Adulting is hard

I've got another project for the Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop.

 Stamps are from Unity's Feb 2017 Kit of the Month called Unexpected Places. 

I LOVE the sentiment! It's so true.

And now I feel like I need a bunch of wintery coffee cozies.

Happy Cocoa Day

It's time for the Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop!

Today happen to be National Cocoa Day so I made this cozy little cocoa card:

Stamps are from Verve's Coffee Helps set.
Paprs are Lawn Fawn's Snow Day.

Thanks for stopping by aliong the hop today!

Merry & Bright

Welcome to the December Unity Stamps blog hop.

I finally started working on a few Christmas cards.

I used Unity's A Joyous Season kit.

I stamped and masked the trees, embossed the snowflakes, and blended distress inks for the background. Then sprinkled some water and white spray ink.

I decided to use some distress grit-paste for the snow hills

And then finished up with some twine.

Here's the rest of the hop order:

Denise Sayers

Lori Simonson 
Shannon Edwards 
me>>>   Amber Sheaves  
go here next>>>   Kim Chong
Angela Bode
MariLynn DeGroot
Amanda Rhodes
Paula McClane
Amanda Garrett
Crystal O. Minkler

Thanks for stopping by today!

GIU Winners!

I almost forgot to pick my two winners from last week's Growing in Unity.

The two random commenters are:

Angela Bode

and

Bri

Angela and Bri, please email me at amberloyana at yahoo.com with your mailing address. I will pass it along to Unity and they will send you your 25 stamps!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to leave such wonderful comments. You all made me feel so great. Thanks again and have a great week!

GIU Day 5, Be Awesome

It's my last day as a Growing in Unity girl with Unity stamps.

For today's art journal page I got a little messy with paint and ink.

The background was several colors of paint. I used a few backround texture stamps from the set Hello Beautiful and God's Sight. Then I added even more drips to the already drippy flower stamp. And the sentiment is from Do More Awesome.

Since this is not a card, I'm linking up to Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

On Sunday, I will choose 2 random commenters from my posts this week who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity!

Thanks for stopping by!

GIU Day 4, Challenges change you

It's day 4 of my Growing in Unity week with Unity stamps.
And I have yet another art journal page.

I used this color challenge as inspiration

I used a Burlap stencil and Old Paper distress ink for the background. Stamped the script stamp from the Hug stamp set. Used Tea Dye and Vintage Photo distress inks to darken the edges. And sprinkled water droplets. Then I used texture paste tinted with fired brick distress reinker and the Mini Brick stencil.

I stamped the leaves from Love never leaves in Orange Blossom archival ink and then heat embossed with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder. I used dark green paint to stamp leaves from the Wildflowers & wings stamp set.

The sentiment is from You are important. I added a bit more darkness to the edges with Iced Coffee gelato.

I'm linking this up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

Thanks for stopping by. See you again tomorrow.

Remember that I'll choose 2 random commenters from my posts this week to receive 25 random stamps from Unity. So comment every day here on my blog to maximize your chances to win.

GIU Day 3, Your Own Kind of Beautiful

Welcome to day 3 of my Growing in Unity week!
Every day this week I'm posting a new project using Unity stamps.
At the end of the week, I'll choose 2 random commenters from my posts who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity. So comment every day here on my blog to maximize your chances to win.

Today I have yet another art journal page.

 I stamped the image from Mystical Mermaid. I covered it with masking fluid. Then sprayed a some blue and purple spray inks. After they dried, I sprinkled water and let it dry again. Then I removed the masking fluid and painted the mermaid with a waterbrush and distress inks.

The sentiment is from the imperfection is beauty set.

I finished off the page with white ink splatters on top and black splatters on the bottom.

I'm linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

Thanks for stopping by. See you again tomorrow.

GIU Day 2, Lotus Unfolding

Every day this week I will post a new project using Unity stamps.
At the end of the week, I will choose 2 random commenters from my posts who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity. So comment every day here on my blog to maximize your chances to win.

I have another journal page today:

I love Donna Downey's stamps from Unity. This is one of her faces, called What do you see.

The flowers are from the sets Girl Truly and Imperfection is Beauty. I would love to wear these flowers on my head! 

The sentiment is also from Imperfection is Beauty. Everything on the page is colored with distress inks.

I'm linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

GIU Day1, Something Wonderful

Welcome!
All this week I will be a Growing in Unity girl!
Every day this week I will post a new project using Unity stamps.
At the end of the week, I will choose 2 random commenters from my posts who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity. So comment every day here on my blog to maximize your chances to win.

My first project this week is this art journal page. I painted my background black, added torn book pages, added texture paste with Tim Holtz's Cargo and Ray stencils, added red and yellow paint and ink splatters.

The dragonfly is from the Unity happy stamp set. I heat embossed it on vellum and then glued it to the page. I accidentally broke off one antenna so I cut off the other to make it even!

The sentiment is from the empowered words stamp set:

I'm also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Not a Card.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope to see you again tomorrow!

hello fall card

Ok, I'm sneaking in one last card for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Don't tell anyone, but I'm actually at work. With no craft supplies. I found a few free printables on Pinterest and a sheet of kraft cardstock in the supply cabinet. Some fussy cutting and a glue stick later and I've got this card:

I'm posting and photographing everything with my phone, so let's all hope it works well enough!

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

I like coffee best of all card

 Here is my third project for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop:

I had fun using color burst to create the background on this card.

Then I fussy cut some leaves and the coffee cup and used that really great sentiment stamp from Verve (which I won in a previos coffee lovers blog hop!).

Thanks for visiting my blog during this hop!

Sending a latte love card

It's time for the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hop! I love linking up to these quarterly blog hops. There are always tons of prizse for those that share projects and for those commenting on projects. Definitely check it out if you have time.

Here is my second project for the hop:

The image on this card is from Unity and sentiment is from Verve. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog for the hop.

Life Happens Coffee Helps tag

It's time for the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hop! I love linking up to these quarterly blog hops. There are always tons of prizse for those that share projects and for those commenting on projects. Definitely check it out if you have time.

Here's my first project:

This was a fun tag to make using a mix of stamps from Crafters Companion, Verve, and Stampin Up.
And, of course, lots of brown inks!

Thanks for stopping by my poor little neglected blog today!
Enjoy the rest of the hop!