Pencils on Kraft

Hello, it's Jo again but this time I thought I'd try something different from my usual and go for a Clean and Simple (CAS) card.

I stamped the flowers from Unity's Quiet Essence kit on to kraft cardstock using brown Memento ink and then coloured the image using Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment from Unity's "A Mother's Love" kit was then stamped, again using the Memento ink.

Thanks for visiting

Jo xx

Mother's Day

Yes, it's nearly that time again....Mother's Day (here in the UK) is next weekend so I've been busy making the first of 2 cards that I need...this one being for my lovely mother-in-law who loves all things butterflies.

I used the Unity store kit "A Mother's Love" available in the shop here. The frame stamp was inked using Faber Castell big brush pens toa llow the patterned paper to show through the ink and then the sentiment was stamped using Versafine black ink:

Materials used:
Kraft cardstock, MME papers
Unity stamps (as above), Faber Castell brush pens, Versafine black ink
Prima flower
lace, vintage button

Now for some great news......Emily and baby Ivy are now back home and doing well but please remember that orders may still take longer than usual to arrive.

Jo xx

With Sympathy and Love....

Hi there!
Today I have one of my large Tags to show you.....

I have used a Big 'N' Juicy pad to brayer the background. I then used some sprays through a little piece of stitching plastic to create the little square texture. I have used the Unity store kit 'With Sympathy' available as always from Emily here. I have also used the background stamp from another Unity store kit.... 'A Mother's Love' again available from Emily here  I have used it at the top of the tag and then sprayed over. The little flowers are just cut from another Tag, where I have inked the background stamp all over and clear embossed it and coloured with my Distress Inks and then sprayed a gold spray over the top.

Thanks for looking, I will, hopefully be back soon.

She xx

A Mother's Love!

Hello and a happy Monday to you!
Gosh Monday's come around quickly! I have a Tag to share with you today.....
Here is how it started out..

And with the aid of some fantastic stamps and ink....here is how it turned out...

I used the Unity store kit 'A Mother's Love' available from the lovely Emily here

I used the background stamp all over the background and stamped (with my non to clean VersaMark!) and clear embossed it. I then blended a couple of colours of Distress Ink over it. The message was stamped and clear embossed with the same DIs onto a seperate piece of card and mounted on 3D foam. The Butterfly is coloured with DIs onot shrink plastic.

To make the Flowers I just did the same with another Tag only using darker colours and spraying with a mixture of Distress Re-Inkers and Perfect Pearls. I used White embossing instead of clear too.. I then just cut them with a small circle punch and scrunched them up...

Thanks for looking. I hope you have a good day and I'll see you soon...

She xxx

Mother's Day tag

Today I have a quick and simple tag to show you, using the Unity kit A Mother's Love, just in time for Mother's Day next Sunday.

I started by cutting a tag from scrap cardstock and then covering it with the patterned paper before sewing around the edge. I also added some beaded drop trim and a decorative brad. I then stamped the butterfly on to a lightly patterned paper and cut it out and adhered to the tag and added a vintage glass buton to the centre

I stamped  the sentiment and cut it out and added the ribbons.

Materials used:
scrap cardstock, Prima Madeline papers
Unity stamps (as above), Versafine sepia ink
beaded trim, vintage glass button, brad, organza ribbons

Daughter

Today I have a quick 8" x 8" layout to show you using two floral stamps from the Unity November Store Kit - A Mother's Love.

I randomly stamped the flowers, using grey Memento ink, on to a piece of white card before colouring them with Promarkers to make a backing paper which I then layered on a piece of textured cardstock. I also stamped a few extra flowerrs which I cut out and attached with foam pads to give some added dimension.

Materials used:
DCWV cardstock, white card
Unity stamps (as above), grey Memento ink, Promarkers
Fancy Pants ribbon, American Crafts Thickers, DCWV transparency quote, Kaiser rhinestones

I Love You Mum

Another card from me using the kit - "A Mother's Love" which is half of the November Store kit.

I stamped and embossed the "frame" stamp on to the pink paper before adding the sentiment. As this is an American stamp it originally said "i love you mom" but with a little masking I managed to stamp "i love you mum".

The butterfly stamp from the set was stamped using black Stazon ink on to shrink plastic and then coloured with chalk before shrinking.

Materials used:
Papermill cardstock, Basic Grey Curio patterned papers, Pink Paislee Sweetness paper
Unity stamps (as above), Versamark ink, black embossing powder, shrink plastic, black Stazon ink, Deluxe Designs ink
Crafty Notions Rainbow Drops, black cotton lace.

A Mother's Love

 

My card for today is made using stamps from the November 2010 Unity kit - A Mother's Love, available here.
I stamped and heat embossed the butterfly stamp and coloured in with Promarkers, also stamped and embossed one of the sentiments.  The bps are My Minds Eye and I co-ordinated the embellishments - card candy, Primas and a foam bird.

Materials
Stamps - Unity
Inks - Chalk ink, Promarkers
Papers - My Minds Eye
Other - Primas, Card Candy, foam bird, adhesive gems,

Dear Friend

My card today is made using stamps from the lovely new November kit by Unity, A Mother's Love available here.  I made a CAS card, simply stamping one of the images in Vintage Sepia Versamark and stamping one of the sentiments onto it.  I just added a ribbon and some metallic nailheads to finish.

Materials
Stamps - Unity
Inks - Versafine

Other - ribbon, metallic nailheads

A Mother's Love

Here's another card from me using the gorgeous Unity November store kit. The stamps used are from the "A Mother's Love" part of the kit.

I stamped the large "teardrop" stamp straight on to the cardstock and then embossed using Moonglow embossing powder. The sentiment was stamped on to a co-ordinating cardstock and embossed with lilac embossing powder before being matted on a corrugated cardstock and rhinestones added.

Materials used:

DCWV cardstock, Bazzill cardstock

Unity stamps (as above), Versamark ink, Moonglow embossing powder, lilac embossing powder

satin ribbon, rhinestones.

Dear Friend

Have you seen the gorgeous Unity November store kit?  The stamps are just gorgeous and so versatile.

My card today uses 2 stamps from the "A Mother's Love" part of the kit.

I covered the card base with the text paper and then a panel of the ledger paper before cutting out the flowery element from another sheet of paper. I stamped using brown ink on to a lightly patterned paper and then used a pink ink to type the sentiment.

Materials used:
7Gypsies test paper (Conservatory), Pink Paislee Sweetness papers
Unity stamps (as above), brown Memento ink, pink Brilliance ink
Kaisercraft rhinestones. satin ribbon