Tea Cup Floret

This card was made to celebrate national coffee day. This is a day I celebrate 365 days of the year. Coffee and I have a love/hate relationship... well to be honest, it’s the caffeine. Too much and I get a migraine, so I limit myself to two cups in the morning.  If I simply must have more later in the day, it’s gotta be decaf (GASP). If it was my choice... I would more coffee without hesitation. Iced or hot, I simply love the flavor.

I can remember drinking coffee as early as six years old. My grandmother had a jar of instant coffee in her cupboard and when I would visit she would let me have some for breakfast. I had to use A LOT of sugar and milk just to make it taste good. Now I prefer a mug full of dark roast with extra cream. I tried my best to color the coffee in my card to represent the lightness of my morning cup of joe. I also added some wink of stella to the flower to give the card some additional shimmer.

Stamps:

Tea Cup Floret (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:

Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

New Leaf (PTI)

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black (Stampin Up)

Versa Clair Nocturne (Unity)

Accessories:

Marvy Heat Tool

Clear Embossing Powder (Unity)

Brother ScanNCut (Brother)

Copic Sketch Markers (Jerry’s Artarama)

Wink of Stella Clear 

Thankful Leaves

Concord and 9th has done it again... another new turnabout stamp. I have a hard time saying no to these since they make such beautiful backgrounds when stamped out four times. Sometimes the hardest decision to make is deciding the colors you will choose. This one was easier... since I knew the colors were going to be the colors all around me.

If you have been frustrated with the turnabout stamps in the past, worried about getting the "jig" lined up and such... this is a great one to try. The images are meant to slightly overlap, so if you get your lines just a smidgen off, you would never know!

Stamps:
Thankful Leaves Turnabout (Concord & 9th)

Ink:
Pumpkin Pie (Stampin Up)
So Saffron (SU)
Wild Wasabi (SU Retired)
Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:
Orange Zest (Papertrey Ink)
Harvest Gold (PTI)
Stampers Select White (PTI)

Accessories:
Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

Country Livin’

This set has sat on my shelf longer than I care to admit. I had so many plans for it, but it always was passed over. Trying to use more of my stock than I buy is always a challenge. Each new month brings temptations, each new season or holiday is a reason to freshen up your stamp sets.

When I couldn’t decide on what I was going to do with this stamp, I defaulted to one of my favorite rainy day activities... learn a new technique. The technique featured on this card is called black ice. I thought it would work great with this card since it would add to the masculine theme. I found the process very easy and would like to use this with other stamps and foil papers for different effects.

Stamps:
Country Livin’ (Stampin Up)

Ink:
Stazon (SU)
Versamark (SU)

Paper:
Basic Black (SU)
Basic Gray (SU)
Whisper White (SU)
Silver Glimmer paper (SU)

Accessories:
Marvy Heat Tool
Clear Embossing Powder (SU)
Triple Banner Punch (SU)

Friends of Unity September Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity September Blog Hop. This month the theme is wings. What an awesome theme! Unity has so many stamps that work with this topic... Angels, birds, feathers, butterflies, the list could go on and on. As I am sure the others in the blog hop would agree... deciding is always the hardest part.

I decided pretty early on what stamp I wanted to use. I have been challenging myself to use more of my "uninked" stamps and give them a little love. I bought them for a reason, right? Well, this one had me stumped. I bought it with the intentions of using it on a galaxy background. My Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat was intransit to my house, and I didn't want to procrastinate on this card when I had a room full of perfectly good craft supplies.

Recently I hopped on the Deco Foil bandwagon. I bought some starter supplies to see if this was something I was going to fall in love with. I saw a video by Gina K that demonstrated how you could use it with stamps and not just stencils. Well, that sold me! So I called up that video and watched how I could foil using my stamp. It took a couple of tries for me to get the layout I was finally happy with. The transfer gel was pretty messy on my stamp and I had to use a toothbrush to really clean the fine detailed areas. I think next time I will stick with stencils. =)

Thank you to all those who took time to comment last month on our Friends of Unity Blog. The winner of my giveaway is Darlene Kolojeski-Huttel. Please private message me and I will get your prize package out in the mail to you ASAP!

Hop along with the other Friends of Unity and see their creations...Pssst! There is a giveaway too!

Crystal O. Minkler
Joyce Verdon 
Eileen Mathys (you’re here)

Robyn Jordan
Kim Klinkovsky

Dawn Fields

Jeanie Hayes
Bobbie Sue McConathy

Stamps:
 Dragonflies and Fairies (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:
True Black (Papertrey Ink)
Vintage Cream (PTI)
Brushed Gold (Recollections)
Deco Foil Gold Transfer Sheet (Blitsy)

Ink:
Gina K Jet Black Amalgam Ink (Unity)

Accessories:
Deco Foil Transfer Gel (Blisty)
Thermal Laminator (Staples)

Disclaimer:
We all on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every single comment we get.
That's why we use our own stash every month for a giveaway.
We are NOT sponsored by Unity Stamp Co. but, they do approve of our hop, and that make us all very happy.
We started this hop because we love Unity. That's it. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with our favorite stamps!!