Uniko Challenge #59

Hi there friends, I hope you are all keeping safe and well during this very difficult time. 
Today we are starting our latest challenge over at Uniko and hopefully it'll put everyone in a cheery mood despite the restrictions and stresses. 
Here's the cue card to explain what's required

... and here's my card using the Mid Century Modern II Stencil with some Uniko sentiments and a die-cut 'sending' word from Simon Says Stamp. I've channelled some of Bev's beautiful colour blending combos here as they are definitely cheerful, bright and happy in my opinion.

You have until Friday, 19th June 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!

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!

Less is More #388 - 8th Birthday

Hey there friends

It's BIRTHDAY time ... YIPPEE and I'm delighted and highly honoured to have been invited back to my favourite Challenge blog; Less is More, of course, as a Guest Designer this month in celebration of this fabulous birthday!

Congratulations Girls and here's to the next one! 

It's COLOUR challenge time and the girls have chosen a really fun combo which I love

... and I've 2 cards to share with you; first up a silly fishy one using Briny Blue by Paper Smooches, a stencil from Uniko (Wonky Stripes) and a mish-mash of sentiments from the Briny Blue set and some Uniko sentiment stamps. I couldn't resist a couple of googlie eyes too and as the card is for my sister, who celebrates her birthday tomorrow - how about some superb lashes to those eyes!!

Next up, this one uses images and sentiments by Uniko, which is sponsoring the challenge. I've used the pre-Christmas released Pure Florals: Peony set, initially heat embossed in white powder on to the Navy cardstock before re-stamping in a no-line colouring effect. The bloom is coloured with promarkers then with some added detail using Polychromo pencils.

Ok that's all from me but I'm' in no doubt that there'll be plenty more inspiration from the regular Design Team as well as some other ex-DT members. Why not head over to the blog HERE to check them out too. 

Thanks as always for calling by and thanks for inviting me to join your birthday party girls!

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!

Sunday Challenges January 2019

Hi Friends,

Unbelievably I've found some crafty mojo today with the help of the latest challenge at Less is More and a fabulous sketch the girls have created, so here's 2 cards I've created - both baby ones as I'd run out in my 'handy to have in' box!

They use the Uniko: Sweet Baby set along with a sentiment from a Clearly Besotted baby set (sorry can't remember the name of the set) and the background stencil is by Funky Fossil; shooting stars

Here's the sketch / Cue Card for Less is More

I'd also like to enter over at AAA Cards; here's their cue card. and the 'blue' card features masking!

Thanks for calling by my blog and have a fun week!

Uniko - Introducing Scandinavian Christmas & Christmas Folk Snowflake Stencils plus Simply Said Blocks Christmas

Hello there friends

I'm delighted to be joining in with the latest introductions of new products due for release by Uniko on Tuesday. I've missed a couple of days with being on holiday but how exciting to get back and start creating some Christmas cards!

To be honest my crafting and blogging have been somewhat neglected in the last few months due to life and work taking over all of my free time ... I'm just hoping my mojo returns quickly!

So today we are introducing 2 new stencils with a Christmas theme along with another set in the Simply Said Blocks range with some brilliant and useful festive sentiments. 

Here's how I've played with these new sets:

I've used white texture paint, through the stencils on both of these then added one of the sentiment blocks on each card with some gold twine and gems for a little festive sparkle.

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 join me for more introductions tomorrow.

Less is More #373

Well hello my crafty friends, I cannot believe that it's almost a month since I posted something on my blog and I feel totally 'out of it'. 
May was a really crazy-hectic month for me work-wise but compensated with a very much deserved treat at the end of the month - a week in Portugal. I'm still trying to re-adjust to life back home, having been spoilt rotten in the sun. 
Fellow team buddy, Sharon, may beg to differ on the 'sun' as she lives out there and seemed to think the weather was a disgrace!!!  It was an absolute delight to meet up with her and her hubby for an afternoon of chit-chat over drinks and ice-cream! 
Anyway enough reminiscing and back to the reality of announcing our latest challenge at Less is More which is all about friends! Why not? They are so special and particularly those who share this beautiful hobby and keep boosting our confidence whenever the mojo has gone AWOL!  
All the challenge details are on the main challenge blog HERE but here's the Cue Card followed by my cards.


Our sponsor for this month is Uniko and my first card feature some of their products and Bev (owner/designer) is joining us as a Guest Designer for this challenge too.
... using the new Chrysanthemum stencil, inked with Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon, followed by a camouflage die-cut 'friend' sentiment from Paper Smooches, which is  mounted on 3 layers of teal cardstock to add a little definition and dimension. The sentiment is from the Pure Florals Cosmos set.

next up ... and a little 'note to self' here - DO NOT try to be inspired by Jennifer McGuire after a month away from the craft room!!!! LOL! Did anyone else watch THIS? 

Well it took me much longer to create my card than dear JM and still I couldn't get the die to partially cut!!! It's a rose die-cut from Memory Box, mounted on 4 layers of white cardstock with a (previously prepared) brusho panel behind and a strip of glitter tape to 'hide' the mess of the failed partial die-cut! 

I'm not sure what company the 'friend' die-cut is from and to be honest I was just grabbing anything from my 'scraps' box to get this card finished at that point! The 'You are Awesome' is an Altenew sentiment from the Painted Butterfly set. 

As always there's loads of fabulous designs from my fellow teamies over on the Less is More blog HERE and please do visit them as they have definitely worked magic with the challenge! 
As mentioned above our sponsor for this challenge is Uniko so do play along for a chance of a prize, which we'll announce at the start of next month. 





Thanks for calling by today!

Uniko Reveal, Release and GIVEAWAY Blog Hop - May 2018

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
If you're lucky enough to have a ticket for the Happy Stampers Festival in Port Sunlight for today then be sure to pop along to the Uniko stand to say hello and all these new goodies, that we've been introducing you to in the last week or so, will be available to buy! Yeah!
Here's my cards showcasing these fabulous sets and they are now available in the shop HERE and waiting for you to buy!
This first one uses a combination of older mini images by Uniko along with the Natures Treasures II stencil, Simply Said Blocks II set and Originally Organics Additions Designer Dies, all of which are being released this time.

These two use the Stylised Flower stencil with the 'Have a ... Day' sentiment stamps above from the Celebrate with Cake set, 'Happy' below from the Festive Sentiments  and the bees and 'Day' from the Bee Happy set being released this month. I received my first pot of Nuvo Glimmer Paste this week and couldn't wait to play with it so I inked up 2 panels of water coloured cardstock with Distress Oxides (blue/green above and pink/yellow below) before adding the paste through the stencil. 

As we've got a 'bee' theme sort of going on this month I decided to use some Hexagan stitched dies by Die-namics to feature on these ones. 

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. 

So 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 you need are on the Uniko blog HERE so if you get lost along the way just head back there.

Bev
Carol 

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane 
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P - That's Me
Wiebke

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed being introduced to these new goodies from Uniko and I've added the images of the various products below. 
Have fun and happy shopping.
   
               

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 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.