Enough is Enough!

A very happy Friday to you all,

Today I had an idea that was inspired by the colours in the Fusion photo this week and the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch. I also wanted to enter the 'Shades of Summer' challenge at One Layer Simplicity Challenge using shades of summer #5 (see below).

This was meant to be a quick stamp and go card but I kept smudging ink, not stamping properly, just about all the inking mistakes that could happen did! This is about my 5th attempt and still I am not that happy with the stamping however no smudges on this one and in the end I decided...enough was enough!

By the time I had finished making this the light was beginning to fade but I was taking the photo and posting this today! 

So here we are:

I decided to use the orange and yellow of the Fusion flowers plus the green from the leaves-my green has some sparkle! These gorgeous butterfly stamps are from Uniko Studio.

I realise looking at this now if I had followed the exact position of the circles in the sketch it would have worked better, I think? But, guess what....enough is enough!!

I will be back tomorrow with my DT cards for Inkspirational and Addicted to CAS. I hope to see you then!

          

TIME OUT Challenges #12

Friday Eve has finally come around again and that means it is time for a new challenge at TIME OUT Challenges.

I am very excited about this challenge as we are getting the chance to CASE one of my all time favourite crafters Anita. I found Anita's blog pretty soon after I started blogging and immediately fell in love with her CAS creations. She continues to inspire me and is one of the kindness most encouraging crafters in our community, always visiting blogs and leaving comments to enthuse us to create more. Check out her blog My Papercraft World and be inspired!

Here is my take on Ainta's card:

I was inspired by the colours, layout and die cut sentiment in Anita's card here:

This is the first time I have used a stencil! It took me ages to position and layer up the die cut sentiments but I got there in the end. Thanks Anita for the inspiration!

Our Guest Designer this week is Shona. I have recently discovered Shona's blog Twine Around and I can tell you her creativity is amazing. I urge you to go and sign up to her blog so you don't miss out!

Before you kick back and take TIME OUT to create with us, take a look here at the wonderful cards our team have created for you

I will enter this into the August challenge at STAMPlorations-stamping and die cuts and  SS work it Wednesday-blue and finally the Mixed Media Card Challenge-Summer

Addicted to Stamps and More #108

Its time for our 'Holiday' challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. You can create a project using any Holiday you want. I have opted for Christmas and did use a few other challenges to help inspire me to create this card:

This week at Addicted to Stamps and More we are being sponsored by Rick St.Dennis and we are lucky enough to have one of their DT joining us today-welcome Karen. There are some fab images in their store so please do visit them and take a look. As always our DT have come up with some wonderful projects to inspire you-take a look here.

Now for my inspiration-the picture at Festive Friday gave me the idea for the snowy wreath. I went with a one layer card so I could enter the 'Foliage OLC' challenge at Less is More and finally I was unsure about using a black sentiment but saw the 'Tic Tac Toe' challenge at CAS-ual Fridays and one of the lines is 'Black, White and Sequins'. This gave me the idea of tying in the black sentiment with one single black sequin-this seemed to balance it to my eye plus the sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays so an added benefit!

This card came together really quickly thanks to all these pieces of inspiration fitting nicely together in my little brain! Isn't it great when this happens?

I hope you join us at Addicted to Stamps and More x

      

Uniko Studio Release Day!

Today is a very happy Monday as it is the Release Day at Uniko Studio. You have had all the sneak peeks and intro days and today you have chance to see more examples of how to use the sets, a blog hop with chance to win the whole release sets. Plus you can actually go right over to the store here and start purchasing these amazing stamps. And, TODAY ONLY, if you spend over £25 or more you will get free world wide shipping!

The details of the blog hop you can find on the main Uniko Studio Blog. But basically you need to leave a comment on my blog, all the blogs of the Design Team and the Uniko Blog. Do this and you could win the entire release....that is four sets of the most stunning stamps!!

Here is the order of the blog hop:

Amber
Erika
Gillian
N@Ali
Nicki
Taheerah
Sarah-all Guest Designing for this month-congrats Sarah x
Sandie-you are here!

It is my last day as the Guest Designer for Uniko Studio and I have a couple more cards to share with you using the release stamps.

First up is I am showcasing 'Flower Power #6' with a sentiment from an older set 'Flower Power #1'

I was inspired to make this when I saw the picture at Fusion this week. I loved all the pale colours with the pops of blue and green, plus I did loosely use the sketch this week-quite unusual for me but it was my starting point when creating the design. The picture at The Runway Inspired challenge this week also helped me develop my idea of the vellum-it looks like the model's top-see photo below

This time I stamped the base of the flower in the pops of colours from the Fusion photo directly onto the card base. I then used the second part of the flower stamp embossing it on vellum with white embossing powder. I tried to curl the edges of the vellum so you would see more of these Summer colours. I popped these up on foam pads to give dimension. I looked at the card for a bit but decided something was missing and three little black gems sorted this for me. The linen impression plate gave the card more texture.

This Flower Power set is full of possibilities and well worth popping into your shopping basket!

I will enter this into Fusion-see photo and sketch below and the Mixed Media Card Challenge with a Summer these-mine being flowers and colours.

Now my second card for you today using the new 'Sweet Baby' stamp set:

I have again used white embossing but this time on this cute little baby suit. I think this is the first time I have embossed on to patterned paper but I thought it would give the soft look I wanted for a baby card. I used vellum again but this time stamped the sentiment directly onto the vellum. As I had no more of this patterned paper I decided to add my own outline of white dots onto the blue card using a white pen. I got the layout for this card from this week's sketch at STAMPlorations-see below.

I have had such a fun week being GDT for Uniko Studio and thank Bev for giving this honour. I hope I have inspired you along the way and have got you to do some shopping!!

Now it is time for you to go staright over to the main Uniko Studio Blog and start hopping!

         

Uniko Studios Introducing 'Sweet Baby'

I am here today to introduce to you the new Uniko Studio's stamp set 'Sweet Baby'

Here is a reminder of the sneak peek of this set:

And here is the card I have made using this set:

I mixed up a few of the sentiments and then coloured and fussy cut this adorable teddy bear to create this card. And yes, my friends, that is some patterned paper you see! Check out the yellow ABC stamp I used on the left hand border...how cute it that.

Now, don't forget you still have chance to win a random prize for commenting on my blog, the DT blogs,the main Uniko Studio Blog, liking Uniko on facebook or following Uniko on twitter or Pinterest.

And tomorrow is the Release Day and we are having a Blog Hop and if you join in the fun you will have chance to win the entire set!!

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Squigglefly-baby card

CASology-stripe-sentiment and abc stripe, well actually quite a few stripes here but the sentiment was my initial idea!

See you tomorrow x

Uniko Studio-Introducing 'Strike a Pose!'

Today I am here introducing the new 'Strike A Pose!' stamp set from Uniko Studio. If you haven't visited me this week I am very lucky to be Guest Designing for this new release.

Here is a reminder of the sneak peek of this set:

As soon as I saw this set I knew I wanted to make a shaker card but it took me a while to actually get my ideas together and figure out a design. Here is what I came up with:

I stamped the photo frame then cut out the centre with a craft knife. I added some acetate to make my shaker. I stamped and fussy cut out the film roll and added it to the edge.I like it here but it also helps to cover up a little slip I had with my craft knife...a little secret!! This is a really fun set and I really have no idea why I went with a shaker card but it was fun to make and I thought showed a different way to use the set than might come to mind immediately!

Pop over to the main Uniko Studio Blog and see lots of other ways to use this set. Comment along the way and you could be in for a chance of a prize.

Tomorrow is our last intro day and then it is the big release day on the 11th. We have a blog hop for you. Take part in the hop and you could win the entire release.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Paper Minutes-polaroid or frame

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge-make it sparkle

I guess I will see you tomorrow!

Uniko Studios Flower Power #6

Today at Uniko Studio we are introducing Flower Power #6.

Here is a reminder of the sneak peek of this set:

As soon as I saw this set I just loved it. There are so many ways to create some wonderful projects using this set and this is an example of what I have made:

I went for a one layer card using of different shades of purple and pink. A little bit of masking and double step stamping, rounding one edge and ended up adding texture with my linen impression plate.

Visit the main Uniko Studio Blog and all the blogs of the Design team to see some fabulous examples of how to use this set.

And don't forget to comment along the way and like us in facebook, follow us on twitter and pinterest and you could win a prize!!

3 days to our release day when if you play along with our blog hop you could win the whole release! 

See you tomorrow x

I went for a one layer card. I love the font on this sentiment, it just seems so to match the sentiments so perfectly. I have done quite a bit of masking to create this card but it was worth it. I used the linen embossing plate to give it the some texture. The rounded edge seem to fit in with the flow of the card.I know all you flower stamp lovers will want this on your wish list. Plus I bet some of you (like me) who don't usually go for flowers will be tempted! You should pop over to the Uniko Studio Blog and then visit all t
he DT's blog to see what a variety of designs they have created to inspire you.