It's Beginning To Look Like... Introducing Uniko's Framed - Fairy Lights

Morning, it's the final day of introductions at Uniko. Today we are focusing on a new framed stamp, Fairy Lights! Here are a couple of ideas I came up with.

First of the block is this card.

To start, I took a panel of white card and stamped the frame image with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP. I then coloured each of the fairy lights with Zig watercolour markers before using an embossing pen and clear EP. Once cool, I inked over the whole piece of paper with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot DOx.  The clear embossing resisted the inking to let the lights shine! The panel was then cut in two across the middle and I added each half of it to the edge of an A6 note card. The top and bottom of the framed fairy lights were then covered with a sentiment panel to fill the gap.

This next card shows that you don't need to use the whole stamp. 

Here I've just stamped the long edge onto some white card, coloured with Copic markers and added to a base card, followed by two panels of black, one stamped with the sentiment. A couple of thin strips of gold glitter paper glued at the join add a bit of festive sparkle.

So that's all from me but please check out the rest of the team to see what ideas they've come up with.

Natalia GD

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie -me

Steph

Vinita

I'll be back tomorrow with our traditional blog hop and giveaway, see you then.

Uniko Release Day Giveaway and BA Blog Hop

Good morning.

It's release day for Uniko's October release and of course as is traditional we are having our bog hop and giveaway. Comment on all the blogs for a chance to win the WHOLE release! All the stamps will be available from 9pm tonight, if you can't wait and if you are lucky enough to win and you already have the release, then Bev will happily provide an alternative!

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We are doing things a little differently for this release with Bev having done the intros and the BAs joining in for today as it's World Card Making Day too!

First off we have another addition to the Big and Bold series, Thank/s/ful.

BIG & BOLD thank/s/ful  £11

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Here I've stamped an array of leaves from assorted Uniko sets including Autumn Serenade and Nature's Treasures I, in shades of autumn onto a panel of white card to which I had first stamped the thanks in a pale matching colour, Altenew's Misty Moor. This showed me where to stamp my leaves and where to stick my fussy cut sentiment. This I stamped on some matching card with Memento Rich Cocoa and embossed with clear EP.  The leaves were inked randomly with a mix of Memento, Canteloupe, Tangelo, Peanut Brittle, Potter's Clay and Rich Cocoa. The SENDING, also stamped with Rich Cocoa, is from the Picked Posies set.

Next up is this card using the new Autumn Serenade. It follows the similar designs of the other Serenade sets, Love and Snowflakes, plus a few extra leaves.

Autumn Serenade £11

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I tried to get my stamping to bleed into my paper but was only marginally successful. So I decided to ink the stamped panel with some Scattered Straw DI and stamped one of the sentiments with more Rich Cocoa. The other colours are the same as for the previous card.

Next is my favourite of the release, Remembrance. It contains a couple of poppy stems and accompanying sentiments. Here I've used watercolour and masking fluid to create my central panel.

I'm afraid that I had intended for the stems to be part of the design but my masking was a bit hit and miss, and the watercolour had bled through, so went with a close crop and a square die cut frame. No sentiment as I wanted the image to shine!

Remembrance £11

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I love this stamp so much I couldn't wait to colour up another, this time using Copic markers.

You never know when you'll need a sympathy card and they are always hard to make at short notice, so I like to have a couple ready in my stash.

Finally here is another in the Framed series, this time snowflakes with 4 additional snowflakes to play with.

 

Framed - Snowflakes £11

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I started by embossing the frame with white EP onto white card, then added some DOx colour with a blending brush, splashing on some water and then lifting it with a paper towel to get even more dimension. On some scrap card, I stamped and embossed in white some of the other snowflakes, inked as before, fussy cut them and placed them on my design with pads after stamping and embossing the sentiment from Christmas Wishes. The whole panel was trimmed to leave a small inky border and mounted on a white base card.

Now the formal introductions are done, let's give you some more inspiration for using them. Be sure to leave some comment love either on the BA blogs or social media. You have until midnight Saturday 14th October 2023 to comment and then Bev will randomly select a winner to win the entire release, or equivilant.

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie 

Steph

Hope you have enjoyed this release and happy hopping!

I'd like to join in over at:-

 

 

                                                               Option of Autumn

 

                                               Autumn or Halloween

BA Inspiration at Uniko

 Good morning folks, it's my turn for a little bit of BA inspiration over at Uniko with a pair of Christmas makes.

All the details can be found on the Uniko blog.

This card I made after seeing the latest sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches.

As you can see, my card is portrait rather than the landscape format of the sketch.

To start, I used a circle die to emboss my panel, then cut a mask from a Post-It using the same die.

I then added the mask over the embossing and stamped the holly leaves and evergreen foliage. I stamped the holly berries and a couple of pine cones and used the dies to cut them out. The evergreen bough was coloured in with a couple of green pencil crayons as were the veins on the holly leaves for extra interest.

Removing the mask, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed in gold EP before adding the berries and cones with glue.

Check out the Uniko blog for details of my other card.

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Uniko BA Inspiration

 Afternoon crafters, I'm sharing a couple of cards I made for a BA post over at Uniko using the Winter Foliage stamp, die and stencil together with the Christmas Wishes stamp set.

I was inspired by the latest challenge at CAS Christmas Card Challenge where their cue word is PINE, hence the use of Winter Foliage!

Here are the two cards I created, full details are over on the Uniko blog.

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Festive Friday @ Uniko

Morning all. Just popping by to share one of a couple of cards I made for my Festive Friday BA Inspiration over at Uniko and to link up to a couple of challenges.

Pop over to the Uniko blog to find out more about how this and the other card was made.

Don't forget there's still time to join in the latest Uniko challenge.

Joining in over at:-

I was inspired by the theme and the colours of the picture to make this Mixed Media Card.

Uniko BA Inspiration - Pastel Baubles

I'm over on the Uniko blog today with a little bit of festive BA inspiration with these two cards using the floating strip technique. 

You'll find all the details on the make there.

September 2021 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY

Well today's the day that you can get your hand's on the new Uniko release. What have you thought of it so far, fab isn't it. They are all available to purchase HERE on the website now.

So here are a few ideas combining the new release with some old favourites too. My first card features Background Builders Winter Wonderland.

Background Builders: Winter Wonderland £10.00

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For this card, I took my inspiration from the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. I've only ever seen them on TV but it must be quite a sight to witness them for real! There is something otherworldly about them I think. 

On a panel of white card I created my 'Aurora' using DI in Tumble Glass, Broken China, Evergreen Bough and Faded Jeans, not worrying too much about blending, I was looking at more of a streaky look. When dry, I added some stars with a white gel pen, stamped the text and silhouetted border over the top, then drew the outline of the hills onto black card using the stamp as a guide and cut it out. The hills were then glued in place and the finished panel trimmed down to leave a border on an A6 white base card. I was unsure whether to stamp a sentiment but in the end went with one of the small ones from the new Christmas Sentiment set.

This second card uses one of my sentiment panels I made using Christmas Sentiments and some of the older Christmas greeting stamps.

 

Christmas Sentiments £5.00

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The new sentiment set is a fabulous addition to anyone's Christmas stash and I decided to use them together with other Uniko Christmas greeting stamps to create some background panels. I used one earlier in the week, here, but for this card I used one of my strip backgrounds and white EP. The finished panel was cut down the middle and mounted onto a panel of white card with a stitched open scalloped border and simply popped it up on pads. A great design to mass produce as once you have the background panels made it's a pretty simple process to repeat the design!

My next card uses one part of the Pattern Building Christmas Tree, together with Background Builders:Vines, Winter Additions and the flower center from Kindness Blooms. It's a take on this card I made for a BA inspiration back in April. 

Pattern Building Christmas Tree £10.00

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The reindeer is made using the BB Vines-Winter Additions for the antlers, the nose is the flower center and the eyes are freehand. The mass of fairy lights are the string of lights from the set and two half strings added on either side!The lights were coloured with Zig water brush pens and then some glossy accents were added on top, as well as a touch to his red nose. The sentiment from Christmas Sentiments completes.

Finally, I've used the Flower Power #1 stencil to create a slimline Poinsettia card. 

Stencil - Flower Power #1 £3.50

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A panel of red card was stenciled in opposite corners using some Candied Apple DOx, followed by some shadows added with Vintage Photo DI. The poinsettia centers were added with a gold pen and the sentiment and stars added with Versamark and then heat embossed with gold EP. The star stamp is part of the new Background Builders set and the sentiment made up from Christmas Sentiments and Doodle Flower. The trimmed down panel was added to an off white base card. Simply an A5 piece of card folded lengthways.

Not enough inspiration? How about some more from the rest of the Brand Ambassadors. 

As usual we have our Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY! Simply hop along leaving comments along the way for your chance to win the ENTIRE* Release. You have until midnight BST Sunday 10th October 2021. A winner will be announced the following week.

*An alternative prize will be offered if you have already purchased any or all of the release.

So what are you waiting for, lets hop...

Bev
Hannelie

Izzy 

Jane 

                  Julie - That's me

Rahmat

Steph

Wiebke