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.