January 2018 Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!
Hey & Happy Sunday!
It’s time for another Uniko Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY – Whoohoo!! As it is non release month here at Uniko, the Design Team and myself challenge ourselves to dust off and give some fresh inky love to a previously released product. Usually I choose the product and challenge the DT to come up with something new.
This month I gave the DT a BIG task of choosing their favourite product from ALL of the ones released in 2017! That’s a choice from 24 clear stamp sets, 5 stencil designs and 2 designer die collections. That might not sound a lot compared to other companies out there, but that is a HUGE inventory for me and Uniko 😉
Having said that I really had a hard time choosing a product to focus on for todays hop, I love all the products I design and ‘yes’, I often say how one is a particular favourite, maybe because the inspiration using it continues to flow easily?
Anyway, I ‘ummed’ and ‘ahhhd’ for a while and then remembered that Uniko was being featured in a magazine this month! So I searched my emails for the information and whilst doing the weekly food shop, stopped by the magazine section and picked myself up a copy of Quick Cards Made Easy!
Here are a few peeks at the feature…
So, after seeing this it inspired me to dust off Reach For The Stars and make my card for today!
I was also influenced by THIS card by Design Team Member Carol, who is on the DT for the “Just Us Girls” challenge HERE and prompted me to join in on the fun over there too!
I used a mixture of Distress Oxide inks, Altenew Desert Night and VersaFine Onyx Black inks to create my galaxy/night sky background. The ‘thankful’ sentiment is also from Reach For The Stars and is heat embossed in Cosmic Shimmer Detail White EP.
I opted for a ‘thankful’ sentiment so that I could join in on the fun over at Time Out Challenges, with their 100th challenge HERE too AND you can never have too many thank you cards!
Forever the CASness will remain and I simply opted to adhere the panel to a white card base with foam adhesive. Before which I did ‘bravely’ splatter some water over the panel for a oxide effect!
That’s all I have to share for today, I was hoping to have created more using this set and others, but my creativity is being hampered by day to day running of Uniko and being a mummy to 2 cheeky Beans!!
Anyway, be sure to comment along the hop for your chance to win a £15 eGift Certificate to spend in store. You have until Midnight (GMT) Sunday 21st January 2018 to comment.
Happy Hopping!
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CLICK HERE to see more from Jane
CLICK HERE to see more from Lindsey
CLICK HERE to see more from Rahmat
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Comments (21)
I think your blended background is absolutely fabulous and really shows off those stars beautifully! Great work. xxx
This is so pretty and I love your night sky background! Thanks for playing with Just Us Girls and Time Out!
WOW ! You stunningly worked with your Distress Oxyde inks ! And your background is fabulous to highlight this beautiful stamp set ! What a hard task you asked us, we have so many favourites ! Have a great Sunday ! Hugs xx
That’s such a gorgeous blended (and slightly splattered!) background, Bev … the shimmery stars and fabulous sentiment are wonderful against it! Congratulations on the feature in Quick Cards Made Easy … I can see why they’ve tagged this set as a must have for 2018! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out for our 100th challenge! Hugs, Anita 🙂
Love the sky full of stars.
the shading is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
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What an honour to know that I played a small role in inspiring your awesome, gorgeous, twinkling starry galaxy card, Bev! The night sky is simply stunning! LOVE this – adding to my ‘must case’ list (after I add some Black Soot DI to my collection!) So thrilled you shared over at Just Us Girls!
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I’ve bought this stamp set thanks for the inspiration x
I love your beautiful night sky. It’s perfect for this stamp set that I hope is back in stock soon! xo
What a wonderful way to start the year Bev! Especially when you have so many wonderful products to choose from! I love your wonderful night sky background and it’s set off so wonderfully with those great stamped stars!
Fantastic card!! Love the galaxy sky, it is perfect!
Fabulous background for these stars.
Fantastic inky blending here Bev for a stunning night sky. what a brilliant idea to team it with the reach for the stars set. So glamorous and fun!
Fabulous job on your background; gorgeous card!
Congrats on being published.
Stunning card Bev. Congratulations for the feature in the magazine!
Wow!!! What a magical sky full of stars!!! Love this card!!!
Congratulations on being featured, well deserved! Such great products, with affordable prices, and fantastic customer service/owner! 🙂 Off I go hopping to see all the inspiration, and add a few things to my wish list for sure 😉
What a sweet and fun creation!
Absolutely stunning, Bev! I love the night sky you created and the star stamp you used is brilliant and so versatile. Great sentiment too and I love all the heat embossing! Thanks for joining us at TIME OUT!
Perfectly done. A really nice Card.
Such a cool BG Bev, love the white stamping against it!
Love your gorgeous card, the stars stamp set is awesome! Congratulations on being in the magazine too! xxx