Introducing... Celebrate With Cake

Hey!

I am super happy you have stopped by today, as today the Design Team and I are introducing the first product being released on Monday.

It is just a mini release this month as I am gearing up here at Uniko HQ to my first 'big' outing and stamping event at Happy Stampers Festivals next month. I've done very small and local craft events in the past, pre beans. So this is BIG for me going to an exclusive stampers festival to sell my products. To say I am nervous is an understatement and now I am thinking 'what have I done'! 

Anyway, lets have a look at Celebrate With Cake...

I am on a bit of a shaker card kick at the moment and I couldn't resist making one to showcase this set ;) I also treated myself to some new My Favourite Things dies and needed to give them a whirl too! I've used the MFT Peek A Boo die to create my shaker window in the white CS panel. 

Both the top and bottom of the cupcake is stamped and fussy cut separately to add a little depth. I added a sentiment from Simply Said and a trio of SU! It's My Party enamel dots. 

I loved this weeks CAS Colours & Sketches challenge colours seen HERE and below, that I couldn't resist using them again for my card.

That is all from me here, but be sure to hop along using the links below to see what else I have created and what the AWESOME Design Team have come up with...

CLICK HERE to see more from Beverley

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 Nicki

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

Below I have outlined the release schedule...

Sneak Peeks Today 8th April,  these little teasers give you hints at what is in store!

Introducing... 9th  - 10th April - Here you'll get to see the soon to be released products in action. The Uniko Design Team and I will be showcasing the sets to show you their potential.

Release Day! Monday 11th April 9am BST you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As tradition holds there will be a Uniko Design Team Blog Hop with a chance for a lucky person to win the release & a £10 eGift Certificate. 

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

2016 April Release Sneak Peeks

YAY!

I'm SO happy that you have stopped by today, as here at Uniko preparations for the mini April product release are well under way! Today I am sharing a couple of sneak peeks at the two clear stamp sets being released, so without further ado lets see them...

This first sneak peek will be not be hard to guess for those who saw my recent publication in Simply Cards & Papercrafts which I shared HERE. I have tweaked and expanded the digital stamp to create a yummy mini clear stamp set ;)

Next up is a FUN flower building set with a 'nod' towards the doodle trend. This mini set has SO many possibilities and lends itself to a number of techniques. It is also fun to colour too ;)

So just a mini release this month as I am gearing up here at Uniko HQ to my first 'big' outing and stamping event at Happy Stampers Festivals next month. I've done very small and local craft events in the past, pre beans. So this is BIG for me going to an exclusive stampers festival to sell my products. To say I am nervous is an understatement and now I am thinking 'what have I done'! 

Anyway, back to the release, below I have outlined the release schedule...

Sneak Peeks Today 8th April,  these little teasers give you hints at what is in store!

Introducing... 9th  - 10th April - Here you'll get to see the soon to be released products in action. The Uniko Design Team and I will be showcasing the sets to show you their potential.

Release Day! Monday 11th April 9am BST you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As tradition holds there will be a Uniko Design Team Blog Hop with a chance for a lucky person to win the release & a £10 eGift Certificate. 

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

CAS Colours & Sketches #168

Hey!

It's time for a new challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches, with a new month comes a new hostess too. This month the lovely Louise is hosting the challenges and starting them off with this lovely colour combo...

Isn't that a lovely combination of bright and cheery colours? So many wonderful options as to how to use them too! 

This is how I have used them...

With a colour combo like this I would normally reach for florals, but I have been wanting to use Background Builders: Triangulate for some time now and I was inspired to do so for my card today :)

I started by marking the centre of my CS panel using a pencil down the middle and again about 5 cm horizontally. This helped me to keep the stamped triangles straight and evenly spaced. I started with the middle triangle and stamped outwards in both directions. 

The sentiment is from Simply Said and I added some SU! It's My Party Enamel Dots to embellish the card before adhering the stamped panel to the white card base using foam adhesive.

A very clean & simple card, just the way I like it! Anyway, be sure to head on over HERE to join in on the challenge & be inspired by the rest of the CC&S Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope to see you in the gallery :)

CAS Colours & Sketches #167

Hey!

It's time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge & as this is the 5th Thursday in the month, this week is a double challenge. Our hostess Jane has chosen 3 colours and a sketch for you to combine and spark your creativity...

I think this has to be my first double challenge I have done at CC&S not just as a DT member but as a player. They scare me and my creativity! 

So to overcome this I sat down and thought logically. I started by looking at the colours and my stamps to see what theme the colours would suit. With the chocolate brown and my I LOVE Coffee set being prominent on my desk that is what I opted for and this is what I came up with...

After choosing the main stamp set to use the rest of the card kind of fell into place! I had recently bought SU! Timeless Textures stamp set and have been wanting to pair the cup stain stamp with my Uniko stamps for sometime and this card was perfect for doing that.

I still used Chocolate Chip for the stains, but stamped them off before stamping onto the panel to achieve a lighter shade. I used Pacific Point to stamp the open polka dots from Background Builders: Circles and the Uniko flower is stamped in Summer Sun, the closest yellow I have.

As I have used polka dots I thought I would also enter my card into the current "Less is More" challenge HERE, which is to use polka dots this week.

Ok, enough waffle from me, head on over HERE for more inspiration from the Design Team and I hope to see you playing along and in the gallery this week.

Thanks for stopping by today.

WINNERS!

Hey!

I'm a little late in popping by to announce a couple of winners, my apologies for that I have enjoyed a little bit of down time and family time this Easter weekend.

Anyway, first up the winner for the blog candy I had for the recent Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop HERE. 

Random.org helped me choose lucky comment #27...

MariLynn19 March 2016 at 02:18

Beautiful card. Love that teacup. Thanks for being a super sponsor.

Congratulations MariLynn, I will be emailing you shortly! Thank you to everyone who left such lovely comments on my blog. I tried to comment on as many cards as I could in the time of the hop but still didn't get through all of them! I will try harder for the Summer hop ;)

I am also announcing the winner of the March 2016 Uniko Design Team Blog Hop HERE. Again Random.org helped me choose the lucky comment and in order of the hop the winners lucky #78...

Sid13 MARCH 2016 AT 12:55

Loving your card Lindsey !

Congratulations Sid, I will be emailing you shortly!

Thank you to everyone who hopped along with me and the Design Team, your lovely comments are truly appreciated. 

That's all from me just now, but I hope to be back later with something creative to share with you all. Until then, thank you for stopping by today.

Have You Joined Us Yet?

Hey!

The Design Team, Guest Designer and I are here to remind you today that there is still time to join in on the March Uniko challenge.  We have another fun challenge this month for spark your creativity...

With Spring & Easter upon us our challenge is to create a Spring or Easter themed card, tag or project.

You can use any products/stamps to enter the challenge, but we do LOVE to see you use your Uniko products.  And, if you do use Uniko, there's an extra chance to win a prize.

Email entries welcome, just email a photo of your card to bev@uniko.co.uk and I will add it to the Uniko Flickr gallery and link up!

This month we have another super Guest Designer joining us this month, Cornelia from Stemple Spass. Cornelia was the lucky winner from Challenge #28 and has created two beauties to inspire you.

Cornelia has used a Uniko Super FREE Saturday digital stamp on her cards, which is available for download using the link below. I will be updating the freebies page over the next few weeks :)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73505416/SFS%20Summer%20Bloom.zip

CLICK HERE to see more from Cornelia and leave some love :)

Now, here's some inspiration from the Uniko Design Team:

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 Sarah P

Aren't these just super!  Now, if you need more incentive to play along with the challenge here are the details of the prizes.

THE PRIZES

• The DT will choose a winner who will get a £20 gift voucher.
• The DT choose a Top 3 who will each get 50 Loyalty Rewards Points added to their customer account.
• We will do a random draw for all those who use A UNIKO stamp, and this winner will get 150 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account

You've got plenty of time to play along with this month's challenge.  The deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) on Friday 8th April (7.00pm EDT).

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CAS Colours & Sketches #166

Hey!

It's new challenge day over at CAS Colours & Sketches :) Our hostess this month is Jane and she has come up with yet another FABulous sketch HERE and seen below for you to try this week...

This is what I came up with...

I decided to combine the sketch with the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop HERE which Uniko is proudly sponsoring. You can read more about the hop HERE and I have a giveaway too ;)

I started by stamping and embossing in white the coffee cup from Uniko's I LOVE Coffee clear stamp set. This set along with a couple of other is NOW back in stock HERE. 

I then trimmed some white CS to create the panels which are 4.5 x 2cm, which are stamped with the mini Uniko flower logo in my favourite Spring colours. The sentiment panel is a combination of a sentiment from the I LOVE Coffee set and Simply Said. I adhered the panels to the card using foam adhesive.

Ok, that's all from me just now, it's a busy one here at Uniko HQ with the restocks in and pre orders to pack! Plus I have the mini April Release goodies in my hands ;)

I hope to see you in the CC&S gallery HERE and be sure to check out what the DT have come up with using the sketch this week.