GIU Week - Day 1

Hello, everyone! Welcome to my week as GIU Gal! Please visit my blog each day to view my creation(s) and leave a comment. At the end of my week, I will randomly select two winners to receive a prize pack from Unity. How cool is that???


I first saw Unity stamps on the (now defunct) CropChocolate website and fell in love with tbeir style and versatility. You know things go, though - it's so easy to build your Unity stamp collection faster than you can create! So, I thought if would be fun to use my GIU week showcasing some of the older stamps, as a chance for me to finally take those long-imagined projects off the backburner.


Scrapbooking is my favorite crafting activity, which complements my love of photography. Since I'm often cramped for time, I'm also a big fan of sketches. So when I found this sketch (unfortunately, I can't give credit, because it didn't come with a source on Pinterest), I knew it was perfect for my Unity stamps.

My youngest daughter (age 14) plays soccer competitively. Though she is smaller-than-average, she plays with the spirit of a six-foot tall Amazonian warrior! I purchased the No Regrets stamp kit several years ago, knowing that one of those sentiments was her personal anthem. Obviously, the background anchor was those View Master circles (oh, such fond childhood memories!), which you can find in My Point of View {Smask 8/12} or you can purchase it separately (My View of YOU).

Since her high school colors are black, Vegas gold, and white (they are the Blackhawks), I built the layout around these colors. My style is clean and simple, so it was just a question of layering things to highlight certain elements. Other stamp sets I utilized were: I am Woman (December 2013 Unity Sentiment Kit), Badass Every Day, Enjoy. Explore. Believe., Tribal Trend, and Super Star. I also used three other itty-bitty sets, but they don't appear to be available at Unity any longer.

I can't take credit for the photo, either - some kind soul took a lot of pictures and shared them with the team. lucky me!!! I'll see you tomorrow with another creation - thanks for stopping by!