Uniko - Revisiting Sunshine & Rainbows

Hi there

Today the team are revisiting one of Uniko's beautiful stamp sets - Sunshine & Rainbows.

This is a great set for creating cards where you want to give the recipient a boost.  It also blends so well with so many other products from Uniko.

By visiting each of the Brand Ambassadors along the hop, starting at the Uniko blog, here, you're in with a chance of winning a £25 eGift Certificate.  

I have three cards to share with you today.  I am loving the whole boho rainbow theme that is being seen a lot in home interiors, particularly the muted colours used, and Bev's rainbow design is definitely that style too.  So two of my cards are leaning towards that theme, and my third is more traditional.

Ok, here's my first...

I stamped the cloud first and then masked it before stamping the rainbow elements one by one in these muted shades.  I used the hearts as the raindrops, together with some tiny silver gems.  I then finished with the sentiment stamped in the same dark blue shade that appears in the rainbow.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Sunshine & Rainbows
• Ink: Altenew - Dew Drops, Sand Dunes, Mountain Mist, Pink Pearl, Nimbus, Pumpkin Pie
• Accents: Small silver gems from stash

This boho style is very present at the moment, particularly in nursery decor so I thought this would work quite well as a card to celebrate a birth too...

This one was super simple to create, a purely stamped one layer card.  I stamped each arch in different shades (slightly different to the previous card) and finished with a heart in the centre in a blush shade.  The Congratulations greeting is from the Flower Power #3 stamp set.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Sunshine & Rainbows, Flower Power #3
• Ink: Altenew - Sand Dunes, Mountain Mist, Pastel Sunrise, Nimbus, Pumpkin Pie, Blush

And now for the more traditional rainbow...

On a die cut panel I stamped the clouds first and heat embossed in white.  With these masked, I then stamped each coloured arch and then stamped again with VersaMark and heat embossed in clear, to trap the colours beneath.  This then enabled me to ink blend the blue over the top without it blending over the colours already stamped.  I heat embossed part of the sentiment in white on a black strip and stamped the remainder of the greeting in black.  Finished with the raindrops and hearts and adhered the panel flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Sunshine & Rainbows
• Ink: Altenew - Caribbean Sky, Crimson, Fresh Lemon, Parrot, Persian Blue, Deep Iris, Pinkalicious; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Opaque Bright White, Clear Gloss
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles; Altenew - Featured Sentiments

Thanks for visiting today and good luck if you comment along the hop.  Bev is also running a Facebook challenge in the Private Uniko Group, here, so why not play along there too.  The challenge is to use the Sunshine & Rainbows set or to make a card in rainbow colours using Uniko products.  The choice is yours.  All you need to do is upload a photo to the relevant challenge album within the group for a chance to win a £10 eGift Certificate. 

Thanks again for taking a look, I appreciate your visit.