Growing In Unity Day 2 ~ Feathers

Hello friends! Welcome to day 2! I want to thank you all for the outpouring of love yesterday both on Facebook and here on my blog. I was truly humbled and grateful for your comments regarding my GIU bio, creations and blog post. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Do you like feathers!? I absolutely do! Unity has the most beautiful collection of feather stamps. I created 3 cards and 2 tags for today. There are several photos attached with brief descriptions. I know many of you do not enjoy the reading part, but I hope you will follow along! Please, humor me friends! Lol.  :) I was so very excited to share these with you all!

The first are a semi-simple trio notecard set. I included 3 photos of each because I wanted you to see them from different angles. I just love how beautifully they turned out! I used Vintage Photo distress ink on all three feathers and sentiments.  I had applied distress ink onto a peace of plastic backing, spritzed it with water, used a paintbrush to move the wet ink to desired places, and smooshed it onto my paper. This first one is done in the color Peacock Feathers. The feather is from the Feather Soft Love set, and the sentiment from Smile, Smile, Smile.

On this next one I used Spiced Marmalade. The feather, and sentiment are also from Feather Soft Love. I hadn't intended to put twine on this card, but I had to cover up a mistake I had made when I dropped an ink pad. I do like it though!

 

I used Dusty Concorde on this one. The feather is from Feel the Freedom, and the sentiment from Type Write. I think this one is my favorite. I just love this feather so much! Which of the three are your favorite?? I would love to know!! Notice the strip of matching color on the inside of each one. I simply masked off the edge and briskly dabbed the coordinating ink with a stencil brush! I love it.

Lastly are 2 tags I made to include as a gift in two of the note cards. I added two photos of each so you could see the lovely details. This first one I watercolored a background wash using Peacock Feathers and Dusty Concord. Splattering both colors on portions of the mid/bottom. The feathers and top sentiment are both from Feather Flight. The hello beautiful is stamped on to a piece of vellum and is from Quilted Wings. The feathers are embossed on and cut from a piece of acetate. Hence the glare. ;) I just love the added trim and eyelash string. (which I do believe I have gotten many of you addicted to as well heehee) It adds such beauty to this tag!

I absolutely love the crisp black & white of this second tag. Again, I embossed and cut the feathers from a piece of acetate. This time in white. I have really grown to love using acetate in my creations! The feathers and sentiment are both from Trio of Beauty. The background circle is from Keep Wild. (I bought this set several months ago because of an amazing card Shannon E. made!) Both tags are cut from a die set I bought from Papertrey Ink. There is a third die in the set that is very elegant and one of my favorites to use. Do you see the little heart charm hanging from the trim? Have I told you how much I love using charms in my paper creations!? ;) I would love to know which of these two tags are your favorite! It's a hard decision, but I really think I love the black & white one best!

Friend, if you made it this far I thank you!

Be sure to leave a comment, here on my blog each day, for a chance to win 1 of 2 Unity prize packs. I will also be picking a winner to receive a separate prize pack from me!

I look forward to being with you all again tomorrow as it will be all about the 30 day color challenge!

As always~

Thanks for spending time with me today!

Until next time~

Be blessed, friends!

Bobbie Sue

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