Happy July 4th and our 250th anniversary month! What a perfect way to celebrate these commemorative moments than with our Friends of Unity color palette theme! Note, in conjunction to our hop, there is going to be a color challenge going up on Unity’s Show and Tell Facebook group. So, enter your creations for a chance at winning a prize!
Before I begin, I wanted to congratulate
Debbie Owens,
my winner from last month’s hop. Please PM me your address and I’ll get a package out to you shortly. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I began this first card by stamping the image from Slow Bloom Society onto watercolor paper. I then used masking fluid to “mask” out the floral areas to leave them white. I then proceeded to paint the background with red and blue stripes. I had already matched the colors to a retired Unity paper pack which I used for backing. After using an eraser to remove the dried masking fluid, I watercolored the florals. I ended up adding white pen stamens and outlining the branches. To embellish the card, I added white (slightly colored in) Tim Holtz die cut florals, enamel dots, and red ribbon. I can’t remember which set I used for the sentiment, that I white embossed.
For the second card, I pulled out Love Truly and Blessed and Happy Everything kits. For inspiration, I found some very old star patterned acetate, a red and blue one. I cut them down and used narrow double sided tape to adhere them together. I then adhered those to a white card base and added a red border. After using coordinating inks to stamp the tag, I cut down another 2 tags in matching paper colors and added a red and blue ribbon. I then inked “BIRTHDAY” and added the 3 tier “happy” sentiment. Red and blue enamel dots were added to this one.
So, finally, I created a celebratory set of ATC’s. Since I always create 2 different sets to send out, I also included a description of the second (non-Unity based) ATC’s as I didn’t want to create another blog post…lazy, I know! So, I used an old SMAK kit for the woman image on these and the Looking Up set on the background. I had already pulled out an old vintage Tim Holtz paper to use as the background. I stamped the image using a red, blue and green ink (green to mute the other 2 colors) to match the paper. I embossed the stars using a glittery red powder on the background. I added Tim Holtz stars using embossing paste and stencil. I then pulled out and used ephemera and using the Unity paper above created stars for embellishment. I used an Ellen Hudson sentiment die and a Gina K die to mount the sentiment. Finally, I added striped string.
The next set has no Unity elements. So, as I was searching through my large ephemera stack, I found these ladies and, more importantly, the Eastman Kodak Co. ephemera piece on the top right ATC. So, a little about me… I’m originally from Rochester, NY, birthplace of Kodak (1888). Check out George Eastman for photography history if interested. At its peak… during my formative years, it employed 145,000 employees, 60,000 in Rochester alone (now down to under 4K, but that’s another story). My parents, my brother and sister, uncles, friends’ parents, etc… all worked there…I did too summers home from college. So, this was a … gotcha moment…had to use it. That, along with some lovely ladies, and a Hampton Art camera stamp and Bo Bunny film clip die formed the basis of this set. I used an old cut up recipe paper for the background and added a bunch of ephemera pieces, black string and Tim Holtz sentiments to complete these. Must admit…these were fun to do and nostalgic.
Well, that’s a rap… another month done! Hope you got some inspiration from these for the Color challenge and thanks for humoring my last ATC set. Now…remember to play along with the Color Challenge on Facebook for a chance at winning some goodies.
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