DT Inspiration...Zoo Fun Cards for Kids

Hello,

Carol here. Welcome to my Uniko Studio DT showcase, where I bring out a few Uniko favourites for a play date.

Today's trio of cards was inspired by my brother's family's recent visit. I had a blast spending 24/7 with my niece and nephew for a few days...and part of our wonderful time together included a trip to the Calgary Zoo.

Zoo + kiddos = incentive to create cards *for* said kiddos! I'll include a few photos of the zoo/our place with the cards; hopefully, they'll know that Aunty c is WILD about them! As for Mr. Zebra...he'll be my card for my brother, whose birthday is coming up quickly.

I brought Doodlebug stickers into the scenes because a) they're adorable and b) they pair wonderfully with Uniko's animal prints/tropical line. Lots more of those in my collection, so you may see more of this combination down the road.

Card 1:

WILD Clear Stamp Set

Giraffe Print Stencil

Large Background: Tropical Paradise

Card 2:

WILD Clear Stamp Set

Tiger Print Stencil

Large Background: Tropical Paradise

Card 3:

Simply Said

Zebra Print Stencil

Large Background: Tropical Paradise

Hope these brought a smile!
 

Introducing... Large Background Tropical Paradise

Hey!

Welcome to Day 2 of the July 2019 Release product introductions.

I've been waiting for this day for AGES and now this is the fun part where myself, my guest designer and the design team get to show you LOTS of inspiration! You get to see all the sneak peeks I've shared over the past two days in action on cards & projects over the next few days leading up to 26th, July, Release Day!

Today's product is one new clear stamp set you might recognise. I recently designed it as part of a digital stamp collection for Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine HERE. As soon as I had designed it, I knew I had to have it in physical stamp form! As much as I do like using digital stamps, there is nothing like a photopolymer stamp in your hands to ink up!

So here is another addition to the Large Backgrounds, Tropical Paradise. Let's have a quick look at the background in use...

Stamped in Catherine Pooler Grass Skirt ink, I have coloured the Tropical Paradise background with a variety of Copic Markers in shades of green. I have then trimmed the panel to fit my card base and added a Hibiscus flower from Paradise with the Aloha sentiment also from the Paradise clear stamp set.

It wouldn't be a release without a daily blog hop full of inspiration! 

As usual my AWESOME Design Team and wonderful Guest Designer this month, Keren Baker have worked their magic with today's products, so be sure to hop along & see them...

Keren

Bev

Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 

Julie

Linda

Sarah G

Sarah P

Wiebke 

WOW!

That was a phenomenal inspirational hop, so many creative ways to use the Large Background Tropical Paradise. It has so many possibilities and especially paired with the previously released Paradise and Paradise Leaves clear stamp sets.

I hope you enjoyed it and you will join us again tomorrow for another product introduction and LOTS more inspiration :)

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April / May 2019 Reveal, Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

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Finally the day has arrived and the April / May 2019 Reveal, Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY is here! The Release will be available to purchase HERE at a NEW time of 9pm GMT tonight. 

Ok, so how about a look at the 4 new Clear Stamp Set designs, 2 coordinating Designer Die collections AND 1 Stencil Design being released later today...

Background Blocks Mid Century Modern  £5

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Background Blocks Mid Century Modern II  £5

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Mid Century Modern Florals  £10

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Large Background Sketched Foliage  £10

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Designer Dies BIG & BOLD Wish £9

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 Designer Dies English Country Garden Butterflies  £7

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Stencil Mid Century Modern £3.50

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Another FUN reveal of products to add to the Uniko inventory!  

As usual we have our traditional Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway. To be in the chance of winning The ENTIRE April / May 2019 Release! (4 clear stamp sets, 2 previously released clear stamp sets, 2 co-ordinating designer die collections & 1 stencil design). 

Simply comment along the blog hop, it's as easy as that! You have until Midnight Sunday 12th May 2019. Winner will be announced a few days after. 

Happy Hopping!

Bev

Jenny

Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 

Julie

Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat

Sarah G

Sarah P

Wiebke 

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DT Inspiration - Mad about Happy!

Hello there friends it's Sarah P here with a little DT Inspiration post.

Since the last release from Uniko I've been 'slightly' obsessed with the Happy die that coordinates with the BIG & BOLD 'Happy' stamp set. Here's a few of my examples using it and hope you like my creations

As ever I can't resist a blended rainbow, using Distress Oxides ...

... and from bold and vibrant to cool and subtle also adding some additional sets here; Passiflora (stamps and dies) and Large Background Block: Scattered Polka Hearts

... last up I actually made a set of 6 of these in various colours. Here's 2 of my favourites and I've teamed the 'happy' die with Background Block Doodle Flower which is heat embossed in white on coloured cardstock.

I hope you like my creations and thanks for calling by the blog today!

DT inspiration - Eraser technique

Bonjour !

Izzy here. Today I want to share with you a technique that I recently discovered on Papierelle's blog and that I particularly love. This is the Eraser technique.

For this technique I used the Pure Florals Peony stamp set released this past December together with the Large Background French Script stamp released in May 2018.

All you need for this technique is a pencil, sandpaper, a sponge, an eraser and a stamp. And the process is very easy : 

1. Rub off some graphite of the pencil over the sandpaper.
2. Pick up the graphite with a sponge and sponge it onto your card stock
3. Stamp the image you chose on top of this sponging
4. And to finish, erase the surfaces of your image you want to be white

Easy peasy, no ?

To make my card I cut a rectangle of Strathmore Bristol and I sponged it with the graphite. I stamped the gorgeous peonies with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped them on post-it notes to use them as masks to be able to stamp the French Script Background with a light gray ink.

Then I erased the inside surface of the peonies and I used my new loved pencil brushes to colour them. If you try this technique you will notice that the choice of the paper is important. Depending on the paper, it is sometimes hard to completely make the surface white. For this card I've used Strathmore Bristol because it's a very smooth surface and I knew it's compatible with the use of the Zig Clean Colour pen brush as watercolour pencils.

Even with this smooth card stock I didn't succeed to totally erase the graphite on the peonies. But I loved the vintage look it gives mixed together with the pink watercolour that's why I went on. To finish I sponged Black Soot Distress ink on the edges of the card stock. Once everything was totally dry I sprayed a fixative to be sure that the graphite would not smear everywhere.

I adhered this panel on top of a white card stock and I stamped a birthday sentiment which comes from the Pure Florals Chrysanthemum set. I love how this card looks, the peonies really stand out over the grey background !

I hope I inspired you with this gorgeous stamp set. It completes so beautifully the Pure Florals collection. It's my new favourite and a must have !

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day !

Izzy xx

CAS Colours & Sketches #273 - Sketch

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Welcome back to another FUN CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. This month Cathy is our hostess and has this wonderful sketch HERE to inspire your clean and simple card making this week...

So many possibilities with this fun sketch, but here is how I decided to use it...

I reached for the recently released silhouette from Just Because and the Large Background French Script. I thought the sketch lent itself well to some masking and stamping for the lower rectangle and some spotlight stamping for the top focal rectangle. 

I was going to keep my colour scheme totally monochrome, but thought that might be a little too depressing for a sympathy card. So I used Altenew Dew Drops for the silhouette stamped on the upper rectangle. 

That's all from me today, I hope thatI have inspired you to join in on the challenge?! If you need a little more inspiration, pop on over HERE to see what the CC&S Design Team have created.

Thanks for stopping by!

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May 2018 Release in Review Day 1

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Welcome to the May Release in Review Day 1 (a day late).

So I am a little late with my posts due to being ill and being a mummy taking priority. I had all good intentions to be all prepared, scheduled  have cards made, photographed and ready to go and the time (as usual) slipped away from me and illness struck this past weekend too :(

Anyway, as a couple of the Design Team didn't receive their goodies in time for the countdown and release day festivities, I thought it would be nice to have them be in the limelight and have a release in review week.

Today (Monday), we are taking a look at Just Because and Large Background French Script clear stamps.

And here is some new inspiration using them from Carol and Rahmat. Be sure to click on their links for all the details and more inspiration on their blogs....

Click HERE to see more from Carol

Click HERE to see more from Rahmat

WOW! I am so inspired by these 2 projects. I love the rainbow of colours on Carols silhouette, simply seamlessly done and perfectly CAS. With Rahmat's card I had to go for a closer look as she has transformed the silhouette image beautifully and with so much detail. 

Don't go far, as I will be sharing day 2 shortly! 

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