Introducing Modern Blooms Layering Stencil

Morning all, it's day 3 of our introductions of Uniko's June release. Today we have a fab layering stencil for all you MCM followers, Modern Blooms.

Love the styalised blooms on this design of Bev's which I've teamed with a simple bold sentiment, Christmas and Birthday Sentiments.

Each layer allows you to add detail in a different colour, I've used a mix of DIs in Seedless Preserve, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron for the main elements. Whilst the stencil was in place I added some darker shades to the flowers and leaves. The Blue dots were Salty Ocean and the flower hilights Vintage Photo.

To make the panel have a softer feel, I added a soft inking of a matching colour over the flowers and leaves. The happy birthday was stamped in black and outlined freehand with a white gel pen for some added dimension and the completed panel added to my white A6 base card on foam pads.

What do you think? Bev and the rest of the girls have come up with some fab ideas, why not check them out.

Bev

Denise

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Natalie

Vinita

I'll be back tomorrow with another introduction, see you then.

 

Introducing Ink n Flip Stencil Triangulate

Good morning. As promised I'm back with day two of intros for Uniko's June release. Today we are focusing on another Ink n Flip stencil called Triangulate. As you can see from this example it's all about triangles!

I enjoyed playing with this stencil to see what I could create and the card is a result of rotating the stencil instead of flipping it! Four rotations and four colours, I don't know what made me choose these, I must have needed cheering up!

The inked panel was trimmed down to create square then a simple Doodle Flower sentiment added to a Greetery white die cut circle and layered onto a black and the white stacking circles. A perfect simple card for a bloke I think.

With the other half of my panel I made this simple card using one of my leftover die cut panels and a simple die cut sentiment.

That's just a couple of ideas but I'm sure the rest of the team have some brilliant ideas to inspire you, why not check them out?

Bev

Denise

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Natalie

Vinita

See you back here tomorrow for another intro!

Introducing Background Blocks Scramble

It's the first day of tntroductions for Uniko's June release. Today it's the turn of a Background Blocks stamp in the Scramble Series, Thank You. Here's one I idea I came up with.

On a panel of mixed media paper, I stamped and heat embossed the image with white EP. Then I added some Brusho crystals, Leaf Green, and spritzed with water to make the majic happen. I love how the colour just bursts when the water hits it. Using a dry brush, I removed the excess ink from inside each letter, then mopped again with a paper towel. When the panel was completely dry, I coloured each element with a watercolour marker brush pen, again in shades of yellow and green. My finished panel was then trimmed and added to a panel of coordinating green card before adding to an A6 note card.

That's just one idea but I'm sure the rest of the team have some brilliant ideas to inspire you, why not check them out?

Bev

Denise

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Natalie

Vinita

See you back same time tomorrow for another introduction.

Uniko June Release Sneak Peeks

Morning all, hope you had a good weekend.

This week Bev is introducing a new stamp and a trio of fabuluos and versatile stencils, here's a little bit of a sneak peek for you.

First up is this addition to the Background Block stable.

Regulars will perhaps recognise this style of stamp from a couple of other releases. The others have proved popular as they create a quick and simple cards.

The next is another of Bev's inventive Ink n Flip stencils that has been in use at a couple of the recent Uniko retreats.

Next up is a layering, floral stencil.

And finally another stencil duo that can be used individually or together to create fabulous all over backgrounds.

That's all for the peeks but I'll be back with Bev and the other BAs tomorrow with the first of our introductions.

All these items will be available from 9am BST Saturday 27th June, see you tomorrow!

Color Hues #135

Hi, were over halfway through June and so it's time for a brand new colour challenge from Color Hues. This time we've gone for a bold colour pairing, here's my take.

I've had this Sizzix die set in my stash for a couple of years without ever using it, so I thought it was time to open it and give it some love. There are quite a few different elements in the set to create a scene but they were a little too large for my A6 format, so I stuck with the picture frame, sofa and rug to make a congratulations on your new home card.

The yellow DPs are ancient, Papermania from my very earliest card making days that have been languishing in my yellow paper drawer, this was the perfect opportunity to use them! First I die cut the sofa from kraft and black, then the cushion from yellow DP. These were then layered up, having first removed the black legs to reveal the kraft ones. The New Home pic was made by stamping a Pink and Main sentiment and adding some foliage freehand with my Zig markers, with some gold card for the frame. I almost forgot the rules and went with green but stopped in time and used a neutral khaki colour! 

The scene was added to a die cut white panel with a pencil line drawn across to mark the join between floor and wall. The sofa was added over the rug on pads and the framed sentiment added flat. A Sugar Pea sentiment in matching Memento London Fog completes.

So where will the colours take you, the team and GDs have come up with some great ideas here.

Looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery!