Sending a latte love card

It's time for the Fall Coffee Lovers blog hop! I love linking up to these quarterly blog hops. There are always tons of prizse for those that share projects and for those commenting on projects. Definitely check it out if you have time.

Here is my second project for the hop:

The image on this card is from Unity and sentiment is from Verve. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog for the hop.

You Rock. {again}

 I made this card a few weeks ago. And decided I needed another version. I basically made the exact same thing. Just with different colors. :)

This stamp from Unity is just so darn fun to color (and it happens to be on sale this week)! I stamped it in distress ink and then watercolored the image. Easy peasy.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

You Rock

I pulled out a brand new Unity stamp for this card.

I stamped it using Distress ink in Tea Dye and then colored her in with water colors. The water blends in the ink giving it a vintagey look.

I put a light wash of yellow water color in the background (not sure if it shows through in the photo) to give it a little pop.

Then I used some markers to give my wooden stars a little ombre look.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

I'm linking up to the Unity {be inspired} color challenge

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge

happy day

I made this happy little card using a couple challenges.

First is this lovely inspiration photo from Unity:

And then the current challenge from Simon Says Stamp to use something clear.

 First I used a heart stencil and applied some clear embossing paste. After that was dry I painted on some distress inks using a flat wide brush. The paste will resist the ink. It's really hard to photograph that clear paste!

Make sure you wipe off the ink as soon as you are done painting as even the distress inks can stain the paste. There is a faint orange tint on the top hearts, hardly noticeable though.

Some twine, enamel dots, and a fun stamp from Unity finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a happy day yourself!

GIU Day 1

I am the lucky girl who gets to be the Growing in Unity girl this week at Unity Stamps!

Every day Monday-Friday I will post a project using Unity stamps. You can comment each day for your chance to win two Itty Bitty stamps of your choice. And by the way - the stamps are not exactly itty bitty. :)

Today I have a trio of cards I made:

The first one uses the Devoted stamp set and the monthly color challenge from Unity as well. Lots of Distress inks were used to create the background.

Both of the next cards use Imagine It and Something Within stamp sets. 

This one used lots of Ranger Archival Ink and alcohol for the marbled background.

 And this one used Distress inks and water for the softer watercolor background.

Thanks for stopping by today and remember to stop by every day this week and comment for your chance to win some lovely Unity stamps!

water coloring with a stencil

It's May already. How did that happen??

I was inspired by the lovely spring weather we're having to make something light and playful. I water colored this flower using a stencil I have. 

 It's one of those stencils found near the painting section of the crafts. Notice the price tag of $1.99. Can't beat that!

So I just held the stencil firmly with one hand and painted with the other onto water color paper. I didn't even use real water color either. I cheated and used my distress inks, a craft mat, and water brush.

I finished with a fun stamp from Unity and was done! 

Nice and flat and totally mailable.

Linking up to:

Unity stamps' Friends with Flair

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge (Anything Goes)
Jot Magazine May Mood Board

Water color projects

Hi crafty friends!

I've got several water colored projects today thanks to my current watercolor challenge over at The Paper Girls.

 

First up is this fun layered card. I applied the water color directly to my stamp and stamped several colors onto the tag. Then I layered it over several papers and added the sequins and Epiphany Crafts epoxy.

 

Then I painted my background for this layout using yellow, blue, and tan. I sprinkled some salt onto the tan while it was wet to get some texture on it and rubbed it off once dry.

 

And lastly, I stamped this image and then used watercolor pencils and a water brush to color it in.

 (psst...this card's for sale in my shop)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

I really hope you will join in on the fun. I've got a prize for one lucky winner!

 

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I'm linking up to Ronda Palazzari's Create Daily {finally}.