Welcome to the start of 2025 and a new Friends of Unity Blog Hop! The theme this month is now a fav of mine!
First card was started by collecting all my Valentine paper scraps from the various pads I’ve collected over the year. I started cutting them down into strips and adhering the strips to a red solid paper. I found a set of heart doilies I could use that I picked up several years ago. I decided to look through my stash for heart stamps when a lightbulb went off and I realized I could create my own with a Unity heart die and a floral stamp. I found the perfect stamp in the very old Membership kit called Love the Little Things from 2013! After clear embossing the image onto watercolor paper, I watercolored the image using coordinating colors. I then die cut the image out and adhered it to the heart doily. I used the Heart of Autumn stamp set and die to create the “happy” in the sentiment! I added shading to the word with both watercolor and pen and backed the image with red paper. Finally, I used another random kit to white emboss the Valentine’s Day sentiment, backed it all with blue paper and called the card done.
Pretty happy with how that one turned out!
For the second card, I used another very old membership kit called Everyday Fairytale from 2012! I coupled this one with an older Prima paper collection called Love Clippings. I started by clear embossing the ink stamped image on a ribbed watercolor paper. I then added a bit of watercolor for contrast. After cutting down the background papers, I distressed the edges of one of them and added ephemera pieces I cut out of the paper pad. I stamped the banner from the kit on leftover paper and added ink to the banner florals and dots on the corners. I also ink blended the edges and down the center to give dimension to the banner. I stamped a sentiment that I received in a Unity mystery bag in the center. I used dies on the floral image and a random tan scrap paper. I then used a pen to add dots around the scrap paper. Finally, to complete the card, I added a tan clear vellum strip, pink pearls and a red embossed arrow chipboard piece.
Pretty happy with this one as well and think I’ve knocked it out of the park with using old stuff! 🤣
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I just LOVE your love cards!! Beautiful coloring, as always! The stripes and doily are so perfect on your first card. I love the scrabble tiles on the second! I'm a huge scrabble nerd. lol TFS!
ReplyDeleteThese are both so amazing! Love the use of scraps! ;) Need to organize and get some scraps used up myself! Saving these for later inspiration! ;)
ReplyDeleteI just love your watercolored flowers! What a stunning card. And I love the vintage vibe of the 2nd card and it almost looks like a postcard. Love them both!!
ReplyDeleteOoooo I LOVE your Valentines! The colors are gorgeous! Love the 2nd and vintage feel!
ReplyDeleteLovely LOVE cards Joyce! Love the vintage vibe!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I love the paper strip background and doily on the first card. Then I REALLY love the vintage look with the ticket on the second card. Beautifully created Joyce!
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