Inspired By Challenge Time to Bake

Inspired By

Time to Bake!

Why in the world would I choose a chicken and eggs for this challenge? Well, quite simple. I love to bake and use eggs with a lot of those recipes. This spring we decided to start raising chickens for eggs. They've been fun and Egg-citing for my children!

Tbis is Phoenix, my son's favorite hen! She's my favorite too! So sweet, gentle and she gives me an egg every day.

I had asked my son to go grab some pine shavings from the garage that we use for coop bedding. He did and he threw them right onto my crafting desk. Yeppers...

After picking a few tiny pieces and ashering them to the card I had quite a mess to clean up.

Unity: Chicken wire background
SU: Hey Chick & Perfect Mix
SU: Archival Ink
SU: cherry cobbler paper
recollections: kraft paper
Prismas
Misc. Washi tape

I hope you enjoyed my little barnyard friend!

Thanks for stopping By!

Inspired By Fall Picnic

Inspired By Fall Picnic

My favorite time of year is right around the corner! Apple cider from our local farm, Fifers, is to die for. Worth every penny of that $8 a gallon.

After a day of apple picking grab a Cuppa Comfort filled with cider and a warm plaid flannel fringed blanket.

Cuppa Comfort &

 Apple of my EYE- Unity Stamp Co.

Sweater embossing folder- SU

"Apple Cider Time"- hand lettered

Paper- SU, Tim Holtz & Recollections Pumpkin Spice

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If you want to play along and link up then click on the top Inspired By pic?

Reverse Confetti is a super sponsor and there is a prize up for grabs if you link up your own project.

Friends of Unity September Blog Hop- Wings

Friends of Unity September Blog Hop

August WINNER is....d
oldollyAugust 4, 2018 at 10:26 PM

Dolly: Love your tag! I am so obsessed with the color turquoise lately! 

(Dolly...email me at jeaniehays00@yahoo.com to claim your prize. Must claim within one month.)

Wings

I have this wonderful memory of my daughter as a 1 year old in a butterfly conservatory in Arizona. She had the most wonderful time chasing them yet never catching one. This project was inspired by her.

My little butterfly!

I've been stuck on kraft paper lately. I can't help myself; it Just makes these butterflies stamped with ink and colored with prismas from Unity's Aug 2016 SMAK kit pop. These guys are thirsty so I added some Nuvo dew drops for them. 

This little guy let me take his pic in the conservatory.

Wink of Stella brushed on their wings reminded me of the powder I was told as a child never to touch. Did you know that the powder on butterfly and moth wings is actually made up of tiny scales?! Crazy right?!

  The stitched border surrounding these jurassic insects is hand drawn because I'm kinda lazy when it comes to setting up my sewing machine.

This next little tag project began because I was stuck on Angie girls one night...

Crystal O. Minkler jokingly suggested that I add wings to one....so here is my flying fairy Angie girl!

This Unity tag was the perfect size for this lovely lady named Violet girl. The butterfly I received in a grab bag recently and is colored with prismas as well.

Keep on fluttering from blog to blog! Keep your antennas alert for giveaways!

Disclaimer: Friends of Unity appreciates every single comment we get. So much so that we use our own stash every month for a giveaway. We are NOT sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. But, they DO approve of our hop by lovingly enabling us. We started this hop because we love Unity. That is all. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with Unity Stamp; our favorite stamp company.


Crystal O. Minkler
Joyce Verdon
Eileen Mathys
Robyn Jordan
Kim Van Zant Klinkovsky
Dawn Fields
Jeanie M. Hays (you are here)
Bobbie Sue McConathy

Inspired By Challenge Classy Desk

Inspired By Challenge

Classy Desk

The colors and the idea of a desk are what inspired me here. There is always a clock nearby when at a desk so I just went with that. Grasping here a little maybe. Lol.

Unity's SMAK kit- June 2017 has these amazing clocks and the sentiment in it. Crystal Minkler was kind enough to send me a stash of black and white paper. Isn't the paper with the clocks just adorable?!

Time is a fleeting thing... don't waste it watching tv; make an Inspired By card instead!

Click on the inspiration picture at the top to link up!

Inspired By Challenge

Inspired By Challenge - Back to School

(A Flair for Buttons) is hosting the giveaway for the challenge.

The chevron in the picture really spoke to me. I pulled many colors into my card and even some numbers found their way into the splatters. I used Unity's Apple of my EYE.

As a homeschooling family...it just never ends. But I'm OK with that. Sometimes we call summer vacations field trips. Lol.

If you want to play along by linking up or check out the other challenge entries, click on the inspired by picture above.

Aug Friends of Unity Coffee Tea Hop

August Friends of Unity Coffee/Tea Hop

Last month's winner: Brianna J. with her comment (Wow! I love that you showcased three separate & amazing cards with one stamp. Fantastic set and wonderful inspiration.) Please email me at jeaniehays00@yahoo.com with your mailing address so that I can send your Unity goodies.

Life Would SUCC Without You

Because I wouldn't be able to function ..... that's why life would SUCC without you. I love to smell you brewing in the morning. You pull me out of sleep, turn my brain back on (well, sometimes) and give me energy so that I can get stuff done faster. Without all that... My mornings would surely SUCC.

That is why my darling coffee friends this Uniquely Unity stamp was perfect to turn into a coffee cup; perfect to show my deep appreciation of strong coffee.

Succulents survive! They survive harsh desert climates; kind of like how coffee helps me survive the day.

Prismas on kraft with some Nuvo morning dew drops.

Unity Stamp/sentiment altered to a more appropriate SUCC as an abbreviation for succulent. I originally bought this to go with the vacuum stamp Unity has. But altered, it works for this.

I added the keys from Key To Joy in the background because coffee sure seems like a key part of my day!

No tag is complete without washi, a mess of ribbon, eyelash trim and twine! 

And there you have it... a succulent pot turned into a coffee cup because I love both!

I'm giving away a surprise coffee stamp this time around. Comment and be entered to win. Must claim prize within one month.

Disclaimer: Friends of Unity appreciates every single comment we get. So much so that we use our own stash every month for a giveaway. We are NOT sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. But, they DO approve of our hop by lovingly enabling us. We started this hop because we love Unity. That is all. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with Unity Stamp; our favorite stamp company.

Please share in the fun and hop along with us.

Jeanie Hays (you are here)

Crystal O. Minkler

Joyce Verdon

Dawn Fields

Wynne Cochran Grob

Eileen Mathys

Robyn Jordan

Inspired By Beach Day

Inspired By Beach Day

13 miles....

If I drive 13 miles east I hit coastline; a small local beach. If I travel just 13 miles I get to see sand, shells, small pebbles, seaweed, crabs, horseshoe crabs, white foam, an occasional dolphin and a blue horizon that never ends. The one thing that gets me...that I love and hate at the same time, is the smell. The salty air I love but things also cook in the heat making a worn out crab smell like the dumpster behind a seafood house. But still....the beach. It's amazing no matter what right?

So...just to let you know where you can find me.

Unity Stamp- Wild Florals! 

This flower stamp seemed beachy looking to me. Reminded me of summer and warm sunshine.

Click on the top photo to link up or just beacome a beach hopper!