Welcome to August’s Furry Friends Friends of Unity Blog Hop! I must say I stretched this one a bit (with permission, of course) and took the liberty using animal friends of the farm category! (Especially after seeing pics of Jeanie’s son hugging his chicken friends!)
This blog hop, as usual, offers giveaway goodies. To be eligible, please leave a comment on each blog in the hop. Winners are randomly selected and posted on or by the next month’s blog hop. Speaking of, I would like to announce the winner of last month’s hop from my blog, and that’s Rachel Duong! Congratulations! Please PM your address to me within the next 2 weeks and I’ll mail it out promptly.
I used the brand new Funny Farm kit for my first card and a brand new Prima patterned paper pad called Spring Farm House that coordinates beautifully with it! I even cut one of the small matching advertisements from the pad to include inside the card... check it out!
I simply stamped the images and sentiment in coordinating colors and fussy cut them out. I then cut out various papers, backed them with a dark red and started playing with a design. I decided to use a a coordinating piece of corrugated paper and a ribbon to top it off. I added copper crystals to finish the card. This is a really cute stamp set... love it!
The second card was very easy to make. Again, I used corrugated paper to back the images and some random paper to pull in the colors I wanted. The stamp sets used were Barn Wall and New Day Rooster. I stamped the Barn Wall in several different oxide colors and added the same colors to the rooster. Added the same colored copper crystals and matching jute to finish the card.
This blog hop, as usual, offers giveaway goodies. To be eligible, please leave a comment on each blog in the hop. Winners are randomly selected and posted on or by the next month’s blog hop. Speaking of, I would like to announce the winner of last month’s hop from my blog, and that’s Rachel Duong! Congratulations! Please PM your address to me within the next 2 weeks and I’ll mail it out promptly.
I used the brand new Funny Farm kit for my first card and a brand new Prima patterned paper pad called Spring Farm House that coordinates beautifully with it! I even cut one of the small matching advertisements from the pad to include inside the card... check it out!
The second card was very easy to make. Again, I used corrugated paper to back the images and some random paper to pull in the colors I wanted. The stamp sets used were Barn Wall and New Day Rooster. I stamped the Barn Wall in several different oxide colors and added the same colors to the rooster. Added the same colored copper crystals and matching jute to finish the card.
Just to remind everyone, we are not sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of this hop. I and my fellow crafters on this hop are keen users of their products and enjoy focusing our attention on monthly themes where we can showcase a variety of their products - old and new! We use our own stash as giveaways to share our inspiration and ideas with others. Hope you enjoy these efforts as much as we enjoy doing them! If you are interested in my art journey, I invite you to follow me by clicking the follow button, or adding your email!
Now on to the hop:
You are here - Joyce
Awesome use of the
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So pretty.
Carla from Utah
Thank you very much! Love patterned papers!
DeleteOk...this might be my all time fav blog post of yours!!! That farm paper! Perfect!!! And of course chickens make it so fun right?!!!! I let Seth know he inspired you.
ReplyDeleteHehehe.... thought it’d be right up your alley! Thanks Jeanie!
DeleteGreat card! I love the coloring and, well, everything!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Jen!
DeleteTwo awesome cards -- the second one is my favorite with that corrugated paper and raffia ribbon!
ReplyDeleteEsther, thank you! Glad you enjoyed them!
DeleteI love the Earthiness of both cards; they're both very pretty. I love roosters - have a rooster themed kitchen. :-) That is a really sweet stamp set (Funny Farm) and I have & love New Day Rooster.
ReplyDeleteBecca, thank you! They are fun sets, aren’t they! Thanks for hopping with us!
DeleteThe cards are lovely, great use of corrugated card too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Glennis! I love adding texture. And I picked up the corrugated set at Tuesday Morning... seemed the perfect stamps to use them with!
DeleteI love these farm themed cards! They are the perfect rustic look!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Meghan! Very fun sets!
DeleteLove the vintage vibe of this card!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karen! And thanks for hopping with us!
DeleteThese are awesome, Joyce! Farm animals are furry...and these are amazing! I LOVE that patterned paper...I'm going to have to find and get these farm animals now.(lol) I love all your layers and details. And I love the barn wall colors and your coloring of the rooster is amazing! Perfect for our theme! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kim! I had fun using these sets!
DeleteI love your cards. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kelsey and thanks for hopping with us!
DeleteBoth of your cards are awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karen! Hope you enjoyed the hop!
DeleteLove them both
ReplyDeleteThank you and thanks for stopping by!
DeleteWOW!! You rocked these barnyard looking cards!!
ReplyDeleteThat corrugated paper is the bomb!
I know... I picked up the paper at Tuesday Morning... I so love adding texture! Thanks, Robyn!
DeleteLove the layering and papers! Great cards!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise and thanks for hopping along!
DeleteGorgeous! Love funny farm, both stamps are showed off to perfe tion, makes me want to break both sets out right now!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda! They both are very cute sets!
DeleteYay! I just saw I won. Thank you so much. I love this card with the farm animals and the rooster. It reminds me of the country town I grew up in. The papers and colors you used were just perfect for the theme!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Rachel! Glad you liked the cards and thank you for hopping with us!
DeleteBeautiful cards! The Prima paper is absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love that paper! Thanks Dawn!
DeleteI love your cards so much, Joyce! The papers you chose were absolutely perfect... and the designs of your cards are amazing!! Love them!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Crystal! Love patterned and textured paper!
DeleteLove your farmhouse style cards! And I love the corrugated paper layers - great addition!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Amy! I love using patterned and textured papers!
DeleteLove your farm themed cards!❤❤
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karen! And thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI love the papers you used on both cards!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteThese are two great cards! I love your use of the different patterned papers & textures!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Wilma!
DeleteYour stamps and paper paired to make the perfect cards. You have such an awesome knack for that. Love your eye for detail.
ReplyDeleteThe rooster caught my eye right away Joyce. Both cards are awesome. Thanks for sharing these with us. 😍😍
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love the farm themed cards, and that rooster is beautifully colored!
ReplyDeleteYour use of colors and layers make the rustic look to these cards amazing. I am a lover of printed paper too and like how you kept the stamped images simple and let them accent the paper.
ReplyDeleteI kind of have this thing about chickens, so that rooster card is a fave. I really like the papers you used and the vintage farm animals so much!
ReplyDelete❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 these farmyard friends! Your cards are awesome 🙂
ReplyDeleteI love the composition and country look of your cards
ReplyDeleteI really like these country looks. Thanks for sharing.
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