Growing in Unity / Day 5

It's been such a great week for me, creating each day with my Unity stash !! Today's card is a heartfelt thank-you to the gang at Unity for hosting so many wonderful people throughout the year for their Growing in Unity Weeks !!  I loved playing with the Mostest Hostess stamp set and creating a cozy space with a furry friend. 

There is still time to comment to win 1 of 2 $20 Unity Gift Cards . Leave one here, in the Unity groups or on my Facebook or IG page. I've had so much fun this week choosing stamps to use for my cards.  All of the comments I've received are much appreciated. I can't thank you enough . I'm looking forward to next week's GIU Girl and all of their creations !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Growing in Unity / Day 4

Pissy Kitty joined me today for my morning coffee. He wants to know why I have SO many coffee cups ! I told him I have different cups for each season, and it also depends on the kind of mood I'm in . According to him , you only NEED 1 cup and that cup has to be your favorite. So here he is with his pretty blue cup with a bird on it . It's the only one he ever uses and was perfect as the focal point for my card today .. All this image needed was some pretty coffee paper and a snarky sentiment, also from the Pissy Kitty stamp set .

I've enjoyed reading all of the lovely comments so far during the first 3 days of my GIU week .  Thank you to everyone . Leave one here, in the Unity groups, on my Facebook page, or my IG  page. I will randomly choose 2 winners at the end of my week to win  $20 Unity Gift Credits . 

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Growing in Unity Week - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of my Growing in Unity Week . I have been a big fan of Angie Girls for years so I had to use one for my card today . Gretchen Girl is such a lovely stamp set - giving cozy vibes ..

Please leave a comment for a chance to win 1 of 2 $20 Unity Gift Credits at the end of my week . Thank you to everyone who has already commented on my first card yesterday !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

Growing in Unity Week - Day 1

This week I'm excited to be the Unity Stamp Company's Growing in Unity Girl !!  I'll be posting something new each day of this week using their amazing stamps . At the end of my week, I will randomly choose 2 people to win Unity Gift Credits of $20 each .  You can comment here, on my IG page - djdavison814 - or on Facebook . I look forward to sharing my cards with you ..

For my first card I used the fun stamp set Butter My Biscuit ,,

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

Debra Davison / Meticulosity

My Planner Gals - GIU Day 4

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog for my first 3 GIU posts. For Day 4, I decided to let you all take a peek into my Happy Planner for this week.  I sometimes think that my planner is way more organized than I am, but I do have fun decorating the pages !! Does anyone else feel that way ?? 

I absolutely fell in love with the new Planner Gals by Angie Blom. Now that I have purchased these, they have also come out with short-haired Gals . ( There might be another Unity purchase in my future !! )

• Planner gals and their sentiments were stamped with Memories Black India ink. I used two of the gals - Be a Beauty & Don't Be Perfect. I stamped the images on blank planner pages from previous months, the cut them and adhered them to the pages for this week.
• I colored in the images with Distress Markers and Faber - Castell PITT Artist pens  and drew stripes on the be-you-tiful gal's shirt 
• Some of the flowers were highlighted using a Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen. This has to be one of my very favorite pens for adding shimmer to a project !! I also used some "Rock Candy" Distress Stickles Glitter Glue .
• I added some Craftsmith washi tape from their French word /black stripe set, purchased at Michaels. I am not a "fill in every bit of white space" planner girl, Unlike my need to add more and more to cards that I make, I am more of a minimalist when it comes to decorating my planner.
• A "hoarded" banner sticker and some enamel dots by Basic Grey also were added to the pages. I used a variety of stickers and embellishments to highlight weekly activities.  I like to leave space for spur-of-the-moment fill-ins.

My $5.99 Blitsy Happy Planner

Hard to believe that Day 4 is here . I'll be back again tomorrow with my final project and hope you will stop by to see it. I want to thank everyone at Unity Stamp Company for giving us all this chance to show our creative side to everyone.  Their stamps are amazing and their designers are phenomenal !!  I'll see you back here at Meticulosity tomorrow. Please comment on each post this week for your chance to win a grab bag of 25 Unity stamps.

Happy Stamping !!

Succulent Salutations - GIU Day 2

For my Growing in Unity Day 2, I am using the sentiment kit Succulent Salutations . This is a fabulous kit that includes 18 stamps. I am not a gardener so this set is as close as I will be getting to having a plant. I love to fussy cut and paper-piece - this card is perfect for that.

" just take it one day at a time "

• I started with a Molly & Rex card base,  A pink doily was placed in the upper left corner of the card and trimmed to fit.  
• The succulents, sentiment and bird were stamped with Memories Black India ink -  I stamped the succulents several times on both Neenah Stardust White cardstock and patterned paper . The patterned paper was from 2 Prima pads - Hello Pastel and Life Time. 
• I fussy cut the planters and 2 of the succulents, then adhered them to the image stamped on the cardstock.
• Distress Markers were used to color  several sections of the succulents.
• The sentiment was paper-punched then stapled to another paper-punched square of patterned paper.
• A strip of glitter washi was placed along the bottom of the succulent image, then this mage was adhered to the bottom right corner of the card. 
• A fussy cut bird was adhered to the top of the sentiment. 

Please comment on this post. I will randomly choose 2 winners to win 25 Unity stamps at the end of my GIU week. Thank you for taking the time to visit Meticulosity. 

Kitchen Logic - GIU Day 1

I am thrilled to be back as a Growing in Unity Girl this week for Unity Stamp Company. It is my third year and there will be another person this week who is joining us as a first-time GIU girl. Welcome to Kim Gray - I can't wait to see all of your projects !! I will be posting a new project using Unity stamps on my blog Monday through Friday. Please comment each day for a chance to win a grab bag of 25 Unity stamps. There will be 2 lucky winners.

For my first project, I used an older Unity kit called Kitchen Logic. Everything about this set reminds me of my mom - the stove with the kitchen towel hanging on it, the lovely apron and the sentiments that are included.

" if you can't take the Heat, get out of the Kitchen "

• I started with a turquoise card base and adhered a pink doily in the center. 
• I stamped the 3 images on patterned paper from the Echo Park "Happy Days" collection .This is a fun, retro paper pad. All stamping was done with Memories India black ink.
• The stove and apron were fussy-cut and adhered to the doily. I used foam dimensionals to pop up the apron. 
• The sentiment was paper-punched out then stapled to a same-sized square of turquoise paper. 
• 3 retro banners were adhered to the upper Left corner of the card base. A strip of pink glitter washi gave the card a pop of color .  It reminds me of kitchen curtains !!
• And don't you love that small cake stand that I found at TJ Maxx - how perfect is that !?!? I think that maybe I made that card to match the stand !!

I used turquoise on this card because my mom used to write recipes in her recipe book with a turquoise ink pen. To this day, when I see that color ink, I have great memories of my mom in the kitchen with me. She was an amazing cook and baker. Miss her every day.. This card is for you, Mom !!

I hope that you like my first GIU project. Be sure to leave a comment and at the end of the week, I will choose 2 winners at random to win 25 Unity stamps. Thank you so much for visiting Meticulosity.