Introducing MCM Baubles stencil and masks

Good morning. 

Earlier this week Bev introduced a brand new stencil to Uniko's stable, MCM Baubles. It comes as a stencil but also contains the masks, always useful I think. Yesterday Bev and Anita showed you what inspirational ideas they had, today Izzy and I are giving you some more inspiration using the new release and of course the MCM Bauble stamp set.

Here is my first idea, very much along the lines of this card I made for the Uniko VIP FB challenge but it was also inspired by the moodboard at JUGS.

For my earlier make I used masking tape to mask off a simple tree shap but this shape would be very fiddly to mask without the stencil!

I stated by placing a piece of white card under the largest bauble in the stencil, securing with masking tape before adding it to my MISTI. The openings for the rest of the baubles were filled with the masks and a piece of scrap paper added across the bottom of the card to avoid any unwanted ink!

Then I stamped away using Seasons of Beauty and Winter Foliage to fill the opening. Removing the stencil and masks relevealed the floral center in the shape of the bauble. The hanger and string from the MCM Bauble set were then stamped with Versamark and embossed with gold EP. The sentiment was simply added with black ink.

My second card was made using just the stencil to create a soft background of baubles inking a white panel with Altenew's Coral Bliss ink, moving the stencil as I went. Once the background was completely covered, I stamped a few strings with the stamp from the stamp set.  

The focal point was created by inking the ornament from the stencil with Altenew's Heart Beat then adding the hanger and string by stamping. It looked a bit sad just plain so thought about using the other stamps from the set but instead just doodled some patterns with a sparkly red gel pen and a bit of dark grey too. The hanger looked a bit lost so I inked over that too with the red pen. I still wasn't satisfied, so created a fine frame using some red glitter paper and Altenew's Fine Frames die. A simple sentiment stamped on some inked card and mounted on a scrap of glitter paper completes.

So that's all from me for the moment but there'll be more inspiration from more of the team tomorrow and Friday before our release day blog and giveaway on Saturday.

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Happy 70th Birthday

Morning all.

Another month has whizzed by and it's time for a brand new challenge at Cardz4Guyz. This week Billie has chosen this theme as purple is her favourite colour and it's her birthday, happy birthday Billie!

A BIRTHDAY CARD WITH SOME PURPLE

So here is what I came up with.

You can just about see his purple braces and belt, along with some colourful purple laces!

I made this card for my Hubby's 70th after seeing a similar card on Pinterest. Luckily I managed to buy the fab stencil the designer used, Dutch Doobadoo, so was able to combine an old Mo Manning digi, Introducing Oscar, to create this. Braces aren't my OH's go to but the overall look was what I was going for, however the tall rangey guy in jeans and boots is pretty much on point!

Oscar had been printed off a while ago and all he needed was colouring, I used Copic markers, then fussy cut him out. The background was stencilled onto an A5 white base card using a mix of DIs, Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood and Wilted Violet. I searched long and hard for a sentiment but eventually printed one on my computer onto some card and die cut it with a circle die, edging it with more of the DI.

So that's all from me, but please check out the rest of the team here for more inspiration.

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Color Hues #122

Afternoon peeps.

Can you believe we are already halfway through NOVEMBER!! Christmas will be upon us before we know it. Well over at Color Hues, Nancy has chosen a colour duo that might help with those Christmas makes, here's what I made.

My wonderful bloggy friend Loll, one of our GDs, and her group of 7 cardmakers are using textured tissue paper and hilighted embossing for their technique this month, so I thought I would have a play.

I found some white, thickish tissue in my tissue drawer, yes I do have such a thing, you never know when you are going to need it!

On my craft mat I smooshed some Galactic Stream and Teal Cave inks from Altenew with a spritz of water and added my square of tissue. It proved to be quite strong so I could move it around to get good coverage. When dry I added it to some white card with PVA then when that panel was dry, I embossed it with an EF. The technique works best with a deep embossing folder but this was a freebie, Crafters Companion I believe, just a plain old EF.

It says to use a brayer but I used some Inca Gold silver wax which I added carefully with my finger tip to the raised areas.

The panel was then trimmed and added to an A6 top fold, white, note card and finished off with a couple of strips of silver glitter card from some crackers from a couple of Christmases ago and a Uniko sentiment stamped in more Galactic Stream.

So what will you make with these colours? If you need more inspiration, please check out the rest of the team here as well as our TWO GDs Loll and Joanne, then why not join us?

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Uniko VIP FB Challenge - Christmas

 Morning all. Uniko is launching their November VIP FB challenge today, where the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS

This is a great chance to crack out those Uniko goodies and get some Christmas cards made! Here's one I made after seeing a reel on FB over the weekend.

The actual card was fully freehand but I loved how the artist used a simple triangle which was then filled with festive foliage to suggest a tree. For my take I used an assortment of sets but mainly Season of Beauty and Winter Foliage. I'm also linking up to a few other challenges, Time Out where my favourite Holiday to celebrate is Christmas. The Male Room want a floral masculine card, I think that Christmas cards are a perfect way to incorporate that theme. Allsorts are focusing on Christmas cards and Simply Clean & Simple want winter/holiday cards.

To begin I took a panel of Mixed Media Paper and masked off a simple triangle with masking tape. I made sure that it was low tac and that it was pressed down onto the paper, no leaks wanted here! Then using the poinsettia stamp I inked up with Altenew's Heart Beat and then stamped again with just water to blend out the colour. Before it dried too much I added the second layer with Altenew's Vineyard Berry. I did get a bit of bleed but it didn't bother me too much! The green sepals were stamped with the reverse of the stamp in Fresh Leaf and then again with the detail in more Fresh Leaf.

Next I added some holly leaves from Winter Foliage and Altenew's Evergreen ink, followed with the berries in more Vineyard Berry and a few evergreen boughs in Altenew's Moss. Using a smaller cluster of berries stamp, I used Altenew's Coral Bliss to fill in some spaces, finally filling in with some small freehand leaves in gold paint. After leaving it to dry while I made tea, I then carefully removed the masking tape and stamped the star from the Pattern Building Christmas Tree in Wild Honey DI, then painted it with more gold paint. 

My pot/trunk sentiment is from Peace on Earth, which I cut in half to create the stacked look. Don't panic I can still use it as it was intended!! I embossed it with some gold EP. Once trimmed down my panel was added to a red panel and added to an A6 top fold note card. MM paper is the whitest w/c paper I've found but still looks awful on white or sometimes even on off white cardstock so a coloured background works best.

So that's all from me but please join us over on FB for a chance to win a little gift from Bev and of course just have some fun!

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Featured Artist at Color Throwdown #844

Good morning. I'm here bright and early for a post for Color Throwdown.

I'm the Featured Stamper for this challenge after my poinsettia card here was picked out.

So without further ado here is my make!

I thought for a long time about what I should make for this challenge and as my bestie's birthday has crept up on me, I thought I would make her a birthday card in the colours! Two birds with one stone, so to speak!

I chose to use DIs for my inked background panel, Salty Ocean, Kitsch Flamingo and Mustard Seed, adding patches of colour to a panel of white card. To create some texture, I spritzed the surface with water along with a few more larger drops, that I then mopped up with a paper towel. I tried not to overlap the colours so that there wasn't too much colour mixing!

My snarky sentiment is an old one from a DoCrafts set from over 15 years ago, Nostalgia High Heels, which I stamped onto a circle of white card, leaving space for my Copic coloured Ai lady.

She's from their Sassy Laugh Lines set, which after colouring, I fussy cut and added with foam pads. A few Pretty Pink Posh sequins complete the panel, which I added to a white 5 x 7inch base card.

So there you have it, please check out the team over a Color Throwdown for some fabulous inspiration and then why not join in?