Hi crafty friends!
I am so happy to be back on the Blog again today with a “2 for 1” card design using one of our newest releases at Unity Stamp Company, called Tender Thoughts.
This big bold bloom is so versatile – even if you wanted to use other sentiments not included in the stamp set, it would make lovely birthday or thank you cards. I thought that since I would sit down to color, why not make not one but two cards using this beautiful image and both sentiments.
Summer is just beginning here and wild lilies are beginning to pop up everywhere – I decided to go with traditional “tiger lilies”, and we see these wild in the ditches along the roads for the next month or so.
This image is so easy to color and for this duo of cards, I inked up the image twice on a piece of Hammermill Color Copy cardstock. I decided on alcohol markers this time and I used the following Copics:
Lilies: YR18, YR16, YR12
Greenery: G05, G14, YG13
I have got into the habit of trying to create two cards each time I decide to get inky – it really doesn’t take much more time to add a duplicate card – you have one to keep for another time if you are pressed for time. This stamp set has a beautiful sympathy sentiment included and I know I have needed to send a card suddenly when a friend has experienced a loss.
Having 2 cards ready is never a bad thing!
Beyond coloring the image, I cut one panel down to allow a bit of black cardstock to peek out and the enouragement card was layered on a kraft cardstock base. I added some inky splashes in crumb cake and black ink and popped up the sentiment for a bit of dimension.
The second card was also trimmed but I decided to add it to a white cardstock base and I loved that little pop of black so much on the first card I decided to duplicate it on this one.
The sympathy sentiment was cut out using the Deckle and Stitches rectangle dies, and they are (by far) my most used dies from Unity!
These two cards were easy to create and the coloring was relaxing on a cool and rainy weekend. I hope you create “2 for 1” cards with your Unity stamps too.
Peace, Love n Ink
Amber