Uniko DT Inspiration

Hi! Today I'm over on the Uniko blog with a little Design Team Inspiration.

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

Are you intrigued? Well her's clue about the type of cards I've been creating - a surprise at lunch time.

Hope that's got you curious enough to pop on over to Uniko to discover what it's all about!

Thanks for looking and keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers April CAS Challenge

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

Its's a One Layer theme this month and I love the way this makes me really experiment with my supplies to achieve a satisfying result.

I started this card by inking through a sunray stencil and then stamped on top of it quite randomly with different sized butterflies from Visible Image.

I added the largest and most beautiful butterfly, in my opinion, using black heat embossed ink to make it really pop against the background colours. I then went searching for a greeting that would stretch across the width of the card and separate the busy top part from the empty 'white' space at the bottom.

Supplies:

Stamps: Visible Image, Wings of Change; Greeting from MFT, Springtime Blooms

Inks: Veramark clear + Ranger superfine black embossing powder; Versafine Clair, nocturne; SU, pool party, blackberry bliss; ColorBox, grape

Stencil: Create a Smile, Focal Point

Pens: Copic, BG32, BV01; Sakura gelly roll, white; Wink of Stella, clear

If you'd like to see more inspiring examples of One Layer CAS cards then head on over to the HLS blog - HERE. You're going to love what you see!

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

And keep crafting!

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards I've made for the Card Chain Challenge.

Each month there is a chance to sign up and exchange a card with other crafters from around the world.

Here is my card for March which winged its way to Kenya - excuse the pun!

I used the colours, sketch, theme and product options for this card. But you don't have to use them all.

      

Theme Options: Spring/Flowers/Friendship      Product/Technique Options: Stamping or Decoupage

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Flower Power #2, sentiment from Spring Botanicals Daffodil

Inks: Memento, dandelion; SU, lemon lime twist, smoky slate

Punch: Marthas Stewart, butterflies

And this is my card from February, which didn't travel that far as it stayed in the UK.

I used all four options again.

   

Theme Options: birds, cutouts or friendship      

Product/Technique Options: punches, die cutting or stitching (real or faux)

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Paradise Hummingbird, sentiment from Paradise
Inks: Brusho, yellow, crimson
Die: MFT Die-namics, double stitched rectangles


Thanks so much for looking today. And if you fancy joining in with April's card exchange pop on over to the sign up HERE. You've got until 6th April.

And keep crafting!

Monday Moment

It seems 6th of April is Tartan Day and there's a Tartan Day event going on in The Male Room's facebook group at the moment!

Now the project you share doesn't have to be a new one, although mine is, as this is a just for fun event. It does need to include tartan of course and be suitable for a male. And this is the card I created:

The paper is from an ancient 6x6 pad that's been in my stash for ever and the die is from Xcut. I love this die and it cuts really well if you get the cutting machine sandwich correct. And for once I did! As the paper is quite thin and this makes it tricky with such an intricate die I added a couple of layers of scrap paper under the tartan paper. Hey presto not only die it cut cleanly but all the little bits came away with the scrap paper. No poking them out as usual. Just need to remember this technique for future cuts!

Supplies:
Paper: Paper Cellar, Squares
Die: Xcut, Woodland Stag
Stamp: Uniko, Festive Sentiments
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne

It's been fabulous having your company today, thanks so much for dropping by.

And keep crafting!

AAA Cards #137 - Made In Minutes + Dry Embossing

Today sees the start of another CAS challenge at AAA Cards. And it's a bit of a speed challenge too.

Our sponsor for this challenge is a UK company - Heffy Doodle. So of course I used one of their stamps.

I love this oversized greeting and jazzed it up a bit with a Kaleidacolor ink pad. I really liked the card just as it was, but thought I ought to give the optional twist of dry embossing a go. So I used my score board to add some vertical lines to the left hand side.

Oh and the made in minutes - about 10 or maybe even less I think. Yep, forgot to time myself!

Supplies:
Stamps: Heffy Doodle, Big Bold Words
Ink: Kaleidacolor, Creole Spice

So what can you make in minutes? Loads more inspiration from the AAA Cards DT and our GD Katerina - HERE.

Thanks for your time today, I really appreciate you visiting my blog.

And keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm sharing a card I made using the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches.

A super simple sketch, just how I like them. Here's my card:

I started by die cutting a stitched circle and then stamped the florals around the edge using a layering stamp set from Altenew. I also used two trios of Altenew ink colours - so easy as the colour tone matching all done for me.

I finished the card off with a sentiment from Uniko stamped onto a fishtail banner.

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenw, Heart flowers; Uniko, Simply Said Birthday

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Altenew, rose quartz, puffy heart, purple wine, mountain mist, volcano lake, lagoon

Dies: MFT Die-namics, inside/out stitched cirles, stitched fishtail flags

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

And keep crafting!

Uniko Challenge #52 Reminder

I'm here today with a little reminder about the challenge currently going on over at Uniko.

I created a simple and quick CAS card for Easter, but  as it uses non-Easter images it could just as easily become a birthday card with a different sentiment.

I used the pinstripe background block stamped twice in green to represent grass and flower stems and then die cut the top of this panel and adhered it to the bottom of a plain white card. Next I stamped and used the matching dies to create three flowers. These were applied flat to the card and a gem stone adhered to each middle.

I then finished off my card with a simple Easter greeting.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Flower Power #1, Background Blocks Pinstripe, sentiment from Some Bunny
Inks: SU, daffodil delight, crushed curry, lemon lime twist
Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges

Huge thanks for looking today and I hope I may have given your memory a jog about the Uniko challenge and you'll find time to play along. There are prizes to be won of course - check them all out HERE.

And keep crafting!