Unity Thursday - Coffee & Snow Peeps

Hi everyone!!

Thanks for coming by today....

It was my boss' birthday this week.

I work at a coffee shop. 

I have worked there for a total of 10 years 

(I had a few years off and then went back so not 10 consecutive years).

This is the FIRST time I made her a birthday card!

YUP.....pretty sad.

Especially since she has been KEY in getting me here today...creating cards and therefore working with Unity Stamp Company. 

The first cards I ever made, she loved...and encouraged me to keep on going. 

AND she said I should sell them in her coffee shop.

So I did...and have been ever since....

So thanks to her, here I am today, sharing a picture of the card I made for her birthday....

I knew when I started creating that I wanted to use a "coffee" cup on her card...it just HAD to be....

and thankfully this older KOM came to the rescue...seriously, LOVE my kit's!!

{take your time} 

November 2011 KOM 

And now for some NEW releases!!

Check out these A.DOR.ABLE. snow peeps....

{Sending Warm Fuzzies} Itty Bitty

For this next one I used one of the new releases AND played along with the 

new Unity {be inspired} challenge!!

I used the color inspiration AND the card sketch for this cutie:

{Tis the Season To Be Jolly} Itty Bitty

Here's a wee look at the November Unity {be inspired} Challenge:

We want to see what you create!! 

To find out more details on how you can join us in this challenge AND enter for a fabulous Unity prize, click here.

Speaking of prizes....

As always we have TWO amazing

 Unity filled PRIZE PACKAGES to give away as part of this week's blog hop.
Check out the awesome prize this week - a collection of SNOW PEEPS!

All you have to do is leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win. The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Here's a list of all the pretty faces in today's blog hop:

And as always there are good things happening at Unity this weekend.
Be sure to stop by and check it out!

Well...I would just love to hear how you got you start creating with stamps...please tell me all about it in your comments...and have a great weekend everyone!

~Shilo

Paper Smooches - Anything Goes Challenge

Hello everyone!

I had the chance to play with some of my Paper Smooches stamps not too long ago....

SOOOO when I saw that this week's challenge over on the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog was 'Anything Goes' I thought I would submit my cards and share them with you all.

I had so much fun creating these birthday cards....

And then this sweet little baby card...

Here's a list of the Paper Smooches stamp sets I used to create my cards:

Sentiment Sampler

Chit Chat

A Little Lovin'

Green Acres

Party Posse

Chubby Chums

There's quite a few...so great to mix and match all the sentiments so they work just perfectly for whatever you need.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a sweet Sunday!

~ Shilo

Unity Thursday....some old and some new.

Hi everyone!!

And by everyone I mean all 40, 000 of you!

Yikes - Unity has 40, 000 Facebook friends now!! 

That is incredible!

We are celebrating, so Happy Unity Thursday!

Thanks so much for being here with us today :)

I am currently cataloguing my Unity stamp collection (it will take me a while but once I am all done I will post all about it, I promise). This means that I am looking at all that gorgeous red rubber that I have managed to collect over the years....some old and some new....but all still fabulous!!

There are just so many beautiful stamps....I kinda can't wait for my cataloguing to be done so I will have more time to go back and easily access all these beauties...and play, play, PLAY!

I did create three cards for you today using some of the stamps that have passed through my hands lately....

'Hope you enjoy....

Happy New Baby

This was my FIRST KOM ever!!

And I certainly keep going back to it.

{happily ever after}

{two by two}

Thank You

Created using one of my older KOM's

{so into you}

That Thing You Did

I used the current KOM for this one.

{happy, thankful & blessed}

Like I said, some old and some new, but all still FABULOUS!!

Speaking of new AND fabulous, it's now your chance to win one of

 TWO amazing Unity filled PRIZE PACKAGES.

Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win. The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Here's a list of all the pretty faces in today's blog hop:

And as always wonderful things are happening over at Unity!!
Since we hit 40, 000 Facebook friends we are celebrating!!
Be sure to stop by and check it out!

I hope you all have the best day!

~Shilo

Falling for Unity Thursday

Hi everyone!!

Has it really been so long since I have been here!!???

The last time I blogged I was wishing everyone fun in the sun!

Summer holidays have now turned into fall.....

Good thing fall is one of my favorite seasons!

I love the colors, the leaves, the crisp air....and cinnamon candles and pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING!!!

And since it's now September the new {unity be inspired challenge} is here too!!

I am completely in LOVE with the colors in this photo....

they are just gorgeous!

Be sure to stop over at the Unity blog to get all the info on how you can join in on the September {be inspired challenge}.

So I used both the card sketch and the color inspiration to create this card:

I was away when this little beauty was released, but I just had to use this birdie....she is truly gorgeous!

{wishing you happiness}

I also created a card with this week's stamp of the week:

{struggle is part of it}

Another sweet little stamp set....

I seriously adore my stamp of the week's...

check out how to become a member yourself by clicking here.

Ok so before you continue on, check out this week's TWO amazing

 Unity filled PRIZE PACKAGES to give away.

All you have to do is leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win. The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Here's a list of all the pretty faces in today's blog hop:

This weekend at Unity there is a great Fall Sale happening!
Be sure to stop by and check it out!

I leave you with this beautiful thought (especially since I love spring time just as much as fall)....

Happy fall, all!

~Shilo