Hi friends!
Welcome to another Membership Thursday with me as your host! February’s Whit Kit is perfect for your critter lovers! It’s filled with various images of Geese – big ones and little ones, and the cutest sentiments! You can create a simple card with one of the images or go to town with masking all the geese into one scene! My card today is a mixed media piece using a few of the geese! I’ll be using February’s Whit Kit, Barnyard Bouquet and Jubilant Tapestry paper packs, circle nesting dies, black ink and a blending brush, Ranger Spritz in Rusty Hinge, crinkly ribbon, alcohol markers, and the cloud stencil. To shop any of these items, hover over the description and click on it.
First, I stamped one of the images from Whit Kit of a mama goose looking down lovingly onto her baby goose. Then I stamped an individual baby goose separately. I used a permanent black ink to stamp the images as I planned to color them all with my alcohol markers. The mama goose was colored in shades of grey, and the baby geese in shades of pink. I added grass and dirt below the geese with my alcohol markers and created clouds behind them with a cloud stencil, light blue dye ink, and a blending brush.
Next, I die cut the image of mama and baby using a circle nesting die. I also die cut a larger piece in black cardstock. Then I adhered the two circles together so that you see the black framing around the image. I added the 2nd baby goose to the right of mama. You can see all the details in the photo below!
Next, I focused on the background, which is quite busy! There are several steps to creating this, so I’ll share them with you in bullet points to keep it simple:
- Choose 3 pieces of coordinating patterned paper (I used Jubilant Tapestry and Barnyard Bouquet). You can get inspired with Unity’s entire paper line by clicking here.
- Trim each piece of paper to 5.5×4.25 (set the extra pieces aside for your next card)
- Adhere one piece of the patterned paper to a 5.5×4.25 white card base. For my card, that would be the checkered design.
- Tear the other 2 sheets of patterned paper in half going from one corner to the other corner, creating a jagged edge as seen in the photo below:
- Ink up the jagged edges of 2 of the torn sheets with black ink and a blending brush. Then adhere both layers together with one sheet peeking out from behind the other, as seen in the photo below:
- Lastly, adhere those layers over the 3rd piece of patterned paper that was adhered to the card base earlier.
- Ink up all 4 sides of the entire card panel with the same black ink and blending brush. Finish with splatters. I used Ranger Spritz spray in Rusty Hinge (but any of your favorites will do)
Now that the background was ready, I adhered the geese to the lower right corner of the card panel and slipped a piece of ephemera behind it for added interest. Then I placed a crinkle ribbon next to it. The ribbon adds a nice touch! I finished by stamping the sentiment from the Whit Kit, trimming it, and inking the edges of it to coordinate with the card panel.
I’m so happy you joined me today! To shop the items used in this post, click on the description at the beginning of this post. To learn more about how you can save money and get a new stamp mailed to you every month, click here for Memberships! Unity has several to choose from and you can decide which kit works best for you!
