Friends of Unity September 2026 Blog Hop

 Hello everyone. I'm so excited for our Friends of Unity Blog Hop for September 2026. The cue this month is Anything But A Card. So much fun!

 Let's Get Started:

On my first project here I have a Bookmark. I used watercolor paper Canson Cold pressed 140 lbs. I used this fun cocktail stamp from KOM called Boozie and Bougie that I stamped one of the drinks with Archival Watercolor ink. I used some New Lindy's Gang Magicals Halloween to paint my cocktail. So much fun. I added a few layers of powder and water using a paint brush. I love painting with these powders. I stamped a sentiment also from the set. I flicked some paint splatters for fun. Maybe it will be a Birthday Bookmark from My Mother-in-Law.

 I felt fancy so I grabbed my Crop-A-Dile tool from We R Memory Keepers (We R Makers)and used a large eyelet. I then used some shabby Chic ribbon from my stash and that finishes this project.

Next, I have a Candy Bar Holder. I used the Creepy Peekies Stamp set. I love candy bars especially chocolate with almonds. So this candy bar holder measures 2 5/8 x 5 7/8 closed and open about 5 1/4 x 5 7/8 and scored at approx. 2 5/8. I love this cute bat. I used a white rectangle die-cut for my bat to be stamped onto with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with alcohol markers. I did ink blend around my bat probably with Black Soot Distress ink.

Inside of Candy Bar Holder I cut some matching cardstock for a strip and placed candy bar in it and then glued strip pinching the sides so my candy bar stayed in tact. I ahve orange hemp twine to tie my candy bar holder to stay closed.

Lastly, I found my older Kate Spade planner and then I realized I had planner dies in my stash to make a planner insert. So now that's my next obsession to add planner layouts and inserts.  This Beautiful Background has been begging me to use it. It's from May 2026 BOM Open Skies

I colored with my alcohol markers and Prismacolor Colored Pencils. Sentiment stamped from the stamp set  with blue ink and I used a sentiment from Unity Stamp Co. for the file tab. I love how it looks in my planner.  I had so much fun creating these projects!!!

Let's see what my friends came up with for the challenge: Next up is Jenni

Crystal 

Von Marie(Me)

Jenni

Rachel

Jane

Joyce

Doreen

Toni

Thank you so much!

~Von Marie~