Unity-Friday Friends with Flair

Hello Fellow Unity Friends,
Today's card was used playing with Distress markers and inks to color in the Unity Itty Bitty set:  Thanks a Bunch.  I used a SU! die to cut out the thanks and colored it with distress inks and glued to card.  I added a few sequins for some shine and done.

Just a quick, clean and simple card.  Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Inspired Stamps DT Thursday

 Hello Everyone and Happy Thursday.  We are having awesome weather for summer.  It is mostly sunny in the low 70s.  Today the Inspired Stamps DT could choose any of the stamps released in the past 3 months.  I chose Genesis 1:1 and paired it up with Hymn: Earth and Weather (the stars come from a set called Psalm 91: Protection).

I used water color paper (smooth side) and stamped all the stars with Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink, then I stamped the moon and the earth with Ranger Archival black ink (this is a nice ink to use with water coloring).  I then started layering the colors.  I added mustard  seed to the stars to give more depth of color.  I painted around the stars with tumbled glass, broken china and stormy sky.  I painted the earth with salty ocean and added black soot around the edges of piece and around the edges of scripture piece.  I popped up the scripture piece with foam adhesive.  I matted the piece on black cardstock and then on a white card base.
I added glitter pen to the stars, I like how the piece turned out.  Let me know what you think.
Attention:  Inspired Stamps is having a one week contest
Leave a comment stating what kind of fall or Christmas stamps you would like to have made into a stamp set and at least one commenter will be chosen to have their idea turned into a stamp set and they will receive two of this set (one for them and one for a friend).  So if you have any ideas, please leave a comment on the Inspired Stamps Blog or FB page by this time next week.  Only one comment per household will be considered be sure to comment before post next week to be eligible.  The winner will be announced on the Inspired Stamps blog so be sure to check back there.  Check out  the currently available stamps and sets at the Inspired Stamps Online Store.  Check out the Inspired Stamps Blog for more details and to see the other beautiful artwork by the talented DT.
 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Unity Friends with Flair

 
 

 Hello Friends with Flair.  I am back with more graduation cards.  I customized these cards for some of the young ladies within my church who were graduating from high school this year.  I used the Phyllis Harris set; Reach for the Stars.  I used watercolor paper and Tim Holtz Distress markers to paint these images.

I used an acrylic block to add color from the marker and then I used a water brush to pick up the color and add to my images.  You can see that even though I used similar colors in each image they turned out slightly different each time.
I love this set and the other sentiments that are included and it was a lot of fun to paint these images.  I find it very relaxing. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

Inspired Stamps DT Thursday

 Hello everyone.  It is Thursday and time for some Inspired Stamps creations. Today our theme was summer.  It is now summer vacation for most of the schools in my area.  My children are all finished for the year.  My oldest finished her last day of high school yesterday.  Bittersweet day, but I think she is ready to move on to the next chapter God has in store for her life.
Today I used Hymn Girl July and Hymn: Earth and Weather sets.  This scene reminds me of my oldest daughter, she loves the beach and loves writing and sketching (and the color pink).  So this is my tribute to her starting summer and contemplating what God has in store for her next.

I used water color Distress markers to color the sun and girl.  I used EK Success beach border punch and flip flop punch to help create my beach scene.  I colored the beach images with Distress markers and inked the sand with Distress ink.

 Please be sure to stop by the Inspired Stamps Blog and to click on DT members in my sidebar to see their beautiful creations.  Thank you for stopping by have a great day.

Inspired Stamps April Release

Hello Everyone and welcome to the Inspired Stamps April Release.  Today I chose to make a card that really shows off these two new sets:  Hymn Girl August and Hymn Earth and Weather sets.  I chose to use only the sun and cloud from the latter set, but there are many more images such as, rain drops, umbrella, earth etc...

I stamped all the images onto white card base and then made a mask for each image and used Tim Holtz Distress inks to make the grass and sky.  I peeled off the mask for the sun and carefully inked  and went in with Distress markers and water brush to add more color. (I only have Spiced Marmalade in the Distress marker not ink pads.)  I did the same with the Hymn Girl August and used Distress markers and water brush to color in her dress.  I used flesh tone Copics for her skin.  And that was it card is finished, but don't these new images just "shine"?
Remember the $10.00 giveaway in Inspired Stamp product if you leave a comment on this weeks post and last weeks Inspired Stamps Thursday DT post (pink monochromatic).  You must leave a comment on both posts by Midnight April 9.  The more DT posts you comment on the better your chances.  Also three commenters on the Inspired Stamps blog post will be chosen.  So please comment and let us know what you think of our creations as well as these great new Hymn stamp releases.  The new releases will be available in the Inspired Stamps Store, so please stop by and check them out and any other deals that may be taking place.
Thank you so much for stopping by and please leave me a comment, I really love to hear from you and check out the other great releases and I hope you are inspired.