Unity FWF Blog Hop with a Video on Finding Inspiration + How I Store My Unity! {May 27th}

Hello Friends With Flair! If you have time to play with your Unity and/or Ippity stamps today, please link up your project to the Unity Blog and comment on all the posts for two chances to win some Unity stamps! Today's card is a clean and simple one-layer using The Best is Yet To Be. After making today's card, I've used all but five of the stamps in this fabulous kit. Since I inked up the stack of mini teacups for the first time here, I'm adding this card to the All Things Unity Challenge #31: Stamps Never Used.

I forgot to take a photo of the inspiration for this card (a wine bottle) but you can see it in the video. :) I took the red and orange colours directly from the label and the sentiment is stamped in olive as a tribute to the colour of the glass. As explained in the video, I never fold my card before stamping since the crease will create an uneven inking, especially if the stamp goes off the edge of the card as it does here.

Over the past few months, I've had numerous questions and emails about how I come up with the ideas for my cards, in particular my Unity cards, and how I store my Unity so I hope this video will help explain all of that. I know there are at least two other video tutorials out in blogland about storing Unity but since I was asked specifically about how I personally store mine, I thought I would share that with you. {As I was finishing up my post, my husband came over to say goodnight. He saw the freeze screen of the video and said, "You put a wine bottle on the table in your video?!" When I showed him the card and explained it was my inspiration piece, he said, "Oh." LOL} As always, you are welcome to leave additional questions in the comments and I'll try to answer them! Thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy this video.



Before I go, a bit of housekeeping... I'm still not able to comment on blogs that have the comment box embedded inside the post. Some of you have changed your comment setting to a new page or a pop up box and have come back to tell me which is fabulous. I've been able to get to those blogs and happily comment. Thank you for your patience! Let's hope Blogger gets this issue cleared up soon. Have a wonderful weekend!

Sources: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Unity February 2011 Kit of the Month - The Best is Yet To Be; Vivid! Red & ButterScotch inks; SU Old Olive ink