GIU day 5

Hello everyone and welcome to day 5, my final day, of my Growing in Unity week with Unity Stamp Company!!  This week has been so much fun, and I have truly LOVED reading all the comments both here and on Facebook, thank you all!  Be sure to leave another comment today for a chance to win some surprise deeply etched red rubber!!  Good Luck!!

Today I did something different.  I made a 12×12 scrapbook layout!!  I used the Free Your Dreams KOM to create this fairly CAS layout. I actually created 4 of these for a swap group I was in, with dolls as the theme.   I paper pieced the shirt and headband on my girl, and then watercolored her hair and skin with Zig markers. My sentiments were from my stash, because I wanted the July for my title 😉

For some extra flair I took that sheet out of my 6×6 pad with all the stripes and ephemera that I never know what to do with and cut some strips off and staggered them behind the girl!  I really like what it added!  I chose a green mat for my photo (have yet to print it of course, it’s of my daughter!) and a few scattered embellishments just for fun.

I was looking at it after that point and couldn’t decide if I was done…so I did what I always do and kept messing with it!   I grabbed a ruler and a black Micron pen and drew a frame of sorts around the mat, not crossing through my sentiments.  The bow was also a last minute add, using a die I have in my stash and some thin washi tape I added to dress it up a bit.  And THEN I was done!!!

Thank you so much for your kindness and support, not only this week, but ALWAYS!!  I love creating and sharing with all of you!  Be sure to check out my earlier posts this week, I will link to them below. If you like what you see, be sure to follow my blog here and catch me over on Instagram!  See you all soon!!

~Shanna

Growing In Unity Posts:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4