Growing in Unity - Day 2 - Orange...Orange Who?

Hello and welcome to day 2 of my Growing in Unity Week!  Today is Twofer Tuesday and the title might have given you a hint at what stamp set I'm playing with today...Naturally Beautiful. I have a thing for citrus so I instantly fell in love with this set when it came out and wanted to showcase it's beauty!

My first card was made by stamping the background - Barn Wall - onto white cardstock using VersaMark ink which was sprinkled with white embossing powder and heated to set.  I applied both sky blue and brown inks to the panel and affixed it to a blue slimline card base.

Next I stamped and embossed the oranges on watercolor paper and used my Prima Confections watercolor paints to color them.  They were fussy cut and added to the card using double stick foam tape to pop them off the background.  I then diecut the geometric double frame from Gold/Gold Glossy Rinea Foiled Paper and glued it to the card framing the oranges.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of scrap cardstock and diecut, added brown ink to the edges and popped it on the card. I added a few holographic circle stickers to finish it off.

My second card came about quite by accident. I originally stamped the Barn Wall image on white cardstock using Paradise VeraFine Clair ink and embossed it using Clear Matte embossing powder. I realized that it was not the look I was going for (on the first card) so I sat this one aside and stamped/embossed the background again.  I was cleaning up and was going to pitch this background but I decided to try and salvage it and this is the card I created.

I decided to use the citrus slices from the stamp set so I set about stamping and embossing several of each design. I then had loads of fun with my paints and water colored each of them.  These slices were then fussy cut.  The resulting slices were mounted on the panel either glued down directly on the panel or attached with foam tape.  

Next I stamped the sentiment from the Shimmer & Shine (07/19 Sentiment) kit onto a piece of white cardstock and diecut it. It was mounted on the panel on the diagonal.  I finished off the card with some really fun leaf ribbon from May Arts Ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to leave a comment here to be entered for a chance to win one of two surprise stamp packages from Unity Stamp Co! 

Supplies - Card 1:

Unity Stamp Co - Naturally Beautiful, Barn Wall

Prima - Watercolor Paints

Gina Marie - Geometric Double Frame 

Rinea - Gold/Gold Glossy

Imagine - VersaMark, Embossing Powders - Black, White; Jumbo Dauber, VersaFine Clair - Paradise, Acorn, Nocturne

Cardstock, Holographic Stickers, Double Stick Foam Tape, Adhesive

Supplies - Card 2:

Unity Stamp Co - Naturally Beautiful, Barn Wall, Shimmer & Shine

Prima - Watercolor Paints

Imagine - VersaFine Clair - Paradise, Nocturne; VersaMark; Embossing Powder - White, Clear Matte, Sponge Daubers

May Art Ribbon - Leaf

MFT - Stitched Label

Cardstock, Adhesive, Double Stock Foam Tape