Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Growing in Unity Day 2 - Watercolor Giraffe

Good morning again! 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 Day 2 project:


For this card, I used another itty bitty stamp called WILD about you {giraffe}. I love the fun variety of Unity stamps - you can get cute, fun, elegant, serious, and beautiful all in the same place! And the red rubber stamps beautifully! I stamped this again on watercolor paper, and had fun coloring him in with my watercolor paints. I stamped the sentiment in two parts so that it would fit on my panel.  


Added some background paper from Basic Grey, a few sparkly clear sequins, and some jute twine tied with a coordinating October Afternoon button. Also rounded off a couple corners on my watercolor panel before attaching with foam adhesive.


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

32 comments:

  1. Heather, this is perfect! I love everything about this -- the watercolor effect, the cute stamp and sentiment, those big, bold polka dots. Everything.

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  2. LOVE this card Heather. Watercolor is so much fun. Thanks again for taking this GIU week.

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  3. Very sweet. I like the polka dot background.

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  4. This is SO sweet, I love the soft watercolored background. You've got some serious talent, lady!

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  5. This is such a sweet card! I'd like to know what water colors you are using. I'm ready to get some better quality water colors.

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  6. How cute Heather!! I love the water color look.

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  7. This is absolutely adorable, Heather! The water colored image is precious and I love the color combo.

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  8. Darling card! I love the watercolor look too, and am so excited to take the upcoming online watercoloring class next month! Love that cute giraffe and the fun sentiment!

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  9. OMG!!! This card is so adorable. love the polka dot paper.

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  10. ADORABLE!!! Love the watercolor wash and your paper choices!

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  11. Heather! You outdid yourself with this one. It is SO cute! I love the water coloring!

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  12. What a darling card. Love the colors for this and that cute stamp. :)

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  13. beautiful card!! this image is soo cute!!! and I want to try the watercolor technique!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  14. Your card is adorable - wonderful watercolor background!

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  15. Cute card. I love the watercolour technique too.

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  16. Super cute card Heather. Love the watercolour technique.

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  17. So adorable! Love the water coloring! Great papers and the twine/button accent is the perfect finishing touch!

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  18. Oh my goodness this is ridiculously cute! Love the giraffe and that twine and button!

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  19. Watercoloring is one of my favorite techniques so I can't wait to see all your projects this week! This sweet little giraffe is just adorable and I love the soft watercolor background!

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  20. Ok, Heather...I'm going to blame you for my purchase of water colors this weekend! Hope you're happy! :-) This is the cutest little giraffe...love this adorable card.

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  21. Oh my goodness! This is just the sweetest card ever. The way you laid out the card is perfection.

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  22. The colors you choose are great. Love this card.

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  23. Oh my gosh, I love this card!! The giraffe is adorable! My little grandson's nursery was decorated with giraffes so I have a soft place for them in my heart! And I really like the way you rounded the diagonal corners. I don't think I've ever seen that before but I really like the effect!

    Amy E
    Scrapthissavethat.com

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  24. So stinkin cute. Is watercolor a new thing for you? I haven't seen much of this from you before. Awesome work though...

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  25. Super gorgeous card Heather - perfect image for watercolouring!!!

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  26. Adorable card, just love the colors you used!

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  27. So lovely & I like the addition of the twine too! Hugs~Patti

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  28. Another fab card - I love giraffes and this card rocks! Love the touch of sequins and twine!

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  29. Lovely card. I love the use of the sequins. I keep forgetting to use touches like that.

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