Uniko Introducing... MOD Background Builder Stencil

Morning all!

The first of our November release at Uniko features a very versatile background stencil. Here's how I used it.

Trying to think outside the box, I decided to use my new WOW embossing pen I picked up from Lavinia Stamps shop in Ruthin, where the OH took his car for a recall from Subaru. He just happened to mention that there was a craft shop around the corner so I 'volunteered' to accompany him on his hour and a bit journey!!

I first drew around the stencil with a pencil on a panel of MM paper, then painted the opening with Zig watercolour markers. I tried using the WOW pen alone but was more successful following the soft pencil outlines!! After embossing with some white EP, I spritzed the panel with water and dabbed the excess inky water with some kitchen paper. I think I ended up with more on the kitchen paper than the MM panel!! I do like the mottled effect I got though, even if there was a little leakage.

The panel was die cut using a stitched rectangle die, mounted on a matching base card and the sentiment added. The sentiment was made up from words from the Doodle Flower set, stamped on a matching card circle, mounted on a die cut vellum one.

 That's all from me for today but why not check out what the rest of the Brand Ambassadors have been up to? I'll be back tomorrow with another stencil introduction.

 Anita

Bev

Hannelie

Izzy

Jane

Julie - that's me

Steph

Wiebke

Uniko's Stencil Release Sneak Peeks

Good morning, hope the weather is better with you than it is here today, a little dreek as they say in Scotland!

Just popping by with a few sneaky peeks of the new stencils from Uniko.

 

What do you think? Intrigued? Well you'll just have to wait until tomorrow to see what Bev and the other Brand Ambassadors and I have done with them.

They will be available on the Uniko website from Thursday 3rd November 9am GMT. I do hope you will stop by tomorrow.

Uniko BA Inspiration and a Paper Players Sketch

I'm up on the Uniko blog with some BA Inspiration using the latest challenge at The Paper Players.

Here are a couple of cards I made.

I love a sketch, they are a great way to get inspired when your mojo is not quite working as it should!

For this I started by stamping the small outline rose and two of the leaflets from Pure Florals Rose, in Versamark and embossing with gold EP. Using some Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn, and Pealed Paint DI smooshed onto my craft mat, I water coloured before fussy cutting out. A little shadow was added using one of my Zig watercolour markers.

The central strip was stamped using a selection of Simply Said sentiments in Altenew Evening Gray on a strip of paper, before adding to an A6 base card. A piece of textured white card from my stash was mounted onto some gold card and the Floral Vines sentiment stamped and embossed with the same gold EP. The rose spray was then added to the top panel and attached over the central strip.

My second card uses the poinsettia from Season of Beauty, Christmas Sentiments and the Winter Foliage stencil.

Details of this card are over on the Uniko blog.

 

Joining in over at:-

In the Woodland Thanks

Good morning.

Just popping by to share a card I made for a couple of challenges. I don't do it as much as I used to, DTs take precedence but after having my COVID booster on Tuesday, I decided to have some quiet me time. I love a bit of watercolouring to escape , so I looked out these In the Woodland beauties from Altenew and sat down to play. It didn't quite go to plan but here is the end result, finally completed last night.

I used a no line technique, stamping with Altenew's Morning Frost then colouring using DIs in a mix of Kitch Flamingo, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover, Mustard Seed and a couple of Zig markers for detail.

After cutting the blooms out, I decided to add an embossed panel background, not used before and a die cut sentiment. A few PPP sequins complete.

Joining in over at:-

Listen to the Trees

Good morning folks.

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz4Guyz and it was my turn to choose the theme. I went pretty simple with the theme of:-

AUTUMN COLOURS

So a pretty wide remit, just use oranges, reds, yellows and browns in your makes!

Here's my take using a Crafty Individuals stamp from their Listen to the Trees set, that I bought quite a few years ago from Port Sunlight and it was in the bargain bucket!!

This uses the ink, spritz, stamp method to create the panel before I upped the design by chopping the panel into inch squares. You have to bite the bullet and just go with it sometimes! The inking was done with a mix of DI ink pads and Zig watercolour brush markers for the smaller areas and the area beneath the trees.

When dry, I trimmed the panel down to 4"x5" then used my guillotine to chop it up.

I labelled each square A1 to D5 so if by some awful chance I dropped them I could easily put them together again!

Each piece was lifted up on brown fun foam over a panel of brown card, leaving a slight gap between each square. A simple strip of card is helpful in lining up the pieces. The finished panel was trimmed where necessary before being added to an A5, off white card base. My sentiment from Uniko, was stamped in Memento Espresso Truffle on a matching die cut card panel, then added to a slightly larger panel of the same light brown card.

So where will the theme take you? We'd love to see your autumnal coloured projects in our gallery but if you are in need of some inspiration why not check out the rest of the DT here.

Joining in over at:-

Autumn Colours

All things Autumn

Anything Goes Fall