Spring into Christmas Holiday 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 don't even think about holiday cards as the spring flowers are blooming, leaves are budding on the trees and the birds are returning to nest. Hopefully this allows me to prepare myself before I am in the mad dash between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I have always said Christmas is my favorite season (minus the weather that goes along with it) and this would be the holiday that I own the most stamps for. I have really been trying to use more and buy less as I have enough supplies to keep me busy for months and months to come. This fun card uses a sketch created by Crystal Minkler. Sketches and color combinations are a perfect way to get the juices flowing especially when you feel the creative bug bite, but aren't sure what to make.

We hope that you are inspired by our creations and will play along with us, so make sure to check out our BYSHC blog. We have awesome sponsors that have generously offered up wonderful prizes, so don't miss out! Dates for the Spring hop are April 23-30, 2021.

 

Stamps:

Shakin' Things Up (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:

Misty Moonlight (Stampin Up)
Highland Heather (Stampin Up)

Snowflake Splendor DSP (Stampin Up)

Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black

 

Accessories:
Copic Sketch Markers

Sizzix Big Shot

Subtle Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

Friends of Unity April Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity April Blog Hop. This month the theme is birds and bees. Since I jumped the gun and did a bee card last month, it is only fitting that I do a bird card this month. It felt like spring the last few weeks of March, and the robins have arrived and I even saw a few early spring flowers in bloom. I have lived in New York long enough to know that there may still be a few days ahead of us where we need a winter jacket, so it is still hanging in the closet.

I picked this stamp out and then searched for a fun sketch to use with it. I used some bright and colorful paper as spring makes me think of lots of colors, leaves return, grass starts to grow, and flowers of all sorts start to bloom. Spring and Fall are two of the most colorful seasons in my opinion, they are so different, and yet so beautiful. 

Hop along with the other Friends of Unity and see their creations...

Crystal O. Minkler

Eileen Mathys (you’re here)

Alaine Tanner 

Dawn Bryson 

Colleen Balija 

Dawn Fields

 Rachel Duong 

Joyce Verdon  

Robyn Jordan

Stamps:

Note This Birdie (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:

Pacific Point (Stampin Up)
Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)

Spring Rain (Papertrey)

Really Rainbow (Lawn Fawn)

Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:
Sizzix Big Shot

Subtle Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

Copic Sketch Markers 

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!!