Seasons Givings Blog Hop: Year Three

Happy New Year!! I can’t believe it’s 2015!!

Welcome to the Seasons Givings Blog Hop! (year 3—Eek!! MY first year)

I just want to say THANK YOU to all of my blog readers and YouTube subscribers. YOU and Unity Stamp Company have made 2014 a memorable year for me. This hop is for YOU. Every single blog listed is hosting a giveaway. All you have to do is leave a comment—that’s it!

The ENTIRE blog list is located below my prize picture.

Here is the prize I am giving away:

1 Wink of Stella Brush (clear)

2 Packages of K&Company Adhesive Gems (1 set of white gems and 1 set of silver gems)

1 Ikea Tolsby Photo Frame

1 Pink Paislee Artisan Album

1 Heidi Swapp Foto Flipbook

5 Itty-Bitty Stamp Sets by Unity Stamp Company to include the following:

Lil Peep Under the Weather; Turn Toward the Light; Dreams Set Sail; Hello Gorgeous; & Single Flower Miracle

The winner of my contest will be announced on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!

One of my goals this year was to begin making paper crafting videos on YouTube with Unity Stamp Company's stamps as the primary focus and using technology to help my passion emerge from my imagination to the real world.  Not only did I meet that goal BUT I finished capturing my 25th video just last night and published it to YouTube. Heck, in the past week I published five videos--I was on a roll.  If you find some time over this holiday to kickback and are in the mood for some paper crafting videos, PLEASE take a look at MY StampTech Videos Playlist on YouTube--it's come a long way, baby!  It's almost three hours of hands-on paper crafting with Unity Stamps the star of the show. I could not have done it without YOU—Thank you for giving me the motivation of meeting my goal.

Here's a link to MY StampTech Videos Playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjd8JiNx2C43c_Wq-XTvwAmfmym2MW-ra

If you like what you’ve watched, please subscribe to me—it’s much appreciated. In the past year, I’ve published videos to include tutorials on the following:  Using Silhouette Cameo Pixscan technology, How to Print Your Own Tissue Paper, How to Stamp and Print on Sticky Notes (with free template download), Sewing Buttons & Butterflies, and a tour of My Laundry Room Studio.  There are also videos on scrapbooking, card making, and mixed media items.

NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF . . .

Every blog listed below is hosting a giveaway--visit AND comment them all!

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

https://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/blog

Lawn Fawn

http://lawnfawn.blogspot.com

Spellbinders Paper Arts

https://spellbinderspaperarts.com/Community/Blog.aspx

Reverse Confetti

www.reverseconfetti.com/blog

Clearsnap

blog.clearsnap.com

Ice Resin

iceresin.com/icequeen

My Favorite Things

http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/

Technique Tuesday

http://techniquetuesday.typepad.com/

Paper Smooches

http://papersmooches.blogspot.com

Sweet & Sassy Stamps

http://sweetnsassystamps.blogspot.com/

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Avocado Arts

www.avocadoarts.blogspot.com

A Jillian Vance Design

http://blog.ajillianvancedesign.com/

Latina Crafter

http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com

Die-Versions

http://www.die-versions.com

Unity Stamp Company

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com

Splitcoaststampers

www.splitcoaststampers.com

Verve Stamps

‪www.vervestamps.blogspot.com

Latisha Yoast

http://crafteebee.blogspot.com

AJ Otto

http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com

Vera Yates

http://lingshappyplace.blogspot.com

Julia Stainton

www.juliastainton.com/blog

Judy Hayes

http://judyhayesdesign.blogspot.com

Kim Watson

http://kj-starre.blogspot.com/

Yana Smakula

http://www.zrobysama.com.ua/?lang=en

Chari Moss

www.mossymade.com

Taheerah Atchia

http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/

Shemaine Smith

http://shemainesmith.blogspot.com

Emily Spahn

http://justem.typepad.com/

Kimberly Crawford

http://kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/

Lee Murphy

http://www.luvleestamper.blogspot.com/

Lovely Linda

http://lovelylindascraftcentral.blogspot.com.au/

Laura Williams

http://www.lauralooloo.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler

http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com

Chaitali Narla

http://cutscropscreativity.com

Darsie Bruno

http://craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/

Lydia Fiedler

http://understandblue.blogspot.com/2014/12/one-last-gift-for-2014.html

Giovana Smith

http://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/

Teri Anderson

http://terisplace.wordpress.com/

Beth Pingry

http://bethpingry.com

Dina Kowal

http://mamadinis.blogspot.com

Daniela Dobson

http://danieladobson.blogspot.com

Lisa Adametz

http://papergrace.com

Piali Biswas

http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com/

Kelli Green

http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Keri Lee Sereika

www.pinklemonade.typepad.com

Jocelyn Olson

http://redballooncards.blogspot.com/

Julee Tilman

http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com

Michelle Woerner

http://stopandstamptheroses.blogspot.com/

Lori McAree

http://smilingwhilestamping.blogspot.com/

Theresa Momber

http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com

Anita Autore

http://cardsandcoffee.blogspot.com/

Melody Rupple

http://apapermelody.blogspot.com

Sean Fetterman

http://fettermandesigns.blogspot.com/

Bunny Vance

http://www.bunnyrunswithscissors.com/

Tricia Traxler

http://simplystamping.blogspot.com/

Lisa Arana

dahlhouse-designs.com

Lorena Cantó

http://paperella.typepad.com

Amy Tsuruta

http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com

Jodi Collins

www.stampingalatte.blogspot.com

Tenia Nelson

Http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com

Kelly Klapstein

www.kellycreates.ca

Jill Cornell

http://jillcornell.blogspot.com/

Emily Leiphart

http://www.leiphartonart.blogspot.ca

Becky Williams

http://onescrappinmama.blogspot.com

Margie Higuchi

http://www.margieh.blogspot.com/

Lee Ann Barrett

www.greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Lisa Hoel

http://creativejuicefreshsqueezed.blogspot.com/

Heather Campbell

parkermolly.blogspot.com

Lisa Henke

http://mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com

Sheri Holt

http://www.myshericards.blogspot.com

Michele Kovack

http://chelemom.blogspot.com

Ashley Harris

ashleyharris.typepad.com

Sharon Harnist

http://paperfections.typepad.com

Lori Craig

www.loricraig.com

Nicole Nowosad

www.justnicks.blogspot.com

Laurel Beard

www.laurelbeard.org

Michele Boyer

http://papercuts.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Christiana Reuling

http://christygetscrafty.blogspot.com/

Laurie Schmidlin

www.justgivemestamps.typepad.com

Jennifer Priest

Hydrangeahippo.com

Stacey Schafer

http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com

Heidi Blankenship

http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

Heather Pulvirenti

http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com

Anita Madden

http://www.anitasdesigns.blogspot.com/

Gloria Stengel

http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Sarah Gough

www.thinkingstamps.com

Rachel Kleinman

www.rwkrafts.com

Natalie Dever

www.dougnat.blogspot.com

Lorine Mason

www.lorinemason.com/blog

Loretta Lock

http://lovetocreate.blogspot.ca/

Meihsia Liu

http://meihsia.blogspot.com

Sarah Martina Parker

www.sarahmartina.com

Angeline Choo

http://scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com

Christine Emberson

hope-chances.blogspot.co.uk

Karen Hightower

http://karenscreativemess.blogspot.com

Sabrina Alery

www.sabrinaalery.com

Debbie Seyer

http://www.debbieseyer.com/my_weblog/

Dana Joy

http://www.gotjoycreations.blogspot.com

Cat Tidwell

http://catdidit.blogspot.com/

Deborah Saaranen

http://deborahlynnesdreamincolor.blogspot.com

Ceal Pritchett

Simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com

Lisa Lara

http://lisaslifelines.blogspot.com/

Colleen Schaan

www.distinctivetouches.com

Anabelle O'Malley

www.anabelleom.blogspot.com

Megan Hoeppner

http://www.meganhoeppner.com/blog

Monika Davis

www.stampnmad.typepad.com

Marisa Ritzen

http://rosemary-reflections.blogspot.ca

Wanda Guess

http://www.ablogcalledwanda.com/a-blog-called-wanda/

Jenny Peterson

http://mylittlestampinspot.blogspot.ca

Annette Allen

http://myclevercreations.blogspot.com

Gracie Chavez

http://gracielliedesign.blogspot.com/

Christina Griffiths

http://flowersribbonsandpearls.blogspot.co.uk

Niki G.

http://notjustgreetingshawaii.blogspot.com/

Kristi Schurr

http://kristispapercreations.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Ingle

http://justjingle.blogspot.com

Karolyn Loncon

http://www.karolyns-paperkraft.blogspot.com/

Camille Robinson

http://cammierobinson.blogspot.com

Lindsey M-P

http://bashfulblogging.blogspot.ca

Kathy Clement

http://www.kathybydesign.com

Maria Levine

http://riacreations.blogspot.com

Savitri Wilder

www.scrapbit.com

Savannah O'Gwynn

www.savannahland2.blogspot.com

Teresa Horner

www.victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com

Laurel Seabrook

http://want2scrap.blogspot.ca/

Libby Hickson

http://stampinlibby.blogspot.com/2014/12/seasons-givings-blog-hop.html

Yvonne Van de Grijp

‪www.phoebeez.blogspot.com

Alice Wertz

‪http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com

Leigh Penner

‪www.leighpenner.blogspot.com

Lisa Lee

‪http://inchiearts.typepad.com/_

Tina McDonald

‪www.tinamcd-mysanity.blogspot.com

Nina Yang

‪Http://waffleflower.com/blog

Angel Johns

‪www.mywholestampinworld.com

Unity Blog Hop 01.01.15!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR Unity enthusiasts!!

Me and Unity are involved in two BIG HOPS going on today, so be sure to read THIS post for information regarding our usual Unity Thursday Design Team Hop and scroll ahead on my blog to read information on how to enter to win prizes for The Season's Giving Hop. This is an enormous hop where LOTS of craft companies, including Unity, and bloggers, including ME, are coming together to say THANKS to those who take the time to visit our blogs and watch our videos. PRIZES!! Enough said.

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Every month Unity has new kit club releases.

In the layout below, I’m using the FIRST SMAK kit of 2015 entitled “Ourselves”.

The picture in the above layout shows my son and daughter with the loves of their lives having dinner recently at The Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, CA (and using a fisheye lens—super cool). 

I used the following Unity Stamp sets to adorn the layout.

Here’s a video I put together while assembling the above layout.

Scrapping & Stamping with Unity’s NEW January 2015 SMAK Kit “Ourselves”

One of my goals this year was to begin making paper crafting videos on YouTube with Unity Stamp Company's stamps as the primary focus and using technology to help my passion emerge from my imagination to the real world.  Not only did I meet that goal BUT I finished capturing my 25th video just last night and published it to YouTube. Heck, in the past week I published five videos--I was on a roll.  If you find some time over this holiday to kickback and are in the mood for some paper crafting videos, PLEASE take a look at MY StampTech Videos Playlist on YouTube--it's come a long way, baby!  It's almost three hours of hands-on paper crafting with Unity Stamps the star of the show. I could not have done it without YOU—Thank you for giving me the motivation of meeting my goal.

Here's a link to MY StampTech Videos Playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjd8JiNx2C43c_Wq-XTvwAmfmym2MW-ra

If you like what you’ve watched, please subscribe to me—it’s much appreciated. In the past year, I’ve published videos to include tutorials on the following:  Using Silhouette Cameo Pixscan technology, How to Print Your Own Tissue Paper, How to Stamp and Print on Sticky Notes (with free template download), Sewing Buttons & Butterflies, and a tour of My Laundry Room Studio.  There are also videos on scrapbooking, card making, and mixed media items.

NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF . . .

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WHAT does Unity have this week for two lucky Unity enthusiasts?!!!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway (Unity sign not included). Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Monday night on the Unity blog:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

Good luck to you ALL!

Be sure you take advantage of Unity’s latest promotion.

SALE STARTS AT NOON CENTRAL TIME

PLEASE share your lovely creations on Facebook with the Unity {show & tell) Facebook group. Lots of us check-in there daily (I check in several times daily—I’m addicted to inspiration).

Thank you all so much for hopping along with us on New Year’s and leaving comments. They are MUCH appreciated. PLEASE leave me your questions in the comments.

Click on the next picture below to be taken to the next blog in the hop for some Unity inspiration!

Unity Blog Hop 12.25.14!!

Merry Christmas to YOU and to all of the special people in your lives! You are all so very dear to us and I’m so thankful to be sharing some time with you today.

We’re having a happy Unity Blog Hop for you, with some prizes to be won, and I got a few NEW videos for you, too.

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I’ve got some tags to share using Unity stamps with assembly videos. Creating with tags is one of my most favorite ways to craft. For me, they’re almost like a crafting joy ride. Most of the time, there’s no reason at all to make them. I just want to, so I know there’s no pressure that anyone is going to receive it or that anyone has applied any kind of special attachment to it. It’s just for me. Therefore, the theme, color, motivation, etc., is all mine and mine alone. It’s probably never going to leave my craft room. I can hold on to it as long as I want to. Last Saturday night I had a tremendous urge to make tags, so I “Let the December 2014 Tag-A-Palooza begin!”

Here’s what I came up with and I am tagging you to make some tags of your own.

Using Unity’s NEW “Impossible to Forget” stamp set

Using Unity’s December KOM and NEW January SMAK Kit

I adore this foxy couple from Unity’s December KOM!

Here are all the tags below in one picture.

If you get some time to unwind from the holidays and want to see Unity images in action, here’s a link to my StampTech Playlist on YouTube: http://youtu.be/W0b3HYQzoD0?list=PLjd8JiNx2C43c_Wq-XTvwAmfmym2MW-ra

Making these videos for you made my year! I thoroughly enjoy crafting with you all virtually over my shoulder in my laundry room studio. Thank YOU so much for being there!!

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WHAT does Unity have this week for two lucky Unity enthusiasts?!!!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway (Unity sign not included). Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

Good luck to you ALL!

Be sure you take advantage of Unity’s latest promotion!

PLEASE share your lovely creations on Facebook with the Unity {show & tell) Facebook group. Lots of us check-in there daily (I check in several times daily—I’m addicted to inspiration).

Thank you all so much for hopping along with us on CHRISTMAS and leaving comments. They are MUCH appreciated. PLEASE leave me your questions in the comments.

Click on the next picture below to be taken to the next blog in the hop for some Unity inspiration!

Ugly Sweaters Anyone?

Happy Sunday!

This past week, I was STILL making Christmas cards to send away to my loved ones. I’m STILL inspired by the season we’re currently living through right NOW and that makes me giddy and thankful for Christmastime, family, and friends.

There’s nothing like being inspired by the present. The weather, the colors, the sounds, and the tempo of RIGHT NOW are all motivational prompts, especially this time of year. There’s nothing like it. It’s magical.

Help it last a little while longer . . .

Sometimes our family leaves the Christmas tree up until the middle of January. There have been a few years my dear hubby dared me to keep it up past Valentine’s Day. It might happen this year.

I LOVE this set and have been aching to use it for a while now. Yay! It finally happened.

The picture above shows easel cards I put together using my Silhouette Cameo. On the front of each easel, I sewed a flap. Under the flap, I’ve enclosed a picture of my children happily lounging by our Christmas tree.

(Other) Supplies Used

Be safe shopping, hug your family and friends, and I’ll see you sometime this week!

Unity Blog Hop 12.11.14!!

Yippee!! We’ve made it to another THURSDAY and Unity’s got a NEW sentiment kit with NEW Unity {be inspired} Challenge, LOTS of new stamps, and a SALE. I’ve got a NEW video and a goodie for you, too.

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Here’s a peek at the NEW Unity {be inspired} Challenge.

Be sure to enter so you have a chance to WIN!

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I have a “thing” for office supplies and office machines. Recently I fell in love with another way to use sticky notes—STAMPING & PRINTING on them. The thought of it makes me giddy. They stick to stuff. People are used to seeing them as reminders for things to do. This makes them a surprising medium to put something out of the ordinary on them--like something nice, funny, or outrageous. Sticky notes are square which means they’re perfect for photos, especially Instagram’ish photos. You get a BUNCH when you purchase them and they come in quite a few colors. White sticky notes are my favorite right now.  You can stamp on them using black Archival ink and use just a bit of color to make something stand out or use absolutely no color at all!  In the video, I used an Inktense pencil to apply just a bit of color to the stamped image and used a clear Wink of Stella brush to blend the Inktense color on the image—so, there’s a bit of color and a bit of glitter on the sticky, too.

Here’s a few examples of how I used Unity stamps, black Archival ink, an Inktense pencil, with sticky notes, and my printer.

For the above layout, I printed my photos and stamped my sentiment on white sticky notes, so that I could put some hidden journaling under the photos and another photo under the stamped sentiment. You’ll see more of this layout in the video.

I stamped quite a bit of Unity stamps onto sticky notes using black Archival ink for a fun display to look at in my laundry (craft) room.

Why not use a darling Unity stamp on a sticky note to leave someone a message?

We’re all in a hurry these days. Sometimes just a little sticky note on a sack of Ghirardelli will make someone’s day.

Another way I used this medium was to print the Unity {Be Inspired} Challenge prompts. That way I have them off my computer and out in my crafting area, so I can be inspired—you’ll see more of that in my video, also.

I’ve included a FREE sticky note template for you to download, so YOU can print on sticky notes or use it as a practice template to stamp on BEFORE stamping on sticky notes, you know for stamp placement, etc. Once you download it, print it out, and USE it!

Here’s the link to the the FREE sticky note template:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7iIy4RNSM8qY1BDZXJQNm03YkU/view?usp=sharing

STAMP Unity Images & Print Photos on Sticky Notes!

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WHAT does Unity have this week for two lucky Unity enthusiasts?!!!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway (Unity sign not included). Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

Good luck to you ALL!

Be sure you take advantage of Unity’s latest promotion!

SALE STARTS AT NOON CENTRAL TIME

PLEASE share your lovely creations on Facebook with the Unity {show & tell) Facebook group. Lots of us check-in there daily (I check in several times daily—I’m addicted to inspiration).

Thank you all so much for hopping along with us and leaving positive comments. They are MUCH appreciated. PLEASE leave me your questions in the comments.

Click on the next picture below to be taken to the next blog in the hop for some Unity inspiration!

Unity Blog Hop 11.27.14!

Not only is it Thursday and the Unity Hop, but TODAY is Thanksgiving in the United States!  I have a layout with a video to share with you on what I’m thankful for—my family.

Featured in the layout above is a picture of my four children being goofy and silly together while we were at Disneyland. When this magic happens, these are the happiest times in my life. My family is my reason for everything. Being a wife to my husband and a mother to my children completes me. That’s the truth. I cannot imagine my life without them and I couldn’t be more proud of them and my husband.

“I may not be perfect, but when I look at my children, I know that I got something in my life perfectly right.”

That quote says it all.

What are YOU thankful for?

Here’s a video I took while putting the above layout together.  It’s super short and might entertain some of you while you’re waiting for your bird to cook.

Thankful Layout using LOTS of Unity Stamps

Here’s a peek at the Unity stamps I used above.

(some) OTHER SUPPLIES USED

WHAT does Unity have this week for two lucky Unity enthusiasts on Thanksgiving Thursday?!!!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway (Unity sign not included). Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog:

http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/

Good luck to you ALL!

PLEASE share your lovely creations on Facebook with the Unity {show & tell) Facebook group. Lots of us check-in there daily (I check in several times daily—I’m addicted to inspiration).

Click on the next picture below to be taken to the next blog in the hop for some Unity inspiration!

AND I hope you all have a SAFE and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!