Winner & A Card...

Hey & Happy Monday!

I do hope your week has got off to a good start? Mine started a little wobbly with a sleepless night and snotty beans, but all turned out to be an OK kinda day - phew! Anyway, someone's week is going to be improved considerably (I hope) as I am here to announce the winner of the January 2017 Design Team Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY! 

Thank you to everyone who hopped along and left such lovely comments. Random.org has helped me pick the winner from all the comments left...

And the lucky comment was left by...

Preety11 January 2017 at 11:02

Beautiful card :) love the flower design and colors used. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
preety

Congratulations Preety! Please send me an email to bev@uniko.co.uk by Monday 30th January 2017 along with your postal address. I can then get your prize on its way to you.

How about a card before I go...

This card was inspired by a challenge I came across by joining in on the current TIME OUT Challenge HERE. The current Guest Designer at TO and person they are CASEing is Ksenija from Sweet Kobylkin. Ksenija happens to be running a Chasing Mojo challenge HERE, which is to CASE a card in the gallery on the post or someone else in blogland. 

I chose THIS card by Victoria Shipunova. I was first drawn to the swirly floral stamped image framing the sentiment. I was inspired to recreate this using Uniko clear stamps Originally Organic in particular and then the vibrancy of the colours.

Way back in October at the Happy Stampers Festival, I did a little retail therapy as well as running the Uniko stand, its got to be done, right...? ;) I purchased a few more Zig Clean Colour Brush Pens to go with the little quartet I already owned. Shamefully (hangs head), I've not got round to opening them, let alone using them. So, with the lovely Darnell inspiring blogland to use their NBUS, I am joining with NBUS #9. 

This time I used new stuff on my card and one of the optional themes CASEing. I do plan on having a go at the other optional theme of the NBUS challenge which Deborah also inspired me to have a go at HERE, the hidden message. So, all being well I will have more to share later in the week :)

Until then, thank you for stopping by.

Hugs

Supplies:-

Uniko Clear Stamps: Originally Organic

Card: Stampin' Up! Whisper White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers, MISTI & Stampin' Up! Enamel Dots

Surprise Sweetie!

Hey & Happy Weekend!

I was hoping to have popped in before today, but I was hit with a head cold on Thursday night and I'm only just about recovered. The beans have been a little snotty and under the weather too, so it's been a bit blugh here!

Anyway, back to business, I was SUPER surprised and beyond HAPPY when I received an email from Nina from Designs By Nina D, inviting me to be a Surprise Sweetie over at the {Cupcake Inspirations} challenge. Of course I jumped at the chance, all be it a little nervous to do so to join in with the FABulous DT.

This weeks Challenge #327 HERE is a theme challenge & the theme is LACE. 

This theme scared me a little as it is so girly and pretty, something I seem to struggle with! This is what I created based on the inspiration above...

I used a Papertrey Ink Decorative Doily Die as my 'lace' and as I still had the Flower Power #6 clear stamps on my desk they were inked up again with Pretty Petunia and Spring Pansy VersaMagic. I then fussy cut them out to decorate the side of the lace doily. The leaves are stamped in Aloe Vera VersaMagic. 

I couldn't resist using a little bit of NBUS on my card ;) 'The You Make Me Smile' sentiment is from the upcoming Uniko Release next week! I stamped the 'You Make Me' directly onto the the doily and the 'Smile' is stamped and fussy cut out. 

There is still time to join in on Darnell's NBUS Challenge #5 HERE and don't forget Uniko is sponsoring the challenge and you still have time to comment on my post HERE to be in the chance of winning a stamp set from the upcoming Uniko Release.

Anyway, be sure to stop by the {Cupcake Inspirations} Challenge HERE to join in and also check out the amazing DT creations. 

I look forward to seeing what you come up with :) I hope you will stop by the blog tomorrow as I will be sharing a Sneak Peek for the September Release ;)

Until then, thank you for stopping by today.

Uniko Sponsors the NBUS Challenge!

Hey!

I am super happy you have stopped by the blog today, as Uniko is sponsoring another FABulous challenge :)

The lovely Darnell (who recently GD with us) holds a super challenge, here is a few details about it... 

Like most crafters, Darnell found she was purchasing new product faster than she was using it, especially when she put it away and then forgot about it! So she coined the acronym "NBUS" to stand for "never-before-used schtuff" and every time she used a virginal item, she called it NBUS in her post. 

The acronym caught on in Blogland and now you'll often see crafters comment that they used a "NBUS" product on their creation. To thank her followers and to encourage others to use their NBUS, Darnell started her challenge in 2014. This current challenge is the fifth NBUS Challenge and it runs from September 8-18, 2015. 

I am absolutely delighted to be part of this FABulous challenge & sponsoring it, if you take part and join in HERE you will be in the chance of winning

'a Stamp Set of YOUR choice, from the upcoming Uniko September Release'. 

Along with Uniko there is an AWESOME collection of sponsors for the NBUS challenge, so be sure to check out the rules & details HERE.

I couldn't not sponsor the challenge & tell you all about it without joining in myself with a NBUS item I purchased recently...

My NBUS on my card is the Pretty Pink Posh stitched banner die & tiny heart die that comes in the collection. I still had my Flower Power #6 stamp set on the desk so gave that one a little more inky love too.

Now, along with the prize for joining in on the challenge I am also going to give ONE lucky comment the chance to win a prize!

Simply comment on this post by the 18th September and I will randomly draw a comment to win a stamp set from the Uniko September Release! 

How does that sound? Good I hope! Ok, that's all from me just now, I will be back later today to announce the WINNER of the recent Uniko Challenge. Until then, thanks for stopping by and HAVE FUN joining in on the challenge.