Growing in Unity Day Four: Owl I need is a little inspiration

Hello! Welcome to the fourth day of my week as a GIU Gal.  The card for today took a long time to think through.  I knew I wanted to use the owl stamp (Looking For Love), but I wasn't sure how I wanted to put it together. Usually, when I am in need of inspiration, I will just pop over to Pinterest or check out the examples made using the stamp at the stamp company's website. Guess what?! I couldn't find any examples for this stamp.  Zip! Zilch! Nada!  So, I looked at other owl cards, but they just made me want to buy more stamps and really didn't inspire me.  I stamped the owl on some paper and started playing around with it and then, I left it in my craft room and thought about it - for hours!  Do you ever do that? Just mull ideas over in your mind trying to decide exactly how you want to make a card?  That's part of my process, especially when it's an image that I know I want to use, but haven't decided on the colors or papers that will work best.
So, I thought about this owl all day.  I thought I'd put my card together after dinner, but dinner got interesting when my oven decided to throw out an error code and overheat. So, we had to shut off the power to the oven, cool it off and try to problem solve, oh, and still throw together something for dinner.  So, this card was finished at 1 am, which sounds late, but I'm a night owl (ha! I think I just made a pun).  I'm pretty happy with the end result, which is usually what happens when I have a stamp that stumps me for a bit.

Just one more day to go and I've saved my favorite stamp for the last day, so I hope you come back tomorrow.  Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win Unity stamps for yourself!  Today's question is: What do you use to inspire you when you are card making?
Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow. - DeAnn

Growing in Unity Day 3: The Unity Stamps that started it all

Thanks for joining me for Day 3 of my GIU week. Today, I'm using the Unity Stamps that were my introduction to the company. I stumbled onto Unity during a blog hop, I'm not even sure it was a Unity blog hop, but somehow by exploring the different blogs I saw a card made using both of these Itty Bitty sets and immediately fell in love and placed my first Unity order.  The names of these sets are: Perfect Day Hummingbird and Too Much, Too Often Daisies 

Don't forget to leave a comment so you can be entered to win some Unity stamps for yourself!  There will be two winners. Today's question: What is your favorite animal to stamp and use in your cards?  And yes, cartoonish animals count, too.  Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow! - DeAnn

Growing In Unity Day Two: Reminds me of Kansas

Welcome back to Day Two of my Growing In Unity Week.  I loved reading your comments and finding out how long you have been a fan of Unity Stamps.  I found Unity Stamps (or maybe they found me) about 3 or 4 years ago during a blog hop.  I saw the most adorable card and just had to have the stamps!
Today's card is also featuring a Phyllis Harris stamp set, this one is called Face the Sunshine.  I love the sunflowers and the girl's hair blowing in the wind, both of which remind of Kansas.  I grew up in Eastern Kansas about an hour away from the capital, Topeka and even though there are a lot more trees in Eastern Kansas than the open plains of Western Kansas, it's still crazy windy most of the time! When I was going to college, I lived closer to the Kansas/Oklahoma border and there were a few fields that were completely filled with sunflowers!  I loved to drive by those fields and see the sunflowers move their faces to follow the sun!

If you love Phyllis Harris stamps, be sure to check out the sale Unity Stamps is having right now.  They have the Phyllis Harris stamps (and others, too) 50% off!  I don't know when the sale ends, so don't wait too long to check it out!

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win some Unity stamps for yourself.  Today's question is: What is your favorite flower to stamp and color?  

Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow with a new card! - DeAnn