Masculine Monday, Card Of The Week AND a Winner!

Hello & Happy Monday. 

How are we into the second half of June already? The days and weeks just seem to be going by so fast. But I'm back in the studio today after a jam packed weekend to kick this new week off with this week's Card Of The Week.

Continuing with masculine makes for June, I chose this card from way back from February 2014 when Explosion! was originally introduced. 

This small but mighty clear stamp set packs a punch and is perfect for masculine cards. As always this clear stamp set is 15% off this week in the Card Of The Week section on the website.

I'm going to have some fun inking this set up again this week and I'll be sharing inspiration across social media when I do.

Before I go today, I was reminded that I hadn't announced the winner of the May Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop. My apologies for my brain fog! 

The lucky winning comment is from Kailash.

Kailash

May 14, 2025

Your cards are gorgeous!

Congratulations Kailash! 

Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your £25 eGift Code. 

Thank you to all that take the time to hop along with us and leave such lovely comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Sending Rainbow Hugs

Happy Thursday 😃

Today I was in the mood for rainbow colours, it literally hasn't stopped raining all day. Coincidently this weeks Card Of The Week products include Sunshine & Rainbows and BIG & BOLD Hugs, which I have used on my card today. 

I started by stamping the rainbow, making sure I had room for the hugs sentiment. And to make sure I had the rainbow nice and centred I started with the inner arch, working my way out to the biggest. I used Concord & 9th Inks in Poppy, Marmalade, Buttercup, Parsley and Oceanside. 

For the clouds I used Dove and a little fussy cutting before adding a tiny little heart enamel to one of the clouds. 

I finished with a combination of sentiments. The Sending and Rainbow from Sunshine & Rainbows and the Hugs from BIG & BOLD Hugs. I masked off the 's' from the end of the rainbows sentiment.

Both of these sets are 15% off this week in The Card Of The Week section on the website. 

I hope you are staying warm and dry where you are. 

Crafty Hugs

Floral Friday - MOD Pure Florals Rose 🌹

Happy Floral Friday.

This week Pure Florals Rose is featured on The Card Of The Week and I've had this idea all week to combine the rose stamps with the Stencil - MOD Background Builder. So that's what I did...

It's been a while since I've used paste of any kind through a stencil, so I decided to reach for my favourite Moonstone Glimmer paste. I just love the sparkle of this stuff and it's also super smooth applying through stencils.

While the paste was drying, I set to stamping the smaller of the full roses. I started with the solid rose, inking with Sorbet and then using a sponge to apply Honeysuckle to areas. Once I was happy I overlayed the line rose to stamp the outline in Honeysuckle as well.

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For the leaves I stamped them in Evergreen ink and then created a negative mask, which was quite time consuming, but worth it for the inking with shades of Parsley & Sprout ink! To finish I chose a simple sentiment from Simply Said Blocks and a few Sorbet enamel dots.

Don't forget that the Pure Florals Rose clear stamp set is 15% off until Monday. 

Crafty Hugs