Saturday, May 7, 2022

Friends of Unity May Hop

 

Hello and welcome to our Friends of Unity May Blog Hop. This month the theme is 'things with wings'. What a great idea, with so many options to chose from. This could be bugs, birds, an airplane... the creativity our team has shown with their designs will inspire my creative juices and likely expand my Unity collection.

Clean and simple cards always seem to be what I am drawn to in my designs. I purchased this set many years ago and have struggled to use it. Small stamps sometimes are a struggle for me as they can be overlooked if the background is too busy or the design of the card is overly complicated. In my opinion this simple stencil really brings the smaller stamps into focus, but doesn't make the card look overly simple.

 Hop along with the other Friends of Unity and see what they created with this cue:


 
Stamps:
3 Little Butterflies (Unity Stamp Company)

Paper:
Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink)
Stampers Select White (Papertrey)
True Black (Papertrey)

Ink:
Fired Brick Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)
Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)
Wild Honey Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz)
Gina K Amalgam Jet Black (Unity)
 
Accessories:
Masking Stencils- Square Windows (Taylored Expressions)
Blender brush (Taylored Expressions)



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!!

19 comments:

  1. Love this technique Eileen! Never gets old!!!

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  2. I love this card!! It's perfect!!! Very inspiring for me!!

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  3. Beautiful card, Eileen! The colors are so perfect and such a classic CAS design! So beautiful!

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  4. Your butterfly card is so warm and lovely! I love that this set has three different butterflies. Your card design is so fun with the warm background squares behind each image. I am super excited to try this!

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  5. That's a fabulous look.
    Love the Butterflies!
    Carla from Arizona

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  6. Such a pretty CAS card, and a great way to use the smaller butterfly images!

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  7. A perfect design for the little butterflies

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  8. Lovely color block design.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  9. Such a sweet and simple card. Love that style TFS!

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  10. This is such a perfect CAS design! Love it. Love the butterflies!

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  11. Very nice card, love butterflies

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  12. Pretty butterfly card with these stenciled squares.

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  13. What a special lil' card. This simple design can be used for many different occasions with different sentiments. Great job!

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  14. I love the the way you highlighted the butterflies with those blended ink squares. Simple but so striking.

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  15. Great colors and design. I love how you used 3 different butterflies. Very creative. Love it. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  16. I like the simplicity of your design on this card. You reminded me there are other ways to add color than coloring in the butterflies.

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  17. Beautiful card! I love the colors you chose!

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