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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Brown Thursday Blog Hop {Unity Stamp Company}

The Introduction:
If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from Tracey Malnofski's blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!
If you aren't already a follower, I'd love to have you follow my blog!

If you are one of my regular readers: Thanks for coming back! I love having you! Please join along in the hop - you can start at the Unity Stamp Company Blog.

The Prizes:
Unity is giving away a full year membership for Stamp of the Week to two lucky commenters...so be sure to leave a comment on each blog along the hop (including the Unity Stamp Company Blog)...you don't want to miss this one!

The Cards:
I've created two cards for today's hop featuring the stamp I created for the new Artista quote kit, Lasting Thoughts.

The first is a simple one...just stamp, add twine, and adhere to the card:
Of course, I also wanted to color in the rose...so I did:
I'm very excited about teaming up with the other Artistas for the new quote kit and I hope you are excited about this kit, too!
I think I am the last of the Artistas in the hop today...now back to your regularly scheduled programming with the fabulous Unity DT...

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Next Stop:
Card #1 Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Rustic Cream);
Patterned Paper: American Crafts (Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm 6x6);

Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (Lasting Thoughts);
Twine: The Twinery (Solid Caribbean);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);


Card #2 Supplies:
Cardstock: Discount Cardstock (Brilliant White 130#);
Patterned Paper: American Crafts (Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm 6x6);
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company (
Lasting Thoughts);
Twine: The Twinery (Gold Shimmer);
Markers: Copic (E00, RV02, RV04, YG03, YG25);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Scor-Pal (Scoring Board);

93 comments:

  1. Lovely cards. Keeping the stamped image simple in black in your first card makes it stand out wonderfully against your colorful bg.
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com

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  2. Love showing two different ways of using the same image - with great results on both.

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  3. Beautiful cards....you can never go wrong with strips...

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  4. I love your cards, simple is great! I tend to get carried away, it's nice to see clean and simple designs, really makes the stamp pop!

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  5. love how you used color on the card and not on the stamp then switched it up. Awesome

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  6. What a wonderful quote with the pretty flower. So true!!! Lovely work.

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  7. Card two is my favorite, bright, colorful, simple but stunning design. LOVE the quote...must purchase this fabulous set!

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  8. I like the stripes...thanks for sharing!

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  9. Love the stamp and how you used it. Thank you for sharing!

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  10. Wonderful cards thank you for sharing!

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  11. Your cards are GREAT!! Especially love the twine strips!!!

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  12. GORGEOUS! Love that image both ways - simple, and colored in!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  13. Love your quote. beautiful creations1

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  14. Good use of the bright, almost neon colors that are so popular right now. I wouldn't have thought of it for a rose but it really did work.

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  15. Great cards, I love how you colored the rose on the second card.

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  16. Sweet cards!!! Loving these sentiments everyone is using!!

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  17. love all the bright colours! so fun!

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  18. I love your quote and your wonderful cards!

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  19. I love the pink flowers on the tan and white stripe - very retro old wallpaper-y feel to it...

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  20. Tiffany, I love your pretty, cheerful cards! Thanks for keeping it simple---and beautiful!

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  21. Love the quote! And great card.

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  22. Great, bright and cheerful cards!!!

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  23. Lovely cards. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  24. Very pretty cards....thanks for sharing!

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  25. So pretty. Love the rose colored in.

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  26. Love the cards both simple and colored. Thanks for showing both.

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  27. Love this saying and your cards...Thank you for making this into a stamp and sharing the talent.

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  28. I love this stamp, beautiful creations!

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  29. Love the look of both cards!! Sweet sentiment too!

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  30. I love these cards! It's always fun to see different ways to use the same stamp and I love both!

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  31. I love these cards! It's always fun to see different ways to use the same stamp and I love both!

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  32. I love that sentiment, this is a set I want to own. Your cards are lovely and colorful.

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  33. Such fun that you each contributed to the sentiment set. Love the rose behind the sentiment. Lovely cards.

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  34. Love how you used the sentiment stamped with black yet your card is so colorful and then the use of a subtle background with a colored sentiment. They are both very pretty!

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  35. wonderful cards, great hop this week

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  36. I like simple, it works well with the boldness of the background paper in the first one and gorgeous coloring on the second!

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  37. Beautiful cards! Love the fun color strips on your first card!

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  38. Very beautiful cards. Love the pattern cardstock you used and the sentiment is beautiful!

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  39. I love the way you show how one design looks done different ways, great job

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  40. Love the rose ! Just simply beautiful

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  41. Both cards are lovely! The rose looks great colored and not colored.

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  42. Both your cards are lovely! Your sentiment design is beautiful!

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  43. Awesome cards! I like how you left the image on the first card black and white. Great quote!

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  44. I just started following you. I took a few minutes to look through your blog and I'm so glad I did - you have such great projects. I like how you posted two different cards and I can see that to make the cards pop, you used different eye catching paper! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Carmen L

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  45. love the colored rose....what medium did you use? copics, colored pencils?

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  46. Both are gorgeous!! You are amazing! Xx

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  47. So pretty and my fingers are crossed!!!

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  48. Great CAS cards that let the quote shine!

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  49. great cards...love all the color!!

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  50. great cards!..love all the color

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  51. Fun designs with the new set, Tifany.

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  52. roses are my favorite! lovely cards

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  53. I love both cars, your rose is beautiful! Thank you for making such awesome stamps!

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  54. Thanks for showing two ways to use the same stamp - gives me great ideas!

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  55. Love the papers you have paired with these great sentiments.

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  56. Oh, I really love this simple flower image and wonderful sentiment!

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  57. i love the very bright colors you used on the rose

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  58. Lovely cards. So bright and colorful.

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  59. Your cards are lovely and your quote is meaningful.

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  60. I love the simplicity of your cards...

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  61. Both cards are fabulous, but I find the B&W image contrasted against the striped background to be simply stunning.

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  62. Love the use of the black and white quote on color. Looks so neat.
    kidshomelove at yahoodotcom

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  63. Love your new quote. Thank you for showing it used both uncolored and colored.

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  64. great cards! love the quote, beautiful!! :)

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  65. It's so true that there is something good in every day. I love that! Great cards!

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  66. Lovely, striking cards! They showcase the fabulous quote so nicely!

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  67. Thanks for sharing love how you used the stamp on both cards! t.igo

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  68. Your cards are both nice. I really like simple. The first one is pretty even not colored. The second - coloring is the best part sometimes - is lovely. Love those colors together. The great sentiment is so perfect.

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  69. What a great stamp and lovely cards you made!

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  70. Those are very beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Johanne Lacombe

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  71. Absolutely gorgeous! Love everything about both of these!

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  72. You are a very creative artist. Thank you for sharing your inspiration on this hop.

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  73. Such a wonderful sentiment. I've ordered the stamp set.

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  74. Love the rose and the sentiment. Beautiful!

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  75. Pretty cards! Love your mix of patterns and colors! Great sentiments in the set!

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  76. Love both cards! Can't decide if I like it better just stamped or colored too! Awesome job, thanks so much for sharing!

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