Uniko Stamping Retreat!

Hey & Happy Monday!

If you follow Uniko on social media or subscribe to the newsletter, you might have seen my advert for the Uniko Stamping Retreat?! 

I thought I'd pop by and share a little about the day here too ;)

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It has taken me a while, but I have finally found the perfection location to hold Uniko events like this Stamping Retreat! 

I wanted somewhere which was close to where I live in the North East of the UK, not too big and not too small. I wanted somewhere with character and the ability to adapt to the requirements of my ideals for Uniko events. Then one day my close friend who I have got to know though having the beans and hosting play dates told me about one of her new adventures with her husband and a couple of friends and a venue their are hiring out, literally 20 minutes away from where I live. I knew of it straight away and had no doubt that it was perfect! 

The Station House at Wynyard Woodlands Park...

Set in a beautiful woodland park is this old station house, which most recently was a visitor centre. As you walk in you are greeted with a space filled with character and warmth. With a spaces perfect for a hive of creativity. 

I am so excited to be holding the first Uniko Stamping Retreat on Saturday 9th December 2017 10am - 4pm at this venue! 

Why is it called a Stamping Retreat? I hear you ask! 

Simply because the focus of the day is on stamping with Uniko clear stamps and retreating to this wonderful location! 

I didn't want to call it a class, as that sounds to formal. The day is about being relaxed and enjoying the creative process. Whether you are an expert stamper/crafter, beginner or somewhere in between, this is the day for you. 

What is involved/included?

If you ever attended one of my previous 'classes' at The Paperlane in Northallerton, the overall structure is similar, but I have added in some NEW things too ;)

I will be designing a collection of cards using the NEW Uniko December Release, which is based around Spring & Florals. You will receive a 'kit' that will contain all the instructions and materials to make 5 - 6 cards throughout the day at your own pace. I will be there to help and guide individuals as needed and I will demonstrate any techniques to the whole group at the beginning of the day.

Along with the kit there will be two individual project / technique stations for each of you to take turns, have a go and make during the day. For December these will be...

* A stencilling technique station. You will get to have a 'play' with some new Uniko Stencil Designs and make a card using them!

* A small MDF stamped hanging decoration.

Along with all this you will receive a Uniko Goodie Tote Bag! This will contain a FREE clear stamp set from the December Release and a few other goodies. The total worth of this goodie bag will be £10 ;)

There will be optional kit purchases available, clean and simple Christmas cards using the recent Uniko October Release and a kit based on the Uniko September Release. These will be priced at £5 each.

There will also be a Uniko pop up shop of all the items available on the Uniko website! You will receive 10% off any purchases made during the day! 

Does this sound FUN or what?! I can hardly wait ;) I do hope that some of you will be able to come and enjoy this day with myself and Uniko! 

For more details and to book your place pop on over HERE to the website. 

Hugs 

Stamp Of The Week

Hey!

Do you remember me telling you about Stamp Of The Week? Well, if you missed it I am just popping in with a little reminder about it! 

Over on the website blog HERE I am hosting a weekly feature called Stamp Of The Week. This is a little info about it and the set I have featured this week...

Stamp of the Week is a new feature here at Uniko.

It is one I have been wanting to do for some time & with the results of the recent survey I did it is something 69% of you wanted too. Even though every other month the DT and I revisit a previously released set, there are MANY more clear stamp sets that deserve some LOVE!

So, what is stamp of the week? 

Well, each week I will be focusing on a different stamp set on this the Uniko website blog, I will be featuring a variety of cards, tags, projects and hopefully videos. The stamp of the week will be the main focus but I will also be showing how it pairs with other products from Uniko & other reputable companies. Along with all that the featured stamp set will be available in store at a discounted price for that week only.

This weeks stamp of the week - Pure Florals: Poinsettia

This is a little peek at todays card & my last for this weeks featured set & a link to the post HERE...

I hope you will join me HERE tomorrow for the next featured set & I will be back on this blog too with more to share this week.

I have also updated the CLASSES page with my next class at The Paperlane & booking for my NEW class at Eaglescliffe closes Wednesday morning (21st October). 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Uniko classes, re-stocks AND a card!

Hey!

How did we get to Wednesday already?? My days are zooming by like nobodies business - LOL!  The beans are FULL on during their awake time, luckily they nap and sleep well, but I am struggling to keep on going during these times!! 

Anyway, today I have a mixed bag of a post with some news on the Uniko Classes some restocks coming next week and to make it a little sweeter I've made a card to share with you all too!

Uniko Classes 

I have updated the CLASSES page HERE which is located below the logo banner at the top of the blog. More dates will be added soon, including the date & info for the FULL Day crafting retreat in 2016.

I have 2 classes in October, the 2nd class being at the NEW venue close to the market town of Yarm - YAY! You can book your place on the NEW Class HERE on the website. 

Stamp Restocks

I have 4 stamp restocks due in next week (approx 6th October) which are...

Now, how about a card...

I had an unexpected 30 minutes this evening to myself whilst the beans went to the swings with Grandad. After seeing the new Freshly Made Sketch pop up on my Instagram earlier I reached for two of the restock sets to create my card, English Country Garden - Butterflies & Label Love - Thank you. I still have a TON of thank you cards to make & send!

Below is the FMS and you can find it HERE too...

With only having 30 minutes I kept it super CAS! I started out by stamping the large butterfly directly onto my white CS base & selectively coloured it with my Prisma Color pencils & used gamsol to blend the colouring. The smaller outline butterflies are stamped in Turquoise Gem & Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic and adhered to the card with DST just down the centres. The sentiment is from Label Love - Thank you & one I reach for often.

To finish it off I smothered the butterflies in Wink Of Stella, which you can just about see in the photo above! 

Ok, that's all from me today, I will be back this week with more to share! Until then, thank you for stopping by.

WINNER & a card!

Hey!

Happy Monday :) I do hope your week has got off to a lovely start. It's been a lovely day here in the NE of England with the sun out. I've had a lovely day with the beans with a visit from my university friends, food including cake! Topped off tonight with an hour or so to craft whilst Daddy is out playing football and the beans sleep (well, almost!)

Anyway, I'm here first with the winner of the April DT Blog hop. What a wonderful inspirational hop the team put together. 

So without further ado Random.org picked number...

And in order of the hop the lucky comment is...

Pam12 April 2015 at 01:30

These cards are absolutely stunning! I love your inky madness.

Congratulations Pam! 

Send me an email to [email protected] along with your choice of stamp set from the 3 revisited and postal address (if you choose English Country Garden - Butterflies there is a tiny wait until this set is back in stock). 

How about a card...

This was one of the cards we made on Saturday at my class at The Paperlane. We revisited heat embossing with a bit of multi-coloured embossing thrown in, it was good fun! 

I had some age old Moon Glow embossing powders in lovely soft pastel colours. I used the single pink for the rose from Flower Power #6 and green for leaves.

Ok, that's all from me today, I am going to make use of my time and get a little inky with the May Release! I will be back later in the week with more to share. Until then, thank you for stopping by today.

Simple Sympathy

Hey!

Well, another day closer to baby bean day & it sure has flown by! I'm super excited for Monday to come, but I am keeping rested, calm and relaxed, mainly by spending time in the studio creating. My husband won't let me do much else! 

Anyway, today I have a simple sympathy card to share with you. It's among the hardest card making categories alongside masculine cards. I tend to keep things really simple like I have on this card...

This is for my bestie Kerry, who sadly grieving the loss of and said goodbye to her Nan the other day. I used Background Builders: Vines and the sentiment from Flower Power #1.

On a brighter note, I have prepared the September Class Kits which is taking place at The Paperlane on September 14th 11am - 2pm, with Caz. There are still places available and all the details on how to book are on the classes page. I've put a little sneak peek together of a few of the cards that you'll be making in the class, the theme this time is 'Cutting Techniques'.

That's all from me today, I'm off to make a couple more cards before I veg out in front of the TV! I'll be back tomorrow with another card to share & until then, thank you for stopping by today :)

Supplies

Card Stock: White from Stash. SU! Blushing Bride

Ink: SU! Blushing Bride, PTI Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz and Spring Moss, Hero Arts Soft Granite

Stamps: Uniko Studio Background Builders:Vines & Flower Power #1

Accessories: Embroidery Floss & Foam Adhesive

NEW Class Dates...

Hey!

Today, I thought I'd let you know about some NEW class dates & demo mornings at The Paper Lane. 

The first date is Saturday 23rd March, this class is the week before Easter & we will be creating a little Spring themed ensemble using Uniko Studio clear stamps & NEW DIES! 

The second date is Saturday 13th April, in this class we will be using the NEW April Release clear stamp sets - excited I am about these! 

So, demo's start at 9am in the shop till just before 2pm and classes are from 2pm - 5pm. Pop by the Paper Lane or ring Caz on 07725407429 to secure your place! 

All up coming demo & class dates can be found under the page at the top Classes & Demo's!

Jam Packed!

Hey!

Happy Weekend! This is one jam packed Saturday here at Uniko Studio, firstly I am at The Paper Lane today in Northallerton, UK. Doing a Uniko Studio Clear Stamp Demo morning 10 - 2pm and also a class 2 - 5pm. 

If your out and about near Northallerton pop in & say 'Hello', I'd love to see you :) I'll do my best to remember to take some photo's this time to share with you all here on the blog!

Today, Uniko Studio is sponsoring & Guest Designing for Addicted to CAS you can see my project below and join in with all the fun HERE at the Addicted to CAS blog.

The challenge code word is.... Embossing and so I decided to do some heat embossing on my cards...

On this first card I stamped the solid Gerbera flower from Uniko Studio Pure Florals: Gerbera with Smokey Shadow ink onto Basic Grey CS. I then stamped the Lattice design over the top using VersaMark ink and heat embossed with Crystal EP.

Just look at that sparkle...

For my second card I used the same CS but switched the stamps and EP to White Detail! I started out stamping & embossing the individual chevrons from Uniko Studio Wonderful Washi: Christmas. The label is heat embossed with white detail onto Soft Stone CS, cut out and mounted onto the card using foam adhesive. 

All supplies are listed below! If you join in on the fun over at Addicted to CAS, you could win yourself some Uniko Studio goodies!

Along with all that I am super excited as this Paper Crafts magazine is out today...

Why, am I excited about this particular magazine? Well, Uniko Studio's TIME clear stamp is featured in this magazine and I can't wait to get my copy in the mail to see it!!

That's enough excitement for one day! If you missed the Design Team Blog Hop yesterday you can catch up on it HERE. There's a chance to win a Uniko Studio Extra Time stamp set so you might just want to check it out!

Don't wan't to miss out on future announcements and events? Sign up for the Uniko Studio Newsletter HERE!

Thanks for stopping by & have a FAB weekend!
Hugs

Demos, New Classes & Workshop!

Hey!

I thought I'd better pop by and tell you all about some upcoming classes I am teaching at The Paper Lane in Northallerton and also about a 10 week workshop I am running at Cleveland College of Art & Design in Hartlepool.

So, first up...

The Paper Lane Demo & Classes...

My first demo & class is on Saturday 12th Jan 2013. Demo 10am - 2pm Class 2pm - 5pm. There is still a few spaces left for this class

Come along and ask questions about Uniko Studio clear stamps or general stamping and then join me & other like minded crafters in using Uniko Studio clear stamps to make a few pre planned projects. 

For this first class of the year the focus is on Label Love: Thank you & Label Love: Christmas stamp sets along with others. We will also be incorporating Memory Box Dies.

Uniko Studio has a 2nd Demo morning & afternoon class planned for Saturday 9th February 2013. Same times as above. 

This demo & class will be all about the NEW clear stamps being released online Feb 11th 2013, at the  demo & class you will be the first to see, use & buy the NEW stamps! 

For details and booking enquires contact Caz @ The Paper Lane mobile no. 07725 407429 or email [email protected]

10 Week Workshop - 

If a class isn't enough, how about a 10 week workshop?? I am running a 10 week workshop at Cleveland College of Art & Design (Hartlepool Campus) starting Tuesday 21st January.

For details & information you can email me via the address located on the right hand side of this blog or  you can for information & booking contact CCAD Tel: 01642 288000

Ok, thats all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow with some NEW projects to share and on the 11th Jan the Design Team & I will be revisiting a previously released clear stamp set, be sure to pop by :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs