Monday, April 28, 2014

Growing in Unity Day 1 - Watercolor Boots

Good morning! I'm excited to be this weeks Growing in Unity gal for Unity Stamp Company! If you don't know how it works, I get to share my projects all week long, and then pick a comment from sometime during the week to win two itty bitty stamps of their choice! So...the more comments you leave, the better chance you have of winning! I will draw and announce a winner on May 5th! I have been so in love with the Watercolor trend lately, that I decided to do a weeks worth of watercolor projects! I am also going to give away a set of the same watercolor paints I have been using all week - so you can try out the watercolor trend as well!

 Here is my first project:


Living in Wyoming, I absolutely fell in LOVE with this cute itty bitty called Boots, Class, and Sass. Isn't it darling! I stamped it on watercolor paper, then colored it in with my watercolor paints - I purchased them a while back from Michaels.


Once that dried, I stamped my sentiment, then wrapped some linen ribbon from Tim Holtz around my panel. Background paper is by Basic Grey, and I mounted my front panel with foam adhesive.


Also linking this up with this weeks Shop Pumpkin Spice Challenge - Stamping!

Thanks so much for stopping by this week! See you again tomorrow!

29 comments:

  1. Oh goodness, I LOVE THIS! It is so very Texan, imo, with the boots and the floral print! Texan gals are famous for pairing beat up boots with frilly dresses in the summertime. I love your watercoloring--wish mine came out this gorgeous!

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  2. Hi Heather. Glad to see you are this week's GIU gal. Congrats! This is so pretty. Looking forward to your watercolor creations this week. :)

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  3. Beautiful card. Love how you did the shading around the image. Congrats on being the GIU gal this week.

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  4. Love the water colored boot image and the fabulous floral dp! Looking forward to your inspiration this week as GIU gal.

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  5. Such a lovely card Heather :)

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  6. So pretty, Heather. I love the watercolor mixed with that ribbon. Very cool.

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  7. I just saw it on FB...GORGEOUS!!!
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia
    *Crafting With Creative M*

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  8. Stunning card Heather. You are a queen of cardmaking.

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  9. this is so cute! this would be perfect for our pastel challenge over at lia stampz! :)

    http://liastampz.blogspot.ro/2014/04/challenge-63-pastel-colors.html

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  10. Beautiful! I am looking forward to the watercolor theme.

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  11. Congrats on your GIU week! Pretty card.... love the watercoloring! Looking forward to more of your projects!

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  12. this is sooo lovely!! love the watercolor effect you have used!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  13. Everyone's into watercolor these days, but you've definitely nailed the technique! Wonderful!

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  14. Such a beauty!! I'm loving your water color creations.

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  15. Love the coloring, and that paper pairs so perfectly!

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  16. Very pretty. Like the boots. Unity has awesome stamps.

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  17. Wonderful card! Love the softness of the water coloring! Your background paper goes perfectly with this image! Congrats on being this weeks GIU gal! Looking forward to a fun week!

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  18. Wow!! Your card is so beautiful. The paper is perfect with this stamp...and the watercoloring is gorgeous. Love the texture from the ribbon!

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  19. Congrats on being the GUI gal this week! What a wonderful card you made! The patterned paper accents the beautiful colors and that sentiment is darling. Really loving your style!

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  20. This is super cute...love the water color softness with the texture of that burlap ribbon with this fun stamp. Awesome-ness!!

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  21. Living the combination of the floral with the burlap. Your water coloring is perfect!

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  22. Your card is great. The burlap ribbon is a great touch. Your watercolor painting is outstanding.

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  23. Congrats on being the GIU girl this week! I did it a few weeks ago and had so much fun! I'm super excited to see all your watercolor cards this week. I love the medium too, although I've been using watercolor pencils, since I don't have the paints. Are you stamping your images on watercolor paper first, or on regular cardstock?

    Your boot and flowers are just adorable!! I love the background paper too...perfect choice to go with the flowers! Have fun this week!
    Amy E.
    Scrapthissavethat.com

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  24. Gosh this is great Heather! Gorgeous colors. Glad to see you as GIU this week!

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  25. This is stunning!!! Love your coloring of the image and that pretty floral paper behind it!

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  26. Being from Texas I also loved this image & had to have it! :) It looks great. It is nice of you to be offering a set of watercolors too. Hugs~Patti

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  27. Beautiful card, such lovely coloring!

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  28. Very pretty card. I have viewed all your projects from last to fist and I love the different looks you achieved. They are all works of Art. Thanks for sharing.

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