Growing In Unity Day #4
Rollin With My Lunch Buddies
How's It Rollin?
The 80's totally inspired this last month's ATC's for me. I'm always looking for inspiration for creating these little
buggers. My mom used to use the rink as a babysitter. She'd drop my sister and I off and pick us back up when it closed. We loved every minute of it. I can still remember the rows of dirty skates on the racks, the dico ball,
This is one of the things I love about Unity. They have such fun and funky stamps; stamps that we fall in love with. These skates were created right out of my memory.
Who remembers the big orange wheels? Pom Poms anyone? The background is from an 80's coloring book that I found at AC Moore in the clearance bin for like 80 cents. Little details make these skates fun. Did you see the lace hanging out?
Let's do Lunch!
Another Unity stamp that I fell in love with was this cute lunchbox. Did you have metal or plastic? I remember I actually had a pink plastic Barbie one. Got sick of it and covered it with stickers. The school I went to was so small we didn't even have a cafeteria and we had to eat in our classrooms at our desks. We didn't have any lunchroom drama to deal with; at least not until high school. lol
This pink lunchbox above is the lunchbox I remember. I incorporated pink and had to color the stamp with bright colors to get that 80's feel.
I like things interactive so I figured out a way to make this lunchbox open up. It took some fussy cutting and gluing to add a hinge on the bottom but so simple to do. The cupake is from Sweet, Warm &Whipped. The backgroumd paper is Nicole Love Comic Strip. I asked each Uni sister in my ATC group to, "sit my me!"
I hope you've enjoyed skating and lunchtime at The Washi Horse. Leave a comment answering any of the questions above or just leave some love and you'll be entered to win 1 of 2 Unity grab bag prizes.
So freaking cute that lunchbox!!! Oohh the days of rollerskating!!!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!!!!
ReplyDeleteTerrific! fun cards!
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Love it. Those pompoms are so adorable.
ReplyDeleteIt’s like... holy blast from the 80’s Batman! Totally tubular!! Love ‘em!!
ReplyDeleteFun Fun Fun!
ReplyDeleteThe skates are fabulous and bring back fun memories. I went to the rink every weekend growing up. Those pom pom tho!❤❤
Oh my goodness! Those are sooooo creative! I love them!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are so much fun and full of memories for me. I love to roller skate, I grew up skating in our driveway! The lunchboxes were definitely a throw back for me too!
ReplyDeleteCute cards! Got the lunchbox as a freebie awhile back!
ReplyDeleteBoth of your ATC’s are so adorable!!! I bet the recipients loved them. So many fun details !!! Thanks for sharing your memories too!❤️
ReplyDeletebrilliant ideas! so bright and colourful!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these! 💜 The bright colors, the details of the skates, and how clever to have the lunch box open. Very creative indeed. 😊 I always wanted to go rolling skating. But was "too young", & the only rink was well over a 2 hour return trip from home...Thank you for sharing your creations, and your memories.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute cards. I love all the added details on the skates and how the lunch box opens. In the 70's we rode a school bus once a month to a roller skating rink 30 miles away. It was sponsored by a midget football team as a fund raiser. Those were fun times.
ReplyDeleteHAHA Do you remember just the metal skates??? That's what I started with. Then the orange wheels. And we'd get dropped off every Friday night. Great times!! And I started with brown paper bag for lunch; can't even remember having a metal one. In H.S. we were allowed off campus at lunch so I always went somewhere. Your cards are really awesome and quite nostalgic for sure.
ReplyDeleteThat's what you call throw way back Thursday! Great ATC's Jeanie!
ReplyDeleteso cute and colorful. I had pom poms on my ice skates. I walked home for lunch in elementary school but my kids had lunch boxes.
ReplyDeleteThe most creative cards I’ve seen!! An opened lunch box!! Girl you are awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteFor me it was the ice rink but still wonderful memories and pompoms and bells on my skates! I love both cards thanx for the 2 for 1 today 💜
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these cards are so much fun! Love the roller skates and that you figured a way to make the lunchbox open - awesome!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! I had quite a few different Pom poms for my skates lol
ReplyDeleteSO fun! Yes, I had a metal lunchbox, Snoopy and the kids on the bus called me “Peanuts”
ReplyDeleteI love your work!
Love the retro vibe!! Great job :)
ReplyDeleteSo fun! Love the retro feel!
ReplyDeleteJust darling, Jeanie! The skates bring back many memories and fun. Love your design. And I love how you made the lunch box open. Very creative! Great cards!
ReplyDeleteFun cards!
ReplyDeleteI just love these fabulous ATC’s. Throwback a little earlier than the 80’s foe me! Used to love to roller skate- love the poms, the unlaced skate & colors! And, how I love the lunchbox- that opens, and has a sweet treat instead! You are so creative!!!
ReplyDeleteOh man! Those skates take me back!! Love the pompom & lace details! You totally captured it! Love the lunch box too!
ReplyDeleteYour details are such eye candy! Wow... these two cards are majorly impressive! Making that lunchbox interactive and the poms and laces...wowza, wowza, wowza!
ReplyDeleteHow cute!!! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, the memories!! Wonderful ATC'S!
ReplyDeleteI used to walk home for lunch or bring my lunch in my metal lunch box with the matching thermos every day. I was such a fussy eater! Our area churches used to rent the roller rink, that was in the next town over, once a month. I used to spend most of the night on my bum, on those beautiful hardwood floors. 😂
Thanks for sharing these fabulous ATCS with us! Yes, they are bringing back memories. I loved to spend many days at the skating rink! What fun. I also loved lunch boxes!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteCute, cute, cute, super cute.
Love all that texture! Very cute card.
ReplyDeleteHow adorable! Love both of them. Very inspiring. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! Love those pom poms!
ReplyDeleteThe ATC is adorable! Love the lunchbox! Mine was metal!
DeleteOh..what creativity...all so great!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh how adorable, I used to skate almost every night when I was young. Bringing back such fun memories.
ReplyDeleteSo freakin’ cute... I loved these and your vibrant imagination, Jeanie! They are wonderfully put together!
ReplyDeleteFun! Fun! Fun! Jeanie, you are a creative genius! Love what you did with the lunch box. And those Pom poms. Thanks for the memories! I had metal lunch boxes.
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