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