Membership Wednesday ~ May 2025 KOM Slow Down & Savor ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

Happy Membership Wednesday! Today I'm sharing a card featuring a fab stamp from the May 2025 Kit of the Month membership from Unity called Slow Down & Savor. 

I stamped the sweet scene with Black Amalgam ink and colored it up with some Copic markers. Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used: 

Skin: E000, E00, E21, R00, R20

Hair: Y11, Y21, E31

Clothes / Hair Bow: RV10, R20

Tights: RV10, R20, C00

Book: G94, C00, C2

Bunny: C00, C2, R00, R20

Grass / Stems / Leaves: YG11, G94

Purple Flowers: V12

Pink Flowers: RV10, R32

Yellow Flowers: Y11, Y15

Blue Flowers: BG10, BG01

Background: B0000

My color choices were pulled from the pretty papers that came in my Kit of the Month. I just love the free goodies in my membership each month! I thought these papers were just perfect with this sweet stamp. I'm not sure which paper pack they are from but I'm sure they're from Unity's huge selection of papers!

I die cut my stamped and colored panel using a die from the Peekaboo Rectangle dies from Gina Marie Designs. I also die cut the pattern papers using the same die. I trimmed the pattern papers to fit an A2 card base. I distressed the edges of my stamped panel with my brown blending brush. I just used the residual ink on the brush and blended very lightly. And then I adhered them both to the card base.

Here's a quick look at this month's Kit of the Month membership!

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Take It Easy ~ Happy Place ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet and bright card just perfect for a relaxing Spring day.

I inked up the super cute girl from the Happy Place stamp set along with a few other stamps from the set to create a little mini scene for my card. I stamped them all with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them up with Copic markers.

I fussy cut all the images and colored the edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. 

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair: YR20, E34

Headband / Shirt: BG11, BG01

Capris: Y11, Y15

Slippers: C00, C2

Gray Book: C00, C2, C5

Book Stack: C00, C2, Y11, Y15, E21, E23, E25

Bowl: BG11, BG01, BG13

Flowers: YG11, YG17, V15, E51, E53

Chair / Table: E21, E23, E25

I host a fun sketch challenge each month in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. The TOP Inky Inspiration Sketch 31 challenge ends on Monday April 28th at 11:59pm PST. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. So let the sketch lead in your design, but don't feel limited by it. 

I paired up this sweet girl with some pretty papers from Simple Stories called Simple Vintage Lemon Twist. I just love these colors! I die cut the pretty papers using a circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies} from Unity. I popped up the girl and the sentiment using foam tape.

Take it easy, crafty friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Fall Book Lovers Card ~ Just One More Chapter ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

I'm back with a sweet book lovers card for Unity's latest release. I love to read!! I even listen to books while I craft. It's gotten to where I almost need to have a book playing in the background for my mojo to get going! I was so excited to play with the new Just One More Chapter! Love it!

I stamped the book girl  and sentiment using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs and then I colored up the girl with my Copic markers. The girl was die cut with the new Maple Leaf Die. The edges of the leaf were distressed with a bit of Antique Linen Distress Ink.

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

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E70, E71, E74

Shirt: E40, E81

Pants: B91, B93, Colorless Blender

Books: C00, C2, YR21, YR15, YR16, YR27, YG61, YG63, E51, E55, E57, B91, B93

Ring: N2, N4

Nails: YR16

Ground: C00, C2

My pattern paper layers are from the beautiful Enrich the Soul {paper pack}... definitely my top five Fall paper packs! Love the colors in these papers! I die cut the leaf and sentiment papers using the largest die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Die Set.

You can check out my process video for this card here... Fall Book Lovers Card | Just One More Chapter | Unity Stamp Co.

The sentiment was die cut using a die from the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies. I adhered all of my layers together using Tombow Mono Adhesive liquid glue and then I popped up the Maple Leaf girl using Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape. Loving how this turned out! I hope you have an inkredible day! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Scrapping for Less ~ SugarPea Designs ~ Novel Birthday!

Hello! Today I'm sharing an adorable card using SugarPea Design's Reading Friends... oh my goodness... this set is so sweet! Reminds me of when I was a kid... I was always reading! Now I'm always card making... lol... well, when I can!

I started off by stamping the image on white card stock with my go to ink - Memento tuxedo black - and then I colored and colored... I loved coloring this image! I used the following Copic markers ~ Tree - E55, E57, G14, G17; Girls - E0000, E000, E00, R20, E99, YR23, YR24, E11, E31, YR02, YR16, Y000, Y13, B000, B12; Books - N0, Y06, Y35, R14, R27, E55, E57, G12, G14, B000, B02, B24; Sky Background - B0000, B000. I die cut the image and then mount it on a die cut yellow scalloped rectangle. I set that aside.

I cut the diagonal rainbow paper from Lawn Fawn's Really Rainbow paper pack and mat it on white card stock. I then adhered that piece to a blue card base. I cut the blue notebook paper from the same Really Rainbow paper pack and adhered it to the card. I then popped up the main image on the card.

I used the EK Tools Powder Tool Applicator on a scrap of white card stock to keep any static from messing up my stamped sentiment and then using VersaMark watermark ink I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed ultra fine black embossing powder. My last touch was to add a few sequins from my stash. So cute! I love how this turned out! I hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal