A Couple Of Masculine Makes

Hello & Happy Thursday.

I'm just about sorted for my travels down south tomorrow for Crafterama Kent, so I thought I would pop by and share a couple of masculine cards I've made this week. 

This first card I shared the other day as a YouTube Short, HERE. I love Background Blocks Perspective for quick (ish) masculine makes. 

For this one I created a mask to add some shading using Dove ink. I then removed the mask and add some simple colouring using alcohol markers. 

To finish I added a mixed sentiment from Simply Said Blocks and Simply Said Blocks Occasions and adhered them using foam tape. 

Today, over on YouTube HERE I am sharing a video making this card using Balloon Bash and Birthday Sentiments. I also share my tip on using and adhering thin frames, like this one from Kristina Werner A2 Thin Frames Die. 

What do you think of this fun colour combo too? 

I saw it somewhere on Pinterest (I think) and I jotted down colours I thought matched and would work together. 

I hope you'll have a look at my video and I'd love to know if you think my tip about the frame is useful. 

Ok, back to making sure I've everything for tomorrow, it's going to be an early start and a long drive down. I'll be sure to check in and share what I can on social media while I'm there. 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 12 Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs

 

 

 

Hello & Happy Thursday. 

Welcome to the final day of Uniko's 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration and Giveaways Day 12. These 12 days have flown by and I hope you have enjoyed the festive fun as much as I have 😃

The hardest part for me has been choosing the products to showcase! It surprises me how many festive products I have designed and released. Though, I have also used non festive products to help you stretch your supplies. 

Today I went for a non festive product, along with its festive counterpart. Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs and Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas. 

The look I was aiming for was a stained glass window. I originally planned to add lots of clear gloss Nuvo Drops to the stamped and coloured Art Decoratifs background, but I chickened out in case it went wrong! 

I created a die cut window using a rounded tag die and adhered the panel using foam tape. I then accented with the Christmas tree from Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas. I finished with sparkly rhinestones and a sentiment from Christmas Sentiments. 

As usual I have a video over on Uniko's YouTube Channel using the products and another fun version of this card layout. I'd love you to watch HERE.

Today's prize is the two background blocks featured and as always if the winner already owns these, an alternative will be offered. Winners will be announced tomorrow, here on the blog. 

Thank you for joining me for this fun series, for all the comments love and support across Uniko's social media. AND of course your continued custom at Uniko. I truly appreciate you all. 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 12

 

 

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

Join me over HERE on the Uniko YouTube Channel for the final day of this festive series. This week I am giving fresh inky love to a popular favourite, Pattern Building Christmas Tree.

This is one of those stamp sets which doesn't look very inspirational as a set in its packaging. But once you see it in action, it all makes sense! 

Although I have used it just for festive cards today, it's also a set that is versatile for lots of occasions with the variety of patterns it contains.

I've shared a similar card before, but the Christmas Folk Snowflake strip makes a great frame for a shaker card...

I accented the frame with holly leaves and berries from Winter Foliage and a sentiment from Christmas Wishes. 

You'll have to watch this weeks video HERE to find out what this weeks giveaway is and how to enter. I can't believe that it's come to an end so quickly. However, I do have a bonus video next week, Friday 15th December. I will also be announcing the winners of all 12 Giveaways. 

Thanks for joining me today. 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

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 10

           Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 10

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 am using Mid Century Modern Baubles and along with this card, I am also sharing another fun and creative way to use your stamps. You'll have to watch the video to see what it is!

I've gone for bold colours this week, red, white and navy blue with a touch of gold embossing. I talk about this set a little more and my ideas behind adding the elements it contains.

 

I share a few of my tips when embossing and of course tell you about the giveaway during the video HERE and how to enter! Only two weeks left, but you've still time to catch up on all the videos posted.

Still time to shop Uniko's Thankful for You SALE too and receive a surprise discount code with your order...

I decided to do #blackfriday a little different this year. Of course there is a SALE. 

BUT, I am also giving back to everyone who places an order between 21st - 27th November 2023*. Receive a surprise discount, from £5-£25 to use with your next order. 

* Code cards look like this (with a code on them obviously 😉) and they are tucked inside an envelope. So even I don’t know what I’m putting in your orders. It’s totally random as to who gets what discount. But you are guaranteed the minimum of at least £5. 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 9

 

           Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 9

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 a trio of cards to share using Background Builders: Christmas 2018...

From Scandi inspired Christmas jumpers for a Warm Christmas Wishes card, using traditional Kraft, White & Red.

To a more clean & simple design of classic Christmas trees...

You'll have to watch this weeks video HERE to find out what my third card is, but lets just say I can talk about pretty Christmas lights, a lot 😂 I also share what this weeks giveaway is & how to enter 😃 Can you believe how quick these weeks are going? 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 8

           Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 8

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 am heading to the 1950's/1960's with a Pop Art style Christmas card...

This week I have dusted off Cracking Christmas and paired it with Explosion! and Explosion! Additions, two sets that inspired me to add this Christmas addition to the collection. 

I added a couple of Background Blocks too, along with switching up some colours for my video version.

You'll have to watch this weeks video HERE to find out what this weeks giveaway is & how to enter 😃 Can you believe how quick these weeks are going? 

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 6

                              

 

Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 6

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.

In todays video I am giving fresh creative love to one of Uniko's unique concept stencils, Ink & Flip Christmas Star.

I've been wanting to create a shaker card using the star for a while, but being out of acetate for the standard shaker window card, it pushed me to try the full shaker cards using old thin acetate packaging.

I love how easy it was to create the shaker, a lot less time consuming with the foam tape on traditional shaker cards taking the most time! 

Be sure to head on over to YouTube HERE and watch me make a new version of the card, showing how the ink & flip stencil works AND this fun style of shaker card.

I hope you enjoy the video and don't forget you need to watch to find out about the giveaway and how to enter to be in the chance of winning. If you have any festive requests for upcoming 12 Days Of Christmas videos, please add them to the comments here or on any of Uniko's social media.

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 5

               

 

Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 5

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.

In todays video I am giving fresh creative love to one of my favourite Christmas / Winter themed collections, Winter Foliage. This collection includes Winter Foliage Clear Stamps, Winter Foliage Designer Dies and the Stencil - Winter Foliage. I've combined all three on my cards.

I dusted off a few supplies that mostly only come out at Christmas, ribbon and sparkly gold stencil pastes! Making a second card I changed how I made my card a little second time round to make it a little more sleek and how I intended.

And this is the version of the card I made during my video HERE.

I hope you enjoy the video and don't forget you need to watch to find out about the giveaway and how to enter to be in the chance of winning. If you have any festive requests for upcoming 12 Days Of Christmas videos, please add them to the comments here or on any of Uniko's social media.

Crafty Hugs