Introducing... Pure Florals Peony Clear Stamp Set

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Welcome to Day 4 of the December 2018 Release product introductions. 

I am so happy you have decided to pop by again. Today is the last of the December production introductions and I have saved a new favourite till last! 

As December is a super busy time for everyone, it is just me doing the product introductions for this release. Though the Uniko DT will be joining me on Release Day for our traditional blog hop :)

This clear stamp set is similar to Pure Florals Lily, in that it only contains outline images. The first 2 florals in the series, Gerbera and Chrysanthemum contain both solid & outline stamps for a 2 step stamping flower.

My reason for 'changing' things up when I designed the Lily and the Peony is that I wanted to create a flower that can be 'built' together with individual stamps to create a bouquet of flowers or that they could be stamped alone individually. Therefore I didn't have room in the set for solid stamps.

This picture below shows how all of the images in the set can be used to build a complete bouquet.

And here is how I have used Pure Florals Peony...

Here I have stamped just the 2 main peony blooms in VersaFine Onyx Black ink. There is so much lovely detail to these stamps that adding colour to the flowers themselves isn't always necessary. I decided to keep the focal images with no colour and I was inspired to add just the Coral colour to the mat layer and part of the sentiment. 

I was totally inspired by Pantone's colour of 2019 - Living Coral :) 

That's all I have to share with you here today, but I do have one more card HERE on the website blog!

As it is the season of giving, each day of the introductions I will be randomly selecting one lucky comment from either this blog post, the Uniko website blog post, Facebook or Instagram to receive an eGift Certificate code to the value of £10! So be sure to leave a lovely comment ;) Winners will be announced on Tuesday 11th December before the release!

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 11th December before the release at 9pm GMT!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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CAS Colours & Sketches #212

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It's time for a new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. This month we have the lovely Jane as hostess and Jane has one last wonderful sketch challenge HERE for us to spark our creativity...

Feel free to flip or rotate the sketch & don't forget to keep your creation CAS too ;)

This is what I came up with using the sketch...

I couldn't resist using my new current favourite from the recent Uniko release, Uniko Style! I am simply in love with these modern blooms ;) 

I've used Altenew inks to stamp the blooms, as I love how the colour families are perfect for layering stamps. I'm really pleased with the Spring fresh look I have achieved with the little cluster of blooms. How I long for some warmer and brighter days...

I'm in need for a few thank you cards, so I selected a sentiment from the retiring Label Love: Thank you clear stamp set. Before adhering my panel I rounded the corners to keep in with the roundedness of the blooms. I also adhered the largest bloom with foam adhesive for a little dimension.

Anyway, be sure to check out all the Design Team inspiration HERE on the CAS Colours & Sketches blog and I hope to see you in the gallery :) Challenge End Time: 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time/11:00 p.m. London U.K. time Monday, March 6, 2017

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Uniko Clear Stamps Used

CAS Colours & Sketches #182

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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 Jane.

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

I had SO many ideas for this sketch, but limited time this week to make a card. This is how I ended up using the sketch...

I had some previously stamped and die cut elements on my desk left over from previous projects a couple of weeks ago, so I put them to good use on my card! 

The flower blooms are from Uniko's Flower Power #2 and I have used the Rock N Roll inking technique to stamp them. The leaves are from Natures Treasures II and the sentiment from Simply Said. The doily is a Papertrey Ink die cut. As usual I have added a good covering of Wink Of Stella to my flowers and leaves ;)

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 Flower Power #2, Natures Treasures II and Simply Said

Ink: SU! Summer Sun & Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise and Bermuda Bay. Lucky Limeade VersaFine Onyx Black

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White & Sahara Sand

Accessories: Wink Of Stella, Papertrey Ink Die and SU! It's My Party Enamel Dots

Friendship, Tea & a WINNER!

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Argh... is my mood right now :( I have been sat 'trying' to make a few cards since 7pm and I have only managed to create this one! 

Everything I wanted to do just wasn't working out, my mojo seems to have been worn out by my two crazy beans today, who as I type are still messing around in their cots :( To say this mama isn't in the best mood is an understatement.

I have been wanting to make some cards for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop HERE all weekend. But with having family over, Fathers Day and being unwell I didn't get time. Hence my eagerness to create tonight! 

Anyway, enough waffle how about a summer tea shaker card...

I kept things simple in the end, opting for a sentiment from the Uniko I LOVE Tea clear stamp set and pairing it with Flower Power #2, which has recently come back into stock. 

I also decided to use the Uniko Challenge photo inspiration colours seen HERE and below for my card. There is still plenty of time to join in on the Uniko Challenge and prizes up for grabs too ;)

Oh and to by the way Uniko is sponsoring the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop AND I am giving away a flash prize AND I have an extra giveaway HERE too! 

Before I go I have the winner of the Uniko June Release Day comments to announce! Random.org helped me choose the winning comment for the £10 eGift Certificate and the winner is...

Maggie M11 June 2016 at 15:12

Great new release and so good to see the restocks which are already on my wish list!

Congratulations Maggie! Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk by Tuesday 28th June 2016 to claim your prize.

Thanks to everyone who commented on the release day post, they are all appreciated. Don't forget that we have a Design Team Blog Hop using the new release this Saturday!

Ok, that's all from me today, I am off to hop along a few more of the cards in the gallery to spark some creativity! 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Uniko Sponsors the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

* For the Uniko Challenge #30, Spring /Easter CLICK HERE *

Hey & Happy Friday!

I'm super happy you have stopped by today, Uniko was yet again honoured to be invited by the lovely Amy from Tsuruta Designs and is proudly to be sponsoring another fun blog hop and challenge...

The winner of the Uniko prize will receive an £15 eGift Certificate to spend in store 

AND 

There is a Flash Prize up for grabs too 

PLUS

a little giveaway at the end of this post too ;)

Anyone is eligible for a Super Sponsor prize if they link up a newly created Spring Themed Coffee, Tea & or Cocoa project, no back-linkng please. Random.org will be used to draw the winners.

To link up your projects and more details about the hop and Super Sponsors pop on over to the Coffee Loving Carmakers Blog HERE.

To kick this FABulous hop off I've created my own Spring themed tea card...

With Spring just around the corner and the weather outside today looking like Spring I decided to ink up and pair up two of the newly released Uniko clear stamp sets I LOVE Tea and Beautiful Blooms III. Both sets are available for pre order and due back in stock on the 23rd March ;) 

These two sets are perfect for each other, being designed at the same time the I LOVE Tea clear stamp set features a miniature version of the fully assembled Beautiful Blooms III floral image. 

The teacup is stamped in SU! Going Grey ink, with the floral detail stamped in SU! Pear Pizzaz and again in VersaMagic Pink Grapefruit. I then fussy cut the tiny floral detail and adhered it to the teacup using DST. The teacup is fussy cut too and before adhering it to the card panel using foam adhesive I stamped the sentiment from I LOVE Tea and the floral cluster of Beautiful Blooms III using quite a bit of masking! 

That's all I had time to make, but I hope that I have inspired you to join in on the fun HERE! But, before I go today, how about another PRIZE?! 

Simply leave a comment on this post by 6am (PST) March 25th and I will select one lucky comment to receive the Uniko I LOVE Tea clear stamp set AND Beautiful Blooms III clear stamp set.

We also have a new challenge starting today at Uniko with a Spring/Easter theme, all the details and to enter are at the top of the post or HERE.

I look forward to hopping by and seeing all your wonderful creations, have fun!

Introducing... Beautiful Blooms III

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I am SO happy you have stopped by today, here at Uniko we are in full swing with the February Release & 4th Birthday Celebrations! In case you have missed some of the FUN there is a giveaway HERE and HERE.

Today is the start of the product introductions, the Uniko Design Team and I have whipped up a few projects using todays set to inspire you and give you an idea of the possibilities it has.

As you can see by the title of the post, it is a follow on set in the Beautiful Blooms series. Here is the peek I shared the other day in case you missed it...

The peek is a partial look at the bloom fully assembled with all the layers stamped, so with it being a multi step set it has a ton of possibilities.

Here is my first card...

The two blooms combined use all the layers of the flower, and I really liked the contrast of the solid bloom behind with the outline & detailed bloom to the forefront. The leaves use just 2 of the layers, missing out the outline step. The sentiment is another peek at one from another set being introduced later next week ;)

The colour combination I have used was inspired by the current ColourQ challenge colours seen HERE and below.

For my next card I decided to combine the leaves from Beautiful Blooms III with the flower from Beautiful Blooms II...

I thought I would join in with the celebrations over at "Less is More" this week as they celebrate their 5th Birthday! Congrats LIM :)

This week is a colour week, White on White with a splash of black or metallics and it is a FUN sponsored challenge, including Uniko as a sponsor!! Be sure to check out the fun & join in HERE, there are a few more Uniko February peeks over there too ;)

Ok, that's all from me here today, but I have a little more to share over HERE. Now I am passing you over to the AWESOME Design Team to inspire you, please click on the links below to see what they have created and don't forget to leave them some love too ;)

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Lindsey

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

Below I have outlined the release schedule and as it is a celebration, it would be rude not to have prizes...

Sneak Peeks 5th & 6th February. These little teasers give you hints at what is in store!

Introducing... 7th - 10th February - Here you'll get to see the soon to be released products in action. The Uniko Design Team and a few Uniko DT Alumni will be joining in on the introductions and you won't want to miss a second!

Release Day! Thursday 11th February you will get to see all the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As tradition holds there will be a Uniko Design Team & Alumni Blog Hop with a chance for a lucky person to win the ENTIRE release & more!

Now, you won't want to miss out on any of the fun from the 5th - 10th February as I will be drawing totally random winners for mystery prizes. I'm not giving any hints as to the prizes or their value, you'll just have to join in on the fun!

Places to join in on the fun & possibly win a prize are by commenting along the way on the Uniko Blogs, Design Team Blogs, Alumni Blogs, liking the Uniko Facebook Page, following on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

Hope to see you tomorrow for more & thank you for stopping by today :)

CAS Colours & Sketches #159

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Welcome back to another fun week & challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. This month our hostess is Stef and this week she has inspired us with another fun colour challenge HERE and seen below.

For once I found the challenge colours easy and was instantly inspired to use Beautiful Blooms II, and paired it with All Occasion Sentiments #3, both of which have recently come back in stock over on the website HERE. 

Stamping the pink blooms was easy as the colour palette has 2 pinks, but for the orange I had to off stamp my inner bloom detail stamp before stamping onto the card layer. Sometimes this can come out a bit hazy, but I was pleased with the results.

The 'You Are' stamp is a tiny peek at a new clear stamp set being introduced and released next week ;) The stamped layer is trimmed slightly smaller in height to my base card and adhered using foam adhesive.

Anyway, be sure to check out all the FABulous CC&S Design Team inspiration HERE and join in on the fun too. Hope to see you in the gallery :)

Just a little FIY, Uniko has lots of pre birthday and February Release fun with giveaways HERE and HERE! I'd love you to join in too & thanks for stopping by.

August 2015 Design Team Blog Hop, GIVEAWAY!

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I'm SO happy you've stopped by the blog today as today is the August 2015 Design Team Blog Hop. Along with the hop and GIVEAWAY! So be sure to grab a drink, get comfy, relax and enjoy!

As we've quite a few new followers here, ("Hello & Thank you") I will explain what's going on! Here at Uniko I *USUALLY* only release new products every other month. Keep your eyes peeled this week for a NEW set of dies lining the shelf this week at Uniko HQ!! This is for a number of reasons, firstly, being an avid paper crafter myself and knowing the current economic climate I know 'some' are on a limited budget when it comes to buying new stash, so this way you're not tempted to splurge too much every month.

The second reason is that it is just me here at Uniko HQ. I currently run this little business single handedly, designing, blogging, demoing, classes, packing. Alongside that I am a full time mum to 11  month old twin boys! So releasing every other month gives me chance to keep my head above water, well...just about!

So, on the in-between release months the Design Team & I take a look back at a previously released product, dust it off and give it some love! This month I decided to dust off TWO products, the previously released Beautiful Blooms I and II...

I chose these two sets as it's Summer here (well, it's supposed to be Summer!) and I do love a flower or two. When I released both these sets HERE and HERE they were firm favourites and hardly left my desk. Though I still LOVE them I don't always reach for them so it was time to give them some more love.

As always I like to share a couple of my 'old faves' using the sets...

And here are a couple of new projects using them...

I started out with Beautiful Blooms I, vellum and detail white embossing powder. I simply stamped the blooms in VersaMark ink before heat embossing them white. I then used the matching Designer Dies to cut them out (these will be back in stock soon) before adhering them to a Melon Mambo card base. The sentiment from Simply Said Birthday is also heat embossed gold. I also added a few gold gems to finish the card off.

The current challenge over at "Just Us Girls" HERE is a Trend Week, the trend being vellum, so I thought I'd link it up there too ;)

Next I have a card I made for Saturday's class at The Paperlane. It's another card coloured with the Zig Clean Color Brush Pens...

I'm still getting to grips with the pens, but I am rather liking the results and how 'easy' they are to use. I especially like the spectrum of colours & shading you can achieve with just a few pens.

That's all I had time to create, but now for some AWESOME projects from the Design Team using Beautiful Blooms I & or II. 

Don't forget the GIVEAWAY... Simply comment along the hop for your chance to win the featured sets or a eGift Certificate code to the same value if you already own them.

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Gillian

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Nicki

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

One last bit of NEWS, Uniko is sponsoring CASology this week so be sure to check out & join in on the challenge for your chance to win a £15 eGift Certificate to spend in store!

I think that is all for today, THANK YOU so much for stopping by today and your continued support and custom which makes my little dream and business stay alive.