I’ve been looking
at the latest releases from two of my favourite UK brands and deciding whether I should
succumb or resist.
Uniko
Uniko have
released 4 new sets.
The sentiment set is quite basic, but at £4 it’s a good
investment if you don’t already have many sentiments.
‘I Love Tea’ features a large tea cup.
The bowl of the cup is blank , so perfect for a stamping a pattern on or
paper-piecing.
‘Some Bunny’ has a stuffed rabbit stamp and I like that it is
sitting down as I can imagine perching it upon something – a pile of books, a
sentiment….
‘ Beautiful Blooms 3 ‘ is a multi-step floral stamp set, such as
we’ve previously seen from Alte New.
Resist or
Succumb? I would have succumbed to the
floral set, but even though I went there on release day, it had already sold
out. I am quite tempted by the bunny,
but am resisting for now…..
Clearly Besotted
Clearly Besotted
have released 7 new sets, mostly with matching dies. Some of these sets also feature multi-step
stamps.
There are two sets of Easter chicks: one outline set and the other with solid shapes for the chick bodies – the idea being to stamp the faces on. I have one of their older sets ( Rockin Robin) , that uses this same idea, but unfortunately I’ve never really got on with it.
There are two sets of Easter chicks: one outline set and the other with solid shapes for the chick bodies – the idea being to stamp the faces on. I have one of their older sets ( Rockin Robin) , that uses this same idea, but unfortunately I’ve never really got on with it.
There are two
special ‘themed’ sets – one for parents-to-be (nesting) and another for
sympathy cards. Another set, ‘You are
Wonderful’ has a glass bowl and some bouquets to put in them. (I have a
Stampendous set with a similar idea).
My favourite of
the new releases is Pirate Party. These are cute and fun with lots of elements
for building scenes.The only way I would improve these is by a little more ethnic diversity in the pirates - it's sometimes nice to give a child a card where the character could possibly be them.
Resist or
Succumb? I think it’s going to be Ahoy There
Matey to the Pirate Party set.
Just so you know, I've no connection to either of these companies and I hope they don't mind me using their images for review purposes.
My personal blog is My Perfect Life.
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