Growing In Unity–Day 1

Happy Monday!  Today starts my week as a Growing in Unity gal!

I started scrapbooking in 2006.  I did my parents’ 50th anniversary album.  The next year I did my husband’s parents’ 50th anniversary album.  The next year I think I ended up doing something like 30 plus albums for Christmas.  Sometime within the past 7 years I found Unity and was in the Kit of the Month club for a while.  I wasn’t making cards then though.  About 3 years ago at Christmas, I had an online friend introduce me to digital stamps and I started making cards.  I’ve been hooked ever since.  I worked on one of the Ippity/Unity teams until my Ippity Chick resigned.

I have been married to my wonderful husband for 18 years.  We have 3 wonderful children:  Patrick, Wesley, and Amanda.  We have 5 fantastic grandchildren:  Jeffrey, David, Aubrey, Morgan, and Kyle.  We have 2 furbabies:  Jax, a Shih-Poo and Neda, a ShihTzu.  They are the babies during the week unless the grandbabies get to come over.

I had hoped to share many projects each day but I have had bronchitis since August 24th.  I have one a day and others ready to put together so I’m hoping on some of the days that there will be at least two.  So let’s get a cup of the drink of your choice and get started.

Next Monday I will be picking one winner by random from all of the comments to win 2 Itty Bitty stamps of their choice courtesy of Unity Stamp Co.

I took advantage of the sale this weekend and bought a stamp set that I will GIVEAWAY and pick a winner randomly from the comments.  (All I ask is that you follow my blog for a chance to win)!

This week at UNITY {show & tell}  they are having a tag challenge.   I thought that I would start this week off with a tag for that challenge.

I’m showing you a couple of pictures of the same tag.  I actually did mine backwards but that’s how you learn, right?  I did my stamping first.  I took some TH Distress Inks and dropped them on some wax paper.  Then I played around with them until I had them the way I thought that I wanted them.  I put the tag down on the wax paper and then picked it up.   After it dried I colored the heart with my Tim Holtz barn door distress marker.  I then added some thread that I have had probably since the first couple of years I started scrapbooking.  This stamp is by Joslyn Nielson.  I really like it.  I think it will make a nice gift for someone.  (The tag came from Unity as a gift for buying stamps.)

Please don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see what I have and to leave a comment to win something from Unity as well as have a chance to win something from me!  Thanks for your visit.  Until tomorrow…Ciao…

Stop by tomorrow to see another project (or maybe two) and remember to comment for a chance to win some Unity love!  A Comment and becoming a follower of my blog then gives you a second chance to win because I am having an Unity giveaway!