Guest Designer Inspiration with Anna Uhras

Hi Dear Uniko Friends! 

Anna here again today bringing you my last (but not least) page made for my GDT spot here at Uniko. I've had a blast playing with all the gorgeous stamps, stencils and dies Bev sent to me to create with.

Thank you so much sweet Bev <3

For this layout I've made my own background papers using the Paradise Leaves Clear Stamps.  The word "kindness" you can find in the Simply Said II Clear Stamp set. The papers in my layers under my photo are by Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush collection and my title is also by Heidi Swapp  but from my hoarded stash :)

I fussy cut some of the leafs and mounted them with 3d tape to get some dimension. Lastly, I finished my page off with some stitches my by sewing machine and some dots of Nuvo Jewel Drops. I do really love these leafs, they are absolutely gorgeous.

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I hope that you have got some new ideas and some inspiration from my creations.

Thanks so much for stopping by here today! See you out in the scrappy world​ <3

Take care! Hugs Anna xo

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Guest Designer Inspiration with Anna Uhras

Hi Dear Friends!

Anna here today sharing one of my Guest Designer pages with you. I am so happy, proud and very grateful to Bev for inviting me to be a guest here at Uniko, thanks so much!

This layout I have made using the gorgeous Uniko Equaliser stencil together with some Nuvo Embellishment Mousse and the lovely and versatile Simply Said II Clear Stamps.

The papers are by one of the new Bo Bunny collections, Summer Mood, and the title are by Thickers, both from my own stash.

I started up my page making my background using the stencil together with pink and yellow Nuvo Mousse. After drying I builded up my page using a few papers, thread, Thickers and finished my page of with stamping a few words in black.

Sometimes the simple is enough and I think the cool equaliser pattern needs some space without too much embellishments around.

Oh, of course, I made a few stitches with my sewing machine as well :)

That's all for now, see you again for my second and last Guest Designer Inspiration post here May 26th.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Anna xo

Uniko Guest Designer for May 2018!

Hey & Happy Monday!

Today I am super excited to be introducing Uniko's Guest Designer for the month of May. I am also really happy to be opening the Uniko Guest Designer door again, and I am hoping it to be a regular occurrence, especially during release months!

I am truly honoured to have Anna Uhras from URAscrap. I am sure many of you are familiar with Anna's work, she is a Design Team Member for CASology, a card challenge blog Uniko frequently sponsors, Design in Papers and Citrus Twist. 

Over to Anna now to introduce herself...

Hi!

I am Anna Uhras ,43 years old, from Sweden. My profession is Hairdresser and I am happily married to my husband Henrik, who is a farmer soon to be for 24 years. We live at our farm and together we have five lovely kids aged 22, 20,18, 6 and 4. I work part-time and then I am a stay at home mom. My family is my heart and joy!

Scrapbooking is my "Me time" and I have to admit that it is also sort of an addiction if you ask my family, LOL! I love all those pretty papers and embellishments and I love to be creative with them. Actually ! can't live without scrapping!

My first contact with scrappy things was in 2007 by making cards. But it wasn't until 2012 I discovered layouts and then I never looked back. I think my scrappy style has evolved a lot since I first started. I love to try new things and techniques all the time.

Right now I love to use stencils and mist's for my layout backgrounds. Colours make my heart sing so I use a lot of colours on my projects. However I feel I have a pretty clean style. My favourite crafting supplies are patterned papers, colour mist's, stamps cotton thread and my sewing machine, in fact it's hard to find any of my projects without any stitches. Also I love to use digital cut files with my Silhouette Cameo.

My creations are mostly layouts (both 12x12 and 8.5x11), cards and TN-spreads as well.


I'm so excited, happy and very proud to be your guest here at Uniko Studio, thank you so much Bev!

Take care! Anna xo

Welcome Anna! It was lovely to find out more about you, your family and what you LOVE most about paper crafting. 

Anna will be joining us throughout May here on the blog as our Guest Designer AND joining in on some of the May 2018 Release :) Until you get to see Anna's projects in full, here are a few peeks at what Anna has created to share...

Stunning peeks, don't you think? I sure am excited to see the full projects and read about how they were created. 

Until then, thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will pop back tomorrow, as countdown to the Uniko May 2018 Release starts! 

Hugs

A Special Thanks to Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Blog Hop

Today there is a HUGE blog hop taking place to honour and say thank you to an awesome magazine & all the people who have been a part of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking as sadly it is no longer to be, leaving a huge hole within the paper crafting community.

I cannot recall the exact date I came across Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine, but I have a feeling that it was back in 2005 when I was on my jolly holidays in Orlando Florida and I came across the magazine in the craft store Michaels. Then when I started blogging back in 2008 as a hobby I became more familiar with it. 

My greatest memory & moment was when I was contacted by Susan Opel who asked if Uniko Studio would like to be featured. Well, I jumped at the chance, what an honour. The stamp set being featured was my first stamp set I launched back in February 2012, Today, Tomorrow & Always Time. I sent some sets across the pond for their designers to work their magic with.

To say I was beyond excited when I saw that Laura Bassen, Kim Kesti and Lisa Johnson had all worked their magic with the set. Below is the card by Laura...

Anyway, I had to join in and send my thanks to ALL that are involved with the magazine to let them know how much they have been an inspiration to me, for giving my little company a chance & to be featured and also to let them know how much they will be missed, not only by me but a huge amount of people in the paper crafting community. 

This card is dedicated to them...

I think this was the hardest card to make thinking of what products to use, I finally settle for a couple of NEW releases from Uniko Studio's Christmas collection. Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions and Rustic Christmas, all the supplies are listed below.

So, thank you Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking for all that you have brought to not only me but the whole paper crafting community. I'm sure this blog hop will show how many people you have touched and inspired AND how BIG a loss you will be within the community.

If you've just stumbled upon this hop you can start at the beginning HERE at Jennifer McGuire's blog, but if you've been hopping along you should have come from Danielle Walls of Neat & Tangled and your next stop along the way is Tracey McNeely of In My Creative Opinion.

Enjoy the hop & thank you for stopping by :)

Supplies
Card Stock: SU! Old Olive. White (Boyes)
Ink: VersaMagic Tea Leaves & Red Magic. VersaFine Onyx Black
Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions, Rustic Christmas, Flower Power #3 and Label Love: Thank you.
Accessories: Foam Adhesive

November 2012 Sneak Peek's Day 2

Hey All!

I'm so glad you have stopped by the blog today as I have a couple more Sneaky Peeks to share with you of what's in store for the November release on Saturday 24th. I'm SO happy that you are as excited as me about the up coming release & new products.

Here's sneak peek 3...

This is a peek at a NEW digital stamp set, it has some very 'Jolly' Christmas stamps and sentiments which are perfect for pairing with the next couple of peeks...

Peek 4 is of a new paper collection which also contains pre coloured elements perfect for digital and hybrid Christmas cards, scrapbook layouts and more! 

The last peek for today is of 3 different digital paper collections, 2 previous collections in NEW colour-ways and one NEW 'Text' style collection featuring classic Christmas wording...

There is a NEW feature to all the November Release Digital Downloadable Paper Collections and that is they now come in 12 x 12 size, perfect for all you digital scrapbooking projects! 

So there you have it, the next 3 sneak peeks of the November release, be sure to stop by tomorrow for the next instalment. 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs