Unity Blog Hop

awe Unity Stamp Company, you have a piece of my heart!

I have other stamps but I don't reach for them often

I'm always looking thru my Unity Stamps for everything

E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.

anyway, back to the BLOG HOP!

I am highlighting Christmas because I am sooooo very far behind on sending out cards!

I am a complete slacker

To create both Christmas cards, I used Kit of the Month

Conspiracy of Love (which is one of my very favorite KOMs every) 

Today, I got the spend hours with a girlfriend!

Just cooking, laughing, chatting, and we each made a card

using {Planner Girl} Stay Cozy

Here is our blog hop order: 

Denise Sayers https://thecraftyledger.blog/

Lori Simonson http://mncrafting.blogspot.com/?m=1

Sharon Edwards https://lingeringhappinessco.blogspot.com/

Amber Sheaves https://allamberallthetime.blogspot.com/

Kim Chong https://mycutecrafts.com/

Angela Bode https://stampingbowd.blogspot.com/.../growing-in-unity...

MariLynn DeGroot https://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/?m=1

Amanda Rhodes https://salnclts76.blogspot.com/

 >>> You Are Here>>> Paula McClane https://scrapaddictsattic.blogspot.com/ <<< Me Me Me, That's Me<<<

>>>Go Here Next>>> Amanda Garrett https://amandascreativecorner.blogspot.com/?m=1 &lt;<

Amanda Garrett https://amandascreativecorner.blogspot.com/?m=1

Crystal O. Minkler https://crystalominkler.blogspot.com/

Growing in Unity 2017 - Day 5

TGIF

and a Happy New Year to you too!

Whao, did we really just blow thru all those  holidays?

I think we did!

Thank you so much for putting up with me this week

I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have

New Years! What do you do to celebrate?Me, no a thing!

Oh I'll have a drink or three,

watch a show or two,

craft until 12:01 or

just go to bed. 

I'm not an exciting party person

For these, I used Copic markers to color with and paired this super fun set with these equally fun papers and a super sparkly ribbon that just keeps giving!

I know it's hard to tell in these pics but I used clear Nuvo over the liquid in the glass so it's shiney.

Stamp Set: Bright Spirits

 You can purchase this one HERE

Just a little bonus KISS card

 I don't know if it's snowing where you're at and some years we don't get snow at all but this guy makes me wish the white fluffy stuff was everywhere! And I don't even like the cold

Stamp Set: Mittens in Winter

You can purchase this one HERE

Last day to get yourself entered to maybe win some free stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Growing in Unity 2017 - Day 4

Happy Thursday! 

Are you getting in the holiday spirit yet? 

I kept this first one simple on the coloring, just green Copics for the tree & sky.

But I got out my old circle punches for that pop of something.

I think it's festive!

 When I was in High School, I owned a red bug. It's a good thing cars can't talk ;-)

You'll notice I used different shade of red to color this bug, well that's how mine was.

I left spots white thinking it looks a bit like snow.

To mix things up a bit, I skipped the sentiment stamp & chose to use stickers from the paper pack, I'm not a sticker person and know I would not use these in a scrapbook so this is the perfect use for these.

 

Stamp Set featured:

Oh, Christmas Joy

You can purchase it HERE

Don't forget to leave a comment on each day's post to be entered in the drawing!

Growing in Unity 2017 - Day 3

Welcome to Wednesday!

I'm jumping to Christmas or perhaps, preparing for Christmas.

For my family, we use an artificial tree and we use the same one for YEARS!

We had the same tree for 12 years, then it started falling apart so it had to go.

For the next three years, we each made a homemade tree and used those

until the cats, dog, and packing got the better of them.

Last year, we broke down and bought a new artificial tree.

We will put it up the day after Thanksgiving, or as some people call it

Black Friday. I'm more of a Cyber Monday type of person

Today I'm doing a photo tutorial of how I made this card

Step One: Stamped using Memento in Tuxedo Black

Step Two: Stamped using Tim Holtz in Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Squeezed Lemonade, and Gathered Twigs. Fussy cut them out and fringed the edges of a couple of trees.

Step Three: Colored the image using Copic markers. Fussy cut along the top edge of ground, truck & trees but not all the way to the edges of the card.

Step Four: Inserted trees behind the truck and glued into place

Step Five: Finish it off by topping the Star in Sparkly Nuvo, adding a bit of White Puffy Paint for snow, and Tattered Angles Glimmer Glaze in Waterfall on the truck windows.

The back: The new Unity Company Stamp! AWESOME!!!

Stamp Set used for this one is the October Kit of the Month

You can sign up for it HERE

It is a monthly subscription and a super fun to be a part of!

And a bonus card: It's one layer using a multiple stamp technique so you get shades of the color

Don't forget to leave a comment on each day's post to be entered in the drawing!

Growing in Unity 2017 - Day 2

Welcome back for Thanksgiving!

I completely love Thanksgiving because we have an open door policy

at our house... friends, family, whoever... potluck!

We deep fry a Turkey, make Black Bottom Pie, bake a Sweet Potato & Pecan Casserole

and this year we're going to add another pie but it's going to be a surpise

to all so I'm not sayin'

Everyone else brings breads, cookies, veggies, drinks, etc.

On to the card! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this old truck stamp! I just had to make the old girl sparkle, and vintage green is my favorite truck color

I used colored pencils for this one, which I rarely do but then topped that with some Wink of Stella on the truck so it has that pop! The finishing touch is that little Copper dot of Nuvo on the sentiment banner 

Stamp Set Used: Great Blessings

you can get it HERE

Don't forget to leave a comment on each day's post to be entered in the drawing!

Growing In Unity 2017 - Day 1

It is ridiculous how excited I get when it is my turn to be a

Growing In Unity Gal! Unity Stamp Company is crazy awesome

for how the include their customers in their business,

as for our feedback and let us do a little card designing for them

one whole week each year! They also have sales

All.The.Time.

With all that said, let's get started with my DAY ONE!

So many holiday coming up, I decided to hit them all!

Here we go with HALLOWEEN:

Oh how I love this witch! I started with simply stamping Esmerelda Girl then making a mask & temporarily gluing the mask down. I made a circle mask, colored it with Tim Holtz Oxide Inks. I used the branch from the Trust Your Soul, SMAK 11/14. Next, using a swiping pattern, colored the sky & ground with various Oxide Inks, pulled of Esmerelda's mask, misted on a bit of water & heat set. Topped off the moon with quite a bit of Wink of Stella. Using a black fine tip pin, I touched up the kitty so he really stood out. Colored pencil around the kitty and broom give them a little depth. Distressed the edges in Black Soot Distress Ink. Sentiment is the top part of Ghosts, Goblins, Witches (wit & wisdom) which is a little crooked but I kinda like it!

You can get Esmerelda Girl: HERE
Ghosts, Goblines, Witches (wit & wisdom): HERE
Trust Your Soul SMAK: HERE (or sign up for monthly kit to save and get great stamps)

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

This one isn't really Halloween but since Purple is one of my favorite colors, I thought I'd share

I created this background after doing acrylic pour painting, when I moved my canvas off the rack, I looked in the tray and boom this was there! So I grabbed a 6x6 canvas and dipped it into the run-off paint. After letting it dry for a couple of weeks, I finally decided this is the perfect stamp for it!

You can get What others Say: HERE

Don't forget to leave a comment on each day's post to be entered in the drawing!

Good Golly

I received my Unity Stamp Company SMAK Monday and could not contain myself

I push all other things in life aside to start making things with it!

First thing I made was this one layer card

super clean & simple but I love how the words POP

using TH Oxide inks over other inks

Next I created a tag

I swirled & blended TH Oxide inks for the background

splattered water then stamped the girl image with Oxide ink so she was basically a ghost!

Added the Sentiment & chandelier

Used a silver pen to draw a "string" from her hand to the chandelier

Added a bit of bling, just because

Topped it off with ribbons & pearls 

Winners!

It's WINNER time from my GIU week!

First I'd like to THANK ALL OF YOU that left comments for me,

you are all so sweet and made me feel like quite the artist!

Created using the February SMAK stamps and watercolors

And the first winner of 25 Random stamps from Unity Stamp Company is...

Debbie Odle

My second winner of 25 Random stamps from Unity Stamp Company is...

A Few of My Favorite Things

Please send me an email at ScrapAddictsAttic @ Gmail . com

with your full name & mailing address

Unity will send your stamps to you!

Unity Love

in my last post I told you about winning the $100 Unity Stamp Company Shopping Spree

Well all those wonderful stamps arrived yesterday in my mail box!

{I shared the first card I created using one of those stamps in that post as well}

Also I received a smallish order I had placed on Tuesday too

So.Many.NEW.Stamps.

Last night I got busy & today I'm going to stay busy

creating with Unity & just taking it easy at my house.

This is a little 3x3 gift card

Unity Stamp Set - Be Joyful

Stamped using Black Memento Ink

Watercolored (with a handy dandy water brush) using Tim Holtz Inks in Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Mowed Lawn

Cardbase is from Studio G

little bit of bling in flower centers from Tulip "Beads in a Bottle"

Next Up, I think I may give this one to the pastor of our church

I created this wonderful background using Tim Holtz Ink pads in Iced Spruce, Dried Marigold, Victorian Velvet, and Milled Lavender

Unity Stamp Set - Blossoms & Blessings

Stamped using Ranger Archival Ink (3 generations)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot around the edges

mounted on plain black cardstock

And last ( at least for this post)
is another small card, a 4x4 from the mystery cardbase drawer

sweet Unity Stamp Set - Little Bunny for you
stamped using black Memento on a plain white cardstock
I colored the flower & leaves with Twinkling H2O's
the rest is Copic marker
I punched the "sun" from pearlized cardstock
the pearl brad is My Mind's Eye
and that tag, well that's from those big packs you use when labeling for garage sales

Kitty

there is nothing like a cat, I have two tuxedo kitties in my life

they make me happy

This Hallow's Eve Kitty from Unity Stamp Company

makes me happy too

I created the center circle using various mists

stamped the kitty/moon/bats using Ranger's Archival Ink

then using a tiny paint brush I painted the moon with Liquid Pearls in White Opal

Printed papers are an old Making Memories 8x8 pack Spook Alley

The awesome little chipboard bats are from UmWowStudio

I painted the bats with Tuxedo Smooch

edges are distressed with Tim Holtz Black Soot

I played along with Sketch Saturday #379

I made very small changes: left off the staples, added a sentiment strip, changed the stars to bats plus dropped one and moved them over but I think you can still see the basic sketch idea :-)

Smile

oh yes I am smiling tonight and my face may end up hurting at some point

You see I won $100 Shopping Spree from Unity Stamp Company

Here's what I picked out

it came TODAY! whoop whoop

Last night, I ran across Freshly Made Sketches #204

and put it on my short list to create with,

perfect timing. Here's what I made:

this set, Smile in Your Dreams, I accidentally ordered AGAIN... 

so I gifted the first which I hadn't used yet to a friend :-)

coloring done with Copic markers

Printed Paper - Basic Grey Green At Heart

purple layer -Recollections Purple Cardstock

white chipboard square - CloseToMyHeart

Distressed wtih Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves

Black Ink - Memento

Wink of Stella (on just the purple part of flowers & orange butterfly)

miscellaneous green ribbon

New Day Rooster

tonight while playing along with Unity Stamp Company on Facebook 

I also played with one of my newest Unity stamps...

New Day Rooster!

 My three grandpas were farmers and of those three, two had chickens

I remember one particularly evil rooster

New Ink from Tim Holtz!

Printed papers from Graphic45 French Country

Thinking About You Today

Tonight while playing along with Unity Stamp Company's Fun & Games (held every Tuesday night at 7 CST), I decided to make a card using Sunday Stamps Challenge #108, I had high hopes for this one but alas I let myself down this time. Not only did I accidentally stamp my sentiment upside-down forcing myself to do a flip on the sketch, I also felt it was just too plain so it needed flowers and just a tad bit of bling

and wow, that ribbon looks REALLY crooked in this picture but IRL it's donesn't,

I may need new glasses!

biggest slacker in the blogging world

Who, who is the biggest slacker in the blogging world?

Me, it's me! LOL

I cannot believe that I haven't blogged since July 11 but then I have been a very busy girl

We hit Italy for the World TaeKwon-Do Championships

and I'm proud to say that my boy brought home

1 Bronze, 2 Silvers & 1 Gold Metals

He was even the champion of his team sparring group as he won the tie-breaker!

Here we are in Venice!

oh and I FINALLY made a card THIS EVENING!

I used RetroSketches #178

Printed Paper - Gina K. Designs Ang & Me

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co.

Inks - CloseToMyHeart (Chocolate & Sweet Leaf) & Tim Holtz (Broken China)

Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart

Embelly - UmWowStudio (painted with white enamel paint)

the sketch (which I had to flip the ribbon & top embelly to make it work)

have a lovely day

well I'm not in love with how this one turned out

I went for a nature looking card but it seems kinda.... flat?

hummm, may need to tweek this one a bit more when I have time

these are my two favorite Washi tapes

Bird & Sentiment stamps - Unity Stamp Company

Ink - Memento Rich Coca

coral colored cardstock - core'dinations

Kraft - Canvas Corp

Sketch Frenzy Friday 071015

so many ways to say

Thank You

I would like to say Thank You to Sandy and all those "behind the scenes" people at

Operation Write Home

for all their work over the years!

I used sketch (#258) to create this

Isn't that paper beautiful? It's from Graphic45 called French Country

The little Bird stamp is from Unity Stamp Company

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Black Soot

Celebrate Life

sometime we all need a little reminder

and a little uplifting

I am so excited for how this one turned out!

Printed Papers - Echo Park Everyday eclectic

Mat Cardstock - core'dinations ColorCore

Ink Distressing - Tim Holtz Iced Spruce

Sentiment - Unity Stamp Company Celebrate Life Up

Ribbon - May Arts Ribbon

Inspiration: 

Freshly Made Sketches 194