Growing in Unity Day 5

 

Good Morning!! Welcome to day 4 of GIU!!  Today I'm sharing a Canvas I made. I honestly wasn't sure what I had in mind to do.  I just sat a blank canvas in front of me and started sketching away.  I sketched out a broken clock and decided I hadn't tried some pens I bought a while back and I should see what they were about. So I just started coloring and shading away and this is what I came up with.  

At first I wasn't sure I was shading right with the pens because I wasn't seeing the blending right away but just kept going. Switching back and forth with each color I found what worked well together and what didn't.  After my clock was finished I went back with a small pen and added cracks.  I then shaded those cracks.  

I decided that I had to add a little bit of my style in there and grabbed my Finnabair paints and added a cool background.  I started looking thru my sentiment stamps to see which one fit what I just created and the perfect one flip out on the table. "You don't know how beautiful you are, do you?"  I thought about it and stated that actually fits.  A broken clock, beautiful???  In the right person's eyes.  Yes. It sure is!!! I also decide to add a few more positive sentiments as well.  Because the world needs more positive thoughts.

I hope you enjoyed today's project as well as the last 4 days. It has been a pleasure to be this week's Growing in Unity Gal. Thank you Unity for the wonder opportunity.  And Thank you for all the amazing Stamps you make for us to create with. 

I will be choosing my 2 winners this weekend. So get your comments in to have the chance at a $20 GC to Unity Stamp Company!!!! 

I will announce my winners here on my blog and on the Growing in Unity FB page. Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments. 

Big hugs to you all

Amy

Products used:

Unity Stamp Company: Capture life, Wish Big, Thank you for your (Kindness), You really don't know stamps.

Self Made Creative: duel tip Markers - Cool gray colors

Prima-Finnabair: Art Alchemy Metallique Emerald Green and Deep Waters.

Growing in Unity Day 4

 

Good Morning everyone. Today I am sharing two tags I made.  I started out by using gesso on my tags so my colors I was going to use would show. These tags were brown in color and would not hold much color if I tried to add it without gesso.  Gesso also helps so any liquid doesn't just soak straight into the tag. 

After the gesso dried, I started playing with Ken Oliver's liquid watercolor.  Adding a little water to help the liquid flow.  After I was happy with the colors I used my heat tool to dry them and set the color in.  I chose to make both of them different. The first one with an older, rustic look and the second with a very colorful look. The second one I also decided to add to the background and used a stencil in black ink using my blending brushes. 

 I used Unity Stamp Companies Feel the Joy stamp.  It comes with a flower stamp and a sentiment.  So I used both. One on each tag. Since the rustic tag is lighter in color I stamped directly on the tag.  The other I stamped on some white cardstock to make it pop.  

I hope you enjoyed my project today.  My week is coming to an end so tomorrow's post will be my last day. Make sure your getting those comments in on each day of my blog posts so you get the chance to win!!! 

I will be selecting winners soon.  2 winners will get $20 GC to Unity!!! 

See you all tomorrow.

Hugs

Amy

Products used:

Unity Stamp Company: Feel the Joy stamp

Dusty Attic: Burlap Stencil

Ken Oliver: Liquid watercolor

Burnt Umber, Lemon yellow, Cadmium Scarlet, Cerulean Blue, Alizarin Crimson.

Art Basics: Heavy Gesso

Ranger Ink: Archival black ink

Growing in Unity Day 3

 

Good Morning!! We are officially on Day 3 of GIU and today I am sharing a simple card I made playing around again with my blender brushes.  The stencil is so pretty and made a wonderful background.  

I started out by blending the ink thru the stencil and added darker spots on purpose to give it that water colour look.   I found that going in circles with my brush helped blend from dark to light. 

I then stamped my sentiment from Unity Stamp Company, layered another color behind it to make it pop and added some twine and flowers from my stash. 

A pretty simple yet fun card to make. 

I hope to see you all tomorrow. 

Remember to leave a comment herr on the blog each day this week to be in the running to win!! 2 winners for a $20 GC will be picked at the end of the week. 

Hugs

Amy

Products used:

Unity Stamp Company: Go out Stamp

Picket Fence Stencil - Fancy Flourishes

Picket Fence Studios: blending brushes

Catherine Pooler: Suede Shoes ink pad

Growing in Unity Day 2

 

Good Morning!  I'm here for day 2 of my Growing in Unity week.  Today I have a card to share.  It has a little mixed media feel to it.  And a sentiment that is so true.  "Change is never easy. You fight to hold on and you fight to let go."

In so many situations this can be true.  We all have dealt with the smallest having to let go moments but its the big ones that stay with you forever.  

I started out by using my stencil and my blending brushes. I placed my stencil over the card, I suggest taping it down using a less sticky tape like washi tape.  I, however just held it in place because the stencil was bigger than my paper.  I blended the ink around in a circle with my brush until I was happy with the color.  I then used a paper glaze medium to go over the outside of the design to get some texture. 

After it was dry I decided to use some distress crayons to distress the background just a little by rubbing it on with my finger. 

I stamped my sentiment and added a little color behind to make it pop. I finished it off with a metal find from my stash. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Remember to leave a comment each day here on the blog to be in the running to win $20 from Unity Stamp Company.  

I will pick 2 winners from all the comments at the end of the week.  See you all again tomorrow. 

Hugs

Amy

Products used:

Unity Stamp Company: Change sentiment stamp.

Art Anthology: Lattice 6 Stencil

Catherine Pooler: Suede shoes Ink pad

Picket Fence: Paper Glaze - Ocean Poppy

Tim Holtz: Distress Crayons

Ranger Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black

Picket Fence Studios: Blender brushes

Growing in Unity Day 1

   

Good Morning!!!!  I'm here today for day 1 of my Growing in Unity week.  Today I'm sharing a easy mixed media canvas I did using Unity Stamps.  I decide to challenge myself using Sentiment stamps. 

I started with a blank canvas and added some demention using a stencil and modeling paste.  Before letting it dry completely I sprinkled on liquid sparkle from Ken Oliver. Spraying with water until I covered the entire canvas with color. I hold my canvas in the air and move it around to let the excess drip off.  This can be messy so you always want to have you table covered or go outside. 

I then used my heat gun to help the drying process.  You have to be careful as modeling paste will bubble up if you get it to hot under the gun.  Now that my background is complete and dry, I can add some fun layers from my stash. Pretty paper, netting which I also colored and some paper feathers I made a while ago from a mould.  

I stamped using the Sentiment "Love my Tribe" by Unity Stamp Company on some whit cardstock and then burnt the edges, well because I like the look. 

I attached all the pieces and came up with this simple but beautiful canvas. 

Remember to comment on my blog each day this week and I will pick 2 winners at the end of the week to win $20 to Unity Stamp Company for each of the 2 winners. 

That's it for today. Thank you for coming to my blog. I hope I was able to inspire you. See you all tomorrow. 

Hugs

Amy

Products used:

Unity Stamp Company: Love my tribe stamp

Dusty Attic: River Stones stencil

Ken Oliver: Liquid Sparkle Radiate drops

Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink

Finnabair: modeling paste - Opaque matte

Everything else is from my stash.