Saturday, October 3, 2020

Friends of Unity Blog Hop, Birthdays, October 2020

 Welcome back friends! We have an exciting cue this month...birthdays. You can never have too many birthday cards on hand. I celebrated a huge birthday a month ago. I am happy to say that I am now part of the 50 club. I made two cards for our hop. Since I just celebrated my fiftieth, I decided to make a card featuring a beautiful middle aged woman. I made a manly card for the second one. But before I share  my two cards, check out our awesome graphic:



Here is the first card:






This card came together rather  quickly, probably because I was planning on using the woman and sentiment stamps for our last hop. I was just commissioned to make a very special card for a very special woman. For that card, I used Obsessed with Floral for the very first stamp. This is a gorgeous stamp. Since I still had this stamp out, I thought it  would amazing for this card. I  stamped Obsessed with  Floral on kraft card stock with a brown ink. I used a circle die to cut a piece out. I layered it over two strips of washi tape. I stamped the woman from Today I am Happy on white card stock. I used a stitched circle die to cut her out. I colored her dress and hat with a Prismacolor colored pencil. Prima watercolor pencils were used on her hair and skin. I layered her over the kraft circle. I stamped the sentiment from Hiya Gorgeous on  white card stock and cut it out with a stitched rectangular die. I added this piece near the top left hand corner of the card.

Here is my second card:




I forgot I even had this stamp set. It finally got some inky love this evening.  I stamped the image and sentiment from the Funny Farm set on a mixed media tag. I used brown  ink for the image and black ink for the  sentiment. I distressed the  tag by rubbing brown ink on it. This card  actually came together rather quickly too, once I decided on the paper I was using. I layered different sizes and patterns of paper on kraft card stock. The number strip was also inked and placed at an angle. I added a blue denim tag underneath the bottom of the animal tag. I pulled the twine upward and secured it in place with a dairy cap. I added a strip of man card  paper at the top of the animal tag. Lastly I added filmstrip. I really love how this card turned out.

Just in case you  got turned around  in  the hop, here is the hop order:






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Well, we hope you enjoyed our hop. We hop the first Saturday of each month, so come back again to see what we're up to.
Keep crafting in love & peace,
Dawn

 



46 comments:

  1. Love them both. The layout on the girl is amazing and all the details on the "man card". Wow.

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  2. Fantastic cards, Dawn! Your gorgeous girl card is simply gorgeous!! I love the design! Your second card is striking... I love the colors and the layers... absolutely gorgeous!!

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  3. I like what you did with the Funny Farm card. So many clever ideas for the layers you used and it all tied together perfectly. Well done!

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  4. Great cards, I especially like the second one

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  5. OMGosh these are fabulous. Love the great card designs

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  6. Love the vintage farm card. Love all the elements together.

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  7. Oooh, that farm card is so fun and I love the green and brown that you used in your first card. Great use of washi tape to add extra detail.

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  8. Wow your cards are just so cute! I love all of the different layers of fun with each of your cards!

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  9. Tee hee!!! Love love that cool masculine kinda mixed media card so much! What fun! Hey I remember bottle dairy caps, yikes. Your lady is sassy and sweet, very chic. Congrats on 50 yrs. Blessings for Many many more.

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  10. Fabulous work on
    both cards. The
    girl is so pretty.
    Carla from Utah

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  11. I like your gorgeous first card and love the farm theme of the second.

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  12. I love it! The rustic feel of the 2nd card is so beautiful!

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  13. Love these pretty cards and their designs. Loving all the layering and the milk cap is such a perfect touch on the farm card.

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  14. Great cards Dawn but love the Funny Farm ones! Blue and brown and vintage are always a favorite of mine!

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  15. I simply adore both cards! The country card tho is calling my name... the layers, simple colors and textures just are awesome!! Love it!

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  16. Great birthday card ideas! Love the images you used!

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  17. The Hiya gorgeous card is great, but I LOVE THE SECOND CARD, and will keep your creation in mind next time that I bring that cute farm menagerie out to play.

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  18. Love your cards! You chose some great stamps!

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  19. Great cards! I just finished the lady and was lost as to what sentiment to use, like your choice!

    I love the Funny Farm card. We are farm family so I love the stamp. Your embellishments are great!

    Linda Abel

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  20. As much as I love the girl.....that cow is really grabbing me! Gorgeous cards!

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  21. Great cards! The stacked animals card is my favorite!

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  22. Great cards. I especially like the farm animal one.

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