Color Hues #110

Afternoon. 

Can you believe we already over halfway through May, the days are hurtling by. As it's the 16th of the month we have a new colour challenge at Color Hues. This time we have a very feminine duo, chosen by Karen, here's my take.

 

I'm back to my cute images with this card, using an old LOTV rubber stamp, Coffee Time, it was one of the first stamps I purchased from them, Harrogate Stamp fair I believe nearly 20 years ago! I've also used one of my go to sketches, combining an embossed panel and some DP. I first used this layout way back in 2014 according to my records but can't be sure where I found the sketch! It's been modified over the years and adapted, probably a Sketch Saturday originally!

Copic pens are not great for choice when it comes to purple tones, so the bulk of this plum element is the card, but I did find a scrap of NitWits DP for the background that matched the theme. I used V01, 12 15 and RV34 for the plum, the nearest I could get to the red purple I think was needed and a selection of pinks in the RVs 10, 11, 13, and 14.

After fussy cutting the image, I set it to one side to make my base for it to sit on. From a panel of A6 white card, I cut a circle out with a die and then ran it through a large dot EF, brand unknown! On an A6 panel of plum card, I cut a slightly smaller circle to provide a frame inside the white panel, looks a bit wonky in the photo but it is just the angle. Both these were cut down to reveal the base card and a hint of the purple before gluing together. The DP panel was added to my base card, then the top panels on pads. My coffee drinking friends were then added, foam pads to left the top half off the DP and glue at the bottom and a Uniko sentiment completes.

So what ideas will you have for the new colour pairing? As always we love seeing your makes in the Color Hues gallery but should you need more inspiration, then why not check out the rest of the team and our GD here.

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Favourite Sketch and Why?

I like the simplicity of the sketch as well as it's versatility, male female, cute, graphic. The circle aperture makes a nice change from a circle die cut with which to frame the image. What ever your take this sketch works, just change the image, EF or colours and you've got a different look! Here's one I made 10 years ago for a bloke.

Patch and Puss, It Takes Two

Morning, time for a new challenge from Cardz4Guyz. 

This time our theme, chosen by Jolanda is:-

USE THE SKETCH

Here's my take.

 

This is a digi from LOTV which I've combined with some scraps of DP and some red card to create the design. The digi, Patch and Puss It Takes Two, was coloured with Copics and mounted on red card to leave a thin mount showing. This was repeated with the 2 panels of DP, NitWits and the sentiment, MFT, was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with white on a small panel of the same red.

Using the sketch, I added all the layers to an A6 side fold white note card and voila!

So now it's over to you, we're looking forward to seeing your MASCULINE takes on the sketch, which you can rotate or flip as you wish. 

To see what the rest of the DT at CArdz4Guyz have made check out the blog here.

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Happy birthday!

Uniko BA Non Release Blog Hop & Giveaway plus Facebook VIP Challenge

Morning all. Hope you are making the most of this sunny weather. Lovely as it is, we are in sore need of some rain to replenish the water butts, ponds and to give the garden a good soak. We should have been heading over the tops to visit our granddaughter, and her mum and dad of course, but the OH and I have been struck with a lousy cold and were not up to the travelling, nor would it have been fair to inflict it onto them. Hopefully we can get over to visit them soon. 

As there isn't a release this month from Uniko, the BAs and Bev are sharing their favourites from the 2025 releases so far. This is quite a daunting task choosing from the array of fabulous stamps and stencils but I eventually plumped for Spring Botanicals Primrose. 

I'd seen a few images online over the years of strips of coloured card under outlined stamped images and when I saw that this month's challenge over at The Flower Challenge was to feature spots or stripes it was the perfect opportunity to try my hand.

On an A6 panel of white card, I glued a few strips of yellow and green cardstock at an angle. Then using a really old Go Create die, must be nearly 20yrs old, I die cut a central section. The same die was used to cut another frilly panel from fun foam and both die cuts were then glued together. The original panel was glued to an A6 white note card and the die cuts added into the opening. 

I stamped the primroses onto vellum with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP before fussy cutting the image. Using the flower centers and leaf ribs, I added glue to secure the posy onto the raised panel, adding a sentiment from Originally Organic Flower Garden. A couple of Glossy Accent dots complete the design. 

That's all from me but why not pop along to see what the rest of the team have chosen to showcase from the 2025 releases. Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a £25 eGift certificate.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - me

Steph 

Vinita

Over on FB Uniko is encouraging you to share your birthday themed makes with our VIP challenge with another chance to win. So why not pop along there and link up your makes.

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Color Hues #109

Afternoon folks, it's a new month, can you believe it, so we have a brand new colour combo for you at Color Hues. Here's my take. 

This was a tricky one for me to be fair, all I could think about were daisies and Leeds Rhinos colours!

I have used this colour combination before to make my friend Jenny's birthday card, including the obligatory rhino, but it is nearly a year 'til I need another one, so wanted to do something more floral as I've not done that for awhile. After a lot of stash searching I remembered this set I had from Sizzix which creates ATCs but you can always make a card by adding an ATC to a base card, can't you?

The blue is from a Gelli plate pull that was in my stash from a while ago and the die cut panel was simply cut from white card and the centers coloured with a Zig marker, sentiment is HLS. A very simple and easy make, once I found the die set!

So what will you make of the colours, looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery. If you need more inspiration please check out the rest of the team and our GD here.

By the River

Good morning. Are we really near the end of April, where it that month go? Anyway it's time for a brand new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz. This time we would like to see your masculine take on the theme of:-

A BODY of WATER

So, that means anything that refers to the sea, a river, lake or perhaps even an aquarium! Here's my take, not sure if he's by a pond or stream, your guess?

The official title of the image is By the River by LOTV, one of my first purchases from years ago.

To start, I stamped the little chap, then cut an aperture for him to sit inside. I used partial die cutting, slipping the circle die behind the image so that just the arc was cut. You can just about see where I cut the  panel to allow this to happen. Once coloured with Copics, I added a scrap of NitWits DP to the back then stamped my sentiment and added the whole to an A6 base card. The water was the hardest element to colour, you have to keep your strokes parallel or it looks like the water is moving up hill!

So where will the new theme take you? We are looking forward to seeing your takes in our gallery and if you need more inspiration please check out the rest of the team at Cardz4Guyz. 

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