Today's the Day!! .......

Happy Wednesday ......

And welcome to Uniko's 6th Birthday & February Release, Blog Hop & Giveaway!
It's been a busy few days, showcasing all the gorgeous brand new products and guess what .... they're all available to purchase now on the Uniko website!
Have you got your favourites?  Is there something there that you just have to have?

Well, before you dash off to fill those shopping baskets how about a fun Blog Hop to celebrate the new release, with tons of fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

I've got a couple of cards for you using two of the new stencil designs .... the stunning Chrysanthemum (I shouldn't say it but this is one of my favourites!)

I love this large bloom ....... it's so easy to create stunning cards, just think of all the colours that will look amazing with this.

I've gone a nice cheery yellow ..... well, Spring is on the way so I'm told!
I used Distress Oxide inks .... I think it was Squeezed Lemonade with a touch of Wild Honey.  I love the crispness of these inks and they give great coverage.

A simple sentiment, from the new Spring Botanicals - Daffodil stamped onto a strip of white cardstock

and then layered onto another piece coloured with the same Oxide ink, and attached to the bottom of my card
A few Nuvo Jewel dots here and there add the finishing touch

Another favourite is Seeing Stars ...... this is a fab little stencil which will be great for so many occasions.

I've used it here on top of a galaxy background which  I found in my stash

I applied texture paste through the stencil and then sprinkled glitters over the top whilst the paste was still wet ....... gold, crystal and a pretty platinum shade

The sentiment is from Reach for the Stars and goes perfectly with this stencil

You may already be hopping and have arrived here from Julie's Blog .... if not, don't worry you can't get lost.  There's a full list of all the blogs below.

Your next stop is the lovely Lindsey.  Hop over and say Hello, and don't forget to comment along the way for a chance to win the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE!!  That's right, one lucky winner will win ALL of the brand new stamps and stencils .... how cool is that!

You have until midnight (GMT) on Saturday March 10th to complete the hop and leave your comments, and the winner will be announced on Sunday 11th March ..... Happy hopping!

Bev

Carol

Deborah

Izzy

Jane

Julie

Linda (that's me!)

Lindsey

Rahmat

Sarah G

Sarah P

Weibke

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

I'm braving the weather this morning and going into town to, amongst other things, collect my mobile phone, and it's not good news (sigh!)  In case you've missed the saga of the mobile phone, it had an unfortunate dip whilst we were moving house ....... yes, it ended up in the toilet  ..... again!!!

Last time this happened the lovely gentleman in the gadget shop managed to fix it for me, unfortunately he hasn't been able to work his magic this time (sob!)  

So .... I'm off to see if the nice people in the phone shop can get the sim card, take all my stuff off and put it all back onto my old phone, which luckily I still have lying around.  Either that or I ask hubby to buy me a nice shiny new one for my birthday next week ....... not really what I wanted for my birthday!!!

Cheerio until next time ......

Introducing ...... Seeing Stars and Pure Floral Chrysanthemum stencils

Happy Sunday folks ....

I hope you're enjoying your weekend, and that the weather is being kind to you.  Here on the island it's been gorgeous ..... a little on the cold side but lovely and sunny.  Lets hope it stays that way!

It's Day 3 of introductions for the new UNIKO Studio release coming up next week.
It's just stencils for you today ....... there's a fab background stencil called .... Seeing Stars.  
A great design made up of different sizes of stars, that you'll be able to use for all sorts of occasions.

I've just used part of the design here ..... picking out some of the smaller stars to frame my sentiment, which is also from UNIKO.  It's called  Reach for the Stars and it goes so well with this new stencil

I've stamp one part of the sentiment simply in black ink and then heat embossed the word stars in gold

I've then used Distress Oxides (my go to inks at the moment) for the stars ..... so pretty

A few dots of glitter glue here and there for a touch of sparkle and you're done.

The second stencil is the beautiful Chrysanthemum from the Pure Florals range .... this is stunning!
It's a glorious large single bloom with so much detail .......

Again .... Distress Oxide ink (Picked Raspberry) onto a square of white cardstock which I've then cut into four smaller squares

Layered each one onto a slighter larger piece of card and then attached them to the front of a 7x7 cardbase, leaving a slight gap in between the squares

I also used foam pads to add a bit of dimension and you can just see there's a few dots of glossy accents on there too.

A simple sentiment, using the new Birthday Sentiments set is all that's needed on the front, and then why not use the stencil again sinde the card ......

I do love this design ........ think of all the colours you can use!

Check out what the rest of the design team have created, you'll find them all on the UNIKO Blog along with all the details of whats to come in this new release.

There's a couple more days to go before the BIG day so keep popping back to see the rest of the new goodies.

Thanks for stopping by ....... Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
We're off later, making the most of the sunshine.  We're going south this time down to Castletown.  There's a farmers market down there today which sounds like fun.  You know me and food!!!

Cheerio until next time .....