Wonky Stripes Rule at Uniko

Good morning Uniko fans.

I'm over on the Uniko blog with some bright and breezy ideas featuring various Wonky Stripes!

Some of you early risers will recognise the left hand card as one I posted earlier for my GD over at ATSM, check out this link for more info.

Here are a few close ups of the other cards I made using various Wonky Stripe stamps and stencil and some of my favourite peony blooms and the fab gerbera stencil.

Using Copic colouring, gold embossing, BB Wonky Stripes  and the small bloom from Pure florals Peony.

Wonky Stripes stencil and the fantastic large bloom from Pure Florals Peony, just stamped with black on white and fussy cut.

Last but not least, using BB Solid Wonky Stripes and Large Gerbera Stencil.

I love this gorgeous large gerbera stencil, just like the blooms themselves, inked with Spiced Marmalade DI and added detail using a matching Zig watercolour marker. They won't grow in my garden so just have make do with them from the shops!

All the details can be found over on the Uniko blog.

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 Beautiful Blooms

                     

  

How do you choose a favourite, but I just love a sunny gerbera!

Guesting over at ATSM!

 Good evening. It's just like old times posting at this time but I'm only the GD over at ATSM for their latest challenge. Here's my card.

This card has been made using the Uniko Wonky Stripes stencil and some stamped, coloured and die cut foliage and flowers from the Uniko's Originally Organic Additions, stamps and matching dies.

It's part of a group of cards that will be making an appearance a little later on today!

Using a selection of DIs, I inked through the stencil onto a panel of white card, blending them into a rainbow then put to one side.

From some scrap white card, I cut the flowers and leaves before stamping the outlines and colouring with Copic markers. I use a homemade die cut jig to place the cut elements into so that I can rapidly stamp the small elements with my MISTI.

I'm really trying to use up all my odds and ends of card this year to eek out my dwindling supplies. I'm hoping to get out and replenish my white cardstock very soon but it's been needs must during lockdown! So I looked through my stash and selected some off cuts of linen effect card and created two panels. 

I cut my A6 stenciled panel in half and glued it to a scrap of white copy paper from which I had cut 1cm from one long and one short side. This allows a border to show around my finished panel. The two panels of linen effect card were a little too narrow for my taste, so I added a couple of strips of gold mirror card to each side and glued them all down, trimming away excess. 

The leaf sprigs and flowers were arranged over the stenciled panel, a black and gold sentiment strip added and the finished panel popped up over a linen effect A6 top fold card on pads.

For more inspiration from the ATSM team please check out the ATSM blog.

So that's all from me for the moment but please pop back in a few hours for some more Uniko inspiration!

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Always and Forever

Welcome.

Today I'm over at Uniko with some Brand Ambassador inspiration using the Pure Florals Rose stamps, they are great to colour but for this card I decided to leave the single bloom uncoloured after seeing this card on Pinterest.

The sentiment means that you could use this card for anything from an engagement card, to a wedding card or even an anniversary card.

All the details can be found on the Uniko blog.

Stencil Sunday

Hi and welcome.
I'm over at the Uniko blog for another Stencil Sunday.

I'm sharing a couple of cards made using a wreath builder/ turnabout stamping jig that some of you may be familiar with. If you haven't got one here is a link to how to make your own.

Some of you may even have used one with your stamps to create some fun cards, like I did here, but this time I'm going to use a couple of stencils. I was inspired to have a go after seeing this Jennifer McGuire video.

My first card uses the wonky stripes stencil and the So Much clear stamp set.

This second card uses the Broken Lines stencil and a more restricted palette.

Pop over to the Uniko blog for all the details

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Stencilling, die cutting and Ombre Copic colouring!

DT Inspiration - One Layer, Masking, Bold Flowers and Stencils

Just a quick post to say that I'm up over at the Uniko blog with a piece about one layer cards and masking with these cards.

  

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Blue Ombre and Roses

Hi and welcome.

Today I'm sharing a post that I made for this week's ATSM's Photo Inspiration challenge

The inspiration is the fabulous montage of blue that Kylie put together for this week's challenge at ATSM.

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When I saw the bouquet of roses and the stripey pattern in the cake and candles it made me think of Uniko's Pure Florals - Rose and Wonky Stripe stencil.
To start, I made a mask using a previously die cut panel the same size as my card and then secured the stencil over the top and placed it over my card base. Using a mixture of DIs in shades of blue I inked through the stencil onto the base card. After carefully removing the mask and stencil to avoid smudging, I put my base card to one side.
 On a scrap of card, I stamped and embossed the roses and leaves before washing in a pale cream colour into the blooms and shades of green into the leaves, with my Zig pens. When dry, I fussy cut the separate elements and then arranged them into a spray and glued them down on top of the stencilled panel.
My sentiment from Uniko's Simply Said Blocks set, was stamped in black then embossed with a semi dull clear EP, trimmed down and added.
What will take your eye, we'd love to see. If you'd like more inspiration please check out the rest of the team here and then why not join in.

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