Growing In Unity :: Day 4 - Dream Card

Welcome to the 4th day of my week as the Growing In Unity gal!

I am so thankful for each of you that have stopped by so far to check out and comment on each of my projects using Unity Stamp Company stamps. Be sure to comment on all five of my Growing In Unity posts this week if you want a chance to win some free stamps!

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For today's card, I used Unity's Solar Elem stamp:

I wanted to create a simple card with the focus on this cute stamp image. I kept a very calm color palette, which worked well with the "dream" wood veneer piece I used for the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today - and don't forget to leave a comment so you can enter to win!

From the comments that are left on each of my posts this week I will be randomly choosing TWO winners who will each receive 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company - to be sent to a domestic address only, please.

Supplies: 
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Solar Elem); 
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Patterned Paper: Studio Calico (Wanderlust - 6x6);
Ink: Ranger (Archival - Jet Black);
Colored Pencils: Prang (20 - Tan, 17 - Gray, 8 - Light Green);
Wood Veneer: Studio Calico (#331100); Chic Tags (Sequins);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Just Believe Card

For this card I stuck with some of the supplies I had used in other recent cards, but used a different card design and also added that wood veneer piece (colored with two colors of Color Shine):

I just can't get enough of that Flea Market collection! Love the colors and style.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies: 
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Harvest Gold); 
Vellum: Papertrey Ink (Vellum);
Patterned Paper: American Crafts - Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes - Flea Market);
Other: (Wood Veneer - Bird);
Mists: Heidi Swapp (Color Shine);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board); Tim Holtz (Tiny Attacher);

The Twinery/Chic Tags {Blog Hop}

The Introduction:
If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from Amy Coose's blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!
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If you are one of my regular readers: Thanks for coming back! I love having you! Please join along in the hop - you can start at the Chic Tags blog.

The Hop Order:
Chic Tags
The Twinery
Amy Coose
Tifany DeGough
Jennifer Haggerty
Christine Meyer
Mandy Kay Starner
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Jennie McGarvey
Suzanna Lee

The Prizes:

The Twinery is giving away this fabulous Sampler Pack of Solid Twines:

Chic Tags is giving away a fantastic prize as well – check out The Twinery's blog and the Chic Tags blog to find out how you can enter to win one of these great prizes. 

The Projects:

Each of my cards today were created using the same supplies - baker's twine, embellishments, and cardstock. The pre-made embellishments from Chic Tags made these cards come together rather quickly, and the twine from The Twinery pulled it all together. 

For my first card, I used The Twinery's Solid Pink Sorbet twine and various embellishments from the Chic Tags Cloud 9 collection.  I can see how these embellishments would be great for layouts or pocket scrapbooking, but they were just asking me to use them on a card. :o)

As soon as I saw these wood veneer "sequins" from Chic Tags, I knew I needed to use them. They would be great colored with mist or ink, but I decided to leave them au naturale here.

My second card again uses the squares, clips, and mini icons from Chic Tags, but this time I paired them up with The Twinery's Ocean twine. I love the Ocean color - it's just muted enough, but still a great pop of color.

These cards were quick and easy to make, but I am really happy with how they turned out.

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:
Jennifer Haggerty

Happy Dance Card Supplies: 
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Pink Sorbet); 
Embellishments: Chic Tags (Cloud 9 Collection - Squares, Clips, Mini Icons, "Sequins" Wood Veneer);
Cardstock: My Favorite Things (Replenishments);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

Supplies: 
Twine: The Twinery (Ocean); 
Embellishments: Chic Tags (Cloud 9 Collection - Squares, Clips, Mini Icons);
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Harvest Gold); 
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);