Happy 8th birthday to Uniko

I had these cards in the works this past week but did not manage to finish them until tonight. I had created the background on both cards using the same NBUS Woodware stencil and Altenew warm grey ink and then die cut a bunch of butterflies from cardstock in various neutral colours using the English country garden dies (Uniko).

I kept this first card simple, by layering two butterflies, stamping a sentiment from the Beautiful clear stamp set (Uniko) and finishing off the design with some enamel dots in two colours (Studio Calico).

I'm linking up this card at:

Uniko - 8th birthdy linky party

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Less is More - #424 Big and small

Fusion - Decor

I was inspired by the colours in the photo

My second card was sort of finished a few days ago and should have been in the mail for a card swap at StampNation. However, I was not entirely happy with the card and did not get around to posting it, which was a good thing, since I made a few changes tonight and am much happier with the result.