Showing posts with label Small Business UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Business UK. Show all posts

Monday, 17 March 2025

March Meet The Maker - Aim

The Sky Isn't The Limit, It's Just The View.


Hello & Happy Monday.

Today on March Meet The Maker, it is all about aims. I've lots of aims this year, more than I will probably achieve! 

But I see it like this sentiment above which I used on my card today and how I interpret it. Why limit yourself?





Why should the sky be the limit? 

There is so much more beyond that, well that's what I think. That's why I included this sentiment in the Up & Away stamp set which I used on my card today.

Here's a few of my aims this year...

πŸ’• Be authentically me.
To continue to be unique, true to my style, releasing products that are fun and spark creativity.

πŸ’•Be more visible.
It took me a few years to get out from behind the computer screen and take Uniko to paper craft shows. This year my aim is to take Uniko further a field in the UK and add a few more shows to my list. 
Along with that I want to be more visible across social media, and maybe even show my face a little more on camera! 

πŸ’•Learn & develop to improve.
This year I am invested in learning and developing my skills to improve how I showcase my products and design. From better photography to implementing and expanding features available on the Uniko website. 

That is just a little outline of some of my aims this year. I could probably write a dissertation on the subject of my aims in 2025. But I know the visual inspiration is what you'd rather have 😜




Today I used a Spellbinders die to create a frame mask to ink the Stencil - Cloud 9 through. I used 3 shades of blue, Powder, Harbor and Blueberry. 

I stamped the hot air balloon adding the basket and flag tail for a little bit of a different look and coloured with my Copic Markers. 

Finishing with my favourite sentiment. 

That's all from me today.

Crafty Hugs



Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Introducing...Background Blocks Cogs, Background Blocks Splatters and Everyday Sentiments



 Hello & Happy Hump Day!

Welcome to Day 1 of the 10th Birthday February 2022 Release product introductions. Myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors are here to cheer up your mid week with some fabulous creative inspiration. Today we are introducing three new stamp sets that I am sure you will want to add to your Uniko collection, Background Blocks Cogs, Background Blocks Splatters and Everyday Sentiments.

I am delighted to be adding to this growing series of Background Blocks and especially ones that lend themselves to masculine makes. The addition of these sentiments open up so many options too. The ways the Brand Ambassadors have used these are genius and inspiring, so be sure to hop along with us.

All the products will be available for purchase at 10am GMT Sunday 27th February 2022.

Okay, lets get to the good stuff...


Anita














WOW! 

What a way to kick off the first of the product introductions. I love seeing the creativity and pairings the Brand Ambassadors come up with. 

Be sure to pop back tomorrow for the next of the product introductions.

Crafty Hugs
 

Thursday, 23 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 11

 

Happy Thursday!

Welcome to day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.

I can't believe tomorrow is the last day 😭 it sure has been fun counting down to Christmas and giving a little back this festive season.

Anyway, before I get too soppy (I'll save that for tomorrow), I have another Throwback Thursday to share with you. This one doesn't go back too far, just June this year. 





I couldn't let a giveaway go by without including some butterflies! I know not everyone is a lover of them, but for me they are up there with snowflakes.




With this trio of stencils being the latest butterfly additions to the Uniko product line up, I thought they would make a nice prize too.




So today's giveaway* is...



To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 




Wednesday, 22 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 10

 

 

Happy Wednesday!

Welcome to day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.

I'm back to the New Year cards today...





You didn't think I'd miss showcasing some Art Deco during this giveaway event, did you? Anniversaire Arts DΓ©coratifs is the perfect celebration sentiment set. So it only seemed right it made an appearance. Here I have paired it with Background Blocks Art DΓ©coratifs and the 2022 is stamped using Alphabet Outlined, which I have coloured black.




My colour choice is a subtle nod to the 2022 Pantone Colour of The Year, Very Peri or Periwinkle Blue. What do you think of this colour choice? Or do you not take note of Pantone & colour trends?


So today's giveaway* is...





To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 

Tuesday, 21 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 9

 

Happy Tuesday!

Welcome to day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.

Today I have another last minute, quick make Christmas card to share with you, but this time I have used a 'non Christmas' clear stamp set and made it festive...






It wasn't until the other day, whilst looking through my clear stamp selection that I even thought about making the floral image from Floral Vines festive. But looking at this one layer Christmas card, I think it turned out pretty good. Even if I do say so myself! 





As you can see I used the floral image to create a focal point for my sentiment to sit inside. I used a mix of stamp sets for the sentiment. The 'happy' from Christmas Sentiments and 'Christmas' from Most Wonderful.

What do you think? Does it pass off well in these festive colours? 


So today's giveaway* is...






To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 

Monday, 20 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 8

 

 

 

Happy Merry Monday!

Welcome to day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.

Today I have another last minute, quick make Christmas card to share with you...





For my card today I dusted off BIG & BOLD Merry. I literally inked and stamped in a random, rainbow ish selection of colours and slightly changing the angle and spacing I stamped. I also let the word over hang the edges of my mat card layer. To finish I added a stamped and white heat embossed 'Christmas' sentiment and a few sparkly rhinestones.




I've no doubt that most of you will have finished your Christmas cards for this year, but it's never too early to start for next year! 


So today's giveaway* is...






To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 

Sunday, 19 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 7

 

 

 

Happy Stencil Sunday!

Welcome to day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.

As it is Sunday and it's been a while since my last Stencil Sunday, I dusted off a fabulous floral for todays card, Stencil - Flower Power #1.





For my card today I created a fun modern Poinsettia, using four shades of red. I started with the lightest and for each colour I rotated the stencil a little. I used a black fine liner pen to draw the centre detail and added a simple sentiment from Simply Said Blocks Christmas.





So today's giveaway* is...








To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 

Saturday, 18 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 6

 

 

Happy Saturday!

Welcome to day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas, Giveaways. 

If you missed day 1 and you're wondering what this is all about, be sure to check out all the details HERE and you're welcome to catch up and comment on the previous days. You can find links in the right hand sidebar.





Today I finally posted the remainder of my Christmas cards! Yes, I am so behind it is unreal  - haha! I still have the neighbour cards to make as I have run out. But I have an idea of a design I will use to make a few of them.

Anyway, back to today and a Hello 2022 New Year card. I realised I was a little late to be sending Christmas cards internationally, so I have made a few New Year cards to send instead.





I used Organic Wishes for the firework bursts which are stamped and embossed in sparkly stardust embossing powder. Alphabet Outlined contains numbers as well, so it was perfect to use for next years date. I've also used a similar colour to next years Pantone Colour of the Year, Very Peri. The Hello is a partial stamped sentiment from Floral Vines and Happy New Year from our popular sell out Christmas Sentiments.


So today's giveaway* is...







To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.

 

Monday, 13 December 2021

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 1

 



Happy Merry Monday!

I hope you're all safe & well. Today I am kicking off with some fun as we countdown to Christmas Day with 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways. 

We've had another year of uncertainty, much sadness, loneliness and more. There is an air of uncertainty with Covid restrictions as we approach Christmas Day and I thought it would be nice to share some crafty kindness with you all and spread some much needed Christmas Cheer.

Each day I will share some inspiration using something from the prize for the day before I share what the giveaway is. Simply leave a comment on any or all of the places I share that days giveaway on social media.

So let's get to my card today...




As you can see I have used the popular Pattern Building Christmas Tree clear stamps for my card today. I stamped the building strips in VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and heat embossed with my favourite Stardust embossing powder.





After adhering my stamped and embossed panel to my kraft card stock base I went in and added some colourful Nuvo drops. 

That's one more card to add to my pile to write & send out this week. Yes, I'm still sending them, running late as usual!

So today's giveaway* is...







To be in the chance of winning simply leave a comment on this post and or any of the social media platforms I will be sharing the giveaway!

Crafty Hugs 


* As it is a giveaway the prize is open to participants worldwide. The item will be marked as a gift from me personally to avoid customs charges. An alternative prize will be offered if the winner already owns any of the prize offered on the day they win. You have until midnight Thursday 30th December 2021 to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st December 2021.