GIU Gal Day#3

Hello all! Welcome to Day 3 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

Today my project is a gift tag for a jar of jam.

I started with watercolor paper and die cut the decorative tag. I then stamped the image from Unity's May 2019 KOM, Sweetness, Miracles, & Wishes with Scrapbook.com hybrid black ink. I love that that ink works for both watercoloring and alcohol markers! Once that was thoroughly dry, I used Distress Oxide inks and an aqua brush to watercolor the image. The colors I used were: Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Lucky Clover, Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo, and Pumice Stone. I let that thoroughly dry again, then added the sentiment strip, which was also stamped from the same stamp set, with foam tape. Last of all, I embellished the tag with a Cherry Latte Trendy Page Dot, Holly Berry Trendy Twine, and gold pearl pen dots.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

Here are the previous posts for my GIU week in case you missed them: Day 1, Day 2

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day#2

Hello all! Welcome to Day 2 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

Today my project is a bee themed thank you card.

The focal point of this card is an image from the May 2023 KOM, Bloom in Color. I stamped it with Scrapbook.com hybrid black ink, then colored it with Artify alcohol markers and die cut around it with a GMD wonky stitched rectangle die. The sentiment was also from the same stamp set. Patterned papers are from DCWV's Honey Dear paper pad. Adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. To embellish, I added a trio of GMD New Years sparkle enamel dots.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

Here is the previous post for my GIU week in case you missed it: Day 1

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

GIU Gal Day#1

Hello all! Welcome to Day 1 of my Growing in Unity week. I am thrilled to be able to showcase Unity Stamp Co. products every day this week. Make sure you follow along and comment on my blog each day for a chance to win $20 Unity gift certificates sponsored by Unity Stamp Co!

On to my first project...a set of TWELVE masculine birthday cards.

These were created using Jess Crafts' 12x12 Paper Busting Template #21 sketch.  I simply adjusted the orientation of the card for the two types of cards. This first one uses patterned paper from DCWV's Guy stack and Unity Say It Big dies and stamp set. The stamp was inked with Scrapbook.com Cinnamon ink. The die cut panel was popped up with foam tape. Other adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. GMD Peacock clear enamel dots were the perfect embellishment.

The second set of cards used the same patterned paper, but a different stamp set. This time I used Unity's I Consider You Special stamp set with Scrapbook.com Cinnamon ink and die cut around it with a GMD slash stitched rounded square die. I added two leaf die cuts from the Sizzix Wild Blooms #2 set. The green leaf was inked with SB.com Olive ink and popped up with foam tape. Other adhesives used include Bearly Art precision glue and ATG. GMD Rainbow foil enamel dots were the perfect finishing touch.

Make sure you leave a comment here before you go and come back tomorrow for another project!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Husker Birthday Card

Hello all! I have a niece and a nephew who are in the marching band for the Nebraska Huskers, so when my nephew recently had his birthday, I knew what theme I wanted to use for his card! Here is the finished product.

The background patterned paper is from The Paper Studio's Boys Will Be Boys paper pad. I distressed around the outside of it with Scrapbook.com Leather ink. The Husker logo was traced and cut with my Silhouette Cameo and SCAL 4 software. The red layer is Oracal 651 vinyl which makes adhering it to the white layer a snap. That was popped up to the card base with foam tape. The brown cardstock strip was dry embossed with a folder that has tiny bubbles on it to mimic a football. Before gluing that strip down, I wrapped Cherry Midnight Trendy Twine around it three times and tied a knot in the twine as well. Once the brown strip was glued on, I used a variety of circle dies and punches to make the sentiment panel. That stamp is from My Craft Spot's Tiny Tags set and was stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. It was also popped up with foam tape on the top and bottom edges of the circle. The finishing touch was a trio of red gems in the top right corner.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!