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

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 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

Another journal page

I've been busy using Unity stamps to make another journal page. This one is in a lovely hardback book I found in a charity shop.

I prepared the background using gesso and acrylic paint and then used stamps from Unity store kits - "Moments in Bloom" and "Naturally You" available in the shop here some of which I coloured with Faber Castell pens and some I left.

The large quote is one from the Quote Bundle Pack and the "live a good life" stamp is from the "Life Becoming" kit also available in the shop.

Materials used:

old hardback book

Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink

Claudine Hellmuth gesso,

acrylic paints, Faber Castell Big Brush pens

As always, thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

Tattered Chicken Wire tags

Today I have a couple of tags to share using the fab Tattered Chicken Wire stamp by Christy Tomlinson for Unity Stamps and available in the shop here.

I coloured the tags using Dylusions inks before using the stamp to create the backgrounds.

For the first tag I stamped on to the inked background with water to create the texture and then stamped the quote - an {ippity} stamp:

Materials used:

Dylusions inks, black Versafine ink

Unity/Christy Tomlinson stamp (as above), {ippity} quote stamp

metal brad and charm, Vintaj patina inks

ribbons.

For the second tag I again used the stamp to create the background but this time stamped it using black Versafine ink. The sentiment is from the Unity store kit "Life Becoming" available in the shop here:

Materials used:
Dylusions inks, black Versafine ink
Unity/Christy Tomlinson stamp, Unity sentiment stamp (as above)
image from Lisa's Altered Art
metal flower (from repurposed necklace), Vintaj patina inks
lace


As always, thanks for visiting!
Jo xx

ATCs Unity style

Today I've been making ATCs using Unity stamps from the store kits "Quiet Essence" and "Life Becoming" available in the shop here.

I used various mediums to make the bakgrounds - distress inks for one, oil pastels for another and chalk pastels for the third. Prismacolor pencils were used to colour in the details:

Materials used:

scrap cardstock,

Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink, Ranger Distress inks

Pentel oil pastels, Reeves chalk pastels,

Prismacolor pencils

Thanks for visiting and Happy Mother's Day to all!!

Jo xx

Born to fly

Morning All! I've got a 'mash up' of Unity stamps for you today:

 Stamps: Itty Bitty Adventurous

Store Kit Life Becoming

Bella Blvd Mr Boy

Throw is some copic markers.....and voila!

Have a happy Friday,

Butterfly Love

Today's make is a tag using stamps from Unity store kits - Key to Joy and Life Becoming both available in the store here.

I coloured the tag using Ranger Distress stains and then stamped the key background using Distress ink. I then coloured another piece of card with more distress stains and stamped the butterfly on it before cutting it out. The quote from the Key to Joy set was stamped on to more card coloured with distress stains and white drawing ink.

Materials used:

Unity kits (as above), Ranger Distress stains, Ranger Distress inks, brown Versafine ink, white drawing ink

Wild Orchid paper roses, Basic Grey rub-ons

cotton lace, ribbons, beaded embellishment,

As always, thanks for visiting!!
Jo xx

More Quiet Essence!

Good morning!
Today I have a couple of Tags to show you.....
I love playing with backgrounds and also trying to get as much 'mileage' as I can out of my stamps!

I have used one of my favourite Unity Store Kits 'Quiet Essence' available from the lovely Emily here

It's ages since I used my Brayer so I thought I'd have a little 'inky' play! Here is what I came up with.....

This the first one that I made! A little bit PINK, but also with some touches of my favourite Orange!

Ah, much more 'me' I think!

I used 'Big an' Juicy' pads for my brayering.....something else I have had for ages and not played very much with!!

I scrunched a piece of copy paper and then smoothed it out and ran the inky brayer across it, so that the the ink on the brayer took the crease of the paper onto the ink and then I rolled! I think it's more noticeable on the 2nd tag...

I used the little bacground stamp to add a bit more texture....using the same ink pad.

Isn't that sentiment fantastic? Stamped, clear embossed and highlighted with Glossy Accents. The Flower is coloured with ProMarkers and also Glossy Accented!

The little Bird is off the  'Life Becoming' kit also available here stamped onto shrink plastic...love him!

All that was left for me to do was a little doodling round the edge and add a little ribbon...

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

Oh and don't forget, our 'Get 'Em While You Can' Blog Hop is open until Saturday and me and my teamies have some great giveaways!

She xx

Grow Your Wings!

Hi there, what another beautiful day!
I want to share one of my favourite things today...made with some of my favourite stamps! An Inky Stampy Tag!
This Tag is HUGE!!...Must measure and take a template before I use the last one, as I have no idea where I got them from!!

I have used 'Life Becoming' one of the Unity Store kits, available from the lovely Emily here and of course my very favourite kit 'The Artist In You'  available here had to make an appearance!!! I 'swooshed' some Distress Inks onto my craft sheet and sprayed water onto them and then dipped my Tag in several times, drying between each layer with my heat tool....

The images are all clear embossed (well it wouldn't be me if they weren't, would it??!!) I put the ribbon between 2 metal holders a little way from the bottom as I had a gap between the leaves and the foliage stamps!

I have gone over the Tag with Perfect Pearls, which gives it a lovely shimmery effect..which can't be seen too well in the photo...

The Butterfly is coloured with the Perfect Pearls...just made a paint of them with my water brush...

I just added some Primas and a little Glossy Accents and I was done!

I hope you like it, thanks for looking and I'll see you soon.....Enjoy the sunshine!!

She xx

Life Becoming!

Morning! What a lovely Monday morning it is too....
Today I'd like to show you  a really quick and easy card...

I have used 2 of the Unity Store Kits, 'Life Becoming' and 'Quiet Essence' available from the lovely Emily here  I started with a 6"x6" card blank and covered it with patterned paper (I think PaperMania) and I used the lovely Scroll stamp from my most favourite kit...'The Artist In You', again available from Emily here stamped in Sage Distress Ink...I really don't know what I'd do without this kit, it's so useful! The Frame is stamped and embossed and I've just stamped and clear embossed the Sentiment. The Flower is stamped on to printed paper (K&CO this time!) twice and layered, with just a little Glossy Accents in the middle..

It is ages since I shared an Inky project with you....so I thought I'd share a Tag today....

I had so much fun making this! Didn't have any idea what I had in mind when I started, just knew which stamps and inks I wanted to use! I have used the very same kits as in the card....see that Scroll has made another appearance! I stamped and clear embossed the background stamp and one of the Flowers, then coloured all over with Distress Stains and blended Distress Inks over the top. I then 'water splattered' stamped the Bird and embossed again! The Flower is stamped onto the same paper as before and layered.
I have just embossed the Scrolls and top of the Tag with White embossing powder. All that was left was to add some ribbon!
And there you have it! Two different things using the same stamps! I love how versatile Unity stamps are!

Thanks for looking, have a good Monday and I'll see you soon.

She xx

Using Unity Store Kits

I've been making cards again. You guessed that, right? All of a sudden I can't get enough of them. I'm so glad that I didn't give up on card making when it all seemed so hard!

Stamps from Unity's Life Becoming

Stamps from Unity's Quiet Essence and Lawn Fawn's Sophie's Sentiments

I think these dinky, little numbers are suitable for lots of occasions. Perfect for stashing away for unexpected moments of panic - I have lots of gift wrapping moments of panic!

Birdy tag

I have a tag to share with you today using the 3 Unity store kits - Moments in Bloom, Quiet Essence and Life Becoming.

I covered the tag using papers before stamping the quote stamp from "Moments in Bloom" and part of the background stamp from "Quiet Essence".

I stamped the bird from "Life Becoming" on to shrink plastic using Stazon ink and then added them to the tag. Lace, ribbons and some roses cut from patterned paper were then added as final embellishments.

Materials used:

cardstock, Crate Paper Portrait papers

Unity stamps (as above), Versafine ink, Stazon ink, shrink plastic

lace, ribbon

As always, thanks for visiting

Jo xx

Stay Cool

I've made a layout for a change this week using a couple of the Unity store kits available here.

I started by cutting a piece of watercolour paper to 8.5" x 11" and then stamped the background stamp from "Quiet Essence" a few times down the side using Marvy pens. I then lightly misted with water to give the watery effect
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I used the "enjoy this day" stamp from "Life Becoming" which I stamped on to the photo using black Stazon ink and then used the "Be Unique" stamp from "Naturally You" up in the top right corner and also stamped with Stazon.

Finally I used the corner flourish stamp from "Naturally You" on the top corner of the title.

Materials used:

watercolour paper, DCWV paper

Unity stamps (as above), Marvy pens, black Stazon, black Versafine ink

Scrapworks Hugz, white Signo pen.

Jo x

Butterfly hanging

One of my favourite Unity store kits...Life Becoming is on special offer in the shop at the moment along with Quiet Essence for the grand total of just £20!! I've used the butterfly stamp in the kit for today's project...a mini wallhanging.

I started by colouring plain calico using alcohol inks and then stamped the image using black ink. I then embellished the calico with sequins and then sewed it on to a felt backing before adding the lace. The final step was to add the ribbon and beads to enable it to be hung:

Materials used:
calico, felt
Unity stamp (as above), Ranger alcohol inks, Stazon ink
sequins, beads, cotton lace, satin ribbon.

Jo xx

Tweet tweet!!

I don't know about you but I'm loving all the bird stamps that are around at the moment and have been using them a fair bit. Today I've got a couple of bird cards to show you.

The first card uses a stamp from the Unity June store kit. I made a collage of papers and stamped the bird on to patterned paper before cutting it out.

Materials used:
DCWV cardstock, 7Gypsies Conservatory papers
Unity June store kit, black Versafine ink
Prima lace, ribbon and flowers.

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My second card uses the bird stamp from Unity's Just Be You kit. This time I stamped the image directly on to patterned paper which I used as the main background for the card.

Materials used:
DCWV cardstock, Webster's Pages paper
Unity stamp, black Versafine ink
lace, pompom trim, paper roses

I love all the birds and butterflies stamps available at the moment and think that they are so versatile!!

Jo x

Everything Matters

My card today uses 2 stamps from Unity's June kit Life Becoming. I stamped the frame using a pearlescent Brilliance ink and the sentiment using brown Memento ink.

Materials used: Papermania paper, Unity stamps, Brilliance Pearlescent ink, Memento ink, Wild Orchid Crafts paper roses. Kaisercraft adhesive pearls.

Enjoy this day

Today I have a quick 8" x 8" scrapbook layout to show you using stamps from the June Unity store kit.

I used a base of October Afternoon grid paper and stamped the floral stamp straight on to it using Memento ink before colouring it with Promarkers. The frame stamp was also stamped directly on the paper with Memento ink and then I journalled inside it. The "enjoy this day" stamp was then stamped down alongside the photo.

Materials used: October Afternoon papers (Fly a Kite collection), Unity June store kit, Memento ink, Promarkers, Joy Crafts butterfly die, black gel pen.