Hybrid Chrysanthemums

Hey!

I'm back today with a card to share that I've made using the current CAS(E) this Sketch! I had this card idea in my head as soon as I saw the sketch and had to find a little creative time to make it...

The sketch seen HERE and below certainly got my creative juices flowing & I can see me coming back to this one! 

My card is almost a one layer card, but I decided to mat the main layer with some SU! Summer Sun CS I had left in my stash. I think it helps frame the focus of the card...

I thought I'd put together a photo tutorial of how I created this card too, I'd have done a video tutorial but I am not very good at those... YET! 

I'm working in Photoshop CS5, most Photoshop & Photoshop Elements packages have similar menus.

Step 1 - Create a new document the size of your card panel. Mine is 10 cm x 13.5 cm

File - New - Custom - Enter dimensions - OK

Step 2 - Create a second new document the size that you want your patterned paper strips to be. Mine are 1cm x 5cm

File - New - Custom - Enter dimensions - OK

Step 3 - Open the digital patterned paper files you want to use. I chose a patterned paper design from Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum Digital Patterned Paper Collection.

File - Open - Locate Saved Digital Download - Open

Step 4 - As the canvas size of my card is a quarter of the size of the digital patterned paper I decided I needed to shrink the paper so that more of the design would be seen on each of the coloured/patterned strips.

Image - Image Size - Enter Dimensions - OK

Step 5 - Creating the strips. 

Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool select the top left area of the paper big enough to fit inside the second document in step 2

You now want to copy this section of the paper to paste into the second document. 

Edit - Copy

Step 6 - Go to document 2 (I named mine strip size) and paste the paper into the document.

Edit - Paste 

Step 7 - Before we can copy & paste this paper strip into our first document in Step 1 it needs to be flattened so it is just one layer. 

Layer - Flatten Image - Edit - Copy

Step 8 - Paste patterned strip into document 1 

Roughly move & place the strip where you want it to be. You can play with placement & spacing once you've all you strips on the document. 

Step 9 - You could repeat Steps 3 - 8 with each of the 4 other colours of patterned paper. 

However, I took it one step further and made the process a little more time consuming! I wanted the pattern across all the strips to match as they went across the card front which you can see in my close up photo above.

How I did this... Step 3 - 6 are the same as above. In Step 7 before I flattened my image to copy and paste into the main document I moved the paper to the left by 1cm

Step 10 - Repeat Step 7 & 8

Step 11 - Repeat Step 9 but for the 3rd colour/patterned strip you'll need to move it across to the left by 2cm and by an extra cm for each strip until you've five strips in your document. Which should look like this...

Step 12 - Adding the sentiment. Use the Type tool (T) to do this. Select & change Font & Font Size as required. 

The font I used is Disco 18pt.

Step 13 - Print document, trim to desired size

Step 14 - Stamp 'Hello' sentiment & adhere mat layer to card base

Ta Dah! 

I hope you found the photo tutorial useful?! If not I'm sorry, but I hope you liked my card :) That's all from me today - phew I hear you say after all those photos! Haha! 

I'll be back tomorrow with more to share & thank you for stopping by.

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Retired Summer Sun, White 160 gsm Printer Paper

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio All Occasion Sentiments #1

Accessories: Uniko Studio Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum Digital Patterned Paper Collection

Monday Mums...

Happy Monday!

I'm sorry I left you all hanging over the weekend, I decided to take a  bit of 'time out' to get to grips with  things, mainly my emotions.

So onto a fresh start and new week ahead and lots of projects to share...

I created todays card using the NEW Fusion Challenge combo seen HERE and below. I LOVE the colours in the inspiration photo and had to use them for a lovely bold Chrysanthemum. It was quite a job fussy cutting the bloom out (not for much longer *wink*). 

I added some die cut leaves to for the 'swirl' in the sketch and a simple sentiment from Flower Power #1. 

I've already created another card using the inspiration photo in my head, so you'll be seeing that before the challenge ends! 

Short & Sweet from me today, much to be done since I took 'time out'! Thanks for stopping by & for your comments, they are much appreciated. 

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Basic Grey, WPlus9 White, PTI Raspberry Fizz & Black from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum, Flower Power #1

Accessories: Sizzix Sizzlets Leaf Die. Foam Adhesive

All About Mums...

Today it's all about Mums here at Uniko Studio both the human kind and the floral kind. I have a few cards today & over the next couple of days to share with you using the NEW Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum clear stamp set which was released this month HERE.

One of the reasons I released this set this month was because it was one of my Mums favourite flowers.  But why did I release it this month? I hear you ask...

Well, five years ago today my Mum passed away very suddenly & without any warning. I was concerned that I couldn't get in touch with my Mum, but put it down to the fact she had retired and had time to visit many friends. I asked my brother to check on her 2 days later & thats when our world ended. Being a single Mother my Mum spent a lot of time with us both & that day I'd lost not only my Mum but my best friend too. We shared a passion for crafting & making handmade cards and always talked about starting this business together.

Life has it's challenges in general but a times it's harder when all you want is your Mum, even when your 30+. I always find April a difficult month especially the 19th - 21st and so I thought I'd help ease my grief at this time by remembering my Mum in a good way by releasing Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum containing a flower that she not only loved but I'm sure she would have enjoyed stamping with too! 

How about a cheery card to lighten the mood...

More angles! Normally this trend of angle placement would set my CAS OCD off, in the fact that I usually like everything perfectly aligned! However, I'm really loving this trend at the moment! This card uses simple masking and simple Copic flat colouring.

I've neglected my Copic markers for sometime now as I find colouring time consuming and often don't have the time or patience to sit and colour! The other day I had a little patience to do some simple 'flat' colouring without having to think! It was relaxing, both the colouring & the fussing mask cutting to be able to stamp & overlap the blooms.

That's all I have to share for today, but I will be back tomorrow with more Chrysanthemum creations to share. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies

Happy Everything

Card Stock: PTI Aqua Mist, WPlus9 White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum

Accessories: Copic Markers

Power Of The Flower!

Hey!

Today I'm sharing a card that I've made for the NEW Runway Inspired Challenge seen HERE and below...

As soon as I saw the inspiration photo my card was already made in my head! I knew exactly what supplies I was going to use and this is how it turned out...

Don't you just love it when a card idea turns out just how you saw it in your head?! I started out by stamping the leaves & stem from Flower Power #1 in a line, overlapping the stems to create a seamless pattern. I repeated the process on both sides of the card.

I then stamped the smallest graphic flower from Time in VersaMark and embossed it in Cosmic Shimmer White EP (Love this stuff!) and fussy cut them out (soon to be a thing of the past *wink*). I also embossed the sentiment onto a die cut banner, adhering this flat to the card. The flowers are adhered using foam adhesive to add some dimension.

This design would look just as FAB in colour as it does in black & white! A little tip for you: To help stamp & overlap the stems I drew a faint pencil line onto my card base.

I hope you've enjoyed todays card as much as I enjoyed making it! Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by today.

Supplies

Card Stock: WPlus9 White, Black from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark

Stamps: Uniko Studio Time & Flower Power #1

Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer White EP, PTI Banner Die, Foam Adhesive

Fusing Chevrons & Circles

Whoohoo for Wednesday!

Are we all having a good week? It's been a good week so far here in the studio, things ticking along nicely. The sunshine has made an appearance along with some very strong winds but today the Spring rain is upon us, a good reason to stay in doors and craft! 

Anyway, I've been getting a little scientific and decided to join in on the Fusion fun! Fusion is a NEW challenge blog and there are 3 ways you can join in on the challenge, use the sketch only, use the inspiration photo only or combine the sketch & inspiration. 

I decided to have a bash at fusing both the sketch and the inspiration photo. It was a bit of a challenge, but I'm super pleased with how my card turned out. You can check out the challenge HERE and the sketch & inspiration below my card...

I started out with a strip of white CS 5 cm x 14 cm and began stamping the chevron pattern first using the solid mini chevron stamp from Wonderful Washi Christmas. I had a little practice stamping it on some scrap first, so that I knew I could line it up & it would make a complete chevron line! I alternated  the lime chevrons with some circles from Background Builders: Round In Circles.

A cluster of punched stars, one stamped with the grunge circles also from Background Builders: Round In Circles and a sentiment from FONTiments - Birthday stamped vertically completed the layout nicely! 

Here's the challenge...

I really enjoyed creating a complete chevron line out of a single mini chevron, so you might just see that appear on another project or two! I'm loving the colour combination of lime & black too, can you tell?! 

That's all I have to share today, so it's back to designing for me today, some super stamp sets in the works! Oh, and a bit of swimming too as operation fit into wedding dress is well under way! 

Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by this little part of blogland, I hope you all have a lovely day!

Supplies

Card Stock: WPlus9 White, PTI Soft Stone & Smokey Shadow & SU! Lucky Limeade

Ink: SU! Lucky Limeade, PTI Smokey Shadow & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Wonderful Washi Christmas, Background Builders: Round In Circles & FONTiments - Birthday

Accessories: SU! Star Punch, Foam Adhesive

April 2013 Release Blog Hop WINNER!

I'm back today to announce the WINNER of the April 2013 Release Blog Hop. The prize is the ENTIRE April 2013 Release!

So, without further ado the winner is...

The comments were counted in order of the blog hop which starts here on Uniko Studio, so the winner is...

Miriam Prantner11 April 2013 16:31

What a great release! I love the range of products you released in terms of theme/style, something for everyone and yet it is all so versatile. Can't wait to hop!

Congratulations Miriam! Please email me your details and I will get your prize out to you!! 

Here For You

Happy Monday!

I had just over an hour of crafting time yesterday and whipped up todays card to send to a friend...

I combined 3 Uniko Studio clear stamp sets on this CAS card, Background Builders: Round In Circles, BRIGHT Butterflies & Flower Power #1.

I'm loving Cosmic Shimmer White Embossing Powder at the moment and decided to emboss a  die cut butterfly. It was a little fiddly to not ruin the embossing as the butterfly is small but it turned out well & you can just about see the shimmer of the embossing powder. 

Again, I layered the butterfly keeping it as flat as possible by adhering it just with DST and not foam adhesive so it's easier for mailing.

Lots to be done in the studio today, so that's all from me for now. Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Card Stock: WPlus9 White, PTI Lemon Tart & Berry Sorbet

Ink: PTI Berry Sorbet & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Round In Circles, BRIGHT Butterflies & Flower Power #1.

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies, Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder