Going Wild: Growing in Unity Day 2

 I figured we could just expand upon the techniques and artist used yesterday with two projects for today.

Going Wild

The first is this adorable fall-esque card created with the Going Wild stamp set by yesterday's featured artist, Susan Weckesser. I stacked the cute animals on top of each other and used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color them to coordinate with this adorable patterned paper. A little Spectrum Noir Sparkle overlay and some glossy accents on the owl glasses and this image was complete.

I finished the inside of the card with a strip of leftover patterned paper and some leaves stamped on the edge.

This second card expands upon the ink smooshing from yesterday but I also added embossing paste and heat embossing to create this textured fun card. I even used some ribbon from my stash (GASP!)

Sorry Wine Does That

The texture is easier to see in this photo, it is basically a strip along the edge and just adds additional interest.

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Products used to create these cards:

Going Wild stamp set can be purchased here:

Going Wild

Strathmore Bristol Smooth

Versafine onyx black ink

glossy accents

A Muse Studio button & twine

Lawnfawn patterned paper

Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

         23, 33, 36, 60, 64, 70, 71 & 72

Sorry Wine Does that stamp can be purchased here: 

Wine Does That

Tim Holtz Watercolor Card Stock

Brown Card stock from Michaels

Ribbon from Stash

SSS Ultrafine Antique Gold Embossing Powder

Liquitex Modeling Paste

SSS Large Morrocan Stencil

Ranger Distress Ink

Twisted Citron

Cracked Pistachio 

Unicorns & Rainbows: Growing in Unity Day 1

Hi Everyone, 

My name is Renee and I am one of the Growing in Unity girls for the week. I've been paper crafting for almost 20 years (I just gasped at that too). I started out with scrapbooks when I was pregnant with my oldest son, now almost 19 and have since switched almost exclusively to card making. I love the instant gratification cards bring. 

As I said, I started nearly 20 years ago while pregnant with my first son and just a few short weeks ago my husband and I welcomed collective baby number 7! We are a big blended family and our kids range from almost 19 to 5 weeks old. 

We endured a tragedy in 2013 when our 10 day old daughter Delaney passed away. Since then it has been my sole mission to spread joy and happiness. Although she did not pass away from cancer, I felt the people battling cancer were feeling the same helpless feelings my husband and I were while we watched our daughter struggle and fight. So, I've been sending cards of hope to cancer patients for the last 3 1/2 years, mostly anonymously, always full of love and hope. Unity has been a huge part of this because they carry such an amazing line of cancer stamps (so grateful for that, btw). 

This week I want to focus on techniques and bright fun cards. I hope you enjoy my cards as much as I do. Today's technique is INK SMOOSHING. By pressing the distress ink pads down on a piece of acetate and spritzing the pigment with water and dabbing your paper into the ink pool, you can create some really interesting and beautiful designs, images and backgrounds. 

My first card this week required me to step outside my crafty comfort zone, completely. I'm not usually a fan of ink smooshing because it delivers results that are less than ... controlled... and I'm a pretty clean and simple card maker. The background on this card is rainbow ink smooshing, what else would you think would be appropriate for this super cute Unicorn by Susan Weckesser?

This set is called Unicorns & Rainbows and comes with 6 red rubber stamps. I used three image stamps and the sentiment to create this card.

I paper pieced the cute unicorn and cloud onto the background, colored the rainbow with some fun copic markers and added some sparkle to the unicorn. How much fun is this card!












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The products used to create this bright and cheery card are:

Unity Stamp Co Unicorns & Rainbows available here:
Unicorns & Rainbows

Ranger Distress Inks:
Candied Apple
Carved Pumpkin
Mustard Seed
Lucky Clover
Blueprint Sketch
Wilted Violet

Additional Products Used:
A Muse Studio Landscape die- cloud border
Mama Elephant Die- Park Ave. Frame
Copic Markers- Rainbow colors
PPP sequins
Tim Holtz water color paper
Spectrum noir sparkle overlay pen