Sorry it's been a while...

Hello everyone!

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted, I have been fairly busy this summer and I am finally able to take a breath and think!  It's been a VERY exciting summer for me, I graduated my degree, I jetted off to Egypt, I got engaged, worked a lot and am currently looking after the Uniko Studio (http://www.uniko.co.uk/) business whilst Bev gets married in Hawaii (TODAY, EEEEK!!) I'm so excited for her!

So another exciting thing which has happened is I have applied to do my very first craft fair in November with my uncle.  I have been making lots of products which I will show you in the coming weeks and it's all a bit manic but I am loving it!

Here is a card I have made recently.

As it's Bev and Karl's wedding day I thought I would show you a wedding card.  I've stamped the cake, sentiment and bride and groom then I added little pearls and a silver rhinestone as embellishment.  I decided to use some red and cream card to make this card more interesting.

Hope you all like it and will join me in wishing Bev and Karl all the best for the years to come and a big CONGRATULATIONS!

Will be back soon with more cards!
Bye for now!
Abbie x

My first card making challenge.

Hello everyone!

Another update now I am finally getting the hang of blogger!  I am thoroughly enjoying my works experience with Uniko Studio and I am learning so much about life when your self employed, we've been doing some very exciting things which I am sure you can catch up with on the Uniko Studio blog!  A task I was given on Wednesday was to find my very own card making challenge and use the Uniko Studio products to create my own card so this is what I came up with...

The challenge I chose was from the Christmas Card Challenges blog, I thought it would be quite a challenge to do a Christmas card in what is supposed to be the Summer season but I did enjoy it a lot!  Here is an image of the sketch which I had to follow to create my card.

I used the Uniko Studio stamp sets to create my Christmas card with some paper also provided by Uniko Studio.  I have included two images of my cards, hope you like it!

The stamp set I used on this card is Label Love: Christmas Clear Stamps, I find the stamps incredibly easy to use and you always get a high quality, fantastic result!

Hopefully you will be hearing a lot more from me from now on, but right now I am off to continue enjoying my works experience!

Bye for now!

Abbie x

Finally learning.

Hello everyone!

I have some very exciting news!  I have completed my degree in Textiles and Surface Design and I will be graduating in November.  I have also done my degree show where lots of the public, other students and past students came to visit, I felt very pleased with how my show looked and felt everyone had worked so hard to ensure their best work was on show.  

Now I am doing a work experience with Beverley at Uniko Studio, she designs stamp sets to make beautiful cards with.  I had a play with the stamps today and produced two cards which will be shown on her blog on Friday.  Click on this link to keep up to date with Uniko Studio!

I am finally learning how to use blogspot now thanks to Beverley as she gave me a quick overview of how to use it! I'm so excited to start using it properly and showcasing some of my work.

Bye for now!

Abbie x

Back to uni

I'm back to uni tomorrow after 3 weeks off and I have a lot of work to do! Very scared that deadline is not far off, going to pull my socks up and get cracking!! I'm starting today with professional studies, collecting all my work and working my way through my checklist. I've also wrote a list of what I have left to do for studio work and I keep remembering things to add on so it's getting longer not shorter....Panic starts now!

Handmade Horizons

I started an online course at the end of January on marketing and I am finding it so interesting, my confidence seems to have built so much from doing only 3 Modules.  I'm learning information that will be invaluable when I start my business.  Time and money well spent in my eyes!
http://www.handmadehorizons.com/

Twice in one day...

I've just downloaded the blogger app on my phone and I am trying it out to see if I'm using it right!
Hopefully will have lots of exciting posts on here soon!
X

Still confused...

I'm still quite confused about how to use blogger but I am slowly working my way around it even though I've had it for months I like to stick to what I know!
I'm currently working on my FMP, based on a trend called "Crowd". Again working with bright colours in an abstract way.  I am hoping to make a rug as my final piece with packaging and cushion designs to go with it. Here are some images of my drawings and work bay.