FORE!

Morning, it's going to be a busy week here on the blog. 

Just like London buses, nothing for ages then two or more in quick succession!

This time it's time for a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz where our theme is -

MEN'S HOBBIES

Lots to get your teeth into here. I went through my stash and chose this LOTV golfer for the focus of my card. Now golf is a serious hobby for some men!

I used the layout from Sketch Saturday and the theme from CAS on Friday, Cute, as my jumping off point.

To keep it CAS, I went with an embossed main panel, an Argyll one from Sizzix to match the image, cutting a circle out before hand. I cut a frame from the same die and a slightly larger one from matching white card and glued it to the edge of the opening, trimming off the overhang. 

My cute LOTV golfer was stamped then coloured with Copics before fussy cutting and slipping him into the opening. A scrap piece of NitWits DP was attached to the base card and the top panel added with foam pads. The sentiment from Uniko was stamped on a strip and then slipped under his golf bag. Job done!

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Cute

Even More Stencil Fun

Morning, a very busy week here in the craft room with more inspiration using the new May release from Uniko.

First off the rank is this pink delight.

This uses the new Stylized Floral stencil and Simply Said Blocks II plus the older but goody Pure Florals Cosmos.

I channelled my inner Jennifer McGuire again for this card using the Rotating Stencil Technique.
I started with a panel of pink card inked with Picked Raspberry DOx, then rotated and the process repeated. Placing the stencil over the inked panel again, I inked through with white pigment ink.
Using an Avery Elle die, I cut the angled panel of white linen effect card and popped it over the inked panel. The sentiment was stamped with the same DOx on a strip of white card and glued in place. I decided it looked a little too spartan so added the blooms, coloured with Copics and fussy cut.

My second card uses the Confetti stencil, bigger brother to the stamp released last year. Just to prove that stencils are just as useful as stamps, if not more so I made this.

On a panel of white card, I attached the stencil with masking tape and using a small Versamark pad, I inked through it, then after carefully removing the stencil heat embossed the card with white EP.

Using diluted DI in a rainbow of colours, I washed in the rainbow effect. When completely dry I die cut a rectangle from the panel and buffed up the surface with a dry babywipe.

I didn't want to detract from the panel so added some white die cut balloons and another sentiment form Simply Said blocks II, I can see this getting a lot of use, this time heat embossed in silver. I used the layout from the girls at Less is More to place them.

So that's it from me for the moment, back tomorrow with more inspiration.

There's even more  inspiration from the rest of the team.

GD - Anna

Bev
Deborah 

Izzy 

Jane 
Julie - that's me
Linda

Lindsey

Sarah G

Sarah P
 Wiebke

Introducing... 5th - 11th May 2018, here you will see a closer look at the products being released with a daily blog hop with the Uniko DT.

Release Day! Saturday 12th May 2018 9am BST you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As usual there will be a Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Extra PRIZE Info! Alternative prizes will be offered to those that may already own the prize offered. Winners will be announced on Saturday 11th on the Winners Page HERE. 

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                                              Flowers

 

Introducing Day 3, Just Because

It's day 3 of the May release over at Uniko.

Today I'm showcasing the Just Because stamp set. There's also a fab script stamp out too.

This simple card uses the silhouette from the set and a sentiment from Simply Said Blocks II.

On the front of a white base card I stamped my silhouetted bloom and embossed it with semi dull EP then masked off the area to be inked. The golden sunset (hope this counts as gold for AAA) was made by adding a mix of Fossilised Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral DOx, blending as I went. The ink was carefully rubbed away from the embossed surface before splashing a few drops of water over the inked background.

Carefully removing the masks, I stamped and embossed the sentiment.

For more inspiration checkout the rest of the DT.

GD - Anna

Bev

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie - that's me
Linda

Lindsey

Sarah G

Sarah P
 Wiebke

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The silhouetted flower reminds me of a wildflower


Diagonal, gold/OL/Masking


Back to Nature

Day 2, Honeycomb

It's day 2 of the new May release from Uniko.
Today we are all honey sweet!
Here's my inspiration for you using the new Honeycomb stencil.

I didn't want to go down the traditional honey bee route so went with a more masculine treatment, 

playing with a technique I'd seen on YouTube by Jennifer McGuire here, using dark card and white pigment ink with a stencil.

The base panel was a rich blue piece of card and the dark blue ink DI, Chipped Sapphire, with a white pigment ink. My die cut sentiment cut from the same blue card and the rest of the sentiment from Pure Florals Cosmos was stamped on a white card circle in dark blue ink. A larger die cut circle of vellum softens the edges. The trimmed panel was placed on a white base card.

   

I din't use the Bee Happy stamp for this, just the stencil.

Check out the rest of the DT for more inspiration.

Bev

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie - that's me
Linda

Lindsey

Sarah G

Sarah P
 Wiebke

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Thanks for suggesting this Carol! 2nd entry

Introducing ..........

Welcome to the first day of the May 2018 Uniko Release product introductions. This is the fun part, you now get to see all the sneak peeks in action. 

Today we are introducing 2 products. Simply Said Blocks II a mini clear stamp set with additional  popular sentiments in the same style as Simply Said Blocks and we are 'officially' introducing Nature's Treasures II Stencil. This stencil was part of the Uniko Stamping Retreat goody bag in Dec 2017 and is based on the Nature's Treasure II stamp set. It proved popular with those who attended as well as with some of the DT, so it was decided to make it available to everyone.

Here's my card using both the stencil and both the stamp sets.

        

To start I took a panel of white card and placed the stencil over it, securing it in place with some masking tape, then sponged some Versamark ink through the stencil using a small cube sized Versamark pad. Careful not to smudge the ink, I removed the stencil then embossed the leaves with white EP, heat embossed then repeated the process.
When cool and dry, I inked lightly with Twisted Citron DI and repeated the process, this time using clear EP and a couple of the Nature's Treasures II small stamps. Again I waited until the panel was dry, a light application of baby powder dries off the ink sufficiently, before inking with a heavy application of the Twisted Citron this time. Finally I inked some Mowed Lawn DI through the stencil. The finished panel was then sandwiched between a couple layers of copy paper and ironed on a high no steam setting to remove the embossing. (The process is the same as this technique using stamps here.)
To create the card I simply die cut a panel of white card and mounted it over the inked panel and placed it on a white base card. The sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks II was stamped in black and embossed with a semi dull clear EP.

Ok, enough of that let's get down to the inspiration from the rest of the team.

GD - Anna

Bev
Carol 

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie - that's me
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P
 Wiebke

Introducing... 5th - 11th May 2018, here you will see a closer look at the products being released with a daily blog hop with the Uniko DT.

Release Day! Saturday 12th May 2018 9am BST you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As usual there will be a Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Extra PRIZE Info! Alternative prizes will be offered to those that may already own the prize offered. Winners will be announced on Saturday 11th on the Winners Page HERE. 

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