1.05.2009

Growing in Unity - Day by Day, Week by Week (Day 1)

Happy Monday! Well, for those of you visiting me today who are wondering what the title of this post means, I'll tell you a little about what I am doing this week. Unity Stamp Company has fabulous stamps and a great following of wonderful customers. One customer decided to post projects featuring Unity stamps every day for one week which then encouraged another to do the same and set up a schedule for other customers who might like to participate too. I think the schedule is now filled through May! So, this is my week and Angela (the owner of Unity) is even providing 1 Unity stamp to be given away to one of you who leaves a comment this week on my blog posts. The winner will be announced on Thursday in the Hip Hop Winners Thread in the Unity Forum.

Okay, now onto the good stuff! :) My first Unity set was Gratitude=Joy, which I absolutely love, and so I thought it would be the perfect set to start out my week in Unity. For Christmas I made a set of thank you cards for my Aunt using this set along with my Basic Grey Archaic paper (which I received from my Unity Secret Santa, Amy :). This first card is one of my favorites.
The sentiment stamp is actually gratitude=joy but I often mask one word or the other depending on what works best for my card/project.

The following cards use one of the leaf/flower stamps from the Gratitude=Joy set but the thank you sentiments are not Unity.




For this card I also used the worn grid background stamp on the orange paper to give it some added detail. If you haven't gotten one of Unity's background stamps yet, they are a must have!
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win a Unity single and come back to visit each day this week! Also, if you are new to Unity and do not have any of their stamps yet please let me know in your comment...I just might have an extra surprise up my sleeve! :)

29 comments:

Jacqueline said...

Beautiful cards Kerry!! Way to start the week!!

Michelle said...

Hi Kerry! Very pretty cards... love your color combo, that dp is fabulous! Great start to a new week!

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Wonderful cards Kerry!!! Looking foward to your creations this week!! Happy New Year!

Kristen Carll said...

wow Kerry these are beautiful! :) I am sure your Aunt absolutely loved them! I can't wait to see what else you make this week!

jan farnworth said...

thanks for the inspiration on a cold monday.

Jenn said...

Great kick off! (it's going to be hard following you, I can tell)

Jessica said...

great cards Kerry! love the colors and stamps you used!

Rose said...

Kerry! Love your blog and your awesome cards! Looking forward to this week!

Rose

Jennifer said...

Great cards! I think that stamp coordinates so well with that Archaic paper.

Anonymous said...

Hi Kerry! Great cards! I love them all! Can you believe I don't have that set yet?? I must get it! Great job using it, girl! :)
~Chelsea

Lee said...

These are all just wonderful!!! I love the earthy colors and the BG dsp!!! I also love masking the sentiment to make them fit the card!!

Katy said...

these are gorgeous! I love them all! Gratitude=Joy was my very first set too and still my favorite!!

Robynccgirl said...

Great cards Kerry! This is one set I don't own from Unity. I'm thinking I need to add it to my collection!

Unknown said...

These are great! I love that BG paper and love seeing it used for something different that what I have in my head! Can't wait to see what you do for tomorrow!

Dawn M said...

I love the look that you did with this paper and stamps. good luck with your week of Unity!!

Cherie said...

Great designs. I'll have to check out these stamps.

Shemaine Smith said...

Kerry you id a great job, I am so lovin that Basic Grey paper!

Kim said...

Great cards set Kerry! Looking forward to your other creations this week!

Brooke said...

wow! look at all your pretty cards, Kerry!!! great job! love them!!! have a FUN week of projects!!! :)

Shell said...

Wow, you do great work. I have only just heard of Unity Stamps, and have yet to get my hands on them. I can't wait to see what else you show this week!

FibreJunky said...

Kerry, the cards are just beautiful. That is such an elegant set. I can see why you chose it as your first one. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your creations this week! Have fun with it. I know I will when it's my turn.

Susan (peebsmama) said...

That is such great designer paper and those leaf stamps work with them perfectly.

9kids said...

TFS, Kerry. I'm pretty new to Unity, and I'm always looking for ideas. Love the stamps, and what you've done with them.

Pat (mspfd) said...

Fabulous stamps; fabulous job on the cards.

Becky said...

great cards, love the dp paper

Kathy H said...

Beautiful cards! I love that set!

Ashley Newell said...

These are amazing Kerry! I love the set, they are gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous cards. I have this set and love it!

Tonya

Joy said...

how coooool!