Introducing Fun Flowers Stencils and Re-introducing the Fun Flowers Stamp Set

Today sees the introduction of two fab stencils to complement the Fun Flowers stamp set which is also re-released this week.

Here's my take on the Fun Flower Spray stencil and mask.

The technique used here was one I saw the very talented Jennifer McGuire use. It involves dry embossing of the stencil, combined with faux letterpress for the background. I'd seen her You Tube video here and wanted to have a go, I was just waiting for the right stencil to use!

To begin, I took a panel of white card the same size as the stencil and attached the stencil to one edge with masking tape to create a hinge, then ran it through my Big Shot. When you lift the stencil a raised outline of the design is revealed!!

To create the background, I inked the underside of the stencil, without removing the tape hinge, with my brayer and Salty Ocean DI and ran it through my Big Shot again. Repeat as necessary to get the right amount of depth of colour.

To colour the leaves and blooms, I used a mixture of masking and masks and DI ink.

A simple sentiment from Everyday Sentiments stamped in black and the final panel trimmed before adding to an A6 white base card completes.

My second card uses both the Fun Flower Stencil and masks and the matching stamps.

This started off as a OL card but as I removed my masking tape it tore the surface of the card, even after I'd taken the worst off the sticky before! Anyway, waste not want not, I added a couple of white panels and strips of dark pink card to cover the faux pas.

Originally, I had masked off my central panel then stencilled in the blooms with Kitch Flamingo DI, then stamped over with Seedless Preserves DI. Placing the masks from the set, I added stamped green leaves with Twisted Citron DI.

The rest of the make you know! A simple stamped Everyday Sentiment on a white card panel completes.

I'll be back again tomorrow with more from the Uniko February 10th Birthday release.

Revisiting Uniko's Fun Flower clear stamp set and stencil and a Blog Hop!

Good morning, hope I find you well.

Today the Uniko DT are revisiting one of our older stamp sets Fun Flowers and the new coordinating stencil. 

For my first card I've kept it very simple, using just one flower from the stencil and a few of the stamps in the set.

I started by masking off just one of the large flowers from the stencil and inking through with some Worn Lipstick DOx then using a small piece of foam inked the center again with Picked Raspberry DOx. Very carefully I also inked the small dots with the darker ink. Using a black fineliner, I drew the stem then added a couple of leaves with the stamp set. To sharpen up the bloom, I stamped the largest of the stamp set, the next largest and the smallest in black ink. 

Using a pierced rectangle die I cut out the flower and mounted it on a slightly larger rectangle inked with the two pinks around the edge before attaching it to a scalloped edged die cut panel and then onto a white base card. The sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks set was stamped in black then heat embossed with semi dull clear EP, trimmed down and added over the flower stem.

My second card focuses more on the stencil but still uses the stamps as well and a sentiment from the Pure Floral - Gerbera set.

The coloured panel was created as a result of a failed attempt to bleach away colour through the stencil with a baby wipe. There was a lot of DOx ink in Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade left on the stencil so waste not want not, I spritzed it lightly with water and pressed it onto a scrap panel of white card. Some of the panel was a little messy but I think I managed to rescue it by stamping the small daisy stamp in the same DOx colours as well as a few dots of the same and trimming it down in size. AAA are asking us to use 1/3 so I trimmed my panel down and added two more on pads edged with strips inked with the same DOx colours as the panel.

    

That's it from me but please check out the rest of the team and check out what they have done with the stamps and stencil.

Bev
Carol 

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie - that's me
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P
Wiebke 

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