Blowing in the wind!

I was really inspired by Louise for this card, I loved how her cards looked like little windmills blowing in the wind. My son had one when he was little and he absolutely loved it, so I just had to get creative. 

I started out by inking up some clouds for my background using distress inks and adding some splatters of colour using the red and orange from the windmill. This just adds a little pop of colour and ties in the windmill colours. 

Then to ink up my windmill using the new ink and flip Christmas star stencil. I masked off alternate sections with some washi tape so I could get a clean definition of the red and orange again using distress oxide inks. Starting off with the lighter colour and then moving the stencil around to add the darker red. This was then fussy cut out and added to my background. I did want to make it so you move the windmill but I didn’t have any split pins so I opted for an enamel dot for the centre. I drew up the stick and coloured that in with COPIC markers and added my sentiment using the Simply Said clear stamp block . 

I felt like it needed something extra though and these cute little bees from the Flower Power #9 stamp set just added the perfect finishing touch! 

I hope you’ve liked my card for today, I love it when you can think out the box and get more out of your products and the Uniko Facebook group is a great place to find inspiration when you need it! 

Happy crafting Natalie ❤️

More Christmas inspiration

 

Hi everyone I just had to make another card using the mid century modern wreath builder set. If you saw my post from last month you might remember I went for a hot pink modern take, where this time I wanted a more traditional feel. So a snowy wreath hanging on the door in traditional colours it was. 

I started out by cutting out my base for which I used red paper and drew out some rectangles that would be the panels in the door. I used a combination of red COPIC markers to colour in the panels just enough that it feels like a door. 

I then went in with some white splatters using acrylic paint to create my snowy effect and set it aside to dry, before adding a gold heat embossed Merry Christmas sentiment. 

For the wreath I just stamped it out on COPIC paper and coloured it in using a range of greens starting from the darkest on the inside and gradually getting lighter. I fussy cut it out and added it to the door using foam tape. Then coloured up my berries and now using copics again and using foam tape to stick them down. Then popped it onto my white card base using foam tape. I love how different this one turned out compared to my modern one. Which ones your favourite? 

Christmas in July!

 

It’s that time of year again, Christmas in July! If you’re anything like me it’s always a rush to get those cards finished up in time for Christmas, so I love to get a head start in July.

I went for non traditional colours for my card this time, I love how bright and colourful it turned out. It was so quick and easy to make too so great for production lines and mass producing. 

I started out by stamping the wreath in the middle using the mid century modern wreath building stamp set. I started with the black lines and added a light green ink next with the block stamp. I then moved it around a little to heat emboss some gold over the top. 

I made the berries and wreath and off centre stamped the colours to the outline. Fussy cutting eveything out and added foam tape to add to my card base. 

Then finished off with the sentiment and mounted it on some hot pink cardstock to match the pink bow and that was my card finished up! I love how it turned out and it would be so easy to make a set in different colours. It’s a fun stamp set that can be used to make modern and more traditional cards and definitely going to be a staple in my stash.