Uniko October/November 2024 Release - Re-introducing...Christmas Pop

Good morning

Welcome to Day 1 of the introductions for the upcoming October/November festive release at Uniko.

Bev is re-introducing Christmas Pop, a fabulous stamp set featuring modern, triangular Christmas trees with decorative elements, which can also be used together with the Christmas Pop Trio stencil. 

I have four cards using this stamp set, and for the first one I've combined the set with a bold greeting from the Festive Sentiments stamp set...

I stamped the striped tree from the set in three bright colours, masking off the bright pink one so the other two trees appeared to be behind it.  Once the ink was dry I stamped the sentiment in black ink and then finished with three little stars from the set in the same three bright colours.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Christmas Pop, Festive Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Rubellite, Aqualicious, Bamboo; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

And for my second card I kept it super simple, just using the solid triangular tree with embossed decorative elements...

On a die cut panel I stamped the solid triangle three times in shades of green.  Once completely dry I applied anti-static powder before stamping the decorative elements in VersaMark ink and then heat embossing in gold.  I wanted to keep this one super modern so I didn't even add the tree trunks at the base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Christmas Pop
• Ink: Altenew - Emerald, Evergreen, Galactic Stream; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Next up I combined an element from the set with the Christmas Pop Trio stencil and a sentiment from the second stamp set which is being re-introduced, more info tomorrow...

On a small die cut panel I stamped and heat embossed the decorative triangle pattern in white, and then blended pink and blue ink over it through one of the tree stencils.  I adhered the panel on 3D foam and added a pink star topper, before stamping the sentiment in pink.

Materials:

• Stamp: Uniko - Christmas Pop, Pure Florals Poinsettia
• Stencil: Uniko - Christmas Pop Trio
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Kitsch Flamingo, Tumbled Glass
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: Papermania - Sparkling Stars Assorted Pastels

And finally, I used the trees to create a modern winter scene...

I used a panel of pale blue cardstock and blended Distress Ink from the top edge in purple and pink.  I then stamped three triangle trees overlapping in shades of grey and black.  To create the snow I sprinkled chunky embossing enamel over the panel and heated it from underneath so as not to blow it off the surface.  The sentiment is from the second set being re-introduced in this release.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Christmas Pop, Pure Florals Poinsettia
• Ink: Distress Ink - Dusty Concord, Kitsch Flamingo; Altenew - Pure Graphite, Industrial Diamond; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: Altenew - Featured Sentiments
• Accents: Stampendous - Chunky White Deep Impression Embossing Enamel

To see more projects and this stamp set in action my fellow Brand Ambassadors are sharing more makes over at the main Uniko blog, here.

This set, along with all the products being introduced this week will be available from 9am GMT on Sunday 3 November 2024. 

I'll be back tomorrow with another re-introduction so please do pop back to take a look.

Uniko February/March 2023 Release - Introducing...Hoppy Easter and Everyday Spring Sentiments

Good morning

More today using stamps from the upcoming release from Uniko.

Today, the team are showcasing two new sets...Hoppy Easter and Everyday Spring Sentiments.  Hoppy Easter is a cute set with, you've guessed it, the Easter bunny, with an outline and solid image.  And the sentiment set has lots of great Spring themed words using the font which features in many of Bev's already popular sets.

Here's my first card using the Hoppy Easter set...

I stamped the outline image of the bunny, along with the facial features, directly onto the card base and coloured him in using Copics.  I then die cut an oval aperture from some gingham patterned paper and adhered it over the card base so his face was peeping through.  The sentiment stamped in black finished the card.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Hoppy Easter
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Coloured with Copics
• Die: Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Ovals
• Patterned Paper: Docrafts - Boofle

And for my second card I used the solid bunny image, along with some of the words from the Everyday Spring Sentiments set...

I stamped the solid bunny in a sandy brown shade and die cut him out with an oval stitched die.  I then sprinkled on some chunky embossing enamel to create the tail, heating from below so as not to blow the powder out of position.  Flock or a cotton ball would have been better for the dimension I was after but this bunny will have to make do with a shiny tail! :D 

To create the sentiment strips I used masking tape and ink blended the pink and yellow strips, before then stamping a selection of the sentiments in black.

Materials used:

• Stamp: Uniko - Hoppy Easter, Everyday Spring Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Sand Dunes, Buttermilk, Frosty Pink; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Enamel: Stampendous - Chunky White Deep Impressions
• Die: Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Ovals

Don't forget to pop over to the main Uniko blog, here, to see more card examples from the team.

The new products will be available to purchase from the Uniko website from 4 March at 9.00am GMT.

I'll be back with more introductions tomorrow.  Enjoy your day! 

Less is More Challenge #456

Good morning

Welcome to Saturday and a new challenge over at Less is More.  Today it's a Theme challenge, here's the cue card...

 

We have our September winner joining us as a Guest Designer today, the super talented and wonderful CAS card creater, Asa.  Please do pop over to her blog to take a look at her card and to say hi.

As always at this time of year I'm behind with making my Christmas cards so if the theme fits, that's what I'm making! :)

I began with a die cut stitched rectangle and then ink blended the skyline.  I figured out where the tree and mouse would be stamped and added a little ink blending to ground them.  These were then both stamped in black.  Next I sprinkled over some embossing enamel to create some snow, heating from the underside so the heat gun didn't blow it out of position.  I then adhered the panel onto the card base using fun foam before stamping the sentiment below.

Materials used:

• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Ink: Versa Color - Neptune, Heliotrope, Lilac; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Stamps: Card-io - Magical Christmas (mouse); Woodware - Three Trees; Simon Says Stamp - Happy
• Accents: Stampendous Deep Impression Embossing Enamel - Chunky White

Challenge entries:

Stamping Sensations - November Challenge - Christmas

We Love Stamping - November Challenge - Christmas

Happy Little Stampers - November Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes: Make a Scene

There's lots of inspiration from my teamies over at the Less is More challenge blog, and as always the challenge link is open for two weeks.  Hope to see your cards in the gallery.

Easter at Skull and Cross Buns

Hi guys

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards using some stamps from the Easter range at Skull and Cross Buns.

At Skull and Cross Buns, as well as stocking clear stamp sets, inks, stencils and embellishments, Emily's main passion is for making wood mounted rubber stamps.  The stamps are amazing quality and the fact that they are manufactured in my home county of Devon, makes me a huge fan.  Personalised stamps are also available so please do take a look at the website.

Ok, onto my cards, which both use the 'bunny bum' stamp, as well as some others from the selection.  Here's the first...

I die cut a faux stitched square and heat embossed the round sentiment and image in the centre in white before ink blending over the top with Distress Oxides.  I then placed the panel in my MISTI and stamped the bunny four times, leaving the stamp in position and turning the panel 1/4 turn each time.  I then stamped the hot cross bun in between the bunnies in a light brown ink which I then coloured with Copics.  I popped the panel up on fun foam onto the card base and added some adhesive and white flitter to the bunny tails.

Materials used:

• Die: The Works - square stitched dies
• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Bunny Bum, Hot Cross Bun, Happy Easter Wreath
• Ink: Altenew - Frosty Pink; Memento - Desert Sand; VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster White
• Copics: E50, E53
• White flitter from stash

Challenge entries:

Make My Monday - Challenge #145 - Easter or Spring Card

Uniko - Challenge #64 - Signs of Spring (Option: Easter)

And my second card...

On my card base I adhered some patterned papers, one in a very thin strip along the top edge of another.  On a die cut rectangular panel I then stamped the bunny, sentiment and the daffodil (using mini stamps from a clear set) and coloured the daffodil with Copics.  I then used an embossing pen on the bunny's tail and added some chunky white embossing enamel in two layers for dimension.

Materials used:

• Patterned paper: Dovecraft - Garden Party
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Bunny Bum, Happy Easter Quirky, Spring Motifs clear stamp set
• Ink: Altenew - Coral Berry, Forest Glades; Memento - Bamboo Leaves, Cantaloupe
• Copics: Y08, YG17
• Embossing Powder: Stampendous - Chunky White Deep Impression Embossing Enamel

Thanks for the visit today, I'll be back tomorrow evening to introduce the new Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge for April.

(AD - some products kindly gifted for design team purposes)

Honey Doo Crafts - May 2020 Release - Floral Arch and Around the Table

Hi there

In this post I'm sharing my final two sample cards using the new stamps from Honey Doo Crafts.

All the new products will be launched on Create & Craft TV tomorrow, 22 May 2020, the shows being at 11.15am and 3.45pm.  And they are also already available to purchase over at the Honey Doo Crafts store, here.


First up is a card I've made using the new Floral Arch stamp set...

The Bride and Groom image I shared yesterday is designed to fit within this arch but I chose to use the arch on its own here.  I stamped the image onto some clear vellum and heat embossed it in white before fussy cutting it out.  I then coloured in the wooden arch and voile swag on the reverse using Zig markers.  For my beach scene die cut panel I firstly blended the sand, the sea, and then the clouds with Distress Inks, using a stencil for the clouds (even through I covered most of them up!).  I then added the additional details to create the sand - a metallic and a black/white embossing powder, which I sprinkled on and then heat from the underside so it didn't get blown away by the heat gun.  And for the breaking waves I used embossing enamel, again heat from the reserve side.  A closer view of the 'sand' can be seen in the next photo...

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from the same set, adhered the panel on fun foam, and then adhered the arch using clear glue dots.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Honey Doo Crafts - Floral Arch
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Ink - Tea Dye, Salty Ocean, Tumbed Glass
• Stencil: MFT - Mini Cloud Edges
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Aztec Glintz, Salt & Pepper; Stampendous - Deep Impressions Embossing Enamel
• Vellum from Stash
• Coloured with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

And my second card uses a new set called Around the Table...

I began with a gentle blend of Distress Inks on my card base and then stamped the table and chairs image and coloured with ProMarkers.  I created a frame using a stitched rectangular die and adhered this flat to the card.  I used the Honey Doo Palm Leaves die and trimmed a section out to lay over one corner.  I finished with an embossed sentiment from the same set and popped this up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Honey Doo Crafts - Around the Table
• Ink: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone; Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Honey Doo Crafts - Palm Leaves
• Embossing Powder: Altenew - Pure White
• Coloured with ProMarkers

There is one extra new stamp set for which, unfortunately, I didn't find time to make a sample.  It's called Beach Hut and you can find it here.

Thanks so much for visiting and for taking a look at my sample cards.  I'll be back again on Saturday morning to introduce the next challenge over at Less is More.

(AD - some products kindly gifted for design team purposes)

Winter Wonderland Walkies

Hi there

Back again with two very similar cards, and using more Card-io stamps that I just love for winter cards.

This first card was made for my bestie, she became mum to a puppy earlier this year which was my inspiration for this design...

On a die cut panel I masked a curve with some scrap paper and blended the sky and sunrise.  With the mask still in place I stamped the fir trees using first, second and third generation stamping for some depth.  Using the mask again I blended a little colour at the base of where my images would be, and then stamped the dog walker, the tree and the sentiment.  I then used a glue pen to add some glitter to the slope of the hill.  To finish I sprinkled on some embossing enamel for the snow.

The next card I made for my brother and sister-in-law, who recently re-homed two beautiful dogs...

This card was made in exactly the same way, just using a few different stamps and these little images were perfect for what I wanted.  And I've only just noticed I forgot to add the embossing enamel for the snow!

Materials used:

• Stamps: Card-io - Mini Tall Trees, Winter Trees, Festive Fun; Winter Wonderland - free with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine (sentiment on Card 1); Enchanted Corner - free with Papercraft Essentials magazine (sentiment on Card 2)
• Ink: Versa Color - Neptune, Orange, Marigold; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Accents: Cosmic Shimmer Diamond Frost - Frosty Dawn; Stampendous - Chunky White Deep Impression Embossing Enamel

Challenge entries:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #470 - Anything Goes

Christmas with the Cuties - Challenge #34 - Christmas Cuties

Creative Inspirations - December Challenge - Festive Fun!

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations - December CAS Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Just one more Christmas card to share with you from my 2019 makes, I'll be back with that one very soon.  I'd love for you to pop back x

Christmas Card Multiples - Winter Sunrise

Happy Christmas Eve!

I'm finally home from work so it's feet up and relax time :)

But before I do that I thought I'd share another little set of cards I made this year, another design using Card-io stamps.  I just love their scene builder stamps and I was particularly happy with how these turned out.

I die cut four pierced squares, and four more slightly larger.  On the smaller of the squares I created the snow scenes, first by masking and ink blending the sunrise and tree background and then stamping all the trees.  I then sprinkled and heated some chunky embossing enamel to create the falling snow.  I adhered the larger of the squares flat to the card bases then adhered the inked squares on fun foam.  The sentiments were stamped in black below.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Card-io - Mini Tall Trees, Winter Trees; Christmas Sparkle (free set with Creative Stamping magazine)
• Ink: Versa Color - Neptune, Marigold, Orange; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Pierced Square Stax
• Accents: Stampendous - Chunky White Deep Impression Embossing Enamel

Challenge entries:

Allsorts - Challenge #551/2 - Anything Goes

Uniko - Challenge #56 - Christmas (optional twist: tree)

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting, I still have more cards to share so I'll be posting those over the next week or so.

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas with your nearest and dearest, I hope you all have a fabulous time.

Less is More - Guest Designer (week four!)

Good morning crafters

Today I have two cards to share with you for my role as Guest Designer for the new challenge at Less is More.  I've had a wonderful time helping out over the last few weeks while some of the DT have been on their holidays, I hope I've managed to inspire you with some of my creations.

So, onto this week's challenge and we have a theme for you which is...

Hello Sunshine

You may interpret this however you like, just remember to keep your creations clean and simple.

Here's my first card...

I started by softly ink blending the background and then blending through a sun ray stencil.  I then used a rectangle die to cut this out before die cutting the word from the inked panel.  I then inlaid and stacked three more die cuts of the hello word die from white cardstock before adhering the original inked word die cut to the top of the stack and accenting with some Wink of Stella.

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade
• Stencil: MFT - Sun Ray
• Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Rectangles; Lawn Fawn - Scripty Hello
• Accents: Wink of Stella

And my second card...

I made score lines on my base card to mimic sun rays and die cut a circle which was stamped with a separate sentiment and sun image.  I coloured the sun with ProMarkers and accented with Wink of Stella.  This was popped up on 3D foam and a few Doodlebug Sprinkles added to finish.

Materials used:

• Die: Xcut - Nested Circles
• Stamps: Stampendous - Doodle Wings; Lawn Fawn - So Much to Say
• Accents: ProMarkers; Wink of Stella; Doodlebug Sprinkles - Bumblebee

Why not have a go and join in at Less is More, I would love to see your interpretations of our theme in the gallery this week.

Thanks for visiting.

A Sunny Smile

Hi there

Just popping by tonight to share a really simple CAS card, and today it's not one layer! Woohoo!

I've teamed up a few challenges for this cheery card, details of which are listed towards the end of this post.

All these stamps I've used here have been inked up for the very first time tonight.  I don't have any sun stamps or dies so I used this dotty image from an Inkadinkado stamp set of circles and dots.  Next I stamped the flower pot which is from a bundle of Visible Image stamps I bought a while ago from eBay.  I stamped this in black and coloured it in with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.   The 'smile' sentiment is from a separate Stampendous stamp set.  I used a rectangular die to create the panel and then mounted this onto some blue cardstock.  This was then adhered to the card base using 3D foam strips.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Inkadinkado - Circles and Dots; Visible Image - flower pot (unknown name); Stampendous - Doodle Wings
• Ink: Versa Color - Marigold; Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Rectangles Large
• Coloured with ProMarkers/FlexMarkers
• Cardstock: Papermania Premium Textured Cardstock (blue); white cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #41 - Sun

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

DJ Kard Kreations - NBUS Challenge #1 (never before used schtuff - all these stamps!)

Color Throwdown - #297

That's all for now folks, hope to see you again soon x

Bright Hello

Hi guys

I'm finally back with another card, apologies for the lack of posts this last week.

Although I've had no time for crafting I've had a real boost this week from various challenge sites where I've received some shout outs.  I can't quite believe it but its really made my week!  I've updated the details here.

So, back to today and this morning I've enjoyed making this bright and cheerful card to add to my stash, and have managed to combine a few challenges too.

This little dragonfly and sentiment are from a stamp set I recently purchased from eBay.  I chose some bright patterned paper from a retired Stampin' Up set and coloured the dragonfly with co-ordinating ProMarkers.  I wanted to fussy cut the dragonfly and sit him on top of the circular die but his antennas posed a problem!  So I stamped him once and cut him out with a circular die, keeping the antenna and tail within the circle.  I then stamped him a second time, coloured him in and then fussy cut him out, cutting these parts off, before adhering the coloured image over the top, with his wings protruding off the edge :)

I added some definition to the paper by framing it with some coloured cardstock, and rounded the bottom corner of the card to echo the circular die and curved sentiment.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Stampendous - Doodle Wings
• Ink: Impress - Jet Black; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Die: Xcut - Nested Circles
• Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up - Summer Smooches
• Cardstock: Papermania Premium Textured Cardstock (colour); white cardstock from stash
• Tools: Fiskars - Corner Edgers

Challenge entries:

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #30 - New (I have used a new stamp set)

CASology - Week 79 - Contrast (I have used bright contrasting colours which also contrast with the white)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Clean and Simple

Less is More - Week 156 - Sketch

Thanks so much for visiting today and as always for your lovely comments and support.  Have a lovely Sunday whatever you're up to :)