Advent Calendar Day 17 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 17 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I'm revealing the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. I am loving today's stamp!

A beautiful Christmas seal stamp is the next Advent Calendar stamp! I stamped the seal using Speckled Egg and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide inks onto a die cut circle I die cut from white card stock using the smallest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}.

Inspiration for today's card comes from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 36. My strips of paper are a bit wider than it calls for in the sketch so I pulled them down a bit more when I adhered them to the bottom layer.

I paired today's Advent Calendar stamp with the gorgeous Old Fashioned Holiday {paper pack}. I love these beautiful papers from last month's Whit Kit!! Good news... they are available separately now!! 

I do like how the inks mixed on the stamped seal but I'm wondering now if I should have stamped it in red. What do you think? To finish off the card, I added a few glittery white enamel dots from the Holiday Glitter Enamel Dots from Gina Marie Designs.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 17 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 17 | Unity Stamp Co.

Looks like there's still some Advent Calendars available if you didn't order one yet. I'll be back tomorrow for Day 18 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Advent Calendar Day 16 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for Day 16 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I'm revealing the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. Today's stamp is my absolute favorite!! Just saying!

An adorable snowman stamp is the next Advent Calendar stamp! I stamped the snowman on a circle die cut from white card stock using the smallest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. I also die cut a slightly larger circle from Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up using the next largest die from the same die set. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers:

Snow: B0000, B000

Nose: YR21, YR15, YR68

Stick Arms: E55, E57

Buttons: N1, N3, N5

Scarf: R20, R14, R46

Inspiration for today's card comes from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 26. I think the only change I made to this sketch was the size of the circle die cut. Not sure just how wide it is.

I paired today's Advent Calendar stamp with my favorite papers... the Watercolor Winter {paper pack}. Such beautiful papers and all the white really works with the white snowman.

I heat embossed the sentiment  from the Winter Cheer and Deer stamps using the TE Anti Static Powder tool and Sugar Cube Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions. I also used Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe. And melted the ep using a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. All on a scrap of Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day16 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 16 | Unity Stamp Co.

Have you caved yet and bought the Advent Calendar? There's still some available. I'll be back tomorrow for Day 17 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Advent Calendar Day 15 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's time for Day 15 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I'm revealing the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. I hope you're enjoying your new stamps so far. Today's stamp is so beautiful!

A beautiful gift stamp is the next Advent Calendar stamp! I stamped the gift using Black Amalgam ink onto a white circle die cut using the smallest die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. But then I also stamped the gift using Festive Berries Distress Ink on a scrap of white card stock and I colored it up with a handful of Copic markers: R81, R83, R85, G24, G46.

Inspiration for today's card comes from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 35. I followed the sketch measurements for this one. I kinda wish I had added a mat to separate the pattern papers. I think it would have added a bit of contrast between the patterns in the papers.

I paired today's Advent Calendar stamp with the gorgeous Farmhouse Christmas {paper pack}. I love these papers! So beautiful!

I stamped the Advent Calendar Day 2 sentiment stamp using Festive Berries Distress Ink. I fussy cut it and then adhered it to the card. To finish off the card, I added a two black mirror foil enamel dots from the 9 Color Rainbow Mirror Foil Enamel Dots from Gina Marie Designs.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 15 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 15 | Unity Stamp Co.

Advent Calendars are still available if you didn't order one yet. I'll be back tomorrow for Day 16 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity! Just 9 stamp left! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Advent Calendar Day 14 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 14 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I'm revealing the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. Do you have a favorite stamp yet from the 14 so far? I think the cute Santa, reindeer and dino are all my favorites!

But today's stamp is a close second! I love holly! Such a pretty stamp!

Inspiration for today's card comes from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 34. I added a Gold Foil paper mat from Stampin' Up measuring 3-1/4 x 4-1/2" to the 3 x 4-1/4" focal piece.

No pattern papers for this card. I used Mossy Meadow card stock from Stampin' Up. I created my own pretty paper by stamping the holly a few times with Wow Clear Embossing ink and I added Ultra Fine Antique Gold Embossing Powder from Simon Says Stamp. I then melted the powder with my Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I did use the TE Anti Static Powder tool but still had some fly-away ep because I pressed too hard when I stamped the single holly and the powder stuck to the impressions left. So there's a few glittery spots of gold on the card stock, but it's ok. It's handmade! 

I also heat embossed the sentiment using the Day 2 stamp from the Advent Calendar. This card gave me a bit of trouble {check out my video below to see the madness!}, but I do love how it turned out.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 14 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 14 | Unity Stamp Co.

Pretty sure there's still some Advent Calendars available if you didn't order one yet. Always happy to enable, crafty friends! LOL! I'll be back tomorrow for Day 15 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ December 2023 Uniquely Unity Cardinal Comfort ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet vintage style card using the lovely cardinal stamp from the fantastic December 2023 Uniquely Unity membership from Unity called Cardinal Comfort. 

I stamped the pretty cardinal with Black Amalgam ink and colored it up with the following Copic markers:

Cardinal: R20, R14, R46, YR0000, YR15, YR09

Pine Needles: YG11, G24, G46

Snow: C00, C1, C3

I die cut the pretty cardinal using a die from the Scallops & Squares {nesting dies}. I also die cut the paper layers from the Yuletide Memories {paper pack} using the largest two dies from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}.

I adhered the pattern papers to a Kraft card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" and then I wrapped the panel three times with {Natural} May Arts Burlap String and tied a pretty bow. I added foam tape to the top and bottom portions of the cardinal panel and then popped it up on the card.

Here's a quick look at the Uniquely Unity membership this month! Isn't it just beautiful?! Well, that's it for me today! I'll be back next week with inspiration for the December 2023 Kit of the Month. Until then have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Advent Calendar Day 13 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 13 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity!! I'm revealing the Advent Calendar stamp on my YouTube channel each day and also have a short blog post. We're passed the halfway mark with the Advent Calendar... are you enjoying the stamps so far? I am loving them!

A super cute Santa hat stamp is the next Advent Calendar stamp! I stamped the hat with Black Amalgam ink and colored it up with my Copic markers for a fun pop of red on a neutral background of paper layers. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used to color the hat: C00, C1, C3, R20, R14, R46.

Inspiration for today's card comes from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 33. I used the dimensions for the card front layer {4-1/4 x 5-1/2"} and the strip across the card {4-1/4 x 1"}. For the focal piece I used the two smallest dies from the Scallops & Squares {nesting dies} and for the middle layer I used the two smallest dies from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. 

I paired today's Advent Calendar stamp with the comfy Getting Cozy {paper pack}. Love all the textures in this paper pack!

I fussy cut the Santa hat and made the edges all nice and neat by coloring the edges with a Memento Tuxedo black marker. I added some foam tape to the back of the hat and popped it up on the card. The Advent Calendar Day 2 sentiment was stamped with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink. I fussy cut it and adhered it to the card. Easy peasy.

You can check out my video revealing the Advent Calendar Day 13 stamp and my process in making this card here... Advent Calendar Day 13 | Unity Stamp Co.

Advent Calendars are still available if you didn't order one yet. Maybe Santa will bring you one for Christmas! I'll be back tomorrow for Day 13 of the 2023 Advent Calendar from Unity! Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

 

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Salad Spinner Art ~ Technique Tuesday ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another Technique Tuesday! Can you believe it's December already? Sadly, that means it's my final blog post of 2023. I hope that you've been inspired to get inky and maybe even played along with some of the techniques that I've shared. If you missed some and want to check them out, you can do that here.

I do love getting inky and the technique I'm sharing today is another fun inky technique called Salad Spinner Art. This technique is wonderful for making awesome backgrounds! Lots of fun for mixing up colors. And can be used with a whole bunch of mediums.

I made a couple fun holiday cards using two of the four backgrounds that I created using the Salad Spinner Art technique. 

For the first background I used Sepia, Tangerine, and Alizarin Crimson Color Burst. I thought it was a fun mix of colors for a holiday card and I added a couple touches of gold by heat embossing the sentiment from Cute Santa using Gold Glory Embossing powder from Stampin' Up and adding some Gold Foil paper also from Stampin' Up.

I stamped Cute Santa with Black Amalgam ink and colored him with the following Copic markers:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04

White: C00, C1, C3

Red: R20, R14, R46

Black: N1, N3, N5, N7

Holly & Berries: YG11, G24, G46, R59

I then fussy cut Cute Santa and cleaned up the edges by coloring them with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. The Spinner Art panel is adhered to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" card front of True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink that was adhered to a white A2 top fold card base. All the layers are nice and flat for easy mailing. 

Card number two uses the last panel that I created with the Cosmic Shimmer pigments I got back in June at the Unity Lovers get together in Deepwater, MO at The Craft Lab. I've been anxious to play with them and boy, were they fun! 

Continuing the copper color in the background which is very light, I decided to heat emboss the Blanket of Snow Background stamp. I used the Wow Clear Embossing ink and Penny Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe. And for a bit more copper... I heat embossed the season's greetings sentiment {minus the dot for the i... I lost it}.

I die cut the season's greetings from the Greetings of the Season {die set} from a scrap piece of white card stock. Pressed the sentiment into the clear embossing ink using my tweezers doing one side of the sentiment at a time so I had a place to hold the sentiment with my tweezers. Quick tip... be sure to let the melted embossing powder cool before touching! Not only does it hurt a smidge, but it can smudge up the pretty embossing. I speak from experience! LOL

I wasn't able to record my card making but you can check out my process in creating the backgrounds I used for my cards plus two more backgrounds that I didn't get to play with just yet. Check it out here... Salad Spinner Art | Technique Tuesday | Unity Stamp Co.

Two very different holiday cards using one fun technique! I've had a blast the last 12 months sharing some fun techniques with you all. I hope you've enjoyed them! If you give this fun technique a try, I'd love to see what you create so please share your cards in the Unity Show & Tell group and tag me. Have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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