Happy 9th Birthday Unity

Thanks for hopping with the Unity Design team today. Unity Stamp Co turns 9 this month and we are celebrating BIG TIME!!! Isn’t that exciting. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog.

I can’t believe Unity is NINE!!! I hope you’ll indulge me as I reminisce a bit (you are welcome to scroll on down to my projects).  I started my Unity journey with the June 2009 Kit of the Month (see below). I honestly can’t remember the exact date I found Unity, but it was probably a month or two before signing up for this kit. I couldn’t wait for it to arrive and when it did it was love at first sight and I was a gonner.

I was then asked to join the {ippity} design team, a sister company to Unity, in April 2010. Then, I eventually joined the Unity Design team in April 2011. So, these past 8 years with Unity have been AMAZING. They are my family and I absolutely love and adore EVERYONE involved. From those who work at Unity to the girls I have and had the pleasure to work alongside on the design team. It’s been a dream. Then, just last week, a HUGE dream came true. I met these amazing ladies.

YES, finally! I was able to hug them all!!! I cried… and laughed and hugged… a lot. It was the best night ever. I think Stephanie said it best — you just hope that when you meet “internet” friends that they are just as sweet and amazing as they seem to be online. In reality, these girls were and SO MUCH more. I only wish Angela and Whit weren’t so far now.

This lady and you all know who she is. Angela is EXACTLY who’d you think she would be. LOVING, genuine, INSPIRING, strong, beautiful and the kind of friend you never want to let go. I am so thankful to have her in my life. She has taught me MUCH and has always been so generous. She is an inspiration and someone I look up to and I can’t THANK HER enough for allowing me to be a small part of her business and for being my FRIEND. I love and adore you Angela. ❤️

Ok, ENOUGH sappiness. Haha. Onto the AMAZING stamp sets I have to share. I can’t wait, there are some stunning new stamps releasing this week.

This is the brand new May 2017 sentiment kit – Happy Snail Mail designed by me. Isn’t he cute? He is going to be super for just because cards, belated birthday (I had to include that because I’m always behind on sending cards) and so much more. He’s super as a line image or if you want to color him up. Just happiness all around.

I embossed the stamp & sentiment with white embossing powder. Layered some die cuts, added some washi, enamel dots and a little paper clip with a bow. It’s just adorable and I made this card for one of my most favorite people evah.

I have a quick video to share my process on this card, you can watch it below or at YouTube.

Phyllis Harris images are just magical and so nostalgic. I absolutely adore this little girl day dreaming in a little field of flowers.

I started out with some simple and subtle patterned papers to layer some vellum over with the stamped image. I die cut the blue paper and placed it over the vellum to hide the glue and tied a bit of string. There is a hidden girl stamped on white paper under the vellum. It just helps her pop more so you can see all her lovely details.

Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

This beauty is currently not available for purchase. BUT, you can get her FREE with a $75+ purchase during the birthday sale. After the Birthday Sale ends, she will be added to the website eventually as a kit for purchase. She is quite lovely. I kept her as a black and white image and then at the last minute decided to color the flowers on the cake. I’m glad I did, they just add a bit more color to the whole card and pulls the pink out of the washi borders.

I have a quick video for this card too.  You can watch it here or at Youtube.

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