Monday, January 29, 2018

Growing in Unity day 1

Welcome to my Growing In Unity week.  Remember to comment every day and you will be entered into a drawing for a Unity prize pack!





Supplies Used:

  • Unity Stamp Company Out On a Limb  If you hurry it still may be on sale!
  • Canson 98 lb Mixed Media paper
  • "Wonky Rectangles" die set by Gina Marie
  • Zig Clean Color Real Brush
    (Yellow Green, Geranium Red, Pale Gray,Shadow Mauve, Olive Green, Haze Blue, Light Blue)
  • American Crafts red &white baker's twine
  • Bazzill Basics Paper- "Buttons" button
  • Polka Dot washi tape by The Paper Studio
  • Patterned Paper:"Stationery Noted" by Teresa Collins
  • Gemstones by The Paper Studio ( I colored them using Copic marker R27-Cadmium Red)
  • Black cotton thread
  • Craft card base measuring 4 x 5.5
  • Tombo Xtreme permanent adhesive  
Any questions, please feel free to ask! 

Thanks for joining me today.  I hope you come back tomorrow for some more inspiration and craft chat.


42 comments:

  1. Adorable card Annie. Great coloring. Love your post. You always make me smile.

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  2. Umm, I hate you and I love you. This card is so flipping cute. I love the little black border that sets it off.

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  3. Such a great card. Love your description of yourself, also. I like the red and white.

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  4. Oh my Goorsh! Love this layout, look cr the colors and the little button touch. Very pretty.

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  5. Great card! I love the colors. Yeah, yeah the card is great, but your bio is even better. Such valuable advice and so witty. Maybe you can create a set of sentiments for Unity stamps. I know they would be awesome.

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  6. Great card! I really like how you combined your layers. So eye appealing! :)

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  7. Really cute card! I love all the fun layers! And there's really nothing cuter than a bowl of cherries!

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  8. That is a delightful card - I love it

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  9. What a cheerful card. I love it.

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  10. Cute, cute , cute! LOVE the addition of the music paper - Really adds a wonderful color contrast!

    Sammibug (Samantha Jackson-Houp on Facebook)

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  11. So cute. I like you coloring and choice of papers.

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  12. Great balance! I love how you design!

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  13. Love your card, so cheerful and bright.

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  14. Isn't that Wonky Rectangle Die by Gina Marie the best! Great choice there for sure.
    Nice display!

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  15. Great card! Nice stamp set. Love the layout design and the coloring!

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  16. Lovely fruty card,it looks so gorgeous.

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  17. I love the card! It's bright and cheery and great use of pattern paper!

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  18. Love this! It’s so cute. I got some wonky dies recently, I gotta try them out. Thanks for the inspiration. Oh and loved your into haha

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  19. Great card, I laughed so much at your bio. This is the reason Unity is the best of the best! Keep being you.

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  20. This card is adorable!!! Thanks for also mentioning the die used, I have wondered what that was called as I’ve seen it used a few times lately. Really adds some great texture. Awesome card and your bio on Unity was a great read!!

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  21. Well, not only is your card creative, so is your introduction post! Loved every single minute of it. Super fun! Looking forward to a week full of inspiration & laughter (a free bonus, right?!).

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  22. Fun card! Love your colors, love the way you set up the picture too. Fun intro too- fun & looking forward to your GIU week!

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  23. Nice! I like the use of white space with the fruit, something that is hard for me to do!

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  24. I think I love everything you do Annie. So cute!

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  25. love this - makes me glad I ordered the “wonky rectangles” die!

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  26. Love the painting...music papsr...love!y!!!

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  27. I like how you colored the image and colored over the shadowed areas of the stamp around the bowl. The papers add some whimsy to the card! I've only used this stamp once. Thanks for reminding me to ink it up again.

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  28. So cute! I love anything with cherries. I think they are graphically very interesting. May need to get this set now...

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  29. That's a great card! Love your coloring on the cherries. The cherries bring so many memories of home in the Okanagan Valley <3

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  30. Like the use of your background paper.

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  31. So pretty. I love the mix of pattern papers. Lovely design.

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  32. I simply love your coloring!! Such happy color choices and the way you leave the highlights (like on the cherries) looks so great!! Your embellies, paper choices. . . I just love everything about this card ;)

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  33. Love your painting, especially the cherries; I was thinking of getting that stamp myself! Very cute card with cheerful colors!

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  34. This is super cute!!!- love the red white and blue and the way you put this all together!!!-

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  35. Love the mix you used here. Your intro is great too. I always look forward to seeing your creations on the Unity page.

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