Monday, February 23, 2015

Growing In Unity Day 1

Hello and welcome! I am so excited to be your Growing In Unity gal this week! I have been a huge Unity Stamp fan from the beginning and it's been so exciting to see how much they've grown and expanded both their little company and their stamp lines. They just reached 60K followers on Facebook and are having their biggest discount sale ever which ends today (so go shop if you haven't)!

For my first project I wanted to showcase one of the beautiful sentiments from the newest Kit of the Month, Happiness Looks Gorgeous.
 I wanted the sentiment to stand out and I was inspired by Swarups beautiful watercoloring to try to stamp a beautiful flower border around the sentiment. Now the bouquet I used is actually the "hair" from the Let Your Inner Beauty Shine set. It had just the right sized flowers for what I wanted so I just inked up the top portion of the stamp with some Distress Markers in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Mowed Lawn. I spritzed it with water and after re-coloring the stamp each time around the card I took a paintbrush and moved some of the color around to make it look painted.
I colored in a few bits of the sentiment, used a glitter gel pen on the stars, inked the edges with charcoal ink and popped it up on white cardstock.

GIVEAWAY:
I will be posting a new project each day this week (Monday-Friday) on my blog using Unity stamps and when the week is over I get to pick 2 winners from all of the comments during the week who will each get a grab bag of 25 Unity Stamps! I will also be having a small giveaway of my own with 2 winners so there will be 4 winners total!!! I will post the winners on Monday, March 2nd.

Stop by every day this week to see what else I've been working on and remember to leave a comment on each post this week for a chance to win some Unity Stamp grab bags!

Happy crafting,

Crystal
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85 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM

    This is so pretty and sweet!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:24 AM

    Beautifully done and I just love your creativity to use her hair! Awesome.

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  3. CynthiaFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM

    This is lovely, Crystal. Looking forward to your inspiration as GIU gal this week!

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  4. Karen (karey2005)February 23, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    Absolutely love the pretty border around that great sentiment!

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  5. LageneFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:36 AM

    AWESOME card, love how your used part of that Inner Beauty stamp to make the floral boarder!

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  6. SamanthaFebruary 23, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    These kits are awesome, love what you've created using this stamp. Going to try this technique too. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with tomorrow.

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  7. Donna K February 23, 2015 at 12:03 PM

    So clever of you to use the floral hair as your border here Crystal. What an amazing card. You certainly did a fabulous job today. I am excited to see what you come up with this week! Congrats on your GIU week!!

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  8. Kris BFebruary 23, 2015 at 12:08 PM

    Beautiful card! Love how you made the border by using only part of a stamp! Wonderful idea, and it turned out fabulous! Congrats on being this week's GIU gal! Looking forward to a great week!

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  9. Darlene SatkewichFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    Great card and a beautiful way to showcase the sentiment! Absolute genius to use the hair from that gorgeous stamp!

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  10. UnknownFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:24 PM

    Just beautiful! I have to try watercolors!

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    1. CrystalMarch 1, 2015 at 8:52 PM

      Thank you AnneMarie! And definitely try them, they are so fun to play with!

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  11. JeanFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:26 PM

    This is beautiful!

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  12. Sweet AprilFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:42 PM

    What a gorgeous card and such beautiful colors.Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  13. Brandi RFebruary 23, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    Gorgeous card! Love the colors ♥ Look forward to spending the week with you and Unity!

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  14. Dawn FieldsFebruary 23, 2015 at 2:48 PM

    Absolutely beautiful! The floral border is so pretty! So very creative of you to use the hair for the border...brilliant!

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  15. Becca YahrlingFebruary 23, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    Your technique is awesome and you are so talented - love it!

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  16. Teresa Godines #6857February 23, 2015 at 5:50 PM

    Love all the pretty flowers around the sentiment. Beautiful card. Can't wait to see what inspiration you bring this week. Congrats on the GIU!

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  17. RubyFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    Very pretty card. Congrats on being the GIU gal this week. Looking forward to seeing your work.

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  18. MaggyFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:56 PM

    Thank you for the great details on how you created the card. I think it's beautiful! I enjoy seeing new, for me, techniques and you have shown me how to do ones that I'm capable of doing but I never think to put together in one card.

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    1. CrystalMarch 1, 2015 at 10:17 PM

      Thank you Maggie! I like to believe all techniques are achievable to everyone at some point in our crafting journey!

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  19. Sue DFebruary 23, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    Beautiful card. I like the floral border.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  20. UnknownFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:34 PM

    Beautiful work!

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  21. Denise BryantFebruary 23, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    Pretty card! I love the floral frame you created to go along with the sentiment!
    Looking forward to your GIU posts this week!

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  22. vlrbreingan@yahoo.comFebruary 24, 2015 at 7:25 AM

    I love this sentiment .You certainly know how to make it speak.Great job.😊

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  23. GaylynnFebruary 24, 2015 at 9:15 AM

    Hi Crystal. Happy to see you here for giu. Yay!! Your card is so pretty with the pretty flowers framing the sentiment. :)

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  24. ionabunnyFebruary 24, 2015 at 6:33 PM

    Great sentiment. Love the border. Hugz

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  25. Life of a Caffeinated MomFebruary 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM

    I really like how you did the border. It turned out perfect. Have a great week with GIU.

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  26. KarenladdFebruary 25, 2015 at 1:10 AM

    Great creative use of the stamps and so pretty! Love how you colored in the sentiment for such a playful feel!

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  27. JeanFebruary 25, 2015 at 7:37 AM

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  28. jengdFebruary 25, 2015 at 7:43 AM

    I love that you "repurposed" the hair of a totally different type of stamp and how you did it. Gorgeous!!

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  29. UnknownFebruary 25, 2015 at 8:31 AM

    Beautiful card. The "hair" border is amazing! Your vision of looking beyond a stamps use is not seen often!

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  30. Kate BFebruary 25, 2015 at 8:48 AM

    Just Wow! Perfect use for the "hair" Thanks for the idea.

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  31. UnknownFebruary 25, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    Awesome details & explainations of technique. The idea to use a partial part of a stamp, will have me looking at all my stamps, with a more creative eye. In this case, the sum isn't necessarily equal to it's parts. ;) Thanks!

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  32. IrisFebruary 25, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    So pretty - love the border.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  33. D.Ann CFebruary 25, 2015 at 11:57 AM

    FaB idea for the boarder! LOVE getting more use out of stamps that way!!

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  34. Donna K February 25, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    So pretty, Crystal! Your border is such a clever idea and those flowers are water color wonderful! Love the sentiment and I know you are going to have a fabulous week as GIU! I'm off to explore the rest of your posts!

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  35. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 1:16 PM

    Very Pretty!!

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  36. SHartlFebruary 25, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    How clever of you to combine the two stamp sets and use the flowers as a border. This is so pretty and perfect for spring!

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  37. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:23 AM

    So sweet! and using the hair as the flowers- brilliant!

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  38. Beth F.February 26, 2015 at 8:36 AM

    Such a gorgeous, gorgeous card! I love the colors you used on it.

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  39. Debra DavisonFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    What a great card to start off your week !! Love how you used those flowers....

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  40. JanisFebruary 26, 2015 at 6:18 PM

    This is just soooooooo pretty!!! Love the colors on your floral frame. What a great idea to mist them to give more of a watercolor look. Love this sentiment so beautifully showcased!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  41. KatherineFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    The border is GORGEOUS! I would not have thought to use that stamp in that way! Lovely card!

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  42. KatieFebruary 28, 2015 at 2:26 AM

    I thought I commented here but don't see me name. Love this card! Love the beautiful colorful border you created with that stamp, how cool! Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  43. UnknownMarch 1, 2015 at 6:42 PM

    Love this card...lots of color and texture that all support and highlight the sentiment.

    Kim
    Craftisan Studios
    Design Team Showcase

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  44. CrystalMarch 1, 2015 at 11:06 PM

    Thank you Kim!

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