kit of the Month available from Unity Stamp Company were used on the front of the card. They were scanned into my computer, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550 and arranged as seen on the front of the card.

The cute little girl and birdie were colored and paper-pieced digitally in Photoshop Elements using the NEW Dear Lizzy Daydreamer collection from Digital Project Life (available NOW).

After printing-and-cutting the little girl/birdie, they were adhered with 3D Zots for dimension onto the card base which was made in Silhouette Studio DE, using a 3x4 journaling card from the kit above.

The scalloped border is a Silhouette file and was adhered to the card base with a zigzag stitch using my Singer Futura.

All print-and-cut items were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples/Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

White accents from Imaginisce were applied to the bow on the cake using their I-Rock tool.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get to SHOP this fabulous sale for you!  May ALL of your Unity stamp wishes come true.

TSB Challenge #10--Make You Own Background

This week’s challenge over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog is to make your own background. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to add a page to my neglected art journal. Head on over and see how the DT made their own backgrounds to use with digital stamps from The Stamping Boutique.

The above picture shows my submission to this week’s challenge using The Stamping Boutique’s #611 Behind My Eyes Digital Stamp. The image lends itself so well to an art journal. To help make the background I used a triangle background by Hero Arts available at the Silhouette America Online Store that I imported into ArtRage and used as a stencil. The chicken wire is a stamp by Unity Stamp Company that was imported as a stencil as well. The background was watercolored and airbrushed using ArtRage with my Wacom tablet.  Once the page and digital stamp were printed-and-cut with my Silhouette, I added a bit of glitter to her eyelids, lips, and flower using a Wink-of-Stella brush. The art journal page itself is a cut file I made that will fit my “Thrift Store” planner art journal.

If you want to take part in the challenge and win some Stamping Boutique goodies, the requirements are quite simple:

1. Your project must follow the theme.

2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc...

3. It must be a new creation.

4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.

5. If your card is chosen as WINNER and you have used an image from The Stamping Boutique, then you win three digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.  If you have used another image, you can win two digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.

This challenge ends on April 3 at 5:00 pm EST.

Here’s the link to this week’s challenge:  http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/challenge-10-add-doodling.html

Little Moments Big Life Tag using NEW Unity Stamp of The Week

The NEW Stamp of the Week at Unity is called Little Moments Big Life and it’s sure to be a stamp you can play with all year long. The sentiment is a favorite of mine because it captures my outlook on life and I think a lot of people would agree with the sentiment.  I decided to use a tag to display this week’s stamp.

Below is a reveal of this week’s Stamp of the Week at Unity Stamp Company. As always, this stamp will not be found in stores.  It is a special stamp offered for the Stamp-of-the-Week Membership Program. All stamps are deeply etched, red rubber, mounted on cling foam, and are perfectly pre-cut. Clicking on the stamp image below will take you directly to the product page at Unity Stamp Company.

Little Moments Big Life Tag Supplies

Little Moments Big Life Stamp of the Week available at Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, colored and paper-pieced using digital patterned paper by Nancie Rowe Janitz in Photoshop Elements, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The little blooms were mounted to the tag using 3D Zots for dimension here and there and Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue.

The Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates Die by Sizzix was cut using my Silhouette Cameo from digital patterned paper by Nancie Rowe Janitz (see pictures of digital collections below—available NOW at jessicasprague.com) and chipboard.  Pumice Stone and Black Soot Distress Inks were applied to the edges of the tag and the tag topper. The Tim Holtz tiny attacher was used to attach a paper strip to the tag below the stems of the flowers.

The tag topper is available from the Silhouette America Online Store.

All print-and-cut pieces were cut from Matte Photo Paper by Staples using my Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

Heavy duty jute from the hardware store was applied to the tag by tying a bow.

I hope you all have a great week!

Punny Stamps & A Spring Sale at Unity

Yeah—it’s Friday—and still Spring Break at this house.  We’ve done lots and lots of fun things this week and the fun will continue through the weekend until the kiddos go back to school on Monday (Boo!). I’m even going to be lucky enough to have my son, Jake, visit me from college for a week (next week). Yep. I’m pretty lucky!

Be sure to stop in at Unity this weekend...NEW releases and a SPRING SALE! I used the NEW Puppy Ruff Itty-Bitty Stamp on the tag above and the NEW PURR-fect For Me Itty-Bitty Stamp on the other tag below. Such a hipster kitty—LOVE it!

Check out the boot below in this graphic! You know you want it! I know I do . . .

I Ruff You Tag Supplies

I Ruff You Itty-Bitty Stamp available at Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, colored in Photoshop Elements, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The puppy image was mounted to the tag base using 3D Zots for dimension.

The heart tag is available from the Silhouette America Online Store (I didn’t use the arrow that came with the file). The tag and heart pieces were cut from chipboard and digital patterned paper by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper and is available at acdigitals.com (also the little bow on the dog is an element from the same kit). All print-and-cut pieces were cut from Matte Photo Paper by Staples using my Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

Pumice Stone Distress Ink and Vintage Photo Distress Ink were applied to the edges of the tag.

Bling accent from Imaginisce was applied to the bow on the dog collar using their I-Rock tool.

Heavy duty jute from the hardware store was applied to the tag by tying a bow.

You’re Purr-fect For Me Tag Supplies

PURR-fect For Me Itty-Bitty Stamp available at Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, colored in Photoshop Elements, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The kitty image was mounted to the tag base using 3D Zots for dimension.

The tag is available from the Silhouette America Online Store. The tag pieces were cut from chipboard and digital patterned paper by Crate Paper (On Trend Collection) and is available at acdigitals.com.  All print-and-cut pieces were cut from Matte Photo Paper by Staples using my Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

Black Soot Distress Ink was applied to the edges of the tag.

Bling accent from Imaginisce was applied to the bow tie using their I-Rock tool.

Heavy duty jute from the hardware store was applied to the tag by tying a bow.

I hope you have an AWESOME weekend and get to shop Unity!

Dreams Come True—YES please!

About three years ago, I stumbled upon a stamping vendor at a Scrapbook Expo in Sacramento, CA, that immediately caught my attention. Images SO creative and fresh! That day, I left with quite a few Unity stamps—more stuff from Unity than any other vendor at the Expo. Unity has been my “stamp of choice” ever since. On the flyer that was put in my bag, it said “like” Unity on Facebook to win some Unity. I hurried home not just to “like” them right away but also to share my NEW finds with my family.  I knew these were images that everyone could enjoy creating with and I just wanted to show my hubby (he’s got good taste after all). So, I “liked” Unity on Facebook because I wanted more Unity. Then I became a Kit of the Month subscriber because I wanted more Unity. Then I was buying up Itty-Bitty’s whenever I could afford it. With the sales that Angela masterminds with precision, it’s easily affordable. And the Fashionistas and AngieGirls—wow!  I found myself looking forward to the projects and cards made by the Unity Design Team during Blog Hop Thursday’s, in e-mails and on Facebook, and when the NEW monthly Unity [be inspired] Challenges with sketches AND a color combo were posted to the Unity blog.

Then, you know what happened? I fell for the Unity community when joining the Unity Show & Tell Facebook page. The community is so very friendly and supportive. It is refreshing to see all of the projects and cards created by the community. INS-PIR-A-TION Central. Unity inspires me to create projects I’m proud to share WITH a community that is HAPPY to share with each other.

I’m so honored and HAPPY to announce that I’ve been selected to be on the UNITY DESIGN TEAM!!!!!!!!!!  This was a dream come true! I’ve never applied for something I so wanted to be apart of more than this.

THANK YOU Angela Magnuson!  You have made a company like no other in this industry. I love Unity AND I’m so proud to be apart of the TEAM that is Unity.

Enough about me, already--here’s a list of artists who made the Unity Design Team--I’m so thrilled to see their names and have been inspired by their work often:

Rachel Kleinman - www.rwkrafts.com

Kassi Hulet -http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

Kary Lim - http://karyg.blogspot.com/

Kris Lancaster - http://www.klcardcollection.blogspot.com/

Angeline Choo - http://www.scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com/

Swarup - http://sanketij.blogspot.com/

Dreams are the Journeys that Empower the Soul Card Supplies

Reach for the Stars stamp set by Phyllis Harris available from Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The background was watercolored in ArtRage using my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. The cute little girl/kitty were colored using Copic markers in Sketchbook Pro 6 and paper-pieced digitally using Basic Grey’s Out of Print Patterned Papers available at jessicasprague.com. Both the kitty and the little girl were adhered with 3D Zots for dimension.

The card base was made in Silhouette Studio DE and was cut from Close to My Heart cardstock. The little gold stars were cut from gold cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo.

All print-and-cut items were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples/Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

I LOVE YOU ALL!

TSB Challenge #8—Use Bunnies

This week’s challenge over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog is . . . BUNNIES!  Hop on over and see how the DT used cute little bunnies to spread cute to the world.

The above picture shows my submission to this week’s challenge using The Stamping Boutique’s #381 Emo Quote Digital Stamp—I love everything about her and her little stuffed bunny, too!  The sentiment, font, tab, and notebook-style border are from the Silhouette America Online Store. The sentiment and emo girl were adhered to the tag with 3D Zots. Bits and pieces on the tag were from Nancie Rowe Janitz’s NEW Dreamy Photos 12 Vintage Chic (available NOW at jessicasprague.com). The emo girl and her background were watercolored using ArtRage with my Wacom tablet.  I added a bit of glitter to her eyelids and lips using a Wink of Stella brush—LOVE this pen. The chipboard tag is the Tim Holtz tag by Sizzix. The twine is from my local hardware store. 

If you want to take part in the challenge and win some Stamping Boutique goodies, the requirements are quite simple:

1. Your project must follow the theme.

2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc...

3. It must be a new creation.

4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.

5. If your card is chosen as WINNER and you have used an image from The Stamping Boutique, then you win three digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.  If you have used another image, you can win two digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.

This challenge ends on March 20 at 5:00 pm EST.

Here’s the link to this week’s challenge—HOP on it: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-challenge-8-use-bunnies.html

Railtown USA with Dad

Last month me and my Dad took a trip to Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California, also known as “The Movie Railroad”. In addition to seasonal steam and diesel-powered train rides, the Railtown experience includes tours of the circa 1920s locomotive roundhouse and machine shop and related exhibits. Movie paraphernalia used in filming train sequences is on display. The Sierra Railway properties have been a major resource to the motion picture industry. Film credits include The Virginian, Go West with the Marx Brothers, High Noon with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, 3:10 To Yuma, and Back to the Future III with Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Television programs that regularly used the Sierra property include Wild, Wild West, Iron Horse, Tales of Wells Fargo, and the reason we went there, Petticoat Junction, which is one of my Dad’s favorite shows. Also, The Sierra No. 3 locomotive and Sierra's coach number 5 were the Hooterville Cannonball. Locomotive No. 3 was also used in Season 2, Episode 17, of Little House on the Prairie. Access to portions of the shops and roundhouse is available as part of a guided roundhouse tour which is free with affordable park admission.  We had a GREAT trip and we’re going back for picnics and a tour.

Amy Tangerine Mini Kit is available NOW at Digital Project Life.  I decided to pair just a wee bit of Unity with this new Digital Project Life kit to accent one of the journal cards on my layout.

Railtown USA Scrapbook Layout Supplies

I used a sentiment from Destination Happiness Itty-Bitty From Unity Stamp Company on top of a DPL card (stamped sentiment scanned into my computer, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut on top of the DPL card using my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550).  As you can see, I also used a Silhouette sentiment used on a previous card I created with this Kit “Hello Sunshine”.

All print-and-cut items using Amy Tangerine Mini Kit with Just Add Color Collection were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples, printed with my Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550, and cut using my Silhouette Cameo.

Click on the collection image below to be taken directly to the product pages at Digital Project Life.

NOTE:  Make sure to snag this kit before Sunday, March 16, while it is 20% off the regular price.

NEW Amy Tangerine Mini Kit with Unity!

 

Amy Tangerine Mini Kit is available NOW at Digital Project Life.  I decided to pair some Unity with this new Digital Project Life kit to make a clean and simple card. Because of the vintage and whimsical imagery in a fun, bright palette, the options are endless. 

Wherever You Go Card Supplies

The sentiment is from the May 2013 Kit of the Month available at Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut on top of the cloud using my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The little cloud was mounted to the card mat using 3D Zots for dimension. Glossy Accents was applied to the heart to add dimension.  The top card mat was adhered to the card base using 3D Zots. Both card mats are from the Amy Tangerine Mini Kit. 

The card base was made in Silhouette Studio DE and was cut from white cardstock. 

All print-and-cut items using Amy Tangerine Mini Kit were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples, printed with my Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550, and cut using my Silhouette Cameo.

Click on the collection image below to be taken directly to the product pages at Digital Project Life.

NOTE:  Make sure to snag this kit before Sunday, March 16, while it is 20% off the regular price.

Hello Sunshine with NEW Amy Tangerine’s Mini Kit from Digital Project Life!

Amy Tangerine Mini Kit is available NOW at Digital Project Life.  I decided to whip up this fun, energetic card using the new kit.  Because of the vintage and whimsical imagery in a fun, bright palette, the options are endless with this VERY cool kit.

Hello Sunshine Card Supplies

The card base and frame were made in Silhouette Studio DE and were cut from Krafty Premium Cardstock by Core’dinations and Amy Tangerine Mini Kit.  The sentiment was purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store and was adhered to the card using 3D Zots as well as the frame.  The sentiment was outlined with a black sketch pen using the continuous option in Silhouette Studio DE.

All print-and-cut items using Amy Tangerine Mini Kit were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples, printed with my Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550, and cut using my Silhouette Cameo.

The little hearts were cut from cardstock using Martha Stewart’s Heart Confetti punch and were adhered to the card using Tombow Multi Mono Liquid Glue.

Click on the collection image below to be taken directly to the product pages at Digital Project Life.   NOTE:  Make sure to snag this kit before Sunday, March 16, while it is 20% off the regular price.

YOU are my favorite MoFo

I’m sure everyone has a favorite person, a favorite friend, a favorite pet, but when you have a favorite mofo, celebrate it!

YOU are my FAVORITE mofo Card Supplies

The sentiment is from the March 2013 Unity Kit of the Month and the clouds are from the Clouded by Cuteness stamp available at Unity Stamp Company (scanned into my computer, colored with Copic markers in ArtRage, converted to png file, and printed-and-cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550). The sentiment was mounted to the card base on top of a welded mat (in Silhouette Studio DE) using 3D Zots for dimension.  I’m currently taking a Stencil class online at Online Card Classes which inspired this card.  In ArtRage you can make any image on your computer a stencil and that’s what I did with the sentiment and clouds and used the airbrush to lay color down.  I love being able to do that!

The card base was made in Silhouette Studio DE and was cut from Krafty Premium Cardstock by Core’dinations.  The font for mofo is LWThick purchased through the Silhouette America Online Store which was welded into the wordart shape you see on the card. 

All print-and-cut items were printed and cut using Matte Photo Paper by Staples/Silhouette Cameo/Hewlett Packard Photosmart B8550.

I hope you all have a great weekend and celebrate your mofo!

Wishing You Rainbows—TSB Challenge #6!

This weeks challenge over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog is to use glitter.  Come take a peek at what the DT came up with to get you going with using glitter on your stamping projects.

The above picture shows my submission to this week’s challenge using #355 Rainbow Journal Digital Stamp from The Stamping Boutique with a sentiment from the Silhouette America Online Store, Project Life Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste Mini Kit (available at Digital Project Life) for paper piecing, and a card base I welded using the rainbow shape to extend beyond the edges of the card in Silhouette Studio.  The scalloped frame is also available at the Silhouette America Online Store.  The rainbow was colored using Sketchbook Pro 6 with their airbrush. 

For the glitter challenge, I used Tim Holtz’s Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter on the clouds by applying some Glossy Accents to the clouds using my finger, pouring the glitter over the top, shaking off the excess, and setting the clouds aside for a while to dry before adhering them to my card with 3D Zots. 

If you want to take part in the challenge and win some Stamping Boutique goodies, the requirements are quite simple:

1. Your project must follow the theme.

2. You can enter a card, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc...

3. It must be a new creation.

4. Please connect to the actual blog post where your project is located.

5. If your card is chosen as WINNER and you have used an image from The Stamping Boutique, then you win three digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.  If you have used another image, you can win two digital stamp images from The Stamping Boutique.

This challenge ends on March 6 at 5:00 pm EST.

Here’s the link to this week’s challenge: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/challenge-6-use-glitter_28.html.

Remember:  Have FUN with glitter!