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.

SumMoreFun Monthly Challenge #1

SumMoreFun

New Monthly

Challenge #1

A New challenge is up on the
 SumMoreFun blog today.

There are some big changes with this challenge so read on carefully!

From this challenge onward we will be moving to one challenge a month.

Each challenge will have a theme, this may be a technique for you to try or a physical theme.

 We are no longer expecting you to link your blog post to our challenge post.

 We have a great new Facebook fan group called SumMore Fun Creations For Fun's Sake. 

All entries should be placed in the album labelled Monthly Challenge #1 26th Oct in this group which can be found by clicking the link above.

This means even if you don't have a blog you can now join in!!

On to our first monthly challenge:

This month's theme is All Dressed Up so get your Halloween designs added!

Here is my project to inspire you.

Using Raisin Boats Canines in Costumes I made this cute card.
I stamped my image and colored it.
I added my layers of paper behind and decided to add a little texture with that same onion bag from last weeks project.
This set is adorable and you can get it at the link below. 

Here is the set I used.

https://www.victorineoriginals.com/products/canines-in-costume-9252-z

This is my last Challenge post for SumMoreFun for a while.  I am taking a break due to personal reasons.
I hope to be back soon with you all.  But I'm not sure how long that will be as of Yet!!
Make sure you keep up with all the new challenge posts at SumMoreFun!!

Make sure you head over and join in the fun by linking up for your chance to WIN $20 towards Victorine Originals stamps or Raisin Boat stamps.

If you don't have any, you can order them here.
And guess what...
How about a discount code for you to use?

10% off!! WOOT!!!
Click the link below and the code will already be added.
https://victorine-originals.myshopify.com/discount/AMY10

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Amy

Thinking of you Tag

Thinking of you Tag

Good Morning crafty friends.
I am up on the SumMoreFun blog
today for my last personal post for them for a bit to share a
Tag I made using Crocus Craving .

I cut my tag shape using a embossed paper.
I used Tim Holtz Oxide inks to create my background.
I added some texture with fishnet. (actually an onion bag)
I stamped my images, colored and fussy cut them out and applied them to my tag.
I then took another piece of embossed cardstock, added Oxide ink and stamped my sentiment.

Also... Dont forget to join in our Challenge going on right now

Its a sketch challenge this go round.

Head over and link up for your chance to WIN $20 towards Victorine Originals stamps or Raisin Boat stamps.
If you dont have any, you can order them here.
And guess what...
How about a discount code for you to use?

10% off!! WOOT!!!
Click the link below and the code will already be added.
https://victorine-originals.myshopify.com/discount/AMY10

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Amy

Sketch Challenge SumMoreFun

SumMoreFun

Sketch Challenge

A New challenge is up on the
 SumMoreFun blog today.

We have decided to switch things up.
We are now doing some different and fun challenges.

This challenge will be a sketch to follow.
See all rules and details on the SumMoreFun blog.

For this challenge we have decided to use a sketch:

Pretty simple right?
Well. Yeah.. But for some that dont normally do sketches it can be a little tough.

I'm not a sketch person.
But was still able to come up with a little something

Here is my project to inspire you.

I started out using the New Crocus Craving set from the New Release.
I stamped my image and colored it using my gel pens.
I then used my circle punch to punch around the flower.
I also added some purple around it to make it pop from the white behind it.
I chose my papers. Which are a pretty pale and actually from a Christmas collection.
After deciding which colors go where everything fell into place.
Cutting my papers down to match the sketch.
I decided to use the sentiment with sympathy.
I think my mind knew I needed one of these cards coming very soon, since my fur baby isnt doing so well And I know she isnt going to be with us anymore.
That is what is so great with this set. You can use the seperate words to create a bunch of sentiments.
Although I dont think I will be giving this card to myself.  I will need one sometime to send out.

Make sure you head over and join in the fun by linking up for your chance to WIN $20 towards Victorine Originals stamps or Raisin Boat stamps.

 You can also order them here.
And guess what...
How about a discount code for you to use?

10% off!! WOOT!!!
Click the link below and the code will already be added.
https://victorine-originals.myshopify.com/discount/AMY10

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Amy

New Release BLOG HOP!!!

Good Morning!! Today is the day!! Yay!!

Make sure you comment on all the Design Team members blogs and the SumMoreFun blog for your chance to be a winner. 

Check out all the New Releases below and follow the links to get yours today!!

For today I have used the Crocus Craving set.

Here is my small canvas to inspire you.

For my background I used Unicorn Spit and just played with it.
I love the way it turned out.
I stamped directly on my canvas when it was dry.
 I decided to make my flowers pop off the canvas as I usually do more 3D anyway.
I stamped my flowers and fussy cut them out. I colored them lighter since the background was dark.
I also used the sentiment from the set.

Now keep reading to see all the new sets and to hop!!

Here are all the New Releases!!!

Amazing right??

Get yours here.

Here is the Full Croucus Craving set.

Isn't it beautiful??

As a thank you for just being here, take $5.00 off any order $10.00 or more at www.summorefun.com with the code: NEWRELEASE.

Now to the blog hop to celebrate. Hop through everyone's blogs and make sure to leave comments on everyone's pages. Each comment gets you another entry to win 6 Distress Oxide pads in the colors of your choice! (Retail value of $35.94)

 There are 48 colors to choose from. Which will you pick?
We'll announce the winner on October 15th on the SumMoreFun blog.

Ready to start hopping? These are all the lovely people who are joined us in creating.

Here is the link back to the SumMoreFun blog in case you get lost.

SumMoreFun blog

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Amy

An InLinkz Link-up

New Release Sneak Peek Day 1 Crocus Craving

The new release is Thursday, October 11th!

We have four new sets we can't wait to introduce you to. It's only four days away.
Make sure you stop by the SumMore fun blog every day for all the new release sneak peeks and projects by all the Design Team members.
Available to see full sets buy on Release Day!!!
We are having a BLOG HOP on Thursday for all the new releases and for your chance to win, make sure you come join in the fun!!

In the mean time, check out my project idea for Crocus Craving!

Isnt this stamp amazing??
So pretty, right?
I started off by stamping my image.
I used two different color inks.
I colored my image in highlights.
I layered my paper behind and added a piece of lace ribbon to it.

Remember this stamp and the rest of the set are available to buy this Thursday on release day.

I will be back also on Thursday for Our Blog HOP!!!
With all the new releases!!

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Amy