Sailing Boat

Morning all.

Another fortnight has zoomed by so it's time for a brand new challenge from Cardz4Guyz. This time our theme is:-

S is for .........?

Here's my take incorporating a little bit of a seaside vibe!

For my S is for .. , I used LOTV's Sailing Boat, one of my oldest stamps but still a fave and some NitWits DP. The background and striped DP come from their Nautical set, though I did add some red Copic to the broad navy striped square to lift it. The smaller pieces were in my bits box and the background was one I printed off after playing with GIMP. I made a digital scrapbook for my son's birthday last year but I really struggled to remember how to use GIMP, a case of use it or loose it!! I managed to import one image and then totally blanked!

My Sailing Boat was stamped and coloured with Copics to match the DP before being fussy cut out. The small DP panels were mounted on some red off cuts and then added to the card over the paler panel previously glued to an A6 white base card. The sweet little guy and his boat were then added on pads and the sentiment, LOTV, was simply glued down flat.

So that's it from me but where will you go? The rest of the team have some fab ideas if you need a little help, so why not check out the Cardz4Guyz blog. Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery.

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Uniko BA Inspiration and Color Hues #106

Good afternoon.

Today it's my turn to host the new colour duo challenge at Color Hues, so I decided to incorporate a Uniko BA Inspiration post too. I chose a fresh spring combo and when I sat down to make my card I decided to give my Organically Zesty stamp set from Uniko a dust off, here's my card.

As you can see I went with the lemon as my focus with the large, fab lemon and blossom from the set, I think it fit the colours perfectly. I could have gone down the spring flowers route but I do like to ring the changes and try not to get in a rut when it comes to my Color Hues duties!

Starting with a panel of black card, I used the Uniko stencil Scattered Polka Dots to ink through with white pigment ink. A sentiment strip with a sentiment from the set stamped in black was added over the top, 2/3rds down the panel.

I stamped the large lemon from the set onto some MM paper with black ink and added clear embossing powder, much cleaner and easier than using Versamark and black EP. To make sure I had enough EP on, I repeated the stamping with Versamark and more clear EP. What did we do before stamp positioners came on the scene?! Smooshing some Altenew ink pads, Lime, Limeade, Fresh Lemon and Maple Yellow, onto a piece of acrylic to use as a palette water coloured the image. I used a grey Zig marker to create some shadow. Finally, I fussy cut the lemon out and mounted it onto my background with pads.

This was my second attempt but here is my first which you can find out more about by checking out the Uniko blog. 

 So where will these new colours take you. The rest of the Color Hues girls and our very talented GD  Michele have come up with some fab inspiration. We are all looking forward to seeing your makes in our gallery. You've until 29th March @ 9am EDT to get those little grey cells working!

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Shades of Green

Uniko Brand Ambassador Revisit- Sunshine and Rainbows and a Uniko FB Challenge

Good morning. 

Today at Uniko we are revisiting the Sunshine and Rainbows set AND announcing the start of a new Facebook VIP challenge.

So without further ado here are a couple of cards using the set.

This card uses the rainbow builder BUT with a twist!

I created the rainbows by stamping the REVERSE of the image. Normally there is a gap between each arc but this way you can blend the arcs of the rainbow together. You do need a little bit of masking for the smallest purple arc but I think it's worth it. After covering the A6 panel with rainbows, I added some stamped hearts, then added one of my square sentiments made from Doodle Flowers. I'm almost out of these so must make some time to make some more. It takes awhile to line up the elements in my MISTI, so it's well worth getting some stamped on neutral colours that I can dip into when required. I framed the sentiment with a thin white square border die cut using stacking squares. 

Frustratingly as I removed the two squares I wanted one of the set slipped out, bounced on the bookcase and slipped between that and the fitted cupboards in my craft room. Now if the bookcase was small no problem but this is a monster made from solid oak and FULL, I mean VERY full of books, so until I need said die it will remain there until I have time to empty the bookcase and have a couple of strong helpers to move it!!

Anyway here is another make using the set, who says rainbows have to be bold!

The other day a post from Concord and 9th fell into my feed and one of the cards used a new stencil and as soon as I saw it I knew I could used the rainbow arcs to create something similar. As The Paper Players are asking for pastel colours, I thought I would play along and came up with this.

All the rainbow arcs were lined up in my MISTI then I stamped them around in pastel shades all over the edges of my A6 panel, overlapping as I went. Another of my Doodle Flower sentiments added on pads complete, very simple.

So why not check out what the rest of the team have made and if you are into rainbows join our FB group and link up a card in the album for a chance to win a £10 egift voucher. Just make sure that you use Uniko products as your main focus.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - me

Steph

Vinita

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Dapper Gent

Morning all.

It's the start of another challenge over at Cardz4Guyz where this time we would like to see your masculine cards on the theme of :-

MEN'S CLOTHES

Lot's to go at there and the team have come up with some fab inspiration, here's mine.

I've used this stamp set from Papermania a couple of times before, it's called Dapper Gent. For this card I've teamed it with a Woodware sentiment for a masculine birthday card.

Not sure if it's because the stamp is getting on in years but it didn't stamp quite as clearly as I would have wanted but I'm reasonably satisfied with the end result. Each element was stamped either onto DP or white card, with a couple of tiny brown buttons from the stash to complete as the stamped ones were awful! I also added a hand drawn hankie for the top pocket to match the tie. Not sure of the DP make as I've had it in my stash for yonks. Once assembled, I added the jacket to a panel of dark brown card and the sentiment on some more before adding both to an A6 side fold white base card. A greeting from the same Woodware set completes the inside.

So where will this new theme take you? We'd love to see your makes in the gallery.

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Color Hues #105

Afternoon and happy St David's Day.

Hope your weekend has got off to a great start, we are going to be a little quieter after last weekend's grandchildren's visit!

Anyway, time for a new colour combo from Color Hues. This time we have a quiet calm colourway for you to play with and here is my take.

To be honest I've had the makings of this card awhile and found it whilst rooting through my to finish box, so in view of the new duo thought I ought to finish it. I'm sure I was inspired by an Altenew post but as ever I can't find the card to link back!

As always neutrals are allowed, so the gold mirror and the black flowers work here.

All the images and sentiment are Altenew, as are the inks I've used. Their collections of 1inch cube inks are perfect for the Color Hues challenge as they are already in the correct hues! I don't have the dies, if there are any, so all the leaves and the bloom are fussy cut. My gold letters were cut using a freebie die.

So where will your ideas take you?

As always we look forward to seeing your makes in the gallery. For more inspiration, please check out the rest of the team here.