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Happy Thursday ...... How's your week been so far? Well, Autumn has officially arrived ....... summer seems so long ago.   The leaves are starting to fall already and we've even put heating on!!!  We were hoping to get into October before we flipped the switch but ..... we almost made it I suppose. I'm just popping in this morning to say you can find me over on the Uniko Blog today with my DT Inspiration post. I've got a great little technique for you which is a take on something that I saw  Jennifer McGuire   do a while ago ..... where does she get all her fab ideas from?   Keep them coming I say!! Here's a little sneaky peek ..... It's a fab idea for creating 4 designs, out of one stamped piece of card.  It's a great technique for using those larger, floral bouquet style stamps but, as you'll see,  you can also use smaller images to get similar results. Check out the Uniko Blog  today for a closer look. Thanks for popping by .... enjo...

Happy weekend ...... I hope you're all doing something nice this weekend.  It's lovely here on the island today ..... we've got autumn sunshine.  It's a but chilly though, so my cosy, warm layers are starting to come out of the wardrobe. As I mentioned yesterday, there's only 13 more weekends before Christmas ....... eeeek! I'd better get those lists started!  I must confess I did actually look a some Christmas cards in town yesterday.  Well, I was in the card shop with Lauren, waiting for balloons for Alex's birthday party today, and as I don't venture in to card shops much these days I thought I'd have a look round.  Don't worry, I didn't buy any, well not yet anyway.  The way things are going though I might just have to at some point!!! I do have one more for the festive box ...... I'm playing along with this month's CAS Christmas Card Challenge .   As you can see, the theme this month is .... Wreath I do like a nice Christmas wrea...

Happy Friday ....... This week has flown by ..... again!! Only 13 more Fridays to go ....... before Christmas!!!! Nothing festive today though. It's getting very Autumnal here ..... my favourite season.  The leaves are beginning to fall, with a little help from the storms.  The temperatures are dropping, and the days are getting shorter.  It's also time for the latest Uniko Challenge  to get underway.   It's Challenge #49 and we have the perfect inspiration photo for you ........ just look at the colours in this ....... I've gone with the optional twist ..... and created a pretty Thank You card using lots of Autumn shades I've used one my favourite Uniko stencils ..... Nature's Treasures II , along with Distress Inks to create my leaves ....... I simply placed the stencil onto a background made using PaperArtsy Infusions ....... if you read yesterdays post you'll know I have a few of these already prepared! Infusions work a little like Brushos  .....

Happy Thursday ...... It's been a busy week so far in the craft room ..... I've had birthday cards to make, presents to wrap along with all the regular stuff! It's been fun. I'm playing along with this month's CAS Watercolour Challenge  today.  The prompt for September is ...... Tree Here's what I came up with ...... I found this piece of watercolour card in my bits box and I thought it would make a nice watercolour background for my tree ....... I think the colours are perfect for this time of year It's been coloured using PaperArtsy Infusions ....... the Sunset Beach colour.  If you're not familiar with Infusions they're a little bit like Brushos in that they're pigment powders that you can sprinkle onto cardstock, spritz with water and just let them do their thing. But ..... they also have Walnut Stain crystals in them, which take a little longer to dissolve in the water, so you can get this lovely vintage look to the colour I stamped the tre...

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...

Happy Friday ....... Yes it's the end of the week again ...... not quite sure where it went but, I'm looking forward to the weekend. Today I'm playing along with this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge ...... Clean And Simple (CAS) ..... one of my favourite styles, and Mixed Media .... what's not to like! Each month there are 3 components in the Mix Up.  This month it's .......  Inking Stamps using Markers, I chose to go with my ZIG Clean Colour Brush Pens .   Stamping .......  I used the gorgeous Glorious Bouquet from Tim Holtz.   This stamp is so pretty, and it's BIG too.  Plus, you get to choose the third one which can be a product or a technique ..... I went with Heat Embossing but, I suppose it could have been using sequins. I inked up the Glorious Bouquet  using various shades in autumnal colours of my ZIG Markers ...... it's getting that time of year I think This stamp does come with it's own special acrylic block (I did say it was large!)...