Uniko - Introducing WILD & Animal Print Stencils

Hey there! It's Day 4 of our introductions to the new release goodies from Uniko, before the BIG REVEAL, RELEASE and GIVEAWAY tomorrow!

Today we're introducing a brand new sentiment set called WILD! It coordinates, as you can imagine, perfectly with our 3 new Animal print stencils and here's my examples with 2 of the stencils as I ran out of time!

First up 2 completely un-naturally coloured animals that you definitely won't see in the WILD but it's WILD in a different sense which is why I teamed these cards with the bold sentiment. The top one uses my favourite rainbow colours of Distress Oxides through the stencil. Below I've inked the background first in blue tones of Distress Oxides before blending black ink through the stencil itself. 

Last up I've given the 'giraffe' stencil a try using a green tone on tone effect as the background for my mini toucan banner. Accessorised with some Paradise leaves and sentiment from the Paradise set too.

So that's it - introductions DONE! You just need to pop back tomorrow for the BIG reveal of the goodies and some more creations. As ever, the schedule, can be found over on the Uniko blog HERE as well as links and peeks at how my fellow teamies have worked their magic AND the all important prize giveaway information!

As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by the delightful and super talented Keren Baker so why not pop along and visit her blog - you won't be disappointed.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for more introductions tomorrow.

Uniko - Introducing Large Background Tropical Paradise

Hi there friends, are you ready for Day 2 of our introductions to the new release goodies from Uniko? I hope so as there's more ...

Today we're introducing another Large Background stamp called Tropical Paradise and as you might have guessed this one teams brilliantly with some of the previously released Paradise sets and here's how I played with them - a trio of 'same but different' and featuring some sentiments from yesterday's introduction too.

This one was stamped onto watercolour card using Versamark ink then heat embossed with white embossing powder from Hero Arts before inky blending with Distress Oxides. To finish 2 little flag style sentiment banners for my tropical Toucan to perch on!

For this one the image was stamped using a green ink from Altenew - sorry not sure which one, before colouring with Promarkers. Toucan and sentiment strips to coordinate as above.

... and lastly a simple tone on tone stamping effect using the Altenew Galactic Stream ink then adding my coordinating (somewhat un-naturally coloured) toucan and sentiment banners!

The release schedule, can be found over on the Uniko blog HERE as well as links and peeks at how my fellow teamies have worked their magic! As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by the delightful and super talented Keren Baker so do pop along and visit her blog - you won't be disappointed.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for more introductions tomorrow.

To Bee or Not to Bee Blog Hop

Hi Friends 

Welcome to the 2019 BEE or not to BEE Blog Hop!

Along with some of my fellow teamies at Uniko I'm joining in a very special Blog Hop today, to celebrate World Bee Day, to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees. The HOP is being hosted by Milka of Crafty Milka and you are invited to Hop Along and hopefully win some BEE-utiful prizes! Why not head over to Milka's blog HERE to see what it's all about.

Here's my card using some Uniko products; the BIG & BOLD 'Happy' and Bee Happy stamp sets along with a Sizzix Honeycomb die with lots of honey-coloured inky blending behind.

Before I leave you to HOP here's some useful facts about bees and how important they are to the human race. 

Happy Hopping and Good Luck!

Thanks for calling by today!

Uniko - Bev's 40th Birthday Blog Hop

Hi friends, can you believe that Bev, super talented and simply awesome owner of Uniko is celebrating a BIG birthday today! 40 years young! 

The Uniko DT are sharing a sneaky surprise birthday blog hop in honour of Bev's birthday today so why not head on over to the blog HERE for more details. You can also join in by creating a birthday card for Bev and link it up to the post. We hope she'll love the fact that we've taken over the blog!!!
Here's my card and I just couldn't resist going with my 'go to' rainbow blended look using the Uniko Stylised Floral Stencil along with some birthday sentiments from the Simply Said Blocks range. I recently purchased the Bold Numeral dies by Altenew, die-cutting the stencilled panel with 40 before popping them up on 4 layers of black cardstock. A few enamel dots to finish the look!

Many congratulations on your special birthday Bev and hope it's FAB-u-lous,

 bursting with fun and surprises!

It's also my sister and brother-in-laws' wedding anniversary today so using slightly 'cooler' rainbow tones on this one with a die-cut heart from WPlus9, circular 'Happy' sentiment by Neat and Tangled plus die-cut 'popped-up' Anniversary sentiment from Clearly Besotted.

As always thanks for calling by my blog today

Uniko - Introducing Mid Century Modern Stencil

Hello there friends, I'm back with Day3 of our Uniko introductions and today it's the turn of the new stencil; called Mid Century Modern which coordinates perfectly with the new range by this name!

As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by Jenny from Crafting in the Country who is the Uniko Guest Designer for this release so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word.

I've just the one design for you today and there's a cheeky peek at one of our new Designer Dies, more on that tomorrow. I've inked through the stencil with Distress Oxide inks then stamped some of the images from the MCM Florals set to add some extra detail to the background.

The release schedule, can be found over on the Uniko blog HERE as well as links and peeks at how my fellow teamies have worked their magic!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for the Designer Die Introductions tomorrow.

Uniko - Introducing English Country Garden Dies & Large BG Sketched Foliage

Thanks for visiting again today as it's time for Day 2 of the introductions in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko.

At last there'll be some Designer Dies to coordinate with the previously released English Country Gardens set! Yippee and I've a couple of projects using them below as well as a new Large Background stamp called Sketched Foliage.

As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by Jenny from Crafting in the Country who is the Uniko Guest Designer for this release so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 
Here goes with an embossed resist look for the first one and the second stamped then coloured using Polychromos. The sentiments are from the Simply Said Blocks range: 

... and a 'same but different' duo just using the butterflies and a sentiment from Paradise Hummingbird

The release schedule, can be found over on the Uniko blog HERE as well as links and peeks at how my fellow teamies have worked their magic!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for more introductions this week.

Less is More - Challenge #389

Hey there friends

As you are no doubt aware the Less is More challenge is celebrating this month with it's ...

... and I'm delighted to be here as Guest Designer for the second challenge of the month, despite it being my least favourite style - ONE Layer cards!!!! Yep THAT one! Anyway it's a fairly easy theme so I'm happy to play along with my superb friends at Less is More and here's the Cue Card

This challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays and I have to admit I only own Christmas stamps from this company so decided to use this festive sentiment with a rainbow effect! Who says we can't have a Christmas rainbow!!!

That's all from me but I'm in no doubt that there'll be plenty more inspiration from the regular Design Team so why not head over to the blog HERE to check them out too. 

Huge thanks to my fellow ex-teamies from Less is More for inviting me to join the celebrations this month and here's to the next 8 years!!!! BIG HUGS!

Uniko - Background Blocks Graffiti Texture

Hello again my friends!

It's Day 3 of our introductions to the latest goodies from Uniko to celebrate another birthday! The new release will be available to purchase from 9pm GMT on Monday, 11th February.

 

Today's introduction is a the latest in the Background Block range and this one is called 'Graffiti Texture'

Here's my examples and I decided to team it with some dies from the previously released Explosion and Explosion additions as well as the BIG & BOLD Happy set, released earlier this week. It's such a fun background and it will work well with lots of other previously released sets too.

For all of these cards I've stamped the background twice to cover a larger panel on the front of my card base.

... and just to show that the 'Happy' die works / fits on a portrait style A6 card base when placed diagonally, here's 2 more in different colour ways. The first one uses Distress Oxides and the second one is a smooshed panel (probably Distress inks) from a pile of 'use up later' panels that I found on my desk!

Once again the release schedule, can be found over on the Uniko blog HERE as well as links and peeks at how my fellow teamies have worked their magic!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be back for more introductions tomorrow.

Uniko Challenge #51 - Reminder

Hi there, 
Have you joined in with the first challenge of 2019 over at Uniko? It's not too late if you haven't as I'm here with the reminder team today to jog your memory!
The theme is very simple and here's the Cue Card: Anything Goes with a Love Option


I've used the recently released Pure Florals: Peony which was part of our pre-Christmas release. The image and sentiment are heat embossed using a silver embossing powder from Stampendous and it's set against a Distress Oxide inked background with a subtle over stencilling using the Natures Treasures stencil to create a tone on tone look.

As always there's plenty of fantastic creations by my fellow teamies, so why not head over to the Uniko blog HERE to check out the links and pay them a visit! I'm sure they'd appreciate it!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the super-talented Trina of  Phamtastic Design who is one of our previous Uniko Challenge winners. Do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word and some love.

You have until Friday, 22nd February at midnight (GMT) to link up to the challenge and all the details you need about prizes and how to play can be found over at Uniko HERE

As always thanks for calling by my blog today and I hope you feel inspired and will play along with us!

Less is More #384

Hello my crafty friends, 
Firstly apologies for my absence at Less is More but sadly life has become extremely busy in the last 6 months and due to lack of time and mojo I've been struggling to take part in DT work and challenges of any sort, hence my recent break from the Design Team.
Unfortunately, despite the break I've still found it difficult to get back into crafting and I have made the tough decision to step down from the Less is More Design Team following this month's challenges.
I'm thrilled that fellow teamie Sharon has agreed to take on the task of running the challenge and I will be forever grateful to her and the rest of the team, of course, for continuing with Less is More. I'd also like to thank everyone who has supported and entered the challenge. I have enjoyed every week of the 4 years on the team and made lots of wonderful crafty friends in that time. 
So let's get down to the serious business of announcing this week's challenge which is a COLOUR one and here's the cue card to get you started

I've 2 cards to share with you and for this one I used a sentiment from Happy Little Stampers from a retired Christmas sentiments set and I found this die-cut nativity scene in my stash, conveniently die-cut using silver mirror card which I decided would work perfectly for this colour challenge. 

Secondly, a string of silver snowflakes using a die from the Works with a 'Merry Christmas' sentiment die from CAS-ual Fridays against an ink blended background.

All the details are on the main challenge blog HERE along with links to my fellow teamies and their fantastic designs to inspire you and as mentioned above, our sponsor for this month is Happy Little Stampers.

I hope you'll feel inspired to play along with and have some crafty fun along the way.
Thanks for calling by today and catch up soon.

Uniko - Reveal, Release and GIVEAWAY Blog Hop - October 2018

Hi there and thanks for visiting me again today!
So you've had the Sneaky Peeks and Introductions and today I'm delighted to reveal the full array of sets although we've a new time when these will be available HERE ... it's 9pm. 
In the meantime have a look at a few more examples I've created and join in our traditional Design Team Blog Hop! All the details are over on the Uniko blog HERE so if you get lost along the way just head back there.
Here's my cards showcasing these fabulous sets

... and here's the order for the Blog Hop - I'm sure you'll agree my teamies have worked their little socks off to make magic with these new goodies. 

Bev
Carol

Izzy

Jane
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Sarah G

Sarah - that's me!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like what you've seen these last few days Here's the FULL images of the sets we've been showcasing!

These 2 clear stamp sets below are being re-released from retirement!