Fabulous Flamingo

This image is fabulous flamingo from Unity. I asked my 4 year old granddaughter what image I should use and this is what she chose. It is colored with copics and has stickles and nuvo drops on the body. Flamingos are actually more peach than pink so that is what I tried to do with this.

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 Bountiful Haul

Fall is my favorite time of year and this truck just shows it off perfectly.  The stamp is from Unity and called Bountiful Haul. It is all colored with copics. After I colored the truck red I colored over it with tan to make it look a little older. I stamped the gourd again and cut it out and popped it up with foam tape. On the license plate I wrote FALL with a colored pencil.

This is day 4 of my week as Growing in Unity Gal. Tomorrow is my last day.

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 ...no limit to love

This is one of those stamps that I had to have but never got around to using.

This girl is from a Unity Company stamp set called ..no limit to love.

She is colored with Copics. I don't know how many different mediums I used for the stars though. I just kept truing things - some acrylic paint, different colors of wink of stella, etc. I added a bit of string for a bow for her hair. The dies are from Unity as well. 

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 Cuddlebug Lion

For this card I used the Cuddlebug Lion Stamp set .from Unity Stamp Company I have had a love affair with lions since my college days.  I colored the lion with prismacolored pencils. I used the postage stamp die set to cut our the image and border then wrapped the string around the corners. The words are a sticker from Tim Holtz idea-ology metallic stickers book. Day 2 for my week as a Growing in Unity Girl.

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 SPEEDY

This is such a great image for a get well card. The stamps are from Unity, such a great stamp company.

It is colored with copics. The card is square, such a nice departure from the A2 card. The banner for the words was cut by hand. I made this card for a friend that fell and broke her tibia plateau. OUCH!

Because she is such a wonder friend I added this quilt that I made to her card.

House

 I love this style of stamp but I'm never sure if I can do it justice. You'll have to be the judge.

I colored the house in copics and prisma color pencils. I chose the colors for the house because my daughter is residing her house and roof in these colors lol. although her house doesn't look too much like this cute cabin. I added two ribbons on the side.

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Nativity

 Nativity

I really struggled with this card. I love nativity scenes but have so much trouble making one I like.

This stamps are from Unity's Blessed Baby. The images are stamped in gold and embossed with detail gold. The nativity is colored with copics. The ink blending is done with distress inks, marmalade and brushed corduroy. There are two ribbons coming down the side. One is an organza and the other is a linen ribbon Unity carried.

Keep Christmas in your heart and keep stamping.

Gnomes

 Gnomes

 I love gnomes and creating scenes. This card combines the two. The gnomes are from Unity's Gnome Matter What and colored with copics. The couch was paper pieced from a Unity paper. The picture is stamped in green and embossed with clear embossing powder. In the center dot and outer dots are Nuvo drops dragon scales. The stamp is from the November 2018 KOTM. The packages are from October 2020 KOTM. They were actually on the seat of a moped. I just cut off the moped. They are colored with Copics and a drop of Stickles on the star. The window is a die from Spellbinders. The black paper behind the window is splattered with white paint. The wood grain is from a Unity paper pack.

Keep a bit of whimsy in your heart this Christmas and keep stamping!

Poinsettia

Poinsettia 

I love poinsettias so this card was a natural. I stamped Tin Tile Background with VersaFine Clair Chianti and then embossed it using clear embossing powder. Next I smeared Adriondack Cranberry all over it. I stamped Paper Poinsettias with black. It took a few times of stamping over the embossed tin tile because it was embossed. Next the poinsettia was cut out. Glued the smaller one over the big one. I put sequins in the center. The leaves were stamped on a patterned paper. All stamps are from Unity.

Enjoy the season with all the color.

 Mitten

The mitten stamp is from the October 2021 KOTM and the snowflakes are from the September 2021 KOTM by Unity. The snowflakes are embossed with white diamond embossing powder.  Merry is from the Heart of Christmas coordinating die. There are three layers glued together. An organza ribbon is tied around the square layer before the mitten was mounted with foam tape.

Stay warm and keep stamping!
 

 Snowman Ornament

Unity has the cutest snowmen and this one is no exception. He is from the Love to my Heart. I cut off the penguin so he would fit in this ornament. He is colored with copics and has wink of stella to give him some sparkle. He is popped up on foam tape. The ornaments are from the Ornate Ornaments toner card front and foiled with denim decofoil. The trees in the background are done with Ornamental Pines stamp and stencil bundle. Merry is done with the Heart of Christmas die set by foiling the silver on the plain foil front and foiled with silver. The navy card topper has wink of stella added to it to give lots of sparkle. 

Hope you enjoy this card. It was lots of fun to create.

 I have been absent from the blogger world for a long time. I plan on changing that. I've still been creating though.  Right now I've been doing a lot of bee cards so let's get started.

Next year is my 50th class reunion - not possible - I'm only 25. lol I thought I would maybe volunteer to make the invitations. This card was created using a Tim Holtz honeycomb die. The bees are a stamp I have had forever. It's from Nestling. I have no idea whether that company even exists anymore. The 50th is cut out using my cricut. Hope to be back tomorrow with another creation.

Random Cards

 Here a few cards I have made over the last few months. The stamps are all from Unity - my new obsession. I'm going to try to post on my blog again.
If you have any questions about how I created these let me know.

Sweatshirt Girl

I'm waiting for sweatshirt weather. Fall is my favorite time of the year.

All stamps are from Unity. The background was stamped first in white brilliance but that didn't show up enough so then I stamped it in a yellow oxide ink and that didn't really show up enough either and finally I tried burnt umber palette ink and that was dark enough. I used my misti so a bit of the yellow still is visible whether because the ink spread just a little or the paper shifted a bit. I stamped the girl in the yellow oxide ink as well and then did a bit of no line coloring. I think I need to practice a bit more but it isn't bad. I added the layers of other papers and put on a few sequins. I always have trouble figuring out if I put too many or not enough on. Hmm. 

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Feathers

I think I'm getting on board with all the feather stamps. This has to be one of the prettiest feather stamps I've seen.

This stamp is from stubby stampers here http://www.stubbystampers.com/shopping/stamps/general/other.html

I stamped the feathers with distress oxide. The word is a die from memory box.  The layers are done with dies by my favorite things. Added some ribbon and then done.

Thanks for looking.

Bicycle Guy

You can tell I like this stamp as I used him in my last post.

I stamped this guy and then I stamped the bicycle over him. He is colored with copics. The designer paper is some old basic grey I had laying beside my paper cutter. Good to use up scraps. Added some blue drops on the top and bottom. 

Here us another card using the same stamp set as the bicycle without the bicycle. lol No coloring here - I know amazing. I did add some sequins to this guy card. 

Hope I provided a little inspiration for your guy cards

Fire Guy

I never have enough guy stamps so when I saw this stamp from Unity I knew I had to have him.

This is a technique from the past that I haven't used in years. I stamped him on glossy card stock using versa mark watermark stamp pad. Then I held it over a burning candle to get the soot on the card stock. When I had covered the card stock with soot I took a kleenex and wiped off the excess. You notice I even burned the edges. That's where you have to be really careful not to burn everything including your fingers and anything else. lol I added some sequins in the corners. I die cut the banner and stamped the words with the versamark and then used a cottonball and added gray chalk.

Unity Stamps

I have recently become enamored with a new to me stamp company - Unity. I'll just add some cards I have made using their stamps. My wallet isn't happy with me but my creativity is rejoicing. lol

 This isn't a card but a notebook from moleskien.

 

cross

The stamps are from stubby stampers.

 This first one was colored with prisma color pencils on a kraft card stock. The dots are perlen-pen sunny yellow. There is stardust stickles on the lilies. Layered the image on a cream cardstock and then on the patterned paper and then on the purple card.

This one is colored with copic pencils. There are stickles on the lilies again. I cut slits over and under the arms of the cross and threaded ribbon around the cross. I cut the image out and layered it on the music patterened paper then layered that on two colors of purple cardstock and then on a basic grey patterned paper and lastly on the purple card.

May you have a blessed Easter.

Bunnies X2

Spring and Easter will be here before we know it. I just received these stamps from Stubby Stampers and just had to play.  You will have to tell me which version you like better.

This one everything was stamped with silver encore and embossed with silver pearl. I love the effect. The bunnies were colored with copics and prisma color pencils. The bunnies have little pompoms from Darice. 

The fern was stamped with versacolor green (I actually have 4 colors of their green lol)

The bunnies were stamped with black Memento and colored with copics and prisma color pencils. They also have the little pompoms.

I think both are cute.