The Friends of Unity Blog Hop ~ September 2025

Hi friends! It’s September and The Friends of Unity Blog Hop this month is all about creating “Anything But a Card”. Isn’t it always a great idea to make use of our stamps in more ways than one?! I love it!

Project #1 ~ Gift Tag, Rescue Tales Chip stamp set by Unity

My first project is a gift tag with the most adorable puppy named Chip. He melts my heart everytime I look at him. I stamped Chip on a rectangular piece of kraft cardstock. I colored him in with Prismacolor watercolor pencils in brown, yellow and orange tones. Yellow brings out the front of his muzzle and gives him a dimensional quality!

I grabbed a scrap of watercolored paper and adhered it above Chip. I added the foiled Poppystamps sentiment over the strip. Denim is always a good thing so I added it below the sentiment for interest and texture. Black stitched grosgain ribbon in a knot looks sweet on Chip’s collar. Red pencil on the heart and then Stickles over the top for a little sparkle! (Background is vegetables from our garden!)

I punched a hole at the top and added two diecuts of hole reinforcements for a finished look. Burlap twine threaded through the hole and tied at the top is emellished with a bow of string tied just over the hole and a strip of denim wrapped around it.

Project #2 ~ Snail Coaster, Snailed It stamp set by Lisa Glanz for Unity

A common inhabitant of my garden are these snails! Their silly eyes are too much fun and how convenient to have a house built in!

I stamped the images on a 4 x 4 travertine tile with StazOn permanent ink. I painted them with Hero Arts ink in shades of green and brown.

A thin coat of varnish and adhesive cork protectors finish the coaster.

Project #3 ~ Memorydex file by Heidi Swapp, Margaret Girl stamp set by Angie Blom for Unity

A Memorydex is a unique storage item for unlimited ideas to organize recipes, birthday dates, address and phone numbers… Each file fits on a unit that can be looked through by turning the side handles. It is similar to a Rolodex.

I die cut the file from white cardstock and stamped the image in Versafine black ink. I watercolored the hair and skin with watercolor paints. Next I stamped the image on patterned paper and fussy cut the dress out and glued it onto the image. I also used the same paper piecing technique for the balloons. I die cut the sentiment and glued it onto the file overlapping the dress.

Mirrored dots adorn the empty space and burlap twine tied up at the top adds dimension and interest. Finally I put it into the Memorydex for future use. How fun it wuld be to trade Memorydex cards!

Below is a list of the friends sharing projects on the hop. Just click on the names and it will transport you to their blog!

Crystal

Doreen

Jenni

Amber

Toni

Joyce

Kari

Rachel (me)

Dawn

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you get a chance to create something in the “Anything But A Card” theme, please share on the Unity Show ‘n Tell Facebook page. I look forward to seeing you next month. Until then, have a wonderful September full of creative adventures!

Rachel

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