I'm back, happy and playing along with Paper Smooches Sparks!

hi everyone!!

OH WOW!! 

what a summer!

so much has happened since the last time I blogged.

to fill you in would be a whole post all on its own....

so for now I will give you the short and sweet version:

I moved across the province to be closer to family.

my whole life has changed.

new town.

new job.

new apartment.

need to make new friends.

BUT...I am happy.

this was truly a good thing.

and now that I am mostly settled in,  I have the chance to be creative again.....

so here I am....

I created two birthday cards with my new Paper Smooches dies
(um, yup....I may have done a wee bit of shopping in anticipation of getting back to my creative space...lol...like I needed an excuse to shop, right?!)

anyways....

this week on the Paper Smooches Sparks blog the challenge of the week is ANYTHING GOES!!

So here are my two cards:

i was inspired by this sketch for this first card:

and I used the negative space to create my sentiment with this die set:

Birthday Words Dies

 this next card I made for my grandpa....he LOVES fishing....

this is the die I used, which happens to be the PERFECT size for making cards:

 Happy Birthday Words Die

and on both my cards I used some little hearts which came from this die set:

Hearts Dies

Paper Smooches makes my favorite dies.....and some of the cutest stamps ever....so

be sure to check them out at www.papersmoochesstamps.com.

well gosh! it was fun to get back into my creative space and make some cards...

thank you all for stopping by and checking in!
it is good to be back!
~Shilo

Start with turning the page.....Unity Thursday.

Hi everyone!

So glad you are here.

Well, I have a bit of an announcement to make.

This is my last blog post with Unity Stamp Co.

I have been sooooo blessed to have been a part of this family!

I have loved every moment of my time with Unity - creating with these gorgeous stamps, getting to interact with all you lovelies and being part of an incredible community of creative, talented, caring ladies - the Unity girls are stellar...seriously they are a group of angels!

I made the decision to step down, because, well....life happens....and things are just all chaos for me right now. There are a lot of big changes that have happened lately and that are coming in my life in the near future. It wasn't an easy decision though, believe me!

Anyways, thank you all for your support and encouragement and kind words, week after week.

I don't think you ever truly know how much it has meant to me.

I will also be taking a bit of a summer sabbatical from creating, but I promise I will be back at it someway, somehow in the fall.

SOOOO.....onto the cards I created for you this week.

I picked this stamp and its quote for today because I thought it was super appropriate - this quote just kinda sums it up.

It's hard sometimes to "turn the page", but the book is not over yet...I'm thinking there are many chapters still to come!

{spread your wings}

And then of course, I'm gonna miss u!! YES! All of U!

That was the inspiration for this next card:

{meow, purr, baa}

And once again, we have 2 fabulous prizes to give away this week!!

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:

Don't forget to
head over to Unity and check out the BIG bargains this weekend!

And now what a sad thing for me....time to sign off. One last time.

Goodbye all you lovelies - at least for now!
Hope you all have a beautiful summer!

~Shilo

Unity Thursday - May {be inspired} Challenge

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to another Unity Thursday!

TODAY there are LOTS of things happening at Unity...

new releases, a sale, and our NEW May {be inspired} challenge is up!

I chose to use the color inspiration picture this week for my project.

I was inspired by the colors AND the fact that these are garden gloves....this is what I came up with:

The colors on my card are actually way brighter but it is a very dark, dreary, rainy day here - my pictures just aren't capturing the cheery colors today - sorry about that.

Be sure to pop over and check out the new challenge and play along with us - we would LOVE to see what you create! 

And once again, we have 2 fabulous prizes to give away this week!!

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:

Don't forget to
head over to Unity and check out the hundreds of Unity stamps under $10 and our BRAND NEW releases!!!

Hope you all find a little sunshine today!

~Shilo

Happy Birthday Unity!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITY!!!

I, for one, am super excited to be celebrating Unity's birthday!

I have loved them for a long time now and it is so incredible to have seen this little family-run business grow into something so wonderful (well, ok....they were wonderful SINCE the beginning)....

The stamps, the staff and the creator, Angela - this little company not only has an amazing product and incredible customer service, it has heart, soul, and lots of love!

I was a fan LONG before I was lucky enough to join into this little stamp family, so I promise I am speaking from my own heart.

So here's to 7 happy years of Unity Stamp Co and 77 X7 more!!!

 And of course there is celebrating happening at Unity too!

NEW RELEASES!!!! 

YAY!! 

And a BIRTHDAY SALE!

I chose to use this sweet vase of flowers for my cards this week.

{first friend, best friend, forever}

Since Mother's Day is coming soon, I decided to get a head start on my Mother's Day cards. I made two to share with you this week. Both using the fabulous vase of flowers. I {heart} it.

I think out of the two this next one is my favorite....I am definately drawn more to the brighter colors.

There you have it - two cards with the same stamp -

Which one do you like best??

Now back to the birthday hop business....

we have 2 fabulous prizes 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:

Don't forget to
head over to Unity and check out the BIRTHDAY sale!!!

Happy day everyone!
Thanks for celebrating Unity with me!

~Shilo

Unity Thursday - Happy Hour!

Hi everyone!

Starting today at Unity we are having a weekend of "happy hours"!!

So grab your glass of wine (or whatever your preference) and join in on the fun!

Wahoo!

And well...isn't this card fitting?

I can't wait to give this to a friend and invite her over for cocktails!

I adore ANY pun stamp set....but I really got a kick out of this one:

{let's get pickled}

And of course, we have 2 fabulous prizes 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:

Don't forget to
head over to Unity and check out the "happy hours"sale.
You won't wanna miss out on all the fun :)

"Cheers" everyone!

Happy weekend!

~Shilo

Unity Thursday.......Happy Easter!

Happy Easter EVERYONE!!!!

 I really hope everyone has a wonderful weekend - whatever it is you get up to!

And thanks so much for spending some of it with us Unity girls....

There are some really fabulous new releases this weekend, including some stamps sets from the fabulous Phyllis Harris....

I just {heart} her so much....

I chose to play with this sweet set for today's hop:

{Brandy & Emma Goodbye}

Right away knew I wanted to use this image with map themed paper, although I'm not sure why?...and then as I got coloring, I thought I would add a bit of a nautical theme to my card too....

here's how it turned out:

Easter, new releases and of course..........prizes!!!!

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 don't forget to fill your OWN Easter basket.....
head over to Unity and check out our Easter SALE!

Thanks so much for "hopping" along with us this Easter....

~Shilo

Unity Thursday - You rock!

Hi everyone!

Thanks for joining us today!

We have some really great deals happening at Unity this week!!

Angiegirls are all UNDER $10!

I finally got around to coloring up one of these lovely ladies...

It was so FUN!

Here is the card I created for you all today:

I had so much fun coloring her guitar like this...

I have seen one in real life with a similar finish...very pretty.

Here is a link to the stamp kit I used, just in case you gotta have it!

{katie girl}

Another FABULOUS deal happening at Unity this week!

All Phyllis Harris stamp kits are UNDER $10!

I am in love with her sweet images....Phyllis is a really great artist and I thoroughly enjoy working with these images....here is a little collage of the cards I have created using some her stamp creations:

And of course we have another great prize for you this week:

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:

Enjoy your weekend everyone! 

~Shilo