I would like to thank everyone who stopped by last week and left such encouraging comments. I had so much fun creating with the Unity stamps and your support made it even better. The two winners from my blog posts are Patty Zeitler and Tina Henry-Lewis. Congratulations ladies!! I hope you enjoy your grab bags that you will be receiving from Unity Stamp Co.
Until next time
Happy Crafting 🙂
Good morning! I am so excited to be participating with Unity Stamp Co as a Growing In Unity girl this week. Each week there are two Growing in Unity Girls. Every day this week (Monday through Friday) I will post a card/project featuring a Unity Stamp/Set on my blog. Then at the end of the week, two winners will be chosen randomly from the people who have commented on my GIU blog posts. Those winners will receive a package in the mail from Unity… containing 25 random stamps.
So for my first project I made a mixed media canvas
I started with a 10 x 10 canvas and primed it with Gesso. Next I covered it using Tim Holtz distress stains in Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean. After that dried I stamped the whole surface using a bubbles stamp from Unity. Next came the fun! I covered the bottom with a piece of fishing net and then added all kinds of elements, sea shells, metal findings, tags, string of pearls and much more. After glueing them all down I primed them with gesso and then sprayed with the distress stains. Once that was all dry I layered another piece of fishing net. I added a starfish that I got at Micheals and sprayed with a glimmer mist. While the adhesive on the starfish was drying I took my mermaid stamp from Unity and stamped her on Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth cardstock and then colored her with my copics and fussy cut her and glued her down to the center of the starfish. To finish I took a piece of chipboard and stained with the Spiced Marmalade and punched 2 holes at the top and added a string of pearls so that it could hang from the compass charm and then stamped the sentiment on a piece of cardstock that I distressed with the stains and fussy cut and attached to the sign, added more seashells and a ring with keys attached with a brad. I had so much fun making this canvas. I am sending this off to a friend, who just adores mermaids, this week.
I will link below the Unity stamps I used on my canvas.
https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/mystical-mermaid/
https://www.unitystampco.com/shop/you-can-do-it/
Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you tomorrow with my next project!
Until next time
Happy Crafting 🙂
Good morning! I wanted to share my card for our new challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper. This week our challenge is all about summer. Here is the inspiration
Here is what I created
I decided to break open my SU set High Tide and create with it. I found some inspiration from a card on Pinterest. My card base is Whisper White and the next layer is started with Whisper White and then sponged the sky using Pacific Point and the sand using Sahara Sand and stamped the sand with Baked Brown Sugar. For the next layer I die cut the sun rays using the SU Thinlet and sponged with YoYo Yellow and added on top of the sky and sand layer and stamped the birds in the upper right hand side. Next I die cut a smaller stitched rectangle and sponged with Pacific Point and then stamped the sentiment on the right and the birds on the left and added this on top of the sun rays. To finish I stamped the lighthouse using my Misti and inks, Real Red and Stazon black. After stamping I fussy cut the lighthouse and added to the layer with the sentiment using pop dots.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Until next time
Happy Crafting 🙂
Good morning and Happy Valentine’s Day! I wanted to share our new challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper for this week. It’s a color challenge with some beautiful spring colors
I love these colors! It makes me wish spring was here now. I decided to make a tag for this challenge.
I started with a Manila tag and covered the front with some paper from the MME Handsome Boy paper pad. This pad was perfect because it had all the colors in the challenge. Next I cut a piece of yellow canvas material and added it at angle and then layered the cloud background paper from the same paper pad. Now for the fun part! I stamped the Julie Netting girl from the set For You onto white cardstock. I colored in her hair, face, arms and legs using my Copics. I stamped her again on another piece of paper from the MME paper pad and fussy cut the dress and paper pieced to the first image. I colored her head band, belt and shoes with a black copic marker and then added glossy accents. Once that dried I add her to my tag on the cloud background. I took 3 white flowers I had in my stash and sprayed them with yellow, orange and teal and added to my tag using hot glue. For the charms I used a Tim Holtz pin and added a bronze metal feather and cameo. To finish I added a piece of lace through the tag hole.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Until next time
Happy Crafting 🙂
Good morning! Hope your enjoying the beginning of this beautiful day. I wanted to share my card for our new challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper. With Valentine’s Day nearing we have a Love challenge for you this week
Here is the card I created
I pushed myself out of my comfort zone for this card. I’m not a real mushy kind of person but I wanted to make a more traditional Valentine’s card.
I started with a pretty in pink card base. I used a heart border punch and created the border on the right side of the card front. Next I cut two mats, one in real red and one in white and rounded all the corners. I layered the white on top of the red and added to my card and then stamped the sentiment from the set Love You Much in real red ink. I added one of the pink hearts and outlined it with Stickles.
Here is the inside
I added a piece of real red cardstock to the right side so it would show through the open hearts from the front. To finish I matted the inside white white and stamped the sentiment and added hearts.
Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Until next time
Happy Crafting:)
Good morning! Today I’m sharing my card for our new challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper. This week we have a fun Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for you. Here is the inspiration
I choose the diagonal row with Die Cut, Circular Element and Sequins.
Here is the card I made
I know Christmas is gone and past but I couldn’t resist coloring up this cutie from The Greeting Farm.
For this card I choose to make a 5×5 card. I started with a Pacific Point card base and then a layer of Real Red. For the next layer I used a piece of Whisper White and stamped several snowflakes and then distressed with Marina Mist ink. Next I die cut one of the large circle scallops in Basic Black and looped a piece of Poppy Parade stitched ribbon through two of the scalloped holes and then wrapped around the white and red layers. For the main piece I die cut a Stitched circle out of Whisper White and stamped the girl, Holiday Anya 2 from The Greeting Farm, and colored her in with Copics. To finish I stamped a couple snowflakes and added some sequins.
Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Until next time
Stay warm and Happy Stamping 🙂
Good morning! I wanted to share with you today the card I created for our new challenge over at Stamp Ink Paper. This week we have a fun Sketch for you
Here is what I created using this Sketch
I started with a Whisper White card base and then added a layer of black that I die cut using Gina Marie’s rectangle dotted stud dies and then a layer of Coastal Cabana recessed in the black layer. Next I die cut the black circle using the circle dotted stud dies. For the inside of the black circle I die cut a piece of the SU Inside The Lines dsp and colored the flower with the coastal cabana blendabilities and the leaves with copics. I then die cut the bumble bee in black cardstock and popped him on the side of the flower. I then layered this piece on top the black circle and added to my card on the lower left side. Next I stamped the sentiment from SU Dragonfly Dreams above the circle on the coastal cabana layer. To finish I die cut the dragonflies from the coordinating thinlets and used Inka Gold Metallic rubs to color them and then added them above the main image.
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Until next time
Happy Crafting 🙂
