Pink + Flowers + Glitter = Awesome!

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Yet another lovely & inspiring day spent with like minded creatives today at the CCAD (Cleveland College of Art & Design) Alumni event. I had the opportunity to meet up with a few fellow graduates from 2011 and also make a few new contacts as well as mooching round the college getting inspiration from the current students. 

Today's card though was inspired by the current Runway Inspired challenge HERE & below... 

The challenge was perfect for me to break out my NEW Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Silver Glitter which I treat myself to on Saturday! Here's how I've used it...

I was inspired by Sue a valued customer of Uniko Studio to dust off my older & much loved Uniko Studio stamp sets to make this card. Sue's BLOG has tons of inspiration & beautiful projects so be sure to pop by. I'll be sharing some of Sue's more recent projects here on the blog tomorrow.

Here's a close up of that shimmery glitter...

In other exciting news, I've got some lovely students soon to be graduates lined up for work placements once they've handed in their final projects. The first is Abbey who has a lovely Facebook page HERE. Abbey will be coming for a work placement in May which is FAB, I might just get a few more things achieved with an extra pair of hands in the studio! 

Then in June I have another Abbie lined up for a work placement, which is just fabulous! Abbie has  an interesting Tumblr site HERE which is full of inspiration. With all this help Uniko Studio might just achieve a few more 2013 goals!! 

Ok, that's all from me today, I rambled on excitedly a bit too much! Thanks for stopping by though it's much appreciated. 

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Raspberry Fizz, WPlus9 White, Black from stash

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Time, BRIGHT Butterflies, Label Love: Thank you & Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: Double Sided Tape, Cosmic Shimmer Polished Silk Silver Glitter, PTI Limitless Label Dies & Buttons

Not All Black & White

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I'm back today with a couple more cards to share that I made on Saturday at The Paperlane during the demo...

Yep, it's negative die cutting AGAIN with the soon to be released Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies! This time I used some muted DP behind the butterflies and was trying out some NEW Cosmic Shimmer EP on the celebrate sentiment...

This EP is pretty awesome & is super for picking up fine details. So I then went on to make this card...

I already had the 2 butterflies die cut from the card above & so stamped the coordinating butterfly with VersaMark ink and embossed them with the Cosmic Shimmer EP. I then stamped the black card base with one of the larger doilies from Decorative Doilies - The Hands Of Time in Fresh Snow ink. I used the same sentiment from FONTiments - Birthday as in the first card above but stamped it onto some Hibiscus Burst CS for that 'POP' of colour. The butterflies are adhered to the card using foam adhesive to add dimension...

I love how the embossing powder really shows off the flower detail on the butterflies wing! I treated myself to some NEW Cosmic Shimmer Silver Glitter whilst in the shop & I can't wait to try it out on a project or two. 

I'm still resting up today but hope to get back in the studio this afternoon! Thanks for stopping by & for the comments you leave me. They are truly appreciated & make my day :)

Supplies

Card Stock: Black (Available @ The Paperlane), PTI Hibiscus Burst

Ink: VersaMark & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio FONTimtnes - Birthday, Decorative Doilies - The Hands Of Time, BRIGHT Butterflies

Accessories - Uniko Studio Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies (Available April 11th 2013), Cosmic Shimmer EP (NEW in @ The Paperlane), Alla Prima Designer Paper & Foam Adhesive.

Spring Fix!

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Well, you might know that here in the UK we seem to be having an extended Winter with freezing temperatures and snow. So to get my Spring Fix, I've had to be creative and made this little card...

I made this while at The Paperlane on Saturday during the class. I found these lovely patterned paper scraps perfect for a Spring birthday card. Below is a close up of the yummy patterned paper, we decided that it could possibly be K&Co patterned paper as there was no packaging it's hard to be sure.

I'm hooked on emphasising the negative die cuts at the moment, it *could* be the fact that these NEW Uniko Studio Designer Dies are making their appearance for the April Release! Another reason is the Moxie FAB World challenge HERE.

A semi restful day & working from bed on the laptop completing 'essential' day to day work has paid off, not 100% yet but fingers crossed I'll be back in the studio tomorrow :)

That's all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow with a couple more projects to share. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Card Stock: PTI Hibiscus Burst, White from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies (Released April '13) Patterned Paper Unkown ? K&Co, Rhinestones

Birthday Wishes

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Now where did that weekend go? I've slept most of today away, catching up on the sleep I've lost this week & hoping that it will cure my poorly throat. I have one more card to share that I made for the class yesterday...

I mixed a few different Uniko Studio clear stamp sets to create this card, all of which are listed below in the supplies.

Keeping it short & sweet tonight, I'll be back tomorrow with more to share, thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Card Stock: White Card Blank from stash, SU! Cameo Coral

Ink: SU! Pool Party, PTI Summer Sunrise & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Time, BRIGHT Butterflies, Wonderful Washi & Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies (Released April '13), KaiserKraft Wooden Heart Embellishment, Rhinestones

Not A Card In Sight!

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I'm back today to share a project that isn't a card! *gasp* This project is still CAS and didn't take long to make and was rather fun...

I've never been a big fan of altered art because of the 'distressed' style you tend see projects using, but I fancied setting myself a challenge to decorate a kraft bag in a CAS way & I think I achieved this quite well. 

To create the bag I used a variety of Uniko Studio stamps. I started off with the polka dot Washi stamp from Wonderful Washi, stamping it in white pigment ink. I then used the blank Washi stamp from Wonderful Washi Christmas onto a piece of patterned paper from the Joyful Butterfly Digital Downloadable Collection & fussy cut it out. I then added a strip of twill ribbon to finish the stripes across the bag off.

The label embellishment was created using a circular label stamp from Label Love: Thank you and a sentiment from Label Love: Birthday. This was then punched out & layered on various die cuts & mounted with foam adhesive onto the bag.

For the butterfly embellishments I firstly die cut each of the butterflies in the same patterned paper I used for the Washi ribbon. I then die cut the butterflies from white card stock and stamped them with the coordinating stamp & secured them together just down the middle of the butterfly. A few rhinestones dotted about & I was done.

A lovely Spring gift bag to pop a few mini Easter eggs inside! This was another project that we created at the class today at The Paperlane. The next class in April is booking up fast so if you want to join in on the fun & try the April Release clear stamps before you buy  contact Caz to secure your place (admin@thepaperlane.co.uk).

Thats all from me today, thanks for stopping by.

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash

Ink: SU! Marina Mist & Daffodil Delight

Stamps: Uniko Studio Wonderful Washi, Wonderful Washi Christmas, Label Love: Thank you, Label Love: Birthday & BRIGHT Butterflies

Accessories: Designer Dies BRIGHT Butterflies (Released April '13) Joyful Butterfly Digital Patterned Paper Collection, Kraft Bag, Foam Adhesive, Rhinestones, PTI Limitless Layers Dies & Sending You Die

Sparkly Butterflies

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I can just about say it's still Friday! I'm popping by late today as it's been a busy afternoon here in the studio and I'm feeling a bit under the weather too :( I still managed to whip up a super CAS card to share with you all though...

I have had these sparkly butterflies in my head fluttering around since I saw the latest Runway Inspired Challenge seen HERE and below.

Then, I saw the current CAS(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below and the card just created itself - well almost! 

I just couldn't resist using the soon to be released BRIGHT Butterflies Designer Dies! This time die cutting them in Raspberry Fizz & Black card stock then smothering them in glitter! A sentiment from Label Love: Birthday & a few rhinestones & I was done!

That's all from me tonight, I'd better be getting some sleep as it's the demo & class at The Paperlane tomorrow! I'll be back tomorrow though with a project to share. Until then, thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Supplies:

Card Stock: White & Black from stash. PTI Raspberry Fizz

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Label Love: Birthday

Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies - BRIGHT Butterflies (Released April '13) Hero Arts Prisma Glitter & Rhinestones.

Lots of HAPPY

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Not only does my card have LOTS of happy but this week has been quite a happy one here in the studio! It's officially Spring here in the UK and the sun came out for a short while yesterday lets just hope more is on its way!

So I have a HAPPY card to share with you today...

It has a wonderful mix of doilies, ribbon and a lovely felt butterfly and lots of happy as you can see! Here's a little close up of the detail...

I'm out of the studio later today as I am doing a little talk to some students at the college I graduated from. I'm going to hopefully inspire them with all that I've been up to since graduating! 

Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Supplies:
Card Stock: WPlus9 White, PTI Kraft
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
Stamps: Uniko Studio Decorative Doilies - The Hands Of Time, FONTiments - Birthday
Accessories: Uniko Studio Designer Dies: BRIGHT Butterflies. PTI Ribbon, Button & Felt. Fiskars Border Punch, Black Spica Pen & Foam Adhesive.