Westies in the Snow

Good morning.

Have you done all your Christmas prep yet? I'm still working at it but I still had to make a card for my final GD spot at Sparkles Challenge which starts today. This month our theme is:-

CHRISTMAS TRANSPORT

Not sure where to go, I looked through my stash and found these cute Westies. It's from a very old set which came with a mag many, many years ago! As you can tell from my previous post, I love to create little CAS scenes to set my fussy cut characters in, so here is my take.

I've been trying to use up some of my bits n bobs from my stash that I put to one side as too good to chuck! This blue sky started off as an inky Yupo panel for a DT post, I think. The trees were also cut from a scrap of white from the stash and the doggies were similarly stamped on some leftovers. 

These cuties were then coloured with Copics, fussy cut and added on top of the snowy landscape. A simple Uniko sentiment completes.

So what ideas will you come up with? We'd love to see your makes in the Sparkles gallery this month.

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AG

Anything Christmassy

Mega Christmas Challenge

Cute Christmas

Penguin Parcel Delivery

Good morning.

How are your festive preparations going? Mine are slow, still plenty to do but hopefully all cards are written and posted if needed but id you are in need of a last minute idea, how about the latest challenge at Cardz4Guyz where our theme is:-

CREATE A CHRISTMAS CARD or TAG 

I find CAS a good route for both quick and masculine makes, so here is a really CAS card using a LOTV penguin and a scrap of paper made with Brusho and some Brusho Sprinkles and a die cut horizon.

I did really want the blue panel at the top of the card but silly me glued it to the bottom!! Anyway I rather like the look in the end. The cute penguin from my to colour box, was coloured with Copics and fussy cut before I added him to snowy die cut landscape, Marianne, and the lines from the original sketched back in with a black fine liner, Uniko sentiment completes.

So where will you go with your Christmas card  or Tag? There's lots more from the DT over on the Cardz4Guyz blog if you need it and then why not join in?

Merry Christmas!

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AG

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Cute and Christmassy

Color Hues #100

Afternoon all from the UK. 

Today we have a new colour combo at Color Hues and it's a special one, it's the last of 2024 but it is also our 100th challenge!!! I can't quite believe it, just like I couldn't believe it when Nancy asked if I would be part of the team. So happy to have been asked and the time has just flown by, Nancy you are the glue that keeps us going!

To celebrate this momentous event, Nancy has graciously decided to offer a prize of a box of once or never used Spellbinders goodies!!

 This challenge will also be open the entire month so that everyone has enough time to play along. 

At the close of this challenge on December 29th, Nancy will pick one overall winner and 3 runner-ups as we always do.  Then, she will take those names and put them in a hat, and choose the prize winner from those 4 names. 

Should the winner rejects the prize package she will pick again. As always, the overall winner will be eligible to be a guest Designer with us for a future challenge. 

So now you've settled down after all that excitement, here's my take on the colours.

I needed a card for an old friend and colleague's birthday, so this was the perfect opportunity to make one for her.

I've used Stamping Bella's Uptown Quinn in her Boots, coloured with Copics and fussy cut. The background is stencilled with a mix of Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean DI over Crafter's Workshop Aspen Trees stencil, fading out towards the bottom of the panel. Finally I added a Uniko sentiment to my die cut frame. To be fair I had a slight hiccup with this frame. I found one in my stash that I must have made a while ago but it was from some different card stock, so I went looking for the die I'd used to make another to match the card I'd used on the stencilled panel. After much fruitless searching, I decided that I would have to use a slightly larger Hero Arts rounded rectangle die, I have absolutely no idea which die I had used originally which was just a bit smaller!! 

OK, that's all from me but please check out the rest of the team here.

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Fall or Winter

Winter                                 AG or Winter

12 Days of Christmas at Uniko, Inspiration and a Giveaway!

 This year Bev is hosting 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways up until 12th December, with the winners announced on Friday 13th December. There will also be videos, so be sure to check out Uniko's YouTube Channel.

Today we are starting things off by having a Christmas Party, card making style, with a linky link up to enter a new Christmas card using Uniko products. Even if you are super organised and have finished all your cards for this year, it's a great way to get a head start for next year!

Here's my inspiration for you!

I was inspired to create this card after I had seen a cut out design by Bev recently, it reminded me of a card I made a few years ago. To make this, I first stamped the Framed Snowflakes stamp with Altenew Turquoise ink and then again with Versamark and white EP on Turquoise card. I then infilled the open area using some extra snowflakes and a few dotty stamps. I kept the small stamps in my MISTI until I had stamped BOTH images, if not you can't match up when you die cut the openings!

To create the baubles, I used a balloon die and cut both panels simultaneously, also important to be able to add the darker baubles into the openings! This way you get a twofer but if you want you can just cut one and place the uncut one underneath to show through the openings. 

A few lengths of silver string created the hangers and bows and the white panel was then popped up with foam pads. A simple sentiment in matching turquoise completes.

That's it from me but there's lots more inspiration from the team to check out below, but don't forget to leave some love as you go!

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - that's me

Steph

Vinita

Christmas party rules are easy, simply create a new Christmas card using Uniko products. You can use sentiments, embellishments, dies, papers etc. from other brands, but Uniko products must be the MAIN focus of your card.

Maximum 3 entries per person.

The Linky is open now and will close 23:59 GMT Wednesday 11th December 2024 and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors will vote for their Top 3 with the prizes as follows -

1st Prize - £25 eGift Code

2nd Prize - £15 eGift Code

3rd Prize - £10 eGift Code 

Plus a bonus prize For a lucky comment along the hop - £10 eGift Code.

Looking forward to seeing all the festive inspiration in the gallery on the Uniko blog.

Merry Christmas!

Playing with a Theme and Sketch

Morning, time for another new challenge from Cardz4Guyz. This time our theme for your masculine makes is:-

GRATEFUL, THANKFUL, BLESSED

Here's my card using a few bits I had hanging around!

I'd been playing around with the theme for quite awhile but was spurred into action when I saw the sketch over at The Paper Players, regular visitors know I love a sketch!

I found some old hessian scraps in my drawer, which I cut to fit diagonally across my card base before adding my central panel of die cut and then embossed Kraft panels over white. I did notice that my memory of the sketch was slightly off the actual after I'd glued the hessian strip down, hope that's OK! 

The scrunched up a leaf I die cut from some Brusho covered card for another project and never used but I pimped it up by adding some Inka gold wax. The gold embossed sentiment was stamped with a Sugar Pea sentiment onto a die cut white panel. As this is a masculine card, I didn't feel the need to add extras and kept it pretty CAS.

That's it from me but be sure to check out the rest of the team here.

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Color Hues #99

Afternoon folks. 

November is whizzing by and we are already past the mid point, so it must be time for a new colour duo from Color Hues. Here's my card with a pretty pastel theme.

My LOTV digi snowman was first coloured with Copics, then fussy cut, first bit done, now to layout. Tricky, I always seem to rely on old favourites for this but I rang the changes by using a neglected Sugar Pea die to cut a panel of white card, into which I cut an oval aperture for my snowman to sit. 

I thought he need a little help with the background, so embossed the die cut oval with an EF that came free with a mag adding a hint of Tumbled Glass EP. A simple Uniko sentiment completes.

OK, that's a wrap but please check out the rest of the team here and join in.

Uniko Poinsettia

Morning all. I'm back with another of my inspiration cards for Sparkles. This month we are looking for your makes on the theme of -

CHRISTMAS FLORALS

When I read this I knew exactly which stamp I was going to use, the fab Uniko Pure Florals - Poinsettia. I was unsure about what design I would use until I caught a You Tube video by Michelle Short CASEing Therese Calvird and the rest as they say is history!

In the video, Michelle used some pretty marbled DP but I Didn't have any, so decided to make my own using alcohol ink and Yupo paper, I used what inks I had including Valencia, Flamingo, Dandelion and Coral, with a little bit of gold foiling.

The rest was pretty simple, two large images, black on white, fussy cut and mounted over the inky panel. The Uniko stamped sentiment was embossed with gold EP on black card before being fussy cut. The sentiment was popped up with foam tape and some silver crystals coloured with yellow Copic marker were added to the centers to complete.

That's it, a really simple make, even easier if you have some suitable DP!

For more inspiration please check out the rest of the Sparkles team and then why not join in?

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Christmas