Uniko Challenge #40 Winners

Hey!

I'm here today to announce the WINNERS of our Spring with optional twist EASTER Challenge. So many gorgeous bright and Spring inspired cards! So hard to choose! So pleased to tell you about our picks!

First we have our overall WINNER chosen by the Design Team...

#5 Cornelia

 

Congratulations Cornelia!

Here is your winner's badge:

You have won a £25 eGift Certificate to spend in the Uniko store. Please contact me at bev@uniko.co.uk by the 12th May 2017.


We would also love to have you join us as our Guest Designer for a future challenge. If you are interested please contact Jane at jane.taylor52@btinternet.com by the 12th May 2017.

 Next up is the random winner who twisted with us....

#52 Zelka

Congratulations Zelka!

You have won an in stock £4 clear stamp set from the Uniko store. Please contact me at bev@uniko.co.uk by the 12th May 2017, with your choice of stamp set and your postal address.

Here is your winners badge:

Then we have our randomly selected winner who used Uniko products on their creation...

#60 KandA

  

Congratulations KandA!

You have won an in stock £4 clear stamp set from the Uniko store. Please contact me at bev@uniko.co.uk by the 12th May 2017, with your choice of stamp set and your postal address.

Here is your winners badge:

Now for our Top 3 chosen by the DT and in entry order:

#55 Trina P

#61 Carol
 

#67 Anita

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

You have all won 150 loyalty reward points.

Please contact me at bev@uniko.co.uk

 

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

The next Uniko Challenge starts on Friday 19th May.

Hope to see you come back and join in on the fun :)

 

CAS Colours & Sketches #220

Hey!

This is my last week of being hostess for the month of April over HERE at CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. I hope I have inspired your creativity over the past few weeks and that this weeks sketch inspires you...

And this is how I decided to use it...

I've had this stamped pattern idea jotted down for a while & I was waiting for the Uniko Style clear stamp set to come back into stock before I shared it with you all! I am happy to report that those who have been waiting for Uniko Style, it is NOW available again HERE!! 

Anyway, I have used 3 of the smaller stamps in the set to create the stamped pattern and I used a bright and cheerful colour combination of Lucky Limeade, Pixie Pink and Black. The sentiment and trio of stamped dots are from Originally Organic Additions. 

I used a Mama Elephant die to die cut the scalloped edge and simply trimmed a rectangle to fit the sentiment. The enamel dots are from Stampin' Up! too.

I hope that I have inspired you to play along this week and if you need a little more inspiration, be sure to head on over to the CAS Colours & Sketches blog HERE to see what the amazing Design Team and Guest Designer have created using the sketch.

I look forward to seeing you in the gallery & have fun!

Hugs

DT project - mix of stamping, masking and sponging

Hey all Rahmat here. Hope you all had a great weekend!
I am up with a step by step pictorial card.

I have ditched my usual CAS style today for this card.

I used a water color paper. I used the outlined flower stamp and stamped using the worn lipstick and riped permission distress inks. I then added the masks, which I cut prior to use. The leaves are stamped using Stampin' Up - wild wasabi.

I then used the blue distress inks to sponge the panel, and splattered some water afterwards, and wiped off with a tissue to get the effect.

I then used the distress inks along with the zig markers to color the flowers, using a water brush.

Once the coloring as done,  I stamped the sentiment, the bold sentiment is heat embossed in clear embossing powder. I edged one side with a striped chipboard and added to the white base. A few black rhine stones to finish off. I also added a tiny flower stamped in distress ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder on vellum, fussy cut and added on the top.

Supplies:
Uniko - Beautiful Blooms II


 All Occasion Sentiment #6




 Simply Said Birthday


Water color Paper
Distress inks - worn lipstick, riped permission, broken china , and tumbled glass
Zig clean color markers
Archival black ink
Striped chipboard
Black rhine stones
White card stock
Masking tape
Stamping Up - wild wasabi
Clear embossing powder

I hope you find it interesting!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind  feedback :) Have a great day!

                                                                    

CAS Colours & Sketches #219

Hey!

Another week has passed and another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is upon us and this week as your hostess I have another colour combination HERE and seen below to hopefully inspire you...

And this is how I decided to use it...

My creative mojo has been a little off this past week or so and I am finding it hard to create, even when I have the time to do so. I think it is waiting for a batch of new stamps to arrive ;)Anyway, I still had Natures Treasures on my desk from last weeks card and thought the images suited the colours.

I only have Old Olive in ink format and so I decided to use the Tip Toe Taupe as my card base. I stamped the large wavy foliage in VersaMark ink and used a Mama Elephant die to compliment the wavy design. 

The sentiment is from Simply Said, which I stamped first and then stamped the leaf image also trying to compliment the wave of the die cut. I then finished the design off with a trio of enamel dots, a close a match as possible to Mint Macaron.

I hope that I have inspired you to play along this week and if you need a little more inspiration, be sure to head on over to the CAS Colours & Sketches blog HERE to see what the amazing Design Team and Guest Designer have created using the colours.

I look forward to seeing you in the gallery & have fun!

Hugs

DT Inspiration - Partial fussy cutting

Hello all Rahmat here. I am up with a simple card with a short pictorial. I have used the partial fussy cutting here.

I stamped the butterfly in a blue ink. I colored it using zig clean color brush markers, and used a water brush to blend in the colors. I was aiming for a rainbow shade.

I used a bubble stencil and sponged it using Hero Arts Neon Ink - sunshine around the butterfly. I then drew a light line to guide myself for the fussy cutting. I had cut from the bottom here.

I used foam adhesive to add the butterfly panel to the base. The sentiment is from Pure Florals Cosmos, stamped in blue on a white strip and edged with a blue glitter strip.

Finally a few jewels to finish off.

I hope you give this technique a try, it works with any kind of stamps, and adds interest to the cards.

Supplies:
Uniko stamps - English garden Butterflies 

 Pure florals - Cosmos

 
 Hero Arts - Neon ink - Sunshine
Bubble stencil
Zig clean color markers
water brush
Blue glitter strip
White card base
Foam adhesive
rhine stone - gold

       Thank you for tuning in and really appreciate you stopping by! Have a great day!

                                                                    

CAS Colours & Sketches #218

Hey!

Oh my, these days & weeks are certainly flying by! I think I'm finding them to pass so quick as my days and evenings are filled to the brim ;)

My days are spent entertaining and occupying two crazy beans! They are proper little boys, loving playing outside and getting dirty now the days are getting warmer and dryer ;) Though they are pretty good the majority of the time and play well together, so I do get the 'odd' moment to get things done. You can guarantee that if I get any kind of 'work' out to do they want me for something! So, I have been 'trying' to get it done once they go to bed, which occasionally has been a challenge :(

Hence the time I do get has been spent on getting new products ready for release on 6th May, which is the day I will be at Happy Stampers Festival in the Wirral (Liverpool) - YAY! Are you planning on coming...? I'd love to see you if you are :)

Anyway, I did find a little creative time to make todays card using hostess sketch for this weeks CAS Colours & Sketches challenge HERE and seen below.

And this is how I decided to use it...

For some reason I *really* wanted to make a shaker card and in my head I had forgotten about the vertical strip on the sketch! So, I adapted my original idea of how I was going to make the shaker but still got to make one! 

I purposefully didn't include a sentiment on the sketch as sometimes cards just don't need one on the front. Though the little square on the sketch could easily be where a sentiment could go or be placed. I decided to make a Spring card inspired by the current AAA Cards challenge HERE. 

I chose the solid flower from Flower Power #2 which is a modern Blossom flower design and paired it with a couple of leaves from Natures Treasures. I stamped them in colours to match the pretty pastel sequins in the shaker, which are from Pretty Pink Posh.

I hope that I have inspired you to play along this week and if you need a little more inspiration, be sure to head on over to the CAS Colours & Sketches blog HERE to see what the amazing Design Team and Guest Designer have created using the colours.

I look forward to seeing you in the gallery & have fun!

Hugs

Design Team Inspiration - Pocket Power

Hello, it's Jane here today with some ideas about using pockets on your cards.  Do you remember this card?

I suggested popping a gift card or note or money in the pocket as an Easter gift and went on to make two more versions to send to my two grandsons - using their favourite colours of course!

Supplies:
 

And that got me to thinking about other occasions when it might be fun to have a pocket to slip a little something into. And with all the craze for adult colouring going on at the moment I thought it would be a fabulous idea to include some pre-stamped cards for the recipient to colour in themselves.  This next card was created with that in mind.

The die cut mandela is inserted in the pocket uncoloured, but naturally I couldn't resist having a bit of a colour myself too - got to share the fun after all!

Supplies:

 

My next idea for using a pocket really harps back to my teaching days - seems you can never get rid of that teacher influence no matter how hard you try! It's a motivational pocket. 

I was thinking about a task that needs a bit of encouragement to complete and the three little splats on the removable strip could be coloured or a sticker added as success is achieved. When all the splats are coloured the large removeable splat could be worn as a sticker. I'm hoping this may work for a bit of potty training with my grandson.

Other educational uses that spring to mind are using the pocket to hold strips of coloured card to match with objects on a colour treasure hunt or adding strips of card with ideas for things to do on a rainy day- stamp in a puddle, watch the raindrops have a race down the window etc. or even holding flashcards of those tricky to learn to read words. I could go on for ever, but hope that's got your ideas flowing too.

Supplies:
     
 
I also think this pocket idea would be great for Father's Day or Mother's Day too, with maybe a list of tasks that would be done to accompany the flowers and gift - you know like doing the washing up, going to bingo with them, giving them a manicure, mowing the grass etc. etc.  I'm leaving you with that idea to ponder on.

Thanks for looking and keep crafting!