Wow! Hello Crafty Friends,

It's Day 4 of my Growing in Unity (GUI) Week already! Time flies when you're having fun they say - and I am definitely having fun! I hope you are too and you've had a chance to check out some of the past GUI posts as well. 

The card for today is inspired by my ginger kitty named Archie and my favorite blue coffee mug. What better way to create than to be inspired by things we love?? Archie, aka Archie-Doodle, is such a love bug and he curls up on me or right next me just like the kitty in the stamp set I used for my card today. The stamp set is called Catnap and Unity did a fantastic job of creating an image that look likes many of our cat lover's desks. At least, I imagine most every hooman owned by a cat or two has a desk that looks similar to this. :)  More space for the cat than for you to create! Am I right??!! I see you nodding and thinking 'Yep, that's me!!' LOL

Here's a look at my desk...I mean my card for today!

Since this IS my week of GROWING in Unity, I've using different things between styles, techniques and color mediums. Today, I chose Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils. I love how colored pencil lines add life to your project. I am forever trying to blend blend blend my colors to achieve a rich smooth look with alcohol markers. With the pencils, the lines create a more life like look - at least to me. You can create texture with the direction of your coloring. You can also create a smoother look with a light hand and a blending pencil or the use of gamsol. 

Here is a list of the supplies I used today:

• Dark Brown card stock from stash
• Neenah Classic Crest 80lb card stock
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils
• Archie or the kitty was colored using:
• Light Yellow Ochre, 9201-185
• Sanguine, 9201-188
• Cadmium Orange, 9201-111
• Burnt Ochre, 9201-187
• Brown Ochre, 9201-182
• Blanket:
• Burnt Sienna, 9201-283
• Bistre, 9201-179
• Nougat, 9201-178
• Walnut Brown, 9201-177
• Burnt Umber, 9201-280
• Coffee Cup
• Sky Blue, 9201-146
• Light Ultramarine, 9201-140
• Ultramarine, 9201-120
• Helioblue-Reddish, 9201-151
• Bistre, 9201-179
• Nougat, 9201-178
• Pencil
• Dark Cadmium Yellow, 9201-108
• Brown Ochre, 9201-187
• Rose Carmine, 9201-124
• Silver, 9201-251
• Note & Shadows
• Warm Grey I (Used for Note & Shadow), 9201-270
• Warm Grey II (Used for Note & Shadow), 9201-271
• Warm Grey III (Used for Shadow), 9201-272
• Warm Grey IV (Used for Shadow), 9201-273

WOW! That's a lot of pencils!! While I clean up all of these, I hope you'll take time to comment for one of two chances to win a store credit from Unity. Tune in tomorrow for my last post as your GUI Creator of the Week. Have a fabulous day!

Keep it Crafty,

xx Crafty Deb