Playing With Paper ...

Hey All!

I'm a little later than usual today with my post, I apologise for that. I took a day out yesterday with my former part-time college friends to a local historical house for some chatter and inspiration looking at lovely vintage furniture and textiles. Therefore I didn't make it into the Studio until today to make a couple of samples.

So without further ado here is my first card to share with you all ...

Today I am focusing on using the Modern Lattice Digital Downloadable papers available from the Uniko Studio website. I LOVE the designs in this collection, even if I do say so myself! Lol! The ditsy floral patterned paper that I have used in this first card is my FAVE! 

This card was super simple to make after cutting my card base from SU! Sahara Sand CS I then cut a panel of patterned paper the same width as the card base but only 7.5 cm in height. I then trimmed the patterned paper at different intervals on an angle. I then adhered then to the card base using my glue pen leaving a gap in-between each piece. A simple sentiment from Fontiments - Birthday & a cluster of buttons finished the card off nicely.

This next card is also super simple too and uses another 2 of the patterned papers from the collection. I used the butterfly punch from SU! and another sentiment from Fontiments - Birthday. If I received this card I'd SMILE! 

I have one last card to share with you all today ...

On this card I have used 2 more patterned papers from the collection to make the flower which is die cut using a Sizzix die from SU! The sentiment is also from Fontiments - Birthday. 

I hope you have enjoyed the projects I have shared today & that it has inspired you to use patterned papers in a CAS way! I'll be back tomorrow with the last Uniko Studio product focus from this release. Thanks for stopping by today!

One of THEM days!

Happy Wednesday!

Do you ever have one of THEM days where no matter what you make you're just no happy with the results? I had one yesterday evening as I was 'trying' to create a card or two to share with you today! Things were going wonky, there were smudges & mishaps that just made me frustrated!

Anyway, FINALLY I made a card I was happy with! So here it is ...

I had SO many ideas in my head to show you with Fontiments - Birthday but they were just not happening! I think I've used them a fair amount since release so I think you get the idea & general size of them! The more I use them the more I think of companion words that I 'wish' I had, good job this is the first in a SERIES of Fontiments!! 

I paired the sentiment with 2 of the little stamps contained in Background Builders - Lattice. I used a Copic BG72 to colour in the thin border of the line lattice & the little lattice is stamped in SU! Baja Breeze.

Well, thats all I have to share for today! Thanks for stopping by!

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Feeling Fancy!

Hey!

I'm back today with some 'Fancy' cards to share! Continuing with my daily focus on a NEW Uniko Studio product, today I have focused on Fontiment Fancies - Swirls & Flourishes. As the name of the set goes it pairs well with Fontiments - Birthday, so it only seemed right that I used those too! 

The stamps in this set are great for creating fancy frames for sentiments! As you can see in the card below.

There is a lot of white space on this CAS card, but using bright colours to stamp the flourishes with a bold black sentiment really draws your focus to this part of the card. 

This next card also has quite a bit of white space, but I decided to mat the stamped piece onto a coloured card base for that added colour splash! 

For this card I used one of the larger flourishes & one of the medium swirls. Another sentiment mix from Fontiments - Birthday. I should have finished the inside of the card & when I do I will stamp the sentiment 'it's your birthday'. 

For this last card I used the large bracket stamp. First of all I cut a panel the same size as my card front & marked the centre before I stamped the bracket 3 times. I then cut the panel following the contours of the bracket. 

I then stamped the cluster of swirls & flourishes and another sentiment combination from Fontiments - Birthday. Now, that I am looking at this card as I type it has sparked another card LO using the same stamps! 

As you can see there was a bit of a colour theme going on! I came across The Play Date Cafe's current challenge HERE. Such a bright & cheery colour combination I decided to play along! 

That's all I have to share for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with another product focus and cards to share! Thanks for stopping by today!

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A bit of Rock & Roll ...

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, I'm back today with a few cards to brighten your day & which focus on another product that was released this weekend over on the Uniko Studio website HERE.

Today, I decided to focus on Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time. The solid doilies in this set lend themselves beautifully for the technique 'Rock & Roll'.

Here is my first card ...

This colour combination of yellow, white & grey is still a favourite of mine. For the doilies on the bottom edge of the top mat layer I first masked off the top section with some post-it notes I then inked the stamp with SU! Summer Sun & then rolled the edges in SU! Pumpkin Pie. Repeating the process until the section was covered. 

I then used a Sizzix Circle Frameabilities die to die cut the circle before stamping the doily inside the die cut circle. The sentiment is from Extra Time and I part stamped the sentiment. A bit of satin ribbon (PTI Summer Sunrise) and a few rhinestones on the single doily & I was done!

I enjoyed the 'Rock & Roll' technique in these colours I had to make this following card ...

This time I used the slightly larger solid doily & kept it slightly off the matted square. The sentiment is from Fontiments - Birthday and I first inked it with the SU! Summer Sun ink then inked the top & bottom edges slightly with SU! Pumpkin Pie. This card has such a lovely Summer feeling to it! 

After these two cards I wasn't quiet done & had a few more ideas floating round my head so I have a couple more cards to share!

For this card I cut the panels and then laid them on my stamping area & stamped the doily in black Memento ink as I knew I wanted to colour them in with my Copic markers. It was a slow process to colour the doilies in as the stamp is fairly small but I love how it turned out!  I stamped the sentiments from Fontiments - Birthday, tied some white cord & added a matching coloured rhinestone to each doily to finish the card off. The panels are adhered to the card using foam adhesive.

For this last card I used the same doily as in the first card I showed today. I stamped and created a mask using some Eclipse masking paper. It was definitely a fussy slow cutout but I am really pleased with how it worked. I started off by stamping the pink doily & masking it before I stamped the blue & yellow doilies. I repeated the process in the lower left corner but decided to leave the pink off. 

Again, the sentiment is from Fontiments - Birthday. I kept the sentiment panel fairly simple & used the Ek Success punch in the same way as I did for the card HERE.

Well, thats all I have to share for you today and I hope it has given you a few ideas as to how this set can be used! I'll be back tomorrow focusing on another product released this month! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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The day after ...

WOW!

What an exciting day yesterday was! Thank you for all that visited, commented & purchased! I appreciate all the support for Uniko Studio :) 

Anyway, it's the day after release and for the next six days I am going to focus on one product a day and share some information about the product and projects using the product!

Today, I am sharing a couple of cards I have made using Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time Digital Downloadable patterned papers.

Now, the paper cover only shows 6 of the 12 patterns available in the pack so I thought I'd share a swatch sheet of all 12.

For £2.75 your getting 12 patterned papers that match Stampin' Up! Colours AND also coordinate with the stamp set Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time! The Stampin' Up! Colours are Rose Red, So Safron, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pool Party & Calypso Coral. 

How about a couple of cards ...

The patterned paper I have used on this card is one of my favourites! I love the floral element mixed with the circles. This card was super simple to make. I started off by printing the patterned paper at the original A4 size onto a sheet of white paper. I use a slightly thicker paper for printing digital papers that is 160 gsm and is available from Staples. Sometimes I print onto CS but it really depends on what I plan to make with it! 

Once I had trimmed the digital paper panel to size I used my glue pen to add some Prisma Glitter to areas of the paper, below is a close up...

I also added a tiny rhinestone to the middle for some extra sparkle! I stamped the sentiment using Fontiments - Birthday, punched the frame out once stamped to make sure it was centred and added some more tiny rhinestones. Looking at the card now I wished I had off centred the sentiment frame but overall I am pleased with the outcome!

For the card above I used the 2 papers either side of the one I used above shown in the swatch picture. This time I cut out the white flower on the Rose Red paper and 2 of the flowers from the other paper. I glittered the petals of the top 2 flowers and layered all 3 together before adhering to the card base with some foam pads.

I decided to leave this card sentiment free so that it can be used for any occasion. I might just make a few more to make a set, switching the different coloured flowers around and colours used for the card bases.

Later in the week I will share some more ideas using the digital papers and perhaps a little tutorial! Thats all I have to share with you today, but I will be back tomorrow to share some more projects using another of the NEW products released. You'll have to pop by to see which one it is that I chose to work with! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

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April 2012 Reveal

The day has finally arrived, I cannot contain the excitement any longer! I can now share with you all the products being released TODAY over on the Uniko Studio WEBSITE! Grab yourself a drink and sit and relax as I introduce you to all the NEW stamp sets and Digital Paper Collections! 

Fontiments Birthday £15.95 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

Fontiments Birthday is a trendy sentiment set that allows you to mix and match fonts to create a unique birthday sentiment for your card. The size of the sentiments allows you to make them the focus of the card, but they are not too big to compliment image stamps on cards & projects. The set contains 30 stamps in total.

Fontiment Fancies - Swirls & Flourishes £15.95 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

Fontiment Fancies - Swirls &Flourishes is a versatile set that would look lovely on almost any type of project. The swirls and flourishes contained in this set can be used on their own as well as paired with a special sentiment, such as those contained in Fontiments Birthday.

There is a variety of shapes & sizes of swirls & flourishes contained in the set which allows you to mix, match and combine images to create a unique stamped project.

Decorative Doilies - The Hands Of Time £15.95 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time provides a different take on a popular trend of doilies! It has a mix of solid & liner stamps which will create a multitude of possibilities!

This set co-ordinates beautifully with the previously released Time & Extra Time sets as well as all the NEW sets being released!

Background Builders Lattice £15.95 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

Background Builders Lattice is a different take on a popular trend of the lattice style that we are seeing not only in the crafting world but also in interiors & homeware!

This set is a background building set which has a mix of solid & liner stamps which will create a multitude of stamped backgrounds!

The set contains a total of 9 stamps 4 background building strips that are designed in such a way to make lining up the edges of each image super easy, allowing you to stamp an entire card front in no time! The set also contains 5 smaller individual stamps to create even more background & focal possibilities to your stamped projects.

So, what do you think? Which set is your favourite?

Along with these 4 stamp sets Uniko Studio is also introducing 2 Digital Downloadable Paper Collections ...

Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time Digital Paper Collection £2.75 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

This digital download provides a different take on the popular trend of doilies. The download contains 12 patterned papers which are inspired by & use images from the Decorative Doilies - The Hands of Time stamp set. The paper collection also contains different but complimentary imagery not contained in the stamp set, which provides even more versatility when combined with the stamp set. The possibilities are endless!

An added BONUS is that the colours of these digital downloadable papers are a perfect match to Stampin' Up! colours. The colours featured in this collection are, Rose Red, So Safron, Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pool Party & Calypso Coral.

Modern Lattice Digital Paper Collection £2.75 

Copyright Uniko Studio  2012

www.unikostudio.co.uk

This digital download is bang on trend! The lattice style is not only popular in the crafting world but also in interiors & homeware. The download contains 12 patterned papers which are inspired by & use images from the Background Builders Lattice stamp set.

The paper collection also contains different but complimentary imagery not contained in the stamp set, which provides even more versatility when combined with the stamp set.The papers also coordinate perfectly with the majority of stamp sets available from Uniko Studio.

An added BONUS is that the colours of these digital downloadable papers are a perfect match to Stampin' Up! colours. The colours featured in this collection are, Pumpkin Pie, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Very Vanilla & Sahara Sand.

All the digital downloadable papers accommodate those who use A4 size papers and those who use 8 x 11″ papers. Contained in the zip file is a folder containing the A4 and 8 x 11″ paper files it is then your choice which paper size you print! Once you have completed your purchases from the website you will be sent an email with a link to the download. Be sure to save these files to your computer as you will only be able to download them twice. Once you have them on your computer you will be able to use them over & over again! 

Now we have all the formal introductions done how about a few projects using these products?!

This first card uses the largest single outline stamp from Background Builders Lattice and one of the Celebrate stamps from Fontiments Birthday. I have also used 6 of the digital patterned papers from the Modern Lattice Digital Paper Collection. I simply stamped the image and cut them out to create a patchwork effect. 

For this card I used Decorative Doilies The Hands of Time. Once I had cut the small squares I lined 3 of them up and stamped the doily image using Black Memento Ink. I then coloured each of the hands in with Copic markers to create a lovely rainbow effect. I added some Prisma Glitter to the white areas inside the doily for that added sparkle!

For the card above I used Fontiment Fancies - Swirls and Flourishes. This card demonstrates how the swirls and flourishes can be combined to build a frame. There are SO many possibilities! The sentiment is from Fontiments Birthday.

For this last card I have used Fontiments Birthday as the focus. This sentiment set has SO many mix and match possibilities! 

Well, thats all from me today! If you want to see more ideas and samples using the NEW stamps and digital papers then POP on over to the Design Team blogs! KERRY & AMY have some FAB projects to share too.

I'll be back tomorrow with a few more cards to share! I hope you have all enjoyed seeing everything, I'd LOVE for you to tell me your FAVES and MUST haves! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Sneak Peek 6 ...

Welcome back to day 6 of the peeks!

Thank you for the lovely comments, I am SO happy that you're as excited as me about the up & coming release from Uniko Studio.

So without further ado here is the sixth Sneak Peek ...

This peek is of a NEW digital paper collection to be released on the 21st April. This paper collection coordinates with the lattice stamp set I peeked at earlier in the week. It features some of the same & different images contained in the set, together they will provide more possibilities. However, this set of papers has SO much potential used on its own or with the other products being released at Uniko Studio! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the full reveal of all the products being released! They will also be available for purchase through the website HERE!  I will also have a few projects to share using the new products along with the members of the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Sneak Peek 5 ...

Welcome back to day 5 of the peeks!

Thank you for the lovely comments, I am SO happy that you're as excited as me about the up & coming release from Uniko Studio.

So without further ado here is the fifth Sneak Peek ...

This peek is of a NEW digital paper collection to be released on the 21st April. This paper collection coordinates with the doily stamp set I peeked at earlier in the week. It features some of the same & different images contained in the set, together they will provide more possibilities. However, this set of papers has SO much potential used on its own or with the other products being released at Uniko Studio! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the 5th Sneak Peek at whats to be released on the 21st April! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Sneak Peek 4 ...

Welcome back to day 4 of the peeks!

Thank you for the lovely comments, I am SO happy that you're as excited as me about the up & coming release from Uniko Studio.

So without further ado here is the fourth Sneak Peek ...

This is a different take on a popular trend of the lattice style that we are seeing not only in the crafting world but also in interiors & homeware! This set is a background building set which has a mix of solid & liner stamps which will create a multitude of stamped backgrounds!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the 5th Sneak Peek at whats to be released on the 21st April! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Sneak Peek 3 ...

Welcome back!

Thank you for the lovely comments, I am SO happy that you're as excited as me about the up & coming release from Uniko Studio.

So without further ado here is the third Sneak Peek ...

This is a different take on a popular trend of doilies! It has a mix of solid & liner stamps which will create a multitude of possibilities! It co-ordinates with the previously released Time & Extra Time sets as well as all of the NEW sets being released on the 21st April! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the 4th Sneak Peek at whats to be released on the 21st April! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Sneak Peek 2 ...

Welcome back!

Thank you for the lovely comments, I am SO happy that you're as excited as me about the up & coming release from Uniko Studio.

So without further ado here is the second Sneak Peek ...

This set co-ordinates lovely with yesterday's sentiment set but is also FAB on it's own! The set contains lots of mix & match building opportunities with some FANCY results!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the 3rd Sneak Peek at whats to be released on the 21st April! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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And it's GO for the First Sneak Peek!

Whoohoo!

The day is finally here that we have all been waiting for, I can now share with you all the First Sneak Peek of the second release for Uniko Studio clear stamps!!

Are you ready?! Here it is ...

Now, you might be thinking 'but it's just another sentiment set'. However, this is no ordinary sentiment set, it uses a mix of fun & trendy fonts but the BEST thing is the huge amount of mix and match opportunities this set holds! The sentiments are on the larger side too so that they can be used as the main focus of the card too! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the 2nd Sneak Peek at whats to be released on the 21st April! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

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One ...

Hey!

Happy Weekend Y'all! Hope your weekend has got off to a lovely & relaxing start. The excitement is building in the Uniko Studio! 

Here is my card for today ...

For this card I used the medium & small graphic flowers from the TIME stamp set & the 'Just Because' sentiment from 'EXTRA TIME'. I used a post-it note to mask off the lower section of the base card to stamp the medium graphic flower using white ink. 

I then die cut the SU! butterflies and randomly stamped each of the butterflies in Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze & added a white button tied with linen thread to finish. A lovely girly card to finish off the Time & Extra Time project shares! 

Before I go and calm myself for the next release I have to announce the winner of the Challenge Giveaway ... the odds were good for the participants and will have a little something for those who took the TIME to enter but didn't win the prize.

And the WINNER is ...

Congratulations Sue! You are the winner of the stamp set & digital download of your choice! You are more than welcome to wait & see whats in store from the release & reveal! 

Thanks again to those who took the TIME to enter! Thanks for stopping by today & I'll see Y'all tomorrow for the first of the sneak peeks! 

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Two ...

HEY!

TGIF! As you can see I am on a countdown to Sunday! LOL! As Sunday is the day the Uniko Studio peeks start! Are you excited to see what's coming next?

Until then I have this card to share with you ...

For this card I used the current ColourQ#132 colours ...

This is defo not a colour combo I'd use off the top of my head as it has green and orange 2 colours I rarely use! However, I did enjoy coming them all. I kept a lot of white space & used the colours sparingly! 

Well, there is one more day till peeks start & one more TIME card to share - for now anyway! Lol! Until tomorrow, thanks for stopping by today!

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