Less is More #371

Hello my crafty friends, it's time to announce our latest challenge at Less is More and it's our COLOUR challenge for the next fortnight.
All the details are on the main challenge blog HERE so onto the challenge itself and here's our cue card followed my cards. 


I've 2 cards to share with you today, which both use the It's a Wonderful Pennant set by Winnie and Walter (our brand new sponsor for this month). I think it's supposed to be a Christmas Tree set if used as expected but I decided to 'think outside the box' and made little party/clown hats with pom-poms on top for the first one with a sentiment by Uniko. 

This one uses the same set but just one of the 'Christmas tree' images to create a geometric pattern. The sentiment is also by Winnie and Walter from the 'Big and Bold You' set. I coloured 2 strips of card with Promarkers in coordinating shades of yellow and blue for a little extra detail to the card.

As always there's loads of fabulous designs from my fellow teamies  over on the Less is More blog HERE and as mentioned above our sponsor for this challenge is Winnie and Walter so do play along for a chance of a prize, which we'll announce next month. 


I hope you'll feel inspired to play along with and have some crafty fun along the way.
If you happen to be at the Happy Stampers Festival at Port Sunlight today then do pop along to say 'Hi' as I'm helping out on the Uniko stand with a few of the Design Team. It's a great day out and I love to see all those happy crafty folks who share this hobby. 
I'll also be back with another post in an hour (Mr Blogger dependent as he's on scheduling duty today) with the BIG reveal, release and GIVEAWAY of this month's new goodies from Uniko. 


Thanks for calling by today and catch up soon!

Uniko - Introducing Explosion! Collection Designer Dies

Hi there, 

Today is the final introduction to the latest products being released from Uniko this month and all these beautiful products will be available from 12th May, to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday and available to purchase in the online store too. 

This collection of dies coordinates with the previously released Explosion and Explosion Additions sets. Unfortunately I ran out of time to play with this one for long but there's endless options I thought of that I'll hopefully get around to in the next few weeks. 

So an explosion of Altenew inks teamed with the sets and some matching Promarkers to create this cartoon style card. Some elements are popped up on the 3d foam for added dimension and I love that we've now got the bold 'BAM' and 'WOW' as dies alongside the explosions. 

As well as the regular Design Team we're joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 

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 tomorrow for the BIG reveal, release and giveaway!
YIPPEE!

Uniko - Introducing Originally Organics Additions Designer Dies

Hi there, 

I'm back again today to introduce you to the first of the Designer Dies being released  this month from Uniko. All these beautiful products, which we've been teasing you with in the last few days will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 

This collection of dies is an eagerly awaited set for me in particular as I love the set and it's not the easiest to fuzzy cut so having this little addition to my set makes life so much easier! I've 2 cards to share using the set and first up I've gone with a shaker card and a sentiment from the Just Because set, introduced on Monday.

To start with I embossed all of the images and sentiment in Sterling Silver embossing powder by Stampendous before colouring with Promarkers, then assembling the shaker card. Here's a close up as most of the sequins fell to the bottom for the photo above! 

I'd like to link this one up at the latest Flower Challenge where they are looking for 'Vellum or Acetate'

Next up I die-cut the heart image and some of the other little flowers from the set plus some bees from the Bee Happy set, also being released this time. Coloured all the images with Promarkers then added a 'bee' sentiment from the Bee Happy set. 

As well as the regular Design Team we're joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 

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 tomorrow for the final introductions before the BIG reveal, release and giveaway on Saturday!

Uniko - Introducing Flower Power #8

Hi there, 

Thanks again for visiting as I introduce you to the last of the stamp sets in the latest release of new products from Uniko! It's dies tomorrow! All the new goodies will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 

Here's the latest in the Flower Power range of floral sets from Uniko and I've teamed it with the Stylised Floral stencil, introduced yesterday. 

As well as the regular Design Team we're joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 

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 tomorrow for more introductions.

Uniko - Introducing Stylised Floral Stencil

Hi there, 

Thanks for joining me again today as I tease / introduce you to another of the new stencils in the latest release of new products from Uniko, all of which will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 

Here's the Stylised Floral Stencil which I've teamed with a mini swarm of bees from the Bee Happy set too.

As well as the regular Design Team we're joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 

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 tomorrow for more introductions.

Uniko - Introducing Just Because & Large French Script Background

Hello there friends

Hopefully you're enjoying our teasers and introductions in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko, all of which will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 

Over the next few days we'll introduce you to the new goodies in a little more detail and today we're sharing our creations using 2 more of the new stamp sets; Just Because and Large French Script Background.

As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 
Here's how I've played with these new sets:

Once again using a similar colour palette as yesterday using Altenew Inks for the first card and Distress Oxides in the second one. I've used an almost symmetrical pattern of stamping for the first card by rotating my card in the misti and re-stamping the image in various colours. The French Script Background was inked in a very subtle blue colour with additional sentiments stamped on top. 

This one uses an inky blended background of Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron. I've also inked the script background in the same colours and stamped on top. Once dry I've added the silhouette image and sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

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 tomorrow for more introductions.

Uniko - Introducing Bee Happy!

Hello there friends

Hopefully you're enjoying our teasers and introductions in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko, all of which will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 

Over the next few days we'll introduce you to the new goodies in a little more detail and today I'm sharing my creations using the new Bee Happy stamp set. Some of the Design Team will also feature another new stencil, called Honeycomb Pattern.

As well as the regular Design Team we're joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 
Here's how I've been playing:

I seem to have a thing going for this colour combo during the release ... but I may break the mould later in the week - you'll just have to keep visiting to find out! 

So the first card uses images purely from the Bee Happy stamp set, coloured with Promarkers and a little Glamour Dust to the bee's wings although it's not so apparent on the photo. 

For this one I've teamed the bee and another sentiment from the set with the Natures Treasures II stencil and Simply Blocks II, featured yesterday. 

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 on Wednesday for more introductions.

Uniko - Introducing Simply Said Blocks II & Natures Treasures II Stencil

Hello there friends

Hopefully you've enjoyed the Sneaky Peeks we've been sharing over the last few days in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko, all of which will be available to coincide with the Happy Little Stampers Festival on Saturday, 12th May and available to purchase in the online store too. 


Over the next few days we'll start to introduce you to the new goodies in a little more details so sit back and grab a brew. Today we're sharing our creations using Simply Said Blocks II, a mini clear stamp set with additional popular sentiments in the same style as Simply Said Blocks, along with a new Stencil called Natures Treasures II. If you're a regular customer you'll notice this coordinates with a previously released set of the same name.

As well as the regular Design Team we're also joined by Anna of urascrap who is the Uniko Guest Designer for May so do pop along and visit her blog and leave a friendly word. 
Here's my examples using these new products:

I've gone with the same colour combo on both of these using Distress Oxides in Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. The flowers on the second card are from an older Floral set by Uniko: Flower Power #2

EDIT: Thanks to my fellow teamie, Carol at Uniko I'd like to add this card to the Just us Girls Challenge where they are looking for shadows this week. They might be white but still shadows in my book! 

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 tomorrow for the next introduction.

Uniko Sneak Peeks Day 4 - May 2018

Hi friends, welcome back to Day 4 of our Sneaky Peeks in readiness for this month's release over at Uniko. Are you ready for some dies? I, for one, am thrilled to have these new dies which coordinate with previously released sets! They certainly open up endless additional possibilities in paper crafting and it's definitely a bonus not having to fuzzy cut the images! 
The new goodies which include stamps / stencils and dies will be released on Saturday 12th May, to coincide with the Happy Stampers Festival at Port Sunlight! Yippee! 

That's all of our Sneaky Peeks and tomorrow we get down to the exciting business of introducing you to each of the new products and hopefully provide a little inspiration along the way.
If you head on over to the Uniko blog HERE you'll find all you need to know about the schedule, dates for introductions and the BIG reveal, release and traditional blog hop GIVEAWAY! 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll keep visiting me this week as we reveal and introduce the sets.

Uniko Sneak Peeks Day 3 - May 2018

Hi there and welcome back to Day 3 of our Sneaky Peeks as we share 2 more mini stencil images and one more stamp set in readiness for this month's release over at Uniko. If you are a regular Uniko customer you may well recognise a new addition to a very popular floral range. 
The new goodies which include stamps / stencils and dies will be released on Saturday 12th May, to coincide with the Happy Stampers Festival at Port Sunlight! Yippee! 

If you head on over to the Uniko blog HERE you'll find all you need to know about the schedule, dates for introductions and the BIG reveal, release and traditional blog hop GIVEAWAY! 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll keep visiting me this week as we reveal and introduce the sets.

Uniko Sneak Peeks Day 2 - May 2018

Hello it's time for another release this month over at Uniko and it's Day 2 of our Sneaky Peeks so we're sharing little images of 2 of the stamp sets being released this month.
The new goodies which include stamps / stencils and dies will be released on Saturday 12th May, to coincide with the Happy Stampers Festival at Port Sunlight! Yippee! 

If you head on over to the Uniko blog HERE you'll find all you need to know about the schedule, dates for introductions and the BIG reveal, release and traditional blog hop GIVEAWAY! 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll keep visiting me this week as we reveal and introduce the sets.

Uniko Sneak Peeks Day 1 - May 2018

Hello it's time for another stamp release this month over at Uniko
Today we've 4 Sneaky Peeks for you. The new goodies which include stamps / stencils and dies will be released on Saturday 12th May, to coincide with the Happy Stampers Festival at Port Sunlight! Yippee! 





If you head on over to the Uniko blog HERE you'll find all you need to know about the schedule, dates for introductions and the BIG reveal, release and traditional blog hop GIVEAWAY! 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll keep visiting me this week as we reveal and introduce the sets.

Guest Designer Post - Inkspirational

Hi Friends,

I'm thrilled to be joining the ladies over at Inkspirational Challenges as Guest Designer for the latest challenge, Cue Card below!

I have to admit I racked my brains for ages trying to come up with something unique to use from my stash. I couldn't find any play-related stamp sets although, following some online research / window shopping, there's now plenty on my wish list! 

In the end I decided to go with a musical theme and some rather inky and not in my usual 'Clean and Simple' style backgrounds. Uniko recently released some music related stamps and I'd also purchased a few Visible Image sets at Christmas, which I was keen to ink up again so here goes:

Both cards use the 'Music Speaks' set by Visible Image with a 'You Rock' sentiment and musical notes from Uniko. The background on the first card is created by 'smooshing' Distress Inks, whereas the second one is a Brusho based creation! 

I hope you like what I've created for the challenge and you'll feel inspired to play along too. I don't doubt that there'll be some spectacular ideas from the regular design team HERE and I'd like to thank them for inviting me to join them today! 

Happy Crafting and thanks for your visit today!

Mad about Distress Oxides

Hello Friends,

It's amazing what a little time away from work can do for my mojo! Although back at work this week I've thoroughly enjoyed playing with inky blending and Distress Oxides and only just getting round to posting my cards here. In fact I'm only just experimenting with these inks having bought 4 of them about 18 months ago. Unfortunately the colours I picked didn't really blend nicely together so I simply had to buy a few more!!!

I only have 13 colours in total ... my favourites, which I know I'll use and blend nicely. I love bright colours and particularly rainbow tones so you can no doubt guess which inks I've gone for!

So a bundle of 'same but different' resist technique cards using the Marvellous Mendhi set by Uniko and various stamp company sentiments.

I think this has to be my favourite colour combo ... using Blueprint Sketch, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio. I've a feeling this has an Altenew sentiment.

The sentiment on this one is Clearly Besotted and I've used Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade and Worn Lipstick for my colour combo. 

I think this is another Altenew sentiment (apologies I just grabbed a load of stamp sets and pulled off sentiments I liked to heat emboss en masse! I've used the same colour combo as the previous card with a little Picked Raspberry too and inked more randomly than the previous one. 

This sentiment is by Mama Elephant and the distress ink colours are Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade.

I'm still experimenting with different blends but hope you like these ones so far. Thanks for calling by.