Thirty Three ...

Happy Monday and Happy 33 to me!

Yep, I'm another year older! I have to say that my 32nd year was a pretty good year. I finished my BA(Hons) Textiles & Surface Design degree with a FIRST! and I started Uniko Studio which has been a dream for me since I can remember and it's finally come to light & I'm loving every minute of it!

I have to say though I have a feeling my 33rd year is going to be even better! 

I'd seen a while back over on Kelly Purkey's blog a birthday list of things she'd like to accomplish in that year. The number on that list matched her birthday number and thought it would be a pretty fun thing to do. So, I've started a 33 list!

Here are the top 3 on my 33 list ...

1. Get Married! 

2. Have a card published in a magazine! 

3. Become certified in Adobe Illustrator! 

Now, I know you didn't come here to read my list of accomplishments, you cam here to see a card creation! So here it is ...

For this card I used the Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time digital download paper again. This time I used the graphic floral circle paper in the SU! Marina Mist colour. For the scalloped edge I resized the digital paper in Photoshop to 10.5 cm X 14 cm before printing it out. This was so you can see more of the detail on the strip of paper. This is a beauty of digital papers you can alter the scale downwards as it does not affect the quality of the design. 

I then used my PTI large scallop die to die cut the strip. I used a strip of SU! Pool Party CS as this is another of the colours featured in the paper. The graphic flower is cut from the original sized paper printed and the inner flower from the smaller scale paper. The sentiment is from FONTiments - Birthday and is what I'll be doing today! 

That's all I have to share with you today! I'll be back tomorrow though with another card to share! Thanks for stopping by!

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Three ...

Hey!

Happy Thursday! We're creeping closer to the weekend & also to the sneak peeks of the soon to be released Uniko Studio stamps! 

I'm here today to share a colourful card ...

I've used a colour combination of Chocolate Chip, Raspberry Fizz, Lemon Tart & White on this little beauty! I have to say I really enjoyed making this card! I used some Versamark Champagne Dazzle for the stamped spots on the base card which adds a little bit more interest. Below is a close up of the cute little 'Hello' tag, I used PTIs Tiny Tags die to cut it out. 

Well, thats all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow usual TIME with another card to share!

Thanks for stopping by!
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How about a Challenge Giveaway!

Yay TGIF Peeps!

Here is todays card ...

I love butterflies & decided to use some Uniko Studio digital patterned paper to die cut them from using PTI's Butterfly Dreams die & a Martha Stewart Butterfly punch. I used PTI's Parisian Doily die & stamped a clock face from Extra Time in Smokey Shadow ink & the clock hands in Ranger Archival ink. I used foam pads to adhere the butterflies up the edge of the card & added some black & red rhinestones for some extra sparkle! 

You might be wondering what Uniko Studio digital paper I have used for my butterflies if you keep reading you will find out! LOL!

Here is a close up of those butterflies & digital papers ...

What do think about a little challenge & a giveaway to celebrate the release of Uniko Studio's first Digital Downloadable Patterned Papers - Time & Extra Time?! Sound good ... keep reading! 

The challenge is for you to create a card, scrapbook page or project of your choice using this digital downloadable patterned paper which is available as a FREE download HERE on the website.

Once, you have downloaded & made your project upload it to your blog or a gallery online & link directly to the project in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post. If you don't have a blog or gallery send me an email with a photo/scan of your project & I will put your creation in the Uniko Studio Flickr gallery & enter you into the giveaway drawing (don't forget to include your name)!

Feel free to add the image above to your blog when posting about your creation to tell your readers about the Challenge & Giveaway. If you enter the challenge & haven't got the Uniko Studio Blinkie it would make me smile if you add it to your blog side bar ... the code is HERE in this post.

You don't have to use Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamps but if you have them I'd love to see you use them with the patterned paper! 

So what do you win?! The prize is ... A FREE PATTERNED PAPER PACK DIGITAL DOWNLOAD & STAMP SET of your choice from the Uniko Studio website. (This is not limited to Time & Extra Time products more products being released 21/04/2012).

Don't forget to have fun & spread the Uniko Studio LOVE! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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I'm Late, I'm Late for ...

Today's blog post!

Happy Thursday! I'm running late with my blog post today as I was out of the Studio yesterday catching up with my college friends for chatter, food & inspiration!

Anyway, onto today's card ...

Again, I have used what seems to be becoming my favourite paper from the Time & Extra Time digital paper pack! You can purchase the papers HERE. The sentiment I have used is very fitting for me with regards to blog posts as I have been LATE with them a few times! I am also very good a forgetting peoples birthdays! 

I have used some PTI Hawaiian Shores CS to really make the paper POP. I used the Fiskars Threading Water punch for the looped edges & some lovely Sea Green Rhinestones. The sentiment strip is adhered to the card using foam pads.

So, did you notice the countdown in the sidebar on the blog??!! 

The countdown has begun to the next sneak peeks for the next release of Uniko Studio Stamps & Digital papers!! The peeks will start on the 15th April with the reveal of the stamps & goodies on the 20th with you being able to purchase them from the 21st April from the Uniko Studio website!

I hope you are as excited as me about the next Uniko Studio release?! 

Tomorrow I will be back with another card or two, plus I will be setting a fun challenge with a prize of course!! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see what I have in store! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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Lets Celebrate ...

Happy Tuesday!

Today we can CELEBRATE!! The Time & Extra Time Digital Downloadable papers are now available for purchase from the updated Uniko Studio website HERE! 

So how about a couple more cards using the papers & a swatch peek at all 10 papers available in the download ...

You might think by looking at this card that I have just stamped the clocking in card onto the plain distressed patterned paper but I have actually cut the clocking in card out of a patterned paper sheet! This card was super simple to make, I just placed 3 clock hands from the Time & Extra Time stamp sets onto an acrylic block in a random fashion & stamped them over a diagonal portion of the card. I then carefully cut the clocking in card out & stamped the sentiment in red ink & adhered it to the card using foam pads. A simple bulldog clip finishes it off!

For this next card I used the PTI banner die to die cut the 3 banner strips from different papers available in the download. I adhered the banners with DST leaving the ends of the banners unstuck. I stamped the clock face added the time & punched it out using a 1 3/4" circle punch & matted this to a PTI Limitless Layers die cut from grey CS adhering it to the card using foam pads.

Below is a swatch sample of all 10 papers available in the purchased download ...

I'll share a little bit of info about the download but here but it is on the website too! If you want to purchase the digital papers from the website simply add them to your cart along with anything else you might like to buy. When you are done & have completed the checkout process you will be emailed a link to download the file containing the papers.

In the file you download there are 2 folders, one containing A4 paper files & one containing 8 x 11" paper files. You can download this file using the link up to 2 times, so I suggest once you have downloaded the file you save it to your computer so you can print & use the papers as much as you like! 

So there you have it, the first of many digital downloadable patterned papers available from Uniko Studio! 

Thanks for stopping by & happy printing & stamping! 

Demo Day Photos Part 2

Happy Tuesday!

Today is a busy day again in the Studio packing more pre-orders & shipping them out :) it's all good fun though! I'm here today though to share a few more photo's from the demo day at The Stamp Attic. 

I made some bunting before I went to The Stamp Attic so that I had something to hang on the wall behind me, I just LOVE creating bunting! I'll have to make another one soon as I left this with Wendy at The Stamp Attic along with LOTS of card samples! 

The photo above is a close up of the middle section. I used PTI's banner dies to create the elements apart from the stars which are the Sizzix Framelit dies that Wendy sells in the shop & now I've seen that Sizzix do a triangle & scallop triangle die set so I'll be buying them for my next bunting creation! 

The bunting piece on the right is one of my favourites as I love the clocking in card with the tabs of ribbon, the layering of the clock face with the stamped graphic flower & the 3 circle stamped on the top edge accented with gems.

This section is a close second favourite as I like the clocking in card stamped as a background with the overlay of cut out cogs & clock face! The lace circle is a die from PTI's Limitless layers. Lots of bling too :)

This is a sparkly section using the graphic flowers & stamping them with Versamark & heat embossing with crystal EP. I used a craft knife to cut out the scallop sections of the largest flower. I chose red white & blue as my colours as I'm getting in the British spirit with the up & coming Jubilee celebrations!!

Now I have one more project to share today & that is the card below ...

Here I have used the pocket watch from Time & stamped & masked it up the edge of the card. I then stamped the clocking in card but stamped it off on some scrap paper before stamping on the piece of card for a more distressed feel. The pocket watch element is coloured with Copics & cut out. I ran out of 'Time' & would have love to have added some glossy accents to the pocket watch face!

Thats all I have to share from the demo day, but I will be back on Wednesday with a few more projects using some goodies I bought to use with my Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamps!!

Until tomorrow!

I Just Wanted to Say ...

Thank You! 

It's only been 3 weeks and already I feel LOVED! The blog here has reached 50 followers and Facebook 44 so I wanted to say THANK YOU to all that are following me, commenting & enjoying what Uniko Studio has to offer! 

I'd LOVE more followers and for you all to keep spreading the word about Uniko Studio! But for now I am happy and I will tell you a lil bit about the card I have made today.

This is a cute little 4 1/4" square card. I used Soft Stone (PTI) CS which is a great neutral. It's not too grey and not too white so it's just right! LOL! I stamped the 3 circles image onto the base card using Versamark ink which gives a lovely subtle background detail. You can just about see this on the lower left of the card in the photo.

I then stamped the clock face from the Time set in Black Memento Ink and used my Copics to colour it in. I just did simple one colour colouring with no blending but just alternated the colours in the clock face. The clock face is simply cut out by hand and layer onto a 1 3/4" circle punched from Hawaiian Shores (PTI) CS.

I then used a frame paper punch from Fiskars {I think} and punched one from white & one from Basic Grey CS. To get the white frame inside the grey frame I simply cut each of the punched pieces in half and layered the white frame just inside the grey frame. I then used double sided tape to adhere the clock face  to both sides of the frame.

The whole piece is then mounted onto the card base using foam pads & then I stamped the sentiment below in Memento Black ink. Simple, but effective and another way to stretch your paper punches a lil further if they aren't quite big enough! 

I hope you have enjoyed todays card and you are inspired to have a play with paper punches & stretch them a lil further! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see who the winner is of the stamp set from the blinkie giveaway! 

Uniko Mix

Today I thought I'd pop by and share a card with you that shows how Uniko Studio stamps can co-ordinate with other crafting supplies you might have. One thing I love about paper crafting is how TIME has changed and that things like punches and dies make it so easy to cut & layer up images.

For this card I used my favourite clock face from Extra Time & the cog stamp from Time. I cut stripes of card stock in Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst & Hawaiian Shores (PTI) and layer them together and stamped the cog image using Basic Grey Ink from SU!

I then stamped the clock face in Memento Black ink & used a 1 3/4" punch to cut it out. I have mounted this onto Smokey Shadow CS die cut with a Limitless Layer 1 3/4" die from PTI. The sentiment is from PTI's Birthday Bash Sentiments.

Loosely this shows how Uniko Studio stamps can be mixed with those you already have and other supplies you already have in your stash! 

I have also used some stripes on my card along with a few PTI goodies so it fits perfectly into the current challenge over on A Passion for Papertrey! Go check the challenge out if you haven't already done so! 

Thanks for stopping by today!