Uniko Sponsors TIME OUT Challenges

Hey!

I'm super happy you have stopped by today, I'm a little later than I had planned to be today, but I am here to let you know that Uniko is kicking off 2017's Sponsorships by sponsoring the new challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges HERE.

This fortnight over at TIME OUT the challenge is a theme...

Winter

and the optional twist is:

White on White

(you can use black and other neutrals for the sentiment)

Now, if you twist with the challenge you will be in the chance of winning a £15 eGift Certificate to spend in the Uniko website store.

I thought I would make a card to inspire you to join in...

As you can see I opted not to 'twist' this time, I was inspired to use the Winter Foliage clear stamp set (back in stock this month) and I combined a sentiment from Stunning Snowflakes.

Hopefully you can see that I tried to create a frosted snow effect to the foliage, by added some glitter to selected parts. 

Be sure to pop on over to the TIME OUT Challenge blog HERE for some amazing inspiration from the TO Design Team and you will find the challenge rules and linky there too. 

I hope to see you in the gallery ;)

Hugs

Supplies:

Uniko Clear Stamps: Stunning Snowflakes & Winter Foliage

Card: Hobby Craft White

Ink: Stampin! Up! Chocolate Chip, Garden Green & Real Red

Accessories: Stampin' Up! Glitter. Foam Adhesive. MISTI

December 2016 Design Team Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Hey & Happy Sunday!

My apologies for being late with my post today, things have been a little hectic and tiring this weekend with a poorly bean, first a 24 hr sickness bug (again) and then high temperatures. It all seems to happen at night too, so it knocks everyone off runtime ;) 

Anyway, the Design Team and I are here today with the usual non release month Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY! This month we have decided to dust off and revisit the previously released Stunning Snowflakes clear stamp set, a popular winter favourite.

This clear stamp set was released way back in October 2013 but is still a firm favourite of mine and many ;) The set also has a Pinterest page HERE, in which you can find lots of inspiration using it.

As usual I have picked a couple of my 'old' favourites using this set...

How about some fresh new inspiration using this set and don't forget to comment along the Design Team blogs to be in the chance of winning this set or a Gift Certificate to the same value if you already own it. You have until Midnight GMT Sunday 18th December to get your comments in.

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Lindsey

CLICK HERE to see more from Rahmat

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

Thank you for stopping by and hopping along with us today!

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CAS Colours & Sketches #199

Hey!

It's already Thursday again, which means it is time for another challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches. This month Patricia is our hostess this month and has a fabulous CAS sketch HERE for you all to try...

This is what I came up with...

I've had this card design in my head, ever since I saw the sketch! All I needed was the time to sit down and stamp it out ;) 

My creative time has been SO limited these past few weeks, as both the beans and I settle and adjust to the new sleeping times and arrangement. We are all slowly getting there, but each day seems to be different depending on what we have done.

Anyway, back to my card. As you can see I have opted to use Stunning Snowflakes, one of my all time favourite clear stamp sets! I have used a softer and non traditional colour scheme on my card, but I am rather pleased as to how it turned out.

The white stamped panel measures 10 x 7 cm and so does the offset Smokey Slate panel, so it is really easy to achieve the sketch design.

I *really* enjoyed this sketch, so I am sure you will be seeing it more in the coming days ;) 

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 Stunning Snowflakes

Ink: SU! Going Grey. VersaMagic Aquatic Splash, Pixie Dust and Tea Leaves

Card Stock: SU! Smokey Slate. Hobby Craft White

Accessories: Foam Adhesive. Rhinestones

Introducing... Christmas Sparkle & Winter Foliage

YAY!

Thanks for all the lovely comments yesterday, didn't the Design Team do an awesome job showcasing the new clear stamps? If you missed it you can catch up HERE.

I'm SO glad that you have decided to come back today ;) as we have the last two product introductions for Sept/Oct product  release. That means tomorrow is release day!

Anyway, lets have a look at Christmas Sparkle and Winter Foliage. Both these clear stamp sets are awesome on their own, but they can be used together beautifully AND they work with other previously released Uniko Christmas/Winter themed clear stamps ;)

I had this card design in my head ever since I was designing the Christmas Sparkle bauble, so I had to recreate it for todays introduction!

The bauble is a two step stamp, which allows for a multitude of possibilities, however I decided to stamp both in Encore Silver ink and heat emboss with Stardust EP for a WOW of sparkle! 

The fussy cut sparkly raised bauble is hanging from the bough of holly embellished with the layered poinsettia and sparkly ribbon from last years Christmas clear stamp set Jingle Bells. 

My next card focuses on Winter Foliage...

This clear stamp set features a large pine bough and pinecones, you might recognise the images as they are larger versions of the pinecones from the previously released Background Builders: Winter Vines clear stamp setand the pine bough is from the previously released Jingle Bells clear stamp set. 

The pinecone stamp is a two step stamp and the large sentiment is from All Occasion Sentiments #4. Apart from the fussy cutting of the pinecones, this was a really quick and easily mass produceable Christmas card ;)

Ok, that's all I have to share with you here, but hop along the Design Team Blog links below for even more inspiration. I know for a fact you won't be disappointed, the team have created amazing projects showcasing how this set can be used...

CLICK HERE to see more from Bev

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Lindsey

CLICK HERE to see more from Rahmat

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

The Design Team and I will be back tomorrow at 9am BST with the full reveal, blog hop & GIVEAWAY! All of the sets will be available for purchase at the same time HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today and I'd LOVE to hear your initial thoughts on the introduction of this set!

Hugs

Uniko Sponsors the Winter / Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hey & Happy Friday!

I'm super happy you have stopped by today, we have a lot going on at Uniko HQ today, be sure to stop by the Uniko December Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY post HERE.

AND...

Uniko is 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 :)

Anyone is eligible for a Super Sponsor prize if they link up a newly created Fall 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 Winter/Holiday themed coffee card...

Of course I had to ink up the recently released Uniko I LOVE Coffee clear stamp set for my card and combined it with one of my other favourite Winter themed sets Stunning Snowflakes!

The layout of my card is 'loosely' based around the current CAS(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below and my colour choice is inspired by the current Color Throwdown colours seen HERE and below.

That's all from me, but a couple of the Uniko Design Team members are joining in on the fun and have created a project to share with you. Be sure to click on the links below the photos to pop by and leave them some LOVE :)

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

Before I go today, how about another PRIZE?! 

Simply leave a comment on this post by 6am (PST) December 18th and I will select one lucky comment to receive the Uniko I LOVE Coffee clear stamp set AND Stunning Snowflakes clear stamp set.

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

CAS - Colours & Sketches Guest Designer

*Click HERE for my Time Out Challenges Post & HERE for the Uniko November Release Sneak Peeks Day 1*

Hey Again!

WOW! What an exciting day here at Uniko HQ :) There is so much fun to join in on with Uniko sponsoring the current Time Out Challenge, the first sneak peeks of the Uniko 2015 November Release AND I am truly honoured and excited to be Guest Designing for another of my favourite challenges - CAS - Colours & Sketches.

As you may know I {LOVE} a challenge & boy did they challenge me with this one!! Out of all challenges I find colour challenges the hardest, it's strange really as I love colour, but I do often reach for the same combos over & over so it is good to step out of your comfort zone and use one that you wouldn't normally.

So, you may have guessed that this weeks challenge at CAS - Colours & Sketches is a colour challenge...

And this is what I came up with...

For my card I used Uniko's Simply Said - Birthday & Background Builders: Winter Vines Additions clear stamp sets. 

Even though the flowers are poinsettias I decided that I'd still use them as a non holiday flower and stamped them in VersaMagic Perfect Plumeria & Thatched Straw. The sentiment & leafy accents are stamped in SU! Chocolate Chip.

That's a wrap from me today on this blog, but I will be HERE later with more inspiration using this weeks Stamp Of The Week! 

Anyway, I do hope you will pop over to the CAS - Colours & Sketches blog to see what the fabulous DT have created & most of all join in :)

Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by today!

TIME OUT Challenge - Inspired By Words

Hey!

YAY, I finally found a spare few minutes to be creative and make a card for the current challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges. I don't know about you, but this time of year is crazy busy and fitting in Christmas preparations with two little ones I need even more hours in a day! 

Anyway, it's challenge #21 over at TIME OUT Challenges, the last for 2014 and we are back to being inspired by words, the phrase for this fortnights challenge is...

Christmas is love with all the trimmings

What do these words inspire you to create? I was inspired by the words music and love, which resulted in this card...

I was inspired by the words Christmas & trimmings and decided to use the recently release Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions to create a bough of holly. I added a little bit of Wink of Stella to the holly leaves (Thank you Sarah & sorry I am naughty & didn't wait to open my gift on Christmas Day!) and the sentiment is from Jolly Christmas.

As I had a little time to 'play' and also not used a challenge for sometime I decided to use the current CAE(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below.

This fortnight we have a lovely guest designer joining us, Shirley, be sure to stop by Shirley's blog HERE to see how she was inspired by the photo and of course the FABulous TIME OUT Challenges Design Team...

Sandie

Nonni

Lynn

Sherry

Gerrina

Anita
Sarah
Elizabeth
Shona

For all the info and to link up your challenge be sure to stop by the TIME OUT Challenges blog. I look forward to seeing your creations :) I'll be back again later in the week with more to share & until then, thank you for stopping by today.

More Christmas Inspiration

Hey!

The design team members abroad finally got their hands on their Christmas Release stamps and have created an awesome array of beautiful cards & I thought I'd share a few of them here and direct you to their posts.

First up is this CAS beauty from Amber...

Amber has used Rustic Christmas and embossed it on a beautiful watercolour background. Be sure to check out Amber's other cards HERE.

Next we have another CAS beauty, this time from Nicki...

Nicki has used Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions to create the wreath & the sentiment is from Simply Said Christmas. Be sure to stop on by Nicki's blog HERE to see more awesome creations.

Last but by no means least N@Ali has a flurry of cards on here blog HERE to inspire you using the new sets. I chose this card to share with you here...

Ok, that's all for today, I will be back tomorrow with the winner of the Countdown to Christmas blog hop. Until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Christmas Release Pre-Order & Reveal!

* This is my second post for the day, for my TIME OUT Challenges card click HERE or keep scrolling *

Hey!

I'm SO glad you've stopped by today as today I am unveiling the Christmas Release clear stamps which will *officially* be for sale on the website on the 25th November 9am GMT. 

However, as you may or may not know life is a little crazy here at Uniko Studio HQ with two little baby beans and so to help me stay on top of things and prepare for the release I am allowing pre-orders for the new release along with Background Builders: Christmas and Pure Florals: Poinsettia.

To make pre-ordering a little sweeter I thought I would give you 10% off your order/pre-order! Simply apply the code CHRISTMASspecial to the coupon box during checkout and your discount will be applied.  

*Please note that other in-stock items ordered with pre-ordered items will be shipped with your pre-ordered items*

Anyway, lets get to the reveal...

The title of this first mini set being released says it all, Simply Said Christmas features 7 Christmas / Holiday sentiments perfect for all your creations and projects this festive season.

Simply Said Christmas £4.95

Copyright Uniko Studio 2014

www.unikostudio.co.uk

This next mini set is going to be a new FAVE of mine, this contemporary yet traditional mini set features a large focal point Christmas Tree and mini decorations along with a trio of sentiments perfect for all your Christmas Holiday projects. 

Rustic Christmas £4.95

Copyright Uniko Studio 2014

www.unikostudio.co.uk

This is the next in the BIG & BOLD series...

BIG & BOLD - Snow £4.95

Copyright Uniko Studio 2014

www.unikostudio.co.uk

AND lastly but no means least a Winter additions set to the popular Background Builders: Vines set, which I am sure doesn't need any further introductions!! 

Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions £4.95

Copyright Uniko Studio 2014

www.unikostudio.co.uk

Ok, so there you have it, the 2014 Christmas release! What do you think? What do you like the look of? 

To see all the sets in their full glory we will be having a Design Team Blog Hop on December 11th and there will be a linky for you all to link up your Christmas creations and be in the chance of winning a prize. 

That's all from me today, but I will be back soon with more to share & until then, thank you for stopping by!