Love

How are we doing today?  I wanted to ask what are your favorite embellishments now a days?  I of course love LACE and lace embellishments but also buttons.  What's your favorite?  I love this Unity stamp!  How about you?  do you also like Unity stamps?  (in addition to your favorite embellishment)

Have you check out my lace store, I sell wonderful packages of lace in every color and beautiful embellishments too!  https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

did you see the week one winners, they are listed on this post HERE, week two winners were shared sunday! click back 

Last day to celebrate

 Well, I say that but really everyday of life is a celebration for me!  Everyday that I get without any seizures and my health back is truly a blessing from God thanks to Dr Aboumatar.  So even though there won't be an everyday celebration here on the blog for the rest of the year, there is an everyday celebration that I am living on!!

Question of the day:  anything else you want me to know?

Check out my wonderful Etsy store.   I sell precut lace in wonderful packs so you get 20 or 40 pieces all different in a wide array of colors, beautiful embellishments, or Lace Menagerie which is 6 yard assortments!  You can find the store here: https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Puppy Love

A true friend leaves paw prints on your heart....now how cute is that sentiment that goes with this wonderful image from Unity stamps.  I added some great dog prints and some beautiful Turkish lace as well.

 Question of the day: do you use embossing folders?

Me?  I used to and i LOVE the effect, but I still don't seem to use them as much as I should. Here's me I am so LAZY I will buy embossed papers.  How sad it that?

see the prize winner list HERE

Check out my wonderful Etsy store.   I sell precut lace in wonderful packs so you get 20 or 40 pieces all different in a wide array of colors, beautiful embellishments, or Lace Menagerie which is 6 yard assortments!  You can find the store here: https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Woman

Here's a great Unity stamp card today.  I have lots of unity stamps to give away.  I just love their wonderful itty-bitty stamps and their wonderful sets with images and sentiments that go together.  They seem to have the right stamp for just about every occasion.  I thought the sentiment perfect for the celebration this month, "you can break down a woman temporarily, but a REAL WOMAN will always pick up the pieces, rebuild herself & come back STRONGER than ever."  How perfect is that?

Question of the day: what's your favorite die cut topic?

Me?  I like frames, words, hmmm, wow, lots of things i guess, coffee, skulls

see the prize winner list HERE

Check out my wonderful Etsy store.   I sell precut lace in wonderful packs so you get 20 or 40 pieces all different in a wide array of colors, beautiful embellishments, or Lace Menagerie which is 6 yard assortments!  You can find the store here: https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Life happens, Coffee Helps

 Here's a card I had to include this month, a wonderful Unity stamp lady with coffee!  WOO HOO. I also added some great Turkish lace to the mix.  Isn't she just perfect?  all orange and stuff!

Question of the day: do you use clear or red rubber?  both? mounted?

Me?  I use both but love red rubber. I feel I get a better impression.

see the prize winner list HERE

Check out my wonderful Etsy store.   I sell precut lace in wonderful packs so you get 20 or 40 pieces all different in a wide array of colors, beautiful embellishments, or Lace Menagerie which is 6 yard assortments!  You can find the store here: https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

One Cool Chick

Happy Monday everyone.  Here's one cool chick from Unity Stamps. I just LOVE this stamp set.  As you know I have a ton of Unity stamps to hand out.  I love several artists that they have, I would list them, but then, I think I would end up listing ALL of their artists lol.

Question of the day:  Are you a Unity stamp fan?  what topic of theirs do you like? 

Mine: I love the owls, their funny animals, their ladies with faces (and sometimes the women without faces);  their funny sayings...

see the prize winner list HERE

Check out my wonderful Etsy store.   I sell precut lace in wonderful packs so you get 20 or 40 pieces all different in a wide array of colors, beautiful embellishments, or Lace Menagerie which is 6 yard assortments!  You can find the store here: https://laceplacebyholley.etsy.com

Guest Designer Audrey R

 Guest Designer Audrey R created this beautiful Passover card using a wonderful stamp that she won last February from me made by Unity Stamps.  I love how colorful it turned out.  If you have any projects using your prizes, I'd love to share them on my blog!

Check out my lace store for some great pre-cut lace, sets of 1 yard pieces, and gorgeous lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

Help...coffee

 Happy August everyone! I am happy to be back in the USA and getting myself back to local time from what is a huge time change. I will be opening up my store soon, so keep an eye out for it. I will be chopping  up lots of wonderful lace for it, WOO HOO. Better start with some coffee though, I need it on the lack of sleep side...

The shop has reopened!  I am adding this constantly to show what I got in Turkiye this year!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LacePlaceByHolley?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

Last Day

 WOW, it's my last day.  WOW.  I will probably drop by and chat up some of the dealers that I know I would like to keep touch with before I come back next year.  Drop by my favorite restaurant and say goodbye to everyone.  Pack up and try to get some decent rest, but for some reason that never happens, I always end up going to the airport in the middle of the night Saturday morning dead tired and knowing I will be exhausted all the way to Austin.  SIGH.  Well, let's enjoy today!

Here's an awesome coffee bean shaker card using a stamp from Unity stamps and some wonderful Turkish lace on it!

Travel at heart

I thought I needed to end my GUI week on this wonderful stamp since I am a lady of travel.  I didn't mention before, but a lot of people ask me, why I travel by myself to Türkiye.  My DH has to work so he can't come with me.  It's a great country with wonderful people and I don't have any issues (though occasionally with language.  I really try to learn Turkish but beyond minimal words, it's so hard for me.)  

Thanks so much for following me during my GIU week!  It will take a couple days for me to pick a winner and get that winner approved.  The name of the winner will get announced on the FB group Growing in Unity-CardMaking-Rubberstamping CLICK HERE.

Big Sunflower

Here's a great sunflower image from Unity Stamps today.  It's so beautiful and makes me think of summer.  Did you all know that Turkiye is a huge sunflower seed producer?  They are 6th in world with over 2 million tons!  (The USA is 11th at 0.8 tons!)  When I went to northern Turkiye and saw the amazing fields just FULL of sunflowers it was so beautiful.

 Be sure and leave a comment to be eligible for the Unity stamps prize this week!

A Day to Remember

Here's a great couple stamp with a lovely sentiment that I added saying "A Day to Remember."  This wonderful Unity stamp.  I just love this sweet couple.  I colored her up with long brown hair and him with blond hair like my DH.  I used some lovely brown Turkish lace on the bottom.  While here in Turkiye, I often post cards during days for my husband so he can check my blog and often there will be a card posted that i just for him (like this one)!

Don't forget to leave a comment today as a winner will get chosen and get a prize from Unity Stamps!!

Cheers, Holley

Hello Sunshine

 Happy GIU day number four!  I am sharing this card with some gorgeous Turkish Lace and a wonderful Unity Stamp set called Hello Sunshine Girl.  You can find this great stamp set HERE.  I colored her up today with Copic Markers and added the simple Hello Sunshine Sentiment.

Be sure and leave a comment on my blog today for a chance to win a prize from Unity Stamps!

My Favorite

For my GIU card today, here's a fun stamp and sentiment combo from the March Kit of the Month, Never Lose Hope. You can find it HERE.  It had so many cute stamps that I just loved. I am coloring with Copic Markers.

Be sure and leave a comment today as a winner will be selected to win a prize from Unity stamps at the end of the week!

Begin Anew

For my GIU day two I had to create a lovely monotone theme summery card in all oranges. I just love oranges.  I am using a wonderful stamp from Unity Stamps called "Begin Anew."  Click HERE to find it in the Unity Store.  I am also using some beautiful Turkish lace on this card.  As I mentioned yesterday, I am actually in Turkiye now enjoying a lovely summer.

 Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog this week as the winner will get a prize from Unity Stamps!

GIU Week begins, Day 1

 Hello all! I hope you are doing great I am so excited to be the Growing in Unity Girl this week. I am currently in the wonderful country of Turkiye (where I have been spending every summer for many years).  I buy tons of wonderful lace here and sell it on Etsy during the regular year.

I have some amazing Unity projects to sharing with you and I hope you will love them.  Please forgive me if my time is off, Turkiye is 8 hours different than America.

For Day one I have to share this beautiful girl stamp, the sentiment on the card says, "All I want is to be together with you."  Another thing I do in summertime is leave a lot of cards on my blog for my DH to see.  That way he gets a little message from me.

This stamp comes from a set called "Your Future Needs You."  You can find it HERE.  It's just so very expressive without even seeing her face.  What a great stamp!

Be sure to leave a comment on my blog everday this week for a chance to win a prize from Unity Stamps!

Did you see my GIU introduction? It was posted on the FB page but I thought I would share it here for my followers who missed it

 

Hi!  My name is Holley.  I am a big crafting fan who came across card making 24 years ago when I went into a little scrapbook store in Austin, TX.  Man, was I hooked after that!  Who knew one tiny brass stencil set would bloom into a such a fun hobby?  I started my blog for stamping 14 years ago and I post a new creation everyday.  Wow is it fun to look back and see how I have changed and what I have learned. 

I currently have the pleasure of working at my local Elementary School as a Special Needs Paraprofessional for the Deaf-and-Hard of Hearing Department.  I work with 2 year olds for half a day.  It's my pleasure.  I'm a former Electrical Engineer who worked for huge companies like Dell, NASA, US Military.

I am a HUGE Unity stamp fan, I adore all their amazing artists.  Their quality is top notch and they have the best variety.  I can't wait for you to see my creations this week.   http://holleybarnhartsblog.blogspot.com

Cheers, Holley

 p.s. This photo was both taken then made for me by a dear friend in Istanbul, Turkiye who calls me the lace queen because I travel there for 2 months a year to buy amazing lace for my store on Etsy.  In the picture I am looking down into my Turkish coffee cup to read my fortune.

End of week 3

 Happy Friday everyone!  It's the end of week 3.  wow, feels like I both just got here and like I have always been here.  I am very acclimated and still super excited about well, everything.  The food, the people, the sites, and well, the LACE!!  what fun.  Here's a great Unity card today, so I made this one for the DH, but you all know the sentiment just made me laugh, but far from true when I am sitting in Istanbul!!  Now, if HE was sitting here and I was sitting at home,  that would S&CK. lol.

Thanks Dear

 well, I count this as day 10 since I arrived so late on day 1, I didn't get to do anything but get to my place of stay from the airport.  Wow, has it already been 10 days.  most people would tell me that they only get 10 (OR LESS) days on their whole vacation.  I tell them, work a job that's as low paying as mine and you will get off all summer....Bwhahahaha  well, i am just partially kidding, I do love my job, esp the summer off part, but esp the cute little kiddos.

Here's a cute card using a Unity Stamp today, don't we all need a big coffee?  well, i must say, coffee is a big deal here, but I don't ever see any BIG coffee size.  I think there is a Starbucks, well, it's Istanbul, so of course there is a Starbucks, but any normal restaurant, you don't see grandee sized coffee.

Thanks to the DH for that awesome christmas gift of a plane ticket that got me here!  WOO HOO.  You are totally the best ever

One cup at a time

 Happy May 9th! just two and a half weeks to the end of the school year now.  Here's a coffee theme card because I think we are all needing some coffee to get to the end of the year, lol.  How about y'all?  are any of you also working in schools?  I guess I should know that but I am not sure if I have ever asked....

check out  my last store!  Last chance to get some goodies before the summer break when I will be in Turkiye! LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy

I love coffee

I thought today was a good day for a coffee card.  I just love fun coffee drinks, but mostly when I am in Turkiye.  I don't, well almost NEVER, drink coffee in America.  How weird is that?  I do love me some Turkish coffee though.

 Have a great day.  Check out my lace store, I have about a month before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy