Masked Stripes

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Stripes Mask
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday Die
Nestabilities
Wink of Stella

My card is for the current CAS on Sunday which is to use a stencil or a mask.  I used two masks for this card. The first was for the pale pink circle background and then the masked lines over the top of the circle.

Birthday Butterfly

Good Morning

Supplies Used:
Hero Arts - Butterfly Stamp
Memory Box - Madera Corner
Nestabilities
Simon Says Stamps - Handwritten Borders
Aqua Painters

My card is my take on this week's Muse card by Julie B.  I tried to use her card as a sketch as my starting point.  I would also like to enter my card into this week's Addicated to Stamps and More Challenge, which is CAS.

Julie B's card

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CASology Week 131 - Birthday

Good Morning,

It's time for a new challenge at CASology and we have a super super easy Cue Card for you all today.  This week it is 'Birthday', can you believe we haven't used this one before.

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Diagonal Stripes
Clearly Besotted - Twinkle Toes (Sentiment)
VersaMark
White Embossing Powder
Ribbon from my stash

And for more inspiration make sure you visit the Design Team.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (that's me)

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Our guest designer - Hannelie

And our wonderful Sponsor - STAMPlorations

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Christmas Music

Good Morning,

Another Christmas card today, that's me up to 3 this year! So if I manage to keep this up I should meet my goal of having all my Christmas cards finished early this year.

My card is for the latest Merry Monday challenge which is 'Music/Carollers'.

Supplies Used:
W Plus 9 - Iconic Christmas
Unity Stamp Co - Music of my Heart
Memory Box - Crystalline Border Die
Nestabilities
Wink of Stella

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Something Different

Good Morning,

My card today is something totally different for me and way outside my comfort zone.  I am not sure if I like the end result but I thought I would share it with you all anyway.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Background Builders - Round in Circles
Clearly Besotted - Basic Stripes
Clearly Besotted - A Little Sentimental
Clearly Besotted - Home Sweet Home Die
Nestabilities
Stampin Up - Circle Punch

My card was inspired by this week's challenge at ShowCASe Your Style, I tried to use the balloons and patterns as my inspiration.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Expect to see my next card much more in line with my usual style. 

Wool You Be Mine?

Good Morning,

It has been a while since I have been up this early crafting on a Saturday, but a little person has been kicking my belly since the crack of dawn, so I decided to retreat to my craft room for a while.

It is time for a new Less Is More challenge and this week it is a sketch, I tend to find sketches quite difficult to follow, so I just followed it as closely as possible.

I would also like to enter my card into the current Time Out Challenge, which is Valentines, I didn't manage the twist of 'hearts' but hopefully the card fits for valentines.

Supplies Used:
Jane's Doodles - Seamus
Lawn Fawn - Let's Polka
ProMarkers
Clearly Besotted - Scallop Edges Die

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Always and Forever - Uniko Studio Challenge

Good Morning,

I posted a reminder card for this months Uniko Studio challenge, you can see it here and full details of the challenge here.  However my other card today is also suitable for this months challenge, as well as suiting a few other challenges out there in blogland.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Always and Forever
Enamel Accents
VersaMark
White Embossing Powder
Sponge Daubers

Challenges Entered:
Time Out Challenge - Valentine's Day with hearts
Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday (Valentines)
CAS(E) this Sketch

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Uniko Studio - January Challenge Reminder

Good Morning,

Have you had a chance to join in with the Uniko Challenge this month? Don't worry if you haven't, you still have a week to join in the fun.

The theme this month is 'Love and Friendship' and the Design Team have some more inspiration for you.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Always and Forever
Lil Inkers - Stitched Mats
Sparkles from my stash

You can use any stamps to join in the challenge and there is lots of prizes up for grabs.  You can find all the details here. 

Check out the rest of the Design Team and the guest designers and see what they have come up with.

• Lynn
• Lucy
• Kitty
• Bev

• Amber
• Erika
• Gillian
• Sandie
• Sarah

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Ombre Love

Good Morning,

My card today is for the latest Card Concept Challenge, Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge and Inkspirational Challenge.  For the Card Concept they have provided us with a gorgeous photo for inspiration, I used the pinks and woodgrain from the photo as my starting point.  The theme at Addicted to Stamps and More is 'Holiday' so Valentines is my holiday, hope that counts.  The challenge at Inkspirational is Ombre.

Supplies Used:
MFT - Letter Dies
Clearly Besotted - Full of Surprise (You)
Stampin Up - Hardwood
White Gel Pen
Gold Embossing Powder
Sponge Daubers

And here is the gorgeous photo I mentioned earlier.

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Dogwood Flowers

Good Afternoon,

I am back with my second card of the day.  I wasn't too happy with my first card for this week's Muse challenge, so I started again and use this week's sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch as part of my inspiration.  The blue from Marion's card was also my inspiration from the Muse challenge.

Supplies Used:
Hero Arts - Dogwood Stamp
Clearly Besotted - Full of Surprise (Sentiment)
Aquapainters

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Muse 101

Good Morning,

My card this morning is for this week's Muse challenge.  I was bowled over by Marion's gorgeous embossing against the blue cardstock.  I took the delicate embossing and the pretty heart at the inspiration for my card.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Decorative Doilies
Heart Punch
Enamel Accents
White Embossing Powder

And here is Marion's beautiful card.

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CASology Week 130 - Friend

Good Afternoon,

Our Cue Card at CASology this week seems to be a popular one around blogland at the moment.  If you haven't guessed already, it's 'Friend'.  I went with a 'sentiment' card but feel free to use those 'friend' images you have in your stash.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - All Occasion Sentiments #3
Uniko Studio - A Gift For You
Inkadinkao - Dot Flourishes
Clearly Besotted - Delightful Doilies

I would also like to enter this card into this week's Less Is More challenge, which is 'Friends'.

And for more inspiration make sure you visit the Design Team.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (that's me)

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And our guest designer - Ren

And our wonderful Sponsor - DeNami Design

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Christmas Houses

Good Afternoon,

Before I share my card for this week's Merry Monday Challenge, I would like to thank the Design Team for my honourable mention on the last challenge.  If you didn't see my card you can see it here.

The challenge this weeks is for our creations to feature 'Houses'.  I had a few stamp sets for this option but I settled on a stamp I have not use all that much.

Supplies Used:
Visible Image - Wintry Scene
Uniko Studio - Rustic Christmas
Stampin Up - Frosted Sequins
Stampin Up - Dazzling Details
Nestabilities

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Friend 'You Rock'

Good Morning,

I am swinging past with a super fast post and card to share for this week's Less Is More challenge, which is 'Friends'.

Supplies Used:
Neat and Tangled - Sparkle and Shine
The Alley Way Stamps - Words to Live By
Wink of Stella

Have to dash now, might nip back later with a second attempt at this challenge.

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Uniko Studio - Challenge 17

Good Morning,

It's a new year and with that comes a  new challenge over at Uniko Studio, we thought we would start you off with a nice simple one.  We would like to see your creations in the theme of 'Love and Friendship', see I told you super easy.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Background Builders Vines
Uniko Studio - Always and Forever (sentiment)
White Pigment ink

And now for the rules as we have made a few changes to the challenge.

• Challenges will run for 2 weeks only and will begin on the 3rd Friday of each month
• You can use any stamps in our challenges
• You can enter as many times as you want and enter as many other challenges as you want combined with ours

We have some super amazing talented guest designers this month, so make sure you click on the links below and give them a visit.

Lynn

Lucy

Kitty

And please also stop by on a visit to the other Design Team members, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Bev

Amber

Deborah

Erika

N@Ali

Nicki

Sandie

Sarah

And here's how you can win some prizes

• The design team will choose a winner who will get a £20 gift voucher for Uniko Studios plus be invited to be a guest designer for our next challenge
• Our DT will also choose a top 3 and all will get a £5 gift voucher
• If you do use a Uniko Stamp will we do a random selected prize to win a £10 gift voucher
• Guest designers are still welcome to join in on the current challenge too

You have until Friday 30th January at 8am GMT to link up your creations

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Let's Celebrate

Good Morning,

One of things I would like to do this year with my card making is to enter challenges I never have done before.  I tend to get stuck in a rut of entering the same ones each week and I think it's time I broadened my horizons.

The challenge I have decided to enter today is the 'ShowCASe Your Style' challenge. I have seen lots of other card makers enter this challenge so I figured it was time to join in the fun.  The challenge this time round is a colour challenge and I just love the colours they have chosen.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Making Spirits Bright
Uniko Studio - A Gift For You
Clearly Besotted - Diagonal Stripes
Clearly Besotted - A Little Sentimental
Papertrey Ink - Faux Ribbon
Wink of Stella

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Christmas Critters

Good Morning,

I normally pack away my Christmas stamps in January and don't even think about looking them out till September ready to start that years Christmas cards.  However last year I didn't manage to get all my cards made and shock horror I had to send shop bought cards!!! So this year I am starting now so hopefully by Christmas I have a full stash of cards ready for sending.  Well that's the plan, will see how it goes.

Supplies Used:
Lili of the Valley - Snowball Fight
Stampin Up - Endless Wishes
Marianne Designs - Snowflake 3 Die
ProMarkers
Wink of Stella

Challenges Entered:
Merry Monday - Christmas Critters
Darnell's - NBUS #3 (My Endless Wishes set had never been used till now)
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

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CASology Week 129 - NBUS

Good Afternoon 

We have a slightly different cue card for you this week at CASology, but it's a word I'm sure most of you will heard of before....NBUS!! As most of you will know this word was created by the fabulous and wonderful Darnell.  NBUS stands for 'Never Before Used Schtuff' and I'm sure we all have some of that hidden away in our stash.  Darnell now runs a challenge for NBUS and this week we are joining forces. 

My NBUS is a stamp set from Clearly Besotted, I'm not sure why I have never used the set before as it is super cute and adorable, but I have just never gotten round to it, until now!

Supplies Used:
Clearly Besotted - Tasty Treats (My NBUS items)
Avery Elle - The Sorbet Collection
Papertrey Ink - Faux Ribbon
Aquapainters
Nestabilities

I would also like to enter my card into the current 'Happy Little Stampers Challenge' which is a sketch challenge for this month.

And for more inspiration make sure you visit the Design Team and see their NBUS creations.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (that's me)

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And our guest designers - Darnell and Ashwini

Muse 100

Good Morning,

It's Muse Card Club 100th challenge, can you believe it! So of course it would be rude not to join in the fun.

It's new Design Team member Michele's first challenge too and what a gorgeous card she has created.

Firstly here is my take on her card.

Supplies Used:
Impression Obession Die
Stampin Up - Express Yourself
Glossy Accents

And here is Michele's beautiful card, I used the heart within a heart as my inspiration.  Sorry never managed to incorporate a song Ardyth!

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Clean Slate

Good Afternoon,

My card today is for Virginia's View Challenge 11, which is 'Clean Slate'.  And here Virginia has kindly provided a explanation of what 'clean slate' means.  Hopefully my card fits the criteria.

What does clean slate mean in this challenge? Please create any of the following:

~card design with a lot of white space

~one layer ( no layers; you can add embellishments, such as sequins, twines, ribbons..etc)

~masking technique

~white on white (ex. white card stock with white textured/stamped designs)

~layered stamping
~anything that involves WHITE

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Background Builders Vines
Uniko Studio - Flower Power #6
Uniko Studio - Flower Power #2
Stampin Up - Embossing Folder
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark
Aqua Painters

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Sweet Baby

Good Afternoon,

I have a card today for 2 challenge, don't you just love it when you manage to do that.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Sweet Baby
Stampin Up - Sponge Daubers
ProMarkers

Challenges Entered:
Less Is More - New Beginnings
CAS(E) this Sketch

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Happy Anniversary Card Concept

Wow,

Can you believe that the Card Concept challenge has been on the go for a year! It's a challenge that I haven't joined in on enough so this year will be different.

They have provided a gorgeous and beautiful card as inspiration for this week's challenge and I used the sweet flowers as my starting point.  I would also say my card falls into the 'Clean and Simple' category.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Background Builders; Vines
Enamel Accents
Bakers Twine from my stash
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Impression Obession - Tag Die

And here is the beautiful inspiration photo provided.

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Uniko Studio Sponsors Time out Challenge

Good Morning,

We are starting the year slightly different at Uniko Studio, Beverley is kindly sponsoring the challenge over at Time Out, so the Uniko Design Team have decided to join in the fun and hopefully provide some more inspiration.

My card is inspired by the fun and funky photo from the Time Out Challenge, I used the gorgeous colourful cushion as my inspiration.

Supplies Used:
Uniko Studio - Decorative Doilies, The Hands of Time
Uniko Studio - Flower Power #2
Lil Inkers - Stitched Mats

So you want to join in the fun too? Yea I thought so, we here is the fab photo I was telling you about.

And all you have to do to join in is make a card using the above photo as inspiration, and there is prizes to be won! Yes you heard correctly prizes!

There are 2 £15 gift vouchers to spend in the Uniko store here

You can win these by:

1. Entering the challenge at TIME OUT Challenges. You can use any stamps but we love to see Uniko stamps!!-The challenge is open now until 5pm GMT on Wednesday  21st Jan-TIME OUT will do a random draw for this prize.

2. Comment on the main post on the Uniko Studio blog -we love to read your comments and will do a random draw for the prize

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you have time to join in with the Time Out Challenge.

New Home

Good Morning,

Firstly before I share my card for today, I would just like to thank everybody on their kind wishes on my news yesterday.  If you didn't see the post, please click here,

Anyway back to cards, my card today is for the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  And I have to say in advance that I think the card looks better in real life than the photo,  there excuses out of the way.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Holiday Home
Papertrey Ink - Faux Ribbon
ProMarkers

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CASology Week 128 - Date

Good Afternoon 

We are back with the first Cue Card at CASology this week and our chosen word is 'Date'.  Remember you can interpret this anyway you want, for me and hubby we have a pretty important 'date' this year, the due date of our first baby!  So in honour of that I decided to make a new baby card.  And no we don't know if its a boy or a girl in case you think my card is a clue.  So what does 'Date' mean to you?

Supplies Used:

Clearly Besotted - Little Onesie

Uniko Studio - Sweet Baby

Lawn Fawn - Let's Polka DP

Wink of Stella

And for more inspiration make sure you visit the Design Team, along with our two new members.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (that's me)

Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener

Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And our guest designer - Nonni

And our wonderful Sponsor - Cindy B Designs

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Anniversary Wishes

Good Evening and Happy New Year

I hope you all had a nice break if you were celebrating the festivities.

I am back with my first card of the year which is for this weeks Less Is More challenge.  We have been asked to make a card featuring 'Black, Metallic and One'.  As you will see my 'one' is aqua.

Supplies Used:
Stampin Up - Making Spirits Bright
Stampin Up - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday Die
Wink of Stella
VersaMark
Gold Embossing Powder

I would also like to enter my card into Darnell's NBUS challenge, as the 'Making Spirits Bright' set was fresh out of the box for this card.

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope to see you again tomorrow with the first CASology challenge of the year.