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Monday, June 9, 2014

[Uniko Studio] June 2014 Release - Introducing Flower Power #5

Hi everyone - remember me telling you one of the famous series were back? Have you guessed it yet?

It's the release of another fabulous set to the Flower Power series. Lots of fun elements and here is the sneak peek again.


I've been in a crafting mojo rut - probably with all the running around for wedding prep and kitchen renovations. But that I'll get to in another post, or so I hope ;)

I always am trying to find interesting ways to use the stamps in our sets. I used two litte parts in this stamp set - probably the smallest untypical parts of the set. They are suppose to be used to stamp the stamen or pistil of the flower's center. I like how those little outlined circles or solid circles could be interesting texture. And bubbles or circles make me think of water and ocean. Anyone else have this association?

So I went wild and searched all blue and blue-like ink pads in my stash and went wild. Turns out I had a few when put together... ;) After playing around for bit, here is my work in progress.

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Here is an up close picture. See the outlined circles and the solid circles? Love the texture that it creates.

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And here is my outcome of my little tag. Good thing I started with a small canvas, cause if I tried to stamp a whole card panel I might still be stamping furiously and not be done by the time this blog post goes live ;)

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I added some drops of gold confetti across and used Candi Gold Wedding pieces as air bubbles. The Thank You sentiment is also from the set, and I am loving the font.

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Another quick detail I want to show you is the Hero Hues Unicorn white across the tag to add a bit of texture. Adds another layer of dimension that changes the tag.

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Hope you liked this little tag. We will be back tomorrow for another preview of another set being released. See you then?





Sunday, July 29, 2012

Washi's Up?

Catered Crop

I've been watching the Olympics Primetime spot on NBC, and tonight was gymnastics and swimming. It's pretty crazy what all these athletes can do. They train all their lives for this one shot, and then all bets are off at the competition. It could be jitters, a bad day, or an injury that can take it all away. I can't imagine that kind of pressure these athletes are, and some are as young as 15 or 16...

So while all this excitement was happening, I decided to play along at Catered Crop. I found this site through Rebecca, and was just delighted. Most of you know how much I am a foodie, and this challenge group combines the metaphors of the kitchen in the crafting space. How can I not love this? And I absolutely dig the vintage, clean and simple logo.


So this week they are putting a recipe swap together with washi tape! As you can see, I had to "borrow" their clever, punny "Washi's Up" line...So here is my creation (while watching nervously the US girls complete their gymnastics).

Hello Tag
Stamps: N/A
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink
Ink: N/A
Embellishments: (Grab Box - Tag) The Craft's Meow; (Washi - Love Graph, Sketched Grey Polka Dot, Sketched Grey With Love, Heart Cloud) Freckled Fawn; (Border Punch - Scallop Sentiment, Swiss Cheese) Fiskars; (Washi - Blue Grid with Red Dots, Gray Stripes, Aqua Pink Argyle, Light Green Chevron) Love My Tapes; (Decorative Washi Tape Set #2 - Teal Woodgrain; Decorative Washi Tape Set #3 - Teal Hearts) Hambly Studios; (Jolee's Boutique - Fish Bowls) Stickopotamus; (Precision Pen - Black 01) American Crafts; (Inkssentials - Glossy Accents) Ranger; (ABC Stickers - HLS0092) Lily Bee Design


My inspiration for this tag was the little fish in the Jolee's Boutique Fish Bowl sticker set. I knew I wanted to create something with this, and I thought making a tag of washi "ocean waves" would be fun. Here is a quick look at my supplies: 13 rolls of washi, two card stock, a tag, border punch, and the stickers. I changed my mind on the alphas, as you can tell, but that usually happens half way through creation...

Hello Tag Supplies

To create these scallops I taped up strips of Vintage Cream card stock and ran them through my border punch. I glued down the layers as I went. I thought my fish should blow some bubbled, so I used the Swiss Cheese border punch to get various sizes of circles. Carefully with tweezers and a Am Crafts Precision Pen I created some bubbles on the circles and then finished with Glossy Accents.

Hello Tag

After looking at the alphas I have pulled before, I decided I wanted some letters that were not squares or circles - just plain cut out letters. These from Lily Bee Design were perfect size and perfect weight (not too skinny, not too bold). But I'll let you judge...

Hello Tag

It was truly a fun tag to make. Glad I was watching TV, since it took awhile to tape down and punch out everything so carefully. Lots of tweezer work too! Thanks for peeking!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

[DYSU] Challenge #51 - Stripes

Good morning folks! Sorry for the "silence" in blog land, but it's just that time of the year where everything is racing to get done...! I just finished the last bit of domestic mailing. It will be a big miracle if those greeting cards go out in time. If not, everyone gets an extended Christmas...

You are probably here to enjoy the next challenge. You'll like this one because we're all about Stripes this week! And stripes are super in this year - did you notice the clothing trend?



Stripes actually made me think of candy cane. And I had this Banana Republic tag from my jeans sitting on my craft table for the longest time. I thought it had an interesting dimension, and was totally re-useable. I've also felt inspired and less scared to used Gesso. So in honor of my friend & inspiration Janna, who is a mixed media queen, I whipped out some left-over Gesso and decided to try a few things out of my comfort zone. Here is what the end product looks ;)

Christmas Tag - Believe in Christmas
Stamps: (Skating Circles) The Prairie Fairy; ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: (Banana Republic Jeans tag) Recycled
Ink: (Jenni Bowlin Ink - No. 11 Brown Sugar; Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Vintage Photo) Ranger
Embellishments: (Peppermint Collection - Border Stickers) Crate Paper; (Artists' Color Acrylic Series - Light Portrait Pink, Cadmium Red Hue) Utrecht


It was really fun to get my fingers dirty. The background is inspired by candy cane and my need to break open the tube of pink acrylic paint that I had bought a few months back. To place the digi onto the tag, I used the trick we learned in our Nathalie Kahlbach workshop - transfer the print onto tissue paper, and brush Elmer's Glue or Glossy Accents onto the tissue paper.

Christmas Tag - Believe in Christmas

To make the edges of the tissue paper more antiqued, I brushed on some Vintage Photo distress ink for good measure ;) Anyways, head on over to the other DYSU girls and leave them some holiday love. They are getting all stripey for you....

And our sponsors this week:

The Prairie Fairy
$15 Gift Certificate


The Craft's Meow
Winner's Choice of 1 Stamp Set

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Glam Gang Goodness

I can't help myself when an alliteration pops into my head. This week with PaperPlay Challenge, we had the honor to play with Kenny K digis. I didn't know much about this company beforehand, but on their About Kenny K page is a cute little summary about the people behind this company. KennyK has been so wonderful and generous by allowing each DT gal to pick the image of her choice! Cool or what?

This week's challenge is a photo inspiration...



...and it just screams GLAM to me :) Right? So if this fun, fashion-tastic picture isn't enough inspiration, 5 digis of his or her choosing are at stake for the winner! And to make things even more fun, the Top 3 this week will each receive 2 digis of their choosing. So there are four chances in winning - all you have to do is make card inspired by this picture!

In the meantime, if you need a little mojo jogger, I have a little tag to share with you using the All That Glam Gang digi.


For You Gift Tag
Stamps:(All That) Kenny K; (Very Vintage Christmas) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink; (Basic Card Stock - Cream) Recollections
Ink: (Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Vintage Photo) Ranger; (Perfect Match Pigment Ink - Plum Pudding) Papertrey Ink
Embellishments: (Stickles - Golden Rod) Ranger; (Gelly Roll Metallic) Sakura; (Celebrate It Ribbon - Brown) Michael's; (Jute Packaging Twine) Westim Crafts; (Soft-core Colorpencils) Prismacolor; (Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folders - Spots 'n Dots) Provocraft


If you look carefully, you can tell that my Glam Gal was inspired by the rock chick on the far left in the picture.  I was really mesmerized by how red her hair looked...

For You Gift Tag

So that's all I have for you today...I hope you play along with us this week. It's a fun excuse to bust out the bright and bold colors and the bling!
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