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 - Emotions Unfolded Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have my version of a card I saw on Unity's Blog September 21 by Lisa Arana.  There is a video in the blog post showing how the card was made, which is so cool!  It used some techniques I had only heard about like distress ink "smooshing" and coloring with mica powders. If you are interested in seeing the techniques the blog link is above. 

I had just bought the stamp, Unity "Emotions Unfolded", the silicone mat she used was in my stash yet to opened and I ended up getting the distress ink pads and mica powders on Amazon.  The distress inks I used were Peeled Paint (green color), Broken China (blue color) and Gather Twigs (used on the edges).

The Peeled Paint and Broken China inks were smeared on the silicone pad and spritzed with water.  I used a piece of clear acetate to pick up the ink and transfer it to the image. The edges were aged with the Gather Twigs ink and a blending brush.  There was a good tip in the video regarding the mica powder. She added some blue and blue/green mica powders in a paint tray to create a custom color and spritzed it with water.  Then she added a drop of glue in the mixed mica paint as a binder, so the mica pigment would not rub off if touched.  It works...such a great tip.  The custom mica color was applied using a paint brush.  

The butterfly was stamped on a separate piece of cardstock, colored with distress ink and then painted with mica.  Then the wing was cut out and glued to the body and the edge of the wing is "popped" with a pop dot.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders "Garden Sentiments".

I used 3 scraps of patterned papers, My Minds Eye "Breeze", which had the right blues and greens.  The edges were torn and aged with Gather Twigs ink.  The edges of the base card were also inked.  I popped front panel with the image.

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Blessing,

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