2 MPC team members in Growing in Unity Blog Hop

Good morning and happy Monday! I was the GIU girl for Unity in early December. Starting yesterday, they're hosting a blog hop for Nov. and Dec. GIU girls and we're showcasing our favorite stamps. Our Sheryl Kemper her at MPC was a GIU girl during this time, too.

I chose to showcase what drew me to Unity in the beginning...their sentiments.   This set is from Donna Downey and it is called "She". It can be found here

I made a card with each sentiment...a total of five and you can check out my blog here

Follow along on the blog hop for a chance to be one of two winners and don't forget to comment on Unity's blog, as well.

Here is the blog order

  Amanda Rhodes

                                                        

Corrie Wagner

                                                         

  I am third in line!!!!

   Katie "Sallie" Schneider

 Natalia Cazals
 Kapree Clark

  Deirdre Smith

  Sheryl Kemper (be sure to check our team member Sheryl's beautiful work)
 Cynthia Olheiser

Unity Blog

Have a great day!

Pam

Growing in Unity Girl~Day 2

Good morning, MPC peeps!  I thought I'd posted here yesterday and to my surprise, there was nothing here!  Oops. Anywho, check out my blog; Mustang Creations each day this week (M-F) to be eligible to win two free itty bitty's of your choice from Unity. Today my project is a diaper fold creation...here is a sneak of it.

Pam

Coffee Lovers...a day late

I made this to enter into the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop for coffee day. I didn't make it! Oh well!

 I used MFP's Oh, Beans from 2012. I stamped the cups on dp and fussy cut and made my own dp with the background sentiment. Some more dp and a fancy cut out for my sentiment along with ribbon and a rhinestone brad. The edges were sponged with burnt umber.

Thanks for looking!

Pam

Love Never Fails

Happy day to everyone out in blogland! Don't fall off of your chairs...yes, I made a card. Quite therapeutic! I made this with Unity's Love Never Fails in honor of my parents. It would've been there 65th wedding anniversary on the 16th. I used a gifted encyclopedia page from the awesome MariLynn and went to work. I stamped in versa mark and embossed in black. The roses and butterflies were done with pearlescent watercolors. I hand quilled some roses with pearlescent watercolors as well, some burlap and some fun fibers, too. One section was dry embossed and then I added blue Inca Gold.......my mom loved blue!

Sorry for the whacky writing....I am out of practice!

Pam

Happy Father's Day

I have been asked to make some Father's Day creations and this is one of them. I used a piece of 5 x 5 card stock as a base for the dp pieces. I used World Traveler dp from Teresa Collins and sponged some burnt umber around each piece. I do believe this is one of my most favorite SU! sets~ Angler...for guy cards. My husband is an avid fly fisherman. The 5 x 5 base was put on dimensionals as are the flies and sentiment. A square brad and some May Arts twine/thread for interest.

How are your Father's Day cards coming along?

Pam

A Mix of Gladiolus

Wow! I have never done this many challenges at one time. I did it with MariLynn's encouragement. We decided to use the same stamp set....we'll see how hers comes out as she makes some rocking pieces of artwork. This was made for the sketch challenge, for the ways to use it which was to use our birth flower...mine is gladiolus. Also done for the free for all which is delightfully rumpled...I am always a fan of distressing and our MIX today is to take it away. This part I struggled with a bit and I have paint up to my elbows to prove it! About my 6th attempt, I was happy. I finally decided to paint a piece of gumball card stock, emboss it and then sand the black away...I like how it came out. I heated the ribbon up to give it a "rumpled" look, too. I also splattered some thinned white acrylic paint with a toothbrush and added black stickler to the flowers. I miss crafting...where do the hours in the day go? ~Pam

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2517226#ixzz31EvFhPnL

Long lost crafting time

As I said in an earlier post, I have not been getting any craft time. I made this back in March as I used Unity's March 2014 KOTM. ....bad girl. I like to finish what I've started in one sitting. The sentiment is SU~Elements of Style. Added some glitter for interest.

Pam

Splitcoast color challenge and dirty dozen April showers challenge

I made this for the color challenge and the Dirty Dozen challenge. Tuesday's colors were pacific point, real red and pumpkin pie. For the Dirty dozen, I did April showers by doing a random layer of UTEE for a wet look on my flowers

Pam

Sunday crafting

I am missing crafting. I usually always finish what I've started...but I have a pile gathering of unfinished projects. Simply haven't had the time I would like to devote to it! With that said, I made this crayon bg for the mix this past Friday's Mix challenge-to use crayons on our projects. I used crayon shavings, heated with my heat gun and then smeared the colors around with a tissue. I repeated it until I liked the look. I decided to use this bg to make my card in honor of our featured stamper Catluvr2 on Splitcoaststampers this week...she does beautiful work and I chose this card: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=334464
Obviously, I changed the bg, the flourishes, the butterfly to a bird and the sentiment. Also, changed the direction the flourishes were going.

I used Unity stamps-Birdie Inspiration and Empowered Words, craft white ink, white ep, word label punch, white ribbon and the tulip ef

Enjoy your week!

Pam

P.S. We are so close to 100 likes on our FB page

Pointillism

Happy day to all the people out in blogland. I have been absent lately, but hope to start getting my groove on! Looking forward to this new adventure with my girls~~~

I made this card using the 2014 April KOTM from Unity. In addition, I used a couple of freebies from them-the sentiment and the button. This card was made for the TLC477 challenge on SCS-pointillism. I cut a piece of white card stock and used marina mist to make my little dots all over the bg of my image. Next, I sponged some marina mist and stamped the image. The dragonfly was done with pink passion, marina mist and then I used a thin layer of light blue pearlescent watercolors on it. A sheet of dp, some burlap, embroidery thread and twine and lastly, a button.

Have a great day!

Pam

Know Who You Are

Well to our new adventure!  Soon we will be coming to you with challenges and prizes to go along with those challenges!

We all look forward to a fun experience here at Mountain Plains Crafters!

I got a fun job at a local clothing store and the BIG bonus, 40% off! The girls know that any scraps of material...I will take home. One of my coworkers brought this fun piece of cloth to me from home. I mod-podged under and over it and had to wait 4ever for it to dry! Used this awesome itty bitty sentiment. The sentiments are what led me to Unity. I used some of my hand-quilled roses, embroidery thread and the leaf emboss lit.

Have a great Wednesday!

I have to run pack.

Pam