Friends of Unity March Blog Hop

 Hello there… its a new month, so welcome to a new blog hop featuring creations with this theme…

If you are new to the hop, we offer giveaways every month from our own stash. To be eligible, you just need to comment on blogs in the hop including your name. We randomly select names when choosing winners. Check out the other blogs for who’s doing giveaway this month!

Now, on to the first card! I paired Stamperia’s Forest papers, with a couple Unity kits, Happy Soul from February 2023, and Difference Maker from December 2023. I stamped the image using Antique Linen onto one of the ~6x3” frames in the kit which already ha$ some foliage on it. I then used my Prismacolor pencils and some pens to color in the image. I fussy cut out the paper and distressed the edges using Scorched Timber ink. I inked up the sentiment with varied brown and green inks and clear embossed it. To fill in behind and around the image I lightly added sprigs of foliage. To complete the card, I used another paper from the pack and added enamel dots. Unfortunately, a couple friends of mine enduring some hard times were on my mind in creating cards this month.

This next card was also inspired by the Stamperia paper which you can see in the background of the photo. I used Jeanie Hays’ Unity Sail With No Limits kit and for the sentiment, Fresh Air and Sunshine from July 2022. I used my watercolors and watercolor paper after stamping the image with Antique Linen. I added pen marks to tighten up lines and inked the sentiment on when done. This time, I embellished the card with twine, metal embellishments and sequins.

Again, I’m hoping this card provides some encouraging words to get outside and enjoy nature when life gets rough! Funny story, I grew up summers on a small lake in upstate NY which is why this image so resonates with me. Well, my first and only attempt at sailing with my 11 year old girlfriend, ended us up at the other end of this 7 mile long lake. Of course, we had to be humiliatingly towed back to the other end by strangers as we had no idea how to tack! Give me a motor or oars any day over sailing…although I do love looking at them from afar! Love, love, love being on the water!

Hope you enjoyed my nature cards…and now on to some spectacular cards from my creative fellow bloggers! You may have ended up here from: 

Gaylynn’s blog 

Next stop on the hop is:

Dawn’s blog

Or, you can start at the top with:

Crystal’s blog