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Get in the Picture

Happy Friday! This is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules on the blog today with a little note for all of you during the holiday season: Get in the picture! As a mom, I constantly found myself trying to capture magical moments on film with my family. But looking back, I realized I was never in the pictures. And it’s not about taking selfies, but making sure that YOU are captured in those photos… and be part of those beautiful memories.

When I saw the new stamp, Juniper Girl, my first thought was taking a picture of her. I pulled out a very old die set and die cut a Polaroid. I stamped the inside square with Juniper Girl and colored it in using Copics and Distress Inks.

Copic markers used:  R27, R14, R08, YG99, YG97, YG95, E84, Y28, E43, C8, C6, C4, E15, E11

Distress inks used: Faded Jeans & Black Soot

I wanted to use a fun background but didn’t want a patterned paper, so I used navy card stock and a snowy embossing folder. It was a little boring, so I added a metallic rub-on to the raised parts of the embossed card stock. This added a subtle detail.

I love the sentiments in this stamp, but I really wanted to highlight the idea of getting in the picture. I used a sentiment sticker and a snowflake die. To highlight some details, I used a copper gel pen and die cut the snowflake from copper paper, tying it all together.

So please make the effort to get in the picture. Ask someone to take pictures of you. Make sure that you’re part of the memories being saved!

Enjoy the holiday season, and the BIGGEST sale at Unity! Until next time… Happy Crafting!

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How To Easily Line Up Letter Die-Cuts ~ Christmas Card

Hello, Gaylynn here.  This is a technique showing how to easily line up letter die-cuts. The Christmas card design has easy paper layers and die-cut gold accents.

Additionally, I added Ornamental Pines die-cuts for the trees and tulle ribbon accents.

Helpful tips:

  1. Prepare an A2-sized card base, 4 1/4″ x 5.5″ folded.

  2. Trim or die-cut a card background panel from dark green solid cardstock. Also, trim a smaller card front panel using coordinating patterned paper.

  3. Trim or die-cut two tree accents.

  4. Diecut the sentiment layers using green, gold and white cardstock.

  5. Use the negative of the MERRY cardstock piece as a temporary stencil to place and adhere the individual letters onto the white sentiment shadow layer. Carefully remove the stencil piece to reveal the word only.

  6. Adhere the gold Christmas sentiment overlapping the green MERRY.

  7. Adhere background paper panels together using flat double-sided tape.

  8. Adhere tuille around the background paper.

  9. Layer and adhere the sentiment and trees over the card using foam tape.

This is another look at the card.

Finally, see the quick video process below.

Be sure to visit my other features here on the Unity Stamp Co. blog:
Technique Time and
Watercolor Wednesday.

I hope you try this project and share your makes in the Unity Show & Tell Facebook Group.  Feel free to tag me so that I can see what you make and then leave some love.

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Gaylynn

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Love this look? Browse all of Unity’s Christmas stamps for more inspiration.

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Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree….

Happy Friday!

Andrea here with you today featuring some October new releases from the Background of the Month and the Kit of the month stamps. I know it’s Fall but if I don’t start making Christmas cards now then I end up skipping sending any that year.

I started out with stamping the BOM Holiday Jingle with Deco Foil’s Transfer Gel Duo. I use a foam applicator to apply this large area. Then I let it dry about an hour till clear before I put inside a parchment paper folder and apply my foil. Then after running it through my laminator I peel back the foil to see the magic happen! I added a small strip of the red paper I backed my image with to make it pop more.

While my transfer gel was drying I got to work on my tree image from the current KOM Sweet Bliss of Christmas.

Side note- did you see that if you live in Canada you can now get the KOM! Click here to have this delivered right to you!

I used the Copic markers shown above and a gold gel pen I had in my stash. I see from the picture it says Creative Memories brand. So that makes it about 20 plus years old and it still works! Hoarding pays off sometimes LOL.

I die cut my images out using Scallops and Rectangles Die set from Unity. It truly is a must have staple in my craft room.

That’s it! A wow card I hope the recipient loves. Longest part was waiting for the gel to dry. Gave me time to tidy my craft room a bit.

I hope you enjoyed today’s post and that I will see you again next Friday.

Until then- Happy Crafting!

Andrea @mystampingheaven over on Instagram

See every set in Unity’s Christmas stamps collection — red rubber, made in the USA.

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Wishing You Peace and Happiness

The holidays are here and there is so much still going on.  I wanted to make a card that I could send to anyone right now…. and I wish I could make a thousand of them to send to you all.  Hi everyone, this is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules on the blog today sharing a slimline card made with hope using the stamps from the September 2015 Kit of the Month: Our Hearts to Yours.

When I saw this Christmas tree I just love the subtle details.  Embedded in this beautiful red rubber image, there are words of hope… “believe, blessings, love, christmas” and many more.  I wanted to make a card that would highlight this image so I used white space to highlight it.  Below I put some step by step details and photos in case you’d like to try this idea.

Step 1.  Lightly stamp the image.  Just so you can place it on the card and get some ideas of the background.  A Misti is perfect for restamping, but you can use any of your stamping tools.

Step 2.  Using a hillside stencil, I added a little snowmound in the background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Step 3-A.  Using that same Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the left and right edge of the slim line piece. Make sure not to color in the top center as this will be a source of light.

Step 3-B.  Next, using Faded Jeans Distress Ink, color the left and right side again just a little less further in than the first layer.  Again, not coloring in the center.

Step 3-C.  Doing the same thing, but this time using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.

Step 3-D.  Last color is Black Soot Distress Ink.  This color makes the white space in the middle light up and give you more of that late night feeling.

Step 4.  Put this piece back into your Misti and restamp.  This time, make sure the image is crisp and all lines get inked.

Step 5-A.  Time to color our tree.  Starting with the greens:  YG45, YG67 & G29.  I started by coloring the whole tree with the lightest color and added layers of the darker colors.

Step 5-B.  Now to light the tree with Y08 on every single start. So cheery already!

Step 5-C.  To color the ornaments, I kept it simple and colored each of the balls with a little R29.  I also added a little shadow of the tree using B41.

Step 6.  Red rubbers stamps has one disadvantage, they can be tough to line up because we can’t see through them.  I use an acetone grid to see where the words fall.  I can realign the stamp and just test it out before making that FINAL stamp.

And this is the result…

Step 7.  Don’t feel like making a mask… here’s a secret tip.  Clean the stamp and then lay it down over the sentiment or image of that said stamp.

Boom… you’ve got a mask.  Next, I splattered white Distress Spray Paint over the entire card.

Step 8.  Layer it up.  I added another layer of black card stock to frame the image and then adhered it to the card base.

The dark edges light this card up and make this beautiful tree come to life.  Now, if you’re not a Kit of the Month Member, you can also get this beautiful Christmas tree with the Spruce Up the Season stamp set {retired}.  However, if you are a KOM member and don’t have this kit, you can purchase it at a discount!

My next blog will be after Christmas, so know that I’m wishing each of you peace and happiness this holiday season.  I hope you are blessed with health and love for this season and all the days that follow.  Until next time, happy crafting!

Jules