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Friday, 17 February 2017

My Five Faves From Year 5 of Uniko

Hey!

I'm here today to share my last five faves from year 5 of Uniko, I've really enjoyed this little birthday celebration feature and I hope you have too?! Though I am a little sad it has come to an end, I am also a little happy, because that means tomorrow is February Release Sneak Peek time - Whoop Whoop!

Anyway, let's see what I have chose to share with you today...

I LOVE Tea and Beautiful Blooms III go hand in hand, as you can hopefully see by the card above. They were designed and released at the same time and I just love this card and how it showcases both the clear stamp sets. It makes me long for warmer weather too!

I can't believe I haven't chosen a butterfly card to share as one of my faves yet! So when I came across this one I HAD to add it today! English Country Garden - Butterflies clear stamp set, in a beautiful rainbow of colour. This card makes my heart happy :)

Next I have a Marvellous Mehndi card to share...

When I released this clear stamp set last year and even though it was designed to an emerging and growing trend this year, I really wasn't sure how customers would respond to it. I was delighted and overwhelmed with the response to it along with the rest of the Sept/Oct 2016 release :)

I couldn't do a five faves without adding a Bob the Toucan card, which also features the Hibiscus flower and leaves from Paradise clear stamp set. Another set partially designed at Uni and partially designed prior to our Wedding announcement.

Lastly, but by no means least my final favourite features Winter Foliage, another popular clear stamp set from the Sept/Oct 2016 release. I chose this card because of how CAS it is, you know I love CAS and this turned out just the way I had envisioned it to :)

Well, that wraps up my Five Faves from year 1 to year 5. What an amazing five years it has been, thanks to YOU! Without YOU I wouldn't enjoy what I do so much. Your love, support and understanding (even more so now) as I juggle day to day life with Uniko and two crazy beans means SO much to me.

THANK YOU!

I do hope you will join me tomorrow, we've LOTS going on?! First we kick off the February Release with some Sneak Peeks?! Then, I've another little FREEBIE for you all ;)

See you soon!

Hugs

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Aloha!

Hey!

So, I am back again with even MORE paradise inspired cards! I have two to share tonight as yesterday, I simply ran out of time in the day to prepare a post.

Anyway, lets get to the projects...

This was the card I made last night, I used both the Paradise and Paradise Leaves clear stamp sets, along with a sentiment from Simply Said. Again, the bill of Bob is coloured with Copic markers and the ribbon is from Papertrey Ink.

Next I decided to make a more feminine card...

I combined both the sets again, using the two smaller leaves from Paradise Leaves to create a larger smaller leaf! I was inspired by the new Freshly Made Sketch sketch seen HERE and below for the layout of my card, so I masked the lower section to stamp the leaves.

After stamping the outline hibiscus flower, leaves and fussy cutting them I added a good dose of Wink Of Stella before adhering them to the card using foam adhesive. I added a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish the card off.

Ok, that's all I have for you today using the NEW Uniko release stamps, by the way there is still time to comment on THIS post here to be in the chance of winning a £10 eGift Certificate. I do however have a Stamp Of The Week card over HERE, if you are looking for some more inspiration ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, 12 June 2016

Still in Paradise!

Hey!

I'm back today with a few more projects that we made at my class at The Paperlane yesterday using the NEW Uniko June Release clear stamps.

If you missed the Release, Reveal & GIVEAWAY post yesterday you can check it out HERE and there is still time to comment and be in the chance of winning a £10 eGift Certificate.

Ok, so onto some cards and inspiration...

Another 'Bob' card! He's kinda perfect for those pesky masculine cards ;) I hope I didn't go 'too' floral by adding a pink hibiscus..? But Hey Ho, Hawaiian shirts often feature a floral or two, right..?

I did opt out of adding Wink Of Stella to the hibiscus flower though ;) The sentiment is from Simply Said and the die cut is Reverse Confetti.

Next up is another masculine card...

For this card I opted to use just the Paradise Leaves set and kept it super CAS. I masked off a section at the bottom of my matt layer and stamped the leaves in SU! Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade & Bermuda Bay. The outer line leaves each side are stamped using WPlus9 Appletini ink.

I aded a piece of Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine to hide where I masked and 'ended' the leaves and again the sentiment is from Simply Said.

Lastly today I have a tropical floral card...

This card uses the solid hibiscus stamp, which comes in two parts, the petals and the stamen. Even though from the MANY photos I took of hibiscus flowers whilst in Hawaii and on a recent trip to Butterfly World, the majority of the stamens are mainly a lighter shade of the petals with just a small amount of yellow/orange. I decided to still make the stamps separate to make stamping them different colours easier, after all they can be any colour we want them to be on our cards, well I think so anyway!

The flower petals are stamped in Calypso Coral, Melon Mambo and Tempting Turquoise with Summer Sunrise (PTI) used for the stamens. I found it easier to stamp the stamens first and then stamp the petals, though if I had a MISTI it would be even easier ;)

After stamping the flowers I fussy cut them out and adhered them to my card. I then went and added the leaf detail and finished the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins and a sentiment from Simply Said.

Ok, that's all from me today. I will be back tomorrow with more to share AND Stamp Of The Week will also be back HERE on the website blog.

Until then, thank you for stopping by and for everyone who left such lovely comments yesterday. They are all very much appreciated.

Saturday, 11 June 2016

June 2016 Reveal, Release & Giveaway!

Hey & HAPPY Saturday!

There is no better way to start the weekend than with a release of new Uniko goodies...right?!

Well, I'm super happy you have stopped by today as today we get to see the two new clear stamp sets in their entirety, Oh and there is a GIVEAWAY too at the end of the post ;)

Ok, so lets have a look see at these new goodies...

The Tropical trend is still HOT at the moment and I just had to jump on the band wagon and put my take on the trend out there!

Paradise £9.00 - £9.95

www.uniko.co.uk

Firstly, I'd like to introduce you to Bob, Bob the Toucan! Bob was originally drawn way back in 2007/2008 while I was at Uni, the jungle/tropical trend was evident back then too ;)

I've added in fun graphical modern styled Hibiscus flowers to compliment the paradise theme, which also work perfectly with the previously released Paradise Hummingbird set.

Lastly we have a lovely mini complimentary set called Paradise Leaves. This is not only a FAB add on set to the two mentioned above but is also FUN on it's own.

Paradise Leaves £4.00 - £4.95

www.uniko.co.uk

Now I have made the formal introductions how about some projects showcasing these two new clear stamp sets.

First up I decided to give Bob some inky love. He is simply stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I then used a trio of Copic markers to colour his bill. I used a black fine liner to add a little detail to his bill too.

As I decided to use the new CAS(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below I thought the new Paradise Leaves would provide a good backdrop.

I used a trio of SU! inks to stamp the leaves, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade and Tempting Turquoise. The tiny leaves are stamped in WPlus9 Mojito ink and the sentiment is from Simply Said.

Next I have a almost one layer floral card...

For this card I used the outline Hibiscus flower and 2 sizes of outline flowers from the Paradise clear stamp set. I used my favourite colour combination of Papertrey Inks Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores and SU! Lucky Limeade for the leaves.

The sentiment also from the set is stamped onto a piece of vellum and secured inside the card. I added a trio of SU! It's My Party enamel dots to add a little interest and a good dose of Wink Of Stella to the Hibiscus flowers.

This next card uses a combination of stamps from both the sets...

I started by stamping leaves from both the sets in a variety of WPlus9 and SU! inks. I then stamped the sentiment onto a strip of white CS to place over the middle of the stamped leaves adding a fussy cut Hibiscus flower using foam adhesive. I then went back in and added the trio of stamped tiny flowers to fill in some gaps between the leaves.

I have one last card to share with you today, one that we are making at my class today at The Paperlane...

This one firstly shows how the Hibiscus flower coordinates beautifully with the previously released Paradise Hummingbird.

I started by using the solid Hibiscus flower stamp, which comes as two stamps. I have found it easier to stamp the stamen of the flower first, then the petals. Again I used my favourite Papertrey Ink trio of colours ;)

The hummingbird is stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink and embossed with stardust embossing powder, before being fussy cut out and adhered to the card using foam adhesive.

The new challenge HERE at Addicted to CAS is Aloha! So I thought I would enter this card over there too :)

Officially it is just me showcasing the new sets today, but I know DT Sarah P is sharing a card HERE using the new sets for her DT post over at Addicted to CAS. Be sure to stop on by and have a look :)

The Design Team will be joining me for a Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY on Saturday 25th June 9am BST. There will be a chance to win the entire June Release and the previously released Paradise Hummingbird clear stamp sets or an eGift Certificate to the same value.

HOWEVER, there is a chance to win an £10 eGift Certificate today, simply leave a comment on this post by Midnight Saturday 18th June 2016 to be in the chance of wining!

Both the new products are available HERE now to purchase, I have increased my stock levels again this month, so fingers crossed no-one will miss out.

Thank you for stopping by today and your lovely comments and support, they are all very much appreciated.

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Friday, 17 February 2017

My Five Faves From Year 5 of Uniko

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Aloha!

Sunday, 12 June 2016

Still in Paradise!

Saturday, 11 June 2016

June 2016 Reveal, Release & Giveaway!