Uniko Release Day Blog Hop and Giveaway

Good morning, it's time for our Uniko release day blog hop and giveaway!

So here are a few more ideas using this fun stencil release.

First off is this Christmas card I made using the Geometric Christmas Tree stencil set.

On some white card, I inked the tree with Mowed Lawn DI but on the second pass I wiped the stencil clean then replaced it and added some Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Sparkle embossing paste over the top to give my tree a little extra oomph. When dry, I cut up the tree and glued the pieces over a strip of gold mirror card, adding a freehand cut pot and a punched glitter star. The finished tree was then popped up on pads over a white base card to which I had added a stamped sentiment panel from my stash. I make loads at the same time as it takes ages to set them out even in a MISTI!

 Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree £8

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Next is another piece of my Cobweb panel made using the Cobweb stencil set.

This time I simply added it to an A6 white, side fold card after adding some glitter EP to the back lines in the web.

On some scrap white card, I stamped HAPPY using Alphabet Outlined and filled in with a web effect pattern, fussy cut them out and glued underneath the panel. I stamped birthday in black then drew the spider dropping down from the Y freehand.

Finally another cobweb based card using the same LOTV image as Thursday's card.

For this card my starting point was the panel I made when first trying out the stencil pair. I used some Hickory Smoke DI to ink the background before adding the two cobweb layers to complete the panel.

I had the top panel in my stash from another project, so slipped the cobweb background underneath then added the sentiment by masking off WISHING so that I could write WITCHING and added Happy Birthday. I had this little girl on my desk as I was initially going to use her for my DT post at Color Hues. I simply added her to the front and drew in a few lines to ground her to replace the ones I cut off.

 Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb £8

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

That's it from me but please check out the rest of the team to find out how they've used their new stash!

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a prize!

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - me

Steph

Vinita

Make sure you've commented along the hop as Bev will be giving away 3 Ink & Flip Stencils of the winners choice. Comments will close for the chance to win at midnight Sunday 13th October 2024 with the winner announced on Monday 14th October 2024. Any comments left after this time will not be included.

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Introducing Ink n Flip Geometric Christmas Tree Set

Morning all.

It's time to share the second of the new Ink n Flip release from Uniko.

Today we focus on the two part Geometric Christmas Tree set.

It consists of a background stencil and Bev's signature style Geometric Christmas tree. Here is my first idea.

For this card I stencilled the tree element onto some white card. I was going to keep it simple at that point but somehow I got a smudge of black ink in the open space so decided to fussy cut my tree and then ink another background!

On a panel of red card, I inked through the background stencil with Candied Apple DI to leave a paler red tree shape opening in which to place my tree. The tree was placed back over the background with foam pads and a Simply Said Blocks red stamped sentiment complete.

My second card is similar to others I've done this week, inking through a stencil, Scandinavian Christmas, with Unicorn White ink and then when dry, stencilling in the tree to reveal the pattern beneath. 

I used a mix of Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron DI for the tree and Vintage Photo for the trunk. A little masking paper around the truck ensured that the brown ink stayed where it was meant to be! Another red stamped sentiment completes.

That's it from me but why not check out the rest of the team have been up to.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - me

Steph

Vinita

Come back tomorrow when we will have our tradition blog hop and giveaway.

Introducing the new Ink n Flip Layering Cobweb stencil set

Morning all.

I'm so excited to reveal the first of the new Ink n Flip stencil sets, Cobweb.

Here are a couple of ideas using bits n bobs from my stash as well.

This is my first idea using the web part of the stencil.

I took an A5 panel of black card and went mad adding cobwebs all over it with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink! Then I filled in the gaps with a light covering of the white ink. Spiders are a real problem here in the countryside and I am forever evicting them and removing their webs from windows and doorways. This year seems the worst ever, so webs are very common, in fact the other day I opened the blind in the kitchen window to reveal a huge web complete with giant spider, across the outside of the glass shimmering with dew. They are beautiful and I'm OK with them if they would only stay OUTSIDE!

Anyway as I was looking at the finished panel I thought I would extend the threads from each web and add some extra bits of web with a black fine liner.  I cut an A6 sized panel from the larger one and attached it to an A6 base card. Then, I stamped a large black dot, form MCM Floral on some scrap white card and added some legs before fussy cutting it and adding googly eyes. The BOO was cut from white card using an alphabet die set. 

I had plenty of 'web' back ground left over, so added a narrow panel to some purple card to create a background for this LOTV image coloured with Copics and fussy cut.

This time my sentiment was made by stamping FABULOUS from You Are, Yes You and cutting away the BU section, replacing it with die cut BOO. The rest of the sentiment was made up various Uniko sets, Christmas and Birthday Sentiments.

So what do you think?

That's all for now from me but please check out the rest of the team to see what they've been up to.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie -me

Steph

Vinita

See you back here same time tomorrow for another stencil intro.

New Release Sneak Peeks

Morning all.

Just a quick post to tease you with the Uniko upcoming release sneak peeks.

As you may have gathered, the two stencils are in the fun Ink n Flip series!

 

The whole team will be back tomorrow with the first introduction.

Can't wait to show you these fab new products.

Color Hues #96

Good afternoon folks, it's been a busy day here on my blog but it's also time for a brand new colour duo from Color Hues.

This time it was my choice of colours and as we approach that witchy time of year, I went with a colour duo that reflects that.

Here's my card, not a witch in sight but a similar theme none the less!

Last year I used an LOTV witch for a similar colour challenge so this year I went with a little wizard from them instead. He's a digi called Abracadabra which I coloured with Copic markers, V09, V12,15,17 for the purple and Y38, YR09,YR16,YR18 for the oranges and then fussy cut.

Matching the DP and trim to the image I created this layout. A big tip for matching solid card is to get some white and colour it with the same Copic markers you've used in the image, can't fail to match then, I used V09. The circle of card was in my white bits box but it looked too plain, so I embossed it with a spider's web Cuttlebug EF.

To finish I found this fun sentiment in a magazine freebie sheet of stamps.

So where will my colours take you?

I'm looking forward to seeing what you make with them. Don't forget that as well as the colour duo, neutrals such as brown are always welcome too.

To see what the rest of the team and our GD have done, check out the Color Hues page here and have some fun!

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Make it Masculine

Scooter Boy

Good morning. It's a busy time on my blog with the new Uniko release so if you were looking for day 2 of the seasonal Ink n Flip revisit just click here.

Meanwhile it's also time for a new challenge at Cardz4Guyz. Our new theme for you is:-

WHEELS

So we'd like to see anything that features wheels, tractors, cars, bikes etc as the focus of your card. Here's my take.

The other week I ran off a few images on an A4 sheet of card, I only wanted one of the images for another project, so put the left over images in my to finish box. I try to do this so that they are on hand to colour when I need and I don't have to faff about printing off the odd image and waste card. This cute boy on his scooter from LOTV was one of them and he fit perfectly with the theme. 

I used one of the Jill Foster sketches again as I thought it suited the image. The denim blue panel was embossed with a Sizzix EF before being added to an A5 white base card. I was going to just colour the image and add to the embossed background but my digi panel was just a tad too small. So after using Copics to colour, I fussy cut them out and added them to a scrap panel of white card then onto my embossed panel with pads. The little movement marks were lost when I fussy cut the image, so a black fine liner and a steady hand put that right! 

A very simple CAS card, perfect for a little guy. There's plenty more inspiration from the rest of the team over on the blog here, so why not pop along and then join in.

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M is for Masculine

Flippin' Seasonal Fun at Uniko Day 2, Snowflake Revisit

Good morning, over at Uniko we are continuing our Ink n Flip revisit with a new look at Snowflake.

Here are a couple of ideas I came up with.

Firstly I used a similar technique to the Christmas Star card from yesterday but used a stamp this time.

On a panel of white card, I stamped the BB Falling snow stamp over it with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink, then when completely dry inked lightly over both sides of the stencil with Salty Ocean DI to create the snowflake.

The panel was then trimmed down, added to a top fold A6 card, a strip of holographic card and sentiment complete.

This second card uses the Framed Snowflakes and I repeated the technique.

This time I trimmed away the excess and mounted the stencilled panel onto silver card and then onto a side fold blue card. I found a die cut snowflake in my stash and added it to the center before my sentiment, stamped in black on a strip of white card.

For more fab ideas why not pop along to see what the rest of the team have been up to.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek at the new release.