I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be hopping with an amazing group of designers showcasing fun Unity Stamp Company images & the amazing MISTI from My Sweet Petunia (thanks to Unity for sharing these stamps with me).
For my first card, I stamped the lovely image from Unity Stamp Company Present In my Heart in black ink on watercolor paper. Next I used my new Distress Oxide Inks and sponges to abstractly color and blend my image … it gives that beautiful image such an ethereal feel. It reminds me of spending time with my sister on the beach.
One of the cool things about the MISTI is that after you're done with all of your inking or coloring, you just stamp one more time to get a nice crisp image on top of the ink … it's like magic.
My next card features stamps from Unity's Happy Snail Mail (this set has so many great sentiments, it was hard to choose).
For this one, I stamped my image several times to get nice crisp black lines and then I colored with my Spectrum Noir Markers. I went for sort of an Alice in Wonderland color combination … so many color combination possibilities for this fun image.
Next, I used Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders, my water spray bottle, and paper towels for dabbing to create two unique pieces of watercolor paper. I added more browns to my background paper. I'm also linking-up at the Tuesday Throwdown where the theme is Anything Goes.
The MISTI is perfect for stamping on water-colored paper to get a nice strong solid-lined image against the vibrant background … this stamp & sentiment are from Unity's Turn Toward the Light. I used gold glitter pen to color in my bloom.
For my final card, I combined paper piecing and coloring with Spectrum Noir markers with Unity's Francine Girl.
Again, the MISTI makes it so much easier to stamp both the background image and cardstock for paper piecing with precision.
Everyone who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop will go into a drawing for 3 prize packs from Unity and winner's choice of an Original or Mini MISTI.
Comments need to be made by May 30th at noon Central Standard Time to be eligible. Winners will be posted on both the Unity Stamp Company Blog and the My Sweet Petunia blog on May 31st.
What are you waiting for … go do some hopping:
Stephanie Severin <<<——– You Are Here
Gorgeous cards! Love the beach scene!
You created some beautiful backgrounds. Great cards.
I really like the coloring of the girl at the beach!!!
Wow! Gorgeous cards and colors!!!
Great cards!! Love the paper piecing!
Love all of your creations!
Amazing colors!
Great cards!
Beautiful creations Stephanie! Love the distress oxide background and the watercolor background is amazing!
Lovely cards. All of your techniques are fabulous. I particularly agree about using the MISTI for watercolor paper. It’s so easy to get good solid lines by stamping multiple times.
I love your beautiful creations.
Adorable. I especially love your color burst card! So pretty.
Lovely little soul on the beach and a beautiful autumnal sunflower card
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
What a diverse selection of cards. Beautiful.
the shading in the first card
is fantastic.
The sunflower is warming and
so pretty.
thanks for sharing some
great projects.
I love your beautiful sunflower card.
Thanks for so many tips! I love my MISTI for stamping on water color paper.
All your cards are really awesome !
The maid card is so cute. Thanks for sharing.
Love that purple snail. Would never have thought to do that color, but it works wonderfully.
Love the free style look of your beach card. I can’t wait to get my Happy Snail Mail set so I can try some bright color combos like you did. Thanks!
Hi Stephanie. These are wonderful. I especially like the kits you chose and how you used them. 🙂
Beautiful cards! I love how the MISTI makes card making so easy!
such diverse looks! I’m loving all the Phyllis Harris images I’m seeing being used. Great reminder about stamping again after coloring. I always forget and remove my stamp too soon.
Your water color paper turned out so pretty.
Wowza thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful art work!
I wanna be the girl….it looks soo peaceful! Love the background! Never heard of colorburst powders …interested to learn more! TFS!
I love the fun colours of these!
The cards are fabulous!! Thanks
Love that snail mail stamp.
Nice cards. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely cards.
I love all the colors you use – all your cards are fabulous!
You created fabulous cards!!! They are all so fun to look at!!!
I especially like how you used the Distress Oxide with the sweet stamp of the girl on the beach–what a pretty card!
Beautiful coloring
These are all amazing! My favorite is the girl on the beach! So cute!
Lovely cards, I love the vibrancy!
Love these cards. Thanks for sharing! I love the background on the little girl stamp!
Thanks for sharing these marvelous projects – such a great variety!
Pretty cards! Thanks for sharing and being part of the fun blog hop between Unity and MISTI.
Wonderful cards using the Misti and Unity stamps. I really like the first one.
great cards 🙂
Great cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love these…the maid has to be my favorite ♡♡♡
beautiful work!
Stephanie, so many cards and each one unique and beautiful, but the little girl is the one that stole my heart. Fabulous use of color. Thank you.