Happy Wednesday and welcome to Day 3 of my Growing in Unity week for Unity Stamp Company. I've been a fan of Unity Stamps for a couple years now, so I am super thrilled to be a Growing In Unity Girl for a week! I'm half way through, now, and am enjoying it, immensely!
For today's project, I decided to try experimenting with Colorbursts (by Ken Oliver). I admit, I was reluctant to try, as I had no clue what I was doing. I also did my first canvas piece! Two firsts in a day! Woot! I wanted to start simple, at first, since it was my first time for both. I went with subtle for the background, so the stamp and sentiment would stand out.
I started out with sprinkling a tiny amount of my chosen Colorburst powders. I wasn't sure how bold the colors would be, so I used them very sparingly. Once I had my powders sprinkled, I misted them with water to blend the and create my background, then set the canvas to the side to dry. Once dry, I stamped the martini and sentiment from the set, I Like It Dirty, from Unity Stamp Company. I then added some hand doodled hearts and swirls to the corners of the canvas - Just because I felt it still needed something. The hearts, olives and toothpick were colored with Promarkers.
All in all, I ended up being satisfied with how my canvas came out. But, most importantly, I had fun and learned something new! These Colorbursts were so much fun and I can't wait to get some more colors! I'd love to hear any ideas or experiences the rest of you have had! I'm always looking for trips and strategies for making things better, or new ways to use a product.
Don't forget - Be sure to leave a comment on my Unity posts every day this week, for your chance to win a grab bag of Unity Stamps! There will be two lucky winners, chose from all those who comment on every Unity post this week!
Oh and please, also stop by Teresa's blog this week, at Purple Bunny Paper Crafts and leave her some love. She'll also be giving away two grab bags from Unity Stamp Company.
Challenges:
Challenge #125 Anything Goes at Inspiration Destination
Color bursts are so much fun to play with! Love the background you created!
ReplyDeleteThank you Crystal! Yes, they are so much fun, but I definitely need more practice!
DeleteCute project. I have not tried the color bursts, but these turned out nice.
ReplyDeleteVery cute. You did a great job for your first go round with color burst. Love them. Definitely have to get me some more of those babies. Love the background and the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun canvas! And perfect to display on a wine cabinet. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've not tried the color bursts...
This cam out great! What a pretty background! I can't see myself trying color bursts anytime soon - I have a hard time with messy things - embossing powder is about all I can handle! Haha! I"ll enjoy watching what you do with them though!
ReplyDeleteI'll admit, I enjoy a good "punny" card!
ReplyDeleteI like how subtle the background is...very pretty!Y our doodled border is very nice too.; I can never draw that evenly. :)
ReplyDeletePretty colors! I really want to try the color burst. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHaha great card. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card. Nicely done!
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I have been wanting either Colorbursts or Brushos for a long time now but I keep buying stamps instead.😨
ReplyDeleteI love your canvas. It is a perfect piece for a bar area. The colors are my favorites and I want those stamps! Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool. You have inspired me to break out the color burst again. I have not tried them on canvas yet. Love how the colors turned out.
ReplyDeleteI love when designers use puns in their cards!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you tried something (2 somethings) new for your post today. I just got the Colorburts too and there is definitely a learning curve....your background came out great and you've inspired me to try again. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing your amazing background, I have added color bursts to my wish list! Love your work! :)
ReplyDeletelove the humour cards!!!! good job!
ReplyDeleteI need to try color burst. And I love the humor in this. Made me giggle, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThis card is so cute! Thank you again for a much needed smile. Fabulous job on the background and I love you framed it!
ReplyDeleteHA HA! I LOVE THIS!!! My eye went to the sentiment last and it was like the perfectly deliver punch line. Your background is lovely, & so is your sense of humor!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I haven't used mine either, so now I need to break out my colorbursts and get to work!
ReplyDeleteI need to get me some colorbursts! This is a great project! Love the doodles of hearts and squiggles in the corners. It's a nice finishing touch! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Color bursts are so fun!
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