Christmas in July Uniko's FB VIP Challenge

 Morning all. As it's the 11th of the month it's time for a new challenge over at Uniko's VIP FB page. All through July we at Uniko are celebrating Christmas in July, so that's our theme for this months competition. Here's a very simple OLC using Winter Foliage for your inspiration.

I apologise for the pic, it was either too dark or too bright for a photo today!

I used the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches along with the OLC option at ABC Christmas Challenge as inspiration, it's also Christmas in July at CAS on Friday. All elements are simply stamped using DIs, but I used a small blending brush and more Peeled Paint for the evergreen bough. A simple gold embossed sentiment completes.

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O is for OLC

Christmas in July

Color Hues #113

Afternoon all. A new month has begun, so it's time for a new challenge at Color Hues but it's also Christmas in July over at Uniko! What says Christmas more than a Christmas sweater?

The Color Hues pairing chosen by Tracey had me reaching for the Background Builders Christmas 2018 set to create a fun sweater!

I simply stamped and embossed in white, 3 of the Scandinavian star strips and bookended them with the diagonal stripe one. I cut away the neck opening with a circle die and cut a welt with two more circle dies from the leftovers, trimming the panel down to reveal a white border when added to my white base card. I finished it off with a simple sentiment from Uniko's Christmas Sentiments.

So what will the new colours inspire you to create? Looking forward to seeing your makes in the Color Hues gallery. For more red and white inspiration why not check out the rest of the team and our GD here?

Flippin' Fabulous Ink & Flip Masculine Inspiration Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway @ Uniko

Good morning. Today at Uniko we are focusing on Masculine cards featuring Ink n Flip and other stencils. Over on the Uniko blog there are plenty of ideas from Bev and the other BAs and whilst you're checking them out why not leave a comment for a chance to win! Here are a couple of cards I made using the Ink n Flip Delightful Diamonds stencil which was recently released.

To start, I inked a panel of A5 white card with the stencil and a selection of green and blue DIs, moving the stencil around until the panel was completely covered. On my first pass I used Twisted Citron and added a hint of Peacock Feathers at the edges. After wiping the ink off, I flipped and went with Salty Ocean and a hint of Blueprint Sketch.

Now how to use the panel? This first card is very simple, a panel attached to an A6 base card followed by a die cut speech bubble stamped with the sentiment and a few punched stars and dots from black card added.

This second one came about after I die cut a circle from the trimmed down panel to place my sentiment but it didn't look quite right, so I popped the circle back in and noticed that if I rotated it 90' most of the white lines matched up to create a fun pattern over which I could add the sentiment stamped on a white circle die cut. Think I will play around with this idea further, a series of circle die cuts perhaps.

The end result has a sort of Pop Art vibe which I think is great for a masculine card, but change the colours and it would work equally for a female recipient!

So that's all from me but why not check out the rest of the team here:-

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - that's me

Steph

Vinita

Don't forget to leave a comment and you could win an Ink n Flip stencil of your choice.

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Polishing the Motor

Morning all and welcome.

Today sees the start of a brand new two week challenge at Cardz4Guyz where the theme is:-

CHECKS or PLAID

This is the last of our two week challenges as we are going MONTHLY after this challenge ends, but meanwhile here is my card on the theme.

I've gone for plaid with this image from LOTV, Elbow Grease and some NITWITS plaid paper from the stash. After printing off the image and colouring with Copics I fussy cut it out and put it to one side.

On an A6 base card, I added a panel of plaid DP containing the sentiment, Uniko, before adding another white panel, cut away to reveal the DP on foam pads. The fussy cut image was then added and a few details lost from the image by fussy cutting were added back in and coloured. I even made his cap look a bit plaid too!

So you've got TWO whole weeks to get your ideas entered into the Cardz4Guys gallery. If you need any further inspiration then please check out the rest of the team here.

Happy Birthday Nich

Today is my daughter Nichola's birthday and this is her birthday card which I'm also sharing over on the Uniko blog.

It's a full on year in the Beech family for birthday's, both our son and my OH have big 0 birthdays whilst Nich and Grandson Ben have one's that end with a 5, my other grandson, granddaughter and myself are the odd ones out! Anyway here is her card, hope she liked it!

I'm sharing this as my BA post for Uniko using the recently released Bright Butterflies layering stencil.