Saturday, October 1, 2022

Friends of Unity Hop, October 2022, Anything But a Card

 Welcome back and Happy Fall! I just LOVE fall...so many beautiful colors. So many cozy sweaters. And don't forget crunchy leaves, pumpkins, football, and hot cocoa. Fall came here fast in northeast Ohio. We went from 80's to 50's in a day...literally. We were not given a period of adjustment. I had to pull out my winter coat. It has been so cold in the mornings this first week of fall. 

Well, enough talk about the weather. Let's switch gears. I am so happy to announce the winner of my prize pack from last month. Wilma DeG, come on down! You are the lucky winner! Thank you so much for always leaving comments on our blogs. You are always so supportive. We appreciate you so very much. Please email me your address at lovepaperetc@gmail.com so I can get some Unity goodness to you.

Here is our lovely graphic for this month:



I have two projects for this cue. Here is the first:








So I have had this Donna Downey stencil for several years. I bought it to use in my art journal. Then this past week I saw this wonderful card by Julissa Sargo. She used a Unity stamp within a stencil and let me tell you; it is gorgeous. So the wheels start turning in my head and bam, an altered journal. Thank you Julissa for the inspiration. Sentiment, row of circles, and vine stamps are from the March 2021 Kit of the Month, hope to be. Flower stamp is from the February 2022 Kit of the Month, kind souls. Vellum plant ephemera was layered over flower stamp and stencil. I received this ephemera as a freebie in a Unity order. I placed an acetate butterfly over a wood butterfly and layered it over the ephemera.

Here is my second project:








Long story short on how this tag came to fruition. I wanted to make a yellow file folder pretty. I took out my gelli plate and used the above paints and this gorgeous stamp, sakura. Folder did not turn out pretty. Instead of totally scrapping it, I cut out the flower and placed on a tag I received as a freebie from Unity. The tag was stamped with a grungy image from the April 2020 SMAK Kit, head up, my firiend. I blended several distress inks over it. Foam adhesive was added to the sakura stamp. I then layered some Prima ephemera and finished tag off with some Prima bling. Initially, I wasn't sure if I liked this tag, but something keeps drawing me to it. I just keep going into my craft space and looking at this tag. It has definitely grown on me. I have decided that not only do I like this tag, I actually love it.

Next time we meet, northeast Ohio probably will have had its first snow. There is this chill in the air, that we normally don't feel until November or December. 

Make sure you keep hopping for more inspiration. Next up is the talented Colleen.







me


Eileen



Keep creating in love & peace,
Dawn

32 comments:

  1. Love what you did with your journal. Julissa inspired me, as well! That tag is so so beautiful, Dawn. Love that you used so many elements to create it.

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  2. While I love both projects for different reasons I too am drawn to the tag! It's gorgeous!

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  3. Wow, such a lovely art journal and tag. It all looks amazing. Wonderful work. :)

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  4. Great projects Dawn, the tag is gorgeous!

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  5. Amazing projects, Dawn! Your altered journal is spectacular! Love it! And your tag is absolutely gorgeous!

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  6. I just love your altered journal. The stencil as the background is beautiful and adds an extra special feature! Your tag is beautiful and I love the color scheme you chose. It is always a great accomplishment to take something that didn't work and use it on another project that turns out amazing like this one!

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  7. Love your journal cover and tag!! It's wonderful how we can all be inspired by one another!!

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  8. WOW! The journal cover is amazing and the tag is stunning!

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  9. These are both just stunning and I can't pick a favorite!! I love them both sooo much. They are both so pretty in a totally different style and I love that.

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  10. Wow! Your projects are gorgeous! I love both your journal and the tag!

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  11. Lovely creations here.
    Great ideas.
    Carla from Arizona

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  12. Oh boy Ms Dawn, not so soooooon, but I fear this Michigan kid is feeling the chill as well. Love the new home for the file older flower, that is pretty, but the DD stencil is perfectly eerie for Hallowen looming in the background. Of course right now everything is Halloween for me.... my favorite favorite time of year. Very pretty. Happy Halloween!

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    1. Hi Carol! Thank you so much! I love fall and Halloween. You're right, this stencil is perfect for Halloween projects. Thanks for the idea. Happy Halloween to you!

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  13. Wow! I love both of your projects! ☺️ That TAG is FABULOUS!!!! I love how your flowers turned out and the final tag, as well! 😍😍😍
    - Doreen @ whereisyourhappyplace@blogspot.com

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