Uniko Studio sponsors TIME OUT Challenges

Hey!

Uniko are super excited to announce that we are sponsoring another challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges - YAY!

Not only are we sponsoring this challenge but our Design Team are also joining in with the challenge and have provided awesome inspiration along with the TO Design Team.

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 the Design Team...

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Bev

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 above, then take some TIME OUT and join in at TIME OUT Challenges.

Geometric CAS Style!

Hey & Happy Monday!

I do hope your week has got off to a good start :) There is a chill in the air here in the NE of the UK but the sun is out, so that helps. 

The beans are super tired today, I think they are still adjusting to the change in the clocks with them going back an hour at the weekend. Which means I had a little extra creative time in the studio today - YAY! 

Today I have shared a card HERE using this weeks Stamp Of The Week which has some geometric elements and really wanted to create a card using the current CAS(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below with some more geometric elements suitable for the current Uniko Challenge HERE.

This is what I came up with...

I started out by die cutting the Mama Elephant 'hello' from the white CS at an angle. I then used temporary adhesive to adhere it to my work space with the 'hello' straight. This made it easier for me to stamped the lines with squares straight, following the sketch. 

After adhering it to my SU! Smokey Slate card base using foam adhesive I added a few square rhinestones to finish the card off. I loved the current ColourQ challenge colours seen HERE and below, so decided to use them again for my card.

I think that cue words such as geometrics can be daunting, but when you use them as accents to a focal image & think outside of the box they are really quite fun! I have used them to accent the 'hello' die cut with the simple stamping and with the rhinestones. An super CAS card in under 10 minutes! 

Ok, that's all from me today, mummy duties are required! I'll be back again this week with more to share, until then, thank you for stopping by today & hope to see you joining in on the Uniko Challenge :)

Have You Joined Us Yet?

Hey!

I'm here today to remind you that you still have time to join in on our current challenge. This month we have another fun challenge for you to try with another optional twist too.

GEOMETRICS
with an optional twist of CIRCLES, SQUARES OR TRIANGLES

You can use any stamps/products to enter the challenge, but we do LOVE to see you use your Uniko goodies and if you do there is an extra chance to win a prize! Also you can do a card in any style, it doesn't have to be CAS.

As always, this fortnight we have 2 lovely an awesomely talented Guest Designers joining us. The first guest is our winner from Challenge #25... Rahmat from Cards and Cooking Corner. If you have been a participant in our challenges for a while you will have no doubt seen the wonderful creations Rahmat has entered.

Rahmat used her winning eGift Certificate to purchase Background Builders: Round In Circles and put them to FABulous use in this wonderful creation above. Be sure to stop on by her blog HERE and leave her some love.

Next up I am truly honoured & kinda speechless that the wonderful Julia Altermann, from Just One More Card, agreed to be our guest designer for this challenge!

Julia has created another fabulous card using Background Builders: Triangulate...

Be sure to pop on Julia's blog HERE and leave some love.

How about some MORE inspiration to get your creative juices flowing from our wonderful design team...

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

Aren't these all fabulous!

Need a little more incentive to join in the fun? Will some prizes help?

THE PRIZES!

Our DT will choose a winner who will get a £20 gift voucher

Our DT will choose a top 3 who will get 50 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

We will do a random draw for those who used a Uniko stamp and this winner will get 150 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

We will do a random draw for those who twist with us (Circles, Squares or Triangles) and they will receive 100 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

This challenge runs for 2 weeks, closing on Friday October 30th 8pm GMT.

Now it is your turn to join in the fun:

An InLinkz Link-up

Stamp Of The Week

Hey!

Do you remember me telling you about Stamp Of The Week? Well, if you missed it I am just popping in with a little reminder about it! 

Over on the website blog HERE I am hosting a weekly feature called Stamp Of The Week. This is a little info about it and the set I have featured this week...

Stamp of the Week is a new feature here at Uniko.

It is one I have been wanting to do for some time & with the results of the recent survey I did it is something 69% of you wanted too. Even though every other month the DT and I revisit a previously released set, there are MANY more clear stamp sets that deserve some LOVE!

So, what is stamp of the week? 

Well, each week I will be focusing on a different stamp set on this the Uniko website blog, I will be featuring a variety of cards, tags, projects and hopefully videos. The stamp of the week will be the main focus but I will also be showing how it pairs with other products from Uniko & other reputable companies. Along with all that the featured stamp set will be available in store at a discounted price for that week only.

This weeks stamp of the week - Pure Florals: Poinsettia

This is a little peek at todays card & my last for this weeks featured set & a link to the post HERE...

I hope you will join me HERE tomorrow for the next featured set & I will be back on this blog too with more to share this week.

I have also updated the CLASSES page with my next class at The Paperlane & booking for my NEW class at Eaglescliffe closes Wednesday morning (21st October). 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Uniko Challenge #26

Hey!

Welcome back for our October challenge. This month we have another fun challenge for you to try with another optional twist too.

GEOMETRICS
with an optional twist of CIRCLES, SQUARES OR TRIANGLES

You can use any stamps/products to enter the challenge, but we do LOVE to see you use your Uniko goodies and if you do there is an extra chance to win a prize! Also you can do a card in any style, it doesn't have to be CAS.

As always, this fortnight we have 2 lovely an awesomely talented Guest Designers joining us. The first guest is our winner from Challenge #25... Rahmat from Cards and Cooking Corner. If you have been a participant in our challenges for a while you will have no doubt seen the wonderful creations Rahmat has entered.

Rahmat used her winning eGift Certificate to purchase Background Builders: Round In Circles and put them to FABulous use in this wonderful creation above. Be sure to stop on by her blog HERE and leave her some love.

Next up I am truly honoured & kinda speechless that the wonderful Julia Altermann, from Just One More Card, agreed to be our guest designer for this challenge!

Not only did Julia create two awesome cards...

Julia also created a video showing you how she made each of the cards...

Which you can also view on You Tube HERE. Be sure to watch the video, it has lots of really wonderful tips that I can't wait to try myself & also be sure to pop on Julia's blog HERE and leave some love.

How about some MORE inspiration to get your creative juices flowing from our wonderful design team...

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Nicki

Aren't these all fabulous!

Need a little more incentive to join in the fun? Will some prizes help?

THE PRIZES!

Our DT will choose a winner who will get a £20 gift voucher

Our DT will choose a top 3 who will get 50 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

We will do a random draw for those who used a Uniko stamp and this winner will get 150 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

We will do a random draw for those who twist with us (Circles, Squares or Triangles) and they will receive 100 Loyalty Reward Points added to their customer account.

This challenge runs for 2 weeks, closing on Friday October 30th 8pm GMT.

Now it is your turn to join in the fun:

An InLinkz Link-up

October 2015 Design Team Blog Hop, GIVEAWAY!

Hey!

I'm SO happy you've stopped by the blog today as today is the October 2015 Design Team Blog Hop. Along with the hop and GIVEAWAY! So be sure to grab a drink, get comfy, relax and enjoy!

As we've quite a few new followers here, ("Hello & Thank you") I will explain what's going on! Here at Uniko I *USUALLY* 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 HQ. I currently run this little business single handedly, designing, blogging, demoing, classes, packing. Alongside that I am a full time mum to 13  month old twin boys! 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 as we are approaching Christmas I decided to dust off the previously released Pure Florals: Poinsettia...

As you can see this set features a reasonable sized Poinsettia and an array of mix and match Christmas themed sentiments.

As always I like to share a couple of my 'old faves' using the sets...

And here is a new project featuring the set...

My card today was inspired by the current CAS - Colours & Sketches sketch challenge seen HERE and below. 

As you can see I decided upon a different colour than the usual reds for my poinsettia, opting for magenta and a light pink. I also turned to my trusty Prismacolor pencils and gamsol to blend them. I was thinking back and I started using these way back in 2008 when I first came across the awesome Jennifer McGuire when she worked with Hero Arts! 

Anyway, after colouring my partial stamped poinsettia on the tag I layered it up with a plain tag, added some white ribbon tied on with gold embroidery floss and finished it with some more gold embroidery floss swirled underneath. The sentiment is a partial stamped sentiment from the set.

Now, I do have some more cards to share using this set, but I am saving them to share with you this coming week on the Uniko Website Blog HERE. I am starting a new weekly feature over there called 'Stamp of the Week'. 

Each week I will have a series of blog posts featuring the 'Stamp of the Week' and fingers crossed videos in the future too!! Along with this, the 'featured' stamp set will be available on the website for a discounted price for that week only.

I do hope you will join me over there this week ;) Anyway, enough chatter, how about some more inspiration from the awesome DT.

AND don't forget the GIVEAWAY... Simply comment along the hop by midnight Sunday 18th October (BST) for your chance to win the featured set or a eGift Certificate code to the same value if you already own them...

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Nicki

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah G

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

I think that is all for today, THANK YOU so much for stopping by today and your continued support and custom which makes my little dream and business stay alive.

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop WINNER!

Hey & Happy Weekend!

I popping in real quick this evening to announce the winner of the GIVEAWAY I did on my Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post HERE. The winner will receive the Coffee themed stamp set that Uniko is releasing next month!!

So, without further ado random.org chose the lucky comment...

Who is...

Sheryl30 September 2015 at 07:06

Your card is perfection! Thank you for being a sponsor!

Congratulations Sheryl! Please send an email to beverley@unikostudio.com along with your postal address and I will send you a set once they are in my possession! 

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the hop & stopped by the Uniko Blog and left such lovely comments.

No card today I'm afraid, I am feeling a little under the weather :( I will be back tomorrow though for the October 2015 Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!! I hope you will stop by the blog then :)

Uniko Challenge #25 WINNERS!

Hey!

I'm here this evening to announce the winners of our 'Autumn' with optional twist of thanks challenge.

The Design Team & I loved seeing your amazing creations and I throughly enjoy stopping by all of your blogs :)

Anyway, firstly we have a randomly selected winner who used Uniko products on their entry and that winner is:

Carol

Please contact Bev at beverley@unikostudio.com by the 20th October 2015 

to claim your 150 reward points.

Next up is our random winner who twisted with us:

Maureen

Please contact Bev at beverley@unikostudio.com by the 20th October 2015 

to claim your 100 loyalty reward points.

Next we have our winner chosen by the DT:

Magic Flying Boots

Congratulations and here is your winners badge:

You have won a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in Uniko store here-please contact me at beverley@unikostudio.com by the 20th October 2015

We would also love to have you join us as our Guest Designer for a future challenge. If you are interested please contact me at beverley@unikostudio.com by the 20th October 2015.

Now for our Top 3 chosen by the DT and in no particular order: 

#36 Bobby

#34 Birgit

#39 AJ

Congratulations to you all & here is you Top 3 badge:

You have all won 50 loyalty reward points.

Please contact me at beverley@unikostudio.com 

by the 20th October 2015 to claim your prize.

Congratulations to ALL the winners & EVERYONE who joined in on the fun!

Happy World Card Making Day!

Hey & Happy World Card Making Day!

I do hope you are all having a lovely weekend & finding time this day of the year where we can celebrate as a creative community & enjoy our passion for making cards. I found a spare 30 minutes again today, thanks to hubby being home to make a card. I did tell him it was #WCMD2015 and it was essential! Lol! 

This is what I came up with...

I'm excited to have Label Love: Thank you back in stock over on the website next week (available for pre-order from today & will ship Wednesday 7th Oct) that I had to show it some inky love. I'm still  on a roll making thank you cards and today I am thankful of quite a few things.

Today I am thankful for all of you who take the time to stop by the blog to see my creativity, for those who leave such thoughtful comments too, for those who purchase my products and those who follow me on social media. I could go on, but you get the picture, without ALL of you my dream job wouldn't be what it is and I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I do. So, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

A small token to show my thanks to all of you I am doing a little stamp set giveaway over on Facebook & Instagram. Simply comment on either or both of the posts for your chance to win one of two Label Love: Thank you clear stamp sets. 

As usual I had a play along with a challenge, it really does help spark my creativity when I only have limited time to create. This time I joined in with the Fusion Card Challenge seen HERE and below. I decided to use both the inspiration photo and the sketch. I combined 3 Uniko clear stamp sets on my card along with some Mama Elephant dies. All the products I've used are listed at the end of the post.

One last thing... as it is #WCMD2015 how about a 15% discount code?! The code #WCMD2015 is valid until midday (BST)  tomorrow Sunday 4th October 2015. Simply apply the code to the coupon box during checkout.

That's all I have for today, but as the beans are now tucked up in their cots asleep AND hubby is watching England in the rugby I will now sneak off to the studio and make a couple more cards!! It is #WCMD2015 after all! 

Until the next time, thanks for stopping by today.

Supplies

Stamps: Uniko Label Love: Thank You, Paradise Hummingbird & Natures Treasures II

Ink: Memento Luxe Morocco, VersaMagic Mango Madness, Tea Leaves & Sahara Sand

Card Stock: White & PTI Vintage Cream

Accessories: Mama Elephant Landscape Trio Dies & Foam Adhesive