Spring into Christmas 2022 Linky Party

Welcome to Build Your Stash Spring into Christmas Linky Party! Let this card sharing event inspire your creativity and get you in the mood for some holiday cards. While Christmas and Christmas cards may be the farthest thing from our minds at the moment... sometimes squeaking out a few cards in our free time may be just what we need to do to avoid the rush at the end.   

Just like with birthday or sympathy cards, I do my best to be ahead of the game, and have some cards on hand that I can just pull from as needed. I have been doing *pretty good* this year with looking at my calendar a month ahead and making birthday cards in advance. Lets hope this trend continues. I have missed a few, but much better than last year. I think I missed just about everyone in 2021.

 

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 this hop are April 22-29, 2022. 

 

Stamps:

Holly Jolly Christmas (Taylored Expressions)

Shiplap background (Taylored Expressions)

Paper:

Evening Evergreen (Stampin Up)

Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:

Crumb Cake (SU) 

Versamark
Merry Merlot (SU)

Evening Evergreen (SU)

 

Accessories:

None

Friends of Unity ApriHop

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity April Blog Hop. This month the theme is patterned paper.  For my inspiration, I headed straight to my scrap bucket and found some coordinating spring colors and let them shine! I try to use these smaller strips of paper often and not let them build up. There are so many beautiful card options you can make with these leftovers.

This paper was found right near the top, so I must have used it recently for something. It reminds me of spring that is hopefully right around the corner. I opted for a very neutral sentiment so this card could be sent as a pick me up to a friend that needs a kind word or a simple thinking of you card. A quick brush of Wink of Stella across the wings makes the bee really stand out across the horizontal layer.  

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

Crystal O. Minkler 

Kim Klinkovsky 

 Rachel Duong    

Dawn Bryson 

April Sarandrea 

Alaine Tanner   

Amber Trubiak  

Eileen Mathys (you’re here)

BobbieSue McConathy 

Joyce Verdon

Dawn Fields

Robyn Jordan

 

Stamps:

Spring & Things KOM 3/20 (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:

Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)

Winter Wisteria (Papertrey)

Mint Macaron (Stampin Up)

Hand Penned Designer Paper (SU)

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:

Copic Sketch Markers

Wink of Stella

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!!