Easily Addicted ...

Hey! 

As you can see by the photo below I have made yet another rosette flower with a clock face! Yes, I am easily addicted to a product or more & go through phases of this with old & new stash! Do you have this problem?! 

My excuse for making another rosette using the Memory Box die is that I wanted to they out some NEW papers I bought at the weekend as I do hoard pretty papers & I am trying to be good & not hoard them as much!! 

The paper I have used is a NEW Teresa Collins 6 x 6 pad called Carolina Breeze. The colour theme of the pad is yellow, very, white & black, a combination I'm still loving. I used one sheet from the pad to make the rosette & mat for the white layer. The papers are double sided so I used both sides. 

The scroll is die cut using another of my NEW purchases the Memory Box Scrollwork die. The clock face & sentiment are from the Extra Time stamp set. 

Thats all from me today! I will be back tomorrow with something different & possibly a little announcement if all goes to plan!! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Wait a MINUTE!

Whoohooo! It's Wednesday, that means were halfway & closer to the weekend!! Today I am taking a little trip out for the day to Leeds for a spot of shopping & research whilst my other half takes an exam!! 

Before I go out though I thought I'd share a card I have made using some new crafting goodies I bought at the weekend ...

For this card I used another Retro Sketch for my card LO, you can see this weeks sketch HERE & below.

I started by stamping the cog image all over my card base using some yummy Versamark Dazzle Frost ink. It has a lovely frosty shimmer & is a NEW ink to my collection! I then used the PTI's Wine Bottle die to cut a piece of white card stock that I had pre-stamped with the cog image in white pigment ink. 

I then over stamped the 3 circles from the 'Time' stamp set & you get this cool velvet type effect. I followed a technique I had seen HERE over on Hero Arts. I used some NEW to me ink pads for the circles which is Ranger Archival Ink in Aquamarine (available to buy at The Stamp Attic) and Watermelon to stamp the clock face.

I am addicted to making lovely rosettes out of all kinds of patterned paper using my new Memory Box Rosette die! On this card I used a scrap of PTI's distressed dots paper. A simple button finishes it off!

In the photo below you can see the shimmer of the Versamark Dazzle Frost & the velvet technique along with the dimension of the rosette.

Ok, so thats all from me today but I will be back again tomorrow with another project!! 

Just if you were wondering both the TIME & EXTRA TIME stamp sets are back in stock on the website HERE!! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Demo Day Photos Part 2

Happy Tuesday!

Today is a busy day again in the Studio packing more pre-orders & shipping them out :) it's all good fun though! I'm here today though to share a few more photo's from the demo day at The Stamp Attic. 

I made some bunting before I went to The Stamp Attic so that I had something to hang on the wall behind me, I just LOVE creating bunting! I'll have to make another one soon as I left this with Wendy at The Stamp Attic along with LOTS of card samples! 

The photo above is a close up of the middle section. I used PTI's banner dies to create the elements apart from the stars which are the Sizzix Framelit dies that Wendy sells in the shop & now I've seen that Sizzix do a triangle & scallop triangle die set so I'll be buying them for my next bunting creation! 

The bunting piece on the right is one of my favourites as I love the clocking in card with the tabs of ribbon, the layering of the clock face with the stamped graphic flower & the 3 circle stamped on the top edge accented with gems.

This section is a close second favourite as I like the clocking in card stamped as a background with the overlay of cut out cogs & clock face! The lace circle is a die from PTI's Limitless layers. Lots of bling too :)

This is a sparkly section using the graphic flowers & stamping them with Versamark & heat embossing with crystal EP. I used a craft knife to cut out the scallop sections of the largest flower. I chose red white & blue as my colours as I'm getting in the British spirit with the up & coming Jubilee celebrations!!

Now I have one more project to share today & that is the card below ...

Here I have used the pocket watch from Time & stamped & masked it up the edge of the card. I then stamped the clocking in card but stamped it off on some scrap paper before stamping on the piece of card for a more distressed feel. The pocket watch element is coloured with Copics & cut out. I ran out of 'Time' & would have love to have added some glossy accents to the pocket watch face!

Thats all I have to share from the demo day, but I will be back on Wednesday with a few more projects using some goodies I bought to use with my Uniko Studio Time & Extra Time stamps!!

Until tomorrow!

The Stamp Attic Demo Day

Hey!

Sorry to leave you with no post yesterday, I was SO tired Saturday after a fun filled day demoing at The Stamp Attic & yesterday after a LONG drive home! Anyway, I am back today a little later than usual to share a few pics from the day! 

I was so busy having fun demoing & getting some retail therapy in the shop that I forgot to get more photos taken & tweet! LOL!

Here is me at my demo table making a card using the graphic flowers from the Time set. Wendy had an area set up in the section of the shop where she puts new supplies on display. During the quieter periods of the day there was yummy papers & stamps to the left of the photo on the wall to look at & accidentally fall into my shopping basket! And on the wall in front of me to look at was a yummy array of dies from Hero Arts, Sizzix & Memory Box to name a few. Some of which flew across to my shopping basket as if like magic! 

After a bit of retail it was time to test some of these goodies whilst demoing with Uniko Studio stamps Time & Extra Time! So on this card I used a Memory Box die Rosette & some yummy paper by Basic Grey - Sweet Threads.

Below is a close up of the rosette clock face feature. I used just the inner clock face from one of the clock face stamps from the Extra Time stamp set along with the clocking in card & sentiment. 

I just love the texture in the patterned papers & the colours :) I used the same paper for this next card and just had to try out the 'snowflake' arrangement with the clock hands like Aimes did HERE.

It's fun to do & I'm sure I will be playing with the other hands too! I used two of them on this card. Below is a close up of them. You can just about see in the photo below that I stamped the cog image along the right hand side of the base card. I used some Versamark Champagne ink which has a lovely shimmer to it.

I made a few more cards throughout the day & will share them with you tomorrow! It was lovely to meet & chat to everyone who came along & I hope to be back again soon if Wendy & The Stamp Attic will have me! LOL!

I best be off got some pre-orders to pack & ship as there is a few stampers itching to get their hands on the Uniko Studio stamps - can't wait to see what they make too! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs

Window of Clocks ...

Happy Saturday! 

Today I am a few 100 miles away from home visiting The Stamp Attic & demoing Uniko Studio stamps! I will share some pics of the day on the blog tomorrow with some demo projects! 

Anyway, onto todays card ...

I really enjoyed making the flower on yesterdays card, using heat embossing the graphic flowers on October Afternoons ' Fly a Kite' paper and so I just had to make another! This time however I wanted the colours of the papers used for the flower to really POP off the card so I chose some neutral CS to use for my card.

I started off with a piece of PTI Smokey Shadow CS and stamped the clocking in card repeatedly using Fresh Snow ink until I had filled the panel. I then mounted this panel onto some Soft Stone CS & cut 4 squares of CS in the same colour. 

I stamped the four different clock faces one on each square. On 2 I have used Memento London Fog & the other 2 I used Memento black. These squares are then adhered to the card using foam pads. I then added the flower & button for that POP of colour! I decided not to stamp a sentiment as the card has ALOT going on!

I hope you get to spend some "Time" crafting this weekend, and don't forget I'd LOVE to see what you create if you have bought Uniko Studio's Time or Extra Time stamp sets!! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Paper Mix

TGI Friday! 

Let the weekend begin! Well, it hasn't quite started yet as I have a day of work ahead but it's a good feeling! 

Today I thought I'd share a card where I have used some yummy designer papers from October Afternoons 'Fly a Kite' collection as the main focus of the card but have used some Uniko Studio stamps with them for good measure! It shows how versatile these stamp designs really are!

For this card I chose 3 papers to use for my flower. I stamped & embossed each of the different sized flowers with detailed white EP, cut them out, layered them and secured them together with a brad. I then chose another paper from the collection to use as a mat layer and layered this with some Kraft CS. 

I adhered this mat layer panel to the card base & then die cut a banner & stamped the sentiment using Memento Desert Sand ink. I stamped this in a light shade as I want it to be seen but not take the focus off the flower which is adhered using foam pads. Once the card was assembled I used my corner chomped to round off the base card corners to tie in with the curves of the flower.

Using the designer papers has given the Uniko Studio stamps a whole new dimension and has opened up a world of possibilities! I have decided I must use my papers more & not hoard them so much!!

I best get myself organised for my demo day tomorrow, I don't want to be leaving something vital behind! I'd love to see you if you live near The Stamp Attic!

Thanks for stopping by today!

It's an inspiration thing ...

It's been a while since I had a go at a Tuesday Trigger over on Moxie Fab World, but this week I saw the inspiration photo & instantly I knew which Uniko Studio Time stamps I wanted to use & it came together in an instant! Can you guess which stamps I used??

Here is my card using the above photo as my inspiration ...

Did you guess right?! Yep, it's another one layer wonder! This 'TIME' I used masking & I double masked too! 

First of all I stamped the clock face in SU! Apricot Appeal onto the card base (note the colour link to the fruit in the photo)! I then masked this and stamped the large graphic flower in Hawaiian Shores ink over the top. As they are clear stamps I could line this up easily. 

I then took off the clock mask and then masked the graphic flower before stamping the clocking in card image using Memento London Fog ink. I used Memento ink as I knew I wanted to colour the clocking in card with Copics to match the colour of the grid paper in the inspiration photo. I did have to be careful with my Copic colouring as I neared the flower not to bleed the Hawaiian Shores ink. Then stamped the sentiment using Memento Black ink & I was done! 

A simple OL card which packs a punch! I enjoyed 2 step masking & will defo have a go at it again! 

Thats it from me today, but I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!