Friday, February 18, 2011

Unity FWF Blog Hop {Feb 18th}

Happy Friday and welcome to another Friends With Flair blog hop with Unity! You'll want to start at the Unity Blog for a list of today's participants. One blog will have the FWF blinkie and, if you leave a comment there, you could win 25 random Unity stamps!

My card is a one-layer that uses three previously uninked stamps from the November 2010 Kit of the Month, Picture Perfect. This kit arrived just as I was preparing to be the Guest Designer for Unity in December so I didn't have the chance to use it much.

First, I stamped the empty frames and sentiment on to the card base. Then I created a mask for the frames. I used the birds from the tree image to fill in the frames and coloured everything with Copics. It wasn't easy trying to centre the birds in the frames but I did manage to capture all or part of every single bird from the tree. LOL Some of the portraits are quite whimsical, aren't they? The last step was to add a tiny twine bow in charcoal.

Your next blog along this hop is She!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Sources: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Unity November 2010 Kit of the Month - Picture Perfect; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; The Twinery baker's twine in Charcoal

43 comments:

Brenda said...

Wow Emily! You astound me! You truly are creative and very unique in your ideas! I love it! This is so CUTE! Love how you filled each frame! Beautiful!

Angela said...

Oh man, I love the birdy frames! That frame image is my fave in this set, and your "whimsical" portraits just make it better -- and your coloring is just the icing on the cake.

Ujjwal said...

Emily, this one is so much fun!! I love all the individual frames together.

Poppit said...

That is such a work of art! Love how you've used the bird stamps in the frames and that little bow is so cute! Just adorable.

Cheryl said...

Oh my goodness! This is just so stinkin' cute and creative! I love it!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Oh, Emily! This is truly one of your pieces of art!!! LOOOOOOOVE it!!!! Would love to try something like this myself, if you don't mind! It's truly gorgeous and so much fun to look at! The portraits you created are really cute! Amazing how you think of things like this!

Hugs, Wendy

Laurel said...

This is cute, cute, cute!

Patricia said...

WOW!! Your card is amazing! I love how you paired the frames with the birdies in the tree! Great idea!

Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...

OMGOsh! This is so darn cute, Emily! Love what you did with those frames! :)

Eva said...

Emily, this is AMAZING!!!! I so love the way you colored in the sweet image...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh Emily this is fantastic, I love it. S xx

Gwynn said...

What a fabulous idea to fill the frames the way you did! So creative and detailed, you spent a lot of time on this and the end result is fabulous!

Unknown said...

oh wow, I have this stamps and you sure inspired me to use it ;)

~amy~ said...

::love this::

farmhouse-story said...

omgoodness, this is SO cute, emily!! love the twine on the frame:)

G Peplow said...

Gorgeous card Emily, love the beautiful colours, so vibrant:0) xxx

Linda said...

what neat ideal your card, and great way to show all. the great stamps!

FibreJunky said...

OMG, that is the cutest thing EVER!!!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Super cute, love the couch from that set, but that's just me and my silly couch deal. Love the use of the twine, of course!

Lindsey said...

Utterly amazing! Your masking is (wait for it) picture perfect. (I crack myself up.) The colouring is awesome, too. What a fabulous one-layer card.

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Oh wow wow wow.... ADORABLE!!!!!

sharon g said...

This is by far my favorite so far!!!!!!!!!!

donna mikasa said...

Oh, Emily...a picture perfect card! Love those frames against the white "wall". Simply creative!

Alice said...

OMGoodness! this is absolutely fabulous, Emily!!! love love the fun frames. you are amazing, girl! love love love this! hope you have a fabulous weekend! =)

NoraAnne said...

OH EMILY! This is SUPER cute :) It really turned out amazing! I must borrow this idea sometime!

Roslyn said...

This is absolutely adorable!!!

Jennipher said...

Very cute. Just love the way you used this set.

Carolina said...

What a darlin' CAS card...beautiful designed!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

Omg this is so amazing I love what you did with the frames!!!!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OH EMILY! I about died when I saw this--you are always thinking and crafting like I want to! I always look at those stamps--wondering, How can I use these? And all I need to do is stop by your blog--this is amazing! Great coloring and fabulous design! YOU KNOCK me out of my seat!!! LOOOOOOOOVE visiting here:)

Meg said...

This is just a little bit REDONKULOUS, Emily!!! I can't believe you were able to frame each bird on that tree! I never would have thought to pair those frame and tree stamps together! How completely awesome!

Gwen said...

Uh, I ditto what Sav wrote! I had to laugh outloud when I read her comments. This card made me stop breathing! AWESOME!

Deborah345 said...

So very cute! I too had thought of making a picture in these cute frames, but wasn't sure just what to put in there - these are adorable and fit so well. Thank you for showing me how I can do this.

Jennifer said...

LOVE all those little frames and those adorable images!!! SO SO CUTE!!! Awesome card Emily!!! (=

kasia c. said...

Emily this is AMAZING! I love that you created a little collage. I can't imagine how long it took you to do but WOW!!!!! :)

Janna Werner said...

super cute!!! Only one thing missing: a pic of me in a frame next to those gorgeous owls!! ;D Janna

Anonymous said...

OMG! Emily you are so amazing. I had thought about doing something like this but you freakin' rocked it. I love how you put each little birdie into the frames. Fabulous girl!

lisa a.

Karin said...

So crazy awesome Emily! Love the concept along with the tiny bit of twine :)

Anne Tussing said...

Your card is beautiful and gorgeous!! I am so amazed what you can do with one layer cards:) LOVE your style!

BabyBokChoy said...

How utterly UTTERLY adorable! my gosh!! I seriously need to take the plunge one of these days and get the monthly stamps!! This is beyond adorable!

Angie Blom said...

Wowza girl!! This is awesomeness!! Now I just need this set!! Brilliant design and I love that it is one layer!!

Sunghee said...

Beautiful! Amazing layout and coloring!

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