Hello everyone!!! Welcome to the Flying Unicorn Blog Hop!! If you have come over from Marilia's Blog you are on the right track! If not go back to the beginning at the FLYING UNICORN BLOG and get started!!!

Every year in the month of November, Flying Unicorn sponsors "Flying Unicorn Gives Back." This year, we've chosen a nationally recognized charity, Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah.

For each project that is uploaded to our forum gallery, Flying Unicorn donates $1.00 to a maximum of $1,000 and. we've always reached our goal. With your help this year we will again.! 

Flying Unicorn also donates 5% of all sales during the month of November to the charity. Finally, do not forget to mark your calendars for our Silent Auction November 8th - November 16th .

We have set up the Flying Unicorn page on the Best Friends site where monetary donations can be made as well to help us reach this years goal of $3000.00 in charitable donations.
 

https://secure.bestfriends.org/page/outreach/view/personalFR/FlyingUnicorn

Best Friends' mission of No More Homeless Pets tries to place dogs and cats who are considered "unadoptable" into good homes, and to reduce the number of unwanted pets through effective spay and neuter programs. Since its inception, the number of dogs and cats being destroyed in shelters has fallen to approximately 5 million a year. There has been much progress,but there is still much more to do. Best Friends made national headlines with their intensive efforts in rescuing so many animals in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina..
 

In honor of Best Friends, and the November Kit of the Month -Hear'ts Twilight -I would like to share with you the extra special project I made using the Kit of the month 

My grandson got his first puppy when he was about 1. He is just so cute and cuddly! My grandson hardly put him down the first few days he got him and everywhere Bentley went, his puppy went too.

I really love the new kit! Full of beautiful papers, flowers, and embellies!! I chose to use some of the Prima Delight papers from the kit for this LO. The hanging lamp, chippie and Prima heart are from my stash.

Heart's Twilight is now available with an amazing and fun off the page creation- take a look:

Do not forget to join Alda and Shona this month with their process of making the below layouts. Alda will show you step by step on our You Tube Channel, while Shona has done a complete Build a Page for you all!

WAIT! There is a little more before you hop on over to MISH'S BLOG!!

Want to win a Cameo-Silhouette?

Every $5.00 donated to Best Friends via our donation page will give you a chance to win!

Additional details can be found on our forums.

ALSO WE ARE GIVING AWAY A $150 GIFT CARD TO THE FLYING UNI STORE!

 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO  WIN THE GIFT CARD YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:

1. BE A FOLLOWER OF OUR CT MEMBERS BLOGS. 

2. YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT HERE IN THE FORUM THREAD-TELLING US ABOUT YOUR BLOG HOP EXPERIENCE

3. WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN VIA RANDOM.ORG ON NOV 3 @ 6PM est

So hop on over to MISH'S BLOG for some additional eye candy fun and thank you for your support in giving back !

A HUGE WELCOME TO MELINDA!!

That is right ladies and gentlemen we are honored to introduce to you a most talented gal from down under Melinda Thompson !! Melinda  is now  part of the  Flying Unicorn family and  we could not be happier!! 
Take a look at these incredible creations  she has made (some being  part as a guest  designer for  Shimmerz this  past  month )  -

I know  - I know - we  all need to see more  of  her  stunning  eye candy creations- so hop on over  to her  blog - welcome  Melinda  to our  family and  become a follower of her blog- you will not be  disappointed!! . 

AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR BLOG HOP!! Starting Oct 31 and running thru Nov 2. Join us for our Giving Back Blog Hop and learn how Flying Unicorn is giving back to the Best Friends Animal Society! Lots of fun things going on in November!!




 

October Kit Creations

Hi everyone!

Just sharing my layouts I made using the new October kit from Flying Unicorn, "Farmers Market & Hayrides" This is a great kit filled with some amazing paper lines, embellies and the OTP is amazing!
Unfortunately my OTP and I did not agree this month. I tried something 'new' and let's just say, it didn't turn out so well. I winded up ruining the wood. I was pretty sad to say the least, but you can see what the other CT members did with theirs by scrolling down to the previous post.

This first LO I did I used the Crate Paper that was in the kit. I didn't do anything to the background because the paper was just so pretty! I did do a small bit of stamping with a flourish stamp.

 

I used a Sizzix Thinlit Frame die for the frame around the photo. All the flowers and embellies are from the Main Kit and Add on kits. Just love the way this LO turned out.

 This next LO I chose the Adorn It papers- love the yellow!! And I LOVE the Jillibean Soup clouds/shapes that are in the Embellishment Add on kit. They're adorable!!! I painted them up with the gesso, also included in the Main Kit, and inked the edges with some Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

 I started by stamping with the bg with the Kaisercraft Chicken Wire Stamp from the Main kit and then used some Studio 490 Embossing paste with the Mr. Huey's mask from the Embellie Add on.If you haven't tried the Studio 490 Embossing paste yet, it is a must! It quickly became my favorite. I like it better than molding paste. It goes on nice and smooth and has a great texture!

Some of the flowers I used were from my stash, like the Petaloo Textured Elements..love those!

This kit is also filled with some Kaisercraft Take Note Collection which I used here.

A few things are from my stash. The Ingvild Bolme Water Tap, fence and Bubble Mask are not included in the kit.

The last one I did was for OUAS. The CT at Flying Unicorn are guests this month!! You can see all the awesome layouts HERE at their blog.

Be sure to pop on over to Flying Unicorn and grab your kit before they're gone!