PEACE, LOVE, JOY

Hello & Happy Monday!

I'm starting the week off with another festive card and one that uses and combines non-traditional Christmas products.

I love alphabet stamps and of course our Alphabet Outlined, but it is often a clear stamp set I easily forget about and neglect. But it's such a versatile stamp set and one maybe I should keep in mind more often. I was thinking about how I could incorporate the alphabet on my card and as I often do, I started browsing through Christmas cards I've made previously to spark inspiration. 

I came across this one using Festive Sentiments Outlined and Peace on Earth HERE and seen below. 

And this is how I took the inspiration and came up with something new...

A colourful and eclectic mix of Uniko products! With the alphabet stamps being a larger scale I first needed to change the orientation of my card from portrait to landscape. I then divided my card panel into 3, lightly drawing lines with a pencil to keep my stamping as straight as possible! 

Once I'd stamped the words, I set the panel aside to dry while I stamped the dove from Peace on Earth and the heart from BIG & BOLD Love. I fussy cut them both out and added some glitter using a glue pen. 

I then went back to my words, used an eraser to remove the pencil lines and coloured the letters with Stampin' Up! Blend Markers. Before assembling my card I stamped the tiny string of lights from BIG & BOLD Merry on the ends of JOY.

I then adhered the panel to my base card using foam tape and added the dove and heart with foam tape as well. To finish I added some colourful Nuvo Drops to the Christmas lights. 

This was a fun to make and was a great way of stretching some non-Christmas products. Now I am thinking about other words and combinations! What words would you choose for a Christmas card using this layout/style? 

Hope your week has started well.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Peace on Earth

Hi all, 

Thanks for joining me, Steph, today for my Uniko Brand Ambassador inspiration post. I seem to be on a roll with Christmas cards at the moment so I have chosen to use the Uniko Peace on Earth stamp set. I have however, made one card that isn't a Christmas card with this set...read on! 

Here I have kept to a very traditional layout, stamping one of the doves and fussy cutting. I stamped the olive branch twice and fussy cut also before layering them and the dove onto a navy blue die cut circle. The sentiment is also from the Peace on Earth set and is heat embossed using white embossing powder. 

For my next card I have white heat embossed the edges with snowfall from the Uniko Background Builders: Winter Wonderland stamp set. I then heat embossed the two doves onto navy card and fussy cut. The olive branch is stamped directly onto the card using green ink as is the sentiment using navy ink. 

For my final card I wanted to show how this stamp set could also be used for a congratulations (or wedding) card. I stamped and heat embossed the doves using black ink and fussy cut. I then used the outline heart from the Uniko Background Builders: Hearts stamp set and heat embossed in clear before infilling with glossy accents. (I think it looks a bit like the middle of a jammy dodger!!). I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the Uniko Flower Power #3 stamp set before adhering all the elements to a green die cut stitched rectangle and then onto the card front. 

Hoping I have given you some useful inspiration today and that you are where you want to be in terms of your Christmas crafting!!

Much love

Steph  

CAS Colours & Sketches #191

Hey!

This month over at CAS Colours & Sketches our hostess is Karen. Karen has come up with some fabulous challenges for us, including this weeks lovely colour combo HERE and seen below for you to try...

What a lovely colour combo, don't you think? It had me stumped for a while, but then an idea struck and I went with it. With a restock of lots of clear stamp sets today HERE in the Uniko store, including Peace On Earth that I have used on my card. I decided to make a Christmas card...

I thought the Delightful Dijon resembles a lovely old gold colour and one which I have the SU! card stock for, so decided to use that as my base. I then die cut a white panel stamped the sentiment and olive branch from the set in a close of a match green as I have to Cucumber Crush. Wrapped some Bermuda Bay bakers twine round the panel before adhering to the card base using foam adhesive.

The dove is stamped in Bermuda Bay, fussy cut out and embellished with glitter for a little Christmas sparkle! 

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 Peace On Earth

Ink: WPlus9 Mojito

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White & Delightful Dijon

Accessories: SU! Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine, Project Life Die, Foam Adhesive, Glitter

Still TIME to join in at TIME OUT Challenges!

*For the Uniko November Release Sneak Peeks CLICK HERE from 9am GMT*

Hey!

I am back today along with a couple of the Uniko DT to remind you that there is still TIME to join in on the challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges - YAY!

Don't forget that Uniko is sponsoring the challenge and as usual there are PRIZES up for grabs! 

First for entering the challenge at TIME OUT Challenges, you have the chance to win an in stock stamp set of the winners choosing from the Uniko website.

Second, simply comment on THIS post & the Uniko Design Team posts for a chance to win this weeks Stamp Of The Week - Label Love: Thank you. The winner will be chosen randomly from all the comments & you have until the end of TIME OUT Challenge to comment.

Now for the challenge, this fortnight it is a super easy challenge...

CHRISTMAS

with an optional twist of using Pink & or Purple

How about some amazing inspiration from a few of the Uniko Design Team...

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

And this is what I came up with...

I was inspired by the new Freshly Made Sketches layout seen HERE and below. I find sketches really helpful when creating with limited time, it really helps reduce a lot of thinking time! 

As my chosen stamp, one of the doves from Peace On Earth is traditionally white and the majority of my card is white on white I embossed the dove in silver & stardust embossing powder and added lots of glitter :)

Want some more inspiration? The DT at TIME OUT Challenges have some for you here.

Before you go....don't forget to leave a comment on THIS post along with the DT posts, then take some TIME OUT and join in at TIME OUT Challenges.

I will be back at 9am with the first Uniko November Sneak Peeks, I do hope you will pop back then!! 

September Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

* This is my second post of the day, click HERE for my TIME OUT Challenge Card *

Hey!

I'm SO happy you've stopped by the blog today as today is the September 2014 Design Team Blog Hop.  As we've quite a few new followers here, ("Hello & Thank you") I will explain what's going on! 

Here at Uniko Studio I currently only release new products every other month. 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 Studio HQ. I currently run this little business single handedly, designing, blogging, demoing, classes, packing etc, etc. 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 the previously released Peace On Earth clear stamp set which was released HERE.

Here are a couple of old FAVES using the set....

How about a new card using this set...

There are a couple of things that I really love about this set. Firstly I love the 'traditional modern' Christmas feel it has and secondly I love being able to add glitter to the dove to make it sparkle!

Above you can see the sparkle on the dove :) I kept the colour scheme neutral letting the sentiment and image take the focus. The snowflake background is from Background Builders: Christmas.

To inspire you more there is a whole bunch of cards HERE on the Uniko Studio Peace On Earth Pinterest board.

And how about some inspiration from the FABulous Design Team:

Amber

Erika

Gillian

N@ Ali

Nicki

Ren-Yi

Taheerah

How about a GIVEAWAY...? 

Simply comment along the hop for the chance to win the featured set or a Gift Certificate to the same value if you already own them. You have until Midnight Thursday 25th September to comment and I will announce the winner here on the blog Friday 26th September .

Happy Hopping!

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash. SU! Smokey Slate

Ink: Hero Arts Soft Granite and VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Christmas & Peace On Earth

Accessories: Hero Arts Prisma Glitter. Foam Adhesive

PEACE * LOVE * JOY

Hey!

I'm back on schedule today with another card using the dove from Peace On Earth. This time I have paired it with a sentiment from Pure Florals: Poinsettia...

I used a couple of challenges to boost my creativity starting with the current retro sketches layout seen HERE and below. I also decided to use the dove again one because I've not given it much LOVE but also because of the current 'Less is More' challenge HERE which is Christmas cards & to use a bird. 

I started out by stamping the sentiment repeatedly along panel of white card stock using VersaMagic Turquoise Gem, I then divided the panel into 3 sections measuring 4 x 6 cm.

The dove was left over from yesterdays card HERE and I've adhered it to the card using foam adhesive. The card was a little empty just with the dove so I decided to add a sparkly punched heart and a few rhinestones too.

I'm super HAPPY to see so many wonderful entries into our current challenge HERE. If you don't have any Uniko Studio Christmas themed stamps or products there are a few freebies HERE on the website you can use. 

That's all from me today, I will be back tomorrow with more to share, until then thank you for stopping by :)

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Crumb Cake, Dovecraft Essentials White & Red from stash

Ink: VersaMagic Turquoise Gem, Colorbox Silver

Stamps: Uniko Studio Pure Florals: Poinsettia, Peace On Earth

Accessories: Star Dust EP, Foam Adhesive, SU! Mini Heart Punch, Hero Arts Prisma Glitter & Rhinestones

Love Doves!

Hey!

I'm finally here with a card to share & I am sorry for being MIA yesterday & so late today. A migraine decided to put a halt to my inky crafty session yesterday :( I'm feeling loads better today though slightly off my food, but that's never a bad thing! 

Anyway, I've just finished making this card...

I've had the idea of this simple card for sometime now & had to put it into reality. I've neglected the doves & Peace On Earth set since it was released in October and so decided it was about time to show it some LOVE! 

I love how this has turned out but think that if I made it again I would add some subtle heart detail to the Hawaiian Shores panel. 

However, I simply die cut the SU! Experssion Thinlets 'love' from some thin red CS from my stash and adhered it flat to the Hawaiian Shores panel. The doves are stamped in silver & embossed with star dust EP and fussy cut out. I cut off the back wing so that I could adhere that flat to the card and use foam adhesive to raise the main part of the dove to add some dimension. I finished the 2 layers off by rounding a single corner for a little more interest & detail. 

Such an easy card for any 'love' occasion not just valentines but it could be customised for a wedding card using the bride & grooms wedding colours. 

That's all from me today, I think an early night is on the cards for me, I will be back tomorrow though with another card to share, thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies

Card Stock: Dovecraft Essentials White, PTI Hawaiian Shores

Ink: Colorbox Silver

Stamps: Uniko Studio Peace On Earth

Accessories: SU! Expressions Thinlits, Star Dust EP, Foam Adhesive, Corner Chomper

'Lovey Dovey'

Hey!

It's a bit 'Lovey Dovey' on the blog today with a little non-holiday card...

I've had this little idea stuck in my head since I designed the Peace On Earth set and had to put it into reality, so I did. The heart from Flower Power #3 and the sentiment are perfect for pairing with the Doves from Peace On Earth to create a love themed card. 

I kept it super simple & added lots of my favourite glitter to embellish the card & add that special touch for the recipient. Short & Sweet from me today as I spend some quality time with my husband!

Thanks for stopping by today & hope you all have a wonderful love filled day :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMagic Red Magic

Stamps: Uniko Studio Peace On Earth & Flower Power #3

Accessories: Hero Arts Prisma Glitter

Christmas + Chalkboard = LOVE

Hey!

WOW! What a release that was, I hope it was worth the wait & you all enjoyed the blog hop yesterday. If you missed it you can catch up HERE as there is still time to comment to be in the chance of winning the ENTIRE release! 

I'm back today to share my version of a Christmas chalkboard inspired card...

Chalkboard is a trend thats been popping up in blog land for a while and I've been wanting to jump on the band wagon have a go! I was also inspired by Taheerah's card HERE which she shared during the countdown to release.

On my card I have used ALL five of the stamp sets released yesterday. I was a little unhappy with the lines to separate each section as my white gel pen decided it wasn't going to play nice and so I used a white pencil instead. This didn't give as sharp a white like the embossing powder has but when I used my finger to rub a little white pigment ink over the whole piece and also swiped the edges along the ink pad to frame it the design the muted white lines work a little better.

Thank you to everyone who joined in with the release fun, commented & shopped yesterday, your support & custom here at Uniko Studio is truly appreciated. That's all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow with more to share using the new release products. Thanks for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Smokey Shadow. WPlus9 White

Ink: PTI Fresh Snow. Versamark

Stamps: Uniko Studio All Occasion Sentiments #4, Background Builders: Christmas, Jolly Christmas, Peace On Earth & Stunning Snowflakes.

Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer True White EP. White Pencil

Introducing... Peace On Earth

Hey!

It seems as though I am not the only one who LOVES snowflakes from the comments and response to yesterdays introduction! I'm back today with another product introduction that reflects the peaceful side of the holiday season...

A modern, graphic yet elegant dove is the main feature of this set, I kept things really simple & easily mass producible with this first card. I simply stamped the dove & sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink. A simple branch stamped in green & a good dose of glitter to the dove finished the card off nicely. 

My next card pairs todays set with the Stunning Snowflakes set which was introduced HERE yesterday.

The snowflakes are stamped & embossed with White Cosmic Shimmer EP onto Baja Breeze CS,  this  provided the perfect back drop for a gold embossed dove on a strip of vellum.

Ok, that's all from me today, but be sure to stop on by Aimes & Taheerah's blogs to see what they've created. I can guarantee you WONT be disappointed :)

Aimes

Nicki

Stacey

Taheerah

Thanks for stopping by & for all your lovely comments here on the blog, twitter, Facebook & also the lovely emails. They ease my nerves a little knowing that it's not just me that likes the products I'm designing! 

Only one more introduction tomorrow before the full reveal & release on Saturday, I can't believe how quickly the week is going! I must crack on with the to do list as I've still some release day prep to sort! 

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Baja Breeze, White from stash

Ink: SU! Old Olive. VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Peace On Earth & Stunning Snowflakes.

Accessories: Hero Arts Prisma Glitter, Cosmic Shimmer True White EP, Gold Embossing Powder, Vellum