Birthday Ensemble!

Hello There!

Well, it's a soggy Tuesday here in the North East of the UK, but I'm back today with another Spring coloured project to share.

Now I have created this project as it's 'A DAY TO CELEBRATE' it's The Paperlane's 2nd Birthday! The Paperlane is my local craft shop & I have spent many hours in there adding to my stash! LOL!

So, to celebrate the stores 2nd Birthday there is a Birthday Celebration Challenge over on The Paperlane blog HERE. The challenge is to either incorporate 2 sentiments onto your project or a cake with 2 candles. There is a FAB prize up for grabs a £15 gift certificate to spend! As I am part of the DT it's a shame I can't enter as I'd have that spent in no TIME!! 

There are a few ways you can join in the challenge, first by popping over and linking up on the blog, email your entry to Caz at The Paperlane or pop in store with your creation! 

I thought that the TIME set from Uniko Studio was rather fitting for the Birthday Celebration! Below is a close up of the card I made ...

As you can see I used the 2 sentiment rule of the challenge on my card. I used some lovely Spring colours suitable for a Spring Birthday! Pool Party & Calypso Coral! I Simply stamped the clock face alternating the colours & then repeated the process on another piece of CS and fussy cut out the inner part of the floral element! Then adhered them to the card using foam pads for a bit of dimension. A few rhinestones & I was done! 

I couldn't stop there though I had to go on and make a matching Tag & Gift Box! 

For the box I used a Sizzix XL die to cut it out & stamped the graphic flowers randomly in the 2 colours before adhering together. The focal point for both the Tag & Box are created by using the largest graphic flower from the TIME set and one of the clock faces from the set. I fussy cut the centre flower just as I did for the card. The 2 scrolls are a Memory Box die 'Scrollwork' and add the perfect frilly touch! Some bling added here & there finishes off for good measure! 

Why not pop on over to The Paperlane Blog HERE and see what the other DT members have created for the challenge and join in on the fun! 

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back tomorrow with another project to share! I'm finding it hard to contain my excitement as it's less than 12 days now till the next Uniko Studio release celebrations! WHOOP!!

Hugs!

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!

Peeps Rocking Uniko Studio Stamps!

Warning! Long post you may want to grab a cuppa before you start reading! LOL!

Oh my, it's Wednesday! This week is zooming by, which is good as I'm looking forward to a weekend of friends, food & crafty time!

This weekend Kerry & I are headed down South to see our friend Wendy at The Stamp Attic. Along with spending time with Wendy enjoy cake & food we will also be both demoing in the shop in Saturday! Kerry will be working wonders with Copics and I will be showing people some fun stuff with Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamps! 

Anyway, onto some eye candy! If you haven't checked this BLOG & this BLOG out before I highly recommend them! The first is The Stamp Attic Blog, Wendy has a FABULOUS design team who show an array of projects from CAS to grunge & all those in-between! 

The second is Ruby's Blog, who is part of The Stamp Attic's DT. As The Stamp Attic is stocking Uniko Studio stamps Wendy passed some along to Ruby & just look ... such wonderful projects.

Hop on over to Ruby's Blog to find out the details of both of her cards.

Someone else is still enjoying & getting the most out of her Uniko Studio stamps & that is Gayatri! 

Gayatri has paired Uniko Studio stamps with some other FAB supplies & you can check all the details about it over on her BLOG! I'm loving the mix & match of all the patterns plus I love the colour combo too! 

There was one other fab thing about this & it the sketch, Gayatri gave the heads up about a NEW Sketch Challenge Blog that has just started. You can check it out HERE, it's called Retro Sketches. So I thought I'd have a play along too using some Uniko Studio stamps! 

This is the sketch for the challenge ...

And this is my card ...

I started off by using PTI's Ric Rac Die to cut some scraps of Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores & Raspberry Fizz CS. I adhered these to a mat layer of Soft Stone & White CS which is then adhered to the base layer using foam pads.

I then used my Sizzix Framelets Flower dies to cut the 3 smallest flowers. I then stamped the medium graphic flower on each flower using co-ordinating colours as the ric rac die cuts. I used a pearl brad to hold them all together & adhered to the mat layer using foam pads. 

I used a SU! punch to punch out the sentiment once stamped & adhered this also to the mat layer using foam pads.

I love how you can achieve a whole new look just by using a few other crafty supplies such as dies & punches with your stamps to create a diverse range of projects!

Phew! Thats it from me today! I'll be back tomorrow though with another project! I hope that you have found some inspiration today! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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The Works CAS Style!

Happy Friday! I'm SO glad it's the weekend and I'm feeling better, I hope to squeeze in some inky time at some point. It's looks as if the Spring weather here is about to change so some time in the Studio is a must!

Anyway, I have a super quick and simple card today to share using some left over patterned paper from a DT sample I created for The Paperlane. The paper is from Ruby Rock-it Vintedge, Time. This was one of the papers which has FAB clocks and cogs on it which coordinate perfectly with Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamp sets! 

I think I created this card in under 10 minutes! I simply cut a piece of the pattern paper and used the Sizzix Framelits Circle 2" Die to cut a partial window so that I could stamp the Uniko Studio clock face sitting just inside this window. I used SU! Pacific Point to stamp the clock face and Real Red for the clock hands.  I have an obsession with stamping the time of day I make the card! 

I used 2 sentiments from the Time set and stamped them in the same two colours as above, added a lil crystal gem and I was done. 

Thats all for today, but I will be back over the weekend to share some more projects using the Time & Extra Time stamps! 

Thanks for stopping by!