Day 5 ~ Growing in Unity!

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you are not alone… The people of Ukraine… my inspiration for this week. Sunflowers, blue and yellow, hope and love. My card for today is the flower of Ukraine and the colors of their flag.

To create this card I stamped the sunflower with Ink on 3, fadeout ink on watercolor paper. This ink is used for no-line water coloring. Next I painted the sunflower. Beginning with the center, I made circles of ground espresso, walnut stain, tea dye, rusty hinge and spiced marmalade. I used mustard seed for the petals. I dotted ground espresso on the center for detail. Then I stamped the same image on a white card base in three areas for the background. I used Versamark ink. A light grey was the result because my ink pad was stained from previous use. Finally, I stamped the sentiment with Hero Arts blue Hawaii ink on a thin strip. I adhered an extra strip to make it stronger and raised.

A few close-ups.The sunflower has a muted effect. A little whimsy, contemporary feel. A bright pop of blue for the sentiment stands out.
I often place sentiments off-center. I feel it makes a more interesting card design. It also provides balance on this card with the two background stamps on the left, and only one on the right.
August 2018 SMAK kit by Unity Stamp Company
Supplies I used

Another look. Stickles glitter glue, sequins, drops, burlap string are a few embellishments that could be added. There are always so many possibilities!

Thank you for spending this week with me. I have enjoyed it! I hope you saw a few techniques and designs you might like to try. I appreciate all of your comments and let me know if you have any questions about how I make my cards. I love talking about stamping and cardmaking.

A million thanks to Unity Stamp Company for giving me the opportunity to share my cards this week. You are a fantastic company with an endless amount of amazing images to create so many wonderful projects. I love the community of friends here that support and inspire!

As I go about my day, I will keep the people of Ukraine in my heart. World peace is what we need and I believe it can happen.

Until next time, take care, stay safe and healthy.

Rachel

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These are a few more cards I made in support of the people of Ukraine. I ran out of days so I thought I would include them anyway!

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” van Gogh

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21 thoughts on “Day 5 ~ Growing in Unity!”

  1. I literally had to get up close to your picture to see that it was NOT a real flower! So amazing and gorgeous! Amazing week!

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  3. Gorgeous card! I need to go back and read all of your posts from this week. It looks like you had a great week.

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  4. What a beautiful card! Your coloring is fantastic and I love how you lightly stamped for the background. Your extra cards are great, too. Thanks for a wonderfully inspiring week!

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  13. I always love your beautiful cards, but these hold a special place in my heart as they support the people of Ukraine. The colors and sunflower design is so uplifting and hopeful. I like the offset sentiment on your first card as well, and agree that it adds balance with your subtle stamped background. Thank you for an inspiring GIU week!

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  14. Such an inspiring week of cards dedicated to the people of Ukraine! We’re all praying for peace and I will plant sunflowers in my garden again for pretty blooms in late summer and seeds for the birds.

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  16. Wow! I thought that was a real flower you glued to this! Your coloring is amazing! Thank you for the inspiration this week!

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  20. I love sunflowers and now for few reasons, one of my favorite flowers, two because of glioblastoma cancer I am trying to fight and for those in Ukraine.
    Unity company creates beautiful sunflower stamps. Sunflowers make me smile.

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