Blooming-May Friends of Unity Blog Hop

Welcome to the Friends of Unity blog hop for May! This month, our prompt is Bloom Where You Are Planted. Floral stamps are always appealing to me so I had many to pick from! Here are a few of my favorites!

These images from Unity are stand alone gorgeous and make for some elegant clean and simple cards.  I’m glad you stopped by and I hope you’re inspired by the wonderful creations from the rest of the Friends of Unity team.  Your next stop is Toni’s blog.

TTFN-Jane

Gettin’ Scrappy- Friends of Unity April Hop

 

Hello! Welcome to the April Friends of Unity Hop.  Our prompt this month is to use only scraps—Who doesn’t have a boatload of scraps??

My first project is probably the most “pure” all scrap project (and my favorite!) Each piece of paper came right out of my scrap bucket! The Tulip Symphony set is perfect for paper piecing and a great way to add color and patterns while using up those scraps!

The sweet little donkey from Darling Donkey Smiles is the perfect image for the background I created using colorful square scraps.  I used a postage stamp punch to coordinate with my Postage Stamp die card front.

For my final card, I created another colorful background using coordinating scraps.  I finished things off using Windowsill and a modified spotlight technique.

Thank you so much for stopping by! To begin the hop from the start, visit Crystal’s blog here.  Your next stop is Jenni’s blog.  Enjoy!

TTFN, Jane

Friends of Unity Blog Hop-March

 

Happy March, Friends! It’s time for another Friends of Unity hop! This one is a fun one with the sketch challenge, inspiring all of us to feature some of our favorite images from Unity Stamp Company. I’m trying really hard to ink some of my unlinked images but guys….. there’s a lot 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤫

My first card uses dies and stamps from Unity: scallops and rectangles nesting dies, heart nesting dies,  Dreamin’ Daze, Jolande’s Journal and Keep Planting Trees.

My second card features the beautiful He Provides set.  This set includes a beautiful floral image and wonderfully encouraging verses.  I used a quick spotlight technique to feature the sketch for this card. This one is special to me as I made it for our youth ministry leader after a sweet time of fellowship discussing and praying over her ministry.

If you stumbled by and want to start at the beginning of the hop, visit Crystal‘s blog HERE. To keep moving through all of the wonderful inspiration, your next stop is Kari’s blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by TTFN, Jane ❤️

Friends of Unity-Out With the Old

 Welcome to the Friends of Unity January Hop! Our prompt this month was to use “old stuff” from our stash.  Say no more! I’ve never met a crafter who didn’t have a healthy hoard……. I mean, stash 😊 What a great prompt! I dug out old papers, vintage tags, baker’s twine my grandma owned and some of my first Unity images purchased…. maybe a decade ago??

My first card features old Amuse (remember them?) cardstock and an older image from 2012, She Was A Daughter.  It’s mounted on a wooden piece with a nice little hanger so I can also decorate with it.

My second card features a vintage tag, grandma’s twine and some ancient papers—plus the cute new You’re The Best.

Finally, my last card is my favorite with some thrifted fabric and an older image from the Suzi Blu line, which sadly seems to no longer be available 🥺

Isn’t she sweet? Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have been inspired to unearth some of your forgotten treasures!

Your next stop on the hop is Dawn’s blog.  To start at the very beginning of the hop, visit Crystal’s blog.

TTFN ❤️Jane

Friends of Unity Blog Hop-Gratitude

Hello Unity Friends and welcome to the November Friends of Unity Blog Hop.  Our theme this month is Gratitude. In a world that can be overwhelming and harsh, it’s so important to hold tight to goodness and nurture a grateful heart ❤️ 

I’ve always loved this sentiment, “ Let our lives be full of Thanks and Giving”.  You’ll find it in the Full of Fall set.  The focal floral image is from Every Single Day (oops! Just realized this set is no longer available 😞) I used a few different panel dies— I love those scallop rectangles!

In fact, I used them again on my second card!  On this card, I used the leaf from Full of Fall and a sentiment from an older itty bitty, Big Summertime Bouquet.

I am grateful that you’ve stopped by! To start at the beginning of the hop, visit Crystal’s blog. Your next stop from here is Dawn’s blog. Have a great day!

TTFN Jane

Growing in Unity-Day Five

 

Happy FriYay! It’s the last day of my Growing in Unity week—it’s been such fun—I love going through my Unity sets and picking out goodies to ink. 

This set, Stunner, just makes me chuckle. “Bless your heart” ♥️ 😂 

I created my background with pattern paper, Grandma’s Rose Background and Jolande’s Ledger—the perfect backdrop for this sweet old gal. 

I’ve been so touched by all your kind comments this week. I’ll pick two winners from my comments and post the winners on the GIU Facebook group page. Again, thank you so much. 😊 TTFN, Jane

Growing in Unity-Day Four

 

Hello Again!  Thank you so much for stopping by for day four of my Growing in Unity week. I’m grateful for all of the kind words that have been shared. It’s so nice when we can lift each other up.  Especially these days when there seems to be so much division and hardship everywhere 😊❤️

This adorable image, Joy in my Heart, just fills me with warmth and peace.  One of the other things that I love about Unity Stamp Company are the wonderful dies that are so versatile and help make our projects interesting and fun. I water colored the tag image and then used the larger tag as a mat. I die cut the Background panel after layering some designer papers. It’s a quick and easy card that I’ll use for my little card ministry at church. The fun colors and sweet sentiment are sure to bring joy to someone else.

I’d like to bring a few of you some joy when I’m able to choose two winners from my comment section. I’ll announce my winners sometime over the weekend!  Plese be sure to join me for my last growing in unity post tomorrow 😍 TTFN, Jane