For the Love of Unity Day One - Mermaid Shake

So the last few years, I was part of Unity Stamp Company's Growing in Unity program, to promote their stamps and share the love for their awesome designs.  I'm not a part of that this year, but I still wanted to make a bunch of cards with their amazing stamps and devote a week of my blog to their amazingness.  So this year I'm calling it For the Love of Unity and today is Day One.

I've actually been sort of lazy with my blog this summer.  I've taken time off to just create and ignore all the monotonous writing and posting and entering of challenges but I think I'm ready to get back to routine with it.

I wanted to start today with a mermaid card!!!  You all know I love mermaids and Unity has some amazing mermaid stamps like this one, Adella Girl.

I'm kicking off this week with a bunch of challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• We Love To Create - #11 Anything Mixed Media Goes
• Pile It On - #145 New Technique/Old Stash (first time with my Crafters Companion inks, first time removing ink from background with stencil and water)
• Beccy's Place - Embellishments
• Country View - Sun Sea and Sand
• My Besties Spanish Challenge - #50 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - #145 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #74 Anything Goes
• Daisy Chain - #22 Anything Goes
• Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes
• Craft Rocket - #51 Anything Goes
• heARTful Challenge - Anything Goes & A Stamp 1/2
• Digi Chooseday - #33 Anything Goes 1/2
• Pattie's Creations - #149 Anything Goes 1/2
• Crafty Creations - #372 Anything Goes 1/2
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• Polkadoodles - #33 Anything Goes 1/2
• Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes 1/2
• DLArt Thankful Thursday - #234 Summer 1/3
• Ching-Chou Kuik - Under the Sea 1/3
• International Art & Soul - #40 Ocean, Sea or Marine 1/3
• Creative Craft Cottage - #110 No Patterned Paper 1/3
• Hiding In My Craft Room - #366 Use Die Cuts 1/3
• Cardz 4 Galz - #78 Dies and or Punches 1/3
• Dare 2B Artsy - Anything Goes 1/3
• The Corrosive Challenge - #8 Anything Goes 1/3
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #147 Anything Goes 1/3
• Artistic Stamper - Anything Goes 1/3
• The Crafty Addicts - #51 Anything Goes 1/3
• QKR Stampede - #309 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafty Friends - #90 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creative Fingers - #151 Anything Goes 1/3
• Papercraft Business Challenge - #9 Anything Goes 1/3
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes 1/3
• Fun Day Friday - #247 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creates and Makes - #23 Anything Goes 1/3
• Fabrika Fantasy - #23 Anything Goes 1/3
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - #393 Anything Goes 1/3
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #88 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafts Galore Encore - #54 Anything Goes 1/3
• Morgan's Art World - #8 Anything Goes 1/3
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes 1/3
• Lemon Shortbread - #74 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafting with An Attitude - #42 Anything Goes 1/3
• Scrapping 4 Fun - #122 Anything Goes 1/4
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Sprinkes and Splatters 1/5
• If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - #100 Sea Life 1/5
• Ike's Art - #111 All At Sea 1/5
• Sweet Stampers - #23 Summer 1/5
• Love To Create - #25 Anything Goes 1/5
• Crop Stop Linky Party #42 1/5
• Word Art Wednesday - #348 Anything Goes 1/5
• A2Z Scrapbooking - Anything Goes 1/5
• 613 Avenue Create - #212 Anything Goes/Magic/Fantasy 1/8
• Craftaholics R Us - #33 Anything Goes 1/1

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!!