Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Autumn has arrived!

Hi all, 

Steph here with my Uniko Brand Ambassador post for October and given that the weather has now and truly turned, I thought I'd celebrate Autumn rather than moaning about how cold and wet it is! (But I might still moan a bit!).

For this card I have used Uniko I Love Coffee stamp set, just what is needed on a soggy autumnal day! My floral background uses Uniko Beautiful Blooms II stamp set which I think works beautifully in the orange and browns I have chosen for my card. 

Using fawn / brown based colours I turned the Uniko English Country Garden - Butterflies into moths for my next card. I stamped the solid butterfly over the background and added one of each the small and large butterflies using foam pads. 

My final card uses Uniko Winter Botanicals: Sweet Broom stamp set. I masked a section across the upper part of the card on which I later stamped the sentiment from Uniko Floral Vines stamp set. 

So that's my autumnal inspiration to match the autumnal weather (might be nicer if the rain would stop!). Thanks for stopping by.

Much love

Steph x

A Spooktacular Mid Century Modern Monday!

Hello & Happy Monday.

Today I am sharing a spooktacular Mid Century Modern duo. I had this idea while dropping off to sleep over the weekend to combine the recent Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb Stencil with Mid Century Modern Florals.

So that's what I did, lets have a look at the first card.

I think the web is such a fun design and by using colours to fit a theme or style it works well. For this first card I chose Oceanside and Dove to ink through the stencil. I often go for this off centre layout as I think it's fun and eye catching. 

As you can see I went for one of my favourite Mid Century Modern Florals flower combinations and colours and added a thank you sentiment from Simply Said Blocks as I needed to add some to my stash.

I couldn't stop at just one card, so went on to make another, this time I fancied another favourite colour combo and challenged myself to an all over patterned background. 

This one is a little less CAS than the first, especially with the Midnight and Marmalade background! I started with the centre cobweb and then went horizontal and vertical before filling in the corners.

This time I went with another flower combination and added in the Oceanside colour to draw your eye to the flower. Again my sentiment is from Simply Said Blocks and I added some Marmalade enamel dots to finish. 

AND before I go, how about the winner of the Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Release Day, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY. Thank you to everyone who hopped along and left comments. I used random.org to select the winner...

Kath

6 OCTOBRE 2024 À 16 H 18 MIN

Fabulous cards and I love the vibrant colours you’ve used too.
Kath x

Congratulations Kath!

Please email me via the website with your choice of 3 Ink & Flip Stencils and your mailing address. 

That's all from me today, I will be back later in the week with more to share.

 

Crafty Hugs

Stencil Sunday - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree

Hello & Happy Sunday 

Today I thought I would share this idea I had using the newest Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree Stencil.

So my idea was to section the Christmas tree focal layer down the middle, having one half on a trimmed piece of card adhered using foam tape and the other right half inked onto my card base. I also wanted to add some sparkle using glitter paste, for this I used Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone over the inking. The colours I used for the Christmas Tree are Parsley and Evergreen. 

The result worked out well, but with the application of glitter paste, the depth of the foam adhesive raised section isn't as prominent. In hindsight I should have used thicker foam tape. 

To finish I added the 'Tis The Season sentiment from Simply Said Blocks Christmas and also a sprinkling of Poppy enamel dots. This wasn't the quickest card to make with the addition of the glitter paste, but the result was worth it.

That's all from me today, time for me to head into the kitchen and get some Sunday baking done and the roast dinner! 

Have a lovely day.

Crafty Hugs

Retro Hex Glitter Baubles

Happy Festive Friday 

Today I have a fun retro Christmas card to share with you. I had this idea last weekend at the Crafterama show in Lincoln. More so when I got my hands on these fabulous and super sparkly Funky Fossil Stellar Pastes.

I knew that I wanted to turn the Ink & Flip Geometric Hexagon Layering Stencil focal point into a bauble. Originally I wanted to create a fully pasted bauble, but due to the depth of the paste, on the flip pasting the line definition inside the design was lost.

So I went with the second option of glittering just one side of each bauble. The colours of pastes I chose are Party Dress and Icicle Dreams, which I thought would pair lovely with Honeysuckle and Oceanside.

Once the baubles were inked, pasted and dried I fussy cut them out. I decided upon the bow from Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder, along with one of the sentiments from the stamp set. I drew the bauble strings with a dark grey fine liner. 

It's not often I go for a DL site card, but I thought the size of the baubles worked better on this. What do you think? 

That's all I have for today, but I will be sharing more over the weekend.

Crafty Hugs

Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Release Day, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY.

Happy Weekend & Happy World Card Making Day. 

I might be on my way to Lincoln for the Crafterama show, but today we are ending Ink & Flip Week - Part 2 with the best bit. And starting World Card Making Day with the release of the two new Ink & Flip Stencils.

If you missed the introductions you can catch up HERE and HERE. But you can also watch a demo of the stencils HERE and HERE. 

But, it wouldn't be a release day without a look at the product pictures... 

 Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb £8

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 Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree £8

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They are both now available HERE on the website. But if you need a little more inspiration, let's look at what the Brand Ambassadors have made...

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

WOW! I am so honoured to have such creative and inspirational Brand Ambassadors. If you're not feeling festive after that, then take another look! 

Now, the giveaway. Make sure you have commented along the hop as I will be giving away 3 Ink & Flip Stencils of the winners choice. Comments will close for the chance to win at midnight Sunday 13th October 2024 with the winner announced on Monday 14th October 2024. Any comments left after this time will not be included.

Crafty Hugs

Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Introducing... Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree

Hello & Happy FriYAY!

I'm so glad you've stopped by today as this week we are having some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun, AKA Ink & Flip Week Part Two.

So far this week myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have revisited Ink & Flip Christmas Star, Ink & Flip Snowflake, shared a couple of sneak peeks and introduced the first NEW stencil, Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb yesterday. 

Today we are introducing Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Christmas Tree. So let's have a look at the festive beauties the Brand Ambassadors have made. 

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I'm feeling super festive after that. You'll be Inking & Flipping your way through your Christmas cards with this stencil! That's all for today, but be sure to stop by tomorrow for our usual Release Day Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY! 

Crafty Hugs

Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Introducing... Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb

 Hello & Happy Thursday! 

I'm so glad you've stopped by today as this week we are having some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun, AKA Ink & Flip Week Part Two.

So far this week myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have revisited Ink & Flip Christmas Star and Ink & Flip Snowflake. Plus yesterday we shared a couple of sneak peeks. 

Today the wait is over and we get to introduce you to the first new Ink & Flip Stencil, Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb. 

I'm not usually one for Halloween cards or projects, I've probably only ever made a handful. But I had this idea and I had to run with it. But I think this fun design has more potential than just Halloween. 

Let's have a look at how the Brand Ambassadors have used it...

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

This was such a fun hop, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I'd love to know what you think. That's all for today, but be sure to stop by tomorrow for more FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun and the second introduction.

Crafty Hugs