Brick Wall Background, Brutus Monroe, Conservatory of Quotes, Distress Markers, Distress Oxides, Florals, Tim Holtz, Unity Stamps, Water Colored Cards

Blog Hoppin’ With Unity!

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I’m so freaking excited!  What a week!  Christopher Alan just announced a new collaboration between Brutus Monroe and Unity Stamps!!  And tonight is the big collaborative blog hop including the teams from both companies!!   A line of  background stamps have been created just for this occasion and I got the awesome Hit The Brick to play with!  After making several backgrounds with it, I decided to do a partial brick wall background for my card.  So, here’s what I did: I tapped Bundled Sage distress oxide ink onto the Hit The Brick stamp, spritzed it with a fine mister then, by bending the flexible cling stamp, I was able to just stamp parts of it onto my paper.  BTW, it’s perfectly sized for A2 cards!
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After drying with my heat tool, I heat-embossed in white the beautiful Conservatory of Quotes in the lower right hand corner.  I colored sections at a time with Distress markers, adding water to move the color.  I let each color dry, then added more ink to deepen the color.  I also used the markers to add color below and around the image to create that lovely, shadowy background.
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In the upper right hand corner, I added my script stamp very faintly with Bundled Sage.  For the spatters, I scribbled out the deep red and green markers onto my craft mat, and mixed them together with my wet paintbrush, then spattered the resulting color over my card.  The sentiment is from a Unity Stamps set called Life Touches and I heat-embossed it in dark red directly to the card front.

 

 

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When my panel was completed, I trimmed it down with Stitched Rectangle dies, added a layer of dark red paper behind it then mounted it to an off-white base card.  Doesn’t that brick background beautifully compliment the spray of roses?  I just love it and can’t wait to make more cards with it!

 

You’ll be amazed at all the projects made by the Inspiration Team!  The blog hop lineup includes not only our team but Unity Stamps’ team as well!  Waleska is next on the hop!
Amanda
Angeline
Camille
Donna
Echo
Gaylynn
Heather
Karen 
Lisa
Mandi 
Maria
Noelle
Robyn
Sharon 
Shemaine 
Stephanie
Brutus Monroe
Berina
Heather
Jess
Lauren
Marie Nicole
Sharon White
Waleska
Unity Stamp Co

66 thoughts on “Blog Hoppin’ With Unity!”

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  5. Love the rustic look of the wood, mixed with the classic look of the red roses. So classy! Looks wonderful!

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  11. I am speechless! This card is sooooo elegant and gorgeous! The colors are amazing! I just love everything about this card!

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  23. Wow!,,, This is gorgeous. What a creative way to stamp the background. The flowers and sentiment are beautiful. Love your card.

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  40. Thanks so much, Tonia! It actually developed as I worked on it! I often have no idea what will result! But I too, live this one! 😁 Thanks for your visit and comment! 🙂❤️

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  51. I love how you created this card. The partial use of the background stamp is so clever too. The spatter helps tie it all together for my eye. Great work!

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  53. Love the new collaboration, the stamps are awesome, and your project is stunning! I love how you did the brick wall and your flowers are amazing. Thanks for all the inspiration!!!

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  63. So soft and romantic looking! Good to know that you were able to manipulate the stamp to get this look too!

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