Friends of Unity September Blog Hop

 Hello friends. Oh, it’s so good to be back and feeling crafty! Enjoyed a marvelous European trip where my husband and I visited 5 countries! So refreshed. We thoroughly enjoyed the countryside, the cities and rich history that you can’t help but stumble upon every step! But, I’m back and ready for this month’s hop theme… 

As a reminder, we do giveaways, so be sure to comment on every blog in the hop! And this month, I’ll be doing a giveaway! So, check back next month to see if you are a winner!

I had a lot of fun using my favorite techniques this month, starting off with a mixed media collage and the Revive kit! I started with a mixed media paper and started “collaging” onto it pieces of paper and vellum. I added splatters, Nuvo pigments, pencil marks, white gesso, and acrylic paint. I love this technique as I can just play and relax while doing it.

I then stamped the image onto the dried paper and die cut it. I colored in sections of the image with metallic paint. I then restamped the coffee cup, colored it with metallic pen and fussy cut it out. I die cut 2 Tim Holtz coffee spatters to use as the base of the cup and rounded the cup so it’s raised. After inking the edges,  I added a blue butterfly, twine and black enamel dots to complete the card. I used part of one of the sentiments and another sentiment from a new snarky Unity Kit.

For the next card, I used beautiful Unity paper from Coffee Lovers and the Coffee Lovers stamp kit. Had fun watercoloring the image to match the papers and fussy cutting the donuts out! This card was really easy to create… but the colors of that paper… oh, my, are just awesome!

Finally, last but not least, another favorite technique… colored pencil coloring! This time, I paired One Sip at a Time with a Mintay paper pack, Homemade. I tried something new this time - I used a blue toned drawing paper. Must say, I think it worked out pretty good. I stamped the image with Hero Arts white ink, so that I could see it. What’s kind of fun is, I used a metallic pencil for the cup sleeve, so it stands out. I stamped the sentiment on an image from the pad. Because the image and paper are so pretty, I just embellished them with a pink and a blue ribbon.

Well, hope you enjoyed these cards and find inspiration in the ideas used! I so loved finally using these stamps for a coffee themed event!

Now on to Alaine’s post… ps… don’t forget to leave a comment!

Alaine’s blog

Or, you can start at the beginning, with 

Crystal’s blog

Thanks for stopping by!