Wonderful Wednesday Restock Alert!

Hello & Happy Wednesday.

I'm hunkering down in the studio today and really hoping this crazy wind and rain settles before it's time to pick the beans up from school! And whilst distracting myself from the weather, I made this card...

I saw THIS card I came across on Pinterest by Lynn Mangan whom I have followed for quite a few years now and being inspired to use the Designer Dies Flower Power 1-6 Collection that arrived back in stock yesterday, I set to putting my own spin on it.

I started by die cutting the top panel with the Flower Power #4 die from the collection six times. I then laid this over my card base layer to position and stamp the solid flower from Flower Power #4 clear stamp set, inside the die cuts using C9 Poppy ink. The centre of the flowers is from Flower Power #5.

I love how Lynn stamped just one leaf stem, so kept this feature. I used the stem & leaves from Flower Power #1 clear stamp set and also the Thinking of You sentiment. I used foam tape to adhere the die cut panel in place and added some gloss black Nuvo drops to finish.

So, if you've been waiting for the Designer Dies Flower Power 1-6 Collection they are now back in stock. 

This is all I have to share today. Lots more coming this week, so stay tuned! 

Crafty Hugs

Thoughtful Thursday

Happy Thursday.

Today I have a sympathy card to share. The colours, floral choice and theme inspired by the passing of  Queen Elizabeth II.

I chose Pure Florals Lily as my flower choice as to family Queen Elizabeth II was known as Lillibet. I stamped the lily onto my white card panel in black ink and created a mask to place over the stamped image. 

I then ink blended some soft purples around the lily and then stamped a variety of the sentiments from the set onto the card using the two darker shades of purple. I used Altenew Shades of Purple ink collection. The panel is then mounted onto a purple card base.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs

CAS Colours & Sketches #294 - Colours & DT Call

Hey!

This month at CAS Colours & Sketches we have another multiple hostess month. This week Patricia is our hostess and has this weeks colours for you HERE ...

AND...

CC&S are looking for some new members

to add to our Design Team!

Our blog is dedicated to creating greeting cards in the Clean and Simple style of crafting, alternating between colour challenges and sketch challenges. Design Team responsibilities include designing cards for our challenges and sharing them on your own blog, commenting on challenge entries and voting for our Weekly Winners each week, and acting as our host and creating challenge ideas for at least one month during the year.

If you would like to be considered for a position on our team, you must participate in this week's colour challenge and next week's sketch challenge so that we can see your work in both types of challenges. Please add the letters "DT" after your name when you link your cards for the two challenges, and make sure that your cards follow our Challenge Rules. Applicants will be contacted during the month of November.  Our new members will join us as our Guest Designers in December and start on the team full-time in January 2019.

Anyway, I hope you join in on this weeks challenge & the DT call, but here is my inspiration using this weeks colours...

With the pinks in this weeks colours I had already decided that I needed to make a floral card. I then just needed to think how to incorporate the Soft Suede, which I have by stamping the flower outlines and sentiment.

A pretty quick CAS card with some Prismacolor Pencil colouring and simple layering of the flowers.  I used the recently released Beautiful clear stamp set and the sentiment is from Simply Said.

That's all from me today, I hope thatI have inspired you to join in on the challenge?! If you need a little more inspiration, pop on over HERE to see what the CC&S Design Team have created.

Thanks for stopping by!

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CAS Colours & Sketches #283 - The Double!

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This week over at CAS Colour & Sketches is Timeless Tuesday, AKA The Double! Our hostess for July is Jeanne and she has come up with this sketch and colour combo seen HERE and below, to inspire your card making...

And this is how I have combined the two...

I've been thinking about activities and outings with The Beans over the holidays and with their obsession with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, I was thinking of taking them to Butterfly World down the road from us. This got me to having butterflies on the brain and with English Country Garden Butterflies clear stamp recently coming back in stock, I thought I would give my set some inky love!

The colours are nice that they can be adapted to a variety of themes and I opted to use a Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped die to resemble the garland part of the sketch. I added a little bit of dimension to the scalloped layer and to the butterfly, but using 1mm thick foam adhesive doesn't make it overly bulky. 

The sentiment is from Simply Said and I also added a light covering of clear Wink of Stella to the butterfly. Hopefully this will add little cheer to someones day this week when I get it in the mail and let them know that I am thinking of them :)

Anyway, the CC&S Design Team have created more awesome inspiration to share with you, so hop on over HERE to see and also find all the challenge details & link up!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs

Uniko Sponsors TIME OUT Challenges!

Hey & Happy Thursday!

Yay, finally a 'me' day and a day to catch up on things. It's been a whirlwind of a few weeks here at Uniko and it won't be slowing down anytime soon. There is a new release just around the corner, another release planned for October AND lots of restocks coming too!

Anyway, back to today... I am super happy and proud to announce that Uniko is sponsoring the new challenge HERE over at TIME OUT Challenges. This fortnight is a CASE (copy & share everything) Challenge AND I am your muse! 

As usual there is a prize up for grabs if you join in on the challenge over HERE, the winner will get a £15 eGift Certificate to spend in store. 

Here is the card I made for you to CASE and be inspired by...

I decided to join in on the fun and CASE myself and came up with this card...

I knew I wanted to use stripes and the Lily from Pure Florals: Lily, but I wasn't in a rainbow mood, so I opted to use Background Blocks Horizontal Stipe and chose Aqua, one of my favourite colours from the rainbow on my CASE card.

I opted for a one layer card this time, stamping the block of stripes directly onto my base card. I used my MISTI tool, so I could repeat stamp it until I had a nice solid colour. The Lily is then stamped over the top using VersaFine, as is the sentiment also from Pure Florals: Lily.

That's all from me just now, but if you need some more inspiration, the TIME OUT Design Team have worked their magic and have LOADS of inspiration over HERE for you. You can also find the link up to the challenge there too.

You have until 5pm BST Wednesday 13th September to join in on the fun. I look forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Hugs

CAS Colours & Sketches #198

Hey!

Oh my, how did we get to Thursday already?! This week has been one of 'those' weeks and all my good intentions on getting caught up and even ahead on things has gone astray! 

I knew the time would come when the beans would drop their afternoon sleep of 1-2 hours and this week is the week it has happened - NO! Plus to top it off (as if I am not worn out enough) they decided that they could climb out of the cots and so a transition into cot beds has come earlier than planned. Along with even MORE excited chaos at bedtime! 

So by the time they have both settled and gone to sleep this week I have been too tired and frazzled to do anything! Hence my lateness in my CC&S card today :(

Anyway, it is a new month and so we have a new hostess over at CAS Colours & Sketches. This month Patricia is our hostess and has kicked things off HERE with a beautiful Autumnal colour challenge.

This is what I came up with...

I have used a combination of Background Builders: Vines and Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions on my card today. This wasn't my first choice of clear stamp set to use, but the one I was after has seemed to of walked away from it's space on the shelf I think tiny bean hands may be the culprit there ;) so I opted for these instead and it all turned out better than expected.

I used the current Freshly Made Sketches layout seen HERE and below for my card design and it worked really well with the focal panel.

Ok, that's all from me for now, I hope I have inspired you to give these colours a go and join in on the challenge this week. Be sure to stop on over HERE and check out what the rest of the CAS Colours & Sketches DT have done using the colours and I hope to see you in the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko Background Builders: Vines and Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions

Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie & Always Artichoke.

Accessories: Foam Adhesive

CAS Colours and Sketches #184

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This month over at CAS Colours & Sketches we have LOTS of fun challenges in store. As it is the summer months we are taking it in turns to be a hostess for the week. This week our hostess is the lovely Karen.

Karen has come up with this awesome sketch HERE and seen below for you to try...

Another FUN and easy sketch this week. Don't you think? I had a hard time deciding what stamps to use, but this is what I ended up using...

I decided to use Pure Florals: Cosmos with a sentiment from Simpy Said and paired the stamps and sketch with the current Color Throwdown challenge colours seen HERE and below.

The Cosmos flowers are stamped and heat embossed in white onto normal SU! Whisper White CS then lightly watercolored.

I adhered the flower cluster to the card using DST, but as the edges of them were not adhered, it creates a feeling of depth and movement with the petals.

Ok, that's all from me just now, I hope I have inspired you to give the sketch a go and join in on the challenge this week. Be sure to stop on over HERE and check out what the rest of the CAS Colours & Sketches DT have done using the colours and I hope to see you in the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko Pure Florals: Cosmos Simply Said

Ink: SU! Pretty In Pink, So Saffron and Calypso Coral VersaFine Onyx Black

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White. PTI Melon Berry

Accessories: Rhinestones. Detail White Embossing Powder

CAS Colours and Sketches #184

Hey!

This month over at CAS Colours & Sketches we have LOTS of fun challenges in store. As it is the summer months we are taking it in turns to be a hostess for the week. This week our hostess is the lovely Karen.

Karen has come up with this awesome sketch HERE and seen below for you to try...

Another FUN and easy sketch this week. Don't you think? I had a hard time deciding what stamps to use, but this is what I ended up using...

I decided to use Pure Florals: Cosmos with a sentiment from Simpy Said and paired the stamps and sketch with the current Color Throwdown challenge colours seen HERE and below.

The Cosmos flowers are stamped and heat embossed in white onto normal SU! Whisper White CS then lightly watercolored.

I adhered the flower cluster to the card using DST, but as the edges of them were not adhered, it creates a feeling of depth and movement with the petals.

Ok, that's all from me just now, I hope I have inspired you to give the sketch a go and join in on the challenge this week. Be sure to stop on over HERE and check out what the rest of the CAS Colours & Sketches DT have done using the colours and I hope to see you in the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko Pure Florals: Cosmos Simply Said

Ink: SU! Pretty In Pink, So Saffron and Calypso Coral VersaFine Onyx Black

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White. PTI Melon Berry

Accessories: Rhinestones. Detail White Embossing Powder

CAS Colours and Sketches #184

Hey!

This month over at CAS Colours & Sketches we have LOTS of fun challenges in store. As it is the summer months we are taking it in turns to be a hostess for the week. This week our hostess is the lovely Karen.

Karen has come up with this awesome sketch HERE and seen below for you to try...

Another FUN and easy sketch this week. Don't you think? I had a hard time deciding what stamps to use, but this is what I ended up using...

I decided to use Pure Florals: Cosmos with a sentiment from Simpy Said and paired the stamps and sketch with the current Color Throwdown challenge colours seen HERE and below.

The Cosmos flowers are stamped and heat embossed in white onto normal SU! Whisper White CS then lightly watercolored.

I adhered the flower cluster to the card using DST, but as the edges of them were not adhered, it creates a feeling of depth and movement with the petals.

Ok, that's all from me just now, I hope I have inspired you to give the sketch a go and join in on the challenge this week. Be sure to stop on over HERE and check out what the rest of the CAS Colours & Sketches DT have done using the colours and I hope to see you in the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko Pure Florals: Cosmos Simply Said

Ink: SU! Pretty In Pink, So Saffron and Calypso Coral VersaFine Onyx Black

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White. PTI Melon Berry

Accessories: Rhinestones. Detail White Embossing Powder

Colour Makes Me Happy!

Hey!

Happy Monday to you all, I do hope your week has got off to a good start?

My Monday has been the usual, playgroups and fun with the beans. Though they are currently playing up in their cots instead of going to sleep and they know mummy isn't happy and so are doing it all the more. Always happens when daddy out too, to watch the football, England are playing tonight and as it stands are currently loosing!

Anyway, you don't come by for the waffle, it certainly helps me to get things off my chest so thank you for putting up with it! How about a little colour creation...

Colour sure makes me happy and making this card tonight helped me keep calm (a little). I recently splurged on some new Clarity Stencils Brushes as I have heard and read so many great reviews and things about them. They are quite pricey at £20 for 4 brushes, but so far I am impressed with their ease of use and ink application.

I used a trio of Mini Distress Inks (listed below in supplies used) to create a ink blended panel, on which I then stamped and heat embossed the butterfly from English Country Garden - Butterflies. The background circle of distress polka dots was created using a die cut circle mask, Hero Arts ombre ink and a SU! stamp. 

The layout of my card was based on THIS challenge sketch by Freshly Made Sketches, which I am too late to link up to this week. 

As I have used a rainbow of colours I am linking my card up to Virgina's View Challenge HERE and inspiration seen below. I think this is my first time entering a challenge here even though I have wanted to in which seems like forever! 

That's all from me tonight, I have a few jobs in the studio to catch up on! I will be back again tomorrow (fingers crossed) and with this weeks Stamp Of The Week over HERE on the website blog. Until then, thank you so much for coming by today.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko English Country Garden Butterflies, Background Builders: Round In Circles and Simply Said

Ink: Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inks Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry. Hero Arts Ombre Ink Butter - Orange. VersaFine Onyx Black. VersaMark. SU! Going Grey.

Cardstock: SU! Thick Whisper White. 

Accessories: SU! It's My Party Candy Dots, Detail White Embossing Powder. Wink Of Stella

Simply FABulous!

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WOW! What a release that was. Did you all enjoy the blog hop yesterday? I sure did and didn't the Design Team & Guest Designer do well & showcased the new sets FABulously! If you missed the fun yesterday you can catch up HERE and there is still time to hop & comment along to be in the chance of winning the ENTIRE release! 

Ok, I've a few more cards to share with you today using the NEW goodies along with some old. First up is a card which was partly inspired by THIS tag Ren-Yi shared when introducing Flower Power #5. I simply loved how she had used the flower centre stamps to create a underwater background.

On my card I have used the same stamps in a more CAS way! I used Memento Luxe Dandelion (Finally got my hands on some Memento Luxe from The Paperlane at the weekend and all I can say is they're LUSH!) and VersaMagic Turquoise Gem.

I then stamped the 'Fabulous' from All Occasion Sentiments #3 and used Classic Alphabet to stamp the YOU. I then stamped the small solid butterfly from English Country Garden - Butterflies in Memento Luxe Rose Bud, let it dry and over stamped & embossed the small outline butterfly in white. 

Next up I decided to use the Paradise - Hummingbird set to create a card...

I've had this idea of colouring the hummingbird with glitter in my head since I designed the set & finally I put it into action! I used the current Uniko Studio Challenge colours seen HERE for inspiration. 

There is still time to join in on the challenge, you can enter more than once & email entries are accepted. Just send me a photo of your creation to beverley@unikostudio.com Don't forget that the recent Super FREE Saturday available HERE uses the challenge colours and there is a £10 Gift Certificate to spend in store for the winner! 

Ok, that's all from me today, but I will be back tomorrow with more to share. Until then, thank you for stopping by & for all your lovely comments :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White (Boyes)

Ink: Memento Luxe Dandelion & Rose Bud. VersaMagic Turquoise Gem. VersaFine Onyx Black. VersaMark

Stamps: Uniko Studio Flower Power #5, Paradise - Hummingbird, English Country Garden - Butterflies, Classic Alphabet, Flower Power #1 and All Occasion Sentiments #3

Accessories: SU! Black Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder and Glitter

Butterflies & Ditsy Florals!

Hey!

I'm back today with a card I made yesterday during my afternoon crafty session :) It's lovely to indulge once in a while and spend a few hours not doing anything but the thing I love most - making cards! Of course I love running the business and my other passion of designing, but sometimes I just want to sit and create and time doesn't always allow. 

Anyway, how about the card...

The current challenge over at 'Less is More' HERE is to use more than one stamp. With that in mind Background Builders: Vines came to mind ;) Lots of ditsy florals to stamp! I combined them with a sentiment from Flower Power #1 and the Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies.

Over the weekend I treat myself to some lovely new ink pads from Make the Day Special, they are the Avery Elle pigment inks AND they are lush! I chose just 5 of the colours to start me off and of course chose my 3 'go to colours', Aquamarine, Raspberry & Mimosa! I added in a lovely bright green called Lemon Grass and a Grey called Fog. I've used all 5 on todays card :)

Ok, that's all from me today, I've an appointment with the midwife this morning and then the window fitter is coming to measure up! I'm hoping to then squeeze in a little time in the studio before I head out to my United In Birth hypnotherapy & relaxation session :) 

Tomorrow we have the winner of Uniko Studio Challenge #9 Guest Designing for us and giving you some inspiration for the current challenge HERE. Be sure to pop by and give our guest some love. Until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Smokey Slate. PTI Raspberry Fizz & Soft Stone & White from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black. Avery Elle Fog, Raspberry, Aquamarine, Lemon Grass & Mimosa

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Vines & Flower Power #1

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies & Rhinestones