Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Unity Card Re-makes

Good morning! A couple months ago I had a couple Unity Stamp Company cards I had made that had quickly sold, and were requested by someone else - so I agreed to remake them. It took me WAY too long to get to them, but last week I finally got them done. They are both similar, but with slight differences, so I figured I'd blog them anyway. But if they look kinda familiar - that is why! :)


The first one is very similar - I simply changed out the Christmas cup for a Valentine version - but kept the sentiment from the Christmas one. Layered up lots of white cardstock with some May Arts ribbon, and machine stitched those layers together before attaching to my kraft cardbase. The cup, once colored with Copics, has some Glossy Accents covering the heart on the cup.


Next up, this simple sympathy card:


I added some texture to the background with the Bit of Burlap stamp and some distress ink, then mounted the die cut panel with foam tape over my soft woodgrain pattern paper with a bit of jute twine.


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Monday, February 27, 2017

PPP Free Gift Set - Thinking of You

Good morning! I have this card up on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today featuring the new free gift stamp set for the new release - in just TWO DAYS! You can see the details HERE if you are interested!


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CardMaker and Grafix Arts Blog Hop

Good morning! This morning I am participating in another fun blog hop - this time with the CardMaker Blog Design Team and Grafix Arts! Each of the Cardmaker DT members got a package of goodies from Grafix Arts to play with - I used a couple of those items to make my card below:


The main thing used was the fun package of Shrink Film! I hadn't had a chance to use that before, and it was so fun! Kind of felt a little like magic I have to tell you! This embellishment on the front of my card is the beautiful Neat and Tangled Heart Wreath stamp - that is usually much larger! I stamped it with Stazon Ink on the Shrink Film, which basically feels like a piece of acetate. Then I zapped it with my heat gun to shrink it down - worked just as good as putting it in the oven, and much quicker than taking time to heat it up! Look at the photo below to see how THICK it ended up! Such a fun embellishment!


I also used some of the vellum from Grafix Arts on my card - see the torn edge of it ticked under the strip of pattern paper on the front of my card? My pattern paper is from a new Crate Paper pad - I'm a sucker for pretty floral paper, and all the better when I can leave more if it showing like this!


I attached my Shrink Film embellishment with a couple tiny dots of Ranger adhesive to a small die cut circle, added some coordinating enamel dots, and a bit of jute twine to finish off my card.


Here is the entire blog hop line-up so you can follow along and see all the fun inspiration!

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

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Sunday, February 26, 2017

You Brighten My Day - Unity SOTW

Good morning! I'm up on the Unity Blog this morning to introduce this cute little new Stamp of the Week - Bright Little Chick. You can read all the details HERE!


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Colored Pencils on Colored Cardstock

Good morning! I don't know about you - but I LOVE hydrangeas! All different colors! So, when I saw this new image from Unity Stamp Company recently, I couldn't wait to play with it! I wanted to do a little twist on it though, so instead of just coloring it on white cardstock, I used some soft lavender cardstock and colored it with my colored pencils.


Here is a simple little video showing how I colored and blended my florals:


Colored pencils are perfect for this -  nice and vibrant on the colored cardstock! You could use this technique on lots of different colors.


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