Uniko Challenge #62 - 'Tis The Season + optional twist Sparkle

 Hey!

Welcome to the November/December 2020 Uniko Challenge.

The theme for this challenge will come as no surprise - well 'tis the season after all! And if you're fed up with this dreary year then why not add in a little sparkle to your card too.

We are delighted to welcome Sathya as our Guest Designer and she had created this adorable card to make you smile.

Have you spotted the Uniko sentiment? It's always fabulous to see Uniko goodies mixing so well with other products. It woud be lovely if you had time to pop over to Sathya's blog and leave her a super comment - HERE.

And now for the turn of the Uniko DT, check out their festive delights:

Bev

Carol 

Izzy

Jane 

Julie

Are you ready to play?

Well, just in case you need some more incentive to play along with the challenge here are the details of the prizes.

Due to the current chaos around the world and here in the UK, I have temporarily reduced the value of the prizes. This is so that I can keep my small business afloat during these uncertain times. I hope you understand and will still join in on the fun.

Thank you for your continued support & joining in on the fun at Uniko.

  

THE PRIZES

• Main Winner Chosen By the DT - £15 eGift Certificate
• Random Twist Winner - £5 eGift Certificate
• Random Uniko Stamps Winner - £5 eGift Certificate
• Top 3 Chosen By DT - 150 Loyalty Reward Points

And as we're feeling festive we're giving you an extra week to play along with this challenge. 

The deadline for submission is midnight (GMT) on Friday 1st January 2021.

Crafty Hugs,

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - A Merry & Bright Christmas

Hello there! 

It's Sarah here with my latest Brand Ambassador Inspiration post for you. 

Getting into the Christmas spirit and inspired by so many A-list crafters out there, particularly Laura Bassen and her 'paper stripping' techniques! I can honestly say I'm hooked on this look!

Anyway I've teamed the Scandinavian Christmas Background Block on this collection using a tone-on-tone effect. The paper stripping pieces are embossed using the Festive Sentiments Outlined set. Sunglasses at the ready ... it's a BRIGHT look!

Do you find there's always some stray embossing 'dots/smudges' on projects? It drives me up the wall but I've managed to disguise these areas with some conveniently placed holly or enamel dots and fingers crossed no-one will notice what they're covering!!!

 

Thanks for calling by and I hope you've enjoyed this little inspiration post and enjoy your day. 

I hope your Christmas makes are coming along well.

Watercolored Roses on black cardstock - Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Hello friends, Rahmat here with some inspiration today!

I have used the Pure Florals Rose set here.

I have stamped the roses on black card stock using white pigment ink and watercolored these using Gouache paints. After coloring I simply added the front to a black base.

I used Perfect pearls to add the sentiment, and used foam adhesive to add. A few jewels to finish off this simple card.

           Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind feedback. Have a great day!     

                                                       

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020!

Uniko is super excited again to be a part of this wonderful festive event organised by Tracey McNeely from In My Creative Opinion. If this is your first year joining in and finding out about the fun you can read all about it HERE.

How about some inspiration from myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and be sure to checkout Tracey's Blog HERE for more inspiration from the 25 Days of Christmas Tags team.

Bev

Izzy

Jane

Julie

Rahmat

 

Wiebke 

Such a festive collection of tags all using LOTS of Uniko Christmas and even non Christmas products. Be sure to go to each individual designers blog for more details about each tag. 

AND there might just be an extra GIVEAWAY on the Uniko Website Blog HERE ;) so you'll want to check that out too! 

Have a wonderful creative day full of festive cheer! 

Crafty Hugs Bev x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Christmas Cards

 Hi everyone! It's Jane here today with a trio of Christmas cards to share.

Each card uses the same stamps, a similar layout but different colourways. Here's the stamps I used:

  

And here are those cards:

A green and brown landscape card.

A Christmas red combined with black and a bottom placement on a portrait card.

And finally a pink and green portrait card which for some reason i found really tricky to photograph.

So here's a bit of a closer look!

I sparkled up all three card using Stickles star dust - well it wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of sparkle would it?

Thanks so much for looking today. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

x

Pure Florals Peony - Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Good afternoon folks, Julie here with a little bit of Brand Ambassador inspiration using Pure Florals - Peony.

Over at Color Hues I have a card using the new challenge colours and thought I would also share it here as it uses the gorgeous Peony stamp.

The aim of the challenge is to focus your attention on just two colours and shades thereof, this time it is Kraft and Yellow.

To start, I stamped the largest of the blooms on kraft card using Versamark and then heat embossed with white EP. On another panel of Mixed Media card, I stamped again, embossing with white EP. 

Instead of colouring the whole image I just concentrated on the fab bloom, using a mixture of DI in Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade to watercolour the petals. Shadow was added with a 'kraft' coloured Zig watercolour pen. 

When dry, I fussy cut the bloom and added it flat over the kraft panel. Only when I had glued it firmly in place did I realise that I had trimmed off part of one petal but could I find the tiny section to glue it back, of course not, but I'm happy with the look as if you didn't know it was missing I don't think you could tell!

Beneath the peony, I stamped and embossed the greeting from Birthday Sentiments and die cut my panel with an MFT stitched scalloped rectangle die. The finished panel was then added to an A6 white base card with foam pads.

So that's it, hope it has inspired you to look out your flower stamps and to have a go, think about restricting colours in your designs. 

Keep safe and sane out there until next time.

No Tricks, Just Treats - Happy Halloween!

 Happy Weekend 

&

 Happy Halloween!

I know not everyone celebrates the occasion, but with the way 2020 has panned out so far, I think we all deserve some treats ;) So in celebration I have a couple of offers on the Uniko website...

FREE Worldwide Shipping is usually only on orders of £50 or more, so I've reduced the minimum spend by half. Also, if you spend over £30 you can choose an in stock Uniko Stencil for FREE! 

What's not to love about these treats?! 

Be quick as they end tomorrow Sunday 1st November 2020 at Midday GMT.

I managed to squeeze in a little creative time too and made this Autumnal card using Natures Treasures II and my all time favourite Happy Birthday from Simply Said Blocks.

I'm still crushing on these Concord & 9th inks and used a couple more colours I'd not tried yet. The layout of my card is also inspired by the current CAS Colours & Sketches challenge seen HERE and below.

I did mark out the centre of my card & a line at the top to leave a border and then just stamped the leaves in various Autumnal colours. I decided to add a few berries in Cranberry ink using the trio of berries from Rustic Wreath.

A quick & simple card, that I am rather pleased with. Plus, it was nice to get inky and creative too ;) I hope you all have a lovely fun, chocolate, sweet filled day! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs Bev x