Thursday, March 17, 2022

Growing in Unity - Day 4 (Giveaway)

Hi, everyone!  Today is my fourth day as a "Growing in Unity Girl"!  Each day this week, Monday to Friday, I have been sharing a card made with my Unity Stamp Co. stamps.  You can scroll back to see my previous cards if you like.  There's a giveaway, so please join me each day to see what I made!  Here's today's card:

I stamped the kitty from Unity Stamp - Nine Lives, fussy-cut, and coloured with markers.  I layered the kitty onto some scraps of a crumpled brown paper bag and a rescued inky background, and then onto an old book page.  The edges of the paper bag and book page have been inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.   

The background was created with Distress Oxide Sprays (Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters) and some splattered black acrylic paint.  It was made for another card that turned into a disaster so I rescued it for this card.  It was too nice to waste, even if only scraps were remaining. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on a white scrap, cut into a banner shape, added faux stitching with a black fineliner, and adhered.  Lastly I adhered three punched green polkadot butterflies, each with a black gem in the center.

I'm having a lot of fun this week with my Unity Stamp Co. stamps! Tomorrow is my final day as a Growing in Unity Girl so I hope you'll join me again!


Giveaway
Would you like to win a $20 gift credit to Unity Stamp Co.?  Make sure to come back each day this week to see what I create with my Unity stamps and then comment on all five of my Growing in Unity posts to be included in the giveaway!  Deadline for comments is 5PM EDT, Sunday, March 20.  There will be two lucky winners!

Challenges
I would also like to join the following 10 challenges:
Colorful Options March Gorgeous Green 1/3
DL.ART March Linky AG UE
Double Trouble 105 Bring on the Green (Thing1) 2/4
Show Us Your Pussycats 76 Furrything Goes w Cats UE
Snippets Playground 423 Ruby's Memory (snippets are paper bag, rescued inky background, and old book page as described above) 1E C10
Word Art Wednesday 535-536 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 3/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a peaceful and carefree day!

40 comments:

ike said...

Oh WoW ! That is gorgeous. I hope you will come join my Cats Challenge.
Hugz
IKE xoxo

Denise Bryant said...

Love the cute kitty! Fun card!

Barbara Godden said...

What a sweet kitty card, the image is lovely as is the background, gotta love it when you can "save" something from the trash. Beautiful colouring, love the green eyes and the super cute green butterflies fab job.!!

Gail said...

Wonderful job on this kitty card - I like the added butterflies and this layout - have a blessed day!

terrie said...

Fantastic card and perfect for any cat lovers...I also like the book page background it's always been a favorite of mine...great coloring on the cat image and a splash of color with the torn paper....well done Kitty & TFS.

Wilma DeG said...

Great card... I love the old book page background!

Rachel Duong said...

I love the layers and the techniques you used on this card! The book page background is perfect and the paint splatters are awesome. The green eyes are fun and great for St. Patrick's Day. Happy St.Patrick's Day! Love your creativity!

stamping sue said...

wonderful card! I like the cat peeking through the cut out bag.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

Debbie Farrell said...

Very cute card!

Donna said...

Such a fabulous card, darling cat and I like how you used green for St. Pat's day!

Makira said...

💚💚💚 this! Your kitty is entirely adorable. Thank you for playing along with us this month. Cheers, Makira

Colorful Options Challenge

Glennis F said...

A lovely kitty and a great use of scraps

Fikreta said...

Such a lovely card!
hugs

Alyson Mayo said...

Love that text background and the cat is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)

Linda said...

I love it! And so glad I am not the only one who "rescues" some of the less than perfect things I still love!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow!! The green eyes of the fabulous tabby cat seem just real! Such wonderful colouring, Kitty! Love that he seems peeking out from a bag! Such amazing design with the scrap of your green background (well done to save it for this card!!)and the book page! Love very much also the big banner with the punny sentiment and the cute butterflies!! Your talent always shines!!Well done!
Sending big hugs!!

Melanie Hungerford said...

Great design, love the ripped paper and the distressed book page background. Thanks for joining us at Double Trouble!

Kathy Dippner said...

Beautiful card! I love all the layers.

Vannessa Osbourn said...

Love the torn paper! Great card!

Catnip and Kitty Whiskers said...

Oh my goodness! I love this! The kitty's eyes just glow! This kitty has attitude! :) Gorgeous design, and I love how you used the kitty stamp!

Leanne said...

Great job, I like the paper you used, and the layout with the Pet is great, thanks for playing our challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Happy Crafting!

Leanne CIC/DT Member
Cupcake Inspirations

Sarn said...

Brilliant snippety cat card. xxx

Kim Chastain said...

So cute. I love all the layers.

Becca Yahrling said...

Fabulous card! I love text on a card and this has a vintage vibe to it I also love. And of course, the kitty with beautiful green eyes!!

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is fantastic Kitty. An awesome kitty stamp and I adore your colouring of him and the lovely background.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Donna said...

What a gorgeous kitty! I love the fun layers you've used. And the cute little butterflies really set off the eyes. Happy Spring!

Suzanne H said...

I love his green eyes! Love your snippets! A paper bag is such a good idea.

Suz said...

Such a cute kitty card. Love your big beautiful IRL kitty in pic on the Unity page

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Your card makes me smile. Love the kitten image and the torn edges of your design papes against the background patterned word paper and great sentiment. My kitty loves to chew the edges of design papers and usually those edges are cut and thrown away. You got me to thinking maybe if she gets a little more experience on torn edges we can use it on a card... lol. Love your card and thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble.

Debi said...

Another great card, Kitty! Love the paper tearing and cute feline. Debi

Lisa said...

Super cute kitty and I love the text background too.

Kathy Pisupati said...

I love how your cats inspire your cards! This one is gorgeous! I love the lay out of the card and the use of the book page in the background. Beautiful card! Thanks for participating in the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge!
Kathy DT Member CIC

Donna Walls said...

Great image and card design! Thanks for sharing your lovely project with us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.
Donna

wannabcre8tive said...

A very cute card. Love the kitten and the torn paper.

Andrea W said...

Your card is fantastic! I love the colors you used and the cute polka dot butterflies are a fun detail.

Nora Noll said...

This is too cute!! LOVE the print background and that sentiment cracked me up. Great design. Thanks for playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!

Nora
DT Member CIC

Tina Z. said...

Such a clever and beautiful design.

Di said...

Gorgeous card Kitty - and those green eyes! I could swear they follow me around the room - and yes, I did walk about to check!

Hugs

Di xx

Pam Tiedtke, or Pammie Lou said...

Gotta love our kitties and this card! Thanks for playing along with us at PIP Challenges!
Hugs

ike said...

suPURR card - I love torn edges and that's a great cat :-)
Thank you for purring along to play at SUYP Cats Challenges.
Hugz
IKE =^..^=

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