Oh, Happy Day! ~ Friends of Unity April Hop

Happy Day and Welcome to the April Friends of Unity Blog Hop! This month we’re celebrating Mother’s Day as our prompt and sharing a variety of inspiring projects.  My projects represent both ends of the spectrum; one is classic and traditional, while the other is loud and funky.  Unity Stamp Company has literally something for everyone!

I love creating gelprints! I never quite know what I’m going to get ❤️.   After making this colorful print, I used Funky Flowers to embellish the panel. For added interest, I created a background pattern with a fun grab bag image. My sentiment is from Birdie and a Bear.

My classic card features one of my favorite Unity combos, the Tulip Stamp & Stencil Bundle.  It’s just so pretty—you can’t fail!

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you haven’t started at the beginning of the hop and you want to go back to be sure not to miss any inspiration visit, Crystal‘s blog.  The next stop on the hop is Dawn!

TTFN, Jane

I Like Big Cups - Caffeinated Christmas Challenge

Hello Sweet Friends!  Today, I have a fun Christmas coffee card to share in support of the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge (#CCCC28) sponsored this month by Sweet N Sassy Stamps/Creative Worship Stamps. I tend to struggle a bit with “off season” stamping. However, this wasn’t a huge stretch since we’ve recently received our Christmas snow here in Wisconsin! Nearly 11 inches of snow has fallen just in time for Spring Break! Ahhhh, Wisconsin! 😂

I always chuckle at the name of this stamp set, I Like Big Cups.  I have a big collection of mugs and the biggest ones are my favorite!

I stamped two of the mugs from this set on heavy cardstock and pattern paper, then pieced them together.  To create added interest, I used the Stitched Rectangle dies to create a frame  and Sew Many Stitches on a scrap of paper to make my backdrop.  For the final touch, I added a sentiment from Christmas Sentiments. 

You can also play in this challenge! To find all the details and linky site visit the Challenge Blog. Be sure to tag your post on social media with #cccc28 as well! I can’t wait to see what you make!

TTFN, Jane