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Happy weekend! ...... More NEW products from the Uniko range to tempt you with this morning.  It's stencils this time, two brand new designs ....... Scandinavian Christmas, a pretty design filled with traditional Christmas images.  Use it whole to create a fabulous background, or just use part of it to decorate baubles or Christmas trees for example  (the poinsettia on here is just gorgeous!) We've also got the beautiful Christmas Folk Snowflake  ......   another pretty all over design that can be used as is, or chop it down and just use part of it. There's also a great little sentiment stamp set ....... Simply Said Blocks - Christmas.  I love this range, they are so useful, and this new set is full of festive sayings, perfect for all those Christmas cards. Now for some inspiration .......  I don't know about you but, not only did I see a snowflake design in the new Christmas Folk Snowflake stencil , but I saw a pretty poinsettia too.  It's great...

Happy weekend folks ....... What have you all got planned this weekend ..... anything nice? It's going to be a quiet one here I think, what with hubby away.  I believe he was at a rugby match last night (Friday) and today he's off to see an Australian football game I think. Nothing quiet so energetic for me ..... something much more fun.  A day in the craft with a friend and lots of new stash!!!  Possibly cake too! Before all that though, I have the final two stamp sets to show you, from Uniko's brand new August Release.  Today we've got BIG BOLD Hello ......  and Framed Florals BIG BOLD Hello speaks for itself really ....... I love the little extras that come in the set too ...... so cute! Here's a really simple design ..... I've gone with bright citrus colours but you could use rainbow colours, favourite football team colours, different shades of just one colour, the possibilities are endless. I did use my MISTI to stamp each word, making sure I got a nice ev...

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 b...

Happy Thursday ....... Welcome to the the first day of introductions for the brand new release from Uniko Studio . Today we're taking a closer look at just one of the brand new stamp sets which will be available very shortly on the Uniko Website. Some of you may already be familiar with this gorgeous mini stamp set ...... It's called ....... So Much, and it was the Limited Edition Freebie with the December Release, back in 2017. For all those that didn't get their hands on this set back then, it officially becomes available to purchase on Sunday August 19th ...... not long to wait! I love this little set, the floral spray is so pretty and the words are really useful too. Here's a simple design for you ...... classic black and white with just a hint of colour I've stamped the floral spray repeatedly over a piece of white cardstock using a Black Versafine ink I stamped the image again onto a snippet of card, added colour using ZIG Markers and then fussy cut around it...

Happy Friday folks ..... Looking forward to the weekend? ...... I'm hoping for a quiet one.  We've nothing planned, no one to see, nowhere to go, so we're going to take it as it comes I think. Let's get into that Friday feeling though with a blog challenge shall we ....... it's time to launch the new  Uniko Blog Challenge It's Challenge #48 ...... and what a cute inspiration photo we've got. Will you use the colours maybe, or the little ladybirds.  You could go with two of something, like it says in the words, or maybe use the optional twist.  The choice is yours.  Full challenge details and all the rules can be found on the Uniko Blog Fancy some inspiration to get you started ....... oh, go on then I've gone for the colour combination , there's two of something on there, oh ..... and I've picked up on the word 'friend' too I started by using the Uniko stencil  Nature's Treasures II  with some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink to sten...

Happy Saturday folks ....... Lets get the weekend started with a look at a couple of the brand new designs coming soon from Uniko Studio Today we're introducing Simply Said Blocks II   ...... a great little stamp set full of more really useful sentiments, in the same popular style as the Simply Said Blocks And ........ it's the 'official' release of the gorgeous new stencil/mask ....... Nature's Treasures II   that co-ordinates beautifully with the  Natures Treasures II clear stamp set. Some of you may already have this, as it was part of the Uniko Stamping Retreat goody bag back in December 2017.  It's proved to be such a favourite with those that attended the retreat, and some of the Design Team that Bev thought it was time to make it available to everyone ..... I'm so glad she did! I've used the stencil here, and one of the stamps from the set to create this simply design .... leaves don't always have to be green! How pretty do they look .... an...