Case me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Hi there

My lovely crafty friend from across the pond, Michelle Lupton has invited me to join her once again in her CASE Me a Christmas Card Series.  I'm so happy to be part of Michelle's series again.  CASE can either stand for 'Copy and Share Everything' or 'Copy and Selectively Edit'.  The aim is to take inspiration from any card made by the other and make a Christmas card.

I had a great time scrolling through Michelle's Instagram feed, she has shared so many wonderful makes.  It was a gorgeously clean and simple card that caught my attention so I chose that one as my inspiration for this card...

I began by die cutting a panel with a diagonal stitched edge.  I then ink blended through a star stencil with two shades of ink.  I chose a pink and a teal green, fading out slightly in the centre as Michelle did.  I then simply stamped the holly image and the sentiment in black ink.  The panel was then adhered on fun foam.

Materials used:

• Die: MFT Die-namics - Inside and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Stax
• Stencil: Efco - Stars
• Stamps: Watercolour Wonders Festive Collection (free set with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine); Clearly Besotted - Brushed Sentiments
• Ink: Altenew - Pink Diamond, Volcano Lake; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

And here is Michelle's gorgeous card, I loved the simplicity of it...

I think you can clearly see how I CASED this one...an ink blended central shape, a linear stamped image and a sentiment.

  

I'm now off to visit Michelle to see which of my cards she chose to CASE.  You can find her post, here.

Thank you so much for taking a look and thank you once again to Michelle for inviting me to take part.  Why not take a look through Michelle's feed, she has had lots of crafty friends joining in so far and more to come.

CASEing cards is a great way to craft if you need a creative nudge, just remember to give credit to the original designer.

Uniko October/November 2024 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Good morning!

It's release day over at Uniko and I'm here to reveal the whole release and share another card.

Here's the final card I made and I used the new Big & Bold Joy stamp set, along with the Plaid stencils which were part of the Picked Posies collection which was exclusive to Craft Stash but no longer available... 

I wanted to go with traditional Christmas red and green but wanted to use muted shades so I inked up the plaid background in a pink and soft green.  Then on a die cut panel, I simply stamped various elements from the Big & Bold Joy set and adhered the panel on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Joy
• Stencils: Uniko - Picked Posies Plaid
• Ink: Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage; Altenew - Forest Glades, Coral Berry; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Wonky Stitched Rectangle Stax

So, now to reveal the new and reintroduced products in full.

Reintroducing...Christmas Pop clear stamp set...

and Pure Florals Poinsettia clear stamp set...

And the new addition to the Background Blocks series of stamps...Background Blocks Snow Flurry...

The new addition to the Big & Bold sets...Big & Bold Joy...

and finally, another new set to join the Framed series...Framed Fairy Lights...

So, lots of festive inspiration for you in this release.  Be sure to leave some comment love either on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.

There is a giveaway too, go over to the Uniko blog post and use the links to each of the Brand Ambassadors' posts.  Just comment along the way for a chance to win the whole release.

The products are available from the Uniko store now, here.  Happy shopping!

Thanks for visiting today.

Uniko October/November 2024 Release - Introducing...Framed: Fairy Lights

Good morning and Happy Saturday!

It's time for the final introduction from the latest Uniko release, coming tomorrow.

Bev has designed another great stamp set to join the Framed family...Framed Fairy Lights.

Here's my first card where I've just used part of the stamp to create a window scene...

I stamped part of the fairy lights image onto my card base and coloured the lights with Copics.  I then stamped the illusion of a Christmas tree using a small foliage stamp from the Season of Beauty stamp set.  I die cut some purple cardstock to create a panel with an aperture, and then die cut the window frame in white and then adhered these to the card base to leave the lights showing through.  I finished with a sentiment which is also from the Framed Fairy Lights set.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Framed Fairy Lights; Season of Beauty
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Coloured with Copics
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles; Clearly Besotted - Window Die

And for my second card I used the image in it's entirety, together with greetings from the set...

I simply stamped the whole of the framed image directly on my card base in Copic friendly ink and coloured in the lights with markers.  The sentiments were heat embossed in white on black sentiment strips.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Framed Fairy Lights
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark
• Coloured with Copics
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White
• Die: Altenew - Featured Sentiments

As always, there's plenty more to see over on the main Uniko blog, here.  My fellow Brand Ambassadors have some lovely projects to share with you.

The whole release will be revealed tomorrow, Sunday 3 November 2024 at 9.00am GMT, and will also then be available to purchase from the Uniko online store, here. 

I hope you've enjoyed the introductions this week and please do drop by tomorrow to see the whole release.  There will also be a chance to win all these new goodies.

Uniko October/November 2024 Release - Introducing...BIG & BOLD Joy

Good morning.

It's time for another new introduction from the upcoming release at Uniko.

And this time it's another great addition to the Big & Bold family of stamp sets...Big & Bold Joy.  Another great set, I think you'll agree.

The focal point on my first card is all heat embossed stamping...

On a panel of raspberry coloured cardstock I planned out where I wanted the various elements.  I started by stamping and heat embossing the dove in white.  Next I masked the dove and then stamped and heat embossed the word Joy in platinum.  I then stamped and embossed the foliage in green glitter and then finally the second part of the sentiment was heat embossed in red glitter.  And finally, before adhering the panel to my card base, I blended a darker shade of red ink around the edges to give it some depth.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Joy
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster; Wow! - Platinum; Heat It Up Embossing Tinsel - Green and Red

Next I combined the set with stamps from the Christmas Pop set...

On the card base I stamped the tree and star to create a backdrop which was to show through an aperture.  I die cut an aperture from a panel and I then heat embossed the Joy in gold on a strip of vellum which was fussy cut and then wrapped around the panel and adhered on the reverse before adhering the panel flat to the card base.  The rest of the greeting was heat embossed in white on a grey sentiment strip and adhered on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold Joy, Christmas Pop
• Ink: Memento - Cottage Ivy; Versa Color - Gold; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Gold Rich; Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Vellum from stash

We still have another introduction tomorrow before the big reveal on Sunday so be sure to pop back if you can, and visit the main Uniko blog, here.

I'll be back tomorrow with a couple more cards using another of the new products.