GIU GAL - Day 7

GIU Gal - Day 7

Hi friends! First of all I would like to thank Unity Stamp Co for giving me the opportunity to share my projects with such a great group of stamper’s. Waking up this morning I am a little sad. Today is my last day as GIU Gal of the week. This week has been so good for me. I suffer from depression and this week has given me reason to work on a project each day. It has really helped me and how I feel about myself getting the feedback from all of you. I would like to keep up with this blog for those of you who would continue to follow me! Today my first project is an 8x8 scrapbook page. My next project is a bonus and I tried to do something out of the box. A friend gave me a pile of wallpaper swatches and I challenged myself to choose one and use it in a project. My favorite was this textured one with fibers. I chose to use it as the background on a chipboard tag bookmark.  I challenge you this week to think outside the box and use an unusual item somewhere in your project and share with others! Enjoy and have a GREAT year❣️

Ingredients

Stamp Set - Eve Girl

Ink - Jet Black - Stazon, 

         Purple Hydrangea - Versa Magic

Markers - Playground - ZIG Color Brush

                  CIAO E11 - Copic (for skintone)

Paper - Genevieve - TAC (Background)

              Purple Cardstock

              Watercolor

Adhesives - ZOTS 3D Dots

                    Glue Glider Pro - Glue Arts

Ribbon - Trim it Up

Stickles - Silver

Recipe

• Stamp Eve Girl and sentiment on white watercolor paper, trim down
• Color Eve and blend
• Edge both pieces with Purple Hydrangea
• Mat with Purple Cardstock and distress edges
• Dot snowflakes with Stickles and let dry
• Adhere Eve and sentiment to background paper
• Adhere snowflake border and single snowflake on with ZOTS

BONUS PROJECT

EVE GIRL BOOKMARK

Ingredients

Stamp - Eve Girl

Ink - Jet Black - Stazon

         Midnight Black - Versa Magic

Markers - CIAO Skintones E11 , E18 - Copic

                   Retro & Nursery Rhymes - Tombow

Stickles - Icicles

Adhesive - Glue Glider Pro - Glue Arts

                   3D Dots - ZOTS

Yellow Scrapbook nails

Twine

Watercolor Paper

Wallpaper Swatch for textured background

RECIPE

• Stamp Eve Girl onto Watercolor Paper
• Color and blend with markers
• Pop in yellow nails
• Dot Stickles onto snowflakes & let dry
• Edge with Versa Magic Midnight Black Ink
• Tie twine to the side
• Cut Wallpaper (textured) to fit tag and adhere with Glue Glider
• Adhere Eve to tag with Zots
• Tie twine to hole in tag

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU GAL - Day 6

Ingredients

Stamp - Gianna Girl - Unity

Paper - Pixey Stix - The Paper Studio
              Watercolor Paper
              Brown Cardstock
              Turquoise Cardstock
              Cream Cardstock

Ink - Jet Black - Stazon
          Jumbo Java - Versa Magic

Markers - CIAO E11 - Copic
                  Tombow

Adhesive - ZOTS

Cotton Butchers Twine
Flower
Waterpen

Recipe

• Pick background paper for colors 
• Stamp Gianna on watercolor paper with Jet Black Ink
• Color image and blend
• Tie twine on side
• Adhere flower with ZOT
• Mat with Brown Cardstock
• Adhere to patterned paper
• Stamp sentiments on Cream Cardstock with Jet Black Ink
• Distress edges with Jumbo Java Ink
• Mat with Turquoise Cardstock
• Adhere to patterned paper

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU GAL - Day 5

Ingredients

Stamps - Owl Always & Whispering Willow - Unity

Paper - Red Polka Dot, Pink Polka Dot, Bird Nest

White cardstock, Brown cardstock

Ink - Jet Black - Stazon, Aquatic Splash - Versa Magic

Adhesive - Glue Glider Pro - Glue Arts

Twine

Making Memories Distressor

Embossing Gun - Crop-A-Dile

Embossing Powder - Wintergreen, Pastel Opaque - Stamp n Stuff

Recipe

• Take coaster and trace and cut 2 pattern papers for covers. Cut 4 more plain squares for inside pages. I used red polka dot & plain brown.
• Distress edges of all with distressing tool.
• Stamp owls on Brown cardstock with Aquatic Splash and whispering willow on White cardstock with Jet Black and heat emboss with wintergreen pastel.
• Trim around owls
• Mat with Pink polka dot on Red polka dot
• Page 2 - Cut out pattern. I chose Bird Nest. Attach to brown cardstock
• Page 3 - Stamp owl on sentiment with Jet Black Ink. Edge with Aquatic Splash.
• Page 4 - Stamp whispering willow with Jet Black Ink. Color leaves with Aquatic Splash.
• Back Cover - Red Polka Dot Paper

With Crop-A-Dile make holes in corner of each coaster and tie with twine loose enough to turn pages.

Place one clip on each corner to turn pages

I only had 3 coasters that's why my album is so small but I just wanted you to get the idea.

Here is another coaster I did.

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU GAL - Day 4

Ingredients

Stamp - Every Breath - Phyllis Harris

Cream Cardstock, White Watercolor Paper, Brown Cardstock,White Cardstock, Teal Cardstock and Red Cardstock

Ink - Jet Black - Stazon, Aquatic Splash and Jumbo Java - Versa Magic

Pen - GellyRoll 08, Chalk Pen - White

Stickers - Posh Paisley - Paper Bliss

Edge Distresser - Heidi Swapp

Generals Watercolor Pencils

Twine

Enamel Accents - White

Recipe

Stamp Every Breath with Stazon Jet Black onto watercolor paper also sentiment

Color with Generals Watercolor Pencils

Put White Enamel on Dandelion

Edge with Jumbo Java

Mat with Brown Cardstock

Edge White Cardstock with Aquatic Splash

Mat onto Brown Cardstock

Wrap twine around

Distress Teal Cardstock and Mat onto Cream Cardstock

Adhere to card

Place Stickers

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU Gal - Day 3

Today is already my 3rd day as GIU Gal!

Wow only 4 days to go. The last 2 days trying my hand at sharing my craft has been really fun. At home my time has been spent strictly on my craft space. I took over about half of the kitchen. I am trying to put everything in a compact organized space. We really downsized and I feel it! My husband brought every craft item I own... Seeing it all is overwhelming. I made a promise to myself to only buy Unity Stamps and adhesive in 2018. I hope you all get some inspiration by my projects this week!

Please remember to comment each of the 7 days to be entered into a drawing to win Unity Stamps!!!

Have a great day!

Shannon

Ingredients
Stamp-Phyllis Harris-Earth’s Lovliness
Ink-Stazon-Jet Black
       Versa Magic-Jumbo Java
Markers-Copic CIAO-Skintones E 11
                                     Perfect Primaries
Pens-GellyRoll 08
         Chalk White
Adhesives-Glue
                  Pop Squares
                  Glue Arts-Glue Glider Pro
Good Sharp Scissors
Paper Trimmer
Kraft Cards
Kraft Cardstock
White Cardstock

Recipe
Stamp Earths Lovliness and sentiment on white Cardstock with Stazon Jetblack.
Cut sand with Kraft Cardstock thinking of a small hill for her to sit on.
Cut sentiment into a shape and cut pink paper to mat that.
Color scene with markers (I had to just play around to get the water the way I wanted).
Edge sentiment, mat, and Sandhills with Versa Magic-Jumbo Java.
Fussy cut hands, bottom lace, rear, and feet to sit on hill.
Attach scene to card being careful not to glue bottom half of girl.
Adhere sand with pop squares at bottom of card under girls bottom side.
Lift hands, hair, rear and feet onto sandhill and adhere with glue.
Attach sentiment onto side of scene.
Attach ribbon to top of card with glue.

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU Gal - Day 2

Here is the card for GIU Gal Day 2. Hopefully everyone LOVED my card from Day 1!!!

Ingredients

Stamp - Angie Girl - Anna

Inks - Jet Black/Stazon

Flowers - Prima
Center of Flower - Spare Parts - The Paper Studio
Making Memories Distresser
Red Ribbon
Free Hand cut Hearts

Adhesive - Glue Glider Pro Glue Gun, Glue Arts

Colored Pencils - Derwent Watercolor Pencils
Copic Skintones

Red Cardstock/Black Cardstock/Blue Cardstock - All w/white core

Recipe

Take white card blank - Set aside
Distress black cardstock edges and adhere to white card
Cut blue cardstock, distress edges, adhere to black cardstock
Cut red cardstock and distress
Cut piece of white cardstock size of sentiment
Stamp with Jet Black Stazon Ink
Distress with Black Dewdrop
Adhere to Red cardstock
Freehand cut 2 hearts
Stamp Angie Girl - Anna in Jet Black Stazon Ink
Color with Derwent Color Pencils
Blend with water pen
Fussycut Anna and adhere with pop squares
Attach red ribbon
Attach center of flower to flowers and attach flower to ribbon

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

GIU Gal - Day 1

I am honored and excited to be the very first Growing in Unity Girl of 2018!!!

Ingredients

Stamp - Naked Snowpeep

Inks - Jet Black/Stazon, Dew Drop Coffee Bean/Brilliance

Buttons - Bag - O - Buttons, The Paper Studio

Flowers - Prima

Stickles - Icicle

Beaded Snowflake - EK Success

Adhesive - Glue Glider Pro Glue Gun, Glue Arts

Colored Pencils - Derwent Watercolor Pencils

White Cardstock/Black Cardstock

Recipe

Stamp Naked Snowpeep onto White Cardstock

Edge with Brilliance Coffee Bean Dew Drop ink

Color scene in with Derwent Watercolor Pencils - Blend with water

Use Stickles - Icicles for snow, snowpeep, tops of posts, gloves and hat

Mat on Black Cardstock

Stamp sentiment on White Cardstock

Mat on Black Cardstock

Adhere both to card

Glue buttons to 3 corners

Hot glue flower to corner of card

Glue beaded snowflake to flower

Stamp sentiment to inside of card

GIVEAWAY: 

The wonderful people at Unity Stamps are giving away 25 random stamps to two lucky people who comment on my GIU posts this week. Be sure to leave a comment for each post this week (Monday through Friday) for the most chances to win! I will post the winners next week here on my blog.

Welcome to my Blog

Hi everyone! Welcome to the New Year and my new blog! 

My name is Shannon Sunnarborg and am lucky enough to be

 January 1-7 GIU Gal of the week.

I am making it my resolution to learn a new technique a week. I am in my 40’s and have been married to my awesome husband Shawn for 27 years. I am the mom to 4 awesome kids. Chelsea 26, Tyler and Jordan 24 and Kaetlin 21! 

I LOVE to craft. (Especially stamping and scrapbooking) I have done some sort of crafting since I was small. I started stamping 24 years ago back when we embossed holding the card with the embossing powder over the stove to heat it up, LOL. 

My current quest is coloring and shading. Just over a year ago I found Unity on Black Friday and now those are the only stamps I use. My favorites so far and what I have the most of are Angie Girls. I also love the Phyllis Harris line. Both lines you can use for any occasion. 

I hope that you like my projects and they inspire you to try something new! Have a great week.