GIU Post #3 - Everyone You Meet!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I am really enjoying my Growing In Unity week!  My next card uses one of my all time favorite Unity Stamp Co. stamps... Everyone You Meet!  Actually it's my favorite quote/saying and something that I really try my best to remember.  

For my stamped panel, I used the watercolor smooshing method to apply my color.  I started with a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  To apply  Peacock Feather and Picked Raspberry Distress ink, I  smooshed the mini cubes directly onto the wax paper and then misted it with my Distress Sprayer.  I then misted my Bristol Smooth Cardstock and pressed the wax paper ink side down onto it.  I used a heat tool to dry it and then reapplied the inks until I was happy with my background.  Once I had the panel completely dry, I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then clear heat embossed it. I used a bit more of the Picked Raspberry as well as Peeled Paint Distress Ink and an Aqua Painter to paint in the flowers.  My Stampin' Up! Lots of Labels Dies were used to cut out the sentiment and then cut another larger label out of Tempting Turquoise Cardstock.  I tied a piece of Black and White Gingham Ribbon around the Turquoise Label and then attached the sentiment label over it with foam tape.  My card base is 110# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock that measured 11" x 4 1/4" and was scored at 5 1/2" for a top folding note card.  I used a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to cut the rounded corner on the upper right and lower left corner.  My patterned paper measured 4" x 5 1/4" and was rounded the same as the card base and adhered with Fast Fuse.    I also used Fast Fuse to adhere the label layers since it is a strong adhesive and holds well.  I finished this one off by adding some Lucy's Little Things Rainbow Jewels onto the cardfront with Multi Medium Matt adhesive.   I think it turned out super cute and I hope you liked it!  

Remember at the end of the week, I will be drawing 2 winners that have commented on my posts.  I hope you are feeling lucky!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #87 - Kindness! Unity Stamp Co. Everyone You Meet

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope your weekend has been have as beautiful as ours was and that your week is off to a fabulous start!  This week over at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have a Kindness Challenge!  I really believe that the world could use a whole lot more of that, don't you?  

I was going through my stamps so see which ones I had with the word Kind or Kindness and I found that awesome stamp from Unity Stamp Co. called "Everyone You Meet" that I had bought and not used yet.  Seriously .. this is just about my favorite saying and I was happy to finally ink it up!

Do you ever make backgrounds and then not use them for their intended purpose?  I do that a lot but I always save them and today I was able to use one of them on this card.  I used Distress Inks to create it and since it's been a while since I made it, I don't remember the exact colors but I believe the Orange in it is Spiced Marmalade.   I used a Mama Elephant Basic Creative Cuts die to diecut the background and heat embossed the fabulous Unity sentiment in black on it.  I used the Stampin' Up! Botanical Builder Framelits to add the leaves and flowers.  I wanted to keep this one fairly simple as it is really all about the awesome sentiment.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Blessings, Tina