My heart is breaking. I just had to do something today to relieve stress and express myself… and so… this happened. Used the beautiful Unity stamp kit, Stories to Tell, to create this card… not a great card, but heartfelt.
Keep thoughts and prayers in mind for all. Stay safe!
It was time to create a birthday card for a very close, sister, from another mother, friend. I knew I wanted to hand paint a portion of the card, but didn’t have anything in mind. Then, I found an old Petal Lane Bo Bunny printed vellum sheet that had this pretty green and pink design with gold hearts on it. I knew I needed to watercolor a flower and leaves piece that I could combine with it. And so… the rest is history! I watercolored the design shown on the card, inspired by the vellum print.
I die cut papers I had that complemented the watercolored flower and vellum print. I also used tiny hearts from Unity’s Heart Flutter kit with gold embossing powder to mimic the design on the vellum. I gold embossed the sentiment using Unity’s Wayward Florals kit.
To complete the card, I added a matching bow and gold heart crystals. Hope she likes this card and it cheers her up as the day before her birthday, her husband goes in for open heart surgery. My heart goes out to her and her husband and here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.
Well, enough for now, till next time… take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
Welcome back to another Friends of Unity Blog Hop! Our theme this month - a card sketch, which I took a little license with! Hopefully… my cards pass the sketch test!
Before I start, I wanted to congratulate Karen Ladd on winning some of my Unity goodies from last month’s post! Please PM me your address so I can forward out a small package in the next week or so! And thanks again for stopping by last month… I so appreciate the comments!
Remember to comment on each blog in the hop for a chance at winning goodies this month from others in the group!
I started the first card by stamping a background stamp from Unity’s Life is a Celebration KOM on watercolor paper with distressed inks. I then proceeded to add Pink Magical powder to the paper and spritzing it with water. I also sprayed the paper with a Tattered Angels fuchsia mist. After drying the paper, I white embossed the floral heart from Unity’s I Feel Love KOM in several places. I then added color to the flowers and accentuated the branches using a mixture of TCM powder watercolors, in Merlot and Purple, and a Brea Reese Red ink. I also enhanced the bands from the background stamp to make the background more interesting. Finally, I used the script stamp from the same kit and white embossed that all over. It’s a bit of a mess, but I still like it. I then cut the paper down, and inked the edges. I backed that with both white and patterned paper from my stash. I covered another strip of the same paper with mini Washi tapes to add the side edge. Finally, I embossed a sentiment from the Love is Grand sentiment kit. I mounted the card front on a violet colored card.
To create the second card, I pulled out the 2 hearts from the same I Feel Love kit. I first embossed the large hearts with the Kitsch Flamingo Oxide ink and embossing powder. I then used a pink Gina K ink with the smaller heart. To create the side band, I embossed the strip stamp from the same sentiment kit from above using the oxide ink and powder. I cut down the papers and added gray pen beaded lines attaching the hearts to the top and added a beaded line on the side strip. I backed all pieces with black paper and mounted then on patterned paper. I then attached the whole card front to a black card. Finally, clear embossed a gray stamped XOXO from Always Been You KOM and created a tag to attach to the card. I added clear hearts all over.
Must admit, now that my craft room is complete, I’m in the process of a huge destash prior to putting all my supplies away. This process has seriously impacted my crafting time…so I am getting rusty. Hopefully, though, I have provided some inspiration to spark your creativity! Thanks for stopping by!
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