Monochromatic Sympathy ~ Peony Reverie ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend! 

It's hard to make sympathy cards. Especially when you need one. I think a monochromatic floral card is nice for a sympathy card. When I saw the gorgeous Peony Reverie I wanted to see what it would look like with a sepia style of coloring. 

I've done sepia colorings before but I think I've colored them on white card stock. This time I wanted to see what it would look like on Kraft card stock. I colored the peonies with just E21 and E25. 

I die cut the panel using the largest die from the Deckle & Stitches Nesting Dies. I adhered the panel to a Kraft A2 top fold card base. I added a touch of white to the center of the peonies using a white gel pen.

The sentiment from the Say It Loud & Clear stamps was heat embossed with a clear embossing ink and black embossing powder. My black embossing powder is very old from Stampin' Up. I had to heat emboss the sentiment twice because of the old ep. It's also contaminated with paper bits and other stuff. Probably time to replace it. Any suggestions for a good black embossing powder? I fussy cut the sentiment and popped it up on the card with foam tape. I really like how this turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

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Simple Sympathy Card with Sepia Coloring on Kraft ~ Compassionate Daisies ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a card that us cardmakers don't necessarily like to make but sadly they are necessary. So I thought the beautiful new Compassionate Daisies stamp from Unity's new release would be perfect for a very simple and quick sepia colored sympathy card.

I kept the layers very simple with a 4-1/8 x 5-1/8" piece of Kraft card stock with the beautiful daisies and sentiment from the Compassionate Daisies stamped in an alcohol ink friendly ink.

For my sepia coloring I just used four Copic markers ~ E50, E53, E55, and E59.

I adhered the daisies panel to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/4" piece of True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink. I adhered the panel to a 4-1/4 x 11" Kraft card base; scored at 5-1/2". I left a bit of Kraft peeking out of the top and bottom of the base. 

You can check out my process video here {or down below}... Simple Sympathy Card with Sepia Coloring on Kraft | Compassionate Daisies | Unity Stamp Co.

Well that's it for me today! Do yourself a favor and go check out all the fab new releases at Unity for the second round of the Birthday Sale!! I'll be back tomorrow with my weekly Christmas card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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~ Friends of Unity October 2020 Blog Hop ~

 Hello there crafty friend!

Welcome to the October 2020 Friends of Unity Blog Hop!! We have a great cue this month...

Birthday!! Such a perfect cue because we all make birthday cards! And we're always in need of more birthday cards for our stash! I sure hope you're inspired by the all the creations shared by our friends! I have a couple cards to share with you using a couple new releases from Unity.

My first card is using the gorgeous new October 2020 Uniquely Unity kit called Greetings of Autumn for a pretty Autumn inspired birthday card. I used a pretty piece of paper from the beautiful Falling Leaves {paper pack} that I mat on white card stock and then adhered to a scalloped rectangle die cut from Kraft card stock. I adhered my entire panel to a white A2 top-fold card base.

I colored up the beautiful image with Copic markers:

Acorns ~ E53, E55, E57, E59

Flowers ~ Y11, Y15, Y35, YR14, YR15, YR21, YR23, YR68, E57, YG03, YG63, YG67

Leaves ~ Y11, Y15, YR15, YR21, E21, E23, YG03, YG63, YG67

Frame ~ E21, E23

And then I stamped the sentiment from the Your Happy Cake Itty Bitty set in the center of the hexagon.

Popped up the image on the card and done! I really love how this one turned out!

My second card is a beautiful Eclipse card inspired by some Sepia art that I was admiring on Pinterest and I used the absolutely stunning Daisy Days background. I love the look of it and especially love it with these flowers!  I used just a few Copic markers ~ E50, E53, E55, E59. I then die cut it with the Pleated Lace Rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs and the Happy Birthday die from Simon Says Stamp.

I die cut the Happy Birthday die from Dark Chocolate card stock three more times. I then adhered the background piece to a Dark Chocolate card front that I had adhered to a white A2 top-fold card base. I adhered the negatives for the Happy Birthday die that was cut from the Daisy Days background so that the design of the background flowed.

I then adhered the Happy Birthday die cuts in Dark Chocolate... all three layers and then adhered the final layer with the Daisy Days background. I am so pleased with this card! I hope you like it too and that it inspires you to try an eclipse card or maybe give a sepia card a try!

I'm thinking I'm overdue for a giveaway here on my blog... I'll chose a lucky winner from the comments and announce the winner during next month's hop. Be sure to hop and comment on all the blogs for a chance to win one of our giveaways!!

Let's get to the hopping...

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Eileen

Joyce

Bobbie Sue

Kim

Dawn F.

Robyn

Dawn B.

Alaine

Thanks so much for supporting our little hop each month! We appreciate you so much!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal