Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Holly

Morning! 

Steph here and I welcome you to my Nov Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post. This month I wanted to focus on Holly.

My first card uses Uniko Framed Holly stamp set and Uniko Most Wonderful stamp set for the sentiment.

I stamped the large frame stamp using very light ink and drew over the lines with an alcohol marker, colouring in the leaves as I went. I have coloured the background in light grey and added Wink of Stella all over for sparkle. I used the extra stamps in the set to stamp individual holly leaves, fussy cut and adhered these to the card front using foam pads. 

My second card uses Uniko Snowflake Serenade stamp set and inked it in light blue. I then used alcohol markers to draw in the holly and berries. The sentiment for this card is from Uniko Christmas Sentiments stamp set. Again I added some Wink of Stella to the holly leaves for sparkle. 

Finally I have used the holly stamps from the Uniko Winter Foliage stamp set and Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set for the lovely large sentiment. I have added snowflakes from the Uniko Stunning Snowflakes stamp set and used the Wink of Stella on these. 

How are you all getting along with your Christmas crafting? The final card here today is very quick and easy to make if you need to get a few cards done in a short amount of time. 

Much love

Steph x

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

Beautiful Blooms & a Winner!

Hello & Happy Thursday.

I'm finally getting round to announcing the winner of the October 2023 Release in Review, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway we had HERE. I know I am late, I have a terrible memory 🙈 but better late than never, right? 

Anyway, before I get to the winner I have a card to share...

I was inspired to make this card with the recent restocks of Background Blocks Nautical Stripes and Beautiful Blooms II. I can't think that I have combined Beautiful Blooms I flowers with many Background Blocks, but I am almost certain I've not combined it with this one. But I am super pleased how well they go together. 

Background Blocks Nautical Stripes is pretty easy to line up and fill a strip down the front of a card base. I did use my stamping tool to make it a bit easier. I then stamped the blooms and leaves, adding some colour shading using the Rock 'n' Roll technique. The images are die cut using the Designer Dies Beautiful Blooms I. 

I finished with the smile die from Uniko's Exclusive Picked Posies Collection, only available at CraftStash HERE. 

Okay, so now onto the winner of the £20 eGift Code. I used Random name generator to select the lucky comment and the lucky one is...

 Bev Karolak said...

Stunning cards! The Poppy stamp is so beautiful! Love your colouring. 🥰

Congratulations Bev! Please drop me an email at bev@uniko.co.uk and I will send you your code. A big thanks to the Uniko Brand Ambassadors for all their beautiful inspiration. AND a big thanks to everyone who took the time to hop and comment, plus all the lovely comments around social media.

Crafty Hugs 

Two For Tuesday - Originally Organic

Hello & Happy Tuesday.

I hope your week has begun well. It was back to school for The Beans yesterday and back to routine for me in the studio. It's a week of show prep for me this week as on Friday I will be heading over to Port Sunlight for The Stamping Together show.

Even though it's a busy week, I am still squeezing in a bit of creative time and I was inspired to dust off my Originally Organic stamps for my Two For Tuesday.

Originally Organic debuted in September 2016 and to me it was one of the first sets that defines my style of design and way I prefer to draw. So it has a special place in my design loving, paper crafting, card making heart. It was about time I gave it some fresh inky love and I couldn't resist paring it with some of my favourite stencils.

Uniko's first stencils, Scattered Polka Dots and Wonky Stripes didn't debut until October 2017 and I can't think off the top of my head of many cards where I have combined stencils with Originally Organic. 

For my first card I chose one of my most recent stencils, MOD Background Builder. I masked off the edges of my card to create a rectangle before using a trio of yellow inks through the stencil. I then simply added my favourite image in black and one of the sentiments for a one layer card. 

For my second card I chose the stencil, Cloud 9. And unusually for me I decided to create an oval window. Ovals are not a shape I lean towards very often.

This time I opted for Grapefruit and Sorbet inks to create this fluffy background. I then used the stem and one of the flower options. Again opting for a one layer card.

There is another reason why this month Originally Organic was restocked. If you saw the reveal of the Papercraft Society Box 51 HERE on YouTube you might connect the styles 😉 I can't wait to show you more!

Crafty Hugs 

12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 7

           

Hello & Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways - Day 7

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 Christmas. I have two cards to share in my post below and I will be making my 3rd during todays video. 

For my first card today I was totally inspired by this weeks challenge over at CAS Colours & Sketches seen HERE and below. 

As soon as I saw the sketch I knew the triangle tree from Mid Century Modern Christmas would work perfectly. I wasn't sold on the colours, but I think I made them work.

The bow and Christmas part of the sentiment are from Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder and the wishes is from Birthday Sentiments.

My second card today I was inspired to pair Mid Century Modern Christmas with the Stencil - Layering Bauhaus Blocks. Yes, I am still enjoying this stencil & the creative possibilities.

This took a little bit of masking to use just 3 of the blocks from the stencil, but I think the masking was worth it for the results. I will explain what I did in todays video. 

My favourite number is 3 and I couldn't stop at just two cards, so I thought I would make a third during todays 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

Uniko Sponsors the Fall/Winter 2023 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 

Happy Friday! 

Myself and Uniko are delighted to be joining the the Fall/Winter 2023 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

To start the hop be sure to head on over HERE for all the details and links to all the sponsors and you will find the linky to add your newly created coffee, tea, cocoa themed projects. There are of course prizes up for grabs for those who participate.

Here is what I made to celebrate the occasion...

I've gone for a Mid Century Modern festive twist for my card. As you can see my colours are the most festive part along with the holly leaves from Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder. 

But the main Mid Century Modern feature is the stencilled background on my base card. I used the Stencil - MOD Background Builder to ink C9 Evergreen onto a Parsley card base. 

I then added a festive coffee cup and sentiment from I LOVE Coffee to a small panel. I used a little 'enjoy' sentiment from Birthday Sentiments for the coffee cup label and adorned my card with a few C9 Cranberry enamel dots. 

I'm feeling generous today, so I have an extra little giveaway on this post. Simply comment here or on Uniko's Instagram or Facebook post where I have shared this card, before November 10th 2023 and I will select a lucky winner to receive the I LOVE Coffee clear stamp set & Stencil - MOD Background Builder* I will announce a winner here on the blog Monday 13th November 2023.

I also have a 10% discount code that can be used on any orders between Nov 3rd and Nov 10th 2023. Simply apply COFFEELOVE23 to the coupon box during checkout and the discount will be applied 😃

Happy Crafty Hugs

*An alternative prize to the same value will be offered if the winner already owns the products.

BA Inspiration - Snowflakes Framed Two Ways

 Good afternoon, Julie here with a little bit of festive inspiration using the newly released Framed Snowflakes stamp set. If you saw the release in review post on Saturday, you'll recognise this new stamp set. I had to make a card for the new challenge at Color Hues so thought I would share that card together with another made from a panel I had leftover from the release day blog hop that I didn't use. Here are both cards, same stamp for the main panel but two different looks.

This first card uses the leftover panel but I chopped it in half and turned each half around! To make the panel I simply stamped the stamp onto a white card panel and heat embossed with fine white EP. When cool, I inked in some bright DIs with a blending brush, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron, randomly over the top. All excess ink was removed with a soft cloth before biting the bullet and cutting it in half.

Each half was then rotated and glued to my base card, leaving a gap in the center. This I covered with my sentiment banner, from Christmas Wishes. I stamped a few matching snowflakes from Snowflake Serenade. before adding it across the center. A couple of strips of glitter paper just neatened up the central panel.

Finally this is the card I made for the Color Hues challenge, a simple almost one layer card. The stamp stamped as before but this time straight onto a base card. A mix of Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean DI blended over the top and a fussy cut sentiment from Stunning Snowflakes added on pads.

A few PPP sequins to add sparkle complete the design. I think it would be a great idea for batch making, simply stamp your sentiment directly onto the card to make it perfect for posting!

That's it from me for today, hope I've given you some inspiration for your Christmas makes. 

Don't forget the GIVEAWAY for the release in review, a chance to win a £20 eGift code to spend in store. Commenting will close for the giveaway at midnight GMT Sunday 5th November 2023 and Bev will randomly select a winner and announce on Monday 6th November.

Happy stamping!