~ Friends of Unity Blog Hop ~
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Before we get started...
Be sure to check our ==> May Blog Hop for some masculine inspiration if you need any Fathers Day ideas. And to see if you are one of our many Winners and claim your prize!
Our winner here at My Kraft Kloset for May 2024 is...
"M.M."
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Update on our home renovation:
What a crazy busy May I've had! My BBW store at work packed up and moved down the road to a beautiful store front after being in the mall since 1997! Then we unpacked to make it pretty for our grand opening May 10th.
And for the last 3yrs we've been renovating another house just 5min down the road to downsize a bit, as our kids are grown.
My husband has the new kitchen done just enough so we can
finally MOVE in! We've had some set backs in those 3yrs, but it's coming together, and the last 2 weeks I've been packing like mad woman.
As of yesterday, we are MOVED in and our current house
goes up for sale on Monday! I'm SO excited!
I'll share pictures when I'm unpacked and my new craft room too!
Anyhoo... back to todays projects
My New Years Resolution is in it's 3rd year of using
only "new to me" Unity stamps in my
'Friends of Unity' projects every month.
Here's what I came up with...
This time of year when I think of celebrations I lean towards my anniversary, birthdays, or summer parties. I combined some of my favorite things like patterns, color and some sparkle! As I'm still using a limited amount of supplies, because now ALL my craft supplies are packed up! Which drives me only slightly crazy (lol).
This month my husband and I celebrate our 28th Anniversary which inspired me to make this coffee card, because almost every morning we start our day with "coffee time" together.
I started with stamping this new grunge ledger background stamp on hardwood floors pattern paper and stamped "caffeinated love" sentiments three times. Next I stamped the coffee cup and the "relax refresh revive," "be happy," and "mug of hugs" sentiments and inked up the edges, but didn't color anything. Adhered both panels to a beige plaid pattern paper and adhered to a black card base. Added some twine for a vintage look. I like the vintage look and the earthy wood tones of the pattern paper. And these stamp sets are great for all kinds of occasions.
Card #2: Washi This Love
I have a fairly large Unity Itty Bitty stamp collection and I'm trying to use them up. And I came across this "washi tape" kind of stamp set and thought it would be fun to create a wonky birthday cake card.
I stamped the three washi stamps in different chalk ink colors to make them "pop" and adhered to pattern paper. I drew a basic cake stand by hand on the bottom, added some stickles glitter glue to the candles, adhered the image to a pink pattern paper for a border. And then adhered the panel to the flag pattern paper, and then adhere the whole panel to a black card base. Added some pink enamel dots to complete this fun "no coloring" card. Such a fun stamp set for so many occasions like graduation, birthday, or thinking of you.
Card #3: Party Party Party
I created a card with Summer parties in mind using these fun itty bitty stamps: 3 stick chicks stamp set and party party party.
These chicks remind me of going out and having fun with your gal pals. I started with a turquoise card stock base and adhered this dark pink strip. Then got out a piece of white card stock and stamped the sentiment "party" three times in a row using Coal Miner chalk ink. And then stamped the girls in the same ink. I used my fine tip markers to carefully color the sentiment and the girls, as to not smear the ink. Then I carefully colored their faces with "skin color" copic marker. I adhered the white panel to the card base. And fussy cut out a flag banner from a scrap piece leftover from card #2 and adhered to the panel. And added pink enamel dots to complete this fun card. It's a fun stamp set for many occasions like a Summer party, birthday, or just thinking of you card.
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Thank you for stopping by!
I hope we've inspired you to get your stamps out & see what you create. The possibilities are endless!
Happy Father's Day Dads (6/16)
I wish you a happy & crafty Summer!
xoxo ~ Kim
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