BabyCakesdnd: Present Hippo Debut

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness. ~Bob Hope

Good morning!

I am honored one again to be a Guest Designer for Sandra Caldwell aka Babycakesdnd, for this month of October.

For my card today, I am using this adorable image #2984 - Present Hippo which is being released today in her stores so make sure you go for a visit and check all her creative and fun images!

I actually really love her hippo images. Not that I’m a hippo collector, but they are all so different and cute and fun! I think almost all the images I have of hers are hippos of some sort or another!

Love this guy too with his Santa suit and arms full of gifts!

Supplies, 5x7card

• Present Hippo, image 2894 printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Alcohol Makers, ProMarkers and Copics
• Card Candy from Jots
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!
• Design paper unknown
• Glitter glue from Studio G
• Ink from Memories, India Ink & Stampin Up!
• Liquid glass from Close to My Heart
• Sentiment from Hampton Arts
• Sketch: MFTWSC91

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in Etsy Store!

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Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Find the Magic

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

Roald Dahl 

Good morning!

I am honored once again to be a Guest Designer for Sandra Caldwell aka Babycakesdnd, for this month of October. I just love her whimsical images and enjoy coloring them up.

For my card today, I am using this adorable image #2969, Snowball Kitten which is being released today in her store so make sure you go for a visit and check out all her creative and fun images!

I know that, given the image, the sentiment may seem to be a bit of an odd choice but for me it was perfect. I have to say that I find it so sad that it has taken a couple rough situations and 55plus years to figure out that life is too short to be unhappy. I’ve been blessed more than cursed and I realized one day that I wasn't truly appreciative of that which has been given to me. Being angry about a situation I cannot change harms only me. I’ve been working to find the magic in the everyday things of life because it really is there if we want to look. Even in a sweet, simple drawing of a kitty sitting in a snowball!

Here I have to smile because I can picture in my mind this little kitty trying to maybe dress up like a snowman to frighten his favorite doggo friend and sitting there patiently shivering for him to come around the corner! Who knows? LOL

So look for the magic in everyday … and be the happier person for it!

Supplies, 5x7card

• Snowball Kitten, image 2969 printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Alcohol Makers, ProMarkers and Copics
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder fromCuttlebug
• Glitter glue from Studio G
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Liquid glass from Close to My Heart
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps 

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in Etsy Store!

Click HERE for her Facebook Fan page!

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Guest DT: Hello Friend ...

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. ~Plautus

Good morning!

I am finishing up this month as a Guest Designer for Sandra Caldwell again and I am using this fun image 2862, Lucky Hare Hat. This image is being released today in her stores so make sure you go for a visit and check all her creative and fun images!

I scored several lines down the left sife to give a bit more texture and interest to the overall card. 

Supplies, 5x7 card

• Image 2862, Lucky Hare Hat printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• 1/4-inch circle punch from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Glitter paper from Recollections
• India Ink from Memories
• Judikins Diamond Glaze
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps “Abundant Blessings”
• Stampin Up! embossing folder “Subtle”
• Studio G Glitter Glue

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in Zibbet Store!

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in Etsy Store!

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Guest DT: You are Mermazing ....

We hope with every breath. We love with every smile. ~Terri Guillemets, "Relative distance," 2005

Good morning!

This month I am a Guest Designer for Sandra Caldwell again. She has the such great images to play with it's always a pleasure to join her team as a guest.

The image I am using, 2861 Dancing Mermaid, is one of 8 new images being released today!

Supplies, 5x7card

• Image 2861 Dancing Mermaid printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Design Paper “Wildflower” from DCWV
• Ink from Close to My Heart
• Nuvo Clear drops for the bubbles
• Nuvo Pearl drops for the necklace
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment unknown
• Studio G Glitter Glue
• White gel pen

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in her Zibbet Store!

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in her Etsy Store!

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Growing in Unity Blog Hop 2019

Sometimes Mother Nature has the answers when you do not even know the questions. ~Keith Wynn

Good morning!

I am late with my post but today is the start of a blog hop with some of my Unity Peeps!

I am using an adorable image for my card called Little Bunny for you which I colored with ProMakers.

Hop-a-Long List

Kim Marie Monson Leach 

Rachel Duong 

Heidi Cope 

Shelly McGovern Schmidt 

Sue Wisniewski 

Pamela J. Duncan

YOU ARE HERE ---> Cara Malmrose 

Ashley Johnson

Now on Wednesday, all the comments will go into random.org and Kelli will pick 2 random winners and post in the main Growing in Unity group on Facebook. So, make sure you comment on all the blogs!

Have fun!

(Hugs) Cara 

Guest DT: Shamrock Hippo

For each petal on the shamrock This brings a wish your way -

Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day.

~Author Unknown

Good morning!

I have the pleasure of being a Guest Design for Sandra Caldwell of Babycakesdnd for the 2^nd time! I just love her cute whimsical images.

Click HERE to find more wonderful images in Zibbet Store!

Today she is introducing another 10 new images to her store and I and playing with #2790 – Shamrock Hippo

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design paper, Stroke of Luck from Reminisce
• Glitter (used on shamrock) from The Oriental Trading Company and JoAnn’s Essentials
• Glitter paper from scrap bin
• Pearls from stash
• ProMarkers

Sketch: Freshly Made Sketch FMS97

So come check out all her other awesome images!

(Hugs) Cara

Guest DT: Bunny & Pearls

Well pleaseth me the sweet time of Easter That maketh the leaf and the flower come out.

~Bertran de Born

Good morning!

I have the pleasure of being a Guest Design for Sandra Caldwell of Babycakesdnd for the 2^nd time! I just love her cute whimsical images.

Click HERE to check out more of her images in her Zibbet shop!

Today she is introducing 10 new images to her store and I am playing with #2724 – Bunny and Pearls

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Bubblegum silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design paper, Polka dots from Colorbok
• Glitter glue from Studio G
• Green glitter paper from scrap bin
• Pearl drops from Nuvo
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps
• Sketch: Paper play Sketch 12

So come check out all her other awesome images!

(Hugs Cara

Day 5 & final, Growing in Unity 2019

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ~Henry Clay

Good Morning!

Awww... Sadness :O( …

Today is my fifth and final day to share with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. I hope you have enjoyed your visits and I appreciate all the wonderful comments that have been left over the last several days!

As you can all see, I am a big fan of using sketch layouts for my cards! They are such great prompts for those days when I struggle with a layout for an image I am using. I’m not really a scrapbooker (so to speak), but many years ago when I was questioning a friend who was using an actual scrapbook layout for a card, she simple said “Cards are just little scrapbook pages. Only instead of a photograph, you are using a stamped image”.

It just made so much sense and I started looking at them differently… Now I use them all the time.

This card is no exception. A layout for a square card was used here, but I did not follow exactly. You can see I modified a bit for a 5 x 7 card but you can still make out the layout. I do that all the time. Just have to make some adjustments for the card base size you are using.

Not sure what the deal is with my picture, hoping you can see it clearly on your end.

• Image “Scarf in Winter” from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper “Kiss” from Paper Pizazz
• Marvy Rectangle Punches
• Promarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections
• Studio G Glitter Glue

Sketch: Paper Craft Crew #68

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

  

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company and announcing here as soon as I have the go ahead!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 4, Growing in Unity 2019

The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous I don't care how long it is. - Freddie Mercury

Good Morning!

Today is day four of me sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. A good friend of mine has this stamp and when I saw it I just knew I also had to have it!

This card is going to be a birthday card for someone special and once again my card follows a sketch. I did not have any twine or ribbon I liked to go with the colors used on the card so opted to use a bit more of the glitter paper to create the "ribbon" effect.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Fabulous Flamingo” from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper “Tropical Vacation” from Recollections
• Embossing folder “Subtle” from Stampin Up!
• Glitter paper from Recollections
• Promarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections

Sketch: MojoMonday 384

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

  

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 3, Growing in Unity 2019

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Good Morning!

Today is my day three for sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. This card was made for a young family friend who is celebrating a birthday this month

The image is a recent purchase and I bought it because I kept seeing the clouds in different and fun colors! So it was great to actually play with it and see those thoughts come to life!

First I stamped the image on watercolor paper then heat embossed in black. Once set, I misted the paper and starting adding the twinkling H2O paints. When the paints and paper were dry, I added glitter glue to give a lot of additional sparkle to the card! Perfect for a young lady!

I love how bright and sparkly it turned out

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Clouded by Cuteness”  from Unity Stamp Company
• Black Hybrid Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Canson watercolor paper (140lb cold press)
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design papers from ColorBok “Watercolor Rainbow” and ProvoCraft "Speckled Frog"
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps “Halo Dirty”
• Stampin Up! Black Embossing Powder
• Studio G Glitter Glue
• Twinkling H2O watercolor paints

Sketch: Stella Says Sketch SSS606

 Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Go check them out! You won’t be disappointed!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

  

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 2, Growing in Unity 2019

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Good Morning!

Today is my day two for sharing with you a card I made using a Unity Stamp. This card was made for a family friend who celebrated turning 90 years young! Since he has such a great sense of humor, I thought Brian Guy would be a great image for his card.

I did a bit of paper piecing for the shirt and pants by stamping the image on some bits of design paper I had in my scrap box. Then I trimmed them up and attached to another image stamped on white card stock.

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Image “Brian Guy”  from Unity Stamp Company
• Card stock from Stampin Up and American Crafts!
• Design Paper from my Scrap box
• Fresh Sage Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• India Ink from memories
• Medallion from my stash
• ProMarkers

Sketch: My Favorite Things MFTWSC58 (flipped)

Here are links to the Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

Don't forget to leave me a comment for a chance to be one of two people I get to pick to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara

Day 1, Growing in Unity 2019

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other. ~ Dave Willis

Good Morning!

I was one of the lucky few to be selected as a Unity Gal for 2019! I did this in 2017 but just could not pull off making the team for 2018 so I am very excited to be sharing with you my cards this week made with Unity Stamps! Now, each week a different Designer from around the world is going to be sharing share their talent with you so if you don’t want to miss out, make sure you follow them on Facebook (Links below)

To start my week off, I am going to share the Anniversary card I made for my Husband (we've been married 33 years) using "Promise Always". Beside the sweet image, this set has some really great sentiments to create a card for your sweetheart or a favored couple!

Supplies for A2 card

• Image from Promise Always by Unity Stamp Company
• Card stock from Stampin Up!
• Circle punch from Stampin Up!
• Classic Circle die from Sizzix
• Cranberry Bliss Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Design Paper from Stampin up!
• Heart is a left-over piece from another project
• Ink from Stampin Up!

Sketch: Sweet Sunday Sketch #273

Here are links to te Unity Stamp Company Store and Social Media Sites!

Unity Stamp Company

Pinterest

Facebook: UNITY {show & tell}

Facebook: Growing in Unity

Instagram

YouTube

Now, here is a bonus for you! At the end of the week, I am allowed to draw two names from all the people who comment on my posts and those two people will win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company! That is a very generous prize and you won't be disapointed! So, don’t forget to comment!

Thank for stopping by!

Cara