Uniko Studio-Introducing Big and Bold

Today I am here as the Guest Designer for the new release at Uniko Studio. I am very excited to have been asked and have been crafting away for a few weeks now with the new stamps. Today we are introducing the new set called 'Big and Bold-wish'

First a reminder of the sneak peek of this set:

This set is full of possibilities. I decided to showcase one of the fab sentiments and add some sparkle by embossing in gold and adding one stripe of gold glitter card:

The little stars are actually from another set that we will be showing you later in the week but this 'Big and Bold' sentiment is from this set. You can see other ways of using this set by visiting the main Uniko Studio Blog and the blogs of the Design Teams.

Don't forget to comment along the way to be in for a chance to win a prize.

The rest of the week we will be introducing the other sets and then on the 11th it is the Release Day and we have blog hop organised for you. Take part in our hop and you could win the whole release!!

I am going to enter this into the following challenge:

A Gem of a Challenge-embossing.

Simon Says Stamping Wednesday Challenge-make it sparkle

CASology-stripe.

And also use it as a reminder card for the following challenges that I am on the DT:

Time Out Challenge-celebration with a butterfly twist

Addicted to CAS-GOLD

Water Colour Blooms

I am popping in with a quick post of a card I made yesterday for the AAA Card Challenge to use water colour techniques. I felt like doing some water colouring and decided to use the boxed bloom stamp by STAMPlorations. And here is my very CAS card:

I simply water coloured the image and cut it out mounting it on yellow card. I then popped it up on some foam fads for dimension. I love the texture of this linen card stock and for once I seemed to have captured this texture in my photo.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

AAA cards -water colour

Crafty Boots -flowers

Deep Ocean Challenges-Summer colours

Craft Room Challenges-A Summer Garden

Enjoy the rest of your day x

Uniko Studio Sneak Peek 2

Today I have the second sneak peek of the new release stamps at Uniko Studio. These 2 stamp sets are just so awesome! You just get a little teaser today and then tomorrow we start introducing each set with lots of inspiration from the Uniko Studio design team and myself.

So here is your peek.....

And here is how the rest of our new release will go:

7th August-10th August-each day we will introduce one of these sets to you and there will be inspiration projects from Bev on the main Uniko Studio Blog, all her DT's blog and myself. If you comment along the way and follow us on twitter, pinterest and like us on facebook, you will be in for a chance to win a prize.

11th August-is the big Release Day-where we will all again have inspirations for you plus a blog hop. If you play along with the blog hop you get chance to win all these stamps!!

Cone back tomorrow for my first card as the Guest Designer for Uniko Studio

Addicted to Stamps and More #107

Its Wednesday and that means it is time for our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This week we have the Make your Mark challenge, meaning that you need to use some kind of marker to make your project. You can opt for pencils, markers, crayons, paints, whatever you feel like creating with this week. I opted to use my water colour pencils and decided I would have a go at painting a scene. Now this is my first attempt at doing anything like this, so it is not that good but I enjoyed doing it and hoped it would show you that we can all try something different now and then and we don't have to be an expert to enjoy it!

 I had a hunt on Utube for videos that might help me create a scene and found one on the Frugal Crafter. I like her videos as they are fun and she gives you lots of pointers. I didn't copy her scene as I actually didn't like all parts of it. I just took the bits I did and added my own twist to the painting. I decided to make it into a card and thought a black base was just the right look.

Our sponsors this week are Stamp Art Designs, check out their fab store here-some of these digis could be yours!

Now check out what our super DT have created to inspire you this week by popping over to our main blog at Addicted to Stamps and More

Uniko Studios Sneak Peek 1

I am so very honoured to be the  Guest Designing for this month's new release at Uniko Studio.

It was a complete shock when Bev-owner and designer of Uniko Studio-emailed me and asked me. I was obviously very excited and surprised but oh so very honoured. I was also very nervous however how could I say no...so here I am to give you a sneak peek of the first 2 sets we are introducing.

How fab do these look and this is just a little teaser for you!

Tomorrow I will be back with a sneak peek of 2 more sets then this is how the rest of the week will run:

7th August-10th August-each day we will introduce one of these sets to you and there will be inspiration projects from Bev on the main Uniko Studio Blog, all her DT's blog, Sarah of Sazzle Dazzle Crafts (also Guest Designing) and myself. If you comment along the way and follow us on twitter, pinterest and like us on facebook, you will be in for a chance to win a prize.

11th August-is the big Release Day-where we will all again have inspirations for you plus a blog hop. If you play along with the blog hop you get chance to win all these stamps!!

So who is with us all week...I know you want to play...how can you resist???

Addicted to CAS #44

We are getting all sparkly at Addicted to CAS as our super talented host Deepti has chosen the following code word:

And I decided to go with the same layout as my cad earlier today but with a few twists:

I have heat embossed the butterfly then spritz it with gold shimmer, fussy cut it out. I decided that the shimmer didn't look gold enough so I fussy cut the butterfly again in some gold glitter card. 

Our Guest Designer this month is the very creative Lyndal and her blog Ideas and Paper is a must see!

Plus for this challenge we are so pleased that Stamp Art Designs are our sponsors. Visit their amazing store here

And yet again our DT have come up with some wonderful CAS projects to inspire you to get all sparkly with us. Check then out here.

I will enter this into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Uniko Studios as my butterfly is one of their stamps!

Inkspirational #62

This week at Inkspirational one of our DT chooses the challenge. And this week it is Nonni's turn. And she is challenging us all to create a project using markers or pencils.

Nonni is an expert in colouring using copics which you will see if you visit her inspiring blog korttikarkuri. I was going to use my water colour pencils but some how ended up embossing this gorgeous butterfly stamp from Uniko Studios. I coloured just some areas with a green sparkle jelly roll marker. I couldn't seem to get a good enough photo to show the sparkle but hope you get the idea.

I have used very minimal colouring but it is there! If you check out our blog here you will see some wonderful projects from our DT.

Our Guest Designer this week is the superbly talented Greta.

I will enter this into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at Uniko Studios and the Summer Theme/colours at the Butterfly Chaalenge-here in London with have lots of storms in Summer but they are followed by the most gorgeous rainbows!

Then get those markers and pencils out and join in the fun!