Growing in Unity, Day 3

This week is flying by! Today is my kid's first day back to school. I cannot believe I'm now the mom of a middle schooler! How did my baby boy grow to be almost as tall as me and starting middle school? He's beyond excited and I'm excited for him. It's going to be odd not going to school with the kids this year. I really liked being the principal of their school and having all three in one place made life a lot easier. It's going to be crazy this year with the kids in two different places and me going to a different place as well but we'll manage.

Enough about me. . .you came to see some Unity, right? Today's card was for UAC #16. I love ATCs and couldn't wait to play along with this challenge. Since I'm pretty busy, I like to have a stash of ATCs on hand so that I have a quick focal point for a card for those days when I need one and don't have time to make it. This was a fun card to make and the pic doesn't do it justice.

Here are the details: Cardstocks used are PTI White & Lemon Tart as well as SU Basic Black. The patterned paper is from my BasicGrey Origins 6X6 pad--love this paper and have been hoarding it since I don't want to use it all up. Buttons are PTI Lemon Tart, Plum Pudding, and Spring Moss vintage buttons. After folding and scoring the white cardbase, I embossed the Lemon Tart piece with my Tim Holtz Sizzix Woodgrain embossing folder. Oh my! What deep impressions this embossing folder left. I almost didn't want to cover it up. This piece is popped up on dimensionals. I added the patterned paper and a small strip of black cardstock which had been punched with an EKSuccess Dotted Scallop Edge punch. I added a thin strip of Be Creative Double-Stick tape and sprinkled on some Doodlebug Designs black glitter. It's hard to see but it's so cute in real life. My ATC is another piece of the BG Origins patterned paper. I stamped the image from Unity's March KOM {Rockin' It Unity Style} with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI White and then colored in the leaves with Copics. This piece is matted on SU Basic Black. I added the buttons and then rounded the corners of the ATC. To finish off the card, I mounted the ATC to the cardbase with dimensionals. I absolutely {heart} this card and it's going into my stash that I hoard since I can't bear to part with it :-)

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