Uniko February Release ..... Introducing BIG & BOLD Happy

Happy Wednesday ......

It's the middle of the week already, and we're still having fun celebrating Uniko's 7th Birthday.

We've had the Birthday Blog Hop with the Linky Party .... which is still open by the way. Check out the Uniko Blog for all the details.
There's also the HUGE Giveaway from Bev at Uniko ...... one person will win Uniko stamps for a whole year!!!  How amazing is that!? Again, full details on the Blog
And then today ....... is time to start the introductions for the brand new Uniko Release, available to buy on the Uniko website from Monday, February 11th at 9pm (GMT).  I said we were celebrating!

Today we've got a fab new stamp set, the latest addition to the Big & Bold series ....... BIG & BOLD Happy ....

The name says it all ...... it's big, it's bold, and it's perfect for creating all those Happy wishes you want to send, whatever the occasion.  And guess what .... there's matching dies available too!!  These can be used either with the stamps, or without.

I've used a rainbow of coloured inks and just one of the smaller word stamps from the set to create this fun, all over design.

I then used one of the matching dies to cut out the 'happy' ....... twice from a piece of plain white card, one red, and also from the centre of my stamped piece of card.
The dies are great .... you get the one I've used above which cuts the word in detail, you also get a die that cuts the outline which is slightly bigger so you can layer it, and you get little dies for some of the  the accent images too.

I inlaid one of the white die cuts into the stamped card, filling in the centres of the 'a' and the 'p's with the bits from the stamped version (hope that makes sense!)
I then layered the rest of my die cuts on the top ...... another white, the red and then the stamped version to give real dimension .......

This is what I call the Hidden Word technique, or Camouflage Die Cuts as it's also known, amongst other things.

To finish off I added the cute little party hat from the same set ..... love it!

There are so many possibilities with this stamp set, and to have the matching dies means it'll work twice as hard for you ...... definite 'must haves' I think!

Don't forget to check out the ideas from the rest of the Design Team.

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day.

I'll be back tomorrow with more introductions from the new release.

Cheerio until then .....

Things with Wings ......

Happy Wednesday ......

Fancy a Blog Hop?  Well you're in luck.  Today sees the start of the STAMPlorations Things With Wings Blog Hop and Linky Party with the STAMPlorations girls.

And it's a big one!  It all gets underway today and runs through to April 30th.  That's 25 days of Springtime fun, showcasing lots of gorgeous new winged-themed projects from the STAMPlorations girls every Wednesday.  Birds, butterflies, dragonflies they'll all be there ..... on cards, ATC's, Tags you name it.

You can join in the fun too ..... hop along with us and leave comments along the way, or why not even create a spring project with a wings theme and link it up to the party.   You could win one of the fabulous prizes up for grabs.  There's stamps and dies, and gift certificates to be won .... full details and a list of all the prizes can be found over on the STAMPlorations Blog

OK lets get this party started ......

A nice CAS design using one of the latest stamp releases from STAMPlorations ........ Flutter Zen Row, and a brand new CUTplorations word die ........ hello sunshine

I simply stamped the Butterflies across a piece of white cardstock, and then added colour to the background around the butterflies using Zig Clean Color Markers and a waterbrush

I die cut the words from the coloured card, and again from a plain piece of white card.  I inlaid the white die cut into the coloured card and then layered the coloured version on the top giving the look of a hidden message, but with a touch of dimension.

A few splatters of ink onto the background ........

And I stamped the butterflies again on the inside of the card .......

Don't forget ....... there's those prizes up for grabs.  All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is, hop along through all the blogs and leave a comment, or create a project and link it to the party ...... you have until April 30th to join in so lots of time.

Happy hopping!

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time