Unity is Hopping

Hello my lovely friends :) 

Welcome to another Unity hop whoop whoop! 

There are lots of lovely new stamps out today and you will LOVE them!!!

Here is one them :) 

How Cute is this bunny???

Do you not just love him/her???

You can find this one right here it is called Lil Wee Bunny!

My other favourite this month is the NEW sentiment kit!!!

This one is called Girl Truly.

I just adore this one!!! 

Those big flowers are so amazing to colour. 

I hope you get some lovely inspiration from all of our blogs. 

Remember to comment on them to be in with a chance of winning a prize :) 

Happy hopping :) 

Mandi xox

Summer Blooms

Happy Friday Friends :)

I have been super busy this week and not had much time to craft. I started making this card last week. I painted the flowers with my watercolours. So I  just had to finish it off with the sentiment, ribbon and rhinestones today. The sentiment is from a grab bag and the flower is from the lovely Angie Blom Kit called  Bloom & Simplify.  I am really loving that blue and green colour combination it is so fresh and summery  :)

 Thanks for stopping by xox

Challenges
Friends With Flair
Simon Says Stamp Wed - Anything goes

Potato Stamping

Hello Friends

I  made this card for the challenge over at the Craft Stamper blog. This month the challenge is to use a potato. Yes that's right a potato! We have to cut a shape out of a potato and stamp with it. I was not sure how that was going to work. It was much easier than I thought. So I made a flower and leaf shape as best I could. I need to work on my carving skills :) 

  I used Faber - Castell Gel Sticks  and just rubbed the stick right on to the potato and stamped. I was pretty happy with the overall design that I had made. I used my Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch to add additional flowers around the card. I also added some gemstones on some of the flowers.

 

 I chose a sentiment from a stamp set from Unity called Imagine It.  I really like this set I find myself using it a lot. Once the card was complete I attached it to a Kraft card base. I left some space at the bottom and added 3 tiny little flowers. I really like the way this turned out :)

Thanks for stopping by xox

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday 

Thinking of You

Hello Friends

I hope you all had a good week :) I sure did  :) I made this card for this weeks Friends With Flair over at the Unity blog. I have been busy experimenting with paint this week but I went back to my first love of EMBOSSING for this card :) If you know my style you know I just love embossing powder. I actually bought a lovely new turquoise embossing powder this week :) But I was in a red and black mood so I went with it for this card. It is super easy to make.

 I just stamped the flowers (which is from the Strength & Dignity kit of the month) with Versamark Ink and covered them with black embossing powder and heat set it. I used black glossy accents in the middle of each flower and also to highlight the tiny dots in the flowers. I tied a satin ribbon around the red card then glued it to my black card base. Next I stamped the sentiment ( from the Forever Friends kit) using Versafine Ink. I attached it to some black card to give it a border and glued it down then added some gemstones to finish. How easy is that ?

Thanks so much for stopping by today have a great weekend :) xox

God's Timing - Flowers

Happy Friday Friends

Here is a quick card I made for for Friends with Flair. I paper pieced the flower with the matching background paper. It is a really deep shade of pink almost close to red in colour. I used 3 different unity stamps on this one. God's Timing, Feel the Joy & Wishing You Joy.  I could not decide what flower to use so I just stamped them both :)

Challenges
Crafty Catz #221
Eureka Stamps - Anything goes #79

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend  xox

Clothed in Strength

Hello Friends :)

 Happy Monday to you! I was messing around with my inks for an ink challenge this morning. But it really was NOT happening for me. So I just played around and ended up making this card instead. It totally was not what I was trying to make at all.  I love happy craft accidents as they don't happen very often to me :)

This card is made with the Strength & Dignity KOM 11/13 from Unity. I am using this kit a lot lately.  I made the background with distress inks sponging Victorian Velvet and Peeled Paint. Then stamped some images on top with just the Victorian Velvet.

Then I heat embossed the sentiment with black glitter embossing powder. It's my new embossing powder I bought from Zing. I found it at Hobby Lobby.The camera does not do it any justice but it leaves a nice subtle sparkle behind. I mounted it on to black card then a white card base. I stamped some flowers at the bottom of the card. Then coloured them with the same inks and added some rhinestones to finish.

I hope you enjoy my card  :) 

Perfect Posies

 

Hello Friends!

I hope you all had a great week :)  Here is my card I made for Friends with Flair this week. I inked up this stamp called Perfect Pair of Posies. I bought it months ago and have never used it. I was cleaning out my stamps and found this one tucked away at the bottom of the basket.

I created the background with the stamp and coloured the centre of the flowers with a tan marker. Next I mounted it to brown card, then a kraft card base. I added a brown strip of card near the bottom and trimmed it with ribbon. The Best Wishes sentiment is from the Heartfelt Sentiments kit. I fixed it on top of the card strip, along with 2 of the posies that were cut out and layered. I added some rhinestones to finish it off.

 

Thanks for visiting - Have a great weekend :)

White/Pink/Grey FWF

Happy New Year Friends :) This is my first post of 2014. I Just got back from Scotland yesterday. I really enjoyed my trip home. It was such a nice break but I have missed my crafting :)

Here is my card for this weeks friends with flair over at the Unity Blog.  I used the Insightful Meadows stamp set and the Happy Birthday sentiment. I heat embossed a row of flowers with white embossing powder. Then stamped over it again just a little higher with just the VersaMark Ink to create some shadows. I added the sentiment and the ribbon to finish it off  :)

Thanks for visiting have a great weekend :) 

Unity Friends with Flair

 

Hello Friends!

I hope you have all had a wonderful week :) Here is my Friends with Flair entry for this week. I used a white, gray and turquoise colour scheme, it was based on the tag I made a few months ago you can see it HERE.  I wanted to make a card version this time and add some more detail to it.  I used feel the joy stamp for the flowers, the sentiment is from the  Every Breath stamp  set and the butterfly is from A Friend Loveth stamp set.  I embossed some of the flowers with white embossing powder and left some with just a water mark using VersaMark ink. I really like the effect it creates.  I hope you enjoy my card :)

Are you all ready for Christmas??  I wish I could say I am but I am not.  I was meant to fly to Scotland last weekend but got sick with a horrible virus. So we  had to cancel our flights and rebook we now leave this Sunday yay :)  I need to run out tomorrow and get some last minute presents and re pack everything.  Have a good Christmas when it comes around :) Thanks for visiting :) 

Aqua Blossom

Happy Friday Crafting Friends :) 

It's time for friends with flair over at the Unity Blog. I love seeing all the creations on Friday's :)

Here is this weeks entry,  I used the Angie girl: Dream with your Heart kit and the Happy Birthday sentiment. Can you tell I love embossing powder? It is very addictive :) I sponged the card with ColorBox Aqua ink and stamped the smaller flowers with VersaMark ink then embossed it in white. I stamped the larger flowers on to vellum and embossed them also. Then glued them around the edge of the inked section.

  

Hope you like my card :) This will probably be my last post for a while I am flying home to Scotland tomorrow for Christmas. So  I won't get a chance to make anything unless I take some supplies on the plane - which I  might :)  Thanks for visiting have a great weekend :) 

Misty Meadow

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving :) I have been playing around my my Donna Downey stamps this last past week. I LOVE them there is so much you can do with them I wish I had got this set sooner :)  Here is one the cards I created using 2 different embossing powders. I like the kind of  misty look that was left behind using them. I  love using embossing powders especially the metallic ones as they really make the images pop.

~Supplies ~

Unity Stamp Company - Heartfelt Sentiments

Unity Stamp Company - Insightful Meadows

Copper Pigment Ink

Copper Embossing Powder

White Embossing Powder

Colorbox blue pigment ink

VersaMark Ink

This is my FWF Entry over at Unity Blogspot

Also entered at Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)

Lest We Forget

I made this card for Remembrance Day also known as Armistice or Poppy Day. In case you did not know Scotland and other commonwealth countries around the world lay poppy wreaths at memorials on November 11th.  We also wear poppy pins as a sign of remembrance for those who died in the line of duty. The symbol of the poppy came from a poem called Flanders Fields.

The stamp is from Unity Stamp Company called Wishing you Joy it is such a pretty flower stamp. I sponged the background with Memento inks I used Bamboo Leaves  for the grass and Danube Blue mixed with White ColorBox pigment ink to make the sky. I coloured the flowers with a Copic Cardmium Red marker I printed the sentiment from my computer.

Thanks for Visiting :) 

I am entering this card into the Unity Be Inspired Challenge

Winter Meadow

I have been wanting to make a winter flower scene for a while so I finally got around to it. I love trying new techniques and I really enjoyed playing around with this one.  I sponged the background then used an script stamp as additional background. I stamped several different flowers from different Unity stamp sets and heat embossed them with silver and white embossing powder. I cut the card up into 6 sections but I only used 4 as I wanted to make a square card instead of the rectangle I had originally planned.   The butterflies were heat embossed and then cut out and mounted with foam to/ give a 3D effect. I punched 4 tiny butterflies from the punch and added them to finish off the card.  I really love the way it turned out hope you do too :)

~ Supplies Used ~

Hero Arts - Old letter Writing Stamp

Unity Stamp Company - Feel the Joy

Unity Stamp Company - A Friend Loveth

Unity Stamp Company - Angie Girl: Dream with your Heart

Unity Stamp Company - The Simple Things

Martha Stewart - 3 in 1 Butterfly Punch

Memento Ink Danube Blue

Colorbox Ink Aqua
Versamark Ink

Rhinestones

I am entering this card into the following challenges

  Unity Stamp Company - Friends with Flair  

Sister Act Challenge 32
Word Art Wednesday Challenge 105
Love to Scrap Challenge 17  

Bright Blossoms

 I was in the mood for making a bright flowery card and wanted to do something a wee bit different. I love this flower stamp so much I use it all the time it reminds me a lot of cherry blossoms. I was going for a funky two tone effect. I sponged half  the card diagonally with rose bud memento ink then stamped the flowers using versamark ink. I heat embossed the flowers with white embossing powder to make them stand out. I stamped the white side of the card using the rose bud ink.  I sprinkled rhinestones around the flowers and the Birthday sentiment in the middle to finish it off :) 

                                                               

 ~ Supplies Used ~

Black Card Base

White Card

Unity Stamp Company - Angie Girl : Dream with your heart

Unity Stamp Company - Happy Birthday

Rhinestones

Memento Tuxedo Black

Memento Rose Bud

Versamark Ink

White Embossing Powder


Thanks for visiting :) 

Friends with Flair 10/18

Happy Friday :) This is my Friends with Flair entry over at the Unity blog. All you need to do is make any project with Unity Stamps and hop over here and add it to the list  :)

This is a very easy card to make. I made a card base from coloured card stock. Stamped the imaged diagonally using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I did the same for the sentiment then added it to white card to create a border. I added some rhinestones to finish it off  :)

                                                      ~ Supplies Used ~

                                             Recollections Teal Card

                    Flower Stamp - Unity Stamp Co Angie girl ~ Dream with you heart

                          Thanks- Unity Stamp Co ~ The simple things stamp set

                                               White Embossing Powder
                                                      VersaMark Ink
                                                         Rhinestones

                                                  ~ Thanks for Visiting ~

Roses & Lace

Happy Wednesday I am home today recovering from a wisdom tooth I had removed yesterday ouch! So I thought I get my mind off the pain and get creative. I have been wanting to take part in the Unity Be Inspired card challenge for a while so today is a good day to make my card nothing like last minute :) Today is the last day to enter if you want to take part hop on over to here :)

     My card is loosely based on this design

                                                                         Supplies

                                      Unity Stamp Co - Angie Girl : Dream With Your Heart

                                                           Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

                                                Martha Stewart Hydrangea 3 in 1 Punch

                                                     Tim Holtz Distress Marker- Tattered Rose

                                               Paper Studio Paper Stack - Kirby Teesdale

                                                                            Lace

                                                                        Kraft Card 

                                                                          Ribbon

                                                                            Pearl

I stamped the girl onto kraft card with memento ink then cut her out. I adhered the lace to the card for her dress and a wee piece of ribbon as a belt. I then coloured the top with the distress marker. I punched some flowers and added a tiny pearl to finish it off. I stuck her onto a sheet of pretty paper from the Paper stack. I added the sentiment then mounted it on to a kraft card base.  How pretty is she?? :)

 Thanks for visiting - Have a blessed day :)

Tag 7

I'm still doing tags this is day 7. I must admit I am getting addicted to making them :)  Today's tag is a mish mash of stamps again. I like to mix them up a bit. I really like this sentiment God's timing is perfect, Trust it. You can find it here and the other stamp set is The simple things you can find that here also. I love that stamp set it is so versatile. 

I really like making borders with stamps so I did that again with this tag. I took some purple card stock and cut out a tag. I stamped all around using Versamark ink in then added white embossing powder and set it with the heat gun. I then stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on to white card and then cut it out. I went around the edges with Colorbox silver ink then glued them onto the tag. I went around the whole tag with the silver ink also and it created a very soft border.  I added a few rhinestones and some white ribbon and it was done :)

Friday Tag at Unity

Day 5 of my tag making I must admit I have enjoyed making tags.  I never thought I would since I have been strictly a card girl :) Today I went with flowers and butterflies I had to get them in there somewhere :) Feel the Joy and A Friend Loveth Itty Bittys were used in today's tag. 

 

I used a piece of coloured card stock and cut out a tag shape. I stamped the flowers with versamark ink then added white embossing powder and set it with the heat gun. I did the same thing with the small butterfly and then cut it out and glued just the body on the tag and curled the wings to give it some dimension. I then went around the whole tag with white pigment ink to give it a border then very lighty sponged over the top. I then added some bling to the little butterfly and some white ribbon to finish it off  :) 

 

Tag Challenge

Happy Monday :) It's my day off today I got up early to do my housework this morning. I thought I would check my email first then signed onto Facebook. BAD idea!!! I saw the tag challenge on the Unity show and tell page just had to take part :)  I have never done a tag before. I only had really small ones so decided to take the template and just make it bigger.

My inspiration was some card stock I got from Michaels craft store a few months ago. It was a cherry blossom tree. I just love Cherry blossoms :) So I pulled out my faithful flower stamp from the Angie Girl : Dream with your heart set. It reminds me of cherry blossoms I use this all the time. I then searched my stash of Unity stamps for a nice sentiment. I  wanted something with HOPE in it. I found the While I breath, I hope stamp from The simple things stamp set. I love the word hope it keeps me going in my faith when times are tough.

I stamped the flowers and the sentiment using Memento rich cocoa ink. The sentiment is one long sentence so I had to stamp it on sections to fit on the tag. I then used some acrylic paint to for the flowers. It was looking a little plain so I then stamped the whole tag with Memento Angel pink with a scrunched up paper towel. I added some small pearls for the centre of the flowers and some pink and brown ribbon.

  

 Here is the finished tag I love it and there are no butterflies in sight :) 

Here it is beside my inspirational cardstock :) 

Thanks for visiting :)

Happy Friday

Hello It has been a while since I last blogged. We have moved into a small apartment temporarily and have no crafting space aghhh :( So I'm taking over my kitchen counter it is now my new craft area until I can find a folding table :)

So I  just had to do another butterfly card :) Just because I love them. I did a similar card like this it was called dream big you can see it here. I used the same stamps only varied the layout and added colour :) I love turquoise it reminds me of the sea.  So here is my FWF Entry if you want to join go the Unity blogspot here

Supplies Used

Angie Girl : Dream with your heart
Itty Bitty Dream Big
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
ColorBox Turquoise/Aqua pigment ink