YAY for Friday!

Hey & Happy Friday!

How on earth did we get to Friday?! Two days without blogging & creating a card, I'm in withdrawal! It's been one CrAzY busy but exciting week here at the Brown house. With my last post I mentioned the new windows and French doors & a trip to the hospital for another scan. 

Well, the windows and doors have been fitted and look FAB without any hiccups, just A LOT of dust!  I left for my scan on the morning & left via my MIL house as she comes with me to keep me company. I got there and needed the loo so turned the car off and went inside. Came back out and the car decided it wouldn't start - great! Luckily MIL has a car so off we went to the hospital. 

The beans were playing silly billies and laying awkwardly which made life hard for the sonographer to determine which was which and get all her measurements. From that one had put on weight but not as much as the other, so I am back again next week just to make sure all is OK. Hopefully they'll be good so they can get a better look at things. 

We came back after the appointment and my FIL looked at the car and it wasn't going anywhere, the starter motor has gone, luckily hubby had been out at the weekend to test drive cars and had decided on one and bought it & my FIL was picking it up yesterday, so I've only been without a car for a day.

As you can imagine yesterday was full of excitement as the new car AKA 'beanmobile' arrived! Off I went to run a few errands that had accumulated in one day and test the new beauty out and I am very impressed with hubby's choice...

One of my errands was to pick up a box of inky goodness that had been waiting at the parcel depot. I treated myself to the whole WPlus9 Dye Ink Collection and I've had a little play this morning in-between orders to create this super CAS card...

I've used 3 of the 15 colours, Ocean Drive, Sweet Gelato & Wild Mango. I also used the current CAS(E) this Sketch! HERE and seen below for the layout of my card. 

I did add a little glitter to jazz it up a bit...

That's all from me today, I've a few more orders to pack :) It's 50% Friday here at Uniko Studio which means you only have to spend £25 to get FREE Worldwide Shipping! It's only valid for today. 

I'm determined to be back tomorrow with another card, so until then, thank you for stopping by today & sorry for the longwinded talk! 

Gold Butterflies

Hey & Happy Friday!

Yay for the weekend :) It's been a long week here at Uniko Studio HQ, but I am happy with what I've achieved this week. I hope you've all had a good week too. I'm looking forward to an afternoon of crafting tomorrow as the hubby goes looking at new cars & test driving them with his dad.

Anyway, I'm here today with some gold butterflies...

This week CAS(E) this Sketch! are joining forces with Fusion Card Challenge and when I saw the combo HERE,  HERE and below I instantly had an idea and had to interpret the sketch quite literally!

Of course I had to use the NEW English Country Garden - Butterflies stamp set and my fresh Encore Gold ink pad :) 

I'm out of the studio today getting some much needed fresh air and exercise! I do monthly health walks with my MIL run by a voluntary group and we visit a village or town within the North East, do a 2-3 mile walk and then enjoy a nice lunch and a spot of shopping in the place we've walked to. I started these walks not only for the exercise but also to visit towns and villages I might not necessarily visit in my own time. 

Anyway, enough chatter for today, I will be back tomorrow with more to share & until then, thank you for stopping by :)

Supplies: 

Card Stock: White (Boyes)

Ink: Encore Gold & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio English Country Garden - Butterflies & Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: PTI Tag Die, Foam Adhesive

Throwback Thursday & TIME OUT Challenge Reminder

Hey!

So I've left you hanging for a couple of days, sorry about that. My trip to the hospital went well (apart from the waiting time!) the lil beans are growing well :) After the scan my MIL and I went baby shopping! We had reserved 2 Moses baskets so went to collect those and then made an impromptu visit to a pram shop, which resulted in an order for the stroller & accessories, 2 car seats & accessories - a successful day all in all. After all that I was rather pooped and didn't get into the studio to create.

Yesterday I got caught up in designing new goodies and hence no energy or crafty time. However, I am back today with another Throwback Thursday card and a TIME OUT Challenge reminder...

This card HERE and below is the one I decided to remake...

And here is my retake on the card...

I didn't change much about the overall design, mainly I changed the colours which were inspired by the current TIME OUT Challenge inspiration seen HERE and below.

Photo Source: Home Trend Design

Again I was inspired by not only the colours but the fringing on the rug! I used Background Builders: Squared to stamp the yellow and pink strips.

While I'm in the studio & have a little time I am going to indulge in a little more inky time and create a few more cards! So that's all from me today, but I will be back tomorrow with more to share. Until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash. PTI Ocean Tides

Ink: PTI Raspberry Fizz & Summer Sunrise. VersaFine Onyx Black & VersaMagic Spring Pansy

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Squared & Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: PTI Ocean Tides Ribbon, SU! Candy Dots & Foam Adhesive

Throwback Thursday

Hey!

I'm back today after a few days off from blogging with this weeks Throwback Thursday post. Did you enjoy the Uniko Studio Challenge Guest Designer reminder post HERE? I thought Barb did a wonderful  job using the challenge colours & optional theme. Then yesterday we had Ren-Yi on the blog HERE showcasing the new Explosion! set. 

Anyway, let me get back to Throwback Thursday. I chose this card seen HERE and below to revisit...

The original card was made to highlight Uniko Studio Classics Summer digital download paper collection. This is my new version of the card above...

I've chosen a lovely Spring yellow and green palette, perfect for the current "Less is More" challenge seen HERE. 

I kept the design & layout similar to the original but I am liking the freshness of this new card more - might just be the happy spring colours?! 

Before I go I thought I would share a little sneak peek at a couple of the cards we will be making on Saturday in the Uniko Studio classes at The Paperlane...

All the details on how to book your place in a class can be found HERE. Still a couple of places left in the afternoon class. For those of you too far away to attend, I promise to share the full cards & details with you! 

Ok, that's all from me today, I had best be getting the class kits together! I'll be back tomorrow with more to share, until then, thank you for stopping by today. 

Supplies

Card Stock: White (Boyes) PTI Lemon Tart

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMagic Tea Leaves

Stamps: Uniko Studio Label Love: Birthday & Label Love: Thank you

Accessories: PTI Doily Details Die, SU! Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine & 1 3/4" Circle Punch.

Jolly Baubles!

Hey!

I've finally turned a corner & feeling slightly better, well enough to spend a few hours in the studio! I made a little card which I was happy with until I added some Stickles for some sparkle and it made the colours run :( 

Why didn't you use your trusty glue pen & Hero Arts Prisma Glitter I hear you ask?! Well, I'm all out of glue pens :( Guess I'll be restocking of those when I am at The Paperlane tomorrow! 

Anyway, here's my little card...

Whilst snuggled on the sofa yesterday afternoon trying to rest & get rid of this cold I had an idea pop into my head which I made a note of on my iPhone so I wouldn't forget! The idea is what you see above to use the 3 circle stamps from Background Builders: Round In Circles as baubles on a Christmas card!

I used SU! Real Red & Lucky Limeade as my colours and on the striped bauble/circle I used my SU! markers to selectively colour each line. The bows on each bauble is from Label Love: Birthday and I simply drew the string with a black fine liner. The striped bauble is also punched out and mounted using foam adhesive for a little dimension & the sentiment is from Jolly Christmas.

I will be having another go at this card design when I've stocked up on glue pens! I fancy having ago at using some different colours too. 

That's all from me today & apologies for my lateness in posting, I will be back tomorrow with a card to share for someone FABULOUS. I'm taking part in an AWESOME blog hop which is NOT to be missed! My post will be at an usual time for me 1pm here in the UK, hope to see you tomorrow :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

One for the Guys!

Hey!

Here I am with another scheduled post & a card to share with you all. I was looking at all the projects I've shared over the past few months here on the blog and there has been a serious lack of masculine cards, they are one of the hardest cards to sit down and make unless for a specific reason or person. 

However, Uniko Studio have a few sets that lend themselves quite nicely to creating a card for the men in your life, as I have hopefully demonstrated with todays card...

I used a few clear stamp sets for this card, the main one being Accent Essentials: Arrows. I sectioned off a diagonal portion of my white mat layer and then stamped the rows of arrows in Lucky Limeade,  Smokey Slate & Hawaiian Shores. After rounding the corners I adhered it to a Pure Poppy card base.

The red & white sentiment embellishment was created by masking off the central portion of the label from Label Love: Thank you prior to inking with versamark, then removing the mask prior to stamping onto the red card stock. I then heat embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer True White embossing powder. Once it had cooled down I set about fussy cutting the label out leaving a small red border. 

The stamped sentiment is also embossed onto another piece of card stock and punched out using a 1 1/4" circle punch & mounted to the label using foam adhesive. Then I have used foam adhesive to adhere the embellishment to the card.

By masking the centre portion of the label I have created a more masculine label from a label that is originally quite feminine, therefore stretching my supplies a little further.

That's all from me today, the team & I are back tomorrow with Septembers Design Team Blog Hop where we will be revisiting not one but THREE stamp sets! Be sure to stop on by for a inspiration filled hop!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Supplies
Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy. White from Stash.
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores. SU! Lucky Limeade & Smokey Slate. Versamark
Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, Label Love: Thank you & Label Love: Birthday
Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer True White Embossing Powder. Foam Adhesive. SU! 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Design Team Inspiration - Stamping on Patterned Paper

Hello Uniko Studio Fans!!

Nicki here bringing you some Design Team Inspiration! The theme today is Stamping on Patterned Paper. It's really a simple technique and it can really add some interest to your cards!

Here are the supplies I used for this card....nothing out of the ordinary!

I started off by cutting a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the card base (width). Then, using the Wonderful Washi stamp set, I stamped directly onto the paper using two different ink colors, and three washi patterns. A thin strip of black cardstock was placed next to the paper, and both were adhered to the card base.

Not only did I stamp with ink on the patterned paper, but I also heat embossed the polka dot birthday label with glittery embossing powder. It's such a pretty look...see the image below for a close up!

I then mounted the birthday label to a piece of black cardstock, and adhered it to the card (slightly hanging off the edge) using foam tape. That's it! A simple technique can create a very interesting look!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to dig out that patterned paper you've been stashing away, and put it to use! :)

Nicki

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Rustic White, Basic Black

Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up!

Ink: SU! Purely Pomegranate. Staz-On Black.

Stamps: Uniko Studio Wonderful Washi, Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: PK Glitz EP Max Embossing Powder (Burgundy), Foam tape

The Perfect Sketch!

Hey!

Happy Monday :) 

So the other night I made a total of 5 cards and was super impressed with myself! You saw the first card HERE which was for the Uniko Studio Challenge #2, I'd LOVE for you to join in BTW!

Today, you get to see cards 2 - 4, yep a little trio of Christmas cards, I think this is a first for me to make a Christmas cards this early! It was all down to the perfect sketch, the current CAS(E) this Sketch! sketch to be exact seen HERE and below...

As soon as I saw it, the Uniko Studio Label Love series jumped to mind and this little trio of cards were created...

I seem to be seeing a few Christmas themed cards around blog land and so that was the reasoning behind making a Christmas trio. I started out with Label Love: Christmas for this first card seen above and kept things super CAS & adding LOTS of Prisma Glitter (think this might have to be replenished before the BIG Christmas card stash is created!)

Following on for the next card I decided to use a Label Love: Thank you label with a Christmas sentiment inside...

I kept the colour scheme the same, as well as the overall layout using the sketch as my guide. 

For the last card I wandered from the sketch to create a gift look with my ribbons and used a label from Label Love: Birthday with another different Christmas sentiment. I love mixing & matching these sets, SO many possibilities :)

Again, I kept the colour theme the same, added more Prisma Glitter and a little rhinestone. I'm really pleased with my first little trio of Christmas cards for 2013! 

Apologies for the 'off' photos, we got a new camera the other day and I am still learning & getting to grips with it & the white balance, hopefully it won't take me too long to figure it out!

That's all I have to share for today, I'll be back again tomorrow with more to share, until then THANK YOU for stopping by :)

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy, White from stash

Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores, SU! Real Red

Stamps: Uniko Studio Label Love: Christmas, Thank you & Birthday

Accessories: PTI Ribbon & Limitless Layers Dies. Hero Arts Prisma Glitter. Rhinestones. SU! Candy Dots & 1 3/4" Circle Punch