Uniko BA Inspiration and Color Hues #106

Good afternoon.

Today it's my turn to host the new colour duo challenge at Color Hues, so I decided to incorporate a Uniko BA Inspiration post too. I chose a fresh spring combo and when I sat down to make my card I decided to give my Organically Zesty stamp set from Uniko a dust off, here's my card.

As you can see I went with the lemon as my focus with the large, fab lemon and blossom from the set, I think it fit the colours perfectly. I could have gone down the spring flowers route but I do like to ring the changes and try not to get in a rut when it comes to my Color Hues duties!

Starting with a panel of black card, I used the Uniko stencil Scattered Polka Dots to ink through with white pigment ink. A sentiment strip with a sentiment from the set stamped in black was added over the top, 2/3rds down the panel.

I stamped the large lemon from the set onto some MM paper with black ink and added clear embossing powder, much cleaner and easier than using Versamark and black EP. To make sure I had enough EP on, I repeated the stamping with Versamark and more clear EP. What did we do before stamp positioners came on the scene?! Smooshing some Altenew ink pads, Lime, Limeade, Fresh Lemon and Maple Yellow, onto a piece of acrylic to use as a palette water coloured the image. I used a grey Zig marker to create some shadow. Finally, I fussy cut the lemon out and mounted it onto my background with pads.

This was my second attempt but here is my first which you can find out more about by checking out the Uniko blog. 

 So where will these new colours take you. The rest of the Color Hues girls and our very talented GD  Michele have come up with some fab inspiration. We are all looking forward to seeing your makes in our gallery. You've until 29th March @ 9am EDT to get those little grey cells working!

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Uniko June Release Day Blog hop and Giveaway

Good morning.

It's release day at Uniko so as is tradition we are having a Blog Hop and Giveaway!!!

First of all though I have a few more ideas for the new stamps and stencil.

My first uses the Ink and Flip Hexagon combined with an old Scattered Polka Hexagons stencil, Flower Power #9, Bee Happy and Organically Zesty stamps.

In my intro card, I used the magic reveal technique but this time I tried the double stencil technique.

On my A6 panel, I used Mustard Seed DI to ink through the background part of the ink n flip stencil then whilst the stencil was still in place, I inked through the polka hexagon one with Wild Honey DI. I removed both stencils, cleaned them then flipped the hexagon background over and inked through with the Mustard Seed DI, then with the Polka Hexagon stencil with Wild Honey.

This gave a white central hexagon in the center of the panel which I then filled with the 2nd part of the stencil set. I used the same inks, inking and then flipping to create a central hexagon. I also went back and inked a 3rd and 4th time, turning the stencil 90' before inking and flipping.

On a die cut brown hexagon, I stamped the sentiment from Organically Zesty with Versamark and heat embossed with gold EP. More of my no line bees were added to complete.

This second card uses the same technique for the inner hexagon but I omitted the background stencil.

The stem and 2 flower heads from Flower Power #9 were stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, along with the sentiment.

I was really into the yellow and black theme when I made this next card using Flower Power #10.

I simply stamped and masked a row of blooms in black on white card, added it to a panel of yellow card, stamping the sentiment from Flower Power #2 and adding a strip of black card to finish.

Finally, this a card made by rescuing a disaster!!

I tried to stamp a rainbow by masking and stamping with DIs, Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry and Salty Ocean, the overlaps create the green, purple and orange! Well all was going well when instead of removing the masking paper I closed the MISTI and stamped, transferring ink to the pristine white card where I didn't want it!!! So I chucked the failed project to one side and went to do something in the garden instead! 

When I returned, I was staring at the failed panel when I thought I could resurrect it by trimming the inky mess away. When I laid it onto some black card I liked the look so this is the end result, stamped with a simple sentiment from Flower Power #5 and heat embossed with white EP.

So now to the blog hop and GIVEAWAY. Hop along to each of the team, leave a comment before midnight Sunday 7th July 2024 and Bev will randomly select a winner to receive the WHOLE release.

  Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Steph

Vinita

Happy Hopping!

All the products the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and Bev have been showcasing this week are now available HERE on the BRAND NEW Uniko website.

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Uniko June Release Full Reveal and Blog Hop

Good morning. Have we whetted your appetites with the latest Uniko release? Well just to show you how fab the sets are here are a few more ideas.

Here is one card using the large lemon stamp from Organically Zesty.

As with my orange in the introducing post here, I watercoloured this large stamp and fussy cut it out. On another panel of MM paper, I stamped the BB Grid a couple of times diagonally, with Versamark, not being too careful about full coverage. In fact after I added the EP but before heat setting it, I removed patches of the EP with a fine brush. Once heat embossed, I added a wash of Mermaid Lagoon DI and left it to dry. The panel was trimmed to leave a border when added to my base card and the the lemon was placed in the top right. On matching card, I cut a banner and stamped the sentiment.

My second card uses the Zesty stencil but instead of using the whole panel, I die cut the larger segments. I found that an old Spellbinders die (Standard Circles Large, next to smallest) embossed a line in exactly the right place on the slice to leave a gap that suggested pith and peel.

Once the slices were cut out, I inked the outside edge and blended out the colour to soften the whiteness left buy cutting them out. On some scrap card, I stamped the BB Diagonal Stripes twice in Altenew's Obsidian and stamped the sentiment on another strip of white card. The stripes were added to one side of the A6 base card and the sentiment strip added before layering on the die cut slices.

Next is a gift card featuring Background Builders - Hearts.

I initially intended to make a standard A6 card but after I'd done the stamping I thought it wasn't quite working so I tried it as a gift card and I think it works better.

The dotty hearts were stamped and embossed with silver EP and the central outline heart stamped in black and embossed in clear glossy EP. The congratulations from the Everyday Sentiments set was stamped and embossed with silver EP. The stamped panel was then cut to create the rectangle and matted onto silver card.

This next card card was a result of an experiment. I wondered what sort of rainbow the wrong side of the rainbow stamps would make. It worked pretty well until the last section which is solid, so I fussy cut a mask and stamped the final arc, then removed the mask, I quite like the look.

A few stamped and fussy cut clouds were added and the same cloud die was used to create the bottom panel as on this card, was stamped with the sentiment from Beautiful.

Finally I've combined the rainbow stamp with the raindrop stencil to create this slimline card.

I die cut a scalloped panel and inked it in Stormy Sky DI, fading it out towards the place where the rainbow was going. I then stamped the wrong side of the rainbow stamps as before but overlapping each layer a little bit for a more seamless blend. 

Using the stencil, I added some raindrops with the Stormy Sky for a tone on tone effect and three die cut and coloured rainbow brollies (Memory Box). Finally I added the sentiment with Versamark, white EP and heat embossed. The finished panel was then added to my base card.

So that's it, what do you think of the release? Something for everyone I think.

As always we are having the regular BA blog hop and giveaway.

Simply leave a comment on all of the stops along the hop for your chance to win a £20 eGift Code to spend in store.

All the details are on the Uniko blog but here are the links to the other BA's posts for this hop, so you can check out more ideas on how to use the new release. So don't forget to leave a comment before you hop along to the other BAs for your chance to win.

All Ts and Cs and further details can also be found on the Uniko blog.

Anita 

 Bev 

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie -that's me

Steph

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Introducing Layering Stencil Zesty

Good morning folks, hope I find you well. 

It's day 2 of the Uniko June release and today we are focusing on a layering stencil called Zesty. 

Here's my take using some zingy citrus colours.

This is a 4 part stencil that allows you to build up the image of slices of citrus fruit. 

So to start, I used the outline stencil to ink the circles and semi-circles with a light inking of Altenew's Citrus Burst, Bamboo and Memento Canteloupe onto a panel of white card. Next, I used the segment layer and the same inks but with a heavier hand. The final layer for the segments, the detail one, was inked using Altenew's Fresh Lemon, Parrot and Memento Tangelo. The forth layer adds the small dots and juice spurts in between the slices, I used same as for the final detail layer.

The finished stenciled panel was the cut using a scalloped die, giving me two parts but more of the left over later. 

To complete the design, the bottom half of the base card was inked with a mix of Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade DOx and splattered with water and quickly dabbed off with some paper towel to remove the ink.

I wrapped some lime green bakers twine around the top half of the panel and added it to the base card with foam pads. The sentiment from Organically Zesty was stamped on a black panel and embossed with white EP, the Sweet was stamped in Memento Tangelo on white and fussy cut before adding to the card to complete.

Remember the off cut from the stenciled panel, well here is another card made. Its mainly from off cuts as the orange panel was a scrap in the bits box too.  I did add a couple of extra slices, the lime I cut in half, which I die cut from some stenciled scrap to complete along with the stamped and embossed sentiment.

What do you think of this new introduction? We'd love to know. There's lots more inspiration on its use from the BAs or over on the Uniko blog.

Anita 

 Bev 

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie -that's me

Steph

 

I'll be back tomorrow with another new addition to the Uniko stable.

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Introducing Organically Zesty

Well here is the first of the new stamp sets from the June release from Uniko, Organically Zesty.

It's a fab stamp set, with both a large lemon and orange outline stamp. They certainly pack a punch and if you like colouring they offer great scope. There are lots of pick and mix sentiments too.

My card uses the large orange with blossom stamp which I stamped on Mixed Media panel with Altenew Obsidian ink and embossed with clear EP as I wanted to watercolour the image. If you are unsure what colours to use, try googling a photo that you can use as a reference like I did.

For the orange, I used a mix of Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade and Dried Marigold DI which I swiped onto a MM mat and used as watercolour. The leaves were coloured in the same way with a mix of Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint DI. The blossom flowers were coloured using a couple of Zig watercolour markers. When dry, I fussy cut the whole image and put to one side whilst I looked for a background. 

Initially, I was going to use a panel from a Gelli plate experiment but in the end decided I liked the look of the orange against the black but to add extra interest, I stencilled through the Scattered Polka Dot stencil with Unicorn White pigment ink. 

When this was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the same set on a strip of white card, added it to the background and then the coloured image, leaves hanging over the edge were trimmed ready to add to an A6 base card.

I really loved painting this fab image but what did the other BAs do with the new set? For more inspiration check out the rest of the team's fab ideas or over on the Uniko blog.

Anita 

 Bev 

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie -that's me

Steph

I'll be back tomorrow with another new Uniko introduction.

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