Mini Album, Glue Arts, Maya Road, and Paint!

A Mini Album

Glue Arts has teamed up this week with Maya Road, maker of chipboard, trinket pins, canvas, flowers and more!   Whoot whoot!  Check out this whole week of projects on the Glue Arts Blog, especially TODAYS!  You NEED to see what the girls created today.  Breathtaking and so creative.

See full instruction on the Glue Arts blog.   Also comment over there for a GIVEAWAY of Maya Road goodies and Glue Arts adhesives!  Post all week and a winner will be chosen next week.  Check the Glue Arts blog for details.

Glue Arts Products Used:

Adhesive Squares

Glue Glider MAX

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

  

A New Video Tutorial - QUICK Embellishments

Happy Easter Monday everyone!

Just wanted to share with you the latest UnityTV Episode #8! of UnityTV which aired today! 

It's a quick tag that can be used on cards and layouts.

SEEING THE TAG IN ACTION:

And here is 4 minute Episode #8 of UnityTV:

   Thanks for watching!

Homemade Headband

Hello lovely people!

Glue Arts has teamed up this week with Epiphany Crafts, maker of these AWESOME tools that allow you to make your own epoxy buttons with the paper of your choosing.  I am a BIG fan!  They also make these flowers that I made into an interchangeable headband for my daughter.  I put Velcro on the back of each flower, so she could change up the flowers on the band.  I used my trusty Glue Arts Glue Gun and Glue Sticks to make sure all the Velcro was attached and the cute heart buttons.

See full instruction on the Glue Arts blog.   Also comment over there for a GIVEAWAY!  A winner from this weeks' Glue Arts posts will be chosen on Monday.

Glue Arts Glue Gun

 Have a great weekend!

  

Hip Hop Thursday - SOME CARDS!

Welcome to this stop on the UNITY HIP HOP for April 21, 2011.

Today's CARD Thoughts:

I thought I would share with you some cards that I made, the first, stamping on painted denim, and the second, stamping on an inky envelope. 

Project Tip (Especially for Publication):
When you finish your project, think about adding little elements to make it different and stand out.  Little add-ons include eyelets, brads, cord, ribbon, paints or ink, stitching (hand or machine), little gems.


"Butterflies"
(add on was cotton waxed cord)

 "Love"
(add-on was little gems on the envelope and seam binding)

Unity Stamps Used

Echo Park - With Love

(frame, postage stamps, love)

Iron Orchid Designs - Love Never Fails (butterfly)

(psst - ON SALE for $18.00!)

IT'S APRIL!
Kit of the Month Info

Every month, Unity produces CUTE art on a 8.5x11 sheet of rubber just for kit club members! 
Here is the kit for APRIL 2011:

Kit info can be found here.

The NEW Unity Challenge

See it here, it has its own blog space.

This month's challenge is BIRDS!

(runs from the 15th to tht 15th).

Here is my TAKE:

To continue on the hop, click on the button!  It's Lisa Henke - one CREATIVE woman!

Thanks for visiting today!

MAGIC EMBOSSING!

This week on UnityTV, we have a technique for you, using the coolest and newest stamps from Unity!  We love this technique and think you will too.  It's an old technique, but stamps can make it fresh again.

EASY as PIE!

We used the BELLA DOILIES stamp set designed by Bella Blvd.   Love these stamps for so many reasons.

What can you expect in this video?

• Distress Inks
• Heat Embossing
• Ink Pushing with Water
• Ink Layering

Without further ado, here are some pictures of the technique in Episode #7! of UnityTV.   If you watch it on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming! 

And here is Episode #7 of UnityTV:

   Thanks for watching UnityTV!

Hip Hop with Some NEW Hops in Our Step

Welcome to the UNITY HIP HOP for April 14, 2011.  And this is such an AMAZING hop because we are now hopping together, the Ippity Girls and the Unity Girls, now ONE BIG TEAM! 

Today's Scrapbook Thoughts:

 My little boy.  He is now eight years old, and I miss him when he was this young.  I think it's good to go back and use older pictures to scrap.  Remember your kids and the stages they've been through, their little voices, things they have said.  This picture was taken when my son was three, and looking at him in this photo reminds me of how much I love him, how he will always be loved by us, and loved by God.

"Love U"

Unity Stamps Used:

Echo Park - With Love

(frame, postage stamps, love)

Iron Orchid Designs - Carte Postale

(bird)

TIP TIME:

To dress up the frames that are stamped onto plain cardstock, ink the inside of the frame with the SAME color ink, using Ranger's Cut n' Dry Foam.

IT'S APRIL!
Kit of the Month Info

Every month, Unity produces CUTE art on a 8.5x11 sheet of rubber just for kit club members! 
Here is the kit for APRIL 2011:

Kit info can be found here.

The NEW Unity Challenge

See it here, it has its own blog space.

A new challenge will be posted on FRIDAY.

To continue on the hop, click on the button!  It's Lisa Arana - one talented chick!

Thanks for visiting today!

Guest Blogging at Big Picture Classes

Today, Shemaine Smith and I created TWO stamping tutorials for Big Picture Classes Blog on behalf of Unity Stamp Co!

Here is a sneak of mine, and Shemaine's layout is SUPER cute!  I think you'll want to try it!

Bye for now!

A NEW VIDEO is up for UnityTV!

I just LOVE thes giant flowers, so I had to make one and show you how to do it.  AMAZING and EASY to make.  You don't even need a sewing machine!  Simple stitching will work.

I used the BRAVE GIRL BOOTS stamp set designed by the one and only Melody Ross!

Without further ado, here are some pictures of the project made in Episode #6! of UnityTV which aired Monday, April 11.  If you watch it on You Tube, go ahead and subscribe to the UnityTV channel (UnityStampCoTV), because the videos will just keep coming! 

What you can expect in this video?

• PAINT on CANVAS
• STAMP with INK and PAINT on CANVAS
• STITCHING
• MAKING a BUTTON from CARDBOARD and a COTTON BALL

And here is Episode #6 of UnityTV:

                    Thanks for watching! 

 

Accent It All to Make Masks - Video Tutorial

Hello lovely people!

I made it back safe and sound from Arizona for the Spellbinders retreat and I want to do a more fulsome post so that I can share with you my thoughts and experience.  I am in awe of that company!

For my post today and what I do have prepared a video tutorial for the amazing adhesive company GLUE ARTS.

Creating a Mask - Video Below
Glue Arts makes vinyl called Accent It All.  And do you know what you can do with vinyl and a die template?  Watch the video to find out!  I love love love the possibilities.

See the left and right hand of the layout, that beautiful border?  It was an affect achieved using Glue Arts Accent It All, ink, and the Spellbinders Parisian Accents die template.

  To see all the cute projects that the team has revealed today, visit the Glue Arts Blog.  There is also a COOL giveaway, but you'll have to go there to find out what it is!
A complete supply list is included at the end of the video.

Have a GREAT day!