It's time for our Friends of Unity Blog Hop!!This month's cue just might be one of my favorites!
This month's cue is Bloom Where You Are Planted! For me... that means flowers! I absolutely LOVE the assortment of flower stamps available at Unity! It wasn't easy, but I narrowed it down to two for this hop.
First up is the gorgeous Tulip Symphony. I adore this stamp! I wanted to do some watercoloring and this stamp was the first one that came to mind. I used my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers. I used Light Pink, Light Carmine, and Pink for the petals. And Yellow Green, May Green and Green for the stems and leaves. For the blue in the background I used a bit of Light Blue.
Once the panel was completely dry, I die cut it using a die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I also die cut another piece of watercolor paper using the largest die from the Postage Stamp {nesting dies}. These gorgeous tulips could be a forever postage stamp. I love it!
I used Canson XL 140lb watercolor paper for my watercoloring layers. I adhered the postage layer to an A2 top fold card base of Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink. I decided to make this a birthday card for my beautiful niece whose birthday was just a few days ago. I hope she liked it.
My next card features the beautiful blooms from the Snarky Mama stamps. I really wish Unity would make this stamp bigger. Don't you think it would look fab as a big slimline stamp?! I think so. I may just ask Ang if we can make that happen. :)
I stamped the flowers and the sentiment on Stampers Select White card stock from Papertrey Ink. And then I die cut it using a die from the BIG Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I wanted to keep the card CAS so I looked through my embossing folders for a fun background and came across the Tim Holtz Brick 3D Embossing Folder. I finished off the card with some Raindrop Embellishments from the 2024 Advent Calendar.
Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:
Big Flowers: Y11, R20
Big Flower Centers: Y11, YR15, R14
Little Flowers: R20, R32
Leaves / Stems: YG11, G02, G07
Background: BG10, Colorless Blender
Now before we get to the hopping, I chose a lucky winner from the comments on last month's hop to win a fun prize and the lucky winner is...
... Denise Bryant!! Congratulations, Denise!!
Please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com to claim your prize.
Please claim the prize before June 4th, 2025.
Well, that's it for me this time! Please hop along and enjoy some more inspiration from the Friends of Unity! I can't wait to see how our friends were inspired by this month's cue. I will be doing another fun giveaway this month!! Be sure to hop along and comment for a chance to win. {When you comment please leave your name just in case it posts as anonymous.} I'll announce the winner next month!
Today I'm sharing a simple Mother's Day card featuring the gorgeous camellia stamp from the Ink & Bloom: Camellia stamps just released at Unity. Such a gorgeous flower!
I stamped the gorgeous flowers and sentiment with Amalgam Black ink on white card stock and colored them with Copic markers.
Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:
Petals: B0000, B91, B23, B66
Stems / Leaves: G000, G24, G07
I die cut the flowers using the largest die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set. This is such a huge stamp I actually cut off a bit of the bottom.
I kept it very simple and just adhered the panel to a black A2 top fold card base that I turned on the side for a landscape card. I adore that sentiment!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
See ya next time.
Inky hugs,
Crystal
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It's the first Saturday of May which means it's time for our Friends of Unity Blog Hop!! I've been so excited for this month's cue but I struggled to narrow down what I would create. It's such a fun cue. I hope that you all enjoy it and hop along to see all the wonderful inspiration. Now, onto our cue this month...
... Inspired By. This wonderful cue was Bobbie Sue's idea and I just love it! I find inspiration in so many places... from blogs, websites, challenges, and even day to day things like store ads. One fabulous source of inspiration that we all share in is the Unity Show & Tell. We are so lucky to have inspiration shared there daily in this wonderful group. If you're not a part of this group on Facebook, I hope you'll join us. I found three wonderful creations in the group that inspired my cards. Let's get to it...
First up is this gorgeous card that our sweet friend, Gaylynn, shared in the Unity Show & Tell group. The beautiful background that Gaylynn created inspired the background for my card.
I used the Vintage Script Embossing Folder to emboss my grey card stock measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". I lightly rubbed the embossed (or raised) portion with a white pigment ink pad. I also added a bit of white acrylic paint splatter on the background focusing the splatters diagonally across the background.
Have you seen this new gorgeous stamp from the birthday release? It's called Bittersweet Graduation and it's illustrated by the wonderfully talented Angie Blom. I colored it up with the following Copic Markers:
Grad Cap ~ N0, N2, N4, N6, Y06, Y35
Flowers ~ RV10, RV13, RV14, RV19, RV66
Berries ~ RV10, RV14, RV66, RV69
Leaves ~ G000, G24, G99
Background ~ C00, C1
I trimmed the bottom of the focal panel with my guillotine trimmer and started the cuts on the sides with my trimmer, as well. I then fussy cut the rest of the edge up to the script and flowers and continued fussy cutting leaving a bit of a white border around the image. The focal panel didn't look quite right just on the background. So I die cut a piece of vellum card stock using the second smallest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I adhered the main panel to the vellum layer and then adhered both layers to the card by only adding glue behind the main panel. I finished off the card with a few black gems from my stash. I did end up adding a dot of glue behind that top gem just to help the vellum layer lay flat.
The next card that inspired me is this stunning card shared by Sandra van Blaricum. I was inspired by the flowers and the fussy cut front panel. I love the colors but I went with a different color palette.
My second card features the gorgeous Birthday Blooms... I love this gorgeous big floral stamp! This stamp can be purchased on its own or you can snag the wonderful Peony {Stamp & Stencil} Bundle that includes the gorgeous stamp and a stencil. If you don't like coloring, the stencil is perfect for ink blending over this beauty! AND Unity just released the Birthday Blooms {coordinating die}... unfortunately, it's out of stock already! Wow! That was fast!
I stamped the peony with Black Amalgam ink and colored it up with the following Copic Markers:
I fussy cut the Birthday Blooms on the line and then cleaned up the edges by coloring them with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I've paired up the stamp with the amazing Vintage Whispers {paper pack} for a square vintage Mother's Day card. I started with a 5 x 10" white card base, scored at 5". I adhered my papers to the front and the inside of the card. Trimmed them up and then I adhered the flower. Now, when I went back to fussy cut around the flowers all these layers were pretty thick. If I was to redo this I would definitely adhere the flowers to the pattern paper and then trim. Adhere it to the card base and then trim off the extra card base. Just my two cents. The sentiment from the recently released The Very Best Gal was stamped with white pigment ink and then I applied some white embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool. I trimmed it up and adhered it directly to the card. To finish off this card, I added a few rhinestones from last month's Whit Kit.
And inspiration for my last card comes from this darling card by Robin Stanton. I just love the background she created for this card! I had to give it a try!
I kinda love how this one turned out! Hope you like it too! This card features the sweet All Ears stamp that just released for Unity's 15th Birthday! I love this pup! So fun and easy to color. I paired him up with the super sweet Cozy Textiles {paper pack}.
I die cut the papers using the largest die from the Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}. I ended up turning them around so the pup could set on the yellow line. Not at all my typical straight and perpendicular lines... love it! Here's a quick list of the Copic Markers I used to color up the pup:
I enjoyed this card design so much that I decided to turn it into a sketch. I'm also hosting a sketch challenge for this one with a prize in my Tawny Owl Paperie | Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I've been blessed the last couple weeks with so many crafty goodies from crafty friends... it just makes sense to do a sketch challenge and have a prize!! I hope that you'll join in the fun! The sketch challenge will run from today, May 30, and will end June 26th at 11:59pm PST. Entries must be added to the challenge album in the Tawny Owl Paperie | Inky Inspiration Facebook group to be eligible for a prize. The winner will be chosen randomly from the entries and I'll announce the winner in the group. Hope you'll play along!
I fussy cut the pup for my card but I did see that Unity released an All Ears {coordinating die}... that's going on my wishlist! I adhered all my layers to a white A2 top fold card that I turned on its side for a horizontal card. And I decided to not add any bling or anything. I think it's cute how it is.
Now before we get to the hopping, I chose a lucky winner from the comments on last month's hop to win a fun prize and the lucky winner is...
... Wilma DeGraffenreid!! Congratulations Wilma!!
Please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com to claim your prize.
Prize must be claimed within two weeks.
Well, that's it for me this time! Please hop along and enjoy some more inspiration from the Friends of Unity! I'm so excited to hop and check out all the pretty creations shared by our friends!! I'm also interested in seeing how each of our friends were inspired. I will be doing another fun giveaway this month!! Be sure to hop along and comment for a chance to win. {When you comment please leave your name just in case it posts as anonymous.} I'll announce the winner next month!
Today I'm sharing a beautiful Mother's Day card using a new release from Unity Stamp Co. called Timeless Moments. Such a gorgeous stamp! It's been awhile since I've done some copic coloring on Kraft card stock and I thought this beautiful stamp would just look amazing on kraft... and I think I was totally right!!
I stamped the flowers and sentiment with Gina K. Design Amalgam black ink on Kraft card stock and then I stamped the flowers again on white card stock. I die cut the panel with the flowers and sentiment with a stitched rectangle die from the Blueprints 20 dies from My Favorite Things. I also die cut another piece of Kraft card stock with the Loopy Frame die from Gina Marie Design.
I colored up the pretty flowers with the following Copic markers ~ Y15, Y17, Y38, YR15, YR20, YR68, R000, R14, R27, E33, E37 and then outlined the flowers with W1.
I colored just the outer edges of the two center flowers on the kraft card stock with R14. I colored those two centers flowers on the white card stock that I had set aside with R000, R14, and R27... leaving some white in these flowers with the red really makes them pop on the card. My color inspiration came from the fantastic color palette over at the Color Throwdown challenge going on this week! I love a great challenge!
I adhered the two die cut kraft layers together and then adhered them to a black card front measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". I adhered the entire panel to a white A2 top fold card base. I then popped up those two center flowers with foam squares. To finish off the card I added tiny dots of Nuvo Gloss Simply White drops.
I have a quick video sharing the assembly of this pretty card.
I am really loving this gorgeous stamp set for Mother's Day cards!! Go check out the mini release happening over at Unity right now! So many fabulous new stamps!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
See ya next time.
Inky Hugs,
Crystal
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