Introducing My favourite Colour is Rainbow Stamp set

Good morning.

It's day 3 of our intros for the new Uniko release. Today we are introducing a stamp set that goes oh so well with yesterday's Rainbow stencil, My Favourite Colour is Rainbow!

My first card is oh so simple, a panel of white card with half of the stencilled rainbow, without the extra layer and the sentiment from the stamp set simply stamped in black over the top.

No need to even colour in the sentiment, just let the colours of the rainbow show through! Love seeing a rainbow after the rain, so joyous! We very often see them across the fields at the back of our place, usually disappearing into a neighbours field!

Secondly is this card which I created with the small rainbow stamp in the set.

After stamping an A6 panel of white card, I coloured the rainbows with Copics in an assortment of colours, roughly matching the colours in the rainbow. I varied the colours to give a rainbow effect without slavishly colouring in the correct order. They look just like one of the rainbows in the Inkspirational visual promt so I'll be adding it over there.

On a panel of white card, I stamped the sentiment from Sunshine and Rainbows and then used Cloud 9 stencil to draw a fluffy cloud around it, then fussy cut it out. A little bit of Black Soot DI that was already on my brush was used to soften the edges. I used an ancient Sizzix daisy die, an old fashioned red one, to cut a medium daisy from white card, trimmed off the tips and coloured with Copic marker. This was then placed behind the cloud and any extra rays were removed before adding to the stamped and coloured rainbow panel.

So that's all from me but please check out the rest of the team's blogs and Instagram accounts, to see what they have been upto.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

                    Julie -you're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

I'm back tomorrow with the final intro of the week, see ya!

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Introducing Layering Rainbow Stencil

Morning all.

Day 2 of the intros for Uniko's new release. Today we focus on a layering stencil - Rainbow!

This is a set of 5 stencils that enables you to create a rainbow. 

Here's what I came up with.

I know I said 5 layers and there are 6 in this rainbow but let me explain. I merrily went about stencilling my brand new stencils and then realised I didn't have enough layers to create a full rainbow. I was going to leave it at that but it kept nigling me so a little bit of fussy cutting and a Post it note enabled me to add an extra layer to my rainbow. You can't see the slightly wobbly bottom because it's hidden behind the clouds!

I created those by sketching the outline using the Cloud 9 stencil and fussy cut them out. My sentiment from Birthday Sentiments was stamped in black Memento ink.

Next is another of my extra layer additions. I'd got better by the time I did this one so you can see the whole extra layer. 

More of the Cloud 9 stencil, this time as intended with Salty Ocean DI over a die cut panel. The initial rainbow was chopped in half and then fussy cut and popped behind the circular aperture with the long section escaping from the opening. Some more Salty Ocean was added to the base card and the top panel added with foam pads. A simple sentiment completes.

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

Anita

Bev

Izzy

                    Julie -you're here

Natalie

Steph

Vinita

See you back here same time tomorrow for another new intro post.

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11th Birthday Release Day and Blog Hop and giveaway at Uniko

Well it's release day and you can finally get to play with the new Uniko goodies for yourselves!

I've loved playing with the new stamps and stencil and had so many ideas on how to use them, but here are a few I got around to making!

You might recognise the background to this card from an earlier post made up of spring sentiments, then it was green behind a rabbit! The fussy cut crocus was stamped and coloured using Copics this time, V04, 06, 09 and V17 for the petals.

I couldn't resist making this next card, another watercolour using Spring Botanicals Crocus.

This time I stamped the central bloom then used masking fluid to mask, then stamped the left one, masked again, then the right and masked with the liquid masking. When dry, I flooded the background with a mix of Cadmium Yellow and Prussian blue, added some crinkled up cling film and left it to dry. I did check carefully that there were no beads of damp colour on the masking before carefully removing it and painting in the petals and leaves. The frame was cut using an Avery Elle die and then mounted over the top of the dry painting with foam pads, I left the sentiment off this time.

Next I have a fun birthday card using the bunny from Hoppy Easter and some pretty NitWits DP, the die is MFT.

Whilst I had my watercolours out, I made this simple card using Up and Away.

Look closely and you may notice that this balloon has an extra panel or two. While I was painting the dark blue panel the dog came in and nudged my arm and so I smudged a bit over the lines, so had to extend the colouring to cover it up! Of course the pinky purple one had to be extended to match too.

Finally I used the Up and Away set along with the Cloud 9 stencil for this slimline design.

So that's it, what do you think? Don't forget to leave a comment before you hop along to the rest of the team for a chance to win a fabulous prize.

Anita

Bev

Julie - that's me

Steph

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Introducing Up and Away and Cloud 9 Stencil

Good morning! It's day 3 of the introductions for Uniko's 11th Birthday release.

For my inspiration, I've combined the new stamp set and stencil to create this fun card.

On some more scraps of NitWits DP, I stamped the smallest of the 3 balloons from the set and fussy cut them out. On a panel of white card, I stencilled in the clouds using the new stencil before adding the balloons and baskets. I had a frame left from cutting out a panel for an earlier card, so after stamping the sentiment, I popped it up on foam pads over the panel and added the whole lot to an A6 note card. 

We get plenty of balloons flying over us from a small airfield nearby but none in such pretty spring colours! Sometimes they are really low and we can wave to the people in the basket and hear the roar of the gas as they try to gain height, much to the annoyance of our little pooch!

Here's one that floated by last September.

For more ideas about the new release, why not check out the rest of the team, I'll be back on Saturday with the full reveal!

Anita

Bev

Julie - that's me

Steph