Festive Friday - Bright Snowflakes

Happy FriYAY!

Today I have a FLIPPIN' awesome Festive Friday card to share with you. It's an idea I've had floating round my head for a while, so it felt good to finally see it in real life.

I chose the Stencil - Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern from the Christmas in July Release as I felt I had neglected it a little compare to the Stencil - Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern. 

I chose two of my favourite brighter colours, Honeysuckle and Oceanside, but in hindsight could have gone even brighter. 

I love the frosted feel vellum gives to a card and added a panel over the top. Another reason why I chose bright colours as I knew the vellum would mute the colours a little. 

I adhered a Simply Said Blocks Christmas sentiment to the vellum using foam tape and adhered the panel to my stencilled card using glue behind the sentiment strip to hide the adhesive. I finished with a trio of Sunflower enamel dots. 

You can watch me make this card if you're unsure of how the Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern works or you need a little reminder. I have a YouTube Short HERE. 

I'd love to know the colour combo you would use for this stencil.

Crafty Hugs

Christmas In July 2025 - Introducing - Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern & Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern

  

Happy Merry Monday.

Welcome to day 3 of the Uniko Christmas in July 2025 Release products introductions. If you've missed day 1 and day 2 you can catch up HERE and HERE. 

Today myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have some FLIPPIN' awesome inspiration to share with you!

Hopefully you are familiar with Uniko's Ink & Flip Stencils, a unique stencil concept I created back in July 2023 with Ink & Flip Christmas Star. Since then I have developed the stencil concept into layering geometric designs and more recently a fun all over pattern, Ink & Flip Delightful Diamonds. 

Today I am excited to add Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern & Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern to the line up and they're going to up level your Christmas card making and crafts for sure. 

Let's get to the fun and see these in action.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Well, that was just FLIPPIN' awesome! 

I hope you enjoyed it and see the possibilities these two stencils have. AND that's not all, I have a video introduction over on the Uniko YouTube channel HERE. 

All the products being introduced over the next few days will be available at 9am BST Thursday 31st July 2025.

Crafty Hugs

Snowflake Serenade - 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Day 12

 

Happy Thursday.

Welcome to the final day, day 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways. I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration and there is still time to comment across social media to be in the chance to win. 

When I was thinking about what to use for my post and product today, I realised I haven't used any snowflakes. And for me Christmas involves snowflakes. So it was time to dust off Snowflake Serenade and give it some fresh inky love.

Here's what I came up with.

I fancied ombre blues today, selecting Powder, Harbor, Blueberry and Midnight. I then ink blended them onto a piece of white card. 

I then placed this into my stamping platform and positioned the snowflake serenade, sentiment and a trio of accent snowflakes before inking with Encore Silver ink and heat embossed with Stardust EP.

A pretty simple, pretty quick, super sparkly snowflake card to add to the Christmas card stash. If you fancy watching me make this card, I have a YouTube short HERE. 

Before I go, the giveaway. Be sure to leave a comment by 31st July 2025 for your chance to win the Snowflake Serenade I've used on this card. If you are the lucky winner picked randomly from comments left across Uniko’s social media and already own the products, an alternative will be offered. 

Winners will be announced first week of August 2025.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: Snow

 Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

Vinita here, Are you ready for a beautiful winter card with snowflakes............ Snow love is here!

  I stamped my snowflakes from the framed snowflakes stamp set on a white card panel using the Unchanted Mariner DI. Then I ink-blended my background using picked raspberry and lumber plaid DI.

Once again I heat embossed in opaque bright white EP for more snowflake elements from the same set and added some splatters using silver perfect pearl. I love the wholesome look!

I used the bold snow die with outline coverage in a white scrap piece, which was left after blending the background with a glitter silver CS. To finish it off, I added the Let It sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed this card!

Happy crafting!

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways Day 3 - Background Blocks Snow Flurry ❄️

 Hello & Happy Tuesday.

The countdown to Christmas is on and here at Uniko we kicked things off on the 1st with a Christmas Linky Party, be sure to check it out HERE. 

Yesterday we were full of Christmas Joy 🤩 so be sure to check out my blog post and video HERE and HERE. 

Today I am dreaming of a white Christmas and have some fun inspiration using Background Blocks Snow Flurry clear stamp that was released last month. 

For my first card I was inspired by a layout by Kristina Werner I saw HERE on Pinterest. I loved the idea of adding Bakers Twine around the edge of the block with simple paper piercing. 

I added a simple matching Bakers Twine bow adhered using Nuvo Drops and I added a fun sequin. My sentiment is from Christmas Sentiments stamped in Oceanside and I used scissors to create my own banner. A few tiny sparkly rhinestones finished my card.

My second card here today was created from a stamped piece I would normally discard in the bin! But I looked at it and thought I could create a fun shaker card with it.

I used a polaroid die I have in my stash, I'm unsure of which brand it is. Plus a selection of various sequins for the shaker element. The die cut snowflake is from Waffle Flower Small Snowflake  Die and I used the beautiful C9 Rainbow Glitter Paper which is so sparkly. My sentiment is from Christmas Sentiments.

Just like other years I have a daily video over on the Uniko YouTube Channel and you can watch today's bonus card using this clear stamp set HERE. Watch and comment over there for another entry into the giveaway 😃

Today I would love to know how you wrap your Christmas gifts. Do you go with a theme? Do you choose depending on who you're wrapping for or do you just go with whatever wrapping paper takes your eye in the shops? 

I'd LOVE to know.

The giveaway prize today is snow much fun, a snow ❄️ themed Uniko goodie pack which includes a stencil, 2 clear stamp sets and a set of Uniko Designer Dies.

Crafty Hugs

It's Beginning To Look Like... Introducing Background Blocks Snow Flurry

Happy Thursday.

I hope you are enjoying the festivities so far this week here on the blog and social media? I am having a blast and I am so inspired by all the makes our Guest Natalia and The Uniko Brand Ambassadors have made.

So far this week we have reintroduced Christmas Pop and Pure Florals Poinsettia. Today we have the first brand new clear stamp to introduce, Background Blocks Snow Flurry.

Those who have been around these parts for some time, know I love a snowflake! I also hold each Uniko snowflake design dear and I just had to put some favourites into this fun background block design.

Let's have a look at what Natalia our guest and the Brand Ambassadors have created using this new clear stamp.

Natalia 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

So much beautiful snowflake goodness right there, I have a feeling this stamp is going to be a 'go to' this year to pair with so many other Uniko products. I hope you love it as much as I do and that you will join us tomorrow for another introduction.

Crafty Hugs

You're Going to Flip - Ink & Flip Snowflake Revisited

Hello & Welcome to You're Going to Flip Week! 

If you missed what this is all about and the sneak peek, be sure to check out Mondays post HERE. Yesterday, HERE, we gave fresh inky love to Ink & Flip Christmas Star, which was released back in July 2023. Today we have another revisit, giving fresh inky love to Ink & Flip Snowflake. 

I hope you hop along and see all the new wonderful inspiration from the team...

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Wow! What a flippin' fun hop that was 😃 I hope it has given you more ideas on ways to use this stencil and new products to pair it with, like it has me! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will pop back again tomorrow for more You're Going to Flip fun. 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 11

 

           Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 11

Every Friday, I will have a new Christmas themed card or project to share with you, along with a video showing how I made it. Plus, if you watch the video you will find out what the giveaway is and how to enter for your chance to win 😊 All the videos are HERE on the Uniko YouTube Channel.

This week I have aligned myself with the weather here in the North East of the UK with two snow inspired cards. We had a dusting of snow yesterday and more overnight to satisfy a snow loving girl for a bit! I dusted off my Stunning Snowflakes and Stencil - Let it Snow for my cards today, which I had actually planned on using anyway! 

For this first card I used the Stencil - Let it Snow as the main focus, using texture paste through it and adding colour.

Join me in this weeks video as I talk about texture paste, its uses and how I added the colour. I used Concord & 9th Aqua Sky, Oceanside & Peacock, such a lovely turquoise collection. Perfect for snowflakes. My sentiment and accent snowflakes are from Stunning Snowflakes.

This led me to create this next card during the video.

This card is totally inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches layout seen HERE and below. I often turn to challenges for a creative spark when I am needing that little extra creative mojo. 

The layout this week was calling snowflakes to me! So I used Stunning Snowflakes and the same colours to create this card. I used the same sentiment treatment and show in the video how I created the detailed edge.

You'll have to watch this weeks video HERE to find out what this weeks giveaway is and how to enter. I can't quite believe there is only one week left of this series!

Thanks for joining me today. Crafty Hugs

Merry Monday - Rainbow Snowflakes

Hello & Happy Monday.

I originally planned to make & share these yesterday, but I decided to enjoy more family time and simply ran out of day. So here I am, later than planned. But at least I have a trio of pretty rainbow snowflakes to share with you.

Restocks always inspire creativity and with the Stencil - Let it Snow arriving back in stock on Saturday, I was inspired to ink up one of the largest snowflakes from the stencil in a rainbow of colours. I then added Moonstone Glimmer Paste over the top. My sentiment choice is from Christmas Sentiments.

 

This then led me to use the Stencil - Large Snowflake Two which is a supersized version of the first snowflake. 

I repeated the same process using a rainbow of ink colours through the stencil and then used the same Moonstone Glimmer Paste. The sentiment is from Simply Said Blocks Christmas.

And this led to my third card. 

This time I used the stencil mask. This was a little more tricky, more so to add the paste over the top. I don't think I have pasted such a large flat area. And although it has a few little kinks to it, I think it turned out well.

That's all I have to share today, but there is LOTS more inspiration coming this week. Along with Uniko's version of Black Friday! Be sure to sign up to our newsletter via the website homepage HERE to be the first to know. 

Crafty Hugs