Friends of Unity Blog Hop + Monochromatic + Giveaways

Welcome to our February 2020 Friends of Unity Blog Hop where several of my amazing designer friends and myself share our love
(and obsessions) of all things Unity Stamps!!!
Each month we create handmade cards, paper crafts, or projects
with a new theme to stretch our imaginations and ​
GIVE AWAY lots of Unity Stamp prizes too!!! 
Scroll down for new tutorials, enter giveaways & get hopping
​for some amazing inspiration!!! 

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But before I get started...check here ==> January Blog Hops to see if you are one of the many Winners and claim your prizes!!!

​Joyce C.
is our Winner here at ​My Kraft Kloset, for January 2020! 
Congratulations!!! 

Our theme for this months Blog Hop is...Monochromatic! 
Which means the creation of something made from one color hue or one color family. Fun, right? Well, I'll tell you, this was quite challenging for many of us. It's really hard to just stick to one color family and not add black or some other color, as we love all colors and pretty patterned paper. Shown above are the purple and red color palettes I chose to work with this month. Pretty, right?

My first card is a pretty passionate purple beauty...great for any occasion!

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.

My second card is a fiery red beauty in honor of Valentines or my single gal pals for Galentines Day or any occasion!

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.

And there you have a couple of ideas of monochromatic cards!
I hope I've inspired you to mix and match your stamps, techniques and maybe try some new things and see where
​it takes you! The possibilities are endless!
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Thank You for stopping by!
​Have a happy & crafty weekend! ~Kim
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                             Crystal O. Minkler  <= go back here
Eileen Mathys
Amber Trubiak
                              Kim Klinkovsky  <= you are here
Dawn Bryson
Dawn Fields
Joyce Verdon
Bobbie Sue McConathy
Jeanie M. Hays

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!

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Supplies {affils}: 
(Purple Card #1): Unity Stamp Company: Allow Yourself stamp kit (butterfly and sentiment); Papertrey Ink Purple Cardstock and Vellum; BoBunny 6x6 Double Dot patterned paper; MISTI stamping tool; Ranger Distress Oxide Ink- Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves; Ranger Tim Holtz watercolor paper; Ranger Mini Mister; Versamark Clear Ink; Ranger Purple Distress Embossing Powder and Clear Embossing Powder; Ranger Ink Anti-Static Pouch; Marvy Uchida heat tool; Big Shot machine; Simon Says Stamp-wavy scallop stitches wafer die; purple glitter enamel dots; and 1/2" Scor-tape adhesive. 

(Red Card #2): Unity Stamp Company: Bohemian Backgrounds, Say it Big sentiment kit, and Love (in the background-hearts stamp); Papertrey Ink Red Cardstock, Vellum, and Round Off Edgers Dies #1346; Carta Bella-Devoted, red/pink striped patterned paper; MISTI stamping tool; Ranger Distress Oxide Ink- Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, and Distress Ink (not oxide)-Tattered Rose; Ranger Tim Holtz watercolor paper; Ranger Mini Mister; Versamark Clear Ink; Ranger Red Embossing Powder; Ranger Ink Anti-Static Pouch; Marvy Uchida heat tool; Big Shot machine; Red glitter enamel dots; AC red/white bakers twine; and 1/2" Scor-tape adhesive. 

Challenges:
Simon Says Mon Challenge: All Loved Up (red card)
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Anything Goes (purple card)
KRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGE #492 WEEK 5 (ANYTHING GOES)
HLS February Watercolour Challenge
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February 2020 challenge
LTCCB #43 - February Anything Goes (purple card)
LTSCB #130 - Red and/or Pink Equals Love 
RRCB127 Tic Tac Toe Challenge: My red card, I used a stamp from 2016 with twine, a die cut, and vellum.