Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 27 ~ A Little Ruffled ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a bit more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 27 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I had a fun idea to turn the sketch for a card featuring the adorable chicken from the A Little Ruffled stamps from Unity.

The sweet chicken is stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then colored up with a handful of Copic markers: E21, E23, YR21, YR15, YR27. I paired up the adorable chicken with the Enveloped in Love {paper pack}. I was drawn to the colors in the paper for this one and really the sweet chicken looks like it needs some love so these papers are perfect! I had some scraps of the papers in my paper pack and thought it would be fun to tear them. What do you think? Maybe I should have torn the small tag on the focal image too? 

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 27. 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 feel my cards are a good example of that, as I'm always making adjustments... this time I turned the sketch and added a tag focal piece.

I used the Make a Tag {die set} for my tag layers. I combined three fun ribbons from my stash and tied them together with some twine. Totally inspired by Jenni Shamblin's pumpkin card from our Friends of Unity hop this month! I love how she mixed ribbons... not sure mine worked as nicely but going with it anyways. LOL! The tag is popped up on the card with Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape.

I embossed the sentiment on Kraft card stock with Sugar Cube White Pigment ink from Taylored Expressions and Alabaster White Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe and the powder is melted with a Wagner Precision Heat Tool. I'm having so much fun with this sketch! I hope you can find time to play along! There's still a few days to play! The challenge ends on Monday, November 25th. I can't wait to see what you create. Have an inktastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Holiday Tag ~ Advent Calendar Day 12 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 12 of my Countdown to Christmas series!! I'm sharing a little reveal and a project each day on my YouTube channel using the fantastic Advent Calendar from Unity Stamp Co!! Please be sure to subscribe to my channel so you don't miss a day of this fun countdown series!

Day 12 ~ a fun mustache and sentiment!

I also used the trio of snowflakes stamp from Day 10 of the Advent Calendar. 

The snowflakes are stamped with Sugar Cube White Pigment ink on Vellum card stock. The mustache and HoHoHo! sentiment was stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and then I heat embossed it with a clear embossing powder. The tag layers are Kraft card stock and I used a cute tag builder die.

Check out my process video here... Unity Advent Calendar Day 12.

I'll be back tomorrow with Day 13 of the Advent Calendar reveal and a cute card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Joy Tag ~ Advent Calendar Day 5 ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 5 of my Countdown to Christmas series!! I'm sharing a little reveal and a project each day on my YouTube channel using the fantastic Advent Calendar from Unity Stamp Co!! Please be sure to subscribe to my channel so you don't miss a day of this fun countdown series!

Day 5 ~ a super cute set of socks!

I paired it up with the Christmas Linen {paper pack}, also from Unity. No coloring for this one... the background is stamped with the A Little Christmas Carol background stamp with Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Oxide inks. I did a bit of distressing on the edges with Vintage Photo oxide ink.

The sentiment, from the Heart of Christmas {October 2020 Sentiment Kit}, is heat embossed with Wow Embossing ink and Alabaster White embossing powder from Brutus Monroe.

Check out my process video here... Unity Advent Calendar Day 5.

I'll be back tomorrow with Day 6 of the Advent Calendar reveal and a cute card!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Large Terrarium Tag ~ February 2021 Whit Kit ~ Unity Stamp Co.

  Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with another project using the wonderful February 2021 Whit Kit called Small Steps are Progress... this time I've created a large tag. I had hoped to share this last week but I've had technical difficulties with the video for this one and it's delayed me in sharing. I'm going to share a bit more about my process here on my blog... let's get to it, shall we?!

I created this tag by cutting two pieces of kraft card stock both measuring 4 x 7". I measured 1" off of the top corners and cut that diagonally to create my tag shape. I trimmed my patterned papers from the Whit Kit - the pink leaves papers measures 2 x 5-5/8" and the green leaves papers measure 3-3/4 x 5-5/8" I then die cut the green leaves paper with a stitched scallop border die. I adhered the two patterned papers together and then distressed the top and bottom edges with a Tim Holtz distressing tool. I adhered a 1/8" strip of Rose Gold Kraft Stock to the top and bottom portion of the tag and then adhered the patterned papers to the tag. I wrapped the entire tag a few times with Ivory Burlap string and then adhered the two tags together. 

I stamped a bunch of the succulents from the Small Steps Are Progress stamp set and die cut them with the coordinating dies from the kit. I die cut the terrarium as well from the Rose Gold Kraft Stock. I traced the shape of the terrarium onto some vellum card stock and fussy cut it. I adhered the succulents and pebbles to the vellum terrarium base and then adhered the rose gold terrarium piece over top. I trimmed off the excess pebbles that stuck out of the bottom of the terrarium. I set that aside and stamped the sentiment with Wow Clear Embossing Ink on kraft card stock and then heat embossed some Alabaster White embossing powder with a mini Wagner heat tool. I trimmed the sentiment and adhered the right side to the terrarium with a little liquid glue. I then popped up both pieces with foam tape being sure to avoid the open areas of the vellum.

I added a tiny bow to the top of the terrarium and also added some ribbons from my stash to the tag. I really wish that I had the entire video to share with you all but the only portion I was able to use was the Two-Tone Stamping for the succulents. You can check that out here... Two-Tone Stamping | Large Tag.

I sure hope that you're inspired to play with your February Whit Kit and maybe even make a large tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal 

Polka Dot Orchard ~ Tag it Tuesday ~ Cotton Candy Birthday Tag

Hello there crafty friend!

Today, I'm sharing a cute little birthday tag for Tag It Tuesday with Polka Dot Orchard!! I'm using the adorable Fine and Dandy Cotton Candy digi set from Polka Dot Orchard!

I combined and resized the cotton candy digi and the Happy Birthday sentiment... but I also cropped the sentiment. It actually says Happy Birthday Sugar so I cropped off the Sugar part. I didn't want the sentiment to be too big and take over the tag.

I colored the cute little cotton candy with the following copic markers ~ BV0000, BV000, BV01, BV11, R00, R20, C00, C1, C3. I fussy cut the cotton candy and set it aside. I colored the Happy Birthday sentiment with BV0000, BV000, R00, R20 and trimmed it down to fit on the tag.

I trimmed some pretty spring colored patterned papers from the Simply Spring paper pad from Doodlebug Designs and adhered them to a manila tag. I punched a hole through the papers and added a bit of white wide organdy ribbon. I tied a little bow with some white and purple baker's twine. I die cut the Stitched Ric Rac Die-namics from My Favorite Things from white card stock and cut it in half and adhered the pieces together. I adhered the ric rac piece to the tag and then popped up the cotton candy and sentiment.

 To finish off the tag, I added a few white enamel dots. I forgot to take a picture of the back of the tag... oops! I added some more patterned paper from the same pad to the back of the tag. I had laid the tag down on the paper and traced around the tag and the hole and just trimmed it and adhered it to the back of the tag. Such a cute birthday tag! I love how it turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

Christmas Birdie Tag

I finally had a bit of time to do some stamping

so I decided to get inky for the tag challenge over on Unity {show & tell}.

I got this sweet little birdie stamp in the mail today from Unity Stamp Company. The name of the kit is Folksy Partridge. As soon as I saw it I thought, 

"This is perfect for a tag!"

I embossed the bird stamp on Papertrey Ink kraft card stock using black craft ink and black embossing powder.

I colored the sweet bird using Stampin' Up!'s Smoky Slate marker and Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens. I wanted to keep it simple so I only used the olive green and red pens. I also used the Uniball Signo white gel pen to add some touches of white to the snow.

I colored the ornament with the silver Wink of Stella. It's a shame you can't see the shimmer in this picture. I couldn't stop there so I stamped the snowflakes from Unity's Different & Beautiful kit around the edge of the tag with Stampin' Up! Real Red ink. I added some Christmas patterned paper to the top. Then I added some Cherry Cobbler sheer linen ribbon and tied it with Fun Stampers Journey black licorice twine. I stamped the sentiment in black craft ink and embossed it with black embossing powder. A few cuts here and there and I had a cute sentiment for this sweet Christmas birdie tag.

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal