Make-It Monday: Unity Guest - Keep Calm

Hey everyone!

I'm on the Unity Blog again today with another guest designer post!! Today is MONDAY, which means BACK to work or school for many of us so I wanted to share a FUN card that I think all of us could use on a Monday ;)

Check it out:

After work happy hour anyone? Lol!

I stamped and heat embossed the beer glass and then I water colored it. The foam is also heat embossed with white powder. I colored the sentiment to match with my copics.  I splattered the background with water color, added some sequins and a few dots of glossy accents and ta-da!

You can grab this awesome mug and sentiment HERE! And even BETTER, it's on SALE right now!

Speaking of sale, today is the LAST day to cash in on the current deals at Unity!

Check out all the FUN happening until TONIGHT:

Alright sweet friends, that's all for me today!

I'll see you again on Thursday for another amazing HOP!!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Unity Guest Designer: Water Color Card Set

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday!! I'm on the Unity Blog today with another guest design post :D Are you sick of me yet? I sure hope not because I am LOVING being here!! Today is a GREAT Monday because I am starting a NEW job! It is at the same school I was already working (I'm a teacher for those of you who don't know me :)), and will be in addition to my current position. So now I have the awesome opportunity to work with Kindergarteners, First grader, AND Middle schoolers! How awesome is that? I just LOVE teaching, and the more kids I can work with the BETTER. So today, as well as my usual guest designer project, I will also be sharing some STUDENT projects with you! That's right, my awesome middle schoolers have been rocking UNITY!

So first up, I will share my guest design projects for this week!

This week I am showing off the Here's My Thought sentiment kit. I LOVE this kit, it is SO versatile!

I don't know about you but I am CRAZY for water color right now, so I made this sweet little set of cards using white embossing powder and water colors. Check it out:

Aren't they fun? And SO simple. That's what I love about this sentiment kit, it have EVERYTHING, and the sentiments are BOLD, so they can hold their own on a card!

Now, I just wanted to share some of my students' work with you!

On Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays after school I work with the Middle Schoolers teaching arts and crafts classes. On Thursdays I teach Card Making! And of course, I bring UNITY for them to play with! Last week was only the second week, so the girls learned to STAMP for the VERY FIRST time!

Check out some of their awesome work:

Aren't they amazing?! LOVE!

Alright sweet friends, that's all for me today!

I'll see you again next week with some more Unity inspiration :)

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: So Very Thankful

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday!! First of all, I know I was MIA last weeek, I'm sorry!! But I have good reasons I promise ;) but I'll tell you about that tomorrow. I am on the Unity blog once again for another guest design post :D Today I wanted to show off one of the the awesome FREEBIES that you can get when you spend just $30 at Unity this weekend during their Labor Day sale! Of course you can buy this set and use the 55% off coupon (LABOR55) if you don't want to spend $30. Check out how ADORABLE this set is:

{keeping up with the} Tribal Trend

And check out what I created:

I used the adorable arrow stamp to create the background which I watercolored over. Then I stamped the sentiment and popped it up over a little bit of twine.

DON'T FORGET! Today is the LAST day of the amazing Labor Day sale at Unity!

And there's a TON of awesome deals to be had:

Alright sweet friends, that's all for me today!

Tomorrow I have some BIG news and I will explain why I was MIA for most of last week!

See you then!!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: Happy Are Those

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday! I am on the Unity blog again today with another guest design post! I am SO stoked that the lovely ladies at Unity asked me to continue guesting through September, so I will be sharing with you EVERY Monday for the next 5 weeks!! I can't tell you how much FUN it has been hanging out with this amazing group of ladies, I want to stay forever and ever and EVER!

So today I have a card to share with you that is showing off a technique that is completely NEW to me. I took a super fun class this past Saturday with the SWEET Nicole Rixon of Sweet Stamp Shop on creating backgrounds with Copics and this was my very first try all on my own, so I hope you like it! Check it out:

I thought this cloudy background paired perfectly with this ADORABLE itty bitty which you can grab HERE.

I think I made the clouds look a little stormier than I intended, but overall I'm proud of myself :)

I also wanted to remind you of the awesome SALE that is happening NOW!

You still have until midnight to shop!!

Click me! ^ Click me! ^

Even the new releases are on sale! Including NEW Angie Girls, NEW Halloween stamps, and NEW Snow Peeps and sentiments!!

Go go go!

Shop shop shop!!

;)

Alright sweet friends, that's all for me today!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: Snow Peeps

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday sweet friends!! Today is my second guest designer post for Unity Stamp Company!! Today I wanted to show off the awesome new SNOW PEEPS that were just released on Thursday and are still on SALE until midnight tonight!

I used Snow Peep Nicholas and Snow Peep Kurt as well as the sentiment from Snow Peep Mike. 

(You can grab them all as a bundle HERE for only $9.99!)

Check it out:

Aren't they just ADORABLE?? And don't forget, these cuties are on SALE through midnight TONIGHT!

Annnnd, Unity still has these awesome promotions going on until midnight as well:

You don't want to miss it!! Shop NOW!

Also, don't forget the latest Be Inspired Challenge has begun!

Alright sweet friends, thank you so much for dropping by!

I'll see you next Monday!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Alyssa

Make-It Monday: Unity Guest Designer

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday!! Welcome to another Make-It Monday :) First of all I want to apologize for being MIA for a couple days last week. We've had a lot of ups and downs in my apartment in the last week...

First, on Wednesday, I got to see one of my best friends who I haven't seen in over 2 years (other than Skype) because she is in the Air Force. We spent all of Wednesday and Thursday together catching up, it was amazing :) But then, unfortunately, on Thursday night my roommate (and amazing friend of over 15 years) informed me that her boyfriend of 5+ years broke up with her. So of course I rushed right in with movies and sweet goodies. If we're being honest, I spent my entire weekend having a Harry Potter marathon with my roommate, which is nothing to complain about. But of course, it's been a rough couple of days for her. So I put blogging on the back burner for a couple of days while I focused on friends. I'm SO sorry to my crafty friends!! I promise things will be back on track now :)

Ok, enough about me, today is SUPER exciting because it is my FIRST individual post as a Guest Designer for Unity Stamp Company!!!

I really wish I could tell you guys HOW much I love Unity and HOW excited this makes me!

But there really are no words.

For today's card I am playing along with the Runway Inspired Challenge #41

(I know it isn't Work-It Wednesday, don't worry, I'll have more challenge inspiration then too!)

Check out the inspiration photo:

And check out what I created showing off my UNITY!

I die-cut the chevron in my card base and inlayed die-cut chevrons in red. I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed in black.

This AWESOME stamp can be found HERE.

I LOVE these sweet sentiments for only $1.79! And did you know that any orders at Unity for $10 or less ship for only $2.95, ALWAYS! That's a pretty sweet deal :)

I hope you guys will check out all of my creations featuring Unity (Click HERE!)

And don't forget: this week's amazing Unity sale ends TONIGHT! So get in there and grab some goodies!!

Alright sweet friends, that's all for today. I would LOVE if you would stop by the Unity blog and leave me some love there as well!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: Good Luck

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday!! For today's Make-It Monday I am sharing a card that I made for a sweet friend of mine from college who just got her teaching credential and will be getting her very first class all to herself this fall! I am SO proud and SO happy for her! Check out what I created:

I am once again showing off the AMAZING new releases at Unity this week! I used the "Good Luck Pencil" Itty Bitty, SO perfect for any teacher (or student)!! I stamped the pencil 3 times on my card base, then I stamped the pencil 3 times again on a separate paper which I then colored with my copics, cut out, and placed on my card with pop dots. I off set the popped up layer just a tiny bit to add a little dimension. Then I finished off the card by simply stamping the sentiment below the pencils. Ta-da! Super CAS and so perfect for the occasion :)

Don't forget, today is the LAST day for the current sale at Unity! You don't want to miss this one!!

Alright sweet friends, I'll see you back here tomorrow for Tip-It Tuesday!

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: Amazing Friend

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday :) For today's Make-It Monday I wanted to share a card I made for my sweet friend Belinda of Bee's Hive O'Drama. During my most recent trip to Michael's I found a little something that just screamed Bee to me, so of course I grabbed it, and I can't send a gift without a card can I? I also decided to play along with Dahlhouse Design's Wanna Sketch #7.

Here is the sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I stamped the chevron background using Lawn Fawn's Chevron Backdrops. And this super sweet sentiment stamp is from Unity Stamp Company's Everything Wonderful sentiment kit (which is on sale through TODAY!). I colored in the stamp using my copics.

Before I go...

I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to vote for the Unity Creative Contest!!

I am SO stoked to have won, and shocked really, and I could NOT be more excited to be guest designing for Unity!!!

I couldn't have done it without you guys, you ROCK. Seriously.

Alright sweet friends, that's all for today. I'll see you back here tomorrow for Tip-It Tuesday :)

Big bloggy hugs <3

Make-It Monday: RIC #40 Take Two

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday! And welcome to another Make-It Monday :D I didn't have anything specific on my card making to-do list this week, and I wasn't too ecstatic about my entry to the Runway Inspired Challenge #40 last week, so I decided to take another stab at it. I did warn you that I had more ideas swimming around in my head for this one ;)

Here's the inspiration for you again:

And here is my second go:

I used my alcohol inks to make the splattered background, and I used black embossing powder for this sweet sentiment stamp from Unity Stamp Company.

Unfortunately I don't think you can see the embossing in the pictures. I take all of my pictures with my iPad because I don't have a camera, but it might be about time to change that. I can't have you guys missing out on awesome details!

You might be wondering how I did the splatter while leaving a completely clean space for the sentiment. Check it out:

Simple masking by taping another piece of cardstock where I wanted my sentiment to go.

Splatter away, then remove the extra cardstock and ta-da! Perfect stamping spot.

You might notice that the splatter on my final card is different than the splatter in my masking pictures. That's because my final card was actually my second try. Since I am on vacation I don't have all my supplies with me, including my heat gun. So I got creative and tried to set the embossing powder with a lighter... Yep.. I burned my first card. Oops.

But hey, I actually like the splatter pattern on the second try better :)

Alright sweet friends, I'll see you back here tomorrow for Tip-It Tuesday!!

Big bloggy hugs <3