Uniko Challenge #57 .......

Good morning!

Happy Friday folks.  The weekend is almost here .... yeah!!
Happy Birthday to Lauren too ..... my little girl is 28 today! Where does the time go!?

I've got another blog challenge for you this morning. 
It's time to launch Challenge #57 from Uniko .......

 
The theme is Anything Goes, and there's an optional twist to use Cool Winter Colours

I've gone with the twist, and used Distress Oxide inks to colour the background.

I started out by stamping the beautiful peony onto a piece of white cardstock, and heat embossed the images in white.

If you look closely you'll see I didn't use an anti-static bag on the card before stamping, so there's a little bit of white embossing where there shouldn't be ........ do as I say and not as I do.  I should take my own advice occasionally!!!  
Anyway ..... starting at the bottom, I blended various colours of DOX inks over the card, covering  over the embossing.

This technique never gets old ..... the heat embossing acts as a resist to the ink so, once you've finished blending the colours you just give the embossed images a gentle wipe over with a paper towel to remove any excess ink, and the white just pops through the colour ..... easy!

A simple stamped sentiment, and a few tiny gemstones add the finishing touches

You have until midnight (GMT) on Friday 21st February to play along with the challenge so there's plenty of time.
Check out more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team over on the Uniko Blog.  You'll also find all the challenge details on there too.

Have fun!

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day.
If you love your Uniko stamps then watch out this weekend .... there's a brand new release on the way.  Bev has already been sharing sneaky peeks on FB and introducing some of the new designs on the Uniko Blog so you may already have a shopping list.

The new release will be available on the Uniko website at 9am (GMT) tomorrow morning (Saturday) and if you like your floral stamps then there's a beauty in the new collection ......... just saying!

Cheerio until next time .........

Products used:
Stamps: Pure Florals - Peony; Simply Said Blocks (Uniko)
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks - Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, Weathered Wood; Versamark ink; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
Others: Fine Detail White Embossing Powder (WOW!); Small Clear Gemstones