Introducing ........ Background Builders Happy Hexagons and Beautiful

Happy Friday .......

It's Day 2 of introductions for the new August Release from Uniko Studio.  We've got two new stamp sets for you today ......... Happy Hexagons from the Background Builders range .......

and another pretty floral design with some added sentiments called ...... Beautiful

Let's start with the Background Builders - Happy Hexagons ....... this is so on-trend at the moment, and another useful set to have in your stash.

Here I've teamed it up with the gorgeous little set introduced yesterday ......

I've used two of the border stamps to create the background for my aperture ..... the solid hexagons and the outline .......

I die cut the aperture, and stamped and heat embossed my sentiment in the centre 

I added a stitched frame around the aperture and embellished it using the pretty floral spray from the So Much stamp set

I also gave a few of the hexagons a touch of shimmer .....

Next up is ..... Beautiful

Another mini set with two gorgeous little blooms and a whole bunch of words and phrases

I've used both of the flower heads here to create a pretty wreath ......

Each flower was stamped and heat embossed using a gold, fine detail, embossing powder. and then coloured using ZIG markers.  They look quite blue in the photo above, but they are actually shades of lilac, purple ..... and blue. You can see the colours a little better here .....

Each flower was fussy cut and then arranged in a circle to create the wreath .....

And I finished off with a banner across the centre using one of the words from the stamp set, and I added a few spatters of ink in the background

I hope your enjoying the new Uniko release .... there's still more to come.  

There's still one more day to go before the official release, and two more stamp sets to introduce.  See you tomorrow!

Cheerio until then .......

Exciting news!!! ......

Happy weekend ......

How excited am I!! ....... I've been waiting for today to come so I could share my news with you.

Way back at the beginning of January this year, the lovely Sarah G contacted me and asked if I would like to join a new Design Team, to showcase the brand new range of fabulous UNIKO Stencils.
What could I say ..... I've been a fan of UNIKO stamps for some time, and I do love stencils ...... there was only one answer really ...... YES PLEASE!!!!

So ..... here I am, absolutely thrilled to be part of the brand new UNIKO Stencil Design Team ......

The stencils are fab ...... great designs that work so well on their own, as well as perfectly alongside the range of gorgeous UNIKO stamps.
For the card above I used the Scattered Polka Dots  to create my background.  A touch of Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and then highlighted a few of the dots with a little bit of glossy accents

I stamped the beautiful large bloom from the UNIKO Pure Florals - Gerbera onto some cardstock coloured using Brushos, heat embossed the image with clear powder and then fussy cut around the flower before attaching them onto my card

A little touch of glitter to the centres for a bit of sparkle and I added one of my favourite UNIKO sentiments

There's also a little bit of the design on the inside ......

I said these stencils work well on their own, here's a quick and easy card using the pretty Doodle Flower

I used various shades of Distress Oxide inks through the stencil .....

I then applied clear stencil paste over the top and sprinkled with crystal glitter whilst the paste was still wet ...... so pretty and sparkly
A simple strip of black cardstock as a contrast and a sentiment ..... perfect!

You don't always have to use the whole stencil ..... mask off an area and just use one of the flowers ....

Perfect for the inside .....

So ......  a new house, and a new Design Team.  It's all go here!!  Watch this space for more ideas using the brand new UNIKO stencils .... and why not check out my new teamies blogs too ...... there's Sarah, Julie and Wiebke.

Speaking of the new house .... we're almost settled in now.  The new sofa's have arrived, I've ordered a beautiful new cupboard/dresser for the kitchen and I've made a list of all the bits and bobs we need.
My craft room is sort of up and running.  I can't find anything but everything is in there somewhere.  I am hoping to get new furniture in there eventually but that will have to wait for now.
And just in case anyone has been trying to get hold of me I still have no mobile phone .... sigh!  What I mean is, I haven't got my mobile phone ...... the little man has however let me use his!  Bless him ..... he's letting me use his phone until I get mine back.  Clever .... because that means I have to top up his credit!!  Hopefully I won't need it for long.

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy your weekend.

Cheerio until next time .....