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