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

Friendship Tag............

Hi there.......

She  here to show you my latest make...........

I have used a couple of Unity kits for my Tag........

My Quote came from 'The Right Words' and my gorgeous Butterfly and Key background are from the 'Key To Joy'  kit........

It's no secret that my favourite colour is Orange!!! Always makes me smile :-).......So I started with that as my base.........my favourite and most used Distress Ink colours were used for my base. I then stamped the Keys with Aged Mahogany. After making sure this was dry I ran it through my bug in one of my embossing folders.

I had half a Tag left from another make (don't ask!! I never throw anything away!!) this was already stamped and coloured so I used my gorgeous Butterfly and then glamour dusted him.....Don't like glitter, so this is great as it gives just a hint of bling!!

I just added some ribbon and Liquid Pearl blobs and squiggles!


Thanks for looking and I'll see you soon......

She xx

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

Feel the joy

Feel the joy is the name if the stamp i used for my card today.

Its an Itty Bitty from unity.

I love any stamp with these style of flowers.

Normally i would use them as a silhouette but today i wanted a different look.

 I started by colouring the card using distress inks.

Then i coloured the stamp using zig pens before stamping onto the coloured panel.

Once the images were stamped i used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the flowers and stems.

The sentiment is from a Unity store kit called The right words.

Thanks for looking.

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

A Baby is......

For a change today I decided to stamp on fabric to make my card.

 I inked the sentiment stamp from Unity's store kit "The Right Words" available in the shop here using my Faber Castell big brush pens and then stamped straight on to the pink gingham fabric. I then sewed around this before fraying the edges and then stuck it on to a thick piece of card as a backing before adding it to the card.

The flower was made from organza and then I added a button to the centre.

Materials used:

American Crafts cardstock

Unity stamp (as above), Faber Castell big brush marker

fabrics, pleated ribbon, organza

Dress me Up button, vintage flower button.

As always, thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx

Bee a friend!!

My card today uses a stamp each from the Unity sets One Precious Life and The Right Words available here.

I stamped the sentiment on to patterned paper and then trimmed it before mounting on black card. I chose to make it a different shape rather than the usual square or rectangle. The bee was also stamped on to patterned paper before cutting out and sticking to the card.

Materials used:
Papermania cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers
Unity stamps (as above), black Versafine ink
Doodlebug ribbon, CraftWork brad
cotton lace.


Before I leave, you may want to check out the shop where there is an August Sale going on!!!

3 simply adorable kids.... (& a reminder)

Today I have a layout to share with you using various Unity stamps. I used thick watercolour paper as a base and used Neocolor II watercolour crayons to create the coloured background.

I used a floral stamp from Unity's "Quiet Essence" set (here) to stamp on more watercolour paper and then used watercolour pencils to colour it before cutting it out and layering with foam pads.

The "it's all worth it" stamp is from the Unity set "One Precious Life" (here).

The fern stamp is from the Unity set "Moments in Bloom" (here).

The "blessings" stamp is from the Unity set "The Right Words" (here).

The faux stitching is from the Unity set "Key to Joy" (here)

The "simply adorable" and butterfly are from  old Unity sets.

 

Materials used:

watercolour paper, Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons and watercolour pencils, black fineliner

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

American Crafts Thickers

DCWV rub-on.

Thanks for visiting!!

Jo xx

Before I go can I thank everyone that took part in our "get em while you can" blog hop. Please remember to check out the DT blogs today as we'll be announcing winners of our giveaways and we wouldn't want you to miss out!!!

A birthday tag

Today I have a birthday tag to share with you using a sentiment stamp from Unity's "The Right Words" available from the shop here.

I covered a tag using papers by SEI and cut out the streamer and party hat from patterned paper. The sentiment was stamped using Memento ink on to white card and then coloured with Promarkers. After colouring I decided that the white background was too bright so used an ivory marker to cover it.

Materials used:
SEI papers
Unity stamp (as above), brown Memento ink, Promarkers
My Mind's Eye buttons
pompom trim and organza ribbon.


Don't forget that our "Get em while you can" blog hop is still ongoing. Have a look here!

Thanks for visiting!
Jo xx