Uniko Revisit - June 2019

Hi there friends, it's another REVIST month over at Uniko where Bev asks us to 'dig out', dust down and bring a previously released set back into the spotlight! 
This month it's the turn of Explosion, Explosion Additions and their coordinating dies and as we are close to Father's Day I decided to combine this occasion with my first card:

A very 'busy' background of the images and sentiments here from both sets - quick and easy to do with the 'Happy Father's Day' explosion die popped up on an Art Impressions Action Wobbler for a bit of added fun.

A little more 'white' space on this one with a die-cut explosion adhered to the card front as well as a 'sunken' WOW die for extra interest. The 'You Rock' sentiment is from the Simply Said Blocks range also by Uniko.

As is the tradition there's a blog hop giveaway; the prize being an e-gift voucher for £25 and you have until Midnight (BST) to join the hop and comment on the blogs to be in with a chance of winning the prize.

You'll find all the details over at Uniko HERE and here's the list of blogs you need to visit on the hop! I wish you lots of luck!

Bev
Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G - That's Me!

Sarah P
Wiebke 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you feel inspired to create with these sets again having checked out all the fabulous creations from my fellow teamies. 

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 - Revisit March 2019

Hi there friends, we're having a REVIST month over at Uniko where Bev asks us to 'dig out', dust down and bring a previously released set back into the spotlight! 
As Spring is in the air 'almost' Bev has chosen the delightful Spring Botanicals Snowdrop or Daffodil sets along with the Bright Butterflies Stencil.
I've gone with the daffodils using just the outline and a sentiment from the Pure Florals Peony set. For the first one I've blended inks from my favourite set of Altenew inks 'Sweet Dreams'. It's the first time I've tried to blend with these inks and I have to say it took a while but I love the mix of colours so it was worth it.

I may decide to make a whole set of six with this design as it's quick to do, especially with the next two where I've switched to Distress Oxides which do 'blend like butter'! 

As is the tradition there's a blog hop giveaway; the prize being Spring Botanicals Daffodil set plus the Bright Butterflies stamp set and if you already own these items an alternative prize will be offered.

You'll find all the details over at Uniko HERE and here's the list of blogs you need to visit on the hop! I wish you lots of luck!

Bev
Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P - That's Me!
Wiebke 

Before I leave you to hop here's the image of the sets and as always thanks for visiting my blog today.

      

Uniko - 7th Birthday Blog Hop & Linky Party

Hey there friends are you ready for some birthday fun?

Uniko is celebrating it's 7th Birthday this month and we're inviting you to join our Linky Party and Design team Blog Hop which will be open throughout this month, closing on 28th February at 11.59pm (GMT).

Here's my card using the Chrysanthemum Stencil and a couple of sentiments from the Birthday Sentiments set.

All you need to do is visit each of the team following the links below and comment on their birthday cards and if you want to join the linky party too then create a card using Uniko products as the main focus and link it up.

All the details you need about prizes and how to link up can be found on the Uniko site HERE so what are you waiting for!!!

Let's hop along and have some fun. Here's the order to follow but if you get lost along the way just head back to Bev (Uniko) at the top.

Bev
Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P - That's Me!
Wiebke 

Good luck and thanks for calling by. 

Uniko - REVISIT January 2019

Hi there friends, 
Is it too late to wish you all a Very Happy New Year! 
I hope not as this is the first post for me in 2019!!!
... and it's a REVIST month over at Uniko where Bev asks us to 'dig out', dust down and bring a previously released set back into the spotlight! 
For this month Bev asked the team to select one of their favourites from 2018 so I've gone with 'Beautiful'. I missed out when this set was originally released as life just got in the way and as yet I've not played with it much at all but it's such a pretty one with some fabulous sentiments that I couldn't resist sharing this card with you.

As is the tradition there's a blog hop giveaway of a £20 e-gift voucher to spend in the Uniko store, so do 'hop along' and visit all my teamies below and check out their awesome designs leaving a little love along the way.

Bev
Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Rahmat

Sarah G

Sarah P - that's me!
Wiebke 

You'll find all the details over at Uniko HERE and before I leave you to hop here's the image of the set I used. Good luck and you have until midnight (GMT) on Saturday, 19th January to complete the hopping!

Thanks for calling by!

Uniko Revisit - March 2018

Hi there friends, it's a REVIST month over at Uniko where Bev asks us to 'dig out', dust down and bring a previously released set back into the spotlight! 
This month it's the turn of the Fun Flowers set, which as of last month now has a coordinating stencil.
Here's my cards and I ended up colouring a bigger panel than I needed so it's a 2-for-1 today and in the hope that the weather turns a little warmer now we've moved into spring I decided to use these bold, bright and cheery colours.
The first one has a raised die-cut butterfly camouflaged in the design and although it's not obvious in the photo I've layered it on 4 pieces of die-cut card in the colours of my panel.

It's a floral frenzy challenge over at Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge so I'd like to pop this one in there as well as The Flower Challenge where it's Anything Goes.

As is the tradition there's a blog hop giveaway; the prize being a £15 eGift Certificate and you have until Saturday 7th April 2018 to comment

You'll find all the details including at Uniko HERE and here's the list of blogs you need to visit on the hop! I wish you lots of luck!

Bev
Carol 

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P - that's me!
Wiebke 

Before I leave you to hop here's the image of the sets and as always thanks for visiting my blog today, 

   

STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop 2017

Hi there friends, I'm delighted to be representing Less is More, as a Guest Designer, once again in the STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop following a lovely invite from Shery, owner and talented designer over at STAMPlorations!

Why not visit her blog HERE for some fabulous inspiration! AND why not head to the Less is More blog HERE where there's links and details about how you too can join in the blog hop and win some prizes along the way

I've used some lovely Fall themed stamps which Shery sent me and I've stamped the images using some masking here and there, coloured with promarkers. The panel was die-cut using a WPlus9 Scalloped rectangle die before mounting on fun foam then a kraft cardbase where I've stamped some of the leafy images in a tone on tone effect.

Today marks the 3rd time Shery has teamed up with her own wonderful team of designers at STAMPlorations as well as a selection of Guest Designers, like me, from various Challenge blogs, where Shery generously sponsors with prizes throughout the year. 

Shery is also releasing a whole new bundle of stamps to coincide with the Blog Hop and there's a Thanksgiving sale too. I'd say there's plenty to get you tempted to play along and I hope you feel inspired to do so.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and don't forget to head over to the STAMPlorations site HERE for all the info as well as the Less is More blog

Uniko - Farewell Fellow Teamie!

Hello crafty friends it's a sad day over at Uniko today as we are saying 'Farewell' to one of our fellow teamies. Sarah G has decided to step down from the team due to work pressures and life just getting in the way. She'll be missed loads as her inspiring makes really set the bar here at Uniko and her designs leave me speechless every time. We've become great friends as we started here at Uniko at the same time, I think, so I hope she'll continue to visit and we'll meet up IRL now and again. 
All the best Sarah and here's a little cheery card for you using the popular Paradise set by Uniko ....

My fellow teamies have been up to their usual tricks and created some classy designs for Sarah too plus we're hosting a little blog hop so do hop along and leave a comment at each of the design team blogs to be in with a shout of a prize. I hope you'll pay Sarah a visit too and wish her well.

To join the 'hop' and find the links please head over to the Uniko blog HERE where you'll find all the prize details too. 

As always thanks for calling by my blog today and good luck with the HOP!

STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop

Hi there friends, I'm here with a bonus post on behalf of Less is More as we have been invited to participate in the 
STAMPlorations Giving Thanks Blog Hop
Shery of STAMPlorations along with her team of designers have got together with a whole party of uber talented designers to create projects that express gratitude and thanks. I am delighted to support Shery and the team  in this thoughtful and thankful initiative using products by STAMPlorations. 
I do hope you'll pop over to the main Less is More blog HERE as there's a link to all the designers taking part as well as a link to enter your own projects and be in with a chance of some prizes!

So if you have some STAMPloration goodies in your stash why not join us!
To be honest I don't own that many items by them apart from a few stencils so I grabbed this gorgeous circular one and blended Distress inks in some Autumnal tones including a little pinky purple for Halloween time! I decided to slice the stencilled panel in half for added interest and adhered it to my card base on fun foam with a strip of gold glitter card between. The circles were then drizzled with glamour dust and a die-cut sentiment by WPlus9

I hope you feel inspired to play along and don't forget to check out

my teamies creations over at Less is More HERE

As always thanks for calling by and I'll catch up with you again soon!

AAA Cards #65 - 2nd Birthday Blog Hop

Hello friends - are you ready to PARTY? I hope so as we are celebrating our 2nd birthday over at AAA Cards

There's loads of sponsors, prizes, a DT blog hop; more prizes, treasure trails and more  so read on and I hope you'll play along! In fact there's so much happening I'm bound  to forget something so just in case all the details you need are on the main blog HERE Here's my card and for this challenge               definitely going to be a Birthday theme!

 Recipe

Stamps: Avery Elle: Party Animal, 

Uniko: All Occasion Sentiments #6

and mini dots from the Balloon Bash set.

Here's how you can play in this challenge and we've had offers of prizes

from so many generous sponsors that you really don't want to miss out!

Here's our Fab-U-lous sponsors!

I hope you're still with me as I've a little question for you and please leave

your answer in a comment below to be in with a chance of winning my prize 

which is a £10 gift certificate from Buddly Crafts!

Question: (and it's a little crafty research on my part)

What's your go-to ink for stamping and why?

Ok I think I can send you off to hop now!

Thanks ever so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment

Here's the order you need to HOP and if you get lost along the way then

just head back to the main AAA Cards blog HERE!

Ceal

Coralynn

Jane

Jenny 

Justine

Melissa

Sandie

Sarah - That's ME!

Stephanie 

 Good luck with the hop and prizes!