Uniko Revisit Blog Hop - Beautiful Blooms I, II & III

I'm so pleased you dropped by today as Uniko are having their in between release revisit of a stamp set and blog hop.  Well actually this month we're revisiting three stamp sets, all part of the Beautiful Blooms series.

    

My first card uses Beautiful Blooms III combined with Birthday Sentiments.

I stamped the outline flower cluster and then added one of the inside marking stamps to the main flower. I coloured it all and then very carefully hand cut round it all - a bit tricky as the stems are quite thin.

I stamped the greeting on a sky blue strip of card and then added the flower cluster on top using foam pads for extra dimension.

Supplies:
Stsmps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms III, Birthday Sentiments
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Pens: RV02, RV09, YG13, YG17

My next card uses Beautiful Blooms II combined with Simply Said Birthday.

I'm a bit in love with highlight colouring so I wanted to use this on my card, but first I stamped the outline flower all over a piece of white card to make a background. This is so out of my CAS comfort zone!

I die cut the stitched window from this background card and added colour to just this section choosing shades to tie in with the base card. This was adhered to a piece of foam to raise it up before putting back on the background. I also used pads to lift the sentiment flag strip.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms II, Simply Said Birthday
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Dies: MFT Dienamics, peekaboo window, stitched fishtail flags
Pens: Copic, R20, R22, R24

My final share for today - yep I'm going in reverse order - uses Beautiful Blooms I combined with
Simply Said Blocks II.

This is a favourite design choice of mine - a splash of watercolour with a simple black stamp on top. I used brusho powders for my background and several layers of Memento black ink on top.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Beautiful Blooms I, Simply Said BlocksII
Inks: Brusho, leaf green, yellow, orange; Memento, tuxedo black

Well all that's left for me to do now is give you the blog hop order so you can get hopping on to the next DT blog. Oh and of course to remind you to leave a comment here before you go so that you're in with a chance to win!

  Bev

Carol 

Deborah 
Izzy 

Jane - that'll be me!
Julie
Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat
Sarah G

Sarah P
Wiebke 

Thanks so much for looking today. I hope I may have inspired you a little. Good luck with your hopping, I hope you're the one that wins!

And keep carfting!

Happy Little Stampers June ATC Challenge - Smile

Happy Little Stampers is still trying to put a smile on your face and today sees the start of their new atc challenge with the theme of SMILE - of course! And I promise no silly joke today!

I love making atcs! They're like a miniature work of art - or do I mean heart? So I've not one, but three atcs to share with you today and hopefully put a smile on your face.

I chose bright sunny colours, because the sun is a guaranteed way to make me smile and a whole bunch of stamps, stencils and other goodies from my stash. I even added a bit of hand drawn fun with the faces!

Supplies:
Stamps: HLS, Mix Mash; Technique Tuesday, Bring on the Sun; Bo bunny, Mama Razzi; Bee Crafty, Live, Laugh, Love;Daisy Bucket Designs, Amazing You; My minds Eye, the sweetest thing
Inks: SU, blushing bride, crushed curry, calypso coral
Stencil: Memory Box, texture wave
Alphas: Simple stories, Bloom 7 Grow, I Am
Sticker: Simple Stories, Say Cheese
Pen: copic, YR16
Enamel dots: Echo Park, Once upon a time

As always my atcs are on offer to anyone who'd like to swap with me, just leave a comment and I'll try to get in touch. (This is not as simple as it used to be with GPDR stopping all the notifications, but I'll do my best!)

Huge thanks for looking today, it's always fabulous to get visitors to my blog.

And keep crafting!

AAA Cards Challenge #117 - Geometrics

We have such a fun theme for the new challenge at AAA Cards - I'm sure you're going to love it!

As Uniko are sponsoring this challenge and they have such a great range of geometric stamps it was an obvious choice for me.

I started by stamping a strip from Background Builders Squared. I then popped a Uniko stencil over the top and inked through in candied apple. Then I moved the stencil and inked through in wild honey. Both these inks were distress oxide and look gorgeous and creamy.

I finished off my card by stamping a greeting on a scrap of card which I then trimmed down leaving a white border all around.

Supplies:
Stamps:Uniko, Background Builders Squared, Simply Said Blocks
Inks: Versafine, onyx black; Ranger distress oxide, wild honey, candied apple:
Stencil: Uniko, Scattered Polka dots

The rest of the AAA Cards DT have created stunning sample cards to inspire you and we also have a wonderful Guest Designer Carol from CarolG Creates (CreationsNZ to help you on your creative journey. Check them all our HERE.

Enormous thanks for dropping by today, visitors to my blog make my day!

And keep crafting!

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Saturday Slot

Another day and another challenge to link up to. Well today I'm back playing at STAMPlorations with a CASE of DT Nonni's card.

     

Here's my card:

I've completely changed the colours and the stamped images but used Nonni's layout and big bold sentiment. I also added in a plain strip to the left hand side, just because i felt my card needed it.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU, Blooms & Wishes, botanicals for You
Inks: SU, pink pirouette, melon mambo, berry burst, fresh fig, mint macaron

I'm super pleased to have had your company today, thanks so much for visiting.

And keep crafting!

Friday Focus at Uniko

Just a very quick and short post today to redirect you over to Uniko where I've three cards to share using lots of Uniko goodies with the same layout.

Here's a little peek at what I've been up to:

I hope that's whetted your appetite to pop over to Uniko to see the full reveal and details.

Thanks for your time. And keep crafting!

Thursday Thoughts

Time to put my scrapbooking hat on today and join in with the challenge at Let's Get Sketchy.

And it's another wedding layout:

I thought the sketch with its circles was just perfect for these shots of the couple exchanging rings. I used a dessert bowl to draw round and chose a simple pencil to tie in with the grey of the men's suits.

Although most of the day was filled with smiles, laughter and happiness both of these photos have caught them looking more serious -  as was only appropriate for this moment in the ceremony. Big words were spoken!

Supplies:
Paper: Kaisercraft, Sage & grace
Alphas: Cuttlebug die Hippy Chick
Stickers: Simple Stories, Beautiful; Photoplay, Vintage girl
Punch: Martha Stewart, heart
Embellishments: pear;s from my stash

Thanks so much for dropping by today, it was fabulous to have your company.

And keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm playing along with the Paper Players where the theme is ANIMALS.

So of course with that photo for inspiration I just had to break out my HLS zebra stamp!

I simply stamped and then matted the card onto some patterned paper that I thought picked up on the grasslands from the photo inspiration. Love it when a card comes together so easily!

Supplies:
Stamps: HLS, Born to be Wild
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Paper: First Edition Papers, Wild Flowers

Thanks for looking today, it's been fabulous to have you visit my blog.

And keep crafting!