Membership Wednesday ~ July 2024 UU Winged Impressions ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a card featuring a gorgeous stamp from the July 2024 Uniquely Unity membership called Winged Impressions from Unity. I absolutely love butterfly stamps! And this awesome mix of butterfly and distressed text is amazing!!

I wanted to see what it would look like heat embossed on ink smooshed Kraft card stock. I love it! The distress inks smooshed on the Kraft card stock look so cool! I ink smooshed Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Tea Dye Distress Inks on Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink.

I dried the ink smooshed panel completely with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I then prepped the card stock using a TE Anti-Static Powder Tool from Taylored Expressions. I stamped the gorgeous butterfly using Sugar Cube White Pigment Ink, also from Taylored Expressions, and added Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe to the wet ink. I then melted the powder using my heat tool. 

I tore the edges of the panel and added foam tape to the back. To figure out placement for the sentiment, I laid the butterfly panel on top of a Kraft A2 card base. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Bitty Birthday Bash stamps using the same steps as the butterfly. I wrapped some white baker's twine around the front of the card base securing it with tape on the front. I removed the backing from the foam tape and popped up the butterfly panel. To finish off the card, I added three white enamel dots.

 

Here's a quick look at this month's Uniquely Unity membership! So freaking gorgeous!! I love it!

Well, that's it for me today! I hope you've been inspired to play with your membership stamps! 

Have an ink-redible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ May 2024 UU Wind in Your Hair ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a fun card featuring the girls stamp from the May 2024 Uniquely Unity membership called Wind in Your Hair from Unity. I absolutely adore this stamp! It reminds me of the bug my auntie had when I was a kid. I don't think it was a convertible like the one in the stamp but I loved going for rides in that car. 

I stamped the car and sentiment on scraps of Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink using Black Amalgam Ink from Gina K. Designs. I colored up the car using my Copic markers and die cut the image using a die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set from Unity.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Car: R20, R14, R46, C00, C1, C3, Colorless Blender

Left Girl Hair: E70, E71, E74

Left Girl Shirt: BG11, BG23, BG45

Right Girl Hair: E51, E55, E57

Right Girl Shirt: V000, V12, V15

Outline: C00, C1

I set aside the car panel and grabbed a 4-1/4 x 11" piece of Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink. I scored the A2 top fold card base at 5-1/2" and then turned it on the side for a landscape card. I secured the card base to my table with purple tape. And then I laid the sunray of the 3-in-1 Stencil from Unity over top, also securing it to my table with purple tape. I blended Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Inks using three of my TE Blender Brushes from Taylored Expressions.  

I fussy cut the sentiment and just adhered it directly to the car panel. I added foam tape to the back of the car panel and popped it up on the card base. I really love how this one turned out!

 

And here's a look at the awesome Uniquely Unity membership! I am seriously loving this month's stamp. Well, that's it for me today! I hope you've been inspired to play with your membership stamps!

Have an ink-redible day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ April 2024 UU Too Much Cake ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet birthday card featuring the adorable stamp from the April 2024 Uniquely Unity membership from Unity. This was a super quick card and I think it turned out pretty cute.

I stamped the bird and sentiment on a large scrap of Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink using Black Amalgam Ink from Gina K. Designs. I colored up the bird using my Copic markers.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Bird: Y11, Y15, Y35, YR21, YR15, YR16, E25

Party Hat: RV10, RV11, RV06, B000, B00

Ground: C00

I paired up the cute bird with the Pastel Party Parade {paper pack}. I cut a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of the sprinkles pattern paper that I adhered to a white A2 top fold card base. 

I tore the edges of the bird panel, added foam tape to the back and then popped it up on the card. So quick and cute!

 

And here's a look at the awesome Uniquely Unity membership! Such a fun stamp!

 Well, that's it for me today! I hope you've been inspired to play with your membership stamps!

Hope you have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ March 2024 BOM & UU ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a fun coffee card featuring the fabulous March 2024 Background of the Month membership along with the awesome coffee cup stamp from the March 2024 Uniquely Unity membership from Unity. These stamps were made for each other!!

I ink smooshed a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Stampers Select White Card Stock from Papertrey Ink using Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. Once I was happy with my ink smooshed background, I stamped the awesome Global Brew background stamp using Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. I cleaned off my stamp and also inked it up with the Antique Linen oxide ink but just at a diagonal across the stamp. I love how it gives a distressed look to the background.

I die cut the background using the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I stamped the coffee ring and coffee bean a few times on the background using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. I adhered the background to a white A2 top fold card base. 

I stamped the Thanks A Latte cup on white card stock using the Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. I smooshed the Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink pad on my round acrylic block and used my water pen to pull some ink and color the coffee cup. Since I stamped on white card stock and not watercolor paper, I didn't use a lot of water and I only went over the cup once with the ink. I then put my panel back in my stamp platform and stamped it again with the Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. This made any of the stamped areas that ran a bit with the water nice and crisp again. I fussy cut the cup and popped it up using a bunch of foam tape.

I die cut a scrap piece of white card stock using a die from the Scallops & Banners {nesting dies} and stamped the sentiment using the Ground Espresso oxide ink. I used an acetate grid to help me with placement. I had to shift the stamp a couple of times to get it just right. I adhered the sentiment directly to the card and trimmed off the excess from the top.

Here's a quick look at the Background of the Month membership this month! Love it! 

Here's a quick look at this month's Uniquely Unity membership! So amazing!

 Well, that's it for me today! Hope you have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ June 2023 Uniquely Unity A Tapestry of Stories ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a pretty simple vintage style card using the lovely stamp from the wonderful June 2023 Uniquely Unity membership from Unity called A Tapestry of Stories. I just love this stamp!! My dad had a red bug when I was kid and I've always had a fondness for them. I couldn't wait to color up this one!

So, I had a color scheme in mind for coloring the bug and luggage but I didn't pick out my papers until afterwards... phew! That was a bit of a task looking through my papers after coloring, but I found my stash of Basic Grey papers and Oh. My. Gosh. Not only did I fall in love with these papers once again, I found the perfect papers to pair up with my coloring of the bug!! Woohoo! I used the Blush paper pad which has a bit of a vintage vibe to it. But really don't they all?!

I went with a classic card design with two pattern papers for my background. The stripes and the flower dots contrast each other so nicely and the colors are so perfect. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers that I used to color up the bug and luggage:

VW Bug ~ R20, R17, R27, C00, C1, N0, N2, N4

Luggage ~ BG70, BG72, V20, V22, V28, E70, E74, E77

Ground ~ N0, N2

I die cut the colored panel with the largest stitched die from the Scallops & Rectangle {nesting dies}. It was a very bright white which looked okay but doesn't really go with a vintage card so I distressed the edges just a bit with Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Oxide inks. A mix of both of those colors gave me just the right tone of brown to work with the pattern paper. I wanted to add a little something to the empty corners so I wrapped them with a couple scraps of {Natural} May Arts Burlap String and secured them behind the panel with some scotch tape. I then covered the back of the panel with foam tape and popped up the panel on my pattern paper card front. The card front was then adhered to a white A2 top fold card base measuring 4-1/4 x 11", scored at 5-1/2".

That's it for me today! I'll be back next week with inspiration for the June 2023 Whit Kit! I know I say this just about every month, but have you seen this month's card kit?! I LOVE it!! I'm so excited to play! I hope you'll give me a visit and check out what I share! Until then have an ink-tastic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Wednesday ~ May 2023 Uniquely Unity and Background of the Month ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a mixed media card using the lovely stamp from the wonderful May 2023 Uniquely Unity membership along with the May 2023 Background of the Month membership from Unity. I just had to pair up these two membership kits.

So, yesterday I shared a couple of one layer CAS cards using the Distress Crayon Background technique. Well, I had so much fun with that technique I wanted to play a bit more.

This time I used Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Dried Marigold Distress Crayons for my background. I stamped my background using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

I added a bit of black acrylic paint splatter to the background. I die cut the background using the second largest die from the Postage Stamp {nesting dies}. These dies were just restocked over at Unity, too! I heat embossed the sentiment. I love how the white pops on the black card stock. 

You can check out my process video here... Mixed Media Card | May 2023 Uniquely Unity & Background of the Month | Unity Stamp Co.

Here's a look at the beautiful Uniquely Unity stamps for May!! So gorgeous! This membership is available for only $16.99. That includes shipping! 

And here's a look at the awesome Background of the Month stamp for May!! Love it! This membership is available for only $18.99. That includes shipping! Included with both of these memberships is a wonderful inspiration sheet with pictures and step-by-step instructions for two cards so you can easily recreate the cards yourself. And now when you sign up you have the ability to pause, skip or cancel your subscription within your Unity account. So awesome!!

That's it for me today! I'll be back next week with inspiration for the May 2023 Whit Kit!! Have you seen this month's card kit! I'm so excited to play!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Simple Stenciled One-Layer Card ~ April 2022 Uniquely Unity ~ Unity Stamp Co,

Hello there crafty friend!

I have one more card to share with you using the beautiful April 2022 Uniquely Unity membership stamp! This one is a very simple one-layer card. A little bit of ink blending over a stencil and then some simple stamping... so easy, quick and pretty! This would be super easy to duplicate in a rainbow of colors, too!

 

I started with a white card front measuring 5-1/2 x 4-1/4". I secured the Grime Layering stencil from Tim Holtz over the card front with Pixie Tape and ink blended Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink over the bottom portion of the stencil. I started ink blending in the bottom left corner and gradually lightened my touch as I moved across the card.

You can see the ink blending is lighter on the bottom right. I ink blended Tumbled Glass on the top portion using a heavier hand in the middle of the ink blending over the Salty Ocean and gradually lightening my touch as I moved up and to the right of the card.

Once my ink blending was done I stamped the dandelions and the sentiment with Gina K. Black Amalgam ink. I trimmed the card front to 5-1/4 x 4" and adhered it to a white A2 top fold card base. Done. I think this would look lovely in purple and pink... oh, a pretty turquoise color would be beautiful too. Really any color would be lovely. 

You can check out my process video for this card here... Simple Stenciled One-Layer Card | April 2022 Uniquely Unity | Unity Stamp Co.

I had so much fun inking up the You Can Dream It stamp set! If you receive this membership, I sure hope you've been inspired to ink it up! You can check out the Uniquely Unity membership over at Unity Stamp Co. if you aren't already signed up to receive it. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Monochromatic Birthday Card ~ April 2022 Uniquely Unity ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I had so much fun yesterday making the ink smooshed dandelion card with the April 2022 Uniquely Unity membership stamp that I was inspired to make another one. This time I inked up the You Can Dream It stamps for a monochromatic birthday card and actually went out of the box a bit and went with brown. Not my usual color choice for a monochromatic card but I love it!

I was searching through my Unity paper packs and saw the pretty Plant a Garden {paper pack} and the light brown paper with the white wild flowers caught my eye. It also inspired my color choices for the entire card.

I love how the white embossing pops on the brown card stock. The white mat on the focal piece helps make it pop even more. The cute sentiment is one of my favorites that I've been using pretty often for my birthday cards and I thought it was perfect for this card too. It's from the 3 Tiered Birthday itty bitty stamp from Unity.

I tied a bit of twine around the card front and tied a little bow. I think it adds a cute little touch to the card. You can check out my process video for this card here... Monochromatic Birthday Card | April 2022 Uniquely Unity | Unity Stamp Co.

I love how pretty this card turned out using a color palette that I normally wouldn't use! You can check out the Uniquely Unity membership over at Unity Stamp Co. I have one more card to share with you tomorrow using this beautiful stamp set... I hope you'll come by for another visit!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Monday ~ April 2022 Uniquely Unity ~ You Can Dream It ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back for another Membership Monday blog post and today I'm featuring the wonderful April 2022 Uniquely Unity membership at Unity Stamp Co. This fabulous membership is especially picked each month by Angela Magnuson, the owner of Unity. I just love this membership! It never disappoints!

This month's stamp is a gorgeous set of dandelion stamps. Dandelions always take me back to my childhood when I'd blow the seeds from a dandelion puff for good luck. 

I wanted to go with a Spring color palette and then I remembered the extra background that I ink smooshed earlier in the month for my Background of the Month card. It's the perfect background for this stamp! A light Spring inspired card!

I stamped the dandelions with Wow Clear Embossing ink and added Alabaster White Embossing powder. I melted the ep (embossing powder) with my Mini Wagner Heat Tool. I trimmed the background and adhered it to a mat of Pink Pirouette card stock from Stampin' Up. I stamped the sentiment with Gina K. Black Amalgam ink. I trimmed up each line of the sentiment and adhered it to the background. And then I adhered the focal piece to a white A2 top fold card base. Done! 

You can check out my process video here... Membership Monday | April 2022 Uniquely Unity | Unity Stamp Co.

I love how quick and pretty this card turned out using an extra ink smooshed background! You can check out the Uniquely Unity membership over at Unity Stamp Co. I actually had so much fun making this card that I made another card! I'll share that one with y'all tomorrow!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Monday ~ August 2021 UU Season of Inspiration ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Have you seen the amazing Uniquely Unity stamp this month from Unity Stamp Co?! If you love Fall... this stamp set is perfect for you!! I had so much fun coloring this stamp!! I really love coloring pumpkins... LOL! It's one of the first things I practiced when I first started coloring with Copic markers years ago... and it's still my favorite thing to color!

I decided to go with a super CAS card... just the pumpkin and the sentiment die cut with a beautiful Pleated Oval die from Gina Marie Designs. And then it's popped up on the white A2 top fold card base with a whole bunch of foam tape!!

Here's a quick list of Copic markers I used for this card:

Stem ~ E33

Leaves ~ G24

Pumpkin ~ YR15, YR16, YR21, YR27

Isn't the August 2021 UU set BEAUTIFUL!! Go sign up for this membership if you don't already get it! It's a must have!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Monday ~ July 2021 UU Grace Will Lead You ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another Membership Monday post... this time I'm featuring the lovely Uniquely Unity membership stamps from Unity Stamp Co. called Grace Will Lead You! Such a delicate and lovely stamp set... I just had to pull out my ZIG watercolor pens and do a bit of watercoloring.

This is a super CAS card with a little interest added by scoring lines to create a box around the image. Of course, this little bit of interest is hard to see in the photo above but I think my close up photo may be easier to see.

I stamped the image on Canson XL watercolor paper and did a little watercoloring. I added a bit of shadow with a light grey... in real life it doesn't look as dark.

Another close up showing that scored box around the watercolored image. Isn't that just a beautiful stamp?! I love it! Here's a link to check out the past membership kits... Past Uniquely Unity. I hope you'll check them out... maybe it's the membership you've been looking for! And here's a {Quick Clips} video for this card... {Quick Clips} CAS Card | Grace Will Lead You | Unity Stamp Co.

Inspired?! Pull out your Uniquely Unity stamps and get inky! I'd love to see what you create! I'll see you next Monday with a mini slimline card using the awesome July 2021 Kit of the Month!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Membership Monday ~ June 2021 UU So Dang Loved ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome back to Membership Monday!!! Unity has SO many fabulous memberships that it's really hard to pick a favorite. I've really been loving the beautiful stamps in the Uniquely Unity membership and the June 2021 set does not disappoint!!

This one is called So Dang Loved... and I love the combination of flowers and leaves in this beautiful bouquet! The pretty hello sentiment and those hearts... LOVE! I paired this pretty stamp with the Stella Ruby papers by Basic Grey... yes, my precious hoard of discontinued Basic Grey papers. I love the luscious colors in this paper pack and they worked well with the colors I had chosen to color the stamp so it was a match made in crafty heaven. I used the Stitched Square Stacklets from Taylored Expressions to die cut the flowers. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a white border. And I wrapped the card front with Black May Arts Burlap string tying a pretty double bow. I adhered the card front to a white A2 top fold card base.

I used the following Copic markers for this card:

Reds ~ R11, R14, R29

Greens ~ YG11, G07, G14, G24, G99

Yellos ~ Y15, Y38

Purple ~ V04

Outline ~ B0000

I hope you've been inspired to pull out your Uniquely Unity stamp and get it inky! I'll see you next Monday with a fun tropical card I created using the June 2021 Background of the Month membership stamp!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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~ Friends of Unity May 2021 Blog Hop ~

 Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome to our May 2021 Friends of Unity Blog Hop!! I can't believe that it's already May!! This year just seems to be zipping by! Our hop this month has a fun cue...

Flora & Fauna... which is basically plants and animals.

I decided to focus mainly on plants. I have been wanting to play with the April 2021 Whit Kit called Kindness is Magic ever since it arrived in the mail and I just haven't had time. But I made time so I could color this one up with Copic markers on Kraft... one of my favorite techniques that I should really do more often. I also used a white Prismacolor pencil to color the white daisies.

I used a wonky square die to die cut the focal image and mat it on Hibiscus Burst and Hawaiian Shores card stock from Papertrey Ink. I then adhered it to a Kraft card base measuring 10 x 5", scored at 5". I used the following Copic markers for this card:

Teapot House ~ RV06, RV17, RV21, B00, BG02, BG05

Plants / Flowers ~ G12, G14, G17, YG03, YG23, YG25, YG95, YG97, Y06, Y15, Y38,

YR15, YR20, YR68, R14, R27, V04, V09

Rocks / Ground ~ W00, W1, W3, W5, N2, N5

Background ~ BG000, BG01

It's Unity's 13th birthday and they're celebrating with a fun release and a big Birthday Sale!! This beautiful flower is a part of the fun new release and it's called You Go Girl by Graciellie Design for Unity! Isn't it beautiful?! I love when Unity releases new gorgeous flower stamps designed by Gracie Chavez... they are always so stunning and so fun to color!

My card is a simple design with the flower and sentiment stamped on a white card front. I die cut it with the In & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies from My Favorite Things. I added some white acrylic paint splatters and wrapped the two corners with some Ivory burlap string.

I used the following Copic markers for this card:

Flower ~ YR15, YR20, YR21, R22, Y06, Y15, Y35

Leaves ~ YG11, YG17, YG23

Background ~ B0000, B000, B00

My last card was a total experiment! Have you ever ink smooshed with black card stock?! I'm sure it's not a new technique, but I've never tried it for myself and I am in love with the result!! I used Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks. I started with Peacock Feathers and then did a little Cracked Pistachio, but you really can't see the Cracked Pistachio. I thought maybe the bright Picked Raspberry would work well and in real life you can see it pretty well, but it doesn't show too well in the photo. Now the gorgeous stamp on this card is the stunning new May 2021 Uniquely Unity member kit called Strive to Be... isn't it wonderful?! I love it!

I wanted a delicate light flower to contrast the dark background so I did very light coloring with a few pink Copic markers. I still had the white acrylic paint out so I also threw on some more splatter. The flowers and the sentiment are popped up on the card with foam squares. I used the following Copic markers for this card:

Flowers ~RV10, RV14, RV52, Y06, Y15 

Leaves ~ YG11, YG23

Well, that's it for my cards this month... before you head off to the next person in the hop I need to announce my winner from last month's hop.

Congratulations Denise Bryant!!

Congratulations Denise!!!! Please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com to claim your prize. 

Prize must be claimed within two weeks. 

Please hop along and enjoy some more inspiration from the Friends of Unity. I'm sure that some of my friends are having a giveaway so be sure to comment as you hop along.

Let's get to the hopping...

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Dawn B. 

Eileen

Dawn F.

Bobbie Sue

Kim

Colleen

Rachel

Joyce

Amber

Robyn

Alaine

Thanks so very much for supporting our little hop!

We appreciate you!!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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