Throwback Thursday

Hello,hello and happy Throwback Thursday folks!

In case you didn't know,it is Goodbye Unity week,where the DT will be showcasing some of their favourite Unity stamps as they bid them farewell. You can find all the shops Unity stamps right here in the discontinued section,and you can add UNITY25 in the discount code at checkout for an awesome 25% off any Unity Itty Bitty or larger set.

Today's card is using the butterfly stamp from the gorgeous Life Becoming set. 

I started by stamping the image in Archival onto a watercolour paper square. I spritzed Distress inks onto the butterfly and then misted liberally with water,added some Frantage and heat set it. 

 Then I stamped the image again onto vellum,heat set it and cut it our. Using alcohol inks I carefully coloured the back of the image (the alcohol with shift the black Archival if used on top of the black,so always colour the underside). I swiped the butterfly through some glitter dust and glued the body onto the card.

I hope it inspires you to go have a look at the true versatility of Unity-this type of card would also look awesome with the Itty Bitty dragonfly here

Have a great day!

Lou x

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

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

Born to fly

Evening everyone! Friday afternoon has allowed some much needed craft time for me and I've had another play with the gorgeous Christy Tomlinson 'She Leaped' stamp. I've teamed it today with a sentiment from the Unity Store Kit 'Life Becoming' and my usual favourite.....lots of stitching!

 Paper: Bird Song by Mindy Terasawa

Thanks for dropping in,

Grow Your Wings

Evening All! I'm flyng in to show you an experimental card I've made using Unity's Life Becoming Store Kit. I've stamped the image and used acrylic paints to colour:

Be sure to come back tomorrow to join in our 'Get 'Em While You Can' blog hop where we'll be showcasing some awesome stamps that will soon be unavailable!

Hope to see you then!

Enjoy This Day

I've used two Unity Store Kits that compliment each other perfectly for today's card:

Life Becoming

Quiet Essence

 I've paper pieced the flower and heat embossed the sentiment.

Other materials: paper from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Collection, Sizzix Pillow Box Die, Sizzix Traditional Tags Die, Small 'Enjoy' stamp from My Cute Stamps 'Matryoshka Doll' set (which is probably my most used stamp!).

Thanks for dropping in,