Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those that sang best. ~Author unknown, quoted in The
Ladies Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature, Arts, and
Religion, September 1874, commonly misattributed to Henry Van Dyke and Henry
David Thoreau
Good Morning!
If you came here from Ginger Pelfrey's blog, you are on the right track ...
If not, the complete blog hop list is at the end of this post so make sure you stop, look and comment on each one!
In early September I was lucky enough to be a “Growing in Unity Gal” and spent a week sharing Christmas cards I made using my Unity Stamps. I loved the challenge of it and I look forward to next year’s event.
If not, the complete blog hop list is at the end of this post so make sure you stop, look and comment on each one!
In early September I was lucky enough to be a “Growing in Unity Gal” and spent a week sharing Christmas cards I made using my Unity Stamps. I loved the challenge of it and I look forward to next year’s event.
This week, I am participating in small blog hop with several other
GUI gals to share some more cards made with Unity stamps as well as give two
lucky commenters a chance to win some Unity Stamps of their very own!
For this hop I wanted to play with my new set of Unity
Stamps as well as some goodies that have not seen the light of day for a while …
namely, watercolor paper, embossing powder and Twinkling H2O paints!
After a few trial and errors with my paints, here is my card. I have to say I love how well the image stamped and heat embossed. Even those little fine lines picked up nice and clean.
Here are some close ups of the flowers so you can see the embossing and the fine sparkle from the Twinkling H2O paints. (and yes, the card really does shimmer with those colors in the light.)
Supplies
- Image & Sentiment (Unity Stamps KOM 2015 “Halo Dirty”)
- Card stock, base (The Paper Studio)
- Card stock, black (Stampin Up!)
- Card stock, metallic (Neenah)
- Cold Press 140lb watercolor paper (Canson)
- India Ink (Memories)
- Pearls (Stash)
- Sharpies – used to color the pearls
- Twinkling H2O (ColourArte)
- White embossing powder (Stampin Up!
1 Ginger Pelfrey
ME! ---> 2 Cara Malmrose http://creativechaosbycara.blogspot.com/
3 Stephanie Puccini
4 Victoria Moore Beall
5 Anya Lynet
6 Tami Carlson French
7 Unity Blog
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
(Hugs) Cara
(Hugs) Cara
Lovely card. I like the yellow and green together.
ReplyDeletestamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
This is beautiful! I have never heard of twinkling h2o inks before. I will have to check it out now.
ReplyDeleteWow ... that is sparkly shimmery gorgeous
ReplyDeleteWow, this is fabulous Cara, Love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow !!! This card is absolutely gorgeous !! The color combo is great and the shimmers..... oh my goodness !! I really need to give this Twinkling H2O a try....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Cara! Love the sprinkle and shine from the H2o’s!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is stunning - love the shimmer and shine of the H20's! Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome card. Love the coloring.
ReplyDeleteI love embossing and coloring. I love your color combo. Turned out great!
ReplyDeleteVery gorgeous. Your flowers are so sparkling. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
ReplyDeleteHello Cara! I'm loving all the sparkle and shine.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, who would like glitters?
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, that glows. So pretty. Love it. Hugz
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI loved your shimmery card and I love Twinkling H2Os too:) thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card love how the card shimmers
ReplyDeleteLove Love Love all the shimmer! You have inpired me to break out my H2O's
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I have twinkling h2o's that havent been used for awhile either. This encourages me to get them out. Thanks
ReplyDeleteCara, this is a beautiful card. The design and technique is outstanding. The H2O will be my exploration because I've never heard of it. tfs
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. The yellow and green compliment each other and the twinkling h2os make the image pop.
ReplyDeleteThe greens and yellows are beautiful
ReplyDeleteWow! Love all the shimmer. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the shimmer! I too have never heard of twinkling H2Os. That's why I love seeing other people's stuff!!
ReplyDeleteLove your card!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's just gorgeous. Whoever receives that is one lucky person! I love that sentiment too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome card. I love using the H2O's and embossing. Love the color choices. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove the twinkling H2O and how it shimmers. Cute card.
ReplyDeleteIt's so titillating! I can't stop looking at it! WOW WOW WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteI use H2O's on all my work. I love the sparkle in them and they blend so well, when they went out of favor for comics they are hard to find. Have to get them online now but color choices seem to be more limited. Still an array of colors. You did a fantastic job on this!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, those paints are amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeaut, I haven't used my Twinkling H2O's in years! Thank you for reminding me of the beauty of them in your creativity!
ReplyDeleteWow! Stunning card!!! Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! I'm going to have to try some of these techniques that are new to me!
ReplyDeleteLove the effect you got with these pretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteLove the spring color! Great job!
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