Color Hues #143

 Afternoon folks. 

We're over halfway through the month of October already, can you believe it? Anyway it also means it's time for a new colour challenge from Color Hues. This time Tracey has chosen a pairing that will hopefully tempt you to join in. Here's my take.

I've used a simple die cut mask and some DI inking to create this shades of orange focal point on a panel of white card. I used 3 different shades, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Carved Pumpkin, adding the colour in circles light to dark, around the mask blending as I went, to create the glowing effect. The foliage silhouette is from Uniko's Happy Days set, which I stamped in black and then heat embossed in clear EP. I find this a lot less messy than trying to get black EP to stay where you want it!!  A simple Uniko sentiment, Simply Said, completes. 

For more fab orange and black inspiration please check out the rest of the team and our GD here.

See you in the gallery!!

Color Hues #142

 Afternoon folks. It's a new month and a new colour pairing from Color Hues.

This time, despite the weather here telling us to the contrary, we have an autumnal colour duo for you chosen by Stef, here's my take.

I'm a big fan of Ardyth Percy Robb and she has been doing some fab, inspiring videos using freehand pattern making and using stencils to create your own DP recently. 

This card was inspired by this card. I love the way the colours blend with the addition of a spritz of shimmer to create an interesting but still masculine background. I started by choosing a Uniko stencil called Ink n Flip Chevron Duo. It's a two part stencil but I only used one of them to create my chevron pattern. I selected three DIs including Fired Brick for the red and Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber for the amber and inked up an A5 panel of white card..

To create the pattern you have to flip the stencil over after each inking to create a completed chevron, so the stencil is much more stable than a full zig zag version! This precedure was followed for both colours, the red being used lightly for on pass then a heavier hand for the second. Once the panel was fully inked I spritzed it with some metallic spray that has been in my stash unused for over 20 years so it was a real surprise when it actually worked! 

The panel was die cut with an Avery Elle square die and the central diecut was cut from white with a Greetery die. More Fossilized Amber was used to ink the circle before it was added to my die cut square followed by an white heat embossed sentiment, also Uniko and a few stars punched from gold mirror card with a very old Woodware edge punch were added. All were then added to a 4 1/2" square white note card.

So where will these colours take you? For more inspiration please check out the rest of the girls and our GD here. Looking forward as ever to seeing your makes in our gallery.

Uniko Brand Ambassador Post - Snowflakes

 Morning all. Just a quick post to share a card I made for my Uniko BA inspiration and to join in a couple of challenges.

Over at JUGS it's stencil week and at The Paper Players it's a sketch. I've combined both to create this Christmas card.

I found an ombre stencilled panel using Uniko's Let it Snow stencil and some shades of blue DOx., I believe it was Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean and Broken China. It reminded me of the inspiration card from the Paper Players by Joanne, and combined it with the large snowflake from Rustic Snowflake. I initially looked for some blue card to match but then decided to make my own DP with a Gelli plate pull using all the colours, it was bound to match then!! 

I trimmed down each panel and added them to a white A6 note card as per the sketch. Some of the gelli print I inked over with more Chipped Sapphire to darken it and stamped the snowflake with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP. A sentiment from Peace on Earth was similarly done.

The dark navy strip was cut to size and added over the snowflake stencilling and the snowflake was cut out using a circle die and added. The greeting was trimmed down and added to complete. Another card for my Christmas stash!

That's it for today but I'll be back tomorrow with the new Color Hues challenge.

Happy crafting!

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Color Hues #141

Afternoon folks.

It's time for another colour duo from Color Hues today. This is a soft pairing from Sheri that suits florals as well as other design styles as the rest of the team have showcased. I went simple with this design.

I've used a NEBUS set from Altenew that I picked up in a sale last year and hadn't used so thought I'd better! It's called Painted Roses and I've stamped it with some of their inks too, 3 of the colours from Shades of Purple set and the Green Fields set for the leaves and stem. These collections certainly make life easier when stamping layered designs.

The sentiment is from the same set stamped in black and the main panel was edged with the darkest of the greens for some added definition before being added to the base card with foam pads.

So what will you create with these lovely new colours? Please don't forget that it must only be these colours and hints of our neutrals which are listed on the Color Hues page. 

Happy crafting.

 

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Sympathy/Thinking of You/Get Well

#90

To a Fun Guy!

Morning all.

Were almost halfway through September already, I can't quite believe it. It's still very warm as I type this post even though it's now officially autumn!

Over at Cardz4Guyz we have a hew theme for you to get your creative heads around. This month we would like to see your makes on the theme of:-

A FALL THEME or COLOURS

Here's my take, I've used both an autumnal theme and rich autumnal colours.

With all the rain we've had in the last few weeks along with warm weather the mushrooms and fungi are popping up all over the garden and surrounding fields. These are part of a larger stamp set from Chocolate Baroque which I've coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The background is a Gelli plate panel that went wrong but when put behind the mushroom and foliage you can't see it! The foliage was die cut sometime ago and put into a container for times just like this! A simple circular aperture frames the mushrooms and foliage. The sentiment is from Altenew and I popped it on my panel with foam tape as was the rest of the top panel and central design.

I thought I could write 'to a fun guy' on the inside to complete!!!

So where wiill the new theme take you? As always the team have some brill ideas on the C4G blog if you need a little help, so looking forward to seeing your makes in the gallery!

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Masculine Mushrooms!

Masculine