Mug Hugz

Hello Nomad friends.  Bit dreary here today.  I think autumn has a firm grip.  A good day to craft.  Mr Mojo wasn't so keen, but we did manage this with some pink scraps I had spotted in the patterned scraps bin the other day.

 

The Unity Girl was already stamped on a scrap of pink, I just needed to fussy cut her and add a little salmon pink to the heart.  Sentiment to be added later if required.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Winter Warmth

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the final week of August and it's Rudolf Days over at Scrappy Mo's blog.  I've been organising my craft room and moved some Unity stamps.  Well, it isn't long before tidying turns to creating and I just couldn't resist using one of my most favourite Unity girls.

This girl is from Unity's Warmth of Winter kit.  The sentiment is from a different kit.  I went with the BYHSC sketch again cos it's fab.  The background is created with spritzed distress ink on Rubber Dance small ink dots stencil.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Snowflake Coffee

Hello Nomad friends.  A quick one layer card to share with you this evening using Unity stamps.  

 

Isn't she pretty.   I kept it CAS, my favourite style and stamped the girl with Magenta Blue archival ink, masked and stamped the snowflakes with Sky Blue archival ink.  I think coloured stamping makes for a softer look.  I coloured the girl with distress markers.  Done! 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Unity KOTM Take Your Time and Warmth of Winter

GIU Day 5 Warmth Of Winter

Hello Nomad friends.  Welcome to Day 5 of my GIU posts.  I hope you have enjoyed the cards I have shared this week using Unity Stamps.  Remember you just need to leave a comment on the GIU posts for a chance to win a Unity gift voucher! If you have missed any then do scroll down and comment.  The more comments the better your chance of winning.  I will be drawing my winners, yes two winners, on Monday.  I am finishing today using one of my favourite Angie Girls from KOM December 2014.

I'm still all blue and white, cos I like blue, and it's a great combo for this time of year.  The original plan was to have a lot more colour but this one didn't go quite to plan so I cut it down a bit and this lovely lady insisted on taking advantage of that gorgeous leafy frame.  The leaf border is from KOM January 2019 and the lady from KOM December 2014.  

 

And....... I also went all CAS with her, since she was out.  Like I said, she is a favourite of mine.  I used Night Sky archival to stamp the girl and the sentiment, from KOM October 2019.  Then I smeared the snowflake background from KOM November 2011 with Sky Blue archival.  Smearing instead of patting with the ink pad leaves less ink on your stamp and allowed me to get a super subtle snowfall. 

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Thank you so much for joining me this week.   Don't forget to leave a little love.  Take care.  Hugz

 

 

GIU Day 4 Be A Lot

Hello Nomad friends.  It's a snow day!  We've had a sprinkle of the white stuff overnight and today's card also has snow!  This week I am Growing In Unity, sharing makes using Unity Stamps every day this week. You just need to leave a comment on these posts for a chance to win a Unity gift voucher!  If you have been following along you will know I am using stamps from Unity's Kit of The Month sets.    Today we are out in the forest with another awesome Angie Girl.

Slimline and blue and white today.  All my stamping is various blue archival inks.  I stamped the girl from KOM July 2019 with Night Sky archival, which I treated myself to for Christmas and it's my new black!  Love that lovely blue.  I masked the girl and stamped the trees from KOM August 2019 using Sky Blue archival.  I was missing hearts, so I had a hunt and turned up a cute couple in KOM October 2019.  Also got the sentiment from that one.  I just added a little Salty Ocean distress to the two hearts and done.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget, leave a comment and pop in every day this week for more lovely Unity makes and a chance to win.  Hugz

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GIU Day 2 Whole Lot of Lovely

Hello Nomad friends.  Here I am with my second post for my Growing In Unity week.  Thanks to Unity Stamps for this awesome opportunity.  Every day this week I will be sharing a card made using Unity stamps and you just need to leave a comment on these posts for a chance to win a Unity gift voucher!  Today I have kept it simple.

Today's lovely lady is from Unity's November 2018 Kit of The Month.  I stamped her, water coloured with distress inks, masked and stamped the row of hearts from Unity's November 2011 Kit of The Month.  Done!!  Another card for many occassions maybe??  What's she saying???  Answers below for a chance to win a voucher to the Unity store.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget, leave a comment and pop by every day this week for more lovely Unity makes and a chance to win.  Hugz

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GIU Day 1 Sweetness, Miracles and Wishes

Hello Nomad friends.  I am so excited to be Growing In Unity this week.  Thanks to Unity Stamps for this awesome opportunity.  Every day this week I will be sharing a card made using Unity stamps and you just need to leave a comment on these posts for a chance to win a Unity gift voucher!  See, awesome!  I was a member of the Kit of The Month programme for a few years so I will be using various stamps from these kits this week.  Here's we go......

I used stamps from KOTM December 2018 and May 2019 for this card.

I started by stamping a white panel with the clustered heart stamp from the December 2018 kit.  The sentiment is also from this kit.  I used red archival ink and mounted it on a white slimline card base.

 

I stamped the girl from the May 2019 KOTM kit, coloured with distress inks and mounted the panel on the card.  The sentiment was stamped on a thin strip and added across the bottom of the card.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget, leave a comment and drop in  every day this week for more lovely Unity makes and a chance to win.  Hugz

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Check Your Boobs

Hello Nomad friends.  It's October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Have you checked your boobs recently??  With so much chaos happening I know regular routines are disrupted, but we need to keep an eye on these things.  It's also the 8th of the month and I have a Technique Time post over at Let's Squash It!!  I'm investigating double embossing and here's the UFO that became a finished object today.....

I went pink, in honour of the whole boob thing.  This Unity stamp is making her second outing this week, but she is rather sweet isn't she.  I've used two embossing folders in the background and a little subtle Spun Sugar distress ink.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hop over to Let's Squash It! and check out my Technique Time post and we will be back in a couple off days with the new challenge.  Hugz

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Go Rams

Hello Nomad friends.   52 Weeks to Christmas, of which there are so few left, want a tag card.  Shaped cards always add a touch of fun so I decided to give it a go.  I actually cut the tag card base a few days ago and it, and a few other UFO's, have been hanging out on my desk.  I wanted a nice big image to colour so I rummaged through the Unity stamps for a winter girl.  

I cut my card base from Kort og Godt patterned card using Stamplorations large Stitched Tag die.  I stamped the Unity girl, coloured her with distress markers and fussy cut.  I liked the blue and gold so I cut a Papirdesigns vertical God Jul (Merry Christmas) from gold and blue scraps.  The gold was a bit bright so I used a text stamp and Dandelion archival to add a bit of texture and tone it down at the same time.  I found some gold ribbon and used the Dandelion ink to tone it down a bit as well, which also brought out the pretty texture.  I was gonna go with a brad, but then I found this pretty chipboard heart that seemed perfect.

The double sided card is paler on the inside so I edged it all with brown ink and returned a couple of pieces of the dark brown card at the bottom to make two pockets.  I cut two old fashioned pre-printed tags and slipped them in the pockets to make a pretty picture, but a gift card would probably turn this card into a nice present.

Thanks for looking.  Hugz

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Yellow Snow

Hello Nomad friends.  I made a tag inspired by Ardyth's fun hat and mitten card.  For some reason I saw a face under the hat and thought this Unity girl was perfect.

I also liked Ardyth's fun yellow snowflake background, so I stamped my manilla tag with Hero Arts Splendid Snowflakes and dandelion archival.  Very cool!!!!  Then I added my Unity Girl, stamped on white card, fussy cut and just a little pink sparkly colour.  Mittens, coffee cup, no hat, just good hair.  Then I finished with some fancy wool and a gold snowflake brad.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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After The Weekend Is Over

Hello Nomad friends.  I have had a crafty Easter joining in some flash challenges on fb.  One of the last ones that posted was to use the scraps that resulted from the Easter Marathons.  Well, I thought this was a great idea cos usually they would either lie in a pile or get shoved onto Scrap Mountains.  Yep. my scrap mountain has friends!!!  Anyway, I didn't get to it last night so I got up bright and early and had a rattle through the pile.  Must have had a few lying there before I started cos a couple of hidden treasures appeared that I didn't generate this weekend.  So I chucked a few bit together, called it a design and ooohhhhhhh!!!  Magic!!!!

The green base card was cut special, and I don't really count pieces big enough to make a card size mat a scrap, but this yellow piece was left over from the weekend frenzy so.....  The girl is Unity, stamped on a white scrap, coloured with distress inks and fussy cut.  The pink flower and gold circles were bits I cut and didn't use.  The green piece with the blobs has been lying a while and was too cute to throw.  The film strip is a PaperArtsy stamp and I found it already stamped on a scrap of vellum at the bottom of the pile.  There is also a pale green jaggy border overlapping the vellum.  I was about too throw that but it was a very cute shape so I decided to add it to my design.  Really pleased with this card.  

Maybe I need to have another look to this pile!  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Hello.  Welcome.  A bit grey and wet here today so getting a few projects finished.  Had a hunt through a scrap bag and pulled out all the bits of white card that were big enough to do something with.  Even managed to commit a few scraps to the bin as too small/too scraggly or WFT did you save that for.  But the urge to throw stuff away always passes too quickly.......  Luckily the largest white scrap was big enough to stamp this Christmas themed girl from Unity's Conspiracy of Love set.

I decided this ornament theme patterned paper went well with one girl and her christmas tree.  She comes with a bit of background snow and ground and also a star hanging off the christmas tree.  In the interests of fussy cutting simplicity I just cut her out and was going to restamp to get the details.  Then I had an idea!  Do you ever have an idea and then wonder what you were thinking of??  I decided to line the tree up so it looked like one of the background ornaments was hanging off the tip, and then fussy cut the same ornament from another piece of the paper and put it in front of that oval frame I used.  And in my infinite wisdom I decided the red deer would be a wonderful dangle to use.  Well, yes, very cute, but really, fussy cut nightmare!!!  But very cute, eh??  A detail that is hardly noticeable, but the designer thought it worth the effort.  Just this once!!  

So, raspberry card base.  Patterned paper layer cut with Stamplorations Double Stitch Rectangle die.  Oval frame cut from scrap of white card using Sizzix dies.  White ground cut from scrap of white card using Stamplorations Snowy Stitch Landscape die and embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflake folder.  Unity girl stamped and embossed on scrap of white card, coloured with Promarkers and a liitle bit of glitter glue on her hat and fussy cut.  Done!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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More Joy

Hello.  Welcome.  Since I had Unity's Warmth of Winter set out I decided to make another card using the lovely girl.  I actually didn't like these colours so much when I coloured the image but once I put the card together I decided I preferred these deeper shades. Say la doo dah.....

I started by stamping the trees from the Warmth of Winter set and embossing with white powder.  I decided to leave the right hand side of the panel plain and just blended some distress ink around the open space, and also over the trees.  I cut the panel with Stamplorations Carzy Double Stitch rectangle die and used a Kort og Godt patterned card base.  I added my fussy cut girl, who has been coloured with Koh-I-Noor Inktense watercolours.  The sentiment is from Unity Country Christmas Snowman Itty Bitty.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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A Cup Of Joy

Hello.  Welcome.  It's been a sunny week so I have been much in the garden and little in the craft room, where it's warm and my glue has become particularly unruly.  Today the sun is being a little slow breaking through the mist, and since we are grilling later and the boys are in charge, I decided to take the chance and make a Christmas card.  Like you do in the middle of summer LOL.  

I've stamped the Unity snowflake background stamp twice and embossed with white powder, then blended Salty Ocean and a little Chipped Sapphire distress ink.  I cut the panel with Stamplorations Double Stitch Rectangle die and mounted on a Kort og Godt patterned card base.  I stamped the girl from Unity Warmth of Winter set, coloured with Koh-I-Noor Inktense watercolours and fussy cut.  The sentiment is from a Unity grab bag.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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In Ter Res Ting

Hello.  Welcome.  There is a curious little challenge going on over at the Unity Show and Tell fb group where they want you to stamp an image and leave it uncoloured, then use some patterned paper and let that be the star.  No high art here but some nice results and I decided that you might be interested in the idea, maybe also being an owner of a small stack of patterned paper, and that I may wish to remember this technique myself at a later date.  I actually made two cards.  

 

 

Here's the sheet of paper I started with...

 

This came from Nille (read woolworths/target type shop) a few years ago.  I picked up a few themed packs of 5 or 6 30 x 30 papers.  Some parts are embossed or have glitter on them.  This one is obviously wedding themed.  The first thing that caught my eye was the lovely border on the RHS

I cut a section of the border and added to a white card that I had stamped the image from Unity Big Time Special and then ran a chili red Promarker around the edges.  I think it works quite nicely with the heart balloon and the red glittery hearts on the patterned paper. 

Then I did this.  I liked that panel in the top left of the paper sheet with the two champagne glasses on it.  I stamped Unity George and Scarlett on white card and fussy cut them.  I cut out the panel and cut along the top of the lower frame so I could tuck their legs behind the frame.  I also cut along each side of the stem of the champagne glass so I could thread Scarlett's skirt behind the glass.  Love how that gives dimension to the glasses.  I mounted on a brown card base and used another piece of paper from the set t stamp the congratulations sentiment.  

As I said, interseting technique and a great way to use a bit of patterned paper.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz

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The Italian Connection

Hello.  Welcome.  I inked this lovely Unity stamp Marlow for the first time tonight and I think it might become a favourite. 

I decided to keep it black and kraft and all the kraft card is actually an ex-pizza box.  I cut two panels from pieces of the box using Stamplorations Double Stitch rectangle large and medium dies.  I stamped Marlow on the medium panel and layered on black.  I stamped a small scrap of pizza box with the sentiment from the Marlow set and cut the edges of the panel with a Simon Says Stamp stitch die.  The stars were cut from some more pizza box snippets using Simon Says Stamp stitched star die. 

I stamped the envelope with the same stamp and also some pretty starry flourishes using a Rubber Dance stamp.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

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Strings of Beans

Hello.  Welcome.  Let's have coffee!!

I used a piece of Oh I Love This Patterned Paper and think it might be Basic Grey?? as it just seemed to fit the coffee theme.  I stamped and fussy cut the Unity Girl stamp and coloured with Promarkers.  I used a scrap and cut the tag from Stamplorations Tag O'Coffee set, shortened it a bit and tinted it with Tea Dye and Walnut Stain distress inks.  I cut the Stamplorations sentiment Java Great Day from a scrap of gold mirror card.  

Hope you Java Great Day too.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Oops, nearly forgot to announce the winner of my coffee card
Mr Random says.......
Congrats Susan Renshaw.
Please email me your address and I'll get it in the post to you. 

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