Friends of Unity Coffee, Tea + Cocoa Blog Hop + Giveaways

​Welcome to our September 2022
​ ~ Friends of Unity Blog Hop ~ 
where several amazing designer friends & myself get together to
share our love (and obsessions) of ​Unity Stamp Company 
to inspire you with amazing projects every month!
Come hop along with us and get inspired. Hop list is below!

Before I get started... 
check our ==> August Blog Hops to see if you are one of our
​ many Winners and claim your prizes!!!

Our Winner here at ​My Kraft Kloset, for August is... 
"Becca Y."
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​Congratulations!!! ​
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​Our theme for September is... ​

OH! How we LOVE coffee, tea, and cocoa all year long!
What's your favorite?
I LOVE vanilla lattes and anything pumpkin spice this time of year. My biggest challenge is usually deciding "what" to use.
 ​Follow along as I continue with my "New Years Resolution" to use Unity stamps I haven't ever used before.
So far, I've done it every month this year and it's been great to use these stamps and show them some love!
 I combined several stamps with a few of my favorite things, like background stamps, splatters & ink smooshing, Angiegirls, and fall colors.
​ Here's what I came up with...
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Card #1: Fall Birthday Card
We have a lot of fall birthdays in my family, so I knew I wanted to use fall colors. And I hadn't used this birthday balloons background before and they kind of looked like coffee cup stains. I didn't want to cover them up, so I used this vertical happy birthday balloon stamp, fussy cut this cute coffee cup, and popped it up in the center of the balloon. Great for anyone, anytime, just change colors! Easy and fun, right!?!

​​Supplies used: 
Unity: Balloon Party (background) Stamp 
Unity: Happy Birthday Balloon (itty bitty)
Unity: Coffee Side by Side (itty bitty) (coffee cup)
Unity: Rustic Wood 6x6 paper pack
MISTI stamping tool
Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Inks: Carved Pumpkin and Candied Apple (Balloons); and Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain (coffee cup) 
Paptertrey Ink Cardstock: White (Happy Balloon) and Orange 110lb cardstock (card base); Ranger Tim Holtz Watercolor cardstock; 3D foam tape (coffee cup); Double sided tear tape (scor-tape) at Scrapbookpal.
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Card #2: Witches Brew Card
I've been wanting this witch set for a while and not sure what took me so long, but I finally got her. Isn't she amazing? I LOVE her! And I've seen a bunch of cards with her colored lately, so I wanted to do something different. I ink smooshed  the background, stamped her and the sentiment in a dark brown ink (goes with the coffee theme-HeeHee), and just colored a few places on the witch.
​As she enjoys her latte (cuz she's me), I'm sure she's brewing up some mischief for Fall. What do you think?

​Supplies used: 
Unity: A Real Witch Stamp Set (witch and sentiment)
Unity: Rustic Wood 6x6 paper pack
MISTI stamping tool
Versafine Clair Ink-Pinecone (witch and sentiment)
Ranger Ink Distress Oxide: Fossilized Amber and Faded Jeans (background)
Copic and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers (colors shown in picture above)
Ranger Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock; Paptertrey Ink Cardstock: Black matte and Blue (card base) 110lb cardstock; Lawn Fawn orange plaid pattern paper scrap; BoBunny Double Dot yellow dot pattern paper scrap; Blue glitter adhesive enamel dots; Double sided tear tape (scor-tape) at Scrapbookpal.

Here's another look...

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​I hope we've inspired you to mix & match
your stamps for all kinds occasions,
try different techniques ​& make something brew-ti-ful. ​​​The possibilities are endless!
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Supplies I used are available below, with some affiliate links.
Happy Shopping!

Pssst! Are you still with me???
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Please leave your email, so we can contact the winner. One winner will be selected randomly, contacted via email or private messaging, and 
​announced on our ​next Blog Hop October 1, 2022.
Good Luck!!!

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==> The HOP starts here <==
Be sure to go back to start at the beginning 
& Hop ​with ​ALL of these talented 
Friends of Unity Designers 
click their ​names below & leave a comment at each to enter Giveaways

                                 Crystal O. Minkler  <== Go back to Start
Eileen Mathys
Amber Trubiak
Kim Klinkovsky  <== You are here
Bobbie Sue McConathy
Rachel Duong
Dawn Bryson
Gaylynn Martling
April Sarandrea
Colleen Balija
Dawn Fields
​Robyn Jordan
Joyce Verdon
Alaine Tanner​

Disclaimer: We designers on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every comment. We use products from our own stash for our giveaways. We are NOT paid or sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of our hop, and that makes us happy! We started this hop because we love Unity Stamps. That's it. And this is our way of showcasing our Unity projects to inspire others along the way!

Thank you for stopping by!
Have a safe, happy & crafty
Holiday Weekend!

​​​xoxo ~ Kim
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​​ Follow our social media channels for more inspiration:

Craft Challenges:
​Fall Birthday Balloon Card:
HLS September Birthday Challenge
LTCCB #70 Anything Goes
LTSCB #157 Anything Goes​
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Witch Card:
HLS September Watercolour Challenge
MIUCB #61 Anything Goes + optional Smooshing