Friends of Unity August Blog Hop

 Hey there… long time no see! Back after a break and getting back into the crafting mind space! Here for another Friends of Unity Blog Hop, this time, focused on friendship!

So, a reminder - comment on blogs in the hop to be eligible to win some Unity goodies from our stash! My last FOU hop was in May and I promised to do a giveaway that month. Since I’m just back participating, I’m going to now announce my May Winner…. Congrats to

Jodie Powers

Pm me and I’ll get out a package in the next 2 weeks! Congrats again! I will be doing another giveaway this month as well…so be sure to comment!

My first card shows off my rusty skills along with a yearning to try out my old collage skills. For this card, I used March 2024’s Love and Good Vibes kit. I ended up using a combo of watercolors and markers on the image. I pulled out a very old Prima paper pad, called Romance Novel for the background and ephemera pieces I cut from the pad. I stamped the sentiment from the kit on scrap paper and distressed all the paper edges. I randomly cut and adhered paper scraps to the cards background. To complete the card, I added twine and enamel dots. I think it came out okay and somewhat interesting.

 

 On the second card, I used Unity’s Hello Fresh Start kit. I stamped the image using a Hero Arts Contour ink on Kraft paper. I then found and pulled out a pretty random sheet of paper from my stash, that I decided to use as color inspiration and a background. After finding some Netflix pics, I proceeded to color it in! Okay, it took awhile as it was a lot more detailed than I was prepared for… but I finally finished! I did end up using a little brown pen for detailing the image.

I decided I wanted the background paper to show through, so I fussy cut the image down. I then found a Simon Says Stamp Privet Branch wafer die I could use to augment the card. I found a coordinating navy sheet I could as a base on the ivory card base and for die cutting. I also used Kraft and tan paper scraps to add more branches for variation. I white embossed the sentiment and finally added lace and navy sequins to complete the card. Ended up creating a busy card, but hopefully pleasing to the eye! I at least got to practice coloring and die cutting!

Hope these cards provided some ideas for friendship cards! 

Thanks for stopping by… reminder to comment on blogs for a chance to win goodies (especially mine😊)! Now, on to the rest of the hop!

You may have come here from:

Tammy’s Blog

Next up is:

Rachel’s Blog

Or, you can start from the beginning with:

Crystal’s Blog