Uniko Studios Guest Designer

*I am a bit late with this post as I forgot to set it for going live on Friday, so sorry for the delay.

Hi all, I'm here today to share a card I made as this month's Guest Designer over at Uniko Studios Challenge! I was delighted when Beverly asked me, and of course I said Yes please!! This month, the theme is Autumn with an added twist of 'Thanks'. I find I never have enough thank you cards, so I set to. 

I made a centre step card using a new die I bought back in July at the Newbury Show, which has replaced the old Artstamps exhibition.

First I stamped the background onto kraft card using Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Peacock Feathers Distress inks, using the clock faces from the Uniko Studios stamp set Today, Tomorrow and Always.

I then cut the panels using the co-ordinating dies from the card die set, and backed the panels onto some jade card. I then stamped cut the round sentiment using Label Love-Thanks stamp set.

I attached the panels to the card base, and added some jade ribbon, cream lace, and jade bakers twine, finished off with a white paper rose and two pins.

Do stop by the Uniko store, there is a 50% off sale this weekend until Sunday night, so grab a bargain before it all sells out!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - One layer Wishes

Hi all, I'm here today to share a CAS card, for this week's Less is More challenge, - this week it is a One Layer theme, plus to use the Sentiment of Wishes somewhere on the card.

I have stamped this lovely Penny Black Slapstick range image, 'Fragrant' in Memento London Fog, onto some cryogen card, it has a soft sparkly sheen. I wanted a soft subtle look, so went for pastel pinks and yellows, and used some very light strokes with my Polychromos pencils.

The sentiment is from Uniko Studios Birthday Fontiments set, one of my favourite sets, it's stuffed with Birthday greetings in a variety of fonts.

I added some stickles to the flowers for some gentle shimmer, and that was that.

I think i will give this to my colleague at work, who turns 25 on Monday (oh to be young again!).

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Get Well

Hi all, I'm here today to share a card I made for the That's Crafty Challenge, and this week the theme is Leaves. I recently made a Get Well card for my Grandmother-in-law, who unfortunately broke her hip 4 weeks ago, and is still recovering in hospital. She is 93, so we are lucky she is still with us.

I used two lovely stamps from Serendipity Stamps, First, I gold embossed the large Fern image, and stamped another one on scratch paper to cut out for a mask. I then used the mask to stamp the smaller Fern image around the gold embossed fern, in Pine Needle and Evergreen Bough Distress inks.

I gold embossed the Get Well sentiment, also from S.S, and added some dark green gems.

Finally I mounted onto some dark green card, and added to a natural card base.

I would also like toi enter this into the following challenges:

Our Creative Corner - Shades of Autumn

Crafty Catz - Autumn Colours

Everybody Art Challenge - Earth Tones

Addicted to CAS - Leaves

Fantasy Stampers - Autumn Leaves

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Less is More - Green and Gold

Hi all, I'm here this morning with a couple of cards for this week's new challenge over at Less is More. The theme this week is Green & Gold. I have many butterfly stamps in my collection, but I haven't used these lovely ones from Uniko Studio before,  Bright Butterflies, so I pulled them out and had a play.

I stamped all the butterflies from the set in Versamark, and gold embossed, then cut using the matching dies. I cut a few panels in different green shades using MFT Rectangle dies, stamped the little cog image from the same set in Versamark Dazzle, and mounted onto some gold, glittered card.

I stamped the little swirl in Versamark and gold embossed. I added the sentiment from the English Country Garden set, also from Uniko Studios, and gold embossed.

For my second card, I stamped the little swirl in Gumnball Green ink...but dropped the stamp as I finished ARRRGGHHH!!! You can see there are a few dots showing above the sentiment below, and it doesn't look too bad thankfully!

Here they are together. I always like to make a couple of cards for this challenge, as just one is never enough!

I would also like to enter these into the following challenges:

Less is More - Green & Gold

Lil Red Wagon - CAS

Cards und More - CAS

AAA Cards - Embossing (CAS)

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Less is More - Eyes

Hi all, it's been a week since my last post, I haven't felt very crafty this week, but I wanted to make something for the Less is More challenge, this week it is to feature eyes. This time I got to use a stamp set I had got with a magazine and had yet to use.

I have made a couple of cards using a Woodware set and it doesn't have a name on it. For my first card, I stamped one of the owls onto some copy paper, and cut him out to use as a mask.

I stamped the owls in Tuxedo Black, and coloured woth Staedtler Ergo soft pencils. To enhance their eyes, I added a large blob of glossy accents, and topped with silver glamour dust.

For my second card, I just used one owl, and the little branch that came with the set.

Again, coloured with pencils, and added gold glamour dust to his eyes.

I've enjoyed using these little cuties, thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

Less is More..Again!!

Hi all, I'm back with some more Berry goodnes for the less is more challenge, I did say that I love creating with these colours hehe!

So, very quickly, both cards are made using Brushos in Purple and Scarlet, the first card was used sparingly, and the other card was made using much more water.

Once dry, I stamped the images from Stampendous called Bold Sprigs in Black Soot Distress ink. The watercolour card doesn't tend to stamp images well, so I smooshed the ink pad onto an acrylic block, then picked up the ink with a little water on my brush, and painted in the gaps on the berries and butterflies.  The sentiment is from Uniko Studios, stamped in Dusty Concorde Distress ink.

 Then I added some glue pen dots onto the sprigs and butterflies, and added some Glamour Dust.

For my second card, I cut a rectangular panel using an MFT die Cross Stitched Rectangles, and layered it onto another cut in Cherry Cobbler.

The die cut wording is also cut in Cherry Cobbler, and is a die from Serendipity Stamps.

I fancied a bit of sparkle on this one too, so I added some glue pen dots, and glamour dust to the panel.

Well I hope I haven't bored you this week with my berry inspired makes, but I have enjoyed making them!

I would like to enter these into the following challenges

Less is More - Berry Colours

That's Crafty - Purple

Inspiration Destination - anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Bleeding Tissue and some more Purple!

Hi all, I'm back with another card for this week's Less is More challenge, I love playing with purples and berry colours, and last night I thought I would try a new to me technique - Bleeding Tissue. I had mixed results at first, as I used too much water, and it basically 'bled' everywhere. So I tried again, and then again, and finally achieved the look I was after.

I cut some circles out of coloured art tissue, ( available from Opal Crafts) laid them onto some white card stock, and carefully painted water on top of the circles. The colour immediately bleeds out onto the cardstock and you get this effect. The colours are very intense and vibrant, although it looks pink in the photo, I did use a deep purple tissue.

Over the top of the circles (once dry) I stamped the inspirational quotes from Visible Image- Imagine dream Inspire- in Grape Jelly memento ink. I then sprinkled some White Shabby Embossing powder over the card, it has some little flecks of glitter in it, resulting in a gentle sparkle, but unfortunately I couldn't pick this up with my camera. I then used some purple Bazzill card for the mat.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Less is More - Berry colours

That's Crafty - Purple

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline