Blogger Challenge: Week 178/Friends with Flair

This week’s blogger challenge is a theme challenge. I went mostly monochromatic with touches for brown for my card, combining images from Unity with this week’s Mojo Monday sketch.

I used one of the leaf images from Unity’s August Stampin’ Store Kit, Harvest of Memories, as my focal image. The leaf is stamped in brown ink on a gold panel. I layered it on a slightly darker mustard panel.

I used patterned papers from two different lines—actually, from two different companies—for the tilted panel on the cardfront. The larger panel is from the new Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 mini deck. The more vintage look and feel of these papers isn’t my usual style, but they’re so pretty that I’m going to challenge myself to work with them. I used my sewing machine to zig zag stitch around the edges of the panel for a nice finish. The strip at the top is a scrap from Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers line. I used a dark brown decorative edged strip to break up the two pieces. A piece of brown faux suede ribbon is wrapped around the panel and tied at the side with some dark brown burlap rope. The sentiment is stamped just above the ribbon.

I covered the cardfront with a grid patterned piece of kraft paper--just enough pattern to add interest without competing with the tilted panel. After attaching the panel to the cardfront, I used dimensional dots to layer on the image panel.


And, you've found the Unity FWF blinkie! Before you go, be sure to leave a comment on this this post for a chance to win 25 random Unity stamps. Tomorrow morning, I'll post the winner's name here and on the FWF thread over at SCS.

Edited to add: The winner is comment #2--Rachel from Bucket Full of Cards. Congratulations, Rachel!

For more projects based on this sketch, you can check out what the rest of the challenge players have created. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right. And, for more Unity inspiration, visit the list of Friends with Flair players on the Unity blog.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Unity Stamp Co. August Stampin' Store Kit-Harvest of Memories,Memento Rich Cocoa ink, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 mini deck, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers and Basics-Basic Kraft 6x6 paper pads, Spellbinders circle dies, May Arts brown faux suede ribbonbrown rope twisted burlap, Zva Creative dimensional dots

other: Sweet Corn cardstock (Gina K Designs); More Mustard and Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars); sewing machine and