Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Quick Christmas Cards

Merry Christmas! 

Hopefully everyone is in full Christmas mode now but don't panic if not. I have used Uniko's Background Builders Christmas 2018 stamps to create some fairly quick cards (the heat embossing makes these a take a little longer but you could reduce time by simply stamping with ink instead).

Here I lined up four of the stamp strips and carefully inked and stamped them one at a time. The sentiment is from the Uniko Christmas Sentiments stamp set. 

This card took only slightly longer to make than the last as the striped stamp was used twice so it had to be cleaned and repositioned between colours.

On this card I have used clear embossing powder over the red and green ink and gold embossing powder for the centre strip but of course you could just use the ink and leave out the heat embossing. The sentiment this time is from the rereleased Uniko Pure Florals Poinsettia stamp set. 

Following on from making my last card I discovered that I had red and green embossing powder in my stash (doh!) so I made the card again using these rather than ink and clear embossing powder, changing the rotation of the background builder strips. 

Hopefully these have helped if you are a little pushed for time or behind in your Christmas card making.

Much love

Steph x

Festive Friday & Fabulous FREE Shipping Weekend!

Happy FriYAY! 

I'm a little later than I expected today, but I have a fun Festive Friday card duo to share with you today using Block Party Christmas. 

Just yesterday I was reminiscing on social media how it was 7 years ago this month that this clear stamp was released. So it inspired me to dust mine off and give it some fresh inky love. 

And here is what I was inspired to make...

For these two cards I combined a love of heat embossing and one of my favourite techniques for large backgrounds, the spotlight technique. 

You can join me over on YouTube as I talk about this fun stamp and make this first card and how I cover up an embossed boo boo!  

I'm using Concord & 9th Poppy card for my bases. VersaFine ink and a Funky Fossil WOW embossing powder called Verdant. It is part of this trio HERE. 

It was at the end of the video it occurred to me (head in the pre show shed today) that I could make this second card by stamping one more panel of the red card and use the negative die cut panel. Two for the price of one idea! 

Such a simple idea for a fun background, but packs a festive punch. Don't you think? 

AND before I go... I know many of you are unable to come see Uniko at the Stamperama show in Bedford, due to distance and living in a different part of the world. 

So for this weekend I have a Fabulous FREE Shipping offer. 

No code necessary, minimum spend is £10. UK orders will be shipped via 48hr Tracked and International Orders will be shipped standard international shipping unless they are above £50 in value.

That's all from me today. I'll do my best to share photos and things over the weekend on social media. 

Crafty Hugs

 

Festive Friday - Rustic Christmas

Happy Festive Friday 🎄

Let's make a quick (under 10 minute) Christmas card that is festive, sparkly & fun. I've used Uniko's Rustic Christmas Clear Stamp Set for this card.

Step By Step

1. Poppy Red Card Base 10.5 x 14cm

2. White Card Panel 7.5 x 10.5cm

3. Stamp Sentiment in VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

4. Stamp Rustic Christmas Tree A in C9 Evergreen Ink

5. Apply 3 Stripes Of Double Sided Tape To Your Card Base

6. Trim Edges & Peel Off Backing

7. Add glitter to Double Sided Tape

8. Adhere White Stamped Panel Using 1mm Thick Foam Tape

9. Embellish With Enamel Dots

Ta dah 🎉

A quick, sparkly & easily mass producible Christmas Card

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Three the same ..... but different

Happy Wednesday ......

Good morning it's Linda here.  I hope you're having a good week. 
I don't want to cause a panic or anything but ..... eight weeks today and it will be Christmas Day!!!! 
Only EIGHT weeks ....... eeeek!!!!

Luckily my holidays are over, so I can finally start thinking about everything festive.  All the cards and tags that need making, all the presents that need buying .......... and the food!!!!  Is it too early to decorate the tree?  Maybe just a little.

I have made a start on some cards though.  The latest Uniko release is fabulously festive and perfect for the job.
The new Winter Foliage stencil is a great design for making quick and easy cards, that look fabulous.
Here's three simple designs, all the same but each one a little different .......

The finished card size is a cute 5x5 inch square, and there's not much in the way of layers so they're great for posting too!

I cut three squares of white cardstock slightly smaller than the front of my cardblanks, and masked around the edges of each one using low tack stencil tape.
I then used Distress Oxide inks to add just a touch of colour to each of the backgrounds ......... Evergreen Bough (love this colour) applied lightly with a brush

Weathered Wood ...... (another of my favourites). 

This time I used a stencil brush to add the colour, applying the ink in one direction, leaving brush marks to give the look of woodgrain

and finally Peeled Paint, lightly brushed over the card ......... it does look more green in real life!

I then inked through the stencil onto each of the backgrounds.
Different colours on the Evergreen Bough ......... Gathered Twigs for the pine cones, Festives Berries for the berries, Forest Moss for the ivy leaves, Mowed Lawn for the holly and finally Evergreen Bough for the fir

I used just the one colour on the other two ....... Evergreen Bough on top of the Weathered Wood ....

and Gold metallic ink on the Peeled Paint ......

You can see I've added a little crystal glitter to the designs to give the cards some sparkle

and also a few dots of glitter glue here and there and some white enamel accents ....

The new Festive Sentiments Outlined stamp set goes perfectly with the stencil and there's so many sentiments to choose from .......

Heat embossed and then coloured using glitter gel pens ......

Or, simply stamped in black ink and coloured .......

So many options, and so many colours to choose from ..... the choice is all yours.

Thanks for popping by ...... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time .....