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Diversity=Inclusion

July 23, 2020

What does diversity=inclusion mean to you?  Do you see yourself as part of a community? Do you see yourself being supported? It’s a loaded question I know however a conversation needs to be had.

When you see the need to look deeper into what you see in your community it helps to see people that look like you.  You feel that you are included in the conversation.  Seeing diversity is a beautiful sight.  You get to see the lives of others and the strength that can bring. Let’s take a look at my card.

Diversity=inclusionI chose to repeatedly stamp the sentiment over and over again to create a statement card.  The simple repetitive nature of the sentiment in different shades of brown inks show that all shades of skin tone need to be included.  Diversity=inclusion.  Don’t sit by and watch when you can speak up and make a difference when you don’t see yourself being included.

Diversity=inclusion

There are times when diversity needs to be brought to someone’s attention because they don’t see it.  That’s a teaching moment.  Express yourself first with love and understanding.  Sometimes it’s hard when people are uncomfortable with talking about diversity.  Lean in and learn about another race.  Yes there are differences however their are so shared experiences.  You can agree to disagree but do it with kindness. United should be the goal.

Diversity=inclusion

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  All products used for this card are linked below. You can see cards from this stamp set all week here on my blog.  Have a great day and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for another card.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pocono Pam and Guest Designers

July 22, 2020

Good morning everyone. Today Pocono Pam and her guest designers are featuring the United As One stamp set on their social media platforms. Each designer has a special card for you today.

Please make sure to stop by each of the links to show your support for Pocono Pam and the guest designers. Here is Pam’s beautiful card.  You an find all the details on how this was created on the Hero Arts blog as well as Pam’s blog.

 

Pocono Pam
Lameka Alston
Scherolyn Leggett
Amador Bustamante

The United As One stamp set is available for purchase on the Hero Arts website.

 

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United As One Tutorial

July 21, 2020

Good morning everyone.  I’m back today sharing another card using the new United As One stamp set.  This is a partnership stamp set with Pocono Pam, Hero Arts and myself.  If you missed my card for yesterday, click here.

I’m sharing a video with you today to show two ways you can use the United As One stamp set.  The sentiments in this stamp set are so important to me.  This set was inspired to be used for all occasions where solidarity needs to be the main focus especially in the black communities. Here’s a peak at the cards I made for this tutorial.

 

United As One Tutorial

 

The tutorial is to help you see yourself in this stamp set.  To visualize that you are important, loved, respected and needed. You can also view the tutorial on my Youtube channel mzdanajoy

But wait there’s more.  Please make sure to visit our guest designers for today. They are also featuring a project made with the stamp set.

Mitsyana Wright
Mary Polanco
Tenia Nelson

These woman has supported me in my crafting life as well as my personal life and I am so honored to have them on this first release with us. All products used on in the tutorial are listed below for your shopping convenience.  Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for more inspiration.


 

 

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Hero Arts/Dana Joy/ Pocono Pam United As One Stamp Set

July 20, 2020

I have no words that can express my excitement today.  Pocono Pam and I have partnered with Hero Arts and our first unity collection stamp set has been created. The United As One stamp set was born out of a need for our voices to be heard.  Aaron Leventahl (owner of Hero Arts) and Jennifer McGuire have been instrumental in making this stamp set come to life.  Often Pam and I have had conversations about how we felt black woman and men don’t really have a voice in the industry that we love. Today that has changed.

We have a dynamic blog hop going on today to celebrate the new release.  Please see the list below after my post so you can hop around and see what the creative team has in store for you today.

Hero Arts United As One

First, let me say thank you to the Hero Arts design team for their tremendous work in helping this stamp set come to life in our vision.  What’s the United As One stamp set about?  It recognizes the need for diversity and inclusion in the crafting community.  It symbolizes the struggles we are currently dealing with all over the world.  It’s time to embrace the change and move forward in unity not division. My card today features the main image of two hands to show that this industry (and others) can unite.  The hearts symbol the love I share with all my friends regardless of skin tone.

Hero Arts United As One

The sentiment is a pledge that we all can make a difference in what we need to see and hear in this community.  I’ve been a part of this community for over 20 years and I’m disheartened by tone of some crafters.  We don’t have to agree with everyone however we need to be respectful to everyone.  You can have your voice heard. Make your statements and kindly do it with understanding and a solid purpose of needing to unite and not divide. Let’s take a look at the stamp set.

Here is a closeup of the packaging and information on the partnership.

Dana Joy, Pocono Pam and Hero Arts are excited to partner in a conscious effort to be intentionally diverse and inclusive. Crafters and cardmakers of color need to feel support, appreciation, and respect when expressing their values, experiences and skin tone in their work. We are celebrating this spirit through unity, and this collaboration is a pathway for everyone to see themselves in their art. We hope the United As One stamp set will encourage makers to become interested and committed to listening and learning from and about each other, and recognize we are all one, united creative community. 100% of net profits from this 6″ x 8″ stamp set will go to Racial Justice charities.

 

My hope is you will see this stamp set as the beginning of a movement not a moment of solidarity and respect.  We can all do better so let’s be the change we want to see in this world.  The stamp set is now available for purchase on Hero Arts. #unitedasone

Here is the list of participants.

Hero Arts – Daniel

Dana Joy

Pocono Pam

Channin Pelletier

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jennifer McGuire

Libby Hickson

Michelle Short


 

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Today is the @altenewllc Bold and Beautiful releas Today is the @altenewllc Bold and Beautiful release. This release is gorgeous. 

I made a few cards for the release using the new Linear Lines (which I have a tutorial for) and the Arch of Flowers. As you can tell by the photos, I really love this stamp and coordinating stencil and die. 

So head on over to my blog for close up photos and a link to the tutorial. Don’t forget to leave a comment for your chance to win one of the giveaways. 

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Yay it’s release day @heroarts. The August 2022 Yay it’s release day @heroarts. The August 2022 My Monthly Hero Kit is now available. 

Make sure to check out the creative team along the blog hop for your chance to scoop up one of the giveaways. 

Also I have a tutorial on my YouTube channel showing how this amazing card came together.  Check that out as well.

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It's that time! Sneak peeks of the @heroarts My Mo It's that time! Sneak peeks of the @heroarts My Monthly Hero has begun. Today is day one and I'm sharing my inspiration with loads of color.

This months kit is sooo pretty. It's all about layering stencils and you know I LOVE a great layering stencil. For me, I could use one layer of this stencil kit or use them all. It's very buildable and easy to line up.

Make sure to set those alarms for Monday August 1st 1:00 PM EST to grab your kit. Remember, once the kit sells out it's game over. 

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Hey everyone. It's time for @ginakdesigns July rel Hey everyone. It's time for @ginakdesigns July release. This evening I have a card using the new Just Breathe stamp set. I decided to do no-line watercolorink with this image and pair it with the Gina K. Designs Watercolor Floral 6x6 paper pad.

The sentiment on the card is from the new Big Birthday stamp set. This set has 14 different birthday sentiments, which makes it perfect for all your birthday cards.

You can find the new release over at Gina K. Designs.com. Oh and make sure to keep an eye out for inspiration from the guests and designers for Gina.

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Morning everyone. I'm up on the @heroarts blog tod Morning everyone. I'm up on the @heroarts blog today sharing a tutorial using the new Hero Arts Tiling Textures stamp set with the Gold Hero Wax. This wax goes on like butter and once dried it's wonderful to stamp on. 

One of the tiles in the stamp set reminds me of honeycombs, so of course I needed to pull out cute bees from the Hero Arts Beelieve stamp set. It's a match made in heaven.

Head on over to the Hero Arts blog for more photos and a link to the tutorial. I also have a detail write up sharing how this card was created as well. Have a great day everyone.

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Happy Friday everyone. I hope you're having a grea Happy Friday everyone. I hope you're having a great evening. Have you seen the  @simonsaysstamp Dream Big release? Oh it really makes my heart happy.

I had the chance to color up these adorable unicorns from the Born the Sparkle stamp set. I mean these unicorns are just too darn cute. My medium of choice were my Copics makers. I decided this card need some dimension, I stamped the unicorns and clouds once on my panel card stock and again on a separate piece of card stock so I could color them. Next I fussy cut each one out to pop them up on my card. 

This card really does make my heart happy. Unicorns for the win! Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

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Morning everyone. The @altenewllc July 2022 Summer Morning everyone. The @altenewllc July 2022 Summer Love blog hop and giveaway has started. There are over $300 in giveaways plus a ton of inspiration.

My cards are featuring the new Altenew Geo Triangle 3D embossing folder and the coordinating Geo Triangle Coloring Stencil Set 4-in-1.

Now over on my blog I have all the details on how these cards came together. You will also find the products I used as well as links to shop for them. Make sure to leave comments on each creators blog for your chance to win one of the giveaways.

There is also a special gift with purchase to keep that in mind too. Now I'm off to check out what inspiration I can find with the new products.

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