Growing in Unity, Day FIVE

Well, we all made it to the end of the week!  Happy Friday!  I've got my final Growing in Unity card to share with you today.  Since it's also my Get Hippity with Ippity Challenge inspiration day, this card does double-duty.  The challenge this week is to make a project with flowers and a leaf.  We'd love to see you use your ippity and Unity stamps- it's not a necessity but it will get you an extra entry into the prize drawing!

I wasn't quite sure how I was going to make this one work but I REALLY like how it turned out.  Again, as with many of my GIU cards, I tried something that was almost new to me- brayering.  I did one other brayered card a few weeks ago and I just envisioned that look for this card.  I don't have any grey embossing powder but I knew I wanted the flower silhouettes to stand out against the leaves so I mixed some black, white and a bit of navy powder together and it worked pretty well.  While it's not a solid grey, I like the mottled look it has.

Don't forget to leave me a comment on this week's GIU posts!  I'll be picking a winner for those Itty Bitty's on Sunday- good luck!  Don't forget to check back on Monday to see if you won!  Thanks for letting me share my Unity/ippity cards with you this week!

Ingredients:
Stamps: (The Simple Things): ippity
Ink: (Summer Sun, Only Orange, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Rose Red, Cranberry Crisp, Bravo Burgundy, Basic Black): Stampin' Up (Yeah, I really did use all of those), (VersaMark): Tsukineko
Paper: (Basic Black, Whisper White): Stampin' Up, (Orange DP): ? (received in a blog candy pack)
Misc: (Black & Navy EP): Joann's, (White EP): American Crafts Zing

Challenges:
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays: Flowers
The Stamping Boutique: Wet Embossing