GIU day 5 - Hugs

Hello: 

Final day of my GIU is here. First I want to thank everyone who has commented here or in the FB posts. Your comments have brought a smile to my face! 

If you are new here, you may not know that my family is obsessed with dachshunds. They are just so cute and full of personality. Currently there's 3 in the family: Maia (lives with me, top left), Godiva (live with my parents, bottom left) and the newest baby, Peach (lives with my little brother, right picture). Maia came home during the pandemic in 2020 and she has been a blessing. I named her after my "brand". The name Maia came to me a few years in a dream and the way Maia found us, was like a dream so the name fit perfectly. 

So today's card features Maia! The doxie image is from the set Pawsome Peepers. I colored it with Copics. The rest of the images are from the set ...say it with love, which is perfect for this coming season and currently on sale! Other supplies used: Glossy accents, Color Bloom Gold Foil Spray mist, clear and gold embossing powder, VersaMark ink, Gina Marie Designs die, and Distress inks (Wilted violet, Mustard seed & Cracked Pistachio).

Well, again thank you all for your kind comments. You may like my FB fan page, Maia Ink. I'll keep sharing all my crafting over there. Next week I'll be selecting the 2 winners, within all those who commented on the posts, for the 2 gift certificates from Unity Stamp Co.

I like you! GIU day 4!

 Hola again!

So, the girl that said that she didn't like Valentine's day... found herself making many cute love cards. *sigh and today I bring you not one, but 2 cards! For today's cards, I went with stamps sets from a few years back and a technique I hadn't used in a while, foiling with transfer gel. 

In the first card, to create the background I used stamps from the set Everything Love. This one was released back in 2014. The cute panda is from the Kit of the Month April 2013 You Make my Heart Puffy. The panda image really is holding a flower but I didn't stamp that part and stamped the little heart from the ...Say it with love set. I'm in love with this card and it will definitely be for my son <3.

For the second card, I just couldn't throw away what was left from the gold foil after making the first card's background. So I put transfer gel on the hole front of the card and used the foil as a negative. I couldn't get a smooth surface as I wanted but I actually like the result as it kinda look as brush strokes. To complete this card, I stamped the owl from the Kit of the Month January 2013. I couldn't find it to link it so it may be discontinued. 

Remember to comment as I'll be randomly choosing 2 winners of a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. 

See you tomorrow for my last post of the week.

GIU day 3! Piece of cake

 Hola! 

I'm half way through my GIU week. For today's card I went back to basic supplies, good old Crayola crayons. I saw a video/reel recently of a girl coloring an image and wanted to try the technique. I forgot to save the reel to give proper credit to that creator :( The technique is to color, applying pressure to the crayon and then scraping the color off, removing the excess wax. It leaves a shiny, smooth finish. Pretty sure I used to do something similar when little. I had fun coloring the image from the set Rainbow Birthday with this technique. The pattern paper is from the Rainbow Vibes paper pack. The die is from Gina Marie Designs. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, Rainbow Birthday. I finished the card with a bit of Glossy Accents on the candle fire and sequins. 

 

Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win $20 gift credit. I was lucky enough to win this from last weeks GIU posts. So order coming soon!

GIU day 2 - Happy!

 Hi! 

Welcome back for day 2 of GIU. Today I bring you another cutie card. From this and yesterday's card you would never guess that Valentine's day is my least favorite holiday. Don't know why but I just don't "feel" it. Still, I always buy Valentine's stuff and make cute gifts for my son and do enjoy crafting the season, but no, I still don't like Valentine's Day. Have you seen the movie "Valentine's Day"? I love it! But I would have been the girl planning the "I hate Valentine's Day party" with all the cute goodies LOL.

Ok, now back to today's card. After making yesterday's card, I just couldn't throw away one of the cut outs after making the background. Somebody else would have seen a scrap piece of paper to throw out, my eyes would only see a stencil! So I used it as a stencil to create the background of today's card with Distress Inks (colors used: Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord & Worn Lipstick). For the sentiment and die cut, I used the set Blessed & Happy Everything. This set is so versatile. I finished it with sticky pearls. I didn't have any in a purple hue so I used a Copic marker to color it. 

Here's the stencil:

Today's card: 

Well, remember to leave a comment below for a chance to win $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Company

I'll be adding this card to the Cut it Up Challenge #294 ~ Anything Goes.

Until tomorrow!

Happy New Year 2024! Growing in Unity Day 1

Happy New Year 2024 everyone! Hope everyone had a great Christmas! In PR, it's still Christmas. We just celebrated "The 3 Kings day/Epiphany day" and we still have an additional Christmas week. But today's card is not a Christmas one although I may present one later in the week ;) I'm super excited to get a chance to participate in GIU this year again and be able to share my creations. Remember to leave a comment below for a chance to win a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. For today's card I used some supplies I got on the Brown Thrusday sale. For this card I used the die "Fall-Out Hearts". I'm not sure if it's still available though. I think it was on clearance on the site. What I did was to cut with the die with different papers and then popped up with 3D tape a "frame" to the card base and then placed cut out hearts and glued these to the card base. This way I got some dimension on the background. Not easy to photograph but in person the result is super cool. The image and sentiment is from the set "Just Know Bunny" which I think I got as a freeby on my order. I colored the image using Distress inks and watercolor brush.

Well see you tomorrow for day #2!

Final GIU Day! Happy hour O'clock

Hi!

First, thank you all for joining me this week for Growing in Unity. I've had a blast. Thank you all for all your comments here and on FB posts. Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift certificate from Unity Stamp Co. I'll be choosing 2 winners randomly. 

Now for today's card. It's Friday, it's 5 o'clock somewhere. It's Wine o'clock. This is another stamp that had yet to see ink. I had the idea for the card for a while and was finally able to pull it off. I used my Cricut machine to cut the wine glass out of an acetate sheet. The wine portion is purple cardstock with some Distress Ink. I chose to heat emboss the clock image as well as the sentiment. I was able to use tiny drop of Glossy Accents as glue to glue the "wine glass" to the cardstock. The panel behind was done with white cardstock, some Distress Inks and water droplets. I tore up one of the sides of the panel so I could achieve a not so perfect squared look here. I'm really happy with the finished product. Now comes the hard part... letting go of the card and giving it up to someone LOL. I know I'm not the only one...

Anyways, thank you again for your love all this week and I hope to see you guys next year with GIU again (fingers crossed). Meanwhile, check out my FB fan page, Maia Ink.

GIU Day 3

 Hi!

For today's project I made a "Congrats" card. I have a weeding I'm invited coming up soon and thought my GIU days would be a perfect opportunity to get a card for this event going. I used a pinkish coral pallete for this card as it is somewhat similar to the wedding colors. I used Distress Inks in "Worn Lipstick", "Abandoned Coral" and "Festive Berries" for the background panel. I first put water on the watercolor paper and spread the colors. I added a golden touch with Color Bloom's Gold Foil spray mist (no idea if they still sell this). I die cut vellum and gold foil cardstock using Unity's "Say It Big" coordinating die set. I really loved the end product here. It definitely is my style of card. I stamped a sentiment from the Say It Big (Front & Center stamps) in the interior of the card. And on this card I'm showing of my custom stamp from Magsuson Custom Stamps that I had made a while back with my Maia Ink logo. I just love it!!! 

Well, 2 more days left. It's no over yet! Be sure to leave your comment for a chance to win a gift card from Unity Stamp Co. Also, go check out my Facebook Fan Page: Maia Ink and like it! I'll be posting more frequently what I've been up to.

GIU 2023 Day 2

 Hello!

Thank you so much to all for your comments so far. It has pumped me up! Now to today's card...

Are you from the club that buys those crafty supplies but then don't want to use it because "it's too pretty I don't want to use it" or "I'm saving it for a special project". Yes, guilty as charged! I got this paper pack a while ago, "Birthday Party", but hadn't used it. Well finally I did! I paired with the set "Extended Celebration". I colored the image with regular color pencils I took from my son's school supplies. 

Well, remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a gift card from Unity Stamp Co. See you tomorrow!

Growing in Unity - First day!

 Hello everyone!!!

Welcome back. I'm super excited to be part of  Growing in Unity again this year! 

For today's card, I wanted to go for a "rustic" look. I used design papers from the Rustic Wood Paper Pack from Unity Stamp Co. The stamp I'm pretty sure I got it as a freebie on one of the amazing sales Unity does. It is a Itty bitty stamp called  Living the Simple Life. I colored the image using watercolor pencils. I wanted some texture on the card so to keep the rustic look, I embossed wood grains on white cardstock and the added some Distress Ink in Vintage Photo color and then I distressed the borders with scissors. The "Hello Friend" is a really old die from "Cuttlebug".  I used some gold thread for a special touch and my fave crafting supply ever, Glossy Accents for the flowers. 

Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co.

See you tomorrow!

GIU Day #5

 Hello!

The end of the week is here and with it, my last as a GIU gal. I saved my favorite project for last. I made a floating Christmas ornament using the set Santa & the Mrs. This set is just too cute and I thought it was perfect for this project. I colored the image with watercolor coloring pencils then fussy cut it and glued it to acetate. I used my Cricut to cut the template but this could be easily cut by hand. There are many templates available online. I added to the ornament some gold and silver sequins, star shaped sequins, snowflake shaped sequins and gold fine glitter. The pictures don't do justice to the cuteness. 

Thanks so much for all your comments this week here and in FB. If you want, you can like my FB fan page, Maia Ink (look for the purple dachshund). I'll be selecting and announcing the winners of the 2 $20 Unity Stamp Co gift certificates really soon so go and comment for a chance to win. Thanks Unity Stamp Co for the chance to participate in Growing in Unity. 

Happy Holidays everyone!

Anya Lynet

GIU Day #4 - Tags!!!

 Hello:

The week is almost gone! Can't believe it. For today's project I wanted to use the stamps from the Stamp Advent Calendar 2022 from Unity Stamp Co. This is the first time I get Unity's Advent calendar and it won't definitely be last. So much cuteness in a little box!!!!

Well, It's Christmas and everybody needs tags for gifts. So I made this super easy tags with the advent calendar stamps. These are the perfect size for it! I die cut squares with white cardstock. 2". The back cardstock is 2 1/4". I did some simple coloring with watercolor coloring pencils, added a bit of glitter, some twine and Voila! tags! These only took a few minutes. Aren't they cute? I left intentionally a blank space to the side to write the name of the gift recipient. 

Remember to comment here or on the FB posts for a chance to win a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. Two random winners will be selected!

See you tomorrow!

Anya Lynet

GIU Day #3

Hi!

Welcome back for day 3 of my GIU week. Today's card features the stamp set Holly Jolly Critters. Can you believe I hadn't inked this cute set!?! So glad I finally did! For this one I tried to do the "no line coloring" technique with Copic markers. I haven't colored with Copics in a while and I didn't have the correct type of paper at hand but still, I liked the result. I definitely will try again the technique. I wanted to give a rustic look to this card so I used the "Rustic Wood" paper pack from Unity for the background. The sentiment is heat embossed with red embossing powder. Distress inks and a few sequins completed the look. 

Well, see you tomorrow!

Anya Lynet

GIU 2022 - Day #2

Hello!

Welcome back for day 2 of my Growing in Unity week. For today, I have another Christmas card. I wanted to make a simple one, easy to replicate but not simple enough to be considered a CAS card. For this one I used the set "O' Holy Blessed Night" , kraft cardstock and Unity's paper pack Krafty Deck the Halls . I heat embossed the main image with white embossing powder. 

Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate from Unity Stamp Co. 

See you tomorrow!

Anya Lynet

Growing in Unity 2022 - Day One "Doxie Christmas"

 Hi everyone:

Welcome to Day 1 of my participation of Growing in Unity 2022 from the Unity Stamp Co. It's been a while since I've blog so I'm excited for this week. I really hope you enjoy my creations. 

My first project for my GIU  is a card I have called "Doxie Christmas". When I saw this stamp set, "Whit's Weenies" , I knew I had to have it. I love Dachshunds. I've had 8. Currently I have a mini black-tan doggie daughter named Maia. You can follow her in instagram as Maia_thedoxie. So this card is definitely inspired in her. 

For this card I combined "Whit's Weenies" and "Say it Big (Holiday)" stamp sets. I colored the images with watercolor coloring pencils. The background was created with Distress Inks and white acrylic paint. I used Glossy Accents for the lightbulbs within the doxie image. The "Christmas" was heat embossed with silver embossing powder. 

Be sure to leave a comment below for a chance to win a $20 gift credit from Unity Stamp Co. Isn't Unity the greatest!

PS: This is Maia, the inspiration. 

See you tomorrow!

Anya Lynet

GIU Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to Unity's Growing in Unity Blog Hop! If you are following the order, you should be coming from Julissa's blog. If not, below is the list so you can hop along and visit each one of us. Be sure to leave a comment. Unity will be choosing 2 winners to win one of two Unity filled prize packs.

Now, on to my card. My son's birthday is in a few weeks. So I wanted to make a card for him. It is not a typical birthday card, but, it's true! I like him more than ice cream.  He just love colors. I just had to use one of Unity's paper packs Rainbow Vibes. I mean, could this paper be more adorable?! My son LOVES ice cream too so the choice of paper from the pack was pretty obvious. I used a stamp from the Kit of the Month Kit Sweet Summer Love from June 2012. It's an oldie but it has great timeless images and sentiments. That ice cream truck, I just love it!. I used Copics to color the image. Added some dots using regular glittered glue and, of course, used Glossy Accents too. The die used is from Gina Marie. 

Well thank you for visiting me. Next on the Hop is Michelle so be sure to stop there and leave a comment too. Here's the full list in case you get lost or missed some one. 

1.  Crystal: http://crystalominkler.blogspot.com/

2. MariLynn: https://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/

3. Shanta: https://www.creatingfrommyheart.com

4. Julissa: https://www.papergemsbyjules.com/blog

5. Anya : Www.maiaink.blogspot.com

6. Michelle: https://michellygolzcreates.wordpress.com/

7. Ania: https://acraftspot.com/

8. Helen: https://helengullett.com/

9. Tina: http://www.tinascropshop.com/