Erin Taylor Designs

Hi there! I have one more card to share tonight, this one for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge: Over the Edge.


I used one of my new stamp sets, from Unity, called Bunches of Love. I initially purchased this stamp set for the sentiments (great font!), but I love how big the flower/leaf image is and decided to make it the focal point of my card. I stamped the flowers on the top of my card, then flipped the cardstock over and stamped it again, overlapping the leaves just slightly. I used Copic markers to color in the stamped image.

Denise B!

Her comment on Day One was chosen by Random.Org.

Congratulations Denise! Please contact me at erintaylor718 (at) gmail (dot) com so Unity can get you your prize.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday! I have had so much fun this week posting Unity inspired projects and sharing some of my favorite tips and techniques. Today I have three cards to share, using another flower image from Donna Downey's Insightful Meadows stamp set & a sentiment from one of the many Kits of the Month I own.

To achieve the two-toned look I was going for, I colored directly on the rubber of the stamp with Stampin' Up! markers. Then I huffed on the ink (to re-moisten it), and carefully stamped onto white cardstock.


The butterflies were punched out using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch, and embellished with gems that I colored using my Copic markers.


I love how soft and feminine the pink and green version is.


I love this stamp... it's definitely one of my favorites. If you don't already own the Insightful Meadows stamp set, I highly recommend it. It's one of my most used stamp sets.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Unity inspired cards this week! You have until Midnight (Eastern) tonight to leave a comment. The winner will receive a Unity stamp set! I will post the winner sometime tomorrow.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends.

Erin.

Supplies-
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stampin' Up!
Markers: Stampin' Up!, Copic
Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart
Corner Rounder: EK Success

Today's card is a super quick, one layer card. The stamp set I used is Insightful Meadows by Donna Downey (and Unity, of course!). I stamped the flower in Old Olive ink, by Stampin' Up!, onto Very Vanilla cardstock (also by Stampin' Up!). I used a stamp positioner to line up the sentiment so it overlapped the flowers slightly. Finally, I adhered three light green gems (by Hero Arts) to the right side of the card.



I don't create one-layer cards too often, but I really wanted the flowers and sentiment to be the focus on this card, and eliminating embellishments accomplished just that.

Make sure to check back tomorrow for my final Growing In Unity post... and leave a comment for your chance to win a fabulous Unity stamp set!

And thank you for the lovely comments on my first three posts. You guys have really made my week!

Erin.

Welcome to day three of Growing In Unity week on my blog!

Today I have two cards to share. The first card uses a darling border stamp that I inked with Soft Suede ink by Stampin' Up! and stamped onto Rustic Cream cardstock by PTI. Then I ran the cardstock and a Woodgrain impression plate through my Big Shot. The damask stamp was inked with VersaMark and stamped onto green cardstock. The sentiment was also stamped with Soft Suede.







My second project uses another border stamp, but this time I embellished it with clear gems that I colored with Copic markers.



Make sure to leave a comment if you would like a chance to win a Unity stamp set! I will be choosing a winner on Friday.

Erin.

Good morning!

Today I have a super cute card to share using two of my favorite Unity stamps: the butterfly & "because I care" sentiment.

To create the butterflies, I first stamped them onto Stamper's Select cardstock by PTI using Momento Ink. I colored them with Copic markers, then cut them out. I used Tombow glue (in the blue bottle) to cover each butterfly with a thin layer of glue. Then I sprinkled some clear Martha Stewart glitter over each butterfly. I let them dry for about an hour before attaching them to my card.




Here is a close up of the butterflies. I love this technique because the butterflies look like they have been covered in sugar and they are really sparkly.

Check back tomorrow for another project!

Erin.

Supplies-
Stamps: Unity
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Momento
Impression plate: Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper: Making Memories
Gems: Hero Arts
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Die cut machine: Big Shot

Hello! This week I have the privilege of being featured on the Unity Stamp Co. blog! Each day I will be posting a different project (or two) using some of Unity's fabulous stamps and at the end of the week I will pick a random comment to win free stamp set from Unity!

Today's card uses three Unity stamps from their Kit of the Month program. The flowers were stamped in Momento ink on kraft cardstock, then colored with Copic markers. I added a pearl to the center of each flower & rounded the corners of the stamped panel. The bracket was stamped using my VersaMark ink pad, and the sentiment was stamped with VersaMark & embossed with white embossing powder. The ribbon was originally white 1/4" seam binding that I colored with a Copic marker.



Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with another Unity project.

Erin.

Supplies -
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Momento
Embossing Powder: Stampin' Up!
Pearls: Hero Arts
Markers: Copic
Ribbon: Papertrey Ink