Day 2: Beyond The Card {Growing in Unity}

For today's Growing in Unity (GIU) (see my Day 1 post for the background on GIU) project I used two different sets of Unity stamps and scrapbooking paper to alter a plain white gift bag.  I LOVE  this sentiment and it makes this gift bag usable for many occasions.  Altering (and up-cycling) gift and paper bags is a great way to use all that scrapbooking paper you've been collecting.  Add some wonderful Unity stamps and you have a gift wrapping anyone would love to receive.

Supply List

Unity stamps:  Birdie Inspiration and Melody Ross It's all worth it

Gift Bag:  You can up-cycle any store bag or purchase plain bags at Michael's.

Paper:  The patterned paper was first printed as part of the first American Crafts Dear Lizzy collection.  But I recently found it at Michael's under the Recollections brand.  Also used Bazzil & Hambly cardstock.

Lace:  The Piece by Piece

Dies:  Spellbinders cirlce & scallop dies for the gift tag

Don't forget to leave a comment today and everyday this week for a chance to win two Unity Itty Bitty stamps of your choice - a gift from Unity Stamp Co.

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March DT Project for Scrapbook Island

For the month of March, my design team package for Scrapbook Island contained Konnichiwa from Basic Grey.  It was fun to play with and in the end I created 3 cards, a 2-page layout (12x12) and a mini book measuring 6x6.  Here they are:

And here is the supply list:

Paper:  BasicGrey Konnichiwa, Bazzil Cardstock

Embellishments:  Konnichiwa Designer Chipboard Stickers & Sticker Sheet, BasicGrey Vintage Buttons – Plumeria,  May Arts ribbons, twine & fabric flowers, Prima Stick Pins,  Beads & Microbeads, Brad from My Minds Eye Fun Day collection

Stamps:  Crafty Secrets Born to Fly

Ink:  Colorbox Chestnut Roan

Dies:  Spellbinders Nestabilites – Samantha Walker Blossom Tags & Accents, Donna Salazar Rose Creations, Labels Six, Circles, Scalloped Circle,  My Favorite Things Rolled Scalloped Flower

Punches: 1” Circle, Scalloped Circle, Square, Scalloped Edge, Martha Stewart Bird

Other Tools:  Circle cutter,  Making Memories Paper & Ribbon Slot Punching Tool

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Tammy

Unity Stamps - Friends with Flare Friday

I love Unity Stamps just about as much as I love their weekly  Friends with Flare Blog Hop.  It inspires me to get out the stamps I love and use them!  This week I used this Life stamp for the first time and paired it with paper from Authentique.  Love the way it came out and can't wait to use that stamp again.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Tammy

The Piece By Piece August Challenge!

It's monthly challenge time over at The Piece By Piece.   This video describes the challenge and offers a sample project, but for all of the details, including a picture of the prize, head on over to the blog.

Picture of the project:

, a photo by Tammy Ozuna on Flickr.

I've joined the Piece Corps - the Piece by Piece Design Team

I'm very excited to share that I've been asked to join the Piece Corps - The Piece by Piece Design Team.  The details are in the video.  Enjoy!

The Piece by Piece
http://www.thepiecebypiece.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePiecebypiece

Me
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/tammyozuna
Flickr: Tammy Ozuna
Blog: http://tammyozuna.blogspot.com/
Twitter: TammyOzuna

The Piece Corp Design Team
http://www.youtube.com/user/tammyozuna
http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveLoveScrap
http://www.youtube.com/user/icarrillodesigns
http://www.youtube.com/user/yoliebean
http://www.youtube.com/user/mammatiffy

Teaching for the First Time at Our Paper Place

It was mid-March of this year when I had my second encounter with the owner of Our Paper Place, an adorable scrapboking store in Newark, CA. In her usualy kind and friendly manner, Sarah asked me what I was working on. I had just gotten off a card binder and shared how much fun I had been having and what a roll I was on with card making.

The conversation continued and we got on the subject of teaching with me asking about the teachers in the store. That's when Sarah popped the question, "Are you interested in teaching?" I was taken aback, flattered and stunned all at the same time. Not necessarily thinking out the details of my answer, my reply was, "I don't know, I think so."

Later in the week Sarah looked at my card samples and gave me a resounding thumbs up. My "I think so" quickly turned into a date on the calendar, April 26, that was to be the date of my first class.

These are the cards that I designed and taught in my class:

My intimate group of four awesome students, pictured below were perfect in every way. They were fun, creative and full of mad card-making skills. I was grateful to have them join me and hope to be in class with them again.

I send a huge THANK YOU to Sarah who opened the door and graciously invited me to teach. And, thanks also goes to the teachers, Suzy West, Angel Bartonico and Jen Deal who generously shared their teaching best-practices to a first-timer.

I'm on the calendar to teach again in mid-July and look forward to it.

Tammy