Christmas in July 2020 Hop

Welcome to Build Your Stash Holiday Hop! Let this holiday hop inspire your creativity and get you in the mood for some holiday cards. This is the time of year I try to create one or two a week as time allows to prepare myself before I am in the mad dash between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

All of the cards I make and send out will be hand made. Some of my friends are very special and dear to my heart and will get very special one of a kind creations. Other friends will get very punny cards, and other friends yet don't celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or even Kwanzaa. They celebrate Yule, more of a pagan holiday. Being respectful of that, I opted to create this card for those who don't celebrate the traditional winter holidays as we know it.

I am a big fan of my Copic markers, but chose to experiment with some inexpensive watercolor paints that I picked up from Michaels. While I have a lot to learn yet with them, I figured the wide open spaces on this stamp set would be very forgiving to my novice hand. I splattered white acrylic paint over the finished image to give the appearance of snow, which isn't clearly visible in the picture.

Stamps:
Warm and Cozy KOM 8/2019 (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:
True Black (Papertrey Ink)
Stampers Select White (PTI)
Watercolor Paper (Tim Holtz)

Ink:
VersaFine Clair Nocturne (Unity)

Accessories:
Watercolor Paint (Michaels)
White Acrylic Paint for splatter

Friends of Unity July Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity July Blog Hop. This month the theme is a paper piecing challenge.  True to form, I had to think outside of the box. I grew up with paper dolls and Barbies, but didn't want to use an Angie girl. I opted for something to spark some creativity in others. 

This onesie is perfect for this months theme. I also had a friend who was expecting a baby when I made this card. If it was going to be a boy, I figured I would just need to make a second card in shades of blue. Lucky me she had a girl and this card was quickly whisked away to them to celebrate.

I utilized one of my favorite layouts to make this one. I didn't default to this design because I was stuck in a creative rut, but rather a lack of time with college classes and back to work taking up my precious free time. Happy to have finished what I decided on and a baby card to boot! That totally slipped my mind until she made the announcement. I guess lucky for me I picked pink. 

Hop along with the other Friends of Unity and see their creations...
The winner for my giveaway last month is Denise Bryant. Please message me your info so I can mail out your prize. 

Crystal O. Minkler
Kim Klinkovsky

Eileen Mathys (you’re here)

Robyn Jordan

Dawn Fields

Jeanie Hayes
Alaine Tanner
Joyce Verdon

Stamps:
New to the Crew (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:
Lovely Lipstick (Stampin Up)
Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)
Flirty Flamingo (SU)
All My Love DSP (SU)

Ink:
VersaFine Clair Nocturne (Unity)

Accessories:
Sizzix Big Shot
Subtle Embossing Folder (SU)

Disclaimer:
We all on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every single comment we get.
That's why we use our own stash every month for a giveaway.
We are NOT sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. but, they do approve of our hop, and that make us all very happy.
We started this hop because we love Unity. That's it. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with our favorite stamps!!