Friday, April 21, 2023

Spring into Christmas 2023

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 where Christmas is the furthest from our mind. In our house we are swapping out our winter clothes for spring and summer items and talking of turning down the heat. These are the days when you need the heat on to chase the chill from the air, but don't need it by the time lunch comes around. Crocus and daffodils are blooming in every year.  Robins are nesting and many animals are coming out of hibernation. 

I have always said Christmas is my favorite season (minus the weather that goes along with it) and this is the holiday that I own the most stamps for. I especially love Christmas music. I didn’t marry a Grinch, so once November is here, it’s Christmas music all the time. We usually have to stream it online because some of our favorites don’t get played as often, while others get played a tad too much. That can be said for music on any station during anytime of the year.   



We hope that you are inspired by our creations and will play along with us, so make sure to check out our BYSHC blogWe have awesome sponsors that have generously offered up wonderful prizes, so don't miss out! Dates for this hop are April 21-28, 2023
 

Stamps:
Woodland Squad (Taylored Expressions)
Buffalo Plaid Background (TE)
Christmas Simple Strips (TE)

Paper:
Classic Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Vintage Cream (Papertrey)
Garden Green (Stampin Up)
Mocha (TE)

Ink:
Mocha (TE)
Vintage Photo Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)

Accessories:
Sizzix Big Shot 
Woodland Squad (TE)
Stitched Frame Stacklet (TE)
Simple Strips Die (TE)
Simple Strips Die Backer (TE)

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Friends of Unity April Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity April Blog Hop. We are featuring a butterfly theme this month. My pickings were slim this month as I didn't realize how FEW butterfly stamps I had. I'm glad I found this one, as it was new in the package, so I must have seen something that inspired me when it first came out.

Clean and simple always seem to be what I am drawn too. This was quick one pulled together with some embossing resist, one of my favorite techniques! I just needed to decide on which oxide combination I would use for this. I saw someone share a blend of darker than this but it looked like sunset I recently saw and went with those colors.


   Hop along with the other Friends of Unity and see what they created with this theme:

Stamps:
Pure Magic- Uniquely Unity (Unity Stamp Company)
Love Story (Unity)
Stay in Touch (Unity)

Paper:
Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)
Canyon Clay (Papertrey)
True Black (Papertrey)

Ink:
Versamark 
Versafine Clair Nocturne
Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)
Dried Marigold Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)
Antique Linen Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)

Accessories:
Clear Embossing Powder (Brutus Monroe)


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!!