Peeps Rocking Uniko Studio Stamps!

Warning! Long post you may want to grab a cuppa before you start reading! LOL!

Oh my, it's Wednesday! This week is zooming by, which is good as I'm looking forward to a weekend of friends, food & crafty time!

This weekend Kerry & I are headed down South to see our friend Wendy at The Stamp Attic. Along with spending time with Wendy enjoy cake & food we will also be both demoing in the shop in Saturday! Kerry will be working wonders with Copics and I will be showing people some fun stuff with Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamps! 

Anyway, onto some eye candy! If you haven't checked this BLOG & this BLOG out before I highly recommend them! The first is The Stamp Attic Blog, Wendy has a FABULOUS design team who show an array of projects from CAS to grunge & all those in-between! 

The second is Ruby's Blog, who is part of The Stamp Attic's DT. As The Stamp Attic is stocking Uniko Studio stamps Wendy passed some along to Ruby & just look ... such wonderful projects.

Hop on over to Ruby's Blog to find out the details of both of her cards.

Someone else is still enjoying & getting the most out of her Uniko Studio stamps & that is Gayatri! 

Gayatri has paired Uniko Studio stamps with some other FAB supplies & you can check all the details about it over on her BLOG! I'm loving the mix & match of all the patterns plus I love the colour combo too! 

There was one other fab thing about this & it the sketch, Gayatri gave the heads up about a NEW Sketch Challenge Blog that has just started. You can check it out HERE, it's called Retro Sketches. So I thought I'd have a play along too using some Uniko Studio stamps! 

This is the sketch for the challenge ...

And this is my card ...

I started off by using PTI's Ric Rac Die to cut some scraps of Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores & Raspberry Fizz CS. I adhered these to a mat layer of Soft Stone & White CS which is then adhered to the base layer using foam pads.

I then used my Sizzix Framelets Flower dies to cut the 3 smallest flowers. I then stamped the medium graphic flower on each flower using co-ordinating colours as the ric rac die cuts. I used a pearl brad to hold them all together & adhered to the mat layer using foam pads. 

I used a SU! punch to punch out the sentiment once stamped & adhered this also to the mat layer using foam pads.

I love how you can achieve a whole new look just by using a few other crafty supplies such as dies & punches with your stamps to create a diverse range of projects!

Phew! Thats it from me today! I'll be back tomorrow though with another project! I hope that you have found some inspiration today! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Inspired By ...

Hello!

As a designer I find inspiration everywhere! This translates also when it comes to card making! I love to flip through magazines for card layouts and techniques to try. Since Pinterest came along I am finding I am spending A LOT of time there looking at lovely inspiration!

For this card ... 

I was inspired by the card below I had seen in Papercrafts Magazine which was also pinned on Pinterest! 

Source: moxiefabworld.com via Beverley on Pinterest

I was mainly inspired by the decreasing shades of blue from left to right of the card and the @ shape. I immediately thought of my FAVE clock face and came up with the card above.

Thats all I have to share for today! I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

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One Layer Wonder!

That weekend seemed to go by way too fast! 

However, I did find some inky time during a weekend of relaxing & designing! Often when I'm chilling out or busy drawing & designing a card idea will pop into my head & this one is one of those cards! 

It was inspired by a friends photo that she had posted to Facebook of a rainbow she had seen during her day. I just simply stamped the sentiment and then used all 3 graphic flowers and randomly stamped them in a rainbow of colours! I added a few raindrop gems and I was done! 

Well, it's a busy week here in the Studio as I prepare for The Stamp Attic Demo Day on Saturday. I'm busy doing some more samples for the day which I will share on the day & afterwards for those who don't live close enough to stop by & say Hi! Don't worry I've still got stuff to share throughout the week too! 

I've got lots of design ideas buzzing round my brain so it's back to work I go! Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Happy Sunday!

Well, if there is one thing I LOVE about Sundays it has to be my Sunday Dinner! LOL! But, your not here to read about that! I'm guessing your here to see who the lucky winner is of the Uniko Studio stamp set of their choice be it Time or Extra Time or one from the upcoming release!

Drumroll please .....

That means LINBY you are the lucky winner. Send me an email with your stamp set choice and address! Thank you for participating in the giveaway and spreading the word about Uniko Studio. I'm sure I will have another giveaway of some sort once the NEW stamps have been released so keep your peepers open! 

So, how about a bit of eye candy seeing as you are here ...

I made this lil number Saturday afternoon as I was in the inky groove and was using up scraps which were out on the desk. I don't do this enough and have a BIG box of CS scraps to use up! 

This card doesn't need much explaining really! I just used the taller clock hand from Extra Time and stamped off the side of the CS and evenly apart in 4 different ink colours and then stamped the Best Wishes sentiment in the same colour next to it. I use the grid paper stack from SU! to craft on and so it was easy to line the stamped image apart and straight!

I then used a left over banner die cut to stamp the sentiment Happy Birthday from the Time Set & adhere it to the card using foam pads. Some black gems and a lil bulldog clip from SU! and I was done.

Well, I'm back at the drawing board today in the Studio designing some lovely stamps which I can't wait to share with you all! 

Thanks for stopping by & have a lovely day!

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I Just Wanted to Say ...

Thank You! 

It's only been 3 weeks and already I feel LOVED! The blog here has reached 50 followers and Facebook 44 so I wanted to say THANK YOU to all that are following me, commenting & enjoying what Uniko Studio has to offer! 

I'd LOVE more followers and for you all to keep spreading the word about Uniko Studio! But for now I am happy and I will tell you a lil bit about the card I have made today.

This is a cute little 4 1/4" square card. I used Soft Stone (PTI) CS which is a great neutral. It's not too grey and not too white so it's just right! LOL! I stamped the 3 circles image onto the base card using Versamark ink which gives a lovely subtle background detail. You can just about see this on the lower left of the card in the photo.

I then stamped the clock face from the Time set in Black Memento Ink and used my Copics to colour it in. I just did simple one colour colouring with no blending but just alternated the colours in the clock face. The clock face is simply cut out by hand and layer onto a 1 3/4" circle punched from Hawaiian Shores (PTI) CS.

I then used a frame paper punch from Fiskars {I think} and punched one from white & one from Basic Grey CS. To get the white frame inside the grey frame I simply cut each of the punched pieces in half and layered the white frame just inside the grey frame. I then used double sided tape to adhere the clock face  to both sides of the frame.

The whole piece is then mounted onto the card base using foam pads & then I stamped the sentiment below in Memento Black ink. Simple, but effective and another way to stretch your paper punches a lil further if they aren't quite big enough! 

I hope you have enjoyed todays card and you are inspired to have a play with paper punches & stretch them a lil further! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see who the winner is of the stamp set from the blinkie giveaway! 

The Works CAS Style!

Happy Friday! I'm SO glad it's the weekend and I'm feeling better, I hope to squeeze in some inky time at some point. It's looks as if the Spring weather here is about to change so some time in the Studio is a must!

Anyway, I have a super quick and simple card today to share using some left over patterned paper from a DT sample I created for The Paperlane. The paper is from Ruby Rock-it Vintedge, Time. This was one of the papers which has FAB clocks and cogs on it which coordinate perfectly with Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamp sets! 

I think I created this card in under 10 minutes! I simply cut a piece of the pattern paper and used the Sizzix Framelits Circle 2" Die to cut a partial window so that I could stamp the Uniko Studio clock face sitting just inside this window. I used SU! Pacific Point to stamp the clock face and Real Red for the clock hands.  I have an obsession with stamping the time of day I make the card! 

I used 2 sentiments from the Time set and stamped them in the same two colours as above, added a lil crystal gem and I was done. 

Thats all for today, but I will be back over the weekend to share some more projects using the Time & Extra Time stamps! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Feel Better Flower!

Happy March 1st! It's been a sunny day here in the North East and the temperatures are rising slowly and I can feel Spring is around the corner! This is reflected vaguely in the card I have to share with you all today! 

I popped along to The Paperlane my local craft shop today to see what new goodies Caz had in the shop and to buy some more Sizzix dies. I have been slowly collecting various shapes like the hearts and stars and this time I bought the flowers. It's a lovely shaped and I thought it would pair lovely with my stamps so in the basket they went! One thing I LOVE about the Sizzix dies is that they have the die measurements on the packet, a simple yet useful thing to know! You can see a project HERE where I have used the hearts. 

Anyway, onto todays card ... 

I'm back to my comfort zone today of CAS! However I seem to be on a Kraft CS kick at the moment! This card is SO simple yet I love the way it turned out! 

I simply chose the 2 1/4" flower die and used it to cut out a frame from the mat CS layer. When I had die cut the shape it had left a slight embossed frame around the edge so I used my quickie glue pen and added some Hero Arts prisma glitter  - gotta love that stuff! I then stamped the sentiment below using Raspberry Fizz ink.

Before I adhered the layer to the base card with foam pads, I temporarily adhered it to the card base with removable adhesive so that I could position the clock face perfectly and stamp it using Raspberry Fizz ink.   I also rounded the corners to soften the edges of the card to reflect the soft curves of the flower.

Ta dah! Such an easy card with SO many mix and match options with all the sentiments & clock faces available in the Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamp sets! 

I'm off to squeeze in another card before I catch up with some TV series with my hunny! Blue Bloods & Fringe are calling me! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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