Tag: Perfect Pearls

Just Hold On – Monthly Floral Release

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Hi Friends! I wanted to stop in to share with you the beautiful new monthly floral release from Unity Stamp Company! I am super excited for a monthly floral stamp set for each month in the coming year! Today I am sharing the first set with you called Just Hold On! This set has a beautiful carnation and 3 beautiful sentiments! I am so excited about this set! Let’s get started!

Just Hold On

Stamping/Coloring

I started by stamping two of the caranation florals on Fabriano Hot Press cardstock. I knew I wanted to create a slimline card using this beautiful new image, so I stamped 2 images. For my coloring today I am using my Zig Clean color brush markers! These markers still hold a special place in my heart, so I love to take these back out to watercolor with! I worked from lightest to darkest for all of the coloring. I had fun coloring these images. I set these aside to dry. Once they were dry I used my Brother Scan and cut to trim both of the floral images.

Background

For my background today I am using one of the newer background stamps in the Unity collection, it is called Polka Dance! I just LOVE everything about this background stamp! Be sure to check it out now – it is on sale too! To create the background I trimmed a panel of watercolor cardstock to slimline size 3.5 x 8.5 and placed this in my Misti. I inked up the background using Distress Inks: Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Gold Pigment Ink, and my zig marker. I lightly misted the stamp with water and stamped the image. I completed this several times to ensure I had the colors I was looking for. I then trimmed down the panel using a Gina Marie Designs slimline die. I also added Perfect Pearls to some of the dots for added shine.

Card Assembly/Sentiment

I always love putting the card together once all the elements are ready to go! I foam mounted the 2 flowers on the Polka dance background. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set on white cardstock and adhered this with foam tape as well. I glued the panel down onto a slimline card base. I added a few sequins from Studia Katia – Crystal Clear Fushion.

I hope you enjoyed my new card featuring the beautiful new Just Hold On stamp set! I am so excited to see all of the beautiful monthly floral images released in 2021!

Thank you for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the SALE that is still happening at Unity Stamp Company! I have the SALE categories listed for you here as well! You can click on any of the links I have shared if you are interested in purchasing the products. The products listed are a compensated affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I really appreciate your support.

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Check out the latest release… Unity Stamp Company

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Hi friends! I am back to share a couple cards with you using 2 of the latest releases at Unity stamp Company! I always get excited to see the newest releases and they are all amazing! You can see them all here – Unity Stamp Company. Today I will be sharing 2 cards with you!

For my first card I am using 2 sets from Unity Stamp Company Favorite Dad and the ties in my card are from the May 2020 Kit of the Month. The Favorite Dad set comes with 13 stamps and this BOLD Father stamp is just amazing. I started by stamping the 3 different ties in a random pattern on Neenah 80 lb. card stock using Memento black ink. I used alcohol markers to color these ties in. I did very little blending for this card. I used 2 sentiments from this set the large Father stamp and the awesome sentiment – The Man, The Myth, The Legend. I love this one – it just makes me smile! I adhered the panel to a black base and used foam tape behind them to add dimension. I die cut my tie panel using a Gina Marie Designs die – Double Stitched Rectangle Die. I used a black card base and then adhered my 2 sentiments and my card was complete!

For card 2 today I am using Passing the Storm – by artist Phyllis Harris, Unity Stamp Company. I am loving the whimsical feel of each stamp Phyllis creates – they are truly beautiful and they remind me of a children’s picture book! I chose to watercolor this card using my Peerless Water colors. I used Canson Mixed Media paper to work on today.

I loved the sentiment in this set – Waiting for the Storm to Pass…. so I decided to create a Rainbow theme for this card. I had a lot of fun coloring this image. It is truly beautiful and so whimsical! Once my watercolor was complete, I added perfect pearls in gold on the sun rays for added shine. I had a hard time capturing the shine in the picture. I also used my white gel pen to add polka dots to her pink rain boots! I set it aside to dry. I used a piece of patterned paper in my stash by Graciellie Design. This was a recent gift in my kit of the month and I just love this paper! It is so thick and pretty! I die cut it to create a panel of rainbow dots. I adhered this to a black card base. Once my stamped panel was dry I die cut this into a rectangle to fit inside my rainbow dot panel frame. I die cut the same sized rectangle out of foam and adhered this to the back of my stamped panel and then glued this down to the card base. I adhered the sentiment and my card was complete! I hope this card makes your dry brighter too!

I hope you enjoyed these 2 cards today! I had a lot of fun working with these new sets! Be sure to check out all of the new RELEASES, as well as their summer inventory SALE!!!!! I have so many favorites in the SALE…. check it out here!

Thank you for stopping by! I am listing all the products I have used below. You can click on any of the links I have shared if you are interested in purchasing the products. The products listed are a compensated affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I really appreciate your support.

Supplies Used:

  • Stamps: Favorite Dad, May 2020 KOM, Passing the Storm
  • Paper: Neenah 80 lb card stock, Canson Mixed Media paper, Recollections 110 for card base
  • Coloring Medium: Alcohol Markers (Ohuhu/Arteza), Peerless Watercolors
  • Other: Perfect Pearls (Gold)

Crafty Hugs! Thank you again for all your support!

Natasha

Be Calm, Be Brave, Be Strong – Unity Stamp Company

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Hi everyone… Happy Mother’s day! I hope this post finds you doing well! I hope you had a wonderful day and a great weekend! I enjoyed some crafty time this afternoon and evening. I was excited to use the Trust It Will Be Okay April 2020 Sentiment Kit from Unity Stamp Company! I purchased this during a recent flash sale and it still happens to be on sale today! The kit contains a large heart shaped stamp with butterflies and 14 encouraging sentiments. I couldn’t wait to ink this one up!

I started by cutting a panel of Canson Mixed Media paper, I was planning to create a slim line card today. I taped down my paper to a board and started to water color using Peerless Water colors – these are AMAZING! I am so excited to add these to my stash, they are so pigmented! From the top down I used: Robins Egg Blue, Sky Blue, and Alice Blue. I used a water brush to apply the colors. I let this panel dry, then I added splatters using the same colors.

Once my panel was dry I used the butterfly heart shape stamp. I stamped the butterflies (Versafine Black Ink) 3 times on my card panel, turning it in different directions. I chose the sentiment Be Calm, Be Brave, and Be Strong from the set. I stamped this using Versafine Black ink on white card stock and then cut it down into 3 sentiment strips. I used foam tape behind each sentiment. I created a slim line card panel 3.5 x 8.5 and adhered a piece of black card stock to my white card base. I then mounted my butterfly panel and my sentiment strips as well. To complete my card, I added sequins for added shine and Perfect Pearls in gold on various butterflies along the panel.

Thank you for stopping by! I am listing all the products I have used below. You can click on any of the links I have shared if you are interested in purchasing the products. The products listed are a compensated affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I really appreciate your support.

Unity Stamp Company had a beautiful recent release and many sets are still on SALE – you can see them here!

Supplies Used:

Thank you for stopping by! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha