More Gerberas! part 3

I made a few more cards to submit to the Uniko Studio Anything Goes Challenge #12.

I had some free time tonight and managed to create three new cards!  That's a record for me!  But this stamp set from Uniko Studio is so much fun to play with that I was bubbling with ideas tonight.  :)

This first one is super simple.  I just stamped the outline image in red ink and the sentiment in matching ink.  I added a strip of navy blue patterned paper and that's it!  Simple and yet very elegant.

For this second card, I stamped the same image in three different colors.  Then I masked off all but one edge of the card so I could stamp the chevron background on the edge.  I inked up the background stamp in sections with the inks that match the flowers and then stamped it onto the exposed area of my card.  I added a strip of seam binding ribbon so finish it off.  Simple!

But this last card is my favorite!  I layered the smaller piece of white paper on top of the card base and stamped the flower with VersaMark.  I heat embossed it with pink Zing powder.  Then I matted the smaller section on black and adhered it directly to my card base.  I also added the ribbon and tag.  Simple...again....but Super Cute!

This stamp set is so versatile and I love it sooo much!  I'm sure I'll be playing with it again very soon!  :)

More Gerberas! part 2

I made a few more cards to submit to the Uniko Studio Anything Goes Challenge #12.

I had some free time tonight and managed to create three new cards!  That's a record for me!  But this stamp set from Uniko Studio is so much fun to play with that I was bubbling with ideas tonight.  :)

This first one is super simple.  I just stamped the outline image in red ink and the sentiment in matching ink.  I added a strip of navy blue patterned paper and that's it!  Simple and yet very elegant.

For this second card, I stamped the same image in three different colors.  Then I masked off all but one edge of the card so I could stamp the chevron background on the edge.  I inked up the background stamp in sections with the inks that match the flowers and then stamped it onto the exposed area of my card.  I added a strip of seam binding ribbon so finish it off.  Simple!

But this last card is my favorite!  I layered the smaller piece of white paper on top of the card base and stamped the flower with VersaMark.  I heat embossed it with pink Zing powder.  Then I matted the smaller section on black and adhered it directly to my card base.  I also added the ribbon and tag.  Simple...again....but Super Cute!

This stamp set is so versatile and I love it sooo much!  I'm sure I'll be playing with it again very soon!  :)

More Gerberas!

I made a few more cards to submit to the Uniko Studio Anything Goes Challenge #12.

I had some free time tonight and managed to create three new cards!  That's a record for me!  But this stamp set from Uniko Studio is so much fun to play with that I was bubbling with ideas tonight.  :)

This first one is super simple.  I just stamped the outline image in red ink and the sentiment in matching ink.  I added a strip of navy blue patterned paper and that's it!  Simple and yet very elegant.

For this second card, I stamped the same image in three different colors.  Then I masked off all but one edge of the card so I could stamp the chevron background on the edge.  I inked up the background stamp in sections with the inks that match the flowers and then stamped it onto the exposed area of my card.  I added a strip of seam binding ribbon so finish it off.  Simple!

But this last card is my favorite!  I layered the smaller piece of white paper on top of the card base and stamped the flower with VersaMark.  I heat embossed it with pink Zing powder.  Then I matted the smaller section on black and adhered it directly to my card base.  I also added the ribbon and tag.  Simple...again....but Super Cute!

This stamp set is so versatile and I love it sooo much!  I'm sure I'll be playing with it again very soon!  :)

USC 12 - Anything Goes!

Today I'm playing along with the Uniko Studio Challenge #12 and anything goes! 

View USC Blog HERE

I recently received my first Uniko Studio stamp set, Pure Florals Gerbera, and I've been dying to play with this set!  One of my co-workers has a birthday next week so I figured it was the perfect opportunity to have some fun with this stamp set.

All of the panel layers were die cut using the Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles set.  This is such an incredible set of dies!  I love all the tiny details that get embossed into the panels and those itty-bitty pierced holes around the edges!  The panel papers are cut from Papertrey Ink cardstocks; Hibiscus Burst, True Black, and Stampers Select White. 

This sentiment comes from the Papertrey Ink Movers and Shakers Sentiments set.  I thought that if I just stamped it in black or pink it might get lost amid all those fancy flourishes in the card panels, so I decided to stamp it once with VersaMark and emboss with black powder, and then I stamped it again with Hibiscus Burst ink slightly offset to add a shadow.  Now the sentiment pops out right along with the flower!

But the crown jewel of this card is the gorgeous gerbera daisy from Uniko Studio!  Gerbera daisies are my favorite flower, so I fell in love with this stamp set the second I saw it.  I love how big these flowers are because it allows for plenty of room to blend my colors in the petals.  I colored it with Copic markers on X-press It Blending paper and fussy cut out the flower and leaves.  They are popped up with foam dots in two different thicknesses for dimension. 

I took inspiration from this card I spotted on Pinterest [originally pinned from Zazzle].  I really liked the color scheme with that frame of black flourishes on on a white background, which I incorporated into my card.

Overall, I'm thrilled with how this card turned out!  I can't wait to play with these gerbera stamps again soon!