Authentique + Unity Blog Hop

Do I have a treat for you today....It's a fantastic blog hop with one of my FAVE stamp companies and one of my newest loves in paper....Unity and Authentique. It's going to be fun and full of beautiful craftiness.

The hop starts with the Authentique Blog.  If you get lost along the way, hop on back over there.  Hopefully you just arrived from Jeannie DeGruccio's blog.

You'll want to hop along and leave comments along the way for a chance at 1 of 4 prizes.  Unity and Authentique are both giving away 2 prize packages.   Wanna know what's up for grabs???

Blog Hop Prizes: {*4 total winners*}

From Authentique Paper –

2 prize packs (one each for 2 winners) including a sampling of papers from each of the first 6 Authentique Paper collections and a sampling of the Free Bird Series

From Unity Stamp Company –

2 prize packs (one each for 2 winners) including the complete set of Unity/Authentique co-brand stamps

To win:

Participants should leave a comment on each blog along the hop.

(Winner will be chosen randomly from all comments on the manufacturer blogs AND the DT blogs.)

{Winner must have a US/Canada address}

Blog Comments Close:

Monday, October 10^th @ 11:59pm (Pacific)

Winner Announced:

Wednesday, October 12^th (on Authentique Paper blog and Unity Stamp Co. blog)

Okay, so let's get on to my projects for today. I've got a bit of a hodge podge of stuff today.  A little pretty mixed with a little holiday.

First up my pretty....I played along with the Hope You Can Cling Challenges over on Splitcoast. It's a great cause and I'm happy to contribute.  This one was for Lori's Bling challenge. You can check out all the challenges, HERE.

I made it round and used this gorgeous co-brand itty bitty by Unity, Family is Forever.  Some MFT die-namics (open scallop doily, framed greetings, and mini rolled roses) and the gorgeous Authentique papers from their Splendid line (I think it's my FAVE....especially this yellow woodgrain, it's thick and textured and YUM!). 

Next, I couldn't help myself.  Sorry. I couldn't resist a little Christmas with the Wonder Papers, so I  cut into them and now I have 3 darling tags ready to adorne some gifts in another 2 months.  
Here you can see them each individually.

While I added quite a bit of details, they really did come together quickly. I used different paper and each of the 3 stamps from this Unity co-brand set, the wonder of it. 

 The cool thing about this set, is that the images are small, so they would work perfectly with smaller tags, too.  I love them paired with the larger shipping tags.

While each of the tags are different, they all have some stitching, distressing, an Authentique die-cut image from the Wonder line, and a button, ribbon, and twine. I squeezed in a few more die-namics, too.

Thats all from me, today. Thanks for stopping by. Hop on over to my fellow Unity DT sister AND a member of the Authentique DT, Natalie Denver!  Her work is always beautiful!