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​Tutorial: I started with creating the background first. Using my MISTI stamping tool, white cardstock panel, and three distress oxide inks (shown below), I stamped this musical background. Heat set. Then blended some distress oxide-cracked pistachio ink around the edges, heat set and adhered to card. I wanted a worn, vintage, aged look for the musical background. Next using my MISTI and a white cardstock panel I stamped Winnie the pooh and piglet with Versafine Clair-Nocturne black ink, which I love, but it will smear with alcohol markers. So I let it dry over night, but you can heat set or clear heat emboss it too. But the next day, it was totally fine to color with alcohol markers (shown below) without any smearing. I love pink and green, so I played with a few colors to get this soft springy vintage look. What's neat about Unity is they created matching dies for many of the Pooh stamps too, which I got too! Using my Big Shot and some purple craft tape to hold the die in place, I cut out the Pooh image. Cute, right? I usually have a purpose when I make cards, but this cutie didn't have one yet. So, using my MISTI, a scrap of white cardstock, and a sweet all occasion sentiment. I stamped it with cracked pistachio and inked the edges with worn lipstick to match the background. Pooh and Piglet image kind of got lost on the musical background, so I pulled out this beautiful pink and green stripe pattern paper from Unity. Using my Big Shot machine, I cut out a die cut stitched circle and that grounded the Pooh imagine and the sentiment. And gave it more of a focal point. It also looked like a muted sunset too. Then I cut out an A2 white 110lb card base (not shown) and adhered all the pieces to make the card. I adhered a pink watercolor pattern paper to the base, adhered the musical background to the pink panel, adhered the circle sunset to the musical panel, then adhered Pooh and Piglet and the sentiment to the sunset circle. And there you have an all occasion card, great for any time of year. What do you think?​

Disclaimer: We designers on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every comment. We use products from our own stash for our giveaways. We are NOT paid or sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of our hop, and that makes us happy! We started this hop because we love Unity Stamps. That's it. And this is our way of showcasing our Unity projects to inspire others along the way!

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Disclaimer: We designers on the Friends of Unity design team appreciate every comment. We use products from our own stash for our giveaways. We are NOT paid or sponsored by Unity Stamp Co., but they do approve of our hop, and that makes us happy! We started this hop because we love Unity Stamps. That's it. And this is our way of showcasing our Unity projects to inspire others along the way!

Disclaimer: We designers on the Friends of Unity team appreciate every single comment we get. 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 Unity cards to inspire others along the way!

Tutorial-Gift Card Holder: Lets get our supplies together. You will need a 6" roll, MISTI stamping tool, glitter pens in red and clear; Versafine Onyx black ink; ribbon, and our two big stamps. Click or hover over pictures below for more directions.

Tutorial-Card: I started with an 8.5x11" gray piece of 110lb cardstock as our card base. Cut in half to make an A2 sized card. Cut a piece of chalky black piece of patterned paper from the MME paper pad A2-4 1/4x 5 1/2" and adhered to the card base. Cut 2 strips of patterned paper from the same MME paper pad and adhered like shown above. Click or hover over pictures below for more directions.

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Using a die cutting machine I cut out the largest tag in the set in the plaid patterned paper and cut the next size smaller in a green cardstock. Then using a MISTI stamping tool I lined up the angel stamp on the green tag and rubbed with the anti-static pouch to prevent stray powder. And stamped with clear ink, sprinkled gold embossing powder, and heat set. Then repeated with stamping the sentiment and three snowflakes. And adhered to plaid tag. Colored angel wings with watered down white ink and her sleeves and once dry added clear sparkle pen to her wings. Punched a hole at the top of the tag and added ribbon and twine. Added a few adhesive green rhinestones to complete this beautiful angel tag. And she’s ready for a special present this holiday season!

Here is a close up of all that shine and sparkle of the gold embossing and green adhesive gems. It's so stunning in gold.

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.