Day 5: Beyond The Card {Growing in Unity}

Welcome to GIU Day 5 on my blog, the last day of Unity Stamp Company fun! (see my Day 1 post for the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so don't stop now.  This post is your last day to leave a comment so that you may be entered in Unity Stamp giveaway. And, if you missed days 1-4, go back a few days and leave comments to increase your chance to win.

On my last GIU day, I will continue going beyond the card and beyond paper with my lovely Unity stamps.  On this home decor project I used the Insightful Meadows Unity stamp set by Donna Downey.  I simply stamped it on the fabric and used a some embroidery stitches to complete the project.

I really appreciate your blog visits and comments this week - thank so much.  Now that we've met I hope you will stay in touch.  You can subscribe to my blog and YouTube channel to keep up with my creative journey.

Thanks to Unity Stamps for sponsoring the GIU program and the blog prize!  I'll post the Unity stamp winner here on my blog this Saturday.

Enjoy the weekend!

Day 4: Beyond The Card {Growing in Unity}

Welcome to GIU Day 4 on my blog! (see my Day 1 post for the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so keep them coming for a chance to win stamps from Unity Stamp Company!


I started off this week going beyond card making with my Unity stamps.  Today, I'm also going beyond paper by stamping on fabric to create a lavender sachet that can be hanged on a door knob, wall or on a hanger in your closet.  Just a few easy steps and you can make one too:

1. Cut two pieces of fabric to your desired size - any size that suites you
2. Cut a piece of ribbon to your desired length, if you want to hang your sachet
3. Use your awesome Unity stamp to stamp the top piece of fabric
4. Sandwich the ribbon between the two pieces of fabric and pin in place
5. Sew the two pieces of fabric together on three sides using a top-stitch, add lavender thru the open edge and then sew that last side to close all four sides of the sachet.  This is a great opportunity to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine.  If you don't sew, you can also use fabrice glue or a hot glue gun to connect the two pieces of fabric.  Adding ribbon or lace around the edge could take the place of a decorative stitch as well.  Your sachet is now complete and would make a wonderful gift or something special for you to 

I used the Dream Big Itty Bitty stamp from Unity, cotton fabric and gross grain ribbon.


Leave a comment on any or all of my blog post this week to be entered  into a random drawing for your choice of two Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamps!

 

Day 3: Beyond The Card {Growing in Unity}

Welcome to GIU Day 3 on my blog! (see my Day 1 post for the background on GIU) I've enjoyed reading your comments so keep them coming for a chance to stamps from Unity Stamp Company!


Today's project is a stationary set. I like the idea of this as a gift accompanied with a book or a set of coordinating cards.  The set includes:

1. An altered steno pad
2. A cover for a Post-it pad
3. A bookmark that woudl be used with the book that would go so well with this gift set

Each item is decorated with a positive and life affirming sentiment from two different sets of Unity stamps and includes the following supplies:


Unity Stamps:  She Sprouted Wings, Direction of Happy (IttyBitty, Authentique co-brand)

Pape:  Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper, Post-it's, Steno Pad
Lace:  Pale Yellow Cluby Lace from The Piece by Piece
Spellbinders Dies:  Standard Circles Small, Lacey Circles, Floral Doily Motif


Leave a comment on any or all of my blog post this week to be entered  into a random drawing for your choice of two Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamps!

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Tammy

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.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Day 1: Beyond The Card {Growing in Unity}

Growing in Unity is a program sponsored by Unity Stamp Company.  Each week Unity selects a blogger to feature on the Unity blog.  The selected blogger blogs using Unity products for a week and visitors to the blog leave comments for an opportunity to win Unity stamps.  

This week, I'm the lucky blogger to be selected for Growing in Unity and you are the lucky visitors who have an opportunity to win Unity stamps by leaving a comment on each post I make this week.  So here's what I have for you today...

I love using my Unity stamps to make cards, but for Growing in Unity, I wanted to go beyond the card and use my Unity stamps for anything but a card.  I have a few things in mind for the week, but for today, I'm sharing these up-cycled containers.

These beauties started as tin, glass and plastic containers from my kitchen and craft supplies.  I thought they would be great for housing, pens, paintbrushes and twine that I have wrapped around long bobbins.  So, to go with some of my favorite stamps, I took out some of my favorite papers, fabric, ribbon and lace to create these containers.

You can find a list of supplies under the photos.

Supplies 

Fabric & Floral Trim - The Piece by Piece  

Paper - Bazzil

Supplies 

Stamp - Beautiful Itty Bitty

Lace & Scallop Trim - The Piece by Piece  

Paper - Kraft from stash

Supplies 

Stamp - Beauty in all Things Itty Bitty

Lace & Ribbon Trim -  from my stash

Paper - Kraft from stash

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win any two Unity Itty Bitty stamps of your choice.  I will use a random number generator to pick a winner on Saturday, April 28.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  

Tammy

Unity Stamps Friends with Flare Blog Hop

It's Unity Stamp Company Friends with Flare Day!  Here's my share for the day.  To see more Unity Inspiration, visit the Unity blog to see what other Unity lovers have made.

Paper:  Fancy Pants, It's the Little Things & SEI velvet paper

Embellishments:  Flowers & leafs Prima & Recollections, Black Lace from The Piece by Piece, Seam Binding from Zipper Stop

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Company, Ornate Artisan Stackers

Dies:  Spellbinders Nestabilites – Samantha Walker Ornate Artisan Tags & Accents

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Tammy

Use die cuts to make an adorable container of sorts...

This was so much fun to make!  I used some of the new bird cage dies from The Piece by Piece to make an adorable little containers that can be used to hold gifts, pens, candy, cards and just about anything else that suits your fancy.  See what I;m talking about in this video:

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Tammy