Growing in Unity & Hippity Hoppin' all in One Day!

It's going to be a very busy week here at The Open Window!

I am so excited to be this week's hostess for

'Growing in Unity'

Each day, I will be sharing a new project that will hopefully

inspire you to use your Unity stamps in new and creative ways.

If you are new to Unity, then you have got to get over to 

their website and check out all their wonderful images.

Along with each daily project, I will remind you to leave a

comment because on Friday, I will have a random drawing

from the comments left all week.

You could win a set of Unity stamps!  

So make sure you stop by each day!

This was a fun card to work on.  

You could totally switch it up and use different color combos.

The ornament image is from the brand new holiday set

 from Unity called 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes'.

I heat embossed it (which I rarely do anymore) with

metallic bronze from JudiKins.

The letters were cut from a Sizzix/BasicGrey set and

the designer papers are from The Girls' Paperie 'On Holiday'

and My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found'.

The satin ribbon & pearls are from Martha Stewart.

I added depth to each piece by using Tim Holtz

Distress Inks in 'Old Paper' & 'Vintage Photo'.

Now it's time to share with you my offering for

H{ippity} Hop Monday with Ippity Stamps.

If you are new to the 'Hop', each week a great group of 

{Ippity} 'chicks' and {Ippity} fans create a variety of projects

to share with you.  To get the complete list of who is

hopping with me, just click here to visit the {Ippity} blog.

Again, I think this is such a great card to do in a variety

of colors.  It's a simple one to put together and would be

a great 'assembly-line' card if you need to make alot.

The fun and funky snowman is from 

{Ippity}'s 'Kissmas & Mistletoe' set

and the other images are from 

Unity's 'Bright & Merry Winter Wishes' set

used for the first card.

I cut the silver metallic cardstock and red circle using my

Spellbinders die cuts and added gems and checked ribbon

for fun little embellishments.

Each time I participate in the 'hop', I offer

a great deal on the {Ippity} stamps I used.

This week, you can get....

'Kissmas & Mistletoe' for only $18 

which includes free shipping!

I would so love to be 

your {Ippity} Chick!

If you are interested in this set or any of the

others listed in my {Ippity} page here,

just email me at julieranae@hotmail.com

There are several sets not yet listed on my page,

but all are available through me.

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget to stop by each day 

and

leave a comment if you would like a chance

to win the fabby Unity set on Friday.

See you tomorrow with more 

Growing in Unity!