"Less is More" Sponsor & Guest Designer

Hey & Happy Weekend!

Today I am guest designing over at the "Less is More" challenge blog HERE. This month Uniko Studio is also the sponsor and there is a £15 Gift Certificate up for grabs to spend in store. 

Now if that wasn't enough fun it is also their 3rd Birthday and they are celebrating this week with another fun challenge and lots of guest designer inspiration. Be sure to join in on all the fun :)

The challenge this week is RAINBOW and this is my interpretation of the challenge...

Now, I don't own any rainbow themed stamps so I decided to do my rainbow version of THIS card I shared a few weeks ago. It's not my best creation and it's not how I envisioned it to turn out, my mojo seems to be awol! 

Anyway, be sure to stop on by the "Less is More" blog HERE to join in on the fun :) I can't wait to see what you create. Until next time, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU! Brights Collection

Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, All Occasion Sentiments #2 and FONTiments - Birthday

Accessories: Foam Adhesive, Sizzix Circle Framelits & Rhinestones

Happy Birthday & a Winner!

Hey & Happy Sunday!

Apologies for my absence over the past few days, but I am finally back & into the groove of some creativity and made a few cards this morning. My first card can be seen HERE on the NEW Uniko Studio Challenge post.

My second card is my next instalment of my Pinterest Inspired creations. Again, it was a pin that immediately sparked creativity and I knew exactly how I was going to use the inspiration!

Here is this weeks pin...

Pin & Original Source

And this is what I created...

A masculine geometric themed birthday card. I liked the colours in the inspiration but decided I would use brighter colours and I am pleased with the result. I'm thinking now that this would look pretty awesome in a rainbow colour effect too!

Again, I have used the January Blog Hop featured set Accent Essentials: Arrows to create dome of elongated triangles. This brings me on nicely to announce the long over due winner of the blog hop. So without further ado random.org chose comment no.130 and in counting the comments in order of the hop the winner is....

Joni nina Andaya11 January 2014 22:16

LOVE...LOVE....LOVE those distress trees :)

Who left the comment above on Taheerah's blog HERE. Congratulations Joni Nina! Send me an email to beverley@unikostudio.com with your postal address and I will get your prize in the post and email you your gift certificate!

Ok, that's all from me today, it's nearly time for dinner at the In-Laws which I am looking forward to, as we have a lovely surprise for them - more of that another day! I WILL be back tomorrow with more to share, until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Real Red, White from stash

Ink: VersaMagic Turquoise Gem, VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, All Occasion Sentiments #2, FONTiments - Birthday & Label Love: Christmas

Accessories: SU! Real Red Marker.

Love Hearts

Hey!

Today I have a couple more cards to share from Saturday, these I made during the demo, just a couple of ideas I had sketched out prior to doing the demo...

This first card uses the 'Love You' heart from Always & Forever paired with a trio of mini hanging glittered hearts.

The second combines the Always & Forever set with this months featured set Accent Essentials: Arrows.

I love this colour combo and the angles and multi directional flow of arrows. The embossed & raised 'Love You' heart draws the main focus and the point of the heart towards the 'Always & Forever 'sentiment.

Short & sweet from me today, I'm working on some exciting things for the upcoming February Release, one of which is a NEW website with LOTS of NEW & exciting features (with hubby's much needed help & knowledge!). Best get on as he has given me tasks to accomplish! 

Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: PTI Kraft. SU! Bermuda Bay. White & Red from stash

Ink: VersaMagic Red Magic & Turquoise Gem. VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Always & Forever & Accent Essentials: Arrows

Accessories: Stampedous! Crystal EP. Foam Adhesive. Hero Arts Prisma Glitter

Be Mine

Hey & Happy Sunday!

I do hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. I'm tired today but happy after a wonderful day doing a demo & running the class at The Paperlane yesterday. The February class dates are up on the blog HERE, with details on how to book & secure your place. 

Ok, so I am back again this week with my next instalment of Pinterest inspired projects. This one was one of those 'it' just has to be that one' moments. As soon as I saw the pin, it was instantly translated into a card idea. 

This is the pin...

Pin & Original Source

And this is my interpretation...

It's a perfect continuation of yesterday's theme for the DT January Revisited Blog Hop HERE, if you missed the fun you'll want to check out all the inspiration AND there is a prize up for grabs just by commenting along the hop!

A simple bit of selective inking of the arrow and finding the centre of the square card panel was all that was needed for this super simple card. With it being minimalistic, super CAS & no pink or red in sight, it's perfect for a guy!

That's all from me today, it's chill time and nearly dinner time at the MIL :) Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by today.

Supplies
Card Stock: White from stash
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, All Occasion Sentiments #5 and Flower Power #3
Accessories: Foam Adhesive

January 2014 Design Team Blog Hop

Hey & Happy Weekend!

I'm SO happy you've stopped by the blog today as today is the first Design Team Blog Hop of 2014.  As we've quite a few new followers here, ("Hello & Thank you") I will explain what's going on! 

Here at Uniko Studio I currently only release new products every other month. This is for a number of reasons, firstly, being an avid paper crafter myself and knowing the current economic climate I know 'some' are on a limited budget when it comes to buying new stash, so this way you're not tempted to splurge too much every month. The second reason is that it is just me here at Uniko Studio HQ. I currently run this little business single handedly, designing, blogging, demoing, classes, packing etc, etc. so releasing every other month gives me chance to keep my head above water, well, just about!

So, on the in-between release months the Design Team & I take a look back at a previously released product, dust it off and give it some love! This month I decided to dust off the previously released Accent Essentials: Arrows clear stamp set which was released back in June 2013 HERE & HERE.

Here's a look at the set, which is also up for grabs, plus a £5 Gift Certificate to spend in store...

This set does exactly what it says in it's title, accentuates your projects. It can be used alone or paired with ALL of Uniko Studio's clear stamps plus others you have in your stash. I dusted off my set and created a few new cards to share with you today...

For my first card I couldn't wait to accentuate some LOVE hearts...

Add some sequin detail and the result is instant LOVE! I started out by die cutting my heart. I then selectively inked the point of the arrow & stamped it so it lined up with the corner of the panel. After cleaning my stamp I then selectively inked the feather side of the arrow, lining up the point with the first stamped section, the sentiment is from Always & Forever.

Then the fun part, adhering lovely red sequins to a kraft base card using glossy accents. I traced round the die cut heart on the kraft card base so I knew exactly where to place the sequins and ensure the negative space would be filled once the panel was adhered using foam adhesive. 

My next card is also LOVE themed...

I used the Freshly Made Sketch challenge sketch seen HERE and below for the starting point & layout of my card.

Quite a bit of masking off on this card too, firstly I stamped the heart from Always & Forever. I then masked & stamped the 'LOVE' from All Occasion Sentiments #5 and lastly masked and stamped the arrow. A touch of gold sparkly glitter & tah dah! 

My final card I am sharing today, (before we get to the FABulous DT samples) switches gears to a different occasion, showing the versatility of this little set...

This card was inspired by Laurie Willison's Muse Challenge card seen HERE and below. When I saw the card over at the challenge blog I instantly thought of the triangle arrow stamp and set about creating a sunburst.

I simply marked a small point on my white mat layer and randomly stamped around. The bright yellow made me smile, hence the choosing of the sentiment from FONTiments - Birthday. I framed the sentiment in a label from Label Love: Thank you stamped in Berry Sorbet and adhered to a Berry Sorbet die cut. 

That wraps up all my projects using this set, how about we take a look at how the Design Team have used it...

 Amber

Erika

Gayatri

Nicki

Ren-Yi

Stacey
Taheerah

How about a PRIZE...? 

Simply comment along the hop for the chance to win the featured set or a set to the same value if you already own it. Plus a £5 Gift Certificate to spend in store HERE. You have until Midnight Wednesday 14th January to comment and I will announce the winner here on the blog Monday 15th July.

Happy Hopping!

Heart of Gold

Hey & Happy Friday!

Whoohoo! It's the weekend & there is LOTS going on here at Uniko Studio HQ this weekend, firstly I am at The Paperlane tomorrow from 10 am doing a demo and from 2 pm I will be running the class. Secondly, it's the first Design Team Blog Hop of 2014 tomorrow. It's a non release month here at Uniko Studio, so we will be revisiting a previously released set & of course there is a prize up for grabs too!

Anyway, I made a little card this morning to share with you all...

A little card with a whole lot of LOVE! I 'loosely' based my card on the current CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge sketch seen HERE and below. I wanted to be a bit more 'artistic' with my approach to the sketch rather than just copying the images used in the sketch.

What do you think? Can you see the sketch layout in my card? I hope you can. I couldn't resist a good dose of gold glitter to fill in the heart and add some sparkle!

That's all from me today, short & sweet as I've the class kits to pack and sketch out some card ideas for the demo. One last bit of info before I go, it's 50% Friday over on the WEBSITE. For today only FREE SHIPPING is half price, which means that you only need to spend £25 instead of £50 to qualify for free shipping. Plus there are a few offers & 10% off a selection of products to make room for the February Release! 

Thanks for stopping by today :) hope to see you tomorrow! 

Supplies

Card Stock: SU! Real Red & Basic Black. White from stash

Ink: VersaMagic Red Magic & VersaFine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio All Occasion Sentiments #5, Accent Essentials: Arrows & Label Love: Thank you
Accessories: Masking Paper & Gold Glitter

Straight to it!

Hey!

How are we all today? I hope your week has got off to a good start. So, I was still rather jet lagged yesterday due to only 3 hrs sleep, so much for me thinking I was nearly over it, my body clock was still on Vegas time, last night was better so it must be somewhere over the Atlantic now! Lol!

Anyway, I kept myself VERY busy yesterday and even found time to stamp to make this card...

I decided to make another masculine card to add to the small stash I have, I've been neglecting the men when it comes to card making! Easily done as feminine cards are SO much easier to make with all the lovely floral supplies available these days.

For this card I used one of the arrows from Accent Essentials: Arrows and paired it with one of the tiny chevron stamps from Wonderful Washi - Christmas. I inked one side of the chevron in Pumpkin Pie & the other in Real Red, inspired by the colours on one of the trees outside the studio. I did the same for the sentiment which is a mix of All Occasion Sentiments #2 and FONTiments - Birthday. The stamped panel is adhered to the base card with foam adhesive for a little dimension.

That's all from me today, I've some reordering of dies to do today & finalise some new die designs, plus some stamp designing to do, so many ideas that I need to bring to life! 

Have a great day & thank you for stopping by :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from stash

Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie & Real Red. Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, Wonderful Washi - Christmas, FONTiments - Birthday & All Occasion Sentiments #2

Accessories: Foam Adhesive

One for the Guys!

Hey!

Here I am with another scheduled post & a card to share with you all. I was looking at all the projects I've shared over the past few months here on the blog and there has been a serious lack of masculine cards, they are one of the hardest cards to sit down and make unless for a specific reason or person. 

However, Uniko Studio have a few sets that lend themselves quite nicely to creating a card for the men in your life, as I have hopefully demonstrated with todays card...

I used a few clear stamp sets for this card, the main one being Accent Essentials: Arrows. I sectioned off a diagonal portion of my white mat layer and then stamped the rows of arrows in Lucky Limeade,  Smokey Slate & Hawaiian Shores. After rounding the corners I adhered it to a Pure Poppy card base.

The red & white sentiment embellishment was created by masking off the central portion of the label from Label Love: Thank you prior to inking with versamark, then removing the mask prior to stamping onto the red card stock. I then heat embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer True White embossing powder. Once it had cooled down I set about fussy cutting the label out leaving a small red border. 

The stamped sentiment is also embossed onto another piece of card stock and punched out using a 1 1/4" circle punch & mounted to the label using foam adhesive. Then I have used foam adhesive to adhere the embellishment to the card.

By masking the centre portion of the label I have created a more masculine label from a label that is originally quite feminine, therefore stretching my supplies a little further.

That's all from me today, the team & I are back tomorrow with Septembers Design Team Blog Hop where we will be revisiting not one but THREE stamp sets! Be sure to stop on by for a inspiration filled hop!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Supplies
Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy. White from Stash.
Ink: PTI Hawaiian Shores. SU! Lucky Limeade & Smokey Slate. Versamark
Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, Label Love: Thank you & Label Love: Birthday
Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer True White Embossing Powder. Foam Adhesive. SU! 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Runway Inspired

Hey!

Happy Friday :) It's good that the weekend is here as I do love spending time with my hunny & I do miss him during the week between 9 and 5. Only 7 days now till we leave for the US and I can safely say that I'm almost set to go and getting rather over excited - Ha!

Anyway, back to todays card...

It's been a while since I joined in with the Runway Inspired Challenge & I often seek inspiration from fashion and interiors when I'm designing. So when I saw the current challenge HERE and seen below, I had to play along and made the card seen above.

I've definitely had a 'thing' for the flower cluster stamp from Flower Power #1 this week! I was draw to the colours and overlapping floral design which helped with the choosing of the stamp and also the white strip down the middle of the dress with the elongated black triangle. Instead of it going straight I decided to put it on an angle on my card for a bit of interest and also to stamp the sentiment.

I masked the star off whilst inking my sentiment and removing the mask prior to stamping as I wanted to replace it with a fussy cut out flower. I used the elongated arrow from Accent Essentials: Arrows to direct the focus to the sentiment and replicate the elongated arrow seen on the dress. 

Overall I'm really quite happy with how this card turned out. It has a lot less white space than my usual creations but it's still quite CAS. It's good to step out of the comfy zone now and then, don't you think?

That's all from me today, but I will be back tomorrow with more to share & it is also Super FREE Saturday tomorrow so be sure to stop by to see what little FREEBIE I have in store for you this month! Don't forget there is still plenty of time to join in on the Uniko Studio Challenge #2, I'd love to see you play along with us :)

Supplies
Card Stock: SU! Night Of Navy, White from stash
Ink: SU! Night Of Navy, Pacific Point & Pumpkin Pie. PTI Summer Sunrise
Stamps: Uniko Studio Flower Power #1, Accent Essentials: Arrows & All Occasion Sentiments #2
Accessories: Low Tack Masking Tape, Rhinestone

BIG June Release Design Team Blog Hop!

Hey!

I'm SO happy you've stopped by today as it's the BIG June Release Design Team Blog Hop! Back on the 11th June HERE when Uniko Studio released the latest products many of the Design Team members were away on their jollies and so I though it would be nice to have another release day hop so that everyone could join in. This also means that there is another PRIZE up for grabs which will be announced at the end of the post!

All the products release back on the 11th can be viewed HERE and HERE, so I won't bore you with that again instead I'll jump straight to a few projects...

On this first card I have used 3 of the June Release clear stamp sets, Flower Power #2, Background Builders Chevrons & Natures Treasures I. I used the current CAS(E) this Sketch! layout seen HERE and below for the position of all the elements and I used the current ColourQ challenge colours seen HERE and below for my colour scheme. 

I'm pleased with how this card turned out by kind of wished I had added some grey chevrons to the note book page die cut to add a little more interest. Or perhaps have stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the note book page instead of underneath.

My next card today uses another of my favourites from this release (as some of you may know already!)...

Yep, it's Beautiful Blooms! This time I paired the blooms with some white embossed chevrons and a sentiment from FONTiments - Birthday. I used the current Play Date Cafe challenge colours again seen HERE and below as I'm really liking the combo! 

In hindsight again I wished I had not added the black leaves to the middle flower which has a good splash of glitter!

I've one more card to share with you all before we get to the hopping! This card is more masculine and uses another 2 of the June Release clear stamp sets...

I combined Accent Essentials: Arrows and the HAPPY from All Occasion Sentiments #2, the birthday sentiment is from FONTiments - Birthday. I wasn't completely happy with this card either! Mainly due to the placement of the two arrows on the lower right, they're not quite aligned with the sentiment. 

Ok, thats enough from me lets get to the hop! Now, like with all Uniko Studio's Release Day hops there is a PRIZE up for grabs for this hop as it is still technically a Release Day hop! The prize is the ENTIRE June Release (6 stamp sets) or the equivalent if you already own them. I'm also throwing in a few surprises too. All you have to do to be in the chance of winning is to comment along the hop and you have until Mignight July 1st to comment. The winner will be drawn and announced here on the blog on the 2nd July.

Order of the hop incase there is a broken link:

Aimes

 Amber

Erika

Gayatri

Nicki

Ren-Yi

Stacey
Taheerah 
Guest Designer
Jen Nelson

I've one last bit of information before I go and that is to say that it is also Super FREE Saturday today! To see what it's all about and a closer look of the FREEBIE check out this post HERE.

Happy Hopping & Thank you for stopping by today.

Supplies:

Best Wishes

Card Stock: White from stash

Ink: SU! Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Orchid Opulence & Going Grey

Stamps: Uniko Studio Flower Power #2, Background Builders Chevrons & Natures Treasures I

Accessories: PTI Notebook Page Die, Rhinestones, Foam Adhesive.

Celebrate

Card Stock: PTI Raspberry Fizz, White from stash

Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Orchid Opulence & Regal Rose

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders Chevrons, Beautiful Blooms I & FONTiments - Birthday

Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer True White Embossing Powder, Hero Arts Prisma Glitter

Happy Birthday

Card Stock: SU! Basic Black, White from stash

Ink: SU! Real Red & Going Grey. Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, All Occasion Sentiments #2 and FONTiments - Birthday

Accessories: Cosmic Shimmer True White Embossing Powder

Mail Friendly or Male Friendly...?

Hey!

How are we all? I'm a little later than usual posting today mainly because I had a day catching up on housework (it's been a while) and also my creative mojo took a little wander! I think it is back though as I have 2 cards to share with you tonight. Both cards are mail friendly & also in my opinion male friendly too...

What do you think? I've played about with angles on both my card and accentuated them with arrows from Accent Essentials: Arrows. I added small amounts of glitter for that extra something I think they both needed! 

I also used the current ColourQ challenge colours seen HERE and below as I think they are rather yummy together and not a colour combination I would have plucked out of nowhere! 

Anyway, that's all from me today. I hope you liked todays cards & I just want to say 'HELLO' and thank you to all my new followers and those who have been following me for sometime, I'm glad you like my creations and find me inspirational in your creative journey. All your comments are SO appreciated and I read each and everyone (not just because I have comment moderation on). I don't profess to be a paper crafting expert, I do it because I enjoy it and like to share what I do and if you do too then that makes me HaPpY! 

I'll be back tomorrow with more to share, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Card Stock: SU! Basic Grey, White from stash
Ink: SU! Going Grey, Orchid Opulence, Summer Starfruit & Pool Party
Stamps: Uniko Studio Accent Essentials: Arrows, All Occasion Sentiments #2 & Label Love: Birthday
Accessories: Hero Arts Prisma Glitter