K1-1347 - embossed daffodil -I- / Uniko Brand Ambassador Post

Was very silent here on my blog for so many weeks - sorry!
But the Pandemic with all the stuff happening during the last weeks kept me away from my crafting table...

Home schooling, new organisation of our everyday life (with 6 person in the house almost 24/7 - that costs lots of nervs sometimes!), long phone calls with family and friends, start of the garden season with all the work outside (planting and seeding), all the time you need to stay half-way informed about all the things happen ouside of the "little safe world" of our house...

And yes, my creativity was gone for a while with all the bad stuff in the newspapers every day from all around the world...

Hope my creative mind is back now!
And I hope I'll find some time to craft - primary schools will be closed for minimum two more weeks here in Brandenburg and kindergarden probably until August (poor Milo, he is missing the time there so badly!)

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Easter time is over, but in my garden the daffodils (the translated German name "Osterglocke" is "Easter bells") just started to bloom. So I decided to show you some cards with these beautiful spring flowers from Uniko today!

K1-1347 - embossed daffodil

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two embossed daffodil cards

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The technique I used was a first try for me.
Jennifer McGuire showed it on the first day of the current Online Card Class "Spring Card Camp".

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 two (different) cards in almost one working process.
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The technique I used may be a bit tricky in the first try, but when you managed it successfully, it's easy to repeate and re-use the panel(s) you created many times!

You make your own embossing panel by layering a heat embossed image 10(!) times - layer over layer. The use of a stamping tool helps to get the best possible same-spot stamping.

This thick heat-embossed image allows you, to use it like an embossing folder.

For best results I had to experiment a little bit with my cutting machine and the layers I needed for the embossing. 

At the beginning I was a bit too careful, cause I was afraid to break this heat-embossed image with too much pressure (but everything went well - it looks still the same, ready to use it again).

For my Cuttlebug I used 1x A-plate + 2x B-plates + 1x silicone embossing-matte + the created Embossing Panel + Paper/Cardstock to emboss in + additional Cardstock-Layers. 

The additional Cardstock-layers depended to the thickness of the watercolour paper I used. 

Watercolour paper has some positive properties to use it with this technique. 

The first one is, you can moisturise it without any risk before you start to emboss - the impression of your embossing panels (or folders) will be better on dampish paper than on dry paper!
The quality of watercolour paper is often softer and thicker than most other papers - also a benefit fort the embossing.

And last but not least you can use watercolours after you have embossed it!

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The first card I made with an impressed embossed flower.

I coloured the impressed lines of the flower with Zig Real brushes and added some water for a good colour gradient to the areas beside.

A still missing (small) sentiment will be placed right between the green ribbons on the right side of the flower or (when I'll use a bigger one) on the inside of the card.

I hope I can use it as a birthday card and don't need many get well cards soon. (Nobody should be in the situation to need one during the next weeks! So please stay save!)

K1-1347 - embossed daffodil - Detail

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For my second card I used a second embossed daffodil - this time the inverse impression. Hop there to see the full card or see it on the Uniko Blog.

K1-1348 - embossed daffodil - Detail

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When you use an embossing powder what doesn't "want" to layer thick enough - don't give up! Use this first try, colour it as usual and make a card out of it.

And then make a second try of the layering with another embossing powder (and maybe another brand of paper).

My first one was clear powder from Ranger - and it stayed flat. Why? I still don't know!

The second try was with a white powder from efco (one of my oldest powders in the box) on a different paper. And this turned out great!

I will use it some more times to get impressions and then I will use it as "normal" embossed image on a card - so nothing is wasted! :-)

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Entered here:

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Used Materials:
for the embossing panel:
Uniko Stamps: Stamps: Spring Botanicals /
Cardstock - white / Tsukineko: VersaMark Ink / efco: embossing powder - white /
Simon Says Stamp!: Die: Stitched Rectangles (SSSD111455) /

Colours & other stuff:
Cardbase A6 - white / Cardstock - green  /
Stampin'Up: Watercolour paper (122959) /
Kuretake/Zig: Clean Color Real Brush - yellow (050), light green (041) + water /
3D Tape, 2 mm / Kleberoller /
green satin ribbon, 3 mm / 

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Hugs & greetings from Wiebke

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Hope these cards inspire you to try this technique too!

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

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