Unity - What the Cluck Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the birthday card I made for my high school girlfriends.  I loved this Unity set when it came out last year. I got it when it was on sale last year and finally used it!  The set is called "What the Cluck?!".  

I attended an online card marking summit back in January and the focus was using your scraps.   I have a plastic bin next to my work desk where I started keeping my scraps this year. These cards were made with patterned paper scraps and I think they turned out great. I made 4.25 x 5.5" panels with the patchwork and sewed over the seams.  Then mounted the stitched panel on a cream base card. 

The image was stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.

Copic Colors: E21, E23, E25, R46, YR14, YR16, YR18, B01, YG95

I cut the image with a stitched rectangle die, then aged it with PTI ink, Fine Linen, Kraft and Cocoa Bean ink and blending brush.  I stamped the sentiment on a fishtail banner and aged it with ink.  The circle and 55 are from a Spellbinders die set "Happy Birthday with Numbers" from 2018, retired unfortunately.

Here is a second card with a different color scheme:

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Blessings,
Deb

Unity - All Lit Up Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a fun birthday card, using Unity All Lit Up.  I used some watercolor paper and stamped the Happy Birthday image with the balloons.  I stamped the balloons on a piece of white cardstock and colored them with Copic Markers.  I fussy cut out the colored balloons and paper pieced them on the main watercolor paper image.

I looked through my patterned and found a paper pad Paper Studios The Basics which had a rainbow of bright colors with different patterns.  I chose a blue and yellow polka dot and green stripe that matched the colors of balloons. and created a stripe background. 

Copic Colors: Y19, Y21, Y35, Y38, RV11, RV15, B01, B04, YG21, YG23 

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Cheesy Birthday

 

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have another birthday card using a super punny stamp set from Unity Stamps called "Cheese Chat".  I thought this would be a funny card for family and friends who live outside Wisconsin.  

I recently cleaned my craftroom and discovered cardstock on my shelf that I had forgotten was there because there were boxes in front of it.  It was the smooth Bazzill cardstock The Angel Company carried the last year or so, which means it has been on my shelf over 15 years.  Can that be possible?  

I found from yellow Bazzill Grapefruit Bliss and created a stenciled background, which looks like cheese.  The stencil was one I got in a set from Amazon several years ago.  The ink I used was PTI Summer Sunrise.  I've seen card samples with a partially stenciled background that fades out, so I thought I would give it a try.  The sentiment is stamped on Pineapple Bliss Bazzill cardstock and cut with DieNamics Circle STAX Set 1 & 2.  Matted the sentiment and the background with PTI Black cardstock.  

The Cheese and grater image was colored with Copic Markers.

Copic Colors:  Y17, Y21, Y38, E31, E33, E37, W1, W3, W4, R39

I cut the colored image with a edge die from DieNamics - Stitched Basics Edges.  I'm finding all kinds fun of things in my craftroom. 

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Blessing,

Deb

Stamping Bella - Grace the Graduate

Happy Saturday!

It is graduation party season and that is what I'm doing today.  This is the card I made for the graduate, using Stamping Bella - Grace the Graduate.  

It's a stamp set I had in my stash and I used it 7 years ago for one of nieces who was graduating from college.  This is the first card I made with a colored gown rather than black...Love the royal blue!  Erica had a golden yellow sash and cords.  I thought about using cross stitch floss to create the cord, but in the end I just used some ribbon to represent them both.

The image is colored with Copic markers.

Copic Colors: B12, B14, B16, B18; G12, G14, G09; Y32, Y35, Y38

E00, E11, E21, E30, E31, E33, BG000; YR21, YR23, YR24

Since my sewing machine is functional again I matted the image on golden yellow Bazzill cardstock and stitch around the border, switching from a straight single stitch to a zig-zag on 3 of the sides.

This is actually the second card I made.  The first was in purple, which I don't know where that came from.  I had a picture of Erica from graduation in blue and gold and pulled out the purple Copic markers.

Copic Markers: V09, V12, V15, V17; YG63, YG67

Patterned papers are TAC Maggie

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Blessings to you

Deb

 

Unity - Peony Ledger Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card using a stamp set from Unity called Peony Ledger.  The image is colored with Copic Markers.  The papers are from The Paper Studio - The Basics.  I chose 3 papers from the pad and made a patchwork.  

I have not done sewing on my cards in quite awhile. My sewing machine wasn't working quite right and I hadn't taken the time to troubleshoot the problem, but with some help from YouTube I got it threaded and tensioned correctly.

Added the sewed patchwork to a white base card and the stitched banner with the Happy Birthday sentiment.

Copic Colors: RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14; 

YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; YR12, YR14; B000

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Level Up Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card I made for our nephew who turned 40 this week.  I thought this stamp set from Unity - Level Up was perfect.  I remember getting him Gameboy games for his birthday 25-30 years ago, so this image had all the nostalgia along with a fun gaming sentiment. 

I stamped the Loading image on white cardstock then used DieNamics - Stitched Basics Edges die to create the angle cut.  Used a stitch banner die for the sentiment.  I added a stenciled chevron in Soft Stone ink to the white cardstock.  The Gameboy image was colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut out and adhered to the front panel with pop dots.  The base card is white.  I added a piece of blue Bazzill cardstock, then added the white front panel with the image and sentiment.

The second card uses the same layout and the gaming controller from the same stamp set. I fussy cut the controller out, so the plug was free and wrapped around the sentiment.  A fun detail I saw on a Unity card sample for this set.

Copic Colors:  B14, B16, Y32, Y35, R14, R46, W1, W2, W3, 0

Cardstock: Bazzill Loganberry Pie, PTI White

Ink: PTI Soft Stone

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Bot you a Present - Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have a couple more cards I made with Unity - Bot you a Present.  Similar layout to the Valentine's day card from last month, I changed the die cut to a scallop and base card to PTI Aqua Mist.  The patterned papers are Unity - Love Notes.  I added a sentiment from the stamp set to make it a birthday card.

A third card using patterned paper scraps.

The image is colored with Copic Markers.

Copic Colors: BG11, W0, W1, W2, W3, W7, 

R00, R32, R35, R37, YG05, YG06

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Sweet as Honey Birthday 2

Happy Saturday! 

Today, I have a birthday card I made using a Unity Stamp Set "Sweet as Honey".  The patterned paper and cardstock is from PaperTrey ink, Amethyst Allure.

I stamped the flowers in the lower corner and colored it with Copic markers.

Colors - Flowers: V12, V15, V17; Leaves: YG93, YG95, YG97; 

Background: B0000, B000, B01, E40, E41 

Added some White Gel pen dots to the flowers.

The birthday sentiment is from a set called Blooming Branches from Technique Tuesday, which closed a couple years ago.

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Blessings,

Deb 

Unity - Plane and Simple Birthday

 
Happy Saturday!

Today I have a fun set from Unity Stamps "Plane and Simple", which I bought during their big Labor Day sale. These planes are so fun and this card was made for our grand-nephew for his 6th birthday.  

I stamped the 3 planes on white cardstock, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut them out.  Then, I laid the colored images out on the cloud paper and stamped the loopy trail, so I would know where to stamp the plane.  Then I popped the colored planes with double stick foam tape and placed them over the stamped plane images.

Copic Colors: R35, R37, B41, B45, YR21, YR23, W2

The main panel is matted with PaperTrey Ink Black and Pure Poppy cardstock and added to the white base card.  The sentiment is from a Technique Tuesday (shop closed) set called Blooming Branches (retired).

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Blessings, 
Deb

Unity - Winged Expressions Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card I made with Uniquely Unity July stamp of the Month  - Winged Expressions.  I used a paper pad from My Mind's Eye "Graceful"; 4 different patterns from this paper pad.  

I stamped the image on a piece of yellow patterned paper and colored the butterfly with Copic markers.  Colors: R56, R81, R83, R85, BG72, BG75.

I tore the edges top and bottom and layered it on a couple more patterned papers with torn edges.  This layering technique is a great way use leftover paper scraps.

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Blessings,

Deb

Unity - Sweet as Honey Birthday

Happy Saturday! 

Today, I have a birthday card I made using a Unity Stamp Set "Sweet as Honey".  I paired the flower image with a paper pad from My Mind's Eye "Graceful", which has some pretty purples, greens and blues.

I stamped the flowers in the lower corner and colored it with Copic markers.

Colors - Flowers: V12, V15, V17; Leaves: YG93, YG95, YG97; 

Background: B0000, B000, B01, E40, E41 

Added some White Gel pen dots to the flowers.

Close Up:

The birthday sentiment is from a set called Blooming Branches from Technique Tuesday, which closed a couple years ago.

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Blessings,

Deb