Day 1 Growing In Unity 2020

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I am so excited to begin my week as a Growing In Unity gal. It has been quite the year as I turned 60 earlier this month and the plans I had for celebrating that, as well as my daughter’s wedding scheduled for June were put on hold due to COVID restrictions. So being able to share projects using Unity stamps is a bright spot for me!

I decided that for this week I would use supplies that I have purchased, but never used (I am sure I am the only one who does that, lol). I get excited about a technique, but after purchasing the items needed, I get busy and don’t use them. And I always seem to have stamps that I haven’t inked up. Today I am using Alcohol Inks. If you have used Yupo paper with them, you know that you can’t heat emboss with it because it will melt. I saw a demonstration by Marco’s Papers using Grafix Craft Plastic on which they heat embossed and used alcohol inks.

This card was made by stamping an image from the June 2017 KOM called Time to Enjoy Life on the Grafix Craft Plastic with Versafine black ink and heat embossing with Clear embossing powder. This plastic won’t melt, but you do need to keep the heat tool moving. I put some blending solution in the bigger petals and them a few drops of orange along with a drop of yellow. I played around with blowing it around, but ended up using a paint brush to kind of move the ink around adding a little more and some gold too. I really liked that the embossing helped contain the alcohol inks to the areas and I could do my leaves in greens without them blending into the flower. I fussy cut the flower and popped it up on foam on a paper from the Unity paper pack called Holiday Intrigue. It is mostly Christmas, but has other papers such as this that can be used all year. The sentiment is from Unity’s May Strength Surround You.

This card uses an image from the July 2020 KOM called Life is Better in Flip Flops. I sort of went out of the embossing lines, so I used that with a paint brush dipped in blending solution and spread various colors outside the image to make a background. After using a stitched rectangle die, I used a paper from Authentique’s Pleasant collection. The sentiment is from Peace, Courage and Memories. It was heat embossed on velum and added to the front of the card. I have needed some sympathy cards, so I decided to add to my stash and have them ready.

Unity is generously offering a grab bag of 20 of their stamps to two people who comment this week. Be sure to come back and comment every day on my new posts to increase your chances. I will do a random drawing from all the comments on Sunday to choose the two winners. – Denise

63 thoughts on “Day 1 Growing In Unity 2020”

  9. Beautiful cards! I’ve heard of the craft plastic but haven’t purchased it. Looks like a great item for embossing with alcohol inks. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to the rest of the week.

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  12. Thanks for the tip Denise on the Graphix Craft plastic! Have it in my Amazon cart! I love working with alcohol inks so this sounded like a technique I need to try! Great cards and I’m looking forward to your week! So sorry you had to downsize your birthday plans! We are the same age!!

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  17. These are beautiful and what a great idea! I have alcohol ink I never seem to use it. Now I just have to try this technique. And I have heat resistant acetate in my stash. Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing. I definitely need to pull out stamps and applied I have not used and these are inspiring me to do that. 🙂

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  23. So, I am not the only one that has stamps and embellishments that I have not used! I love what you did with your cards. I have not heard of the Grafix Craft Plastic, not sure I am talented enough to give it a try. I am looking forward to the rest of the week. When I read your blog name I new you had something to do with numbers and when I read your blog I discovered that you are a Treasurer!!

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  26. Love what you did with the alcohol inks! The colors are so bold… love that look of fire in your first flower. I have never played with alcohol inks before so Thanks for the tip about the special paper and embossing!❤️

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  27. Love what you have done with the alcohol inks!!! So bold. The first flower looks like a blazing fire! I have never played with alcohol inks so thanks for the heads up about the special plastic paper that doesn’t melt so readily. ❤️

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