GIU Day 1: MAKE SOMETHING

Welcome to my first day as a Growing in Unity gal.  I'm so excited to be sharing some projects with you this week, in case you can't get enough of my incessant posting on the Show and Tell.  For those of you who have not seen my work, I hope you enjoy yourself.  For my #shanfans out there, (yes I just made that up) welcome and I look forward to getting to know you more this week as we comment together.


I have a method to my madness this week.  If you have seen and love the TV show Parks and Recreation, you will of course know who Johnny Karate is.  On his TV show he encourages the kids to do five things each day: make something, learn something, karate chop something, try something new, and be nice to someone.  So, this week we are going to do just that.  Day one, we are going to MAKE SOMETHING!

Today I am making something that I thought of because of Unity's "not a card" challenge.  So we are going to make some snarky lady magnets.

I bought these little mini canvases from a local craft store called Pat Catans, but I'm pretty sure Michael's and JoAnn Fabrics have them too.  I painted them with a little acrylic paint I had lying around, in pink, teal, light blue and yellow.

Then I stamped out my images and sentiments on layering weight #60 lb, white cardstock in Versamark onyx black ink.  I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut them as you will see.

Then I laid down a layer of matte Mod Podge, stuck down my lady and sentiment in a way I liked, and went over it with an additional two layers, drying in between.  I also did a tiny bit of distressing on each of the words which looks okay, but I think might be unnecessary as I look back on it.

After they dried, I used some self-adhesive magnetic strips to the back of the mini-canvas.  I added it to all four sides.  (Side note, the adhesive is not terribly strong, so hot gluing the magnets may make it sturdier.

When I got done with the ladies, they looked like they needed something. So I asked my good friend Laura Mooney if I should distress them.  She said, "The answer is you always distress."  Sage advice I'd say.  Look how the distressing made them pop!

Well, I hope you liked my sassy magnets.  I made them for some friends for Christmas.  They share my snarky sense of humor.  I hope this encourages you to MAKE SOMETHING too.  If you do, post it to the Unity Show and Tell, the best and most encouraging group of stampers you'll ever meet!  

If you want to CASE my magnets and need to know the kits used, I have links attached below. These ladies were created by the lovely artistas Joslyn Nielson and Lisa Arana.

She Used to Care

PMS Peggy

Be Fearless

No Regrets

You can follow me on Instagram @shannon.edwards where I post all my little projects during the week.

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