Thursday Thoughts

Today I've made a card to enter a challenge - first time for ages! Perfectly CAS want a one layer card which uses one third or less of the card front. Right up my street then!

Here's my card:

As it's Uniko's birthday month I chose to use their stamps. The BIG & BOLD Love hearts are from the recent January release and the Background Builders Classics stripes are from an older set.

There's something about lines across or down a card that really appeals to me and I love how they ground the other images.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, BIG & BOLD Love, Background Builders Classics
Ink: SU, rose red; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Huge thanks for looking at my blog today, you know I always love having your company.

And keep crafting!

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration

I'm up on the Uniko blog today with some birthday cards using the https://www.uniko.co.uk/product/stencil-balloon-bash/Balloon Bash stencil. Come on over for all the details.

Here are all the products that I used:
Stencil: Uniko, Balloon Bash
Stamps: Uniko, Birthday Wishes, Birthday Sentiments
Inks: Ranger distress, picked raspberry, blueprint sketch, mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers, peeled paint, lucky clover, pine needles, bundled sage; Versfine Clair, nocturne
Dies: Lawn Fawn, stitched square stackables; Lil'inker, stitched mats rectangles, stitched mats long & skinny retangles; MFT Die-namics, stitched fishtail flags

Thanks for looking. And keep crafting!

AAA Birthday Challenge #10 - Cute

Aww! AAA Birthday have the most adorable theme this month - Cute.

Here's my DT card:

As if this dragon and little lady were not cute enough on their own this stamp has them sharing a book and looking forward to the future - double cute! My background is an alcohol ink panel and I coloured up the mages with Copic pens.

I hand cut the images and speech bubble and arrange them inside and out of a stitched die cut frame. The birthday greeting was stamped onto a die cut stitched banner and placed inside the frame too.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT, Magical Friends; Uniko, sentiment from a reitred set
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger Alcohol Inks, sailboat blue, purple twilight on yupo paper
Dies: MFT Die-namics, stitched fishtail flag; Lawn Fawn, stitched rectangular frames
Pens: Copic, Y00,Y04,YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG23, B02, B04, E000, E51, RV000; Wink of Stella, clear

So what does 'cute' mean to you? Well the AAA Birthday DT have all got different ideas to share with you and we've also got a fabulous Guest Designer Rachelle to inspire you. I hope to see your cute birthday card popping up in the the gallery over there soon. Find it all HERE.

It's been so much fun having you visit my blog today, thanks so much for your time.

And keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers - February CAS Challenge

I'm here today to share my DT card for Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge.

I love the theme for this month's challenge and knew immediately which stamps I wanted to use - the new Serenity set from Funky fossil.

This set has the most amazing sentiment and it fits perfectly with the positive theme. As you can see I chose some of my favourite pinks and purples for the image.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Serenity
Inks: Kaleidacolor, Berry Blaze; Versafine Clair, nocturne

How will you interpret this theme? If you pop over to the HLS CAS blog ou'll find loads of fantastic ideas from the DT, bound to get you inspired. Find them all HERE.

Thanks so much for looking today and keep crafting!

AAA Cards #158 Up To One Third + optional twist Hearts

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards and there's love in the air.

The sponsor for this challenge is STAMPlorations and I've use one of their dies for my DT card.

I chose some pink non shed glitter card from Papermill Direct for the die cut hearts and saved the punched out pieces to add to the horizontal strip. I used a stitched die to add the two lines framing the hearts.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Simply Said
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Dies: STAMPlorations, Clustered Hearts; Paper Smooches, Stitched
Card: Papermill Direct, Non shed glitter

There's loads more DT inpiration for this theme over on the AAA Cards blog and we're also joined by Mugdha who's created the most awesome card. Find it all HERE.

Thanks for dropping by today and keep crafting!

Uniko 8th Birthday Linky Party

Yay! Today is such an exciting day at Uniko as it's the first day of a month long celebration of their 8th birthday!

Today we are kicking the celebrations off with a linky party! It wouldn't be a birthday celebration without a PARTY, right?

Simply create a birthday card, any theme, any style and using any product you like and link up HERE.

And of course I've joined in with a birthday card using Uniko goodies.

I've kept my card very CAS - my preferred style as you  know - and used the stamps and dies from Originally Organic and a greeting from Sentiments Outlined.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Originally Organic, Sentiments Outlined
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Die: Uniko, Originally Organic
Colours: Copic pens, G85, G94, V17, BV01; Miya oil pencils; Sakura gelly roll, white


Need a little more incentive to join in on the fun? How about some prizes...

• Main Winner Chosen By the DT - £25 eGift Certificate
• Random Uniko Stamps Winner - In Stock Clear Stamp Set of Winners Choosing (any value)
• Top 5 Chosen By DT - In Stock £5 Clear Stamp Set of Winners Choosing
• Randomly Selected comment from the Design Team Hop In Stock £5 Clear Stamp Set of Winners Choosing

That's a total of EIGHT chances to win! 

Winners will be announced Sunday 8th March 2020 along with all the other 8th Birthday Celebration Winners ;)

Why not take advantage of this fabulous discount code too! The code CELEBRATE8 is valid for the whole month of February 2020 and can be used on any order placed, even if you place multiple orders during the month!

Well that's a fabulous start to this month long fun filled excitement. Get busy creating that birthday card and link it up at Uniko - HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. And keep crafting!

White with 1 - February Challenge

I'm back again today with my DT scrapbook page for the new challenge at White with 1.

   

This month as well as the colour there is also a sketch to follow.

I created a border pattern using a stencil from Funky Fossil and blended two colours of ink to get the correct colour. I then added the white background, placed the photos and started adding the embellishment clusters.

I cut up some of the word stickers to make them fit and also chopped off some words to get the phrase I wanted. I used faux stitching on my layout, both die cut and hand drawn.

Supplies:
Papers: Graphic 45 Flutter Collection; SU, Feels Like Frost
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Crackle Background
Inks: SU, pacific point; Ranger distress, blueprint sketch
Dies: Lawn Fawn, Mr Louie's ABCs; Xcut, spiro circles; MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles
Embellishments: MME enamel dots, Necessities
Stickers: Simple Stories, Summer Vibes; Bella Blvd, Secrets of the Sea; Doodlebug Designs Inc, Dragons Tails; Tim Holtz Idea-ology, Small Talk; Elle's Studio, puffy hearts

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I hope to see your pages popping up in the white with 1 facebook group - HERE.   And more info about the challenge - HERE.

And keep crafting!