Growing in Unity: Day Four!

This week is really just flying by, isn't it? It always seems to when I get to do something as fun and creative as being a GIU gal for a week! Today is another card with a vintage feel to it. To be honest, it's my least favorite card I made this week, BUT I still really like it and can't wait to give it to my mother for this upcoming Mother's Day...

What do you all think? I've had that white wooden distress heart for literally over a year waiting for a moment to use it, and I really liked it on here for extra dimension and texture. Again, vintage is out of my wheelhouse, but I do like to try to push my creative limits sometimes. I used a sentiment from Botanical Bliss, the March 2014 Kit of the Month.

Reminders that I will be doing a giveaway on my Facebook page some time in the month of March, and that every comment you leave on my GIU posts this week earns you a chance to win one of two random stamp grab bags from the fabulous Unity Stamp Co! Rad! :)

Hope y'all have a wonderful Thursday!

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Three weeks in a row--I'm on a roll! Mojo Monday's sketches are really keeping me up on being creative, I love it. This week I made my first Valentine's card of the season! Check out the sketch...

Here's what I came up with...

I had fun with this one! I found this "Love is kind" Bible quote stamp and knew I had to make a Valentine's Day card for my mother. I used a stamp from Unity Stamp Co's December 2013 Kit of the Month: Happy Love Day and distress the inks with Tattered Rose. The patterned papers are from Echo Park's Head Over Heels pack. I embossed all those fun hearts using Cuttlebug's Cross My Heart embossing folder + border and topped it off with a few bubbles from Queen & Co.

I loved the stamp, but felt it needed some more sparkle. I went over the big "love" part of the stamped image with my Martha Stewart ballpoint-tip glue pen and sprinkled on some red glitter. Here's a close-up, but pictures don't do it justice!

This was such an easy card to create, but I love all the layers and slightly "alternative" colors for a Valentine's Day. Fun stuff! Thanks for stopping by and come back soon! :)