Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Organic Wishes

Morning all, 

Steph here today and I am using Uniko Organic Wishes stamp set for my Brand Ambassador post this month. I have used it in both a light and dark setting to see what difference can be created. 

Firstly my ‘light’ card. I have teamed Uniko Organic Wishes with Uniko Natures Treasure stamp set. I have used chalk ink on both cards for better comparison.

My second ‘dark’ card uses the Uniko Organic Wishes stamp set as fireworks in the night sky. I have teamed it with Uniko Big & Bold Wish stamp set. 

So which do you like best?

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Getting more from those little stamps

Good morning, hope you are all well. Julie here, still in birthday mode, with another card idea using a couple of the smaller stamps from Uniko. They may be small but the two candle images from the Big and Bold Wish stamp set certainly pack a punch when used together like this.

I used my MISTI stamping tool to quickly stamp all these candles, but you don't need to. My Memento Black Tuxedo is in need of reinking and I keep forgetting to add it to my shopping list, so the ability to stamp multiple times in the same place is essential!

On a panel of white card, I added a strip of masking tape, which I had previously torn the top edge from to use as a mask. Then the two candles were placed in the MISTI and off I went, moving the tape down for each row of candles. The flames I did stamp freehand, before colouring with Copic markers, the candles I left uncoloured.

On an A6 top fold white base card, I inked a panel of Salty Ocean DOx, from the fold to about a third of the way down. The candle panel was fussy cut and trimmed before being added over the inking on foam pads. The sentiment from Floral Vines, was stamped and embossed with white on a strip of black card and simply glued to the card front.

That's it from me, hope I've inspired you not to ignore those small stamps in your sets, used en mass like this they certainly pack a punch!

Happy stamping! 

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Dies, Stencils & Stamps

 Bonjour !

It's Izzy here with two inspiration cards that I'm combining with the current challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More where it's all about Stencils and/or Dies.

 As I used Uniko products to make my DT cards, I wanted to give even more love to my Uniko dies, Stencils and Stamps. 

For my first inspiration, I went with a shaker card. I get inspired by the Dream Factory challenge where it's about Stardust movie.

I started with the background blending purple and dark blue distress inks to make the sky. Then I used the star galaxy wave from the Reach for the Stars set that I stamped and heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder. 

Then I used the Seeing Stars stencil and with a white pencil, I drew the stars onto the background. And to give more shine, I speckled with a brush a mix of water and Perfect Pearls. Then I stamped and white heat embossed the second part of the sentiment that comes from the BIG & BOLD Wish clear stamp & die bundle.

I die cut (x3) a frame in white card stock and I glued an acetate sheet on the back to make the shaker card window. I put some tiny stars sequins on the background then I glued the window on top. In a white glittery paper, I die cut the Wish word from the BIG & BOLD Wish clear stamp & die bundle and  I glued it on the window.

To finish my card, I stamped with purple ink two stars from the Background Builders: Seeing Stars set. I  heat embossed them with clear glitter embossing powder, then I filled the blank with a gold gel pen before adhering them on the card.

With the end of year being in a bit more than two month away, I made my second card with one of my favourite stencil from Uniko : In the Forest.

On a watercolour card stock, I played with some Brusho powders. On top I stamped the swirling snowflake wave and the sentiment from the Snowflake Serenade set. Once everything was dry, I used the stencil In the Forest with Versamark ink and I white heat embossed the trees. 

To finish my card, I flat adhered this panel on a double white card. In a white glitter paper I die cut the Sparkling Snowflake and I glued it on the card.

Now here is a sneak peek of the card I made for the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge, still using Uniko dies, stencil and stamps...

I hope that my cards inspired you to go and play with your Uniko products and to come and play along at Addicted to Stamps and More.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day !

Two For Tuesday - Stencil Mixed Mini Geometrics

 Hello & Happy Tuesday! 

I was surprisingly organised yesterday and managed to squeeze in a little creative time. So with having all the recent Uniko Stencils still in arms reach I set to making a couple more cards using the Mixed Mini Geometrics stencil.

Mixed Mini Geometrics

If you've been MIA and missed the release you can catch up HERE. There is still time to join in on the Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY! 

Anyway, let's have a look how I have used the stencil today...

For this first card I had already stamped and coloured the Pure Florals Cosmos flowers in this pointillism colouring technique and hadn't got round to adding them to a card. So I decided to create soft subtle background using the stencil and Altenew Mountain Mist ink.

I fussy cut the flowers, adhered them using foam adhesive and finished the card off with the 'Make a Wish' sentiment from the Pure Florals Cosmos stamp set.

For my second card today I have gone to the opposite end of the spectrum and gone for bright and bold...

I recently treat myself to the Altenew Detail Ink Blending Brushes and they make it so easy to apply ink to small areas and prefect from creating a rainbow effect. I selected 5 colours of Altenew inks and coloured each of the geometric shapes with a different colour. I then moved the stencil slightly and then drew inside the shapes to create this cool effect. 

As you can see I adhered my panel to a black piece of card before adhering to my bas card. I finished the bright design off with the BIG & BOLD Wish die cut sentiment and white heat embossed accompanying sentiment.

I love how different these cards are, I hope you have enjoyed them too. 

Crafty Hugs

 

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - More Birthday Fun!

Hello there! 

It's Sarah here with my Brand Ambassador Inspiration post for February and you're no doubt aware it's Birthday month here at Uniko so we've been featuring lots of birthday related cards, particularly using the new release goodies that became available on Sunday. 

Sadly we're nearing the end of the birthday month but it's still worth sharing a few birthday creations I thought - although this trio features older sets instead of the new releases!

I love the BIG & BOLD sentiment sets, especially those with dies so here goes using BIG & BOLD Happy plus BIG & BOLD Wish along with Organic Wishes (made into birthday fireworks / party poppers)! 

In addition to the BIG & BOLD sentiments I've created a frame for the focal sentiments using some smaller images from the set as well as Balloon Bash - just because you can't beat balloons for birthdays!

Next up using the BIG & BOLD Wish set - who says candles can't be upside down!!! 

... and the last one featuring BIG & BOLD Wish teamed with Organic Wishes to create some celebratory fireworks!

Thanks for calling by and I hope you've enjoyed all our Birthday inspiration and celebrations on the blog this month and lastly, DON'T FORGET there's still time to enter the HUGE prize giveaway to 'WIN stamps for a year' details on THIS post!

Brand ambassador inspiration : Big and bold wish

Hi there!

Hannelie here with some inspiration focusing on Big & bold wish stamp set and Designer dies : big & bold - wish collection .

I combined the Big and Bold :Wish stamp set and designer dies with Background blocks : stars .

The sentiment phrases in the set really make it so versatile! You can use it with the birthday candles in the set to create a birthday card, or with the reference to stars, you can create a wish-inspired card by combining it with star images or embellishments like I did on today's card !

I stamped the star background on a piece of card stock and layered it on black card stock showing off a small border.

I used gold glitter paper to die cut the sentiment and layered it on a black shadow. The die cut 'wish' was popped up with foam dots for dimension. I used my silhouette cameo to cut out the 'upon a star'' and adhered it on the large die cut sentiment.

I finally added the 3 large golden flat back embellishments.

I love combining different sets to create different themed cards!

Thanks for popping in to take a look at my card :)

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday and wonderful week !

Hannelie

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Wonderful Day

Bonjour !

Izzy here with some inspirational cards made with the Wonderful Day stamp set.

As you already know, this month is the Uniko's 8th Birthday, so to go on with the celebration, I made my first card a birthday card.

On a white double card, I made a strip on the left edge by stamping the foliage of the set in two shades of green. Then I used the Background Builders Classics set to make the black stripe.

I masked these strips and I aleatory stamped the different stamps of the set in different colours except the large bold flower that I didn't use. 

One of the flowers has been stamped on a piece of white card stock and fussy cut to be foam mounted on the card. I finished off with a sentiment from the set.

My next card is also a celebration card but with brighter colours. I also used the BIG & BOLD - Wish stamp.

I used a rainbow ink pad to stamp repeatedly the same image so that it looks like some fireworks.

 I stamped part of the bold wish sentiment on top. 

 

Then to finish I added some Wink of Stella on the colours as well as on the black sentiments. It's always hard to show the sparkle on a photo but believe me, it's all shiny with vibrant colours !

For my last card, I chose a totally different look and occasion.

As a lover of blue, I couldn't finish playing with this set without a blue card ! So I decided to make a smooshing background with two Distress inks. Once dry, I die cut this background into a crimped frame. 

Then I stamped the flowers and the berries with the two Distress inks I used for the background. To give it more sparkle, I put some drops of Diamond Stickles on the flowers and the berries. I finished off by stamping the sentiment (from the Flower Power #6 set) on a stripe of Vellum that I previously covered with Wink of Stella.

That's all for me today. I hope you will get inspired and that you will come and join the Birthday Linky Party HERE with your birthday card ! And don't forget, during the whole month of February 2020 you can take advantage of the fabulous 10% discount on all your orders !

Thanks so much for stoping by and have a wonderful (and crafty) weekend !

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Hello friends Rahmat here, I am up with some Inspiration today. Since it's the birthday month, we are focusing on birthday themed products. I have chosen the BIG & BOLD Wish

I created a bit busy card with many stamped and colored candles and added some sponged stripes in pink. Stamped the sentiment and added to a patterned base to finish off.

         Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind  feedback :) Have a great day!                                                              

August Non - Release Blog Hop WINNERS!

Hey!

Oh my... where on earth did Summer go...?!

The last few weeks of Summer went a little crazy. Along with keeping The Beans entertained I was also prepping their 5th Birthday and they also had their first day of school the day after! 

Anyway, I am FINALLY catching up on everything and here today to announce the winners of the August Design Team Non - Release Blog Hop which took place HERE.

Last month my awesome DT revisited BIG & BOLD Wish and the more recent addition to the Designer Dies BIG & BOLD Wish. I seemed to have lost some creative mojo (I think it has escaped to a warmer climate - LOL!) and I am re-sharing this rainbow make from when I released the dies...

If you want to find out more about this card you can see the original post HERE. So, how about some winners, as I am *SO* late announcing I have randomly selected two lucky comments from those left along the hop.

And the winners are...

tina z.

24 AOÛT 2019 À 23 H 55 MIN

so beautiful, I love all the stars.

And...

Helen18 August 2019 at 12:53

What a fun way to use these great stamps and dies, Julie! Love the brightly coloured candles and the use of so many of the sentiments on the 3rd panel! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!

Congratulations Ladies! 

Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk along with your postal address and I will pop your prizes in the mail to you. 

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in on the fun and took the time to comment along the hop.

Hugs

August 2019 Non Release Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Hey & Happy Weekend!

Welcome to the August 2019 Non-Release Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

For those of you who are new around these parts I will explain what this post is all about...

Here at Uniko HQ it is just myself behind the screen, blogging, designing, packaging stamps & orders through the Uniko online shop, customer service and all the things in between. I *usually* release new product every other month for a number of reasons, but mainly so I can keep up with everything!

On non - release months like this month I like to set myself and the Design Team a challenge to look back at a previously released product and give it some more love. 

This month I set the challenge of revisiting BIG & BOLD Wish clear stamp set and the coordinating  Designer Dies BIG & BOLD Wish.

As usual we have our GIVEAWAY, so be sure to comment along the hop for your chance to win both the BIG  & BOLD Wish clear stamp set and the coordinating Designer Dies BIG & BOLD Wish. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns these.

You have until midnight BST Saturday 24th August 2019 to comment along the hop.

{Coming Soon!}

Bev

Carol 

Izzy 

Jane 

Julie

Linda

Lindsey

 

Wiebke

What an inspirational hop, so many new ideas, I hope you all enjoyed it too :)

Thanks for joining in on the fun.

Hugs