Uniko New Release ....... Day 2 Introducing English Country Garden Butterflies - Designer Dies & Larg Background - Sketched Foliage

Happy Thursday .......

Welcome to Day 2 of Introductions for the brand new release, coming soon from Uniko.
All the new release will be available to purchase from 9pm (BST) on Sunday 5th May.

Today we're introducing a fabulous set of dies which match the pretty English Country Garden - Butterflies stamp set.
There's two dies in the set, to fit both sizes of butterfly.  I've used the small one here .....

I simply stamped the butterfly three times, coloured them with ZIG Markers and then used the die to cut them out ..... easy!

I attached them onto my card front using foam pads .....

and gave each one a little Wink of Stella sparkle before stamping my sentiment underneath

The last of the new stamps is a large Background stamp called Sketched Foliage .....

This is such a pretty design, and one of those that you will reach for time and time again.
I've used it here with the emboss resist technique using Distress Oxides, along with a little faux bleaching.

I stamped the image onto a piece of white card and heat embossed it in white.  I then took my Distress Oxide inks and applied them over the top creating an ombre look.

Once I was happy with the colour I took a paper towel and polished over the heat embossing removing any excess ink.  The embossing powder acts as a resist to the Oxides so the colour wipes away leaving the white to show through again

I then used a paintbrush, and clean water to remove some of the colour from the sketched image giving a bleached look

Using the small butterfly die again I cut six from plain white cardstock and also three into the stamped panel.
I then inlaid three of the white butterflies back into the stamped panel, layered another white one on top of each of them and finished with the ones cut from the stamped panel ...... does that make sense?

A few dots of crystal glaze, and a sentiment on the bottom, adds the finishing touches to my hidden/camoflaged butterflies

Well that's Day 2 done ..... there's still more to come tomorrow.
Don't forget to pop over to the Uniko Blog to see more inspiration using the new release, from the rest of the Design Team and our fabulous Guest Designer Jenny.

Thanks for popping .... enjoy the rest of your day.
I'm busy in the craft room again ....... it's workshop weekend so I need to get organised.

Cheerio until next time ......

Products used:
Stamps: English Country Garden - Butterflies, Birthday Wishes (Uniko)
Inks: Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Delicata - Golden Glitz; Versamark; Distress Oxides - Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire
Other: English Country Garden - Butterflies Designer Dies (Uniko); ZIG Clean Colour Brush Markers; Clear Wink of Stella Pen; White Detail Embossing Powder (WOW!); Clear Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)