GIU day 5 - Hugs

Hello: 

Final day of my GIU is here. First I want to thank everyone who has commented here or in the FB posts. Your comments have brought a smile to my face! 

If you are new here, you may not know that my family is obsessed with dachshunds. They are just so cute and full of personality. Currently there's 3 in the family: Maia (lives with me, top left), Godiva (live with my parents, bottom left) and the newest baby, Peach (lives with my little brother, right picture). Maia came home during the pandemic in 2020 and she has been a blessing. I named her after my "brand". The name Maia came to me a few years in a dream and the way Maia found us, was like a dream so the name fit perfectly. 

So today's card features Maia! The doxie image is from the set Pawsome Peepers. I colored it with Copics. The rest of the images are from the set ...say it with love, which is perfect for this coming season and currently on sale! Other supplies used: Glossy accents, Color Bloom Gold Foil Spray mist, clear and gold embossing powder, VersaMark ink, Gina Marie Designs die, and Distress inks (Wilted violet, Mustard seed & Cracked Pistachio).

Well, again thank you all for your kind comments. You may like my FB fan page, Maia Ink. I'll keep sharing all my crafting over there. Next week I'll be selecting the 2 winners, within all those who commented on the posts, for the 2 gift certificates from Unity Stamp Co.

I like you! GIU day 4!

 Hola again!

So, the girl that said that she didn't like Valentine's day... found herself making many cute love cards. *sigh and today I bring you not one, but 2 cards! For today's cards, I went with stamps sets from a few years back and a technique I hadn't used in a while, foiling with transfer gel. 

In the first card, to create the background I used stamps from the set Everything Love. This one was released back in 2014. The cute panda is from the Kit of the Month April 2013 You Make my Heart Puffy. The panda image really is holding a flower but I didn't stamp that part and stamped the little heart from the ...Say it with love set. I'm in love with this card and it will definitely be for my son <3.

For the second card, I just couldn't throw away what was left from the gold foil after making the first card's background. So I put transfer gel on the hole front of the card and used the foil as a negative. I couldn't get a smooth surface as I wanted but I actually like the result as it kinda look as brush strokes. To complete this card, I stamped the owl from the Kit of the Month January 2013. I couldn't find it to link it so it may be discontinued. 

Remember to comment as I'll be randomly choosing 2 winners of a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. 

See you tomorrow for my last post of the week.

GIU day 3! Piece of cake

 Hola! 

I'm half way through my GIU week. For today's card I went back to basic supplies, good old Crayola crayons. I saw a video/reel recently of a girl coloring an image and wanted to try the technique. I forgot to save the reel to give proper credit to that creator :( The technique is to color, applying pressure to the crayon and then scraping the color off, removing the excess wax. It leaves a shiny, smooth finish. Pretty sure I used to do something similar when little. I had fun coloring the image from the set Rainbow Birthday with this technique. The pattern paper is from the Rainbow Vibes paper pack. The die is from Gina Marie Designs. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, Rainbow Birthday. I finished the card with a bit of Glossy Accents on the candle fire and sequins. 

 

Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win $20 gift credit. I was lucky enough to win this from last weeks GIU posts. So order coming soon!

GIU day 2 - Happy!

 Hi! 

Welcome back for day 2 of GIU. Today I bring you another cutie card. From this and yesterday's card you would never guess that Valentine's day is my least favorite holiday. Don't know why but I just don't "feel" it. Still, I always buy Valentine's stuff and make cute gifts for my son and do enjoy crafting the season, but no, I still don't like Valentine's Day. Have you seen the movie "Valentine's Day"? I love it! But I would have been the girl planning the "I hate Valentine's Day party" with all the cute goodies LOL.

Ok, now back to today's card. After making yesterday's card, I just couldn't throw away one of the cut outs after making the background. Somebody else would have seen a scrap piece of paper to throw out, my eyes would only see a stencil! So I used it as a stencil to create the background of today's card with Distress Inks (colors used: Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord & Worn Lipstick). For the sentiment and die cut, I used the set Blessed & Happy Everything. This set is so versatile. I finished it with sticky pearls. I didn't have any in a purple hue so I used a Copic marker to color it. 

Here's the stencil:

Today's card: 

Well, remember to leave a comment below for a chance to win $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Company

I'll be adding this card to the Cut it Up Challenge #294 ~ Anything Goes.

Until tomorrow!

Winners!!!!!

 Hi everyone!

Thanks all for your comments during my GIU week. 

Here are the winners of the 2 $20 credit available for Unity Stamp Co site:

Debbie Farrell & Sandy Whitcomb

Please  email kelli@unitystampco.com to claim your gift credit within 2 weeks.Please write "winner from Anya's GIU week" in the subject line.

Again, thanks!

Final GIU Day! Happy hour O'clock

Hi!

First, thank you all for joining me this week for Growing in Unity. I've had a blast. Thank you all for all your comments here and on FB posts. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift certificate from Unity Stamp Co. I'll be choosing 2 winners randomly. 

Now for today's card. It's Friday, it's 5 o'clock somewhere. It's Wine o'clock. This is another stamp that had yet to see ink. I had the idea for the card for a while and was finally able to pull it off. I used my Cricut machine to cut the wine glass out of an acetate sheet. The wine portion is purple cardstock with some Distress Ink. I chose to heat emboss the clock image as well as the sentiment. I was able to use tiny drop of Glossy Accents as glue to glue the "wine glass" to the cardstock. The panel behind was done with white cardstock, some Distress Inks and water droplets. I tore up one of the sides of the panel so I could achieve a not so perfect squared look here. I'm really happy with the finished product. Now comes the hard part... letting go of the card and giving it up to someone LOL. I know I'm not the only one...

Anyways, thank you again for your love all this week and I hope to see you guys next year with GIU again (fingers crossed). Meanwhile, check out my FB fan page, Maia Ink.

GIU Day #5

 Hello!

The end of the week is here and with it, my last as a GIU gal. I saved my favorite project for last. I made a floating Christmas ornament using the set Santa & the Mrs. This set is just too cute and I thought it was perfect for this project. I colored the image with watercolor coloring pencils then fussy cut it and glued it to acetate. I used my Cricut to cut the template but this could be easily cut by hand. There are many templates available online. I added to the ornament some gold and silver sequins, star shaped sequins, snowflake shaped sequins and gold fine glitter. The pictures don't do justice to the cuteness. 

Thanks so much for all your comments this week here and in FB. If you want, you can like my FB fan page, Maia Ink (look for the purple dachshund). I'll be selecting and announcing the winners of the 2 $20 Unity Stamp Co gift certificates really soon so go and comment for a chance to win. Thanks Unity Stamp Co for the chance to participate in Growing in Unity. 

Happy Holidays everyone!

Anya Lynet

GIU Day #4 - Tags!!!

 Hello:

The week is almost gone! Can't believe it. For today's project I wanted to use the stamps from the Stamp Advent Calendar 2022 from Unity Stamp Co. This is the first time I get Unity's Advent calendar and it won't definitely be last. So much cuteness in a little box!!!!

Well, It's Christmas and everybody needs tags for gifts. So I made this super easy tags with the advent calendar stamps. These are the perfect size for it! I die cut squares with white cardstock. 2". The back cardstock is 2 1/4". I did some simple coloring with watercolor coloring pencils, added a bit of glitter, some twine and Voila! tags! These only took a few minutes. Aren't they cute? I left intentionally a blank space to the side to write the name of the gift recipient. 

Remember to comment here or on the FB posts for a chance to win a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. Two random winners will be selected!

See you tomorrow!

Anya Lynet

Succulent Celebration

Hi!

Bittersweet day... Today's my last Growing in Unity day but it is FRIDAY!!!! WOOP WOOP
This week was my son's first week of school so we are getting use to getting up early again and the school routine. Although I like how much you can get out of the day when getting up early, my body is not a "morning body" LOL

Now to crafting and what you're really here for. Today's card features the June 2016 Unity Sentiment kit Succulent Salutations. I got it recently and hadn't inked it yet. Why did I wait so much to get this set, I have no IDEA! The image is cute and I love the variety of sentiments. It has a sentiment for each occasion.

For this one I used Kraft cardstock as base. Die cut one side for the design. The images are colored with Copics. I used Glossy Accents (of course), glitter glue on some details. I used Sprinkles, spring assortment from Doodlebug Design Inc. Although most have moved on to other embellishments like Nuvo Drops, I still love these type of enamel dots. Plus I have a lot of it, so I'll keep using it! Can we call it "vintage" embellishments? What's your favorite embellishments that are "oldies" but you still like to use? Comment below. I'd love to read your responses. I'll be choosing two random winners for some Unity Stamp Co stamps next week. So stay tuned for the announcement here in my blog and on the Growing in Unity Facebook page. Also, please follow me on my Facebook fan page Maia Ink to follow my crafting journey. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and thanks to Unity Stamp Co for this opportunity

Sweet Thank You - GIU Day 4

¡Hola!

Welcome to day 4 of my week at Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Co. Today's card is very sweet :D It features 2 sets: I Like Donuts and ...Say it Big. Both sets are on sale right now!!!! Who doesn't love donuts? In Puerto Rico you could say there's a donut fever at this moment. Several artisanal donut shops and food trucks have opened recently. My favorite so far is a food truck called Wood Doughnuts. Their bacon donut, delicious!!!! Ok, back to the card. I'm getting hungry just typing LOL.

For this card, I repeatedly stamped the image from "I Like Donuts". Before coloring it, I heat embossed the "thank you" from "Say it Big" with black embossing powder. Then I colored with Copics. Added Glossy Accents to the glaze of most donuts for a realistic look. As you can see so far, I LOVE Glossy Accents and I think I forever will! I added colored twine on the top to complete the look. I'm in love (and hungry) with the final result. It was hard to capture the gloss from the card in the pictures so below more close ups.

A Close up

The gloss was hard to photograph. Here's another close up.

 Remember to leave your comment for a chance to win random stamps from Unity Stamp Co. I will randomly pick 2 winners at the end of the week.

Smallest things... GIU second day

Hello everyone!

Second day of my Growing in Unity week. Today, I bring you another baby card. When I saw this set, I had to have it, period. I love pandas. This image is too cute to pass. For this card, I used 3 different sets: sentiments is from Room In My Heart, image from Heartfelt Cuddles and the background was created using the leaf image from You Are This. I used Distress Inks for the background and the Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink Cube for the image and sentiment. The pandas were colored with water color pencils. I added a few drops of Glossy Accents to the background. I chose this color combo because the card is for a baby girl.

Well, don't forget to leave a comment since I'll be choosing two winners that will be receiving free Unity Stamp Co. stamps. I hope you come back tomorrow for day 3!

Welcome to parenthood

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the first post for my week in Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Co. Today I present you a card I made for a friend and his wife who recently welcomed a beautiful baby girl. For this card, I used the set A Mother's Arms. I colored the image with regular colored pencils. I stamped the image on regular white cardstock, colored and then fussy cut one side. I decorated with glitter glue, sequins and wood veneer heart.

Be sure to leave a comment on this and all posts from Growing in Unity this week. At the end of the week I'll be choosing 2 random winners  who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Co. Isn't that awesome!!!!!

See you tomorrow!

A brief come back!

Hi!

I know everytime I post, I say I'll try to keep the blog updated... unfortunately, I've not been able to do so. But for a good reason! Being a mom is a full time job. Being a WAHM (Working at home mom) is like having 3 jobs at the same time!!!! This coming week I'll be participating in the Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Co. As you may know, it is one of my favorite stamp companies. I don't even know how many stamps from them I own but I sure love all of them. This week I'll be sharing creations with their stamps. Be sure to comment everyday for a chance to win Unity stamps! See you in a few days! :)

Anya Lynet

GIU day 2

For English, go to 2nd paragraph ;)

¡Hola!

Espero que estén teniendo una bonita semana. Hoy les traigo la tarjeta para el segundo día de "Growing in Unity" de Unity Stamp Company. Recuerden comentar en cada entrada para la oportunidad de ganar sellos. La tarjeta de hoy la hice usando la técnica de "in lay die cut". Usé el set "Donna Poppies", definitivamente uno de mis favoritos, y el set "Girl Truly". Para estampar usé el "Precision Press Plus" de We R Memory Keepers que gané hace poco en un concurso en la página de Damask Love. ¡Me encantó! Los troqueles del alfabeto son estos. Primero estampé las imágenes y luego corté las letras con mi "Cuttlebug". Para dar el relieve a las letras, corté 4 veces las letras, dos en cartulina y dos utilizando cartón de cajas de cereal recicladas. Me encanta el resultado final y de seguro haré más tarjetas con esta técnica.

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a great week. Here's my second card for Growing in Unity from Unity Stamp Company. Please remember to comment each day for a chance to win Unity stamps. For today's card, I used the in lay die cut technique. I used the set Donna Poppies, definitely one of my favorites, and the set "Girl Truly" To stamp the images, I used the Precision Press Plus from We R Memory Keepers which I won on the Damask Love FB page. I loved it! The alphabet dies used are these. I first stamped the image then die cut the letters using my Cuttlebug. To make the letters pop, I cut the letters 4 times, 2 using cardstock and 2 using a recycled cereal box. I love the final result so I'll definitely be doing this technique again.