Friends of Unity Blog Hop - Found in Nature

 

Hi crafty friends!! 

Welcome back for another Friends of Unity Blog Hop! This month we are inspiring you with nature-themed cards using our favorite Unity Stamps! Crystal kicked things off with some gorgeous cards, as always (if you want to go start at the beginning - go here) 

 It was a tough decision on just what red rubber I wanted to use, because there are SO many wonderful choices! I had fun with this cue, and I hope we inspire YOU to grab something from your crafty stash and create some beautiful cards to brighten someone's day! 

Before I share this month's designs - I have a special Unity gift Card to give away to one lucky person who popped by last month. I celebrated a "big" birthday and I wanted to give someone a little Unity of their own! 

Carla (from Arizona) ;) CONGRATULATIONS! You are the lucky winner! You can message me via FB messenger @ Forever Amber's Art  to claim your gift card!

Here is what I designed this month for you! 

This stamp from Unity called Grow. Transform. Evolve has some beautiful bee images that I wanted to color up.  I used Copics in Y19, Y17, Y13 and then fussy-cut them. 

I planned a completely different card for them, but I spotted an idea on Pinterest with a "bee-hive" and an idea formed. So I inked up a watercolor panel with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Fossilized Amber and then used an embossing folder (SU). The Scallop & Arches nesting dies were used to cut the window from the wood pattern paper. 

I then assembled everything and popped up my bees and the sentiment for more dimension. 

Next up, I decided to play with butterflies ;) 

I used my cloud stencil and laid out the background and then inked up Endlessly Beautiful for this nature card. 

I have had this stamp for a long time, and can you believe I have never used it?! Not sure what I was thinking - it's gorgeous! 

I colored with Copics again - a plethora of colors - B00, BG11, YG13, YG06, G20, E00, Y02, and Y000. I played with a fun die from All & Create (#32)  and just added a few sequins. 

Finally, a clean and simple card for this month's cue. 

This sweet and simple card was an afterthought but the stamp set called Going to be okay was too pretty to pass by for this month's cue.

The image and sentiment were inked up with Versafine ink in Onyx Black and the sweet birdies were colored with Tim Holtz Watercolor pencils in Picked Raspberry, Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap. I colored direct to paper and then used an Aqua painter blend and soften the color vs wetting the pencils first. 

I had my postage stamp dies out for another project I have on the go and I had a scrap of vellum to use up. It was embossed with an embossing folder called Timber from SU!. I layered everything with dimensionals to pop it up. I love how it turned out! 

I hope you check out all of the stops along the Hop this month and see what my friends have designed for you! There is so much inspiration and our cues (I hope) inspire YOU to create a card for two as well! 

Next up is the AMAZING Tammy ....  so do check out her cards here! 

Peace, Love n Ink 

Amber