Monday 20 May 2019

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!


Sarah

Tuesday 14 May 2019

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


Sarah

Sunday 5 May 2019

Uniko - Reveal, Release and Blog Hop Giveaway May 2019

Hi there and thanks for visiting me again today!

So you've had the Sneaky Peeks and Introductions and now we have the BIG Reveal, Release and GIVEAWAY of this month's new goodies from Uniko.

Here's my cards showcasing these fabulous sets and they will be available in the shop HERE and waiting for you to buy!

The first 2 feature the Mid Century Modern Florals set teamed with the BIG & BOLD Wish stamp set and the coordinating word die on the first one.





This one uses just the Mid Century Modern Florals and I have to admit that as soon as I saw the set I thought of the Orla Kiely homeware designs so this card features my take on that theme with a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks 



And some butterfly mania below with the first one also including the Large Background Sketched Foliage set. There's lots of shimmer pen used on these 3 below but it's not obvious in the photos but I can assure you there's plenty of glittery shine in real life! The sentiments for these are from the previously released Wonderful Day stamp set. 




All that's left for me to do is set you off on the traditional Design Team Blog Hop and wish you luck. All the details are over on the Uniko blog HERE so if you get lost along the way just head back there.


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

Sarah

Saturday 4 May 2019

Uniko - Introducing BIG & BOLD Wish Designer Dies

Hi friends

Thanks for calling in again today! Are you ready for Day 4 of the introductions in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko? I hope so.

We've more Designer Dies! This time to coordinate with the previously released BIG and BOLD Wish stamp set so perfect for those birthday and celebratory cards.

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. 

This first one also uses the Mid Century Modern Stencil, introduced yesterday, with an inset multi-coloured 'wish' die which is coloured using Promarkers and drizzled with Tonic Shimmer pen to make it stand out. The front panel is mounted on fun foam to add some dimension.


The next 2 use the stamp set only for the sentiments along with the new candle and flame dies. On the first card the candles are mounted on 3d foam whereas the second card shows them adhered flat to the card front.





It's the BIG Reveal, Release and Giveaway tomorrow so hope you'll stop by again then and the full
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!



Sarah

Friday 3 May 2019

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.


Sarah

Thursday 2 May 2019

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.

Sarah

Wednesday 1 May 2019

Uniko - Introducing Mid Century Modern Florals & MCM BG Blocks I & II

Hi there, 

It's Day 1 of our introductions in preparation for the latest release of new products from Uniko

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 the Mid Century Modern *(MCM) Florals as well as MCM Background Blocks I & II

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's how I've played with these new sets and first up I've just used the MCM Background Block I with a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks range and an array of rainbow-coloured enamel dots.



This next one uses the MCM Background Block II; stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, coloured with Promarkers, sliced, mounted on fun foam strips with a couple of sentiments from the All Occasion Sentiments range.



... and how about a little pack of notelets using the MCM Florals in different colour ways, with some more sentiments from the Simply Said Blocks set. Quick, Easy and CAS cards!






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.


Sarah