Uniko Design Team Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Happy Saturday folks .......

Welcome to the weekend!!!   I hope you've had a good week.
Let's get things started with a fun Blog Hop shall we.  The Uniko Design Team are getting together today to showcase some favourite, previously released stamps and stencils and, hopefully give you some inspiration along the way.
There's a Giveaway too ...... a £20 eGift Certificate for the winner, to spend in the Uniko store.  All you have to do is leave a comment on the blogs as you hop along ..... easy!
The winner will be randomly chosen, and you have until midnight (BST) on Saturday 22nd September to leave your comments.

I've got a couple of ideas for you using the Scattered Polka Dots Stencil along with both sets of the Simply Said Blocks stamps ..... I love these little sentiment stamps.

First up, I've got a twofer. Two really quick cards from one piece of leftover cardstock.

I've used the stencil to add the design to a piece of coloured card from my bits box, giving me a fun background for my simple shaker card

Using a sponge, I applied Versamark Ink through the stencil, sprinkled with white embossing powder  and then heat embossed.  Don't you just love polka dots! It doesn't matter what colours you use they always look fab.
This piece of card was coloured using Salty Ocean (I think) Distress Oxide Ink applied direct from the ink pad and then a damp baby wipe to blend the colour over the card

I then die cut my parcel from the centre and layered a piece of acetate behind to create the front of my shaker card.

There's three pieces to the die ..... the full parcel with the bow, the frame with the bow, and finally just the bow.
So ..... I cut the full parcel from the dotty card (this comes in handy for the next one), the frame with the bow from plain white card, and inlaid this in place onto the acetate, and finally just the bow from sparkly silver glitter card, and attached this over the top.

I then created a frame around the square on the inside using foam tape, placed a few sequins inside and then attached a piece of plain white cardstock to the back trapping the sequins in place and creating a shaker card.

A simple sentiment stamped on a scrap of the blue card and fussy cut finishes it all off.

Here's the full parcel that I die cut .........

This couldn't be simpler  ...... the full die cut parcel, left over from the previous card, a sparkly bow on the top ........ voila!

Again one of those fab sentiments stamped below ....... job done!

I do love to inlay my die cuts ....... CAS again, and so quick and easy .....

Same stencil only gold dots this time .......

Minimal embellishment ........ but it gets the message across perfectly

For my final card I've used the Scattered Polka Hexagons stencil .......

Similar all over design but, you don't have to always use the whole thing.  I simply masked off sections and just inked through some of the design ...... moving the stencil to where I actually wanted the hexagons

A few dots of crystal drops and a touch of gold gel pen to highlight here and there ......

and I used those Simply Said sentiments again to add the greeting .....

Well that's it from me.  You'll find a full list of the Hop over on the Uniko Blog so you can check out what the rest of the Design Team have been up to.  Don't forget to comment!

Happy hopping!

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

We're off to the Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival today ....... I'm just hoping the weather stays fine as it's being held in the Villa Marina Gardens.  If it rains though we can shelter in the Festival Bar.

Cheerio until next time ......