Tutorial: I started with an 8.5x11” piece of green Papertrey Ink 110lb cardstock, folded in half, and trimmed down to 6 x 4¾” as my card base. Then cut a 6 x 4½” gorgeous piece of Graphic 45-Place In Time-March patterned paper, which shows two patterns on the one panel, and sprayed with both glimmer mist colors in a splat box. Set aside to dry. It's hard to photograph the shimmer, but it's there. Once dry, adhered to the card base. Click pictures below to get the step by step tutorial for this card...

Ok. Let’s assemble our card. I put adhesive on the back of the purple circle and adhered the purple rose ribbon around the circle. Gave the roses a little fluff around the edges. Popped the bunny up with 3D foam tape, adhered to the purple circle, and adhered the whole piece to the card panel. And adhered the sentiment with 3D form tape to the card to complete this sparkly spring beauty.

Tutorial: Tutorial: I started with an 8.5x11” piece of light blue Papertrey Ink 110lb cardstock, folded in half, and trimmed down to 7x5” as our card base. Then cut a 7 x 4½” amazing piece of under the sea patterned paper and adhered to the card base. Click pictures below to get the step by step tutorial for this card...

Okay, I only have our gorgeous mermaid circle left to adhere her directly to the ocean panel. And added just a bit of clear sparkle pen to the shells and flowers to make her hair sparkle. And this amazing creature is done! And that’s how I used my “leftovers” with patterned paper and a sketch design! Pretty, right?

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Tutorial: I started with an 8.5x11” yellow 100lb Papertrey Ink cardstock, folded in half, because I’ll trim it down at the end. I cut the left edge off a 4x6” turquoise panel from AC Tropical cardstock, using my die cutting machine with a stitched curvy scallop die from SimonSaysStamp and adhered to the card base. As I was cleaning up my craft desk, I came across some random pieces I had saved from previous projects, as we all do, that got me thinking I could incorporate some of them into this new project. I had a yellow die cut circle and a white cardstock panel that was sprayed with iridescent glimmer mist. So, using a PF blender brush I inked up the yellow circle with some fossilized amber distress oxide ink to make it a little darker and give it some interest. And using my die cutting machine again, I cut a smaller circle, from Gina Marie Designs, in the upper right corner of the white panel, that is smaller than the yellow circle. And using a water brush I added ink splatters in peacock feathers distress ink and fossilized amber oxide ink to match our project. Once dry, adhered the yellow circle to the outside of the panel with Tombow Multi liquid glue to move it in place. And set aside, do NOT attach yet. Click on the photos below to get the step by step tutorial for this card...

Tutorial: I started with an A2 white card base and a gray/white star patterned paper ½” smaller and adhered to the card. To make the unicorn I used an “ink smooshing” technique on watercolor cardstock using distress inks, details in my ‘categories’ in the right side bar. Once dry, stamp the unicorn with Versamark clear ink, sprinkled with silver embossing powder, and heat set. Using a die cutting machine, cut out the unicorn with coordinating die cut. And adhere to the card. I love how detailed it is. Isn’t she beautiful? Then I stamped this meaningful sentiment with distress oxide ink, because it’s thick, sprinkled with clear embossing powder, and heat set. And it shows the color beautifully. Using a die cut from my stash and blue metallic cardstock, I cut out the flourish piece and all the stars, and adhered to the card with liquid glue to complete this sparkly beauty.

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Tutorial: I love Polka Dot Orchards digital stamps, because when you download them, their sizes aren’t restricted. Which means you can make them any size you want. And in this case I made an extra copy of the cardinal and flipped it, so I had two birds facing each other. And I saved this reversed bird in my stamp file with this set on my pc, in case I want to use it again in the future. I use a WPS Free Office program to copy and paste my digital images. It allows me to layer and group digital images as one piece, by moving them around, or bringing images forward and back behind images. Once I have the grouped images where I want them, I save them in the file too, and print on my HP printer using white cardstock from HL, using the thin brand. Click pictures below to continue tutorial...

Click image to purchased other supplies here (affil): Thermoweb Deco Pen, Thermoweb Deco Foil Sheets, water pen/brush, distress ink, cardstock and more!

TUTORIAL: I started with an 8.5x11” piece of purple cardstock, folded in half and set aside. I used an A2 white watercolor cardstock. (I know, I finally used watercolor cardstock (lol) And I know it will shock you, but I don’t have a fancy media mat, and that’s ok, so I ink up the clear lid to my MISTI stamping tool when I want to do some “ink smooshing.” It works just fine. Today I stamped down two different purple oxide inks and spritzed with water mist and ran a Q-tip through it to get some variations. Then dragged my cardstock through the colors. Dabbing the cardstock back and forth, here and there, in a triangle like pattern. Heat setting between layers and dabbing back through the colors, until I achieved the desired look I wanted. And heat set again until completely dry or overnight. Wipe up the MISTI with baby wipes or paper towels and it cleans up nicely. Next place the butterfly stamp in the center of the purple panel and attach to MISTI lid. Brush over panel with a static buddy to eliminate embossing powder sticking where you don’t want it. Which is also why you want to make sure your purple panel is completely dry, because embossing powder will stick to oxide ink. And we don’t want that. Then ink up the butterfly stamp with clear embossing ink. Sprinkle with purple embossing powder, and heat set. Using a die cutting machine and a border die cut, I cut the bottom of the purple panel, and set aside. I used a scrap piece of vellum, using the MISTI, I stamped a sentiment, from the same kit, with one of the purple oxide inks, clear embossing powder, and heat set. Trimmed into a banner. Then took a scrap piece of purple polka dot paper and adhered to our cardbase. Adhered our sentiment. And adhered our purple butterfly panel to our card. Trimmed down the card base. And added a few purple glitter enamel dots for some bling to complete this royal purple beauty.

TUTORIAL: I started with an 8.5x11” piece of red cardstock, folded in half and set aside. Repeat the same “ink smooshing” techniques as our purple panel above, except I used a red and pink distress oxide inks. Heat red panel until dry or overnight. Using the MISTI tool I stamped the mandala image three times with red oxide ink and heat set. It's an older stamp from 2016 and I've never used it. So, it was time for some love. Using an acrylic block I stamped a heart background with the tattered rose distress ink (not oxide ink), I spray misted the stamp and stamped it onto our red panel in the top right corner, the left middle, and the bottom right corner. Dab off excess water. And heat set. To give our panel some depth and interest. Using a die cutting machine and a border die cut, I cut the left side of the red panel, and set aside. I used a scrap piece of vellum, using the MISTI, I stamped a sentiment from another kit, with clear embossing ink, sprinkled with red embossing powder, and heat set. You could certainly use the red oxide ink and clear embossing powder too. I just wanted to try this red embossing powder on vellum. Trimmed vellum to fit across the red panel. Trimmed a red and pink striped patterned paper and adhered to the card base. Adhered the red panel to card. Adhered vellum sentiment on both ends and attached to red panel and concealed adhesive with red glitter enamel dots and for some bling, of course. Trimmed down the card base. And wrapped some red/white bakers twine around our card three times and tied into a bow to finish this fiery red beauty.

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TUTORIAL: I started with an 8.5x11” kraft cardstock, folded in half, and set aside. Opened up my mini MISTI stamping tool and used the inside of the lid to ink up with several distress inks (not oxide inks) and misted the colors. Then used my favorite “ink smooshing technique” by running a piece of watercolor paper through the colors a few times, dab excess with a paper towel, and heat set dry. Wiped off the inks from my MISTI and placed the dry inked up panel in the MISTI stamping tool, adhering the back with purple tape to hold it in place. Lined up the leaf border stamp over the panel. Inked up the stamp with clear ink and stamped twice to get a good impression, as it’s a big stamp. Took image panel out of the MISTI and sprinkled with gold embossing powder, and heat set. Placed panel back in the MISTI, inked up the sentiment from the same stamp set, with clear ink, sprinkled with gold embossing, and heat set. Cut a piece of kraft cardstock ¼” larger than image, but it was too light, so I inked the edges directly with a brown distress ink and heat set. Adhered the image to the kraft cardstock. Then cut a piece of gold glitter paper ¼” larger than the kraft matte, adhered the image to the gold paper, and adhered it all to the original kraft card base and trimmed to fit. Added a few gold metallic adhesive gems for some more bling. And look at all that sparkle. Isn’t it gorgeous? I just LOVE it!!!

TUTORIAL: I started with an 8.5x11” dark green cardstock, folded in half, and set aside. Using a die cutting machine and a stitched rectangle die I cut out a panel from white cardstock. Using an acrylic block and distress oxide inks, I inked up a pine bough stamp that is a few years old, but I love it, and created my own unique border. Then for my next favorite stamp of 2019 I am using a super BIG sentiment. I just love it for so many occasions. I placed the pine panel down in my mini MISTI stamping tool, lined up my sentiment, and stamped it a few times in black ink to get a nice dark image. And matted and adhered to a black cardstock and set a side. Took a piece of white cardstock and stamped randomly around the edges in black ink to create another border panel. Adhered green pine panel to black pine panel and trimmed to fit. Adhered the whole piece to the dark green card base. Added tree ribbon and a button for interest. Fun right? See how easy this came together by creating your own borders with stamps you already have. Be sure to check out all the BIG words in this set, because you won’t be able to stop making cards or great in scrapbook layouts too. They are amazing for all year long!

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I started with white cardstock and blended a few distress ink colors to create the wintry sky. Using a MISTI stamp tool to line up my scene. Rubbed with an anti-static pouch, and I inked up the trees with clear ink, stamped on the right, and sprinkled with silver embossing powder, and heat set. Then lined up the deer and stamped and embossed in silver. And stamped another row of trees on the left and embossed in silver. Then blended blue ink below the tree line to create the snow line and snow banks. In a contained box, sprayed white pearl mica sparkles over scene to create snowflakes and sparkle of the snow. Dab to dry and heat set, because all embossing will stick to distress oxide inks. Once dry, stamp sentiment with blue distress oxide ink, sprinkle with clear embossing powder, and heat set. Added glitter glue below the trees, a few snowflakes, and created a snow bank of sparkle. Once dry, adhered scene to a navy cardstock matte border ¼” larger, and a silver glitter cardstock ¼” larger, then adhered to a white card stock base (not shown) to complete.

Here is a close up of all that shimmer and shine of the silver embossing powder, the diamond stickles glitter glue, and the clear embossing on the sentiment over distress oxide ink.

I cut a piece of kraft cardstock A2 size and blended with a few distress oxide ink colors around the edges. And added white ink with some blue in the center. Using a MISTI stamp tool, lined up the snowflake border stamp, inked up with clear ink, stamped, sprinkled with white embossing powder, and heat set. TIP: heat set the distress oxide inks BEFORE you heat emboss or it will stick to everything and use an anti-static pouch. Luckily, it had dried enough that it didn’t stick everywhere, but just a few strays added to our flakey panel. Next stamped sentiment with blue distress oxide ink, sprinkled with clear embossing powder, and heat set. Trimmed off ¼” on two sides and adhered to an A2 navy cardstock base. Adhered a band of silver glitter cardstock across the front. Added sequins and a snowflake brad to complete.

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I started this tag by layering a few digital images and printed on white X-Press It cardstock. And colored the image with watercolor pencils and a light touch with a water brush. Using a die cutting machine and tag dies to cut it out and cut out a larger tag in a plaid pattern paper and adhered the two together. Traced over the sentiment with black sparkle pen to brighten it up. And added some clear sparkle pen on the leaves and baster too. Punched a whole in the top and added ribbon to complete this turkey tag and tied to a nice bottle of wine ready for our hostess.

How I made this Fall Card: I started with two pieces of 8.5x11" orange cardstock, folded in half, and trimmed down to 6.5x5" for the card base. Cut the second piece in half and trimmed down to fit card base exactly, but for embossing. Sorry I'm into odd sized cards lately. The A2's seem too small and 5x7" seem to large. So, I'm somewhere in the middle. For the second orange piece, and using a die cutting machine, place inside an embossing folder, to get this amazing tree impression texture that won't show though to the inside, because of this extra step, but you will eventually adhere it to the front of the card base, but not yet...just set aside for a moment. Next I printed the image on X-Press It white cardstock, layered a sentiment inside, and printed on an HP Laserjet printer. Using the die cutting machine again, cut out image with a stitched die. This time I water colored lightly, with very little water, as to not warp my paper, and dipped my water brush directly into the distress ink colors to achieve this look. And used a blending brush to add color around the edges. Then adhered the image to a brown piece of cardstock for matting and adhered to the orange embossed panel. And adhered the whole panel to the card base as our front piece. I am mad for plaids...so I had to add some to this Fall card. So I cut a strip of this plaid patterned paper 1x5" and cut down one side with a border punch and adhered to card. Added some twine and adhered the whole image panel to the card base. Then added a touch of bling to the pumpkins and berries to make them sparkle, of course, and this Fall beauty is complete and pretty flat for mailing too!

For my 1st Card I pulled out yellow golden cardstock, plaids, and browns. I started with an 8.5x11” yellow cardstock, cut in half and folded to create a card base. Then cut a plaid patterned paper ¼” smaller than the card and adhered to the card base. And stamped the floral image on white cardstock using black ink and a MISTI stamping tool. Colored the image with alcohol markers and fussy cut it out and set aside. Using a die cutting machine, cut out a stitched circle from brown cardstock and adhered the floral image with foam tape for dimension. Then adhered the whole piece to bottom of the card. Next stamped stamped sentiment on cardstock with clear ink, sprinkled embossing powder, and heat set. Using a die cutting machine again, cut out a stitched banner from brown cardstock around sentiment and cut a larger banner in yellow cardstock, adhered the two banners together and wrapped twine around them and adhered to the card. Making sure to tuck some of it under the flowers. And finished with a touch of gold metal adhesive gems.

For my 2nd Card I made this darling gate fold card. First I cut my cardstock to measure 6” x 11” and scored at 2¾” and 8¼” to create the card base. Then for the front, I cut two plaid patterned paper panels 2½”x 6” and adhered to the front folds of the card. Carefully cut a doily in half and adhered to front panels with liquid glue. And attached green felt leaves to front panels. Next stamped front sentiment on cardstock, sprinkled embossing powder, and heat set. Cut out and rounded corners with a punch, added 3D pop dots, and adhered to just the left side of card front panel to allow card to open. Attached felt leaves and added an enamel embellishment.

For the inside of the card I cut a plaid patterned paper panel 5¼” x 5¾”, rounded corners with a punch, and adhered to the inside center of the card. Stamped the owl image on white cardstock using black ink and a MISTI stamping tool. Colored the image by dipping a water brush directly into the distress ink pads until I reached a desired water colored look. Added some sparkle with glitter pens. Using a die cutting machine, cut out image with circle die cut. Adhered green felt leaves and a leaf brad through the cardstock. Adhered image to a doily and attached to the inside panel. Then stamped inside sentiment on cardstock with clear ink, sprinkled embossing powder, and heat set. Cut out and round corners with a punch, and add 3D pop dots to adhere to panel. And attached more felt leaves and added enamel embellishments to finish this darling card.

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How I made todays card: I started with a 110lb kraft cardstock 8.5x11", folded in half and trimmed down to 4 7/8 x 6 1/2." Cut an orange checkered pattern paper 1/4" smaller than the base and adhered to the card.

​Using a die cutting machine and white cardstock I cut out a panel 5 5/8 x 5" using a stitched die. I knew I didn't want to leave it white and then I came across some Glimmer Mist in brass bell color, that used to belong to my sister! And it was the perfect fall color to "change" my stark white panel into something wonderful. I sprayed the entire panel within a spray box, as you'll want to contain it, because it goes everywhere. Set aside and allow to dry. Once dry, I used my MISTI stamping tool and placed this panel down, lined up my stamp, and inked up this fantastic pumpkin border stamp with clear pigment ink, sprinkled with orange embossing powder, and heat set. Adhered a couple layers of ribbon and then adhered the pumpkin image to the card. The Glimmer Mist has mica in it, so it is super shiny and oh so pretty! Just look at that sheen and shimmer below...

Once again, I used the MISTI stamping tool and inked up a new sentiment with clear pigment ink and stamped on a golden yellow cardstock, sprinkled with Chestnut brown embossing powder, and heat set. Using a die cut machine, I cut out a circle with a stitched die and adhered to the card with dimensional foam tape. Added a few enamel dots for fun and this pumpkin patch is newly reinvented and oh so shimmery! What do you think?

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I started with a 110lb purple cardstock 8.5x11" folded in half and trimmed down to 4 5/8w x 6 1/4L" for my card base. Added a green polka dot pattern paper cut 1/4" smaller around than my card base and adhered to card. Then I cut a piece of black card stock 3 1/8w x 4 5/8L" and trimmed the top and bottom with a spiderweb border punch and adhered to the card panel. Next I combined my digital images and sentiment in WPS Office 2019, sized them, and layered them the way I wanted and printed on white X-Press It cardstock on my HP printer. Cut out the image with a stitched scallop die using a die cutting machine. And did the same with the sentiment with a different stitched die with no scallops, so as not to distract from our fabulous hat and boots image.

Then colored the images with these alcohol markers colors shown above. ​ Once done coloring the image looked a little stark, so I used a blending brush and added some distress oxide ink in blue aroung the edges to make it a little more "spooky" looking. And did the same to the sentiment too. Adhered the main image to the card at an angle so you can see some webs and that slime green background and adhered the sentiment too. Added some bling, of course, to the spiderwebs on the boots and hat with yellow glitter glue and orange gems. Added purple gems across the bottom black spiderwebs and to the letters "i" in the sentiment to finish this spooktacular beauty!

Disclaimer: We designers 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 paid or sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of our hop, and that makes us all very happy. We started this hop because we love Unity Stamps. That's it. This hop is our way of showcasing our cards made with our favorite Unity Stamps and to inspire others along the way!

​I opened this gorgeous rose image, right clicked my mouse, copied and pasted it into a blank WPS Office 2019 word document three times and saved this document with a new edited name, in case I wanted to use it again someday. Then you can play with sizing, layering, and all kinds of things. For today, I just copied and pasted 3 roses onto a page, getting them as close to each other as possible, and resizing them enough to fit across a 7" card. There are all kinds of neat and fancy photo programs out there to buy and use, but using what you've got works too! Now you're ready to print...which is where most of my trial and tribulations have occurred. I have an HP allinone inkjet printer, nothing fancy, very fussy about paper thickness, but gets the job done! I have tried all kinds of cardstock from thin to thick, cheap and expensive, and what works well for alcohol markers, water coloring, and colored pencils with my HP ink cartridges.

I colored with Tim Holtz water color crayons. Remember those? I know right, it's been awhile since we've played with those, so I got them out again. And they're so bright and fun. ​Water color cardstock is recommended for any water coloring projects, but I can't get watercolor cardstock through my printer...yet! I'm still on the look out for a thin water color cardstock and any recommendations are welcome! So, I kept it simple and just used these 3 colors shown above and mentioned in my supply list below. I colored them directly on acrylic blocks, dipped a water brush into the color to dilute and began to color the roses and dab off any excess water quickly with a paper towel, as to not buckle the paper. If it does, allow to dry, and place a heavy book over the top to flatten. I fussy cut the roses out. But if you have a fancy machine that scans and cuts, that's awesome, and will certainly work with these images too! I do have a Silhouette machine with a pixscan mat that will also scan and cut images, but these were fairly easy to hand cut with scissors. Then I brushed on some Wink of Stella-clear sparkles and some stickles glitter glue for more sparkles. And set aside to dry.

Next I printed a nice big sentiment on the same white cardstock as our focal point, and my color ink cartridge was running out, which created a bluish lined design that still worked with my card colors. So I used, as to not waste anything. Using a die cutting machine and a stitched die I cut out the sentiment and adhered to the stripe panel. Once dry, adhered the roses and added some glossy enamel dots like confetti.