I am a Growing in Unity Girl 2020 this week - Day 1

Hello and welcome to my week for Growing in Unity 2020.

 For Day 1 I am going to show you 2 cards I made, one for my daughter's partner who lost his dad recently. The other card is for a lovely lady who was a supplier in Australia for Unity Stamps.  I bought some from her and then when my passion for Unity increased, I started looking on the internet and found I could order direct.  Anyhow I still bought heaps of my stash from her to the point where she told me one day, Gail, stop spending so much money with me and use what you have - grab a basket and go shopping in your own craft shop. I always remember that and  thanks to her, I do that now. Sometimes you just have to pull in the reins and say to yourself, you can't afford to keep spending like you do.  I found this out when I left work through health issues and more so this year as my husband and I finalise our business to enter a new phase in our life - RETIREMENT.

Anyhow, off the track there, as I was saying about the destination of the cards.  My lovely shop owner and Facebook friend lost her husband recently and the other card is going her way.

I used the digital stamp, "Plant Hope" still available in the Unity Shop as I write this post.  I do remember when the digital stamps first hit the Shop, they were labelled Limited Edition, so only Unity Stamps knows how long they will be available.

I made both cards the same except for my colouring.  Here is the first - I chose pastel colours in Copics.  I must have used just about every 0000, 000 and 00 in every Copic Combo I had. To the light blue card base, I added another sheet of white before placing the image on the background.  I have used one of the sentiments that comes with the digital stamp.

With my next card, I used Copic shades of red and red/violet.  I know both cards are similar but I just wanted to see the flowers coloured using all colours and then just similar shades.  Which one do you prefer?

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration for "Plant Hope" and I will see you tomorrow and don't forget to comment on my blog for a chance to win a pack of random grab bags full of Unity Stamps - there might even be 2 up for grabs!

Gail