Uniko Birthday Inspiration Through The Years - Part 4

Happy Tuesday 

Welcome to day 11 of the Uniko 13th Birthday Celebrations and part 4 of my Inspiration Through The Years. If you missed part 1,  part 2 and part 3 you can catch up HERE,  HERE and HERE. 

Today I am sharing three cards using a product from 2021 and 2022. I've then made a new card inspired by the original. 

Let's have a look.

First up is this card using Background Blocks Wonky Stripes paired with Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes and Background Builders Delightful Diamonds, the later two were released in February 2021.

Here's my new version.

I opted for similar colours, but this time I decided to use some coloured card to stamp the Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes onto. Got to love a bit of tone on tone stamping. 

I stamped the diamonds in Peacock, Oceanside and Aqua Sky and fussy cut them out. I then arranged them onto the background and adhered using foam tape. My sentiment choice this time is from Simply Said Blocks III which released in July 2021.

Lastly for today is a card from February 2022 using Framed Balloons.

And here is my remake.

I kept things pretty similar, but changed up my colours and I also added dimension by colouring, fussy cutting and using foam tape to adhere a selection of the balloons. This was instead of raising up the whole frame like last time.

I also switched out my sentiment to one from Everyday Sentiments which was released at the same time as the Framed Balloons. 

Did you know that Uniko has a VIP Group on Facebook for Uniko customers and fans? 

The group is a private and safe space to share your Uniko creations. Today I have launched a monthly challenge over there to inspire your makes and there is a little incentive to join in too. A chance to win £10 to spend in store to one randomly selected entry.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2723159841326437/

Use the link above to find the group and answer the questions, an admin of the group will approve and then you'll able to join in on the fun. I hope to see you there. 

Crafty Hugs

Wonderful AND Win it Wednesday!

Hello & Happy Wonderful Wednesday!

I feel like I am finally catching up on things (and sleep) after a busy few weeks of shows. It has been lovely to get out of the studio and meet some of you face to face again and some of you for the first time 😊

A few weeks ago I promised a giveaway, so I am here with it today after I share a card of course! So let's have a look what I have created today...

When I think of having a Wonderful Wednesday, I always think of the Wonderful Day clear stamp set! So that is what I reached for. I stamped and fussy cut some colourful blooms and paired them with the Stencil, Wonky Stripes.

I started by placing the stripes on an angle and inking through with black ink. I've then adhered the flowers with foam adhesive, the leaves with glue and embellished with some glittery enamel dots.

This leads me onto the giveaway...

I'm giving away the two Uniko products I have used. Wonderful Day and Stencil - Wonky Stripes to one lucky winner who leaves a comment on this post, on Instagram and Facebook. If you leave a comment on all 3 then you have more chance to win! 

The giveaway is open worldwide and an alternative prize to the same value will be offered if the winner owns any of these products. 

The giveaway will close Midnight Wednesday 26th October 2022 and I will announce the winner at some point on Thursday 27th October 2022.

That's all from me today! 

Crafty Hugs

Autumn is in the air 🍂

Hello & Happy Wednesday.

Another evening blog post for me today, the days just seem to be running away from me. Those six hours the boys are at school just fly by and before I know it, it's time to walk back and get them! 

Autumn 🍂 is in the air.

Although the first day of autumn in the UK us next week, the signs have been slowly creeping in the past couple of weeks. Slightly darker mornings, the light fading earlier and that crispness in the air that accompanies both. The leaves are already starting to change colour and fall too.

I don't have a favourite season. There are things I love about them all. Today I was inspired by the changing of the season and embracing the rustic feel of autumn.

I think I achieved this with my chosen colours. The Nature's Wonders collection from Altenew. Like many of the Brand Ambassadors, I was inspired to ink up the recently restocked, Season Of Beauty clear stamp set! 

As you can see I decided to pair the larger foliage sprig with the Stencil - Wonky Stripes. I am loving the movement this combination creates. Especially with stamping the foliage so it falls off the edge of the panel. 

What is your favourite thing about autumn? 

Until tomorrow. 

Crafty Hugs

 

Uniko's 9th Birthday February Sneak Peeks Day 1

 

Happy Monday & Woohoo!

It is finally time to start sharing some sneak peeks for the 9th Birthday February Release! I know this birthday release has been a little subdued with me trying to juggle ALL the things, but there is still time to join in on the Birthday Linky Party HERE and also enter to WIN the HUGE Prize HERE! 

Anyway, this month I have 4 new clear stamp sets and 2 new stencil designs, one of which is a FREEBIE with all Release Day orders while stocks last. All the new products will be available to purchase on Sunday 28th February 10am GMT. 

Okay, let's have a look at the peeks I am sharing today...

This first peek is a new Background Block. It was actually the original design of one of the most popular background blocks available! I am sure it's not hard to guess which one and I know this one will be just as good fun & useful for those hard to make masculine cards.

My second peek is another addition to the Background Builders series and the geometric line up. This one has been on the sidelines for a while, but after some extra creative inspiration it is now the right time for it to be released. 

That's all the sneak peeks I am sharing with you today! I can't wait to share the last few with you tomorrow AND I can't wait to show you these two peeks in action later this week ;)

I'd love to know what your thoughts are regarding these peeks. I might even select a random comment to win a prize.

Until tomorrow, thank you for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Stencil Sunday - Colourful Wonky Stripes & Striking Silhouettes

Happy Sunday & welcome to another Stencil Sunday!

I'm not gonna lie, this past week has been a tough one, lockdown life has been a struggle and I am trying to keep up the positivity and battle through. Finding some mojo to create has been hard, but this afternoon I forced myself to come in my studio and make something.

It actually felt good and I was happy when two of my favourite challenges could be combined to make one CAS card! First I used CAS Colours & Sketches HERE for my colour inspiration and then AAA Cards HERE for my one layer & product choice! 

These colours are so cheerful and I chose to ink up the Stencil - Wonky Stripes with them. I used a little bit of masking to ink up each of the individual lines and then used my MISTI to stamp the foliage silhouette from Happy Days. 

The sentiment is also from Happy Days and I think it is rather appropriate for these current times. I've decided to schedule in 30 minutes each day, dedicated purely to creating a card and having that 'me time' in my happy place.

That's all from me today, time for me to go and get my two not so little monkeys to go to sleep! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all hanging in there too.

Crafty Hugs Bev x

Celebrate World Card Making Day 2020!

 Happy Weekend

& 

Happy World Card Making Day 2020!

I hope everyone is having a lovely day & those in the UK are staying warm and dry. It's a very wet day here in the North East and the perfect kind of day to stay in and create! Which is exactly what I have been up to today ;)

I've been inspired by the changing colours from Summer to Autumn on my morning walk to school with The Beans and like the card I shared for the Uniko Challenge Reminder HERE, I decided to use Altenew Warm & Cozy ink collection for my card today.

It's been a while since I used the Uniko Stencil - Wonky Stripes. Here I have used the masking technique to ink the individual stripes in each of the four ink colours.

I've then embellished my card with a floral bouquet and sentiment from Wonderful Day. Brand Ambassador Jane has been using this clear stamp set recently and totally inspired me to dust mine off! I'm so glad I did, as I really like how this Autumnal card turned out.

As it is a celebration today and I am feeling a little sad with not being at Happy Stampers Festival today, I have a BIG Giveaway to add some cheer to the day!

The Prize valued at over £85* contains a few of my favourite Uniko products:-

Alphabet Outlined

BIG & BOLD Happy Clear Stamps & Designer Dies

BIG & BOLD Wish Clear Stamps & Designer Dies

Hello Lovely Clear Stamp Set

Stunning Snowflakes Clear Stamp Set

Designer Die Sparkling Snowflake

Stencil - Let it Snow 

*If the randomly selected winner already owns any or all of the prize contents 

a suitable replacement will be offered.

HOW TO WIN!

There are a few ways to enter the giveaway...

1. Leave a comment on this blog post.

2. Comment on the Facebook post. An extra entry if you share the giveaway post on FB.

3. Instagram - Be a GENUINE Follower of Uniko, Like, Comment, Tag a Friend/s to tell them about the giveaway, Share on your IG stories for an extra entry. 

You CAN enter on all 3 social media platforms. 

The giveaway will close at Midnight GMT Sunday 4th October 2020.

The winner will be randomly selected from all the social media platforms combined and announced early next week. Any comments left after the close of the giveaway will not be included.

Crafty Hugs Bev x

Happy 5th Birthday AAA Cards!

Hey & Happy Monday!

Okay, so I am a day late for the start of AAA Cards 5th Birthday party happening over HERE, but I thought I would pop by and tell you all about it! 

I'm super honoured & happy that Uniko is one of the 13 sponsors of the challenge for this awesome occasion :) 

Here's the details on how you can win:

1. Enter a CAS card into our birthday themed challenge using the link up at the bottom of THIS post - 8 prizes!

2. Enter the Treasure Hunt. Visit each of the AAA Cards DT blogs and find the picture five of them have hidden. When you've found all five pictures work out the word that connects them all and email this word to Jane, aaacardchallenge@gmail.com. A draw of all the correct answers will be made. (HINT - the word begins with the same letter as our blog name.) - 1 prize

3. Facebook - (you'll need to join our group if you're not already a member) like and leave a comment on our birthday post to be entered into a random draw - 1 prize.

4. Like, comment & follow us on instagram to be entered into a random draw - 1 prize.

5. Leave a comment on the challenge blog and each of the seven DT blogs. A random draw will be made from each blog - 9 prizes.

That's 20 ways to win!

This evening on the website blog HERE I have shared a trio of cards, FUN with Background Blocks inspiration. One of the cards is perfectly birthday themed ;)

I do hope you'll hop on over for all the details :) I also look forward to seeing you in the AAA Cards gallery! 

Happy Stamping! 

Wonky Candles

Hello!

I hope you have had a good week.  It is Sarah G on the Uniko blog today sharing a card that I have made using the fab Wonky Stripes stencil.  I was inking it up in a rainbow of colours to create a border but when I took the stencil away I thought that the inked image looked like a row of candles:

I stamped the flame that comes with the Big and Bold Wish stamp set and drew a black line to create the candle wicks.  The sentiment is from the new Birthday sentiments set that Uniko released this month.

A simple card which shows that, if you use parts of your stencils you can make them the focal point of your card.

See you again soon!

Sarah x

Happy New Year!

Happy 2018!

I LOVE New Year, a blank page and a fresh start for the year ahead is so exciting. With all the festivities of Christmas and the New Year I enjoyed some much needed downtime and family time. Hence the quietness on the blogs and website. I am feeling refreshed, relaxed and super excited for the year ahead.

I managed to squeeze in a little creative time to make this Happy New Year card...

I have more photos of it over HERE on the website blog, where I am also sharing the Top 5 products of 2017. 

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Day and I look forward to sharing more with you in  the coming days.

Hugs

November 2017 Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Hey!

It's time for another Uniko Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY - Whoohoo!! 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. 

Usually I choose a product that was released the previous year or a once favourite that hasn't seen much air time! This month however, I decided to look back at a few products Uniko released in October 2017 HERE.

Specifically the Uniko Designer Dies and NEW Uniko Stencils...

Designer Die Snowflake Trio £15

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2017

www.uniko.co.uk

Designer Dies Flower Power #1 - #6 Collection £12

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2017

www.uniko.co.uk

Uniko Stencil Scattered Polka Dots £4.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2017

www.uniko.co.uk

Uniko Stencil Wonky Stripes £4.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2017

www.uniko.co.uk

Be sure to comment along the hop for your chance to win ALL the products being revisited. You have until Midnight (GMT) Saturday 18th November to comment and the winner will be announced Sunday 19th November 2017.

Happy Hopping!

CLICK HERE to see more from Beverley

CLICK HERE to see more from Carol

CLICK HERE to see more from Deborah

CLICK HERE to see more from Izzy

CLICK HERE to see more from Jane

CLICK HERE to see more from Lindsey

CLICK HERE to see more from Rahmat

CLICK HERE to see more from Sarah P

Hugs