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[9.28.17] Unity Thursday

Unity Thursday

Time for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team.  If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog.  There’s always fun stuff going on.

Did you see this month’s new sentiment kit? I really love the beautiful fall floral bouquet. I have a couple of projects to share with you. If you hurry, you can still get this kit for only $16 till the end of the month.

Abundant Blessings

Up first… this lovely watercolor card. With a little masking, some simple watercolor and one easy die cut, this card was created. I started by stamping 3 flowers, one in the top right, middle left and bottom right. Then, masked those off and stamped around the rest of the card. After I watercolored the image, I die cut the center, matted it with the brown cardstock and popped up the middle panel. It really is a simple card with a big effect.

Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

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Next, I have this lovely shiny card. Foiling is amazing stuff. It really takes your stamped image to the next level. Jennifer McQuire is the technique queen, so after watching the many methods of foiling she has tried, I decided that using a laser printer and a laminator is the best method for me. After foiling, I just popped up my image and sentiment over some lovely matching foiled paper. Easy peasy for a

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

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Watercolor Floral Card


Gold Foil Floral Card


[7.13.17] Unity Thursday

Happy Thursday Friends!

It is time again for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team. Unity has lots of lovely new stamps releasing this week and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been creating. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog.

First up, this darling little puppy.

So stinkin’ cute. He is just a little part of the big kit called Happy Happy Joy Joy. So many great images to choose from, but that little puppy was calling my name. I used some Distress Inks to blend the background and kissed it with a heart background to remove some of the ink. Love that subtle hint of hearts. The sentiment is from the kit of the month – Time to Enjoy Life. This was my first time trying out Nuvo drops, I even practiced before placing them on my card. I need more practice. Haha. That is ok though, I do love the idea of these enamel like dots, so I’ll keep trying. Maybe once I get the technique down, I’ll share video.

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

Another cutie pie of a stamp for this card from the new kit Patients and Hugs. I stamped that little bunny 4 times and then used a die cut to make sure they were evenly spaced. A little bit of Copic coloring helps those little bunnies pop. I love how so many Unity stamp kits can be mixed and matched. The sentiment is from Sometimes I wonder. All together it is just a sweet happy card.

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

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Puppy card


Bunny card


[7.3.2017] Birthday Owl

Hello!

Just popping in with a couple of cards to share. Unity Stamp Company is having a bit of sale this weekend and released a couple new stamp sets. One of those is the brand new sentiment kit for July… Hugs, Kisses & Birthday Wishes.

Birthday cards are by far the MOST cards I make. I’m always trying to keep up with demand. It just made sense that Owlie needed to be turned in to a birthday stamp with lots of sentiments. SO many to choose from. Up first, is this one with Copic coloring and washi tape accents. I love the combo of navy and orange, so I colored my balloons and luckily I had washi to match.

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Curious how I made this card, I have a super quick video below.

A gray owl, what?!?! Too cute right? I really wanted my owl and papers to match, so I went with a gray owl. I love how he turned out. With the orange and pink balloons, he really stands out. Again, I used my Copics to color the stamp and then popped up the sentiment heart balloon. I love how interactive that heart can be.

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Curious how I made this card, I have a super quick video below.

Thanks for stopping in, have a great week!

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Washi Tape Owl card


Popped Up Heart Owl card


[6.18.2017] Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day
We celebrated yesterday, so no chance of spoiling the card this year! 

I threw this card together super fast. Necessity is the mother of invention. Haha. I grabbed two fabulous sets from Unity Stamp Company – A Joyous Season (for the deer) and All About Dad (for the sentiment). I love that you can use a Christmas set for Father’s day. So cool. Unity is so versatile.

For the background, I used a woodgrain stencil, dabbed on some Distress Oxide Vintage Photo. I removed the stencil and then blended on some Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber. Last, I picked up some of the Vintage Photo with my aqua brush and threw some splatters at the card. Then, I just embossed the deer and sentiment, popped them up and because it was missing something, added a few enamel dots to balance everything out.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Especially mine. Love you.

 

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[6.7.2017] Unity Stamp Company Hop

Hello Friends…

Time for some more HOPPIN’ fun with the Unity design team.  If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog.  There’s always fun stuff going on.

Oh boy, I have lots to share today. It’s a long post, with lots of photos and videos. I hope you’ll stick in until the end. Unity has so many new pretty things to share, I just couldn’t stop at one.

THIS! This kit is brilliant. I love those darling light bulbs. The stamp is just of the 4 bulbs in the center of the card, and that is where this background began. I stamped in the center and then around in a circular motion until all the space was filled with these darling bulbs. I’m using regular Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock for watercolor. Yes, it can be done, but it must be done with a light amount of water. Distress Inks in the markers or ink pads are perfect for this since they are so pigmented. After it had dried, I matted it with a bit of black and popped up that brilliant sentiment.

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Curious to see how I watercolored that background, I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

I have two cards to share with the brand new June Sentiment kit – She Never Says Never. I’m so excited about this one. Mainly for the background. I love that script background, it can be used for so many things. Here I’ve used it sparingly on just the edges of the background. Just a lovely touch. Then I blended some Distress Ink over the top and sprayed it all over with Shimmer Spritz in Sparkle to make it all shiny and pretty. I sure wish the camera could pick that shine up, but if you watch the video below, it captures that shine much better.

The girl was colored with Copic markers and popped up on the card. Ah, black hair. That stuff is difficult to capture in color. This was my first go and I’m pretty happy with it. I am in awe of those who color hair so well.

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

Here is lady number two… with brown hair. Much easier for me. She was also colored with Copics and I’m using up a bunch of scrap papers for this card.

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

 

I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but I love doing different backgrounds. I love all the different color mediums out there and I love to try them all. Last round was watercolor with spray inks, this time we have Gelatos and Distress Oxide inks. Unity has this amazing Mirror Image Stamping tool. Not only will mirror image your stamp and it can be used to create some amazing backgrounds, like these two cards. The rubber creates an amazing toothy surface that really grabs the ink and transfers it in a lovely way. So different from slippery craft mats, acrylic sheets or blocks.

For the pink background I used Gelatos and for the green, orange and blue background I used Distress Oxide inks. Both in the same method, but with slightly different results. Both quite lovely.

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Curious to see how I made this card. I have a quick video that you can watch it here or at Youtube.

Thank you for sticking in until the end. I appreciate it so very much.

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Brilliant card


Shimmer Background card


Using Up Scraps card


Hummingbird Cards