[Uniko Studio Challenge] No. 4 - Winners

Hey hey! What a lot of inspiring entries! We loved your take on Fall and your interpretation on the colors. Our challenge prompt each month is suppose to just give your crafters a starting point, so feel free to interpret it. As long as we see the spirit behind your card, it's a go :)

Here the winners for this week...

The winner of the Uniko Studio Challenge #4 is....

by Gillian

Congrats, Gillian - We love your CAS style and the fun little pops of color. Great use of some Uniko Studio stamps! Please contact [beverley at unikostudio.com] to claim your £10 Gift Certificate and please contact [renyi.lo at gmail.com] to arrange for your Guest Design Spot! :)

And as always, we have our top 3 honourable mentions.

by Lyndal

by Wendy

by Suzie

Yay! Congrats, ladies! Feel free to grab our challenge winner badge (see the sidebar) and show it with pride on your blogs!
Thank you so much to everyone who inked along with us! I hope you'll be able to stop by tomorrow to check out the next challenge! :)

The Saturday Show!

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Happy Weekend :) I'm super happy you've stopped by today as I've some FABulous Uniko Studio customer creations to share with you all. This is one of my favourite posts to put together as I LOVE seeing how you all use the products, I don't always know where you all are, so if you want me to stop by and see send me a link via email. If you don't have a blog or online gallery send me a photo! 

Lets get to it, first up is Lucy...

This first card caught my eye in the 'Less is More' gallery a week or so ago, isn't just a sparkly stunner?! Then when I popped by Lucy's blog I came across this perfectly CAS card also using the Designer Dies Snowflakes...

I particularly love the rotated star. Be sure to stop by Lucy's blog HERE for more wonderful inspiration, I know you won't be disappointed. 

I've a couple more snowflake themed cards to share this time from Deborah...

This first one uses one of my favourite modern Christmas colour combos and I am loving the stamped background on those angles using Background Builders: Christmas. This next card also by Deborah is a stunner & so elegant...

Be sure to stop on by Deborah's blog HERE for tons more wonderful inspiration :)

Continuing the snowflake theme, how about this beauty by Gillian...

Another popular product from the October Release was All Occasion Sentiments #4 and this CAStastic card also by Gillian shows the Merry & Bright sentiment contained in the set to perfection...

I love stopping by Gillian's blog for inspiration and a pick me up, believe me it is worth a visit, you won't be disappointed so check it out HERE.

Continuing the theme I have two more beauties this time by Sarah...

This first one is so crisp and clean & I'm loving those sparkly die cut snowflakes. On the second card Sarah has perfectly paired the large snowflake with the Merry & Bright sentiment creating another perfectly CAS card...

Be sure to stop on by Sarah's Flickr Gallery HERE for more wonderful inspiration :)  

I've one more card to share today that doesn't feature snowflakes! This awesome CAS card is by Petra and uses Wonderful Washi...

I just love the simplicity of this design which with a simple sentiment change would work for SO many different occasions. Be sure to stop by Petra's blog HERE to see more wonderful creations.

That's all I have to share with you today, tomorrow Ren-Yi will be stopping by to announce the winner & top 3 for Uniko Studio Challenge #4. 

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Background Builders: Christmas Day 5 & a WINNER!

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Whoohoo it's Friday! I'm back today with my last card of the weekend using Background Builders: Christmas, but before I get to that how about a winner for the set. I used Random.Org to pick me a winner from all the comments left on the November Design Team Blog Hop post HERE and it chose...

who is... 

Dawn Louise13 November 2013 19:16

Fabulous set versatile and some used for other occasions love the samples

Congratulations Dawn! Send me an email to beverley@unikostudio.com with your snail mail address and I will get your prize on its way to you!

Now, how about a card...

I've another super quick birthday card using the solid stars from the stamp set and die cut 'waste' stars from die cutting Designer Die Snowflakes. The sentiment is a mix from All Occasion Sentiments #2 and FONTiments - Birthday. 

That's all from me today, but I know that our guest designer N@Ali has another project HERE to share with you all, be sure to stop on by and give N@Ali some love. 

I'll be back tomorrow with more to share, until then, thank you for stopping by and ALL your comments they make my day :) 

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Hawaiian Shores, White from stash

Ink: SU! Going Grey, VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio All Occasion Sentiments #2, Background Builders: Christmas & FONTiments - Birthday

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies Snowflakes, Rhinestones

Background Builders: Christmas Day 4

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I hope you are enjoying this week inspiration using Background Builders: Christmas as much as I am?! I've another card to share today using the set, but this time it's a not a Christmas card...

This time I have created a card which could be used for a variety of occasions and even though it features a little bit of pink it could also be a masculine card. I used the current Freshly Made Sketch seen HERE and below for the layout of my card.

I used 3 of the building strips contained in the set, the solid and outline stars and the holly berries. The trio of stars are from Label Love: Christmas and the sentiment from All Occasion Sentiments #2.

If you missed out on day 1, 2 & 3 of Background Builders: Christmas you can catch up HERE, HERE and HERE. You've still time to comment on the November Design Team Blog Hop too, I will be announcing the winner tomorrow.

Be sure to check out our Guest Designers Blog N@Ali HERE for more inspiration using the October Release goodies :)

That's all from me today, I've a poorly car to take to the garage this afternoon - oh the joys! Thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash. PTI Hawaiian Shores

Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz & Summer Sunrise. VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Christmas, Label Love: Christmas and All Occasion Sentiments #2

Accessories: Hero Arts Prisma Glitter, Sizzix Framelits Star Dies

Caring Hearts Card Drive

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This is my second post for the day, if you've popped by for Day 3 of using Background Builders: Christmas you can check it out HERE. 

I'm a little late in sharing the news about this fabulous and thoughtful Caring Hearts Card Drive, but I am proud to say that Uniko Studio is sponsoring this card drive. 

All the details about this card drive can be found HERE. Those in the UK who want to join in be sure to over the next couple of days to give your card time to reach the USA. 

Background Builders: Christmas Day 3

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I'm back today with another card using Background Builders: Christmas, this set is getting lots of inky love this week! This set has SO many possibilities as you've seen HERE and HERE. Today's idea has been floating around for some time now and when I saw the new CASology challenge HERE which is triangles it had to be done!

Stamping 3 of the building strips contained in the set in two colours which are also the current Dynamic Duo colours HERE, I have created a lovely Fair Isle pattern. 

I then simply trimmed the stamped piece into a triangle and wrapped some linen thread around it. The sentiment is from Label Love: Christmas and the star was a left over from a Designer Die Snowflake die cut & I added a little glitter for the essential Christmas bling!

That's all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow with more Background Builders: Christmas creations, until then thank you for stopping by and don't forget there is still time to join in on the November Design Team Blog Hop & comment for a chance to win a prize. 

Our Guest Designer N@Ali also has another awesome project to share with you today HERE, be sure to stop on by & give her some love. 

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash. SU! Crumb Cake

Ink: Su! Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke & Soft Suede

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Christmas & Label Love: Christmas

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies Snowflakes, Hero Arts Prisma Glitter, Linen Thread, Foam Adhesive.

Background Builders: Christmas Day 2

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Did you enjoy the Design Team Blog Hop yesterday? I sure did, SO many FABulous ideas & so much inspiration. If you missed it you can catch up on it HERE. 

So, as I said yesterday, I haven't shown much love to Background Builders: Christmas so I am spending the week showing it some love! Todays card is a little out of my comfort zone and normal go to style...

I'm not 100% sure I like it as there is not as much 'white' space as I usually have on my projects, but it is good to step out of the zone now & then. 

For this card I was inspired by Nicki's card HERE which she shared a few weeks ago.  I just loved the text stamped background and wanted to give it a go. I am also inspired by Stacey's cards with the  use of layers, textures and ribbons like in this card HERE. So I kind of combined the two and this was the result!

That's all from me today using the set, but I will be back tomorrow with more to share. Until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Be sure to pop on over to Uniko Studio's November Guest Designers Blog N@Ali HERE today and everyday this week as N@Ali is sharing a week of Uniko Studio inspiration using all the October Release products.

***Just in case you missed the newsletter, Stunning Snowflakes, Wonderful Washi, Flower Power #1 and Natures Treasures 1 are all back in stock over on the website! 

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Pool Party, Crumb Cake. White from stash

Ink: SU! Soft Suede. PTI Fresh Snow

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Christmas & Stunning Snowflakes

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies Snowflakes, Cosmic Shimmer True White EP, SU! Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon. Button from stash. Sizzix Hearts Framelits Dies