Friends of Unity August 2025 Blog Hop, Technique

Well hello there! I've missed you! I am having the best summer ever traveling and being more active. It hasn't left much time to get in my craft room. But now, things are slowing down a bit, and I am able to get crafty. I hope everyone is having an amazing summer. It truly has been a hot one, here in northeast Ohio. For this month's hop, we are diving into various techniques. I went with alcohol ink backgrounds, die cutting, fussy cutting, and using rub ons. If you have not tried rub ons, let me tell you, they are a game changer. Here is our lovely cue:

I guess I took our cue literally with alcohol ink backgrounds. Ha ha!

First up:

For this card I used the stamp sets, trust in its wings (Whit Kit Dec. 2021) and kindness unfolded for the sentiment. My little blue bird was stamped on water color paper and colored with water colors. I created an alcohol ink background. I cut a peek a boo die in the center of a scalloped edge die. This piece was placed over the inked background. I also used the coordinating dies for trust in its wings. The kindness unfolded set has so many lovely sentiments, it was hard to choose one. Rub ons were also used behind the bird.

Next up:

For this beauty, I created another alcohol ink background, but this time I added a rub on directly on it. I wasn't sure if rub ons could be used on Yupo, but per Google, you can, so I tried it. I am so impressed with the final result. Don't you just wanna give her a big bear hug and let her know that you are there for her? I know I do. She is from the in the light series. I just love this series. So many gorgeous sets. This set is called love stays no matter what. The sentiment is also from this set. I stamped her on water color paper. She was fussy cut, then I used some water colors on her. 

The final stop for our hop is my lovely, super talented friend, Joyce. Make sure you show her some love.

By the time you see this post, I will be getting ready to attend a stamping convention in Sharonville, Ohio, called StampAway. Have you ever attended this one before? Are you going? Maybe we will run into each other. Wouldn't that be awesome?

See you next month for another great hop.

Peace and hugs,

Dawn