Love the Little Things...

Hello Friday... and hello friends.

I have heard a lot of "sayings" about loving the little things... it's in the little things... or that the big things are the little ones... etc...  I always say that it is in the little things that a person shows a real self.  For me this applies to good and not so good things.  So no matter how little you think are the things you do for someone, probably they are big for them.

I had these stamps from Unity that had not used before and discovered this sentiment with this "ribbon" shape... Love it!

Then... inspired by some colors and images in the Unity Be Inspired challenge,  I colored this image showing several glass vases.  I love coloring even though I don't think I color that well.  I mostly use watercolor pencils, because are an economic tool vs other coloring markers... and I wanted to achieve the softer look these pencils help achieve.  So watercolor pencil it is!

But besides all that.. do you see this background I just made?  I really like it.  It is one of those things that suddenly come to your mind.  I was the other day thinking about nothing (literally) and though of vellum and how many cool things you can do with it... and I imagined circle shapes in a layout...   So soon after that thought, I was at my scrapbooking table playing with vellum.  I cut the circles and assembled as background with mini glue dots.   Sprayed some color on it and then postioned the image and sentiment as shown.  I covered the "glue dot" that were seen through the vellum, with pearls.  I also added some glossy accents to the vases in the image for a more glass-like look.

Hope you love the final result as much as I do.

I'm linking this to Unity Stamp Co Friday Friends with Flair, and the Be Inspired Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.  I will enjoy reading your comments.

:)

Curtain Call - Inspiration Challenge

Hello friends.

I heard Unity Stamp Co is sponsoring the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge... so I had a little time today to play and support it.

The challenge is about making a project inspired in a photo/image.  Here's the photo:

When I saw it I thought "white", gray, wood, clear and see thru... and CAS style.   And I really had lots of ideas in my mind but I went with this one... check it out.

I stamped Unity's hexagons in vellum using pigment ink... Yes... pigment... but then applied clear embossing powder and heated...  Loved the effect.  Did the same with the sentiment.

At first I was going to place the vellum directly in the white base of the card but then I took another look to the inspiration image and I felt some gray...  So I joined a gray cardstock to the vellum with some eyelets and then placed with 3D adhesive to the white card.

Kind of imperfect... just the way I like it.

But then I felt I needed to make another project... It had to be quick 'cause I've got to go to do some other chores... LOL...  So this is a mini card using a wood background stamp with silver ink, and then a sentiment in black (both stamps from Unity).  

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