Since this is the last day of my Growing in Unity week, I’d like to share one of the four Unity cards I had published in Card Creations: Volume 10. I combined three stamps from three different sets to make this card. I chose the colours as I normally do, by moving my ink pads around and seeing which ones look good together. I started by stamping the alphabet border, from What I Know, from the bottom up and made sure that I didn’t stamp them in the same area each time. That way you see different alphabets on each strip and it creates movement. Afterwards, I randomly tore a piece of scrap paper to use as a mask for the Stars of Worn background. I masked the top of the card and stamped the stars on top of the alphabet border. To finish, I stamped the sentiment from Favorite Sentiments and adhered the mat to the card base.
You have until 2:00 a.m. EST Saturday morning to comment on all five of my Growing in Unity posts this week. Sometime tomorrow, I will announce the winner via Random.org and that lucky lady will win two itty bitty stamps of her choice from Unity Stamp Company. Thank you, Unity, for having me as the Growing in Unity Gal this week! And thank you to everyone who came by to see what I made. It’s always a pleasure having you here. 🙂
Sources:> Gina K Designs pure luxury black & white cardstock; Unity What I Know & Stars of Worn; Unity+Jillibean Soup Favorite Sentiments; SU Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise & Pool Party inks; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
I love this mix of colours Emily and the way your stamped the alphabet border. Cool card 🙂
Love the colors and the simple design of your card.
Congrats on being published! Your stamping is impeccable!
I thin I missed a LOT!! What a great and funny, but also beautiful cards!! All of them!
I really love the abc border wow!!
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Wow, I LOVE this with the alphabet border! It's so unique..really fresh and fun!
Great card! Love the stars stamped over everything…they are so subtle I almost missed them.
It's those subtle details like the stars that just pop your creations, Emily! I love the colours & how is it I don't have a stamp that says awesome? What a great sentiment!
Love the color combo and the way you highlight the gorgeous stamps!
Another great card! It's funny, there are so many Unity designs I'm always discovering more. This is a great one. Thanks!
fun, cute and so creative…
Awesome card!:)
How fun to see your card published in a mag! Congrats!
And it has been a great GIU week. Thanks for sharing your creations with us!
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I've kinda been under a rock lately and just happened to notice over on the Unity blog that you are this week's GIU gal! Just had to swing by to see everything you've been up to. Lovely posts for this week (including this stunning card–it popped right off the pages of the mag when I first saw it)! I had to backtrack through your thread to read more about your recent loss. I'm so very, very sorry, Emily. It sounds like you've had so very much to deal with recently. Please know that I am thinking of you. Hang in there!
Another incredible card!!! Thanks so much for sharing – I love how you put it together!
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This is just fabulous Emily!! I love it!!
Wow- love this card!
I love your crafty stamping on this card, it's adorable!
I knew this one looked familiar! LOL! Fabulous card, Emily!
AWESOME card Emily!!! (=
Love this card. Great touch with the border.
This is such a cool design Em!
Gorgeous card, Emily!! Love the alpha borders and the stars. Great design, and congrats on being published! Have a great weekend! {hugs}
It's way too easy to say this is one awesome card, isn't it? 😛 The mix of colours is unexpected but works really well together. The way you used the background stars is original and perfect, and the sentiment really does say it all! Thanks for a fab week of inspiring posts!
That card very nice. I like the colors you choosen.
Fantastic design and such a wonderful collection of colours! LoVe it!
I love everything about this card! I adored it when I first saw it in my Card Creations!!! Absolutely fab, Emily!
What a fun week o'Unity — you've almost got me back on the card-making wagon 🙂 I love the way you used the stars on this card particularly, and now I want to go look it up in my (free-because-I-won-it) issue of Card Creations to see it there too. 😉
Emily I love love the way you did the stamps and the alphas! It was a fun week! TFS!
This is so pretty to me. I love the color scheme and the subtle star background. Great design!
I saw this in the magazine first-love seeing familiar names!
Your card is what it says…Awesome!
I keep staring at this card, and I just can't get enough of it! The colors, the simplicity, they are perfect.
Sweet and simple! Love it!
Awesome card–I like the colors you chose and the stamps.
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Really neat card. love the colors. Congrats on being the GIU chick!
Fantastic card, love the colors. It is so very creative too.
Fun technique and great colors!
I adore this card. Those colors look fabulous together. I love the creativity. The stamps all look so great together. Everything just comes together perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous! Brilliant colours and design!
This is such a great card! I love th colors you used and the alphas….
Wonderful use of the alphabet…such a nice card.
A gorgeous card with a fabulous design!!! Congrats on your pub!!!
congratulations on being published! I love this alphabet card, I have a thing for typography!
Nice. sometimes I wonder how to integrate many alphas in the projects. this is such a great inspiration. And congratulations for your success of being published. 🙂
Love this! And not just because my favourite word is AWESOME 😀
this made me go 'OH' with my mouth wide open. brilliant idea and layering of stamps.
Your card is "awesome". Just perfect.
Fun card love the colors.
Love the colour combo here and you're a genius at putting stamps together. 🙂
Know what else I love? That I shared a double page spread with you in the issue!