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May 26, 2016 by Lisa Arana 25 Comments

[5.26.16] 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.

I have LOTS to share from this month’s creative adventures… let’s get rollin’.

dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 mother IMG_5960First, I have this Mother’s Day card made for my mother.  I’m using the Mama’s & Grandma’s sentiment kit from April.  I love that this kit has SO many different verses and saying that you’ll be using this kit over and over again.

I pulled out an oldie but a goodie paper pad True Love by Basic Grey.  It has all my favorite colors… rose, pink, mint and teal.  I’m going to be really sad when this paper is all gone.  I stamped the lovely flower and then colored with Copic markers.  It didn’t take long, this floral design is very forgiving and doesn’t require attention to detail.  I layered everything up and tied it off with a pretty bow.

dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 pineapple

This pineapple from the stamp of the week Summer Citrus just makes me SMILE!  We recently came back from a trip to Maui, Hawaii and this little pineapple kept my island happiness alive and well.  He is super cool with is sunglasses.  I colored the stamp with Copics again, added some glossy accents to the sunglasses and added a sentiment from the So Glad You Were Born sentiment kit.  I had LOTS of birthdays in April/May and this one went off to my brother-in-law in Florida.  Fitting, yes?dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 magical fairytale 1

dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 magical fairytale

Let the wedding season begin!  A dear friend of the family, married his beautiful bride over the weekend.  It was a lovely outdoor wedding, followed by a fun night of laughing, eating and dancing in a barn.  Good times my friends, it is what life and love is all about.

I brought out two of my favorite Unity sets to create this watercolored card.  The flowers are from Big Summertime Bouquet and the sayings from Love is a Magical Thing.  I used my MISTI to position all the flowers in a frame around the sentiment on watercolor paper and then painted away.  After it dried, I added some black ink spatters, just because I love the look. Since there is so much going on with all the watercolored flowers, I decided to keep this card super simple with just a black scalloped mat.  I also created a little gift holder for the inside of the card and decorated it with some more stamps from the set.

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Filed Under: Unity Blog Hop, Unity Stamp Company, Unity stamps by me Tagged With: birthday, card, mother, wedding

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  1. lostinpaper says

    May 27, 2016 at 2:39 am

    Your cards are all so wonderful Lisa, love your layered design paper and that bespectaculed pineapple is TDF!

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  2. Jennifer Shamblin says

    May 27, 2016 at 8:59 am

    I love to watch your videos!! I love your technique! The Mother’s Day card is breathtaking!

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  3. Rebecca Yahrling says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:25 am

    Beautiful cards! Love that pineapple and yes, very fitting for FL (OR your brother!). 🙂 LOVE all the pretty layers on your Mother’s Day card. And I, too, love the black splatter on all those fabulously colored flowers.

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  4. Gaylynn says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:47 am

    Hi Lisa. These are so pretty. The florals are especially nice. Have an awesome weekend.

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  5. Helen Gullett says

    May 27, 2016 at 11:55 am

    WOW Lisa…. all of them are amazing. Love that pineapple guy! And the Summer Bouquet card is absolutely PERFECT for wedding!

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  6. Shary says

    May 27, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    Such beautiful cards but I did giggle at the pineapple xx

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  7. Teresa Godines says

    May 27, 2016 at 12:39 pm

    I love that pineapple with the sunglasses. Very fun. TFS

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  8. Mary Anne K. says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    You do fantastic work. Each is prettier than the last. Wowzer!

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  9. Cindy Moser says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    That wedding card is gorgeous!

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  10. ionabunny says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    Oh gosh, that pineapple is so cool. Love it. Great flowers for mother as well. Hugz

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  11. Sharon F. Cherry says

    May 27, 2016 at 2:46 pm

    I love them all, but the mothers day card us absolutely gorgeou! I love this set of stamps!

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  12. Jennifer Mitten says

    May 27, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    Beautiful cards and I love that pineapple. But that floral frame card is amazing!

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  13. Pam says

    May 27, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    Beautiful cards Lisa!!

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  14. Kimber says

    May 27, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    So crative. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Guadalupe Galvis says

    May 27, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    awww..those are so cute.

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  16. Lori S says

    May 27, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    hahahahaha that pineapple super cute

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  17. amotleyart says

    May 28, 2016 at 5:12 am

    Simly beautiful. I love the pineapple stamp need to use him soon!

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  18. Lynn B says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    These are great! I love the pineapple, so cute.

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  19. Jackie S says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:53 pm

    I love the floral card with Big Summertime Bouguet. I have got to try that

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  20. CM Taylor says

    May 28, 2016 at 6:35 pm

    Wonderful designs and beautiful colors on all the artwork.

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  21. Corrie Wagner says

    May 29, 2016 at 5:47 pm

    so pretty love the card holder

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  22. Sue D says

    May 29, 2016 at 6:22 pm

    I like the colors on your beautiful cards.

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  23. Katie Bolinger says

    May 29, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    Wow! Your mom is so lucky, your Mother’s Day card is gorgeous. The others are beautiful as well.

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  24. Betty says

    May 30, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    Love the watercoloring on the floral and the way you layered the papers and doily on the mothers day card.

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  25. Andrea says

    June 1, 2016 at 4:01 am

    Oh My! The colouring on these is simply amazing! So stunning! Hugs xx

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