{be inspired} - Unity Challenge Hop!

Well, HELLO there, girls! (and boys!)

There's always lots going on over at Unity, and today, we're excited to start another

{be inspired} CHALLENGE!

You should be arriving here from Shemaine's blog, and here's the rest for your reference!

Andrea Murdock - http://www.mystampingheaven.blogspot.com/

Eryn Hannig - http://vintageglamdesigns.blogspot.com/

Karen Maldonado - http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Lisa Henke - http://www.mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com/

Shemaine Smith - http://shemainesmith.blogspot.com/

Thienly Azim - YOU ARE HERE

Joslyn Nielson - http://hereiswhatido.blogspot.com/

 MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE SOME LOVE FOR YOUR CHANCE

 TO WIN SOME UNITY GIFT CERTIFICATES :)

Hope that many of you had a chance to participate last month -

I just popped in there few days ago,

and left some love :)

(would've LOVED to comment on them all as they were all so beautiful!)

Here's the INSPIRATION COLORS and SKETCH!

What pretty combination of greens and patterns, right?

So anything goes - make a layout, a card, mixed media canvas...

as long as you use UNITY STAMPS!

Click here for more info!

Wanna see what I came up with?

I actually found this to be pretty challenging for me -

I love to mix up colors, so sticking to greens and white/grey/black involved a bit of thinking :)

Anyway - here it is:

Fun, right?

I used the 'You are WORTH it!' stamp set - 

and created a little border using the tire tracks stamp!

The side borders are created with thin washi tape, 

and I added a wooden star on the gas pump,

another epoxy star - using Epiphany Crafts tool.

The rosette I think makes the card fun, 

as well as addition of frayed canvas fabric under the sentiment.

Alright - onto next thing!

We have a NEW APRIL SENTIMENT KIT!

It's a kit created to raise awareness for LUPUS - 

by offering hope and support to those who are fighting these issues. :)

You can still use the kit for anything else, too - 

lots of pretty stamps in there!

For those of you that are new- 

every month, there's a set of sentiments that you can purchase for $10 - 

BUT only for THAT month.

After that - it goes up to $26, so make sure you grab it!

The color purple is the awareness color for Lupus, 

and decided that it'll be cute to take those H.O.P.E. tiles

to make a 'scrabble' board card.

Again, I don't usually focus on one color for my card - 

but it's simple and cute!

I even make scrabble tiles for these letters using files from this kit.

The background is actually a crossword file from here.

(I just took a little section from it)

Lastly, but not least, 

I used another sentiment from that kit, 

and created a little spring gift box!

Isn't the sentiment pretty?

I love the sweet pastel colors in this Echo Park Sweet Day kit.

Oh, do you see that lovely flair? 

It's from my friend, Tamara's shop!

I love this gift box - 

it has scalloped edges and it's perfect to put in a pair of gloves, or...

my hubby says 'CRICUT CARTRIDGE!'

Sure enough - I tried it - fits perfectly.

But come on - 

don't you agree that SVGs are better?

Maybe stick in an online gift card instead, so you can purchase the files? lol.

Regardless - it's a pretty box :)

So, what's the dealio with the sales this week?

PLUS - ALL JILLIBEAN SOUP stamps are also marked down 40% or more!

It's a crazy good deal, if you think about it!

That's it!

Thanks for stopping by here today - 

I'm sending you off to our fabulous Joslyn's blog!