Dreams of books

I seem to be overrun with cards and tags so decided to make a bookmark for today's post as I'm always needing more of them, with books lying all around the house!!

I started with a base of watercolour paper which I sprayed with Dylusions inks and then stamped the image from Unity's Love Life stamp set using black Memento ink. I then doodled around the edges using Posca paint pens and added a ribbon:

Hope you're having a wonderful day where you are and thanks for visiting!

Jo  xx

Sunny Sunday cards...

A little bit late in the day for my card but it's been stinking hot here and the last thing I've felt like doing is crafting!!

I've made a couple of cards using a stamp from Unity's kit "The Right Words" but coloured the stamp in two different ways:

I hope that you're enjoying the weather wherever you are?!

Thanks for visiting

Jo xx

The secret......

A bit late with this week's card as it's my first bit of crafting this week due to our school summer fayre!

I've used one of my favourite co-ordinating colour schemes of orange and turquoise and dug out my embossing folders.

The sentiment is from Unity's "The Right Words" store kit and stamped using Versamagic chalk ink on to Coredinations cardstock with the heart shaded in with a pastel pencil. 

I hope you're all having a lovely weekend and as always, thanks for visiting!

Jo

Watercolours

I've been busy this week helping to organise our school fair that's happening next week so only had time to make a quick card (well, two quick cards) today.

I've dragged out my neglected Marvy pens and used them to ink up the flower stamp from Unity's Moment's In Bloom kit before spritzing with water and stamping on to watercolour paper.

I also used the pens to ink the sentiment stamps from Unity's The Right Words and Life Becoming but stamped these without spritzing.

As always, thanks for visiting

Jo

Behind the mask

Today I've been playing with some masking tape and chalk inks to make a couple of Unity cards.

I used the Christy Tomlinson Urban Chevron stamp for the card on the left and the sentiment on the right card is from the Bold Insight store kit.

I've then added stickers and a die-cut to embellish.

Now I'm off to try some more masking and inking.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and, as always, thanks for visiting!

Jo

Go With Your Heart tag

Today I've gone back to my tried and tested "shabby chic" style to make a tag to share with you.

I've used the Unity & Authentique Itty Bitty stamp Go With Your Heart which I stamped with Versamark and then embossed with WOW embossing powder on Prima paper. 

I've used die-cuts, lace, Prima pearls, velvet ribbon, organza ribbon and flowers to embellish.

As usual, thanks for visiting us!!

Jo xx

Smeared Ink tag

Today I have a tag to share with you using stamps from 2 Smeared Ink sheets - "As Death" and "Holy City".

Now, I realise these may not be everyone's cup of tea but the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same thing wouldn't it?!

I coloured my tag (made using a thick watercolour paper) using Derwent Artbars which I blended and then used a grey inkpad to stamp the graveyard scene on the tag. I used distress embossing powder around the edges.

I then stamped the church steeple using black ink on to watercolour paper and used the Artbars again but this time as watercolour paints to colour the stamping before cutting out and sticking with foam pads on to the tag.

The saying was also stamped on watercolour paper and given a light watercolour wash over.

Thanks for visiting!
Jo

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

More Unity tags

I have a stack of tags already coloured with either Dylusions inks or distress inks and turned to those today to make a couple of Unity stamps tags.

The main tag was coloured with Dylusions inks and then the sentiment from Bold Insight was stamped using grey Memento ink. The dragonfly from the same set was stamped on to card coloured with distress inks before being cut out and adhered to the tag.

This second tag is slightly smaller but made the same way. The sentiment is from Moments in Bloom and the flowers are from Bold Insight. I added a tiny rhinestone to the centres.

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jo

Love Life canvas

Well, after missing posting last week due to a case of nothing going right with my make I'm back this week to share a canvas with you.

This started off as a 6" x 4" canvas board from The Works (great value at 99p for a pack of 5). 

I coloured the background with Derwent Artbars which I then blended using a baby wipe.

The Love Life stamp from Unity's Love Life set and the butterfly stamp from Unity's Life Becoming set were stamped on to patterned paper then cut out. 

I used K and Co printed die-cuts, metal embellishments , Prima lace, a beaded string from a Christmas decoration and more to embellish.

Thanks for visiting

Jo xx

A royal Unity tag

Today I have a tag to show you on which I have used Unity stamps.

I cut the tag from scrap cardstock and then sprayed it with Dylusions ink sprays before stamping the "She is the Queen" stamp from Just Be You on to it using Memento ink.

I then sprayed some different Dylusions sprays on to another piece of card and then stamped the winged crown stamp, from the same stamp set, on to this and then cut it out.

I used the border from the "I make stuff" stamp from Better Somewhere Today to randomly stamp around the edges of the tag and used a fine paintbrush and the Dylusions to paint the leaves.

I then assembled the tag and added a few beads to the bottom:

Thanks for visiting!

Jo xx

A Unity picnic layout

Hi from Jo!

I have a layout to show you today which uses various Unity stamps:

I used some leaves and foliage stamps on the journalling block and at the bottom of the layout from the Unity  kits Moments in Bloom and Naturally You and stamped these using Versamagic chalk ink.

I also used a couple of sentiment stamps from Life Becoming which I stamped straight on to the photos using Stazon ink.

Thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx

Unity tags

Hello, it's Jo here for my first post for a very long time having had a long break due to loss of mojo!!

I've been playing with distress inks today to make a couple of tags to share with you. I'm quite pleased with how they turned out and they may spur me on to make more!!

I used Unity stamps from Key to Joy and The Right Words.

Both tags were cut from scrap cardstock. I have a box full of tags ready cut in many different colours so I can just dip in when I need them but these were both originally cream.

I used various distress inks to colour the tags and then stamped the key background using distress ink.

The butterfly was stamped on to white cardstock and then coloured using Faber Castell Big Brush pens before being cut out.

The sentiment was also stamped on to white cardstock and then lightly tinted with distress inks. I needed to do a bit of masking with this one as some of the words are very close together and wouldn't cut out square.

For this one I used an old metal key that I painted with Vintaj paint and then used twine to hold it on the tag.

Thanks for visiting and I hope it's not too long until I'm back with more to share with you!!

Jo xx

Wishlist Doilies

Today's project I'm sharing is a journal page on which I've used the Unity/Bella Blvd stamp set Bella Doilies.

I used Derwent Artbars to make a background which I thenn blended with water. I stamped the doilies using various chalk inkpads to create some texture.

The lettering was done using rub-ons which I outlined with a fineliner:

Materials used: Unity stamps (as above), chalk inkpads, Derwent Artbars, Scrapworks Rubz, Letraset fineliner pen, Mamelok scrap.

Jo xx

Just Be You bag charm

I have a bag charm to share with you today using the Life Is Beautiful stamp from the Unity "Just Be You" set.

I stamped the image on to shrink plastic using Stazon ink before cutting it out, adding a punched hole and then colouring with chalk pastels. I then used my heat gun to shrink it before adding a jump ring and then adding it to the bag charm:

Thanks for visiting!

Jo xx

Hindsight tag

Another tag from me this week, this time using stamps from Unity's Bold Insight store kit.

I stamped the sentiment straight on to the patterned paper. The flowers were stamped on to white card and then coloured with Prismacolor pencils before being stuck on with foam pads:

Thanks for visiting

Jo xx

Naturally You tag

I've made a simple tag today using stamps from Unity's Naturally You set.

The tag was cut from scrap cardstock and the cute tortoise stamped using Faber Castell brush pens and coloured in with the same. I added Stickles to the hearts.

The sentiment was also stamped using the same brush pens.

Thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

Alcohol ink and Unity

Better late than never, but I've been busy enjoying the lack of rain with the kids!!

Today I've been playing with my neglected alcohol inks and some Unity stamps to make a couple of cards. Both of them use the same technique:

1. stamp on to glossy cardstock using Versamark ink
2. emboss the stamped image using clear embossing powder
3. add alcohol ink over the image and blend until happy with results
4. place piece of clean paper over the image and heat with an iron until the embossing powder comes off on to clean paper and leaves image on alcohol ink background

My first card uses the Urban Chevron stamp by Christy Tomlinson:

I added a sentiment cut on the Craft Robo and a Prima flower centre.

My second card uses Bella Doilies:

To this one I added a Kaisercraft rub-on sentiment.

As always, thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx

A fixation with fungi

I'm trying to get back in to scrapbooking having completed less than 10 layouts so far this year so today I'm sharing a layout with you on which I've used a stamp from Unity's Naturally You store kit.

When I bought my new camera with my birthday money I found myself taking lots of fungi photos and even now the kids still shout at me every time we see more fungi on our walks.

I stamped the fungi stamp straight on to the layout and then coloured it with Prismacolor pencils:

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jo xx

Butterfly and paint

I'm back using the Flourishes - Butterfly Moments stamps for my card this week.

I used Kraft cardstock and dry-brushed acrylic paint around the edges and at the bottom before stamping the sentiment from the Flourishes set.

I then added a printed die-cut and some premade flowers:

As always, thanks for visiting!

Jo x