Uniko September Release - Sneak Peeks 4 & 5

Last two sneak peeks today and then you get to see a little more of each of the Uniko new release sets starting from tomorrow.

  

So on Sunday you had spots dancing in front of your eyes and now you've got stars! You're going to have so much fun creating with these sets. Now I did tell you to save your pennies, didn't I?

See you tomorrow then, when I'll be sharing cards using the first two new release stamp sets here on my blog and so will the rest of the Uniko DT on their blogs too. Exciting times!

Thank for dropping by today. And keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers - September Christmas Challenge

Hi all and welcome to my blog. Today I'm in the mood for Christmas and I'm sharing my DT card for the Happy Little Stampers new Christmas Challenge.

And what's a Christmas card without a bit of sparkle?!

First up I stamped the outline bauble and bow onto bright in your face turquoise cardstock. Then I stamped the solid part of the bauble with versamark and heat embossed it with sparkling snow powder.

I die cut a stitched circle from white cardstock and stamped the greeting. This was then placed over the turquoise bauble card and my card was done.

Supplis:
Stamps: Uniko, Christmas Sparkle
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Versamark, clear
Embossing: WOW!. Sparkling Snow
Die: MFT Die-namics, Inside/Out Stitched Circles

So how will you make your card sparkle? Or will you just play along with a Christmas card and not use the twist? To help you decide maybe a peek at the rest of the HLS DT cards would be a good idea? Of course it would! Find them all HERE.

Enormous thanks for dropping by my blog today, I really appreciate sharing some of your precious time.  And keep crafting!

Uniko September Release - Sneak Peek 3

Have your eyes calmed down since yesterday? Well here's the next sneaky peek at what Bev and Uniko has in store for you with this release.

This is definitely my favourite from this new release - although it was a close call. Now you know I love wordy stamps - hush my mouth, you shouldn't be told this just yet!

Come back tomorrow for the last two sneak peeks, then on Wednesday we begin introducing each set individually followed by the full reveal and release on Saturday 6th May. And you have started to save your pennies, haven't you?

Thanks for looking today. And keep crafting!

Uniko September Release - Sneak Peeks 1 & 2

Here we go with the first two sneaky peeks at the upcoming Uniko September Release.


  

Bet that's given you spots before your eyes!

There will be a peek at another set tomorrow, two more on Tuesday, then on Wednesday we begin introducing each set individually followed by the full reveal and release on Saturday 9th September. As always you're going to love them all - you have been warned, so start saving your pennies!

Thanks for looking today. And keep crafting!

AAA Cards Challenge #98 - Creatures Great Or Small

A new month only just started and a new challenge over at AAA Cards.  And it's a good one with lots of scope for different types of CAS cards.

I've used a digi stamp and managed to get both a great and some small creatures onto my card. I masked off the elephant, popped a stencil over the bottom half of the card and brushed ink all over.

I added a strip of washi to define the halfway line, coloured the image and stamped a sentiment.

I added a trio of enamel shapes and I was done.

Supplies:
Stamps: Digi Stamp Boutique, Edwin & Flowers
Inks: Ranger distress oxide, wilted violet, worn lipstick
Stencil: TCW, mini webbing
Pens: Promarkers, cool grey 1 & 2, blossom, purple
Embellishments: Washi from my stash; SU, enamel shapes, sweet sugarplum

Ok now it's time to big up the rest of the AAA Cards DT's amazing creations using creatures - check them all out HERE. Oh and we have the most beautifully cute card to make you go ahhh! from our Guest Designer Marge from margecrafts. A visit to her blog is a fabulous way to while away some time.

Great - and small - thanks for dropping by my blog today. I've loved sharing it with you.

And keep crafting!

Saturday Slot

There are a few back to school themed challenges going on at the moment and I've decided to play along with the colours from Color Throwdown which are very bright and vibrant and priamary school influenced. I'm also playing along with Addicted to Stamps And More's Make Your Mark theme. What could be more appropriate than the mix of colouring and school?

   

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the quote and chevrons in tuxedo black, then broke out my very under used prisma color pencils and added red, yellow and green to the block letters and shapes. I thought as it was a school influenced card the quote was very appropriate!

 

My signature strip down the left hand side and a trio of enamel dots just finished off the card nicely.

Supplies:
Stamps: Precious Remembrance Shop, DIY Stamp Set
Inks: Memento, tuxedo black
Colours: Prismacolor pencils
Embellishments: Doodlebug Sprinkles, bumblebee; Simple Stories, Mistletoe Kisses 

Thanks so much for looking today, you really made my day.  And keep crafting!

Friday Focus

There's a fabulous new cue word at CASology and I couldn't resist playing along.

I think it especially appealed to me because of its simplicity and that makes it so much easier to play CAS in my opinion.

This card is the product of another card that went wrong. The ink blended little square was actually the mask I used and looked so appealing it didn't follow the rest of the card into the bin! I simply matted it onto a slightly larger stitched square and then added the die cut hello on top. Super CAS!

Supplies:
Inks: Ranger distress oxide, faded jeans, cracked pistachio
Dies: Spellbinders, classic large squares; Lawn Fawn, large stitched square stackables; Clearly Besotted, hello

Huge appreciation goes to you for looking at my blog today, it was wonderful to have your company for a while.  Come back soon. 

And keep crafting!