mandag 7. oktober 2019

Growing in Unity - Day 1

Hello crafty friends, greetings from Norway, here´s the first post of my week of Growing In Unity. Being a GIU-girl is one of the things I´ve wanted to do for a long time and finally I had the good fortune to be picked :)
I´ve been a fan of the Unity stamps ever since 2008-2009 and have some stamps from back in the day to prove it, though I haven´t used any of them in todays card.
Today I´ve played with Distress Oxides to make backgrounds for the beautiful stamps. First using the smooshing technique, the colours are chosen to create a sort of rainbow effekt. The stamp is from the «Say it Big» sentiment kit, it creates such a stricking effect.



The second card is a condolence card, with a blended rainbow and stamped straws from the «Insightful Meadows» stampset by Donna Downey, it´s an oldie but a goodie, and the sentiment is from the August 2019 kit of the month. The last thing I added to the card was a little Pearl Glimmer Mist, my motto in life is «Everything is better with a little Glimmer Mist»


If you leave a comment, you have a chance of winning a grab-bag of Unity goodness. I´ll be back tomorrow with some more cards 

45 kommentarer:

  1. Beautiful cards. I love both of those sets and you make them stand out! Looking forward to your cards this week. Thank you for sharing your talents.

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  2. Those are lovely, and so is your profile pic, looking forward to seeing all your creations

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  3. Love these cards. Looking forwarding to tomorrow's post!

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  4. Pretty cards, love your technique on both of them!

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  5. Very pretty cards. I love seeing these type of cards since I am not
    much of a colorist myself(I do try a little! lol). Looking forward to
    your week of inspiration.

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  6. I love the colors and smooshing technique. I’ve done a card similar to the second one, only by ink blending....I’m going to have to try it with the smooshing technique. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. Beautiful cards! The Say it Big set is great. I just ordered the Holiday one! Looking forward to seeing your creations this week!

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  8. Just beautiful cards. Love your colors, stamps, and designs. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. I love your beautiful cards. Looking forward to see more from you this week
    Hugs :)

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  10. Love all the cards! and i really like it the first sentiment, is going to the wishing list right away. Looking forward to see more! :)

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  11. Great cards! I really like your backgrounds, both of them.
    But the last one is so beautifull.
    I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  12. How beautiful your cards are. I really love the colors and how you used them. I love to see people from Norway--my Dad's family is Norwegian :) My husband and I went to Norway a couple of years ago, and would like to go back. We didn't have time to drive to the old family home--we were just there for part of a day on a cruise. Thanks for showing us your talent.

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  13. Love the blacks against the colours. Very pretty cards. HUgz

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  14. Your backgrounds are beautiful!! Lovely cards!!!

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  15. Hei! Så gøy å se en annen norsk Unity-fan! :)

    Kjempefine kort! Insightful meadows var et av de første stempelsettene jeg kjøpte fra Unity. :)

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  16. Lovely cards. I really like both of them! Looking forward to your GIU week!

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  17. They are both wonderful and I always love the way Insightful Meadows looks against various backgrounds.

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  18. your work is beautiful! i especially love the card with Insightful Meadows, it is soft and elegant, perfect as a sympathy card.

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  19. Both cards are lovely, the backgrounds work so well with the stamps

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  20. You’re sharing two very pretty cards. This is my first time on this blog and I’m excited to see your work this week!

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  21. Both cards are just lovely! I have not done ink smooshing and now I think I may try it! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. I love the backgrounds! Great job��

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  23. Love these backgrounds, they’re perfect for so many stamps!

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  24. Great cards, the backgrounds really make those big sentiments pop.��

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  25. Such cool backgrounds! I LOVE THEM!

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  26. Love the backgrounds. I have the big sentiment stamps so gave me some ideas. Thank you for sharing.

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  27. Pretty cards! I really love that big sentiment!

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  28. Beautiful backgrounds that make the black stamped images just pop

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  29. Lovely cards! Looking forward to your GIU week!

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  30. Beautiful cards. also congratulations on your marraige. May you have many, many happy years together.

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  31. Gorgeous cards! I absolutely love the rainbow of colors used for both of the cards!

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  32. I love your backgrounds!! They are both beautiful, but when I scrolled down to the second one... it stole my heart! Beautiful <3 Have a beautiful week!!!

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  33. Me again! I just followed your blog too! WooHoo!

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  34. I love the coloring of your cards, I just got a nice ink set from my husband and can not wait to play

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  35. Super fun cards! I love the rainbow card with the floral...!

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  36. Congrats on being this week's GIU gal! Both these cards are awesome!

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  37. Fantastisk kuule kort, og digger bursdagsstempelt ❤️

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  38. The masking and insightful meadows is amazing!

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