Welcome to the Seasons of Giving Blog Hop!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I am so pleased to be part of the Seasons of Giving blog hop. When I heard about this great idea Latisha had to thank our blog readers and fellow crafters I couldn't wait to get on board. I have been blogging here and at another blog since 2007 off and on and I appreciate anyone who stops by my little crafty corner of the internet. I have learned so much from my fellow bloggers in this crafting community and if I have helped inspire or teach anyone else I am honoured to be a part of their journey.   So I say again- Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Now to show you my giveaway to help celebrate! I have a box of goodies to share including 2 gorgeous stamps from The Cat's Pajamas, Tinsel ribbon from Tim Holtz, flowers, more ribbon, blue stickles, washi tape and 2 adhesive rollers from 3M that I am using all the time in my card making!

Please leave a comment below to be entered into a random drawing to win this box of crafty goodies! I will choose the winner on Jan 6th and will post it shortly here on my blog after which they will have 2 weeks to get in touch with me. So please make sure that your name and email address is left! Due to shipping costs my giveaway is only open to those residing in Canada or the USA. 

Have you been around to all the blogs participating yet? Here's the full long list- better grab a cuppa!

Lawn Fawn

Reverse Confetti

My Favorite Things Stamps

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Julee Tillman: Verve Stamps

Avocado Arts Stamps

A Jillian Vance Design

Latisha Yoast

Amber Hight

Amber Kemp-Gerstel

Alice Wertz

Debbie Corbari

Vera Wirianta Yates

Lori McAree

Carolyn King

Sharon Harnist

Amy Tsuruta

Beth Pingry

Angie Blom

Julia Stainton

Sharon Johnson

Michelle Woerner

Cindy Lawrence

Lori Tecler

Daniela Dobson

Savitri Wilder

Theresa Momber 

Giovana Smith

Kimberly Crawford

Maria Levine

Colleen Schaan

Lydia Fiedler

Kelly Klapstein

Kim Kesti

Laura Williams

Shanna Vineyard

  

Jennifer Gallacher

Heather Pulvirenti

Stacey Schafer

Leigh Penner

AJ Otto

Teri Anderson

Julie Overby

Margie Higuchi

Jimmi Mayo

Tenia Nelson

Lee Ann Barrett

Iwona Palamountain

  

Kim Jackson

Linda Lucas

Sarah Gough

Dina Kowal

Elena Roussakis

Lisa Henke

Jodi Collins

Joanne Basile

Melanie Muenchinger

Darsie Bruno  

Libby Hickson

  

Dana Joy

  

Jody Morrow

Heather Campbell

Savannah O'Gwynn

Lee Murphy

Lisa Arana

 Jocelyn Olson

Isha Gupta

Piali Biswas

Ashley Harris

Bunny Vance

  

Anabelle O'Malley

Andrea Murdock (you are here, thanks for visiting! Don't forget to comment!)

Stephanie Muzzulin

Alyssa Bennett

Christiana Reuling

Laurel Seabrook

Melody Rupple

Emily Branch

I thought I'd post a cup to get you started ;) One of my favourite card creations using Laurie's Tea Cup from High Hopes Stamps. I know I am going to grab one and start at the beginning of this amazing hop!

Before you leave please feel free to follow my blog using the options found in the right hand side bar- lots to choose from!

I hope you have a wonderful day and a fantastic 2014!

Good Luck everyone!

Andrea

Unity Thursday- Flashback!

Time for Thursday hopping!

A few of us are doing a 'rewind' post to share fave's from the last year

a great way to spend the day after Christmas in pj's with a jug of tea 

rewinding and enjoying

Plus I get to re-share cards I am so proud of

and may still have out on display so I can see them

Does anyone else get attached to their creations too?

I spend so much time on them I do see them as small pieces of art

Clean and Simple, Elaborate, Vintage…the list goes on

And Unity's extensive catalog of stamps in different styles have been apart of my art for years

Thank you Unity

Here's to many more…

Thanks for rewinding with me today!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway.  Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Next up on our hop is Eryn!

A fast but fun Christmas Card with Unity

Quick post today!

Wanted to share this super fast but sweet holiday card

I made it with the Unity October SMAK kit

{it's a tradition} Christmas

I stamped the snowflakes onto the craft card stock then stamped the image in a chocolate brown ink. 

Using the same ink I brushed it around the edges of the card to give it a vintage vibe

This will help me quickly make the rest of the cards needed asap for Christmas!

Hope you have a wonderful craftlicious Friday!

Andrea

Unity Thursday- New Wine Stamps!

Happy Thursday!

I was going to count how many sleeps till Christmas but that stressed me out so I didn't. Which is why I am loving this week's release- WINE stamps including this cute bubble bath image named Bubbles of course! Stressed out is basically how I feel the closer we get to the big celebration. I have already escaped once to a bubble filled tub- I highly recommend it ha! 

While you are hopping around today don't forget to check out this week's Wine dot sale. I think I will later this evening- with a glass of wine in my hand of course. 

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway.  Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Next stop today is the delightful Stephanie!

All Hearts over Unity's New Valentine Kit

I can't resist Valentine's Day kits. Can't. When I was little I took handing out valentine's VERY seriously and matched each one up as best as I could with the person I was giving it to. Considering I was incredibly shy it was a big deal to me. I loved cutting them out and writing each person's name. Did anyone else take it as hardcore as I did? I still remember in Grade 4 cutting out the big valentine heart on the front cover to give to the boy I loved and the whole class watched as I put it in his milk bag taped to the side of his desk. So intense hee hee!

Thursday is sale day at Unity and it is a big one!

We have TWO amazing Unity filled prize packages to giveaway.  Leave a comment on EACH blog in the hop (including the Unity blog) for your chance to win.  The winners will be announced Saturday night on the Unity blog.

Next up on the hop is my crafty crush- seriously isn't she amazing...Thienly!!

Have an amazing day!

Andrea

Unity Thursday- Happy American Thanksgiving!

Happy American Thanksgiving to all my friends across the border. I know today is a big holiday over there and I hope you and your family have a wonderful day!

For today's hop I used 2 stamps from Nov's KOTM- Strength and Dignity. I am so in love with all of the beautiful and inspiration images packed into this month's kit. I used the bird image first as I always equate birds in flight to freedom and letting your heart go where it wants to. I thought this sentiment in the kit helped to get across what I was feeling looking at the bird. Then I found in my stash the perfect matching charm- hoarding justified once again hee hee!

Unity is going to have their sale start on Cyber Monday instead of today due to Thanksgiving. Do you want a peek of the sale???

shhhh...

Okay- time to hop! Don't forget to leave a comment at each blog along the way including this one and the Unity blog for your chance to win one of the two prize packages being offered:

Next on the hop is Eryn!

Have a great day!

Unity Thursday- Love me some Snowpeeps!

I love Christmas

Absolute favourite time of year!

In fact I even listened to Christmas music while making this card hee hee!

Does anyone else have a weakness for snowman stamps? Or Penguins, etc? Maybe I just have an addiction to stamps ha! Today I wanted to showcase the adorable Snowpeep couple that are a part of today's new bundle release. Between these cuties and this week's SOTW I am in snowman heaven!

There are LOTS of things happening today sale wise PLUS Angela is donating $1 from every sale to help those in the Philippines affected by the tragedy there. 

So lots of reasons to shop and hop today. Please don't forget to leave a comment on each blog along the way as we will be choosing 2 lucky commenters as the winners of this prize - a June 2012 KOTM!

Alright time to hop over to the awesome-sauce Jen E!