K1-1427 - Joyeux Noel / Uniko Challenge #62 Reminder

Heute hab ich eine edle Weihnachtskarte in einem sehr klassischen Stil für euch.

Die Farben sind Rot und Gold, es gibt etwas Glitzer, ein klares Design mit einigen kleinen, frechen, goldenen Punkten und einem starken Symbol.

Da ich bisher auch noch nicht alle Bedeutungen kannte, hab ich noch mal etwas nachgeforscht und dabei Folgendes über die heraldische Lilie (= Fleur de Lis) gefunden:

Wenn man diese Blüte verschenkt, ist es ein Zeichen für Hochachtung und Zuneigung für den Beschenkten.

Sie kann aber auch als Symbol für die Liebe in Gott stehen und dadurch den eigenen Glauben wiederspiegeln. 

Ich denke, egal welche der beiden Bedeutungen man selbst favorisiert - es ist eine schöne Geste, gerade jetzt zur Weihnachtszeit, jemanden damit zu beehre!

Für diejenigen, die kein Französisch sprechen: 

"Joyeux Noël" heißt Frohe Weihnachten.

  

Today I show you a classy christmas card in a very classical style.

The colors are red and gold, there is some sparkle, a clear design with only some little cheeky golden dots and a mighty symbol.

I didn't knew much about this symbol, so I did an online search about the heraldic lilly = Fleur de Lis and found this:

When you gift this fleur, it is a mark of respect and affection for the presentee. 

But it can also symbolise the love in god and shows the own faith. 

I think, it doesn't really matter, which of these meanings you favour - it's a beautiful gesture to favour someone with it - especially right now for Christmas!

The translation of the French "Joyeux Noël" is "Merry Christmas".

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K1-1427 - Joyeux Noel

K1-1427 - Joyeux Noel

K1-1427 - Joyeux Noel - sparkling details

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Are you still crafting Christmas cards and gifts?

And have you seen the current Challenge on the Uniko Blog?

" 'Tis the season" with the optional twist of sparkle!

That's perfect for Christmas cards, isn't it?

Let's go to the Uniko Blog and see the cards of the other Brand Ambassadors and of Sathya, she is the Guest Designer for this Challenge.

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Uniko: Stamps: Peace on earth & Stencil: Fleur de Lis / 

Simon Says Stamps: Stamps: Lots of Dots (SSS101344) / 

Colours & other stuff:
Stampin'Up: Notecard + envelope in 5" x 3 1/2" = 12,7 x 9 cm (131527) / 
Tsukineko: VersaMark Ink / Ranger: Embossing Powder - gold (sfd) & Stickles - christmas red & Glossy Accents  /

dm: WashiTape - Hot Foil Gold "Mit Liebe gemacht" (= made with love) /

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Weihnachtliche Grüße von Wiebke 

Christmassy greetings from Wiebke 

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K1-1234 - Merry Kissmas II

Bei Create A Smile läuft seit heute die dritte Woche der #10minchristmascards (16.-22.11.). Diesmal mit dem Fokus auf DieCut = Stanzen.

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At Create A Smile the third week of #10minchristmascards (Nov. 16.-22). This time the focus is on diecuts.

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K1-1234 - Merry Kissmas

K1-1234 - Detail Mistletoe

K1-1234 - Detail Sentiment

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Im Gegensatz zur ersten Kissmas-Karte stehen diesmal ausgestanzte Elemente im Vordergrund - der Mistelzweig und auch die großen, Outline-Buchstaben für das KISS.
Das Textfeld ist leicht erhaben aufgeklebt und die Beeren der Mistel mit Nuvo-Drops plastisch gestaltet.
Das rote Band ist wie auch bei der vorherigen Karte schon ein Blickfang und zugleich zeigt es die Farbe der Liebe...

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In contrast to the first Kissmas-card die-cut elements are the focal point this time -the mistletoe and also the big outlined letters for the KISS.
The sentiment-area is raised a little bit and the berries of the Mistle are created dimensional with the help of Nuvo-Drops.
The red ribbon catches the eye like it did in the previous card and is also shows the colour of love... 

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Entered in these Challenges / Showed here:

Instagram & Facebook: #10minchristmascard

(organised from Create A Smile)

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Dies: Alphabet Cherry lowercase /
Craft Emotions: Dies: Holly & Mistletoe /

Uniko: Stamps: Simply said Christmas /

Colours & other stuff:
folded cardbase A6 - white / Cardstock - white, green (scraps) / 
Tsukineko: VersaFine - onyx black & VersaMark Ink / Reprint: Embossing Powder - silver pearl / Tonic Studios: Nuvo crystal drops gloss - simply white / Ranger: Multi Medium matte /
3D-Pads, 1 mm / Satinband, 3 mm - rot / 

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Verliebte Grüße von Wiebke
Fongreetings from Wiebke 

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K1-1022 - Merry Kissmas I

Mistelzweige gehören für mich schon seit meiner Kindheit zu Weihnachten dazu!
Ich erinnere mich noch, wie ich mit meinem Dad losfuhr, um in den Streuobstwiesen der Umgebung welche zu finden, die zum einen eine gewisse Größe hatten und zum anderen ohne lange Leiter erreichbar waren.  😉
Die Küsse unter dem Mistelzweig kamen dann erst deutlich später dazu...  😘

Mistletoes and Christmas belong together for me since I was a kid!
I can remember my dad and me driving through the areas around searching for them. They needed a certain size and reachable growing places (without a ladder).  😉

The kisses beneath the mistletoes happened considerably later...  😘

K1-1273 - grüne Weihnachten

Mein zweites Kärtchen ist ganz schlicht und eher abstrakt geworden...

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My second card for today is more clean and even more abstract...

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K1-1273 - grüne Weihnachten

K1-1273 - grüne Weihnachten - Detail

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Das Stanzen-Set Weihnachten x3 hab ich in drei unterschiedlichen Grüntönen ausgestanzt und dann schichtweise wieder zusammengefügt:
* oben ist ist nur die Rahmenschrift in dem hellsten Grünton
* in der Mitte der Rahmen im mittleren Grünton, mit hellgrünen Füllungen
* unten ist dann der dunkelgrüne Rahmen mit mittelgrünen Füllungen und die Schrift ist hellgrün hinterlegt.

In den Reihen der Wörter habe ich links in drei Grüntönen das Wort "frohe" gestempelt - immer passend zur Farbe des gestanzten Wortes.
Mit einigen Pailletten hab ich am Ende das abstrakte Layout noch ein wenig aufgelockert.

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I cut out the sentiment die-set of three different shades of green (it's also available in English: Cool Cuts: Christmas x3!) and then layered them back together:
* In the first row, there is only the frame-scrips in the brightest of my colours.
* In the second row the frame is in middle green and the fillings in light green.
* And in the third row the frame is in darker green, the filling in middle green and beneath this script ts a layer of the light green.

I stampe the word "frohe" = "merry" in front of the final places of the die cut words - also in three shades of green.
Some green sequins mix up the abstract layout a bit.

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Entered in these Challenges / Showed here:

Instagram & Facebook: #10minchristmascard

(organised from Create A Smile)

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Stamps: ZuWeihnachten & Cool Cuts Dies: Weihnachten 3x /
WRMK: Corner Chomper - 1/2" /

Colours & other stuff:
folded cardbase A6 - white / Cardstock - 3 shades of green  /

Ranger: Oxide Inks - shabby shutter, twisted citron, pine-needle + mowed lawn & Multi Medium matte /
Tombow /
ImH: sequins, 5 mm & 6 mm - different greens /

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Frohe Grüße von Wiebke
Merry greetings from Wiebke

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K1-1245 - fröhliche Weihnacht überall

Heute wird's hier auf dem Blog etwas weihnachtlicher...
Das erste Kärtchen ist mit Material von "Create A Smile Stamps" gemacht.
Anstelle der Weltkugel hab ich hier einfach symbolisch für ein weltweites Fest den gestanzten Tannenbaum in die Halterung eingepasst - passend zum Liedtext von "Fröhliche Weihnacht überall".

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Today it's going to get a bit more christmas-like here on the blog...
My first card is made with supplies from "Create A Smile Stamps".
Instead of the globe I put the die cut out christmas tree in the holding as a symbol for a worldwide celebration - fitting to the text of the christmas song
"Fröhliche Weihnacht überall" = "Merry Christmas everywhere".
(The German sentiment has the same translation.)

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K1-1245 - fröhliche Weihnacht überall

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Zur Herstellung gibt es hier gar nicht so viel zu sagen...
Der Text und die Kugel-Halterung sind in schwarzer Tinte gestempelt. Halterung und "Boden" sind mit Aquarell Buntstiften coloriert und dann mit wenig Wasser vermalt.
Der Baum ist aus grünem Papier gestanzt. Damit er passt, musste ich ihn in der Höhe um ein Segment kürzen (was einfach war, da die Segmente eine Prägung besitzen, die einen Schnitt ganz einfach machen!). Der Stamm ist anschließend aus Kraftpapier angepasst worden.
Zur Dekoration hab ich einen dünnen goldenen Metall-Zwirn um den Baum gewickelt und ihn mit roten Glitzer-Punkten fixiert. Als Kontrast noch einige gelbe mini-Sternchen aufgeklebt.
Schließlich den Baum platziert und fertig war die Karte!

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There isn't much to tell...
The sentiment and the holding were stamped in black ink. The holding and the "floor" were coloured with watercolour crayons and then blended with a bit of water.
The tree is cut out of green cardstock. The original one was too big, so I had to cut of one segment (that was very easy, cause the segments are embossed, perfect to cut is smaller). The trunk I cut out of kraft paper and made it fit in the new place.
The embellishments of the tree are easy too: some thin golden twine wrapped around the tree and fixed with some red glitter glue-drops. As a contrast I added some tiny yellow stars.
Finally placed the tree and the card was finnished!

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Entered in these Challenges / Showed here: 

Instagram & Facebook:  #10minchristmascard
(organised from Create A Smile)

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Stamps: Fröhliche Weihnacht überall & Cool Cuts Dies: Christmas Tree /
Stampin'Up: BorderPunch: Sternen-Konfetti (135861) /

Colours & other stuff:
Stampin'Up: Notecard + Envelope - whisper white (131527) & Garn metallic flair - gold (138401) / Cardstock - green, kraft  /

Tsukineko: Memento - tuxedo black / Ranger: Stickles - christmas red & Glossy Accents & Multi Medium matte / Aquarell-Buntstifte + H2O /
Kleberoller /

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Fröhliche Grüße von Wiebke
Merry greetings from Wiebke

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020

Tag 11 - heartfelt Christmas

Tag 10 - metallic cones

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Welcome to Day 7 of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020!

It's November!
Means, it's also time for the annual "25 Days of Christmas Tags" with Tracey McNeely from "In My Creative Opinion"! 

K1-1388 - Lotus und Danke

K1-1388 - Lotus und Danke - closer look

Heute ist der 03.10.2020! Der 30. Jahrestag der deutschen Wiedervereinigung!

Today it's 3rd of October 2020! The 30th Anniversary of the German Reunification!

Dekoration zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit
Decoration for the German Unity Day
(Potsdam, 2020/09-07)

 

Allein schon das, ein guter Grund, dankbar zu sein, oder?

This is for itself already a good reason to be thankful, right?

Es gibt noch einige mehr Gründe für mich, dankbar zu sein! 

Dankbar dafür, dass ich heute überhaupt hier leben kann, wo ich lebe (als gebürtiger Schwabe in Brandenburg, vor den Toren von Berlin).
Dankbar, dass ich vor ziemlich genau 20 Jahren nach Berlin umzog, wo ich Jahre später dann meinen Mann kennen gelernt habe (noch so ein ausgewanderter Schwabe).

But there are some more reasons for me, to be thankful!

Thankful for the option to live here today, where I do (a born Swabian in the federal country of Brandenburg, directly outside of Berlin).

Thankful for the fact I moved to Berlin just 20 years ago, where I met my husband some years later (also an emigrated Swabian who moved here).

Dankbar dafür, dass heute vor genau 4 Jahren Milo nach einem schweren Start ins Leben und fast 7 langen Wochen im Krankenhaus endlich das erste Mal mit uns nach hause fahren durfte (unsere ganz private Vereinigung)!

Er war noch winzig klein (trug gerade mal Kleidergröße 42!) - aber unendlich süß! 😍

Thankful for the very first coming home for Milo after an arduous start in his life and almost 7 long weeks in hospital exactly 4 years ago (our very private union)!

He was so tiny (has worn clothes just about size 42 cm!) - but so endless cute! 😍

Und ich gedenke heute hier auch meiner Omi Doris, die heute vor genau einem Jahr verstorben ist... - Danke für die vielen schönen Jahre mit dir! 

Ruhe weiter in Frieden, wieder vereint mit deinem geliebten Mann. 💕
And I commemorate my Granny Doris today, she died exactly one year ago... - Thanks for all the good years together with you!

Rest in peace, united with your beloved husband again. 💕

So viele Dankes-Gründe - und nun ein dazu passendes Kärtchen!

So many reasons for thanks - and here is a suitable little card! 

The German sentiment "Danke" is "Thanks" in English.

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K1-1388 - Lotus und Danke

K1-1388 - Lotus und Danke

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Als ich anfing, diese Karte zu basteln, hab ich diese Stanzen von Birch Press in ganz vielen verschiedenen Farben ausgestanzt und anschließend zu ganz unterschiedlichen Blüten zusammengesetzt. Hier hab ich noch Nuvo Drops in 3 Farben zugefügt.

Diese frische, weiße Lotusblüte auf den unterschiedlichen Grüntönen strahlen Hoffnung und Friede aus. In Kombination mit dem Wort Danke gefällt mir das sehr gut!

When I started to make this card, I cut out these Bir Press Dies with many different colours and combined them to different looks. Here I added Nuvo Drops in three colours.

This fresh white Lotus-Flower on the different shades of green has a great charisma of hope and peace. Combined with the sentiment Danke = Thanks I like it very much!

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Dies: Cherry - Uppercase ABC & lowercase abc /

Birch Press: Dies: Lotus Flower - Layer A + C /

Lawn Fawn: Dies: small cross-stitched Rectangle Stackables /

Colours & other stuff:
Cardstock - white, light green, dark green / white paper (→ inside) /

Tonic Studios: Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss - woodland green, apple green & Nuvo Jewel Drops - key lime /

Ranger: Multi medium matte / Kleberoller clear / 3D Tape 2mm /

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Dankbare Grüße von Wiebke
Thankful greetings from Wiebke

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K1-1416 - embossed Thank You / Uniko Challenge #61 Reminder

Can you believe it? It's already October now and it's time for the Reminder Post for the current Uniko-Challenge  #61! It's an Anything Goes Challenge with the optional twist "Thanks".

I hope, every one of you has a reason to say thanks right now! Thanks to someone who was or still is there for you, to take care, to talk when you feel bad, to encourage or inspire you, to make you laugh or just to feel needed!

If there isn't anybody special, use the season to be inspired! It's harvest time, the time for beeing thankful! 

To see all the inspirational cards of the other Uniko Brand Ambassadors and our Guest Designer Ishani, please hop to the Reminder post on the Uniko-Blog.

The challenge will end on Friday, 23rd October 2020 (7.00pm EDT) so there is still lots of time to craft a bit,share your art with us and maybe win one of 6 great prizes!

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K1-1416 - Thank You

K1-1416 - Detail of colourful embossing powder

K1-1416 - Detail of the doubled embossing technique

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The technique I used for this card I've seen some weeks before in a YouTube video of Jennifer McGuire. She called it "embossed impressions" I think. 

It was a bit tricky and needed some tries until I was almost happy with the result, but these heat embossed thin lines on the die-embossed paper look great, don't they?

Yes, you read it correct! 

First I impressed the paper with a cutting die (and a silicone matte) with VersaMark on the cutting-edges (just there and nowhere else!), then I put embossing powder over it and heat embossed this to melt into the impressed lines. How cool is this?

For my card I used a left-over colourful mix of embossing powders (all from Zing!) I also heat embossed the sentiment and some little punched circles with the same powder.
To get a bit of "real" colour I put a strip of red paper beneath the cut out sentiment and cut it again.

I combined rough and smooth papers, white and (very) colourful pieces, outlined flowers and a bold sentiment, impressed areas and raised ones, glossy dots and matte paper ... 

So many contraries but in the result it is a simple and unagitated (stress-free) CAS card!

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Uniko-Challenge #61

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"This post includes advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Uniko Stamps: Dies: Kindness Blooms Dies & Stamps: All Occasion Sentiments #3 /

Colours & other stuff:
Cardbase A6 - white / Hahnemühle: thick Watercolour paper (300 g/m²) / Cardstock (scraps) - smooth white, red / 

Tsukineko: VersaMark Ink / American Crafts: Zing! Embossing Powders (DIY-Mix) / 

Ranger: Multi Medium matte & Glossy Accents / Kleberoller / 3D Pads - 2 mm & 3 mm /

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Thankful greetings from Wiebke

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K1-1382 - Lächeln

Heute poste ich endlich mal wieder eine Karte!
Die Basis entstand bereits während der letzten Online Card Classes - Spring Card Camp, aber erst jetzt kam ich dazu, sie fertig zu stellen.
"Wer schön sein will, muss Lächeln", dazu Regenbogen-Farben und Schmetterlinge - alles zusammen in einem  CAS Style - ich bin absolut happy mit dem Ergebnis!

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Today I finally post a card again!
The base I created during the last Online Card classes - Spring Card Camp, but I just find time to finish the card now.
The translation of the German sentiment "Wer schön sein will muss Lächeln" is "Who wants to be beautiful, has to smile"!
The sentiment combined with rainbow-colours and butterflies - all together in a CAS style - I'm absolutly happy with this result!

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K1-1382 - Lächeln

K1-1382 - Lächeln

K1-1382 - Lächeln

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The background beneath the front-layer is made with Distress Oxide Inks and an iridescent embossing paste. I scored the paper with lines and then diecut the letters and just used the negative part to cover this colourful paper, so the open areas of the letters shine bright in rainbow coloursthrough the open shapes!
From a rainbow strip I cut off I punched out all the small butterflies and adhered them adjacent to the letters. On a piece of white cardstock I stamped the sentiment and fussycut it out and adhered it to the card.

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Entered in these Challenges:

Addicted to CAS #185 - Rainbow

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CAS on Friday #181 - Animal(s)

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"This list includes  unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Stamps: Lächeln & Dies: Cherry - Upper case & Lower case  /
Memory Box: Dies: Butterfly delights & Dancing butterflies /

Colours & other stuff:
folded cardbase A6 - white / Canson: Imagine  Mix Media Paper /

Tsukineko: Memento - tuxedo black / Ranger: Oxide Inks / ImH: Kristall-Eis Embossing Paste /
Aleene's Tacky Glue / 3D Tape - 1 mm /

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Viele Grüße von Wiebke
Many greetings from Wiebke

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K1-1364 - beautiful wreath / Uniko Challenge #59

It's time for a new Challenge on the Uniko Blog! This time you can create almost anything, cause it's an Anything Goes. But when you like to be inspired a bit more, you can also use the optional Twist of "bright and happy".

Flowers always light up my days, so I used some stamped and die cut pink "Kindness Blooms" and a selfmade wreath for my inspirational card.
A little bit of something speacial I added with the pearls in the center of the flowers and the splattered background.

What makes your days bright and happy - right now in this difficult time?

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K1-1364 - beautiful wreath

K1-1364 - beautiful wreath - Detail

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Start: Friday 15th May at 8.00am GMT
End: Friday 19th June at midnight GMT

The winners will be announced on Friday 26th June at 8.00am GMT

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"This list includes unpaid & uncommissioned advertisement!"

Used Materials:
Uniko: Stamps: Originally Organic, Kindness blooms & Dies: Kindness Blooms Dies /

Craft Emotions: Dies: Edges straigt circle /

Colours & other stuff:
Cardbase A6 - white / Cardstock - smooth + white , green, pink / Vellum /
Ranger: Distress Oxide Inks - picked raspberrym mowed lawn & Embossing powder - clear & Multi Medium matte / Tonic Studios: Crystal Drops gloss - apple green / 

Kleberoller / 3D-Tape, 1 mm / ArtIdee: Transparentpapierkleber (glue for Vellum) /

ImH: Hotfix, Halbperlen 6 mm - gold irisierend /

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Liebe Grüße von Wiebke

Hugs & greetings from Wiebke

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Have a good time, stay at home and be creative! 

😀

K1-1384, K1-1385, K1-1386, K1-1387 / Uniko - Brand Ambassador Post

Today I have my Brand Ambassador post on the Uniko Blog!

It's a happy and colourful post to brighten your day!

I made this bunch of clean and simple cards in a really short time! How I did it? By using all the "left overs" to create second cards! 


The materials for all four cards are similar:

• a self made rainbow-colour paper
  made of multimedia paper (it doesn't warp as much as normal cardstock when it get's wet) & Ranger Distress Oxide Inks (and a blending brush or tool) & a clear iridescent embossing paste (just added a thin layer with a palette knife)
  To create this paper you'll need a bit of time, but below I have some alternative ideas!
• the Big & Bold Happy Dies
• fitting stamps - I used Big & Bold Happy, Happy Days and bee Happy (guess why! 😉)

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To avoid lots of glue-time for the thin areas I used adhesive sheets, but needed a bit of glue here and there anyway!

For the first two cards I cut out the bigger "shadow" word of my sparkling paper first, then placed the smaller die on this hello and cut again to create the thin edge of the word. - This was the difficult part - to line it up exactly for an even edge!
But with the help of some low-tack painters tape (I used the pink one from Tesa) it wasn't a real problem! 

The rest was easy!
To adhere the thin layer in the original shape and without wonky lines I used the other one as guide before I adhered it on a second cardbase.
All sentiments were stamped in black ink. I love to use my stamping tool for these jobs! - You can position all the stamps perfectly with the gridlines on the lid and you can stamp twice for a perfect black impression without any problems of missplacing!

The black lines of the box are drawn with a thin black marker and a T-ruler.
The small butterflies I punched out of the scraps of the sparkling paper and placed them as a fluttering crowd above the word die cut.

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Here on the next picture you can see in the reflection, how much sparkle is on this selfmade paper! (It's always hard for me to catch this with a camera.)

For the second two cards I directly cut out the smaller die of the sparkling paper. 
On the cardbase I brushed the same colours I used before to create the sparkling paper, but with a lighter hand for a softer, less intense shading.
The more intense happy on a white shadow paper I placed there, added the two sentiment-parts and the card was finished!

The last card is made of the leftover again. I cut out the "frame" with a knife and a metallic ruler, rounded the corners by hand and adhered it on the cardbase.
This time I used the cute bee insted of a sentiment - just as a "be(e) happy".

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Hope you like this idea of making quick'n'easy cards!

Some more ideas to stretch this technique:  

You needn't use a selfmade sparkling rainbow-paper.  
You can also use 

• a patterned paper or 
• a monochromatic shading
• a paper with or without sparkling
• ...

When you havn't a iridescent embossing paste, use

• a sparkling embossing powder
• a sparkling spray (maybe selfmade with some mica powder)
• a thin layer of glitter glue or glossy accents (maybe with some glitter?)
• ...

When you don't want to make "happy" cards, use one of the other Uniko Big & Bold die sets!
"wish" or "snow". 

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Thanks for looking by today!   💓💛💚💙💜
Have a great and creative time and be happy!
 
Hugs Wiebke

K1-1363 - hallo du - Kreise

Ich bin immer noch inspiriert von den in der "OCC Spring Card Camp 1" gezeigten Techniken, obwohl vor einer Woche bereits der zweite Kurs gestartet hat... Ich BRAUCHE definitiv mehr freie Bastelzeit!

Aber zwei meiner vier Kids müssen immer noch zu hause bleiben und wollen oder müssen die meiste Zeit über beschult und unterhalten werden - bis die anderen beiden dann auch schon wieder nach hause kommen (verkürzte Schultage können einem wirklich sehr kurz vorkommen!)

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I'm still inspired by the videos of the "OCC Spring Card Camp1" although the second class started one week ago! I defititly NEED more free time for crafting! 

But two of four kids still have to stay at home and want or need to be teached or entertained most of the time - until the other both come back home (the short-schooldays they have in schools right now can be felt as really short!)

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K1-1363 - hallo du - Kreise

K1-1363 - hallo du - Kreise - Detail

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Used Materials:
Create A Smile: Dies: doppeltes hallo, doppeltes du  /

Punches / Dies: Circles 3,5 cm, 4,5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm /
WRMK: Corner Chomper 1/2" /

Colours & other stuff:
SU: Notecard + Envelope, 5"x3,5" = 12,7 x 9 cm (131527) /
Ranger: Multi Medium matte / Tonic Studios: Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss - red berry, party pink & Nuvo Crystal Drops metallic - autumn red /
3D-Tape 1 mm /

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Umärmelnde Grüße von Wiebke 

Hugs & greetings from Wiebke

 

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Have a good time, stay at home and healthy and be creative! 😀

K1-1314 - Namaste

Ich kann's kaum glauben, aber ich hab mal wieder zu viele Karten in zu kurzer Zeit gemacht!

Die Inspirationen aus dem OCC Spring Card Camp machten mich super kreativ! In Kombination mit dem wechselhaften Wetter und der immer noch geltenden Empfehlung, zu hause zu bleiben, hatte ich einige sehr produktive Tage!

Ich werde versuchen, noch möglichst viele Karten zu posten, damit ich die noch in die  OCC-Galerien hochladen kann.
Aber die Posts werden erst mal nur "halbfertig" sein... die Material-Listen und einige zusätzliche Infos kommen dann später.
Bitte habt ein klein wenig Geduld - wenn ihr Fragen zu einzelnen Karten habt, schreibt bitte einen kleinen Kommentar, dann kommen die Infos da früher!

I barely can believe it, but I made too many cards in short time again!

The inspiration of the OCC Spring Card Camp made me super creative. Combined with the mixed weather of the last few days and the still valid suggestion of staying at home I had some super productive days!

I will try to post most of them, to be able to upload them to the OCC-galleries, 
But the post will be "half-done"...the supplies and some more information about every card will be updated as soon as I find time to write them. Please be a bit patient with me -  when you have questions to one of the cards, write a little comment, and I will update this post earlier!

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Smooshing techniques work with any kind of waterbased colours... also with Brusho Powders!

K1-1314 - Namaste

K1-1314 - Namaste - Detail

K1-1314 - Namaste - Inside

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Entered here:

Online Card Class "Spring Card Camp"
Student-Gallery Days 11-15

Most of the time I'm inspired by the videos of the current "OCC - Spring Card Camp" right now.
This time from Kristina Werner on Day 15 - using Ink Smooshing Technique.

This is an extra long class - started Saturday, April 11th and last until Thursday, April 30th, Wrap-Up day is Thursday, May 7th. / On every one of the 20 days you get one video with intructions and tips to create in minimum two (different) cards in almost one main working process!

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Used Materials:
Visible Image: Stamps: Mindful Moments /

will be updated soon!

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Liebe Grüße von Wiebke

Hugs & greetings from Wiebke

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Have a good time, stay at home and healthy and be creative! 😀