Christmas in July Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Mid Century Modern Christmas Joy

  Bonjour !

Izzy again, with a third inspiration card for celebrating Christmas in July with Uniko !

This time I chose a non-Christmas product to make my card. 

As I was going through my stash of Uniko's stencil, I came across this one with stars and circles: Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars. Just what you need to illustrate Christmas! 

I chose the traditional colours red, green & gold to make it even more Christmassy. I started by masking all the circles with post-it notes that I cut with a circle puncher and I applied the gold ink on the stars with a brush. Then with circular daubers and Distress oxide inks I coloured the circles.

For this card I chose a triptych white card. So, once the stencilled panel done, I cut it in half , I mated them on gold card stock and I flat adhered everything on the two folds of the card.

For the sentiment, I stamped and I gold heat embossed the BIG & BOLD Joy set on a piece of heavy card stock and I fussy cut it.

I die cut two circles, one in red card stock and another one a little bit bigger in white card stock. I glued them on the left fold of the card.

 To finish, I flat adhered the sentiment on top of the two circles.

Well, that's all from me today. Thanks for joining me and hopefully I've given you some more inspiration for your Christmas stash. 

Have a lovely day and thank you for stopping by.

A Very Merry Mid Century Modern Monday Part 1 and 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Day 6

 

Happy Merry Mid Century Monday! 

I had this idea in my head to use Mid Century Modern Florals and make a festive wreath. I do love a wreath on a Christmas card, and although there is Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder, I always like to stretch my non Christmas stamps.

This is what I came up with. 

I love this off centre look and I've done it a few times with wreaths, I think it adds impact. Anyway, I started by drawing a circle with a pencil as a guide to stamp the leaves. 

I used the larger pair from the stamp set, first stamping in Parsley and then again in Evergreen to fill in the gaps. 

Usually I would go for evenly spaced leaves, but I stamped with a block and like how it is quirky and uneven. I think this adds to the Mid Century Modern look. 

To finish the card I added a sentiment and bow from Mid Century Modern Baubles and some Cranberry enamel dots. The Cranberry card bases ties in the reds and makes the wreath pop a little more. 

When I had finished and photographed the card, I thought about how I should have used the smaller pair of leaves to stamp one of the shades of green. So I went ahead and made a second card.

This time I went for a more central wreath. Again I started with the larger pair of leaves, stamping them in Evergreen ink. I then used the smaller pair, stamping in Parsley and again in Sprout to create more depth and fill in the gaps. 

As you can see I stamped a different sentiment outside of the wreath and balanced the design with the same bow on the upper diagonal. A trio of enamel dots finished the design, along with a Cranberry card base again.

Now I have made both I can't decide which I prefer 😂 I'd love to know your favourite.

Before I go, the giveaway, be sure to leave a comment by 31st July 2025 for your chance to win both these stamp sets I've used on this card If you are the lucky winner picked randomly from comments left across Uniko’s social media and already own the products, an alternative will be offered. 

Winners will be announced first week of August 2025.

Crafty Hugs

Christmas in July Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Let It Snow

Bonjour !

Izzy here and I'm back with a new inspiration card for celebrating Christmas in July with Uniko !

 

As you probably already know, Bev loves snowflakes, so she created this beautiful snowflakes block. If you need a quick card, which often happens when you've sold out of Christmas cards and are short on time, the following set is ideal !

I'm talking about the Framed Snowflakes set, of course.

Here I stamped and embossed it in white on blue card stock. I completed the empty space with the additional snowflakes elements included in this set. This empty space enables you to stamp a sentiment and the extra snowflakes can be used to make some dimensional elements. 

I brushed some dark blue inks all around the edges to highlight the snowflakes even more. And with a dry cloth, I took off the remaining ink on the embossed snowflakes.

For my sentiment, I used the BIG & BOLD Snow clear stamp set as well as the Designer Dies BIG & BOLD Snow Collection. I die cut the snow word in a white glittery paper and I stamped in red and clear embossed the other part of the sentiment. I just added a bit of soft blue around the label.

To finish my card, I flat adhered the snowflakes frame on a double white card, then I glued the sentiment on top.

Well, that's all from me today. Thanks for joining me and I will come back next week with more inspiration. 

Have a lovely sunday and thank you for stopping by.

Uniko Facebook VIP July Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas & 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Day 5

Happy Weekend. 

I'm a little later than intended with my card for the Uniko Uniko Facebook VIP July Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas AND the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Day 5. But, as they say, better to be late, than never! 

One thing I love to do is stretch my supplies and give them a Chrismassy twist. Background Builders: Classics recently came back in stock and it is such a fun builder set to make your own plaid patterns, add stripes of colour down the edges of your card. 

Or like I have here, create the look of a wrapped gift topped with a sentiment tag and holly embellishment.

For the solid stripe I used Cranberry ink and the skinny stripes I used Poppy ink. My sentiment is from Christmas Sentiments and the holly and berries from Winter Foliage, due back in stock next week. I created a little dimension by adhering the sentiment and holly using 1mm thick foam tape.

If you're on Facebook be sure to check out an request to join the friendly VIP group HERE and join in on the Anything Goes Christmas Challenge for your chance to win £10 to spend at Uniko. Winner is chosen randomly from all cards added to the album. 

That's not all!

Now the giveaway, be sure to leave a comment by 31st July 2025 for your chance to win all 3 stamp sets I've used on this card If you are the lucky winner picked randomly from comments left across Uniko’s social media and already own the products, an alternative will be offered. 

Winners will be announced first week of August 2025.

Crafty Hugs

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways - Day 4 Festive Flower Power

 

Happy Thursday.

Today I am back with the fourth of twelve giveaways and inspiration. I came across this card recently where I used the Stencil - Flower Power 1 to create a Christmas card.

So I thought I would make a new version inspired by this card and this is how it turned out. 

This time I went for a white card base and opted to stencil in the top corner. I also layered the flower by inking once with Poppy and then rotating the stencil and inking again with Cranberry. 

I finished with the Season's Greetings sentiment from Christmas Sentiments and added a few Cranberry enamel dots. 

If you fancy watching me make this quick, clean & simple Christmas card you can watch the YouTube short over on the Uniko YouTube Channel. 

Now the giveaway, be sure to leave a comment by 31st July 2025 for your chance to win this stencil and I'll throw in Flower Power 1 clear stamps too. If you are the lucky winner picked randomly from comments left across Uniko’s social media and already own this stencil & stamp set, an alternative will be offered. 

Winners will be announced first week of August 2025.

Crafty Hugs

Christmas in July Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Colourful Christmas

 Bonjour !

Izzy here with an inspiration card for celebrating Christmas in July with Uniko !

To make my card, I focused on the two words Christmas and July. For me Summer is the season of colours, whatever they are. So I decided to make a Christmas card with lots of colours and here is what I came up with.

Of course I had to use my favourite stencil when it comes about Christmas : In the Forest. On a double white card, I simply brushed different colours on top in a diagonal way. 

Then I used one of the trees of the Christmas Pop Trio stencil to make the big tree. I stencilled it with the same colours then I fussy cut it all around.

To ground it on my card, I stamped in black and I clear heat embossed a sentiment line (from Background Builders Christmas set) on a strip of white card stock that I flat adhered on the card.

Finally, I foam mounted the tree on top.

Well, that's all from me today. Thanks for joining me and hopefully I've given you some more inspiration to start your Christmas stash. I will come back soon with more inspiration. 

Have a lovely day and thank you for stopping by.

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Christmas Tree Tuesday

Good morning, 

Steph here with my Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post. We are focusing on Christmas in July this month and I have specifically chosen Uniko stamps which include Christmas trees. 

To start off I heat embossed the Uniko Background Blocks Arts Decoratifs Christmas stamp. I then used a craft knife to cut some apertures behind which I laid different colours of tissue paper. The idea being that the light could shine through the tissue paper like a stained glass window. 

For my next card I used Uniko Rustic Christmas stamp set and created a 'forest' using different colour inks before decorating my main tree with fussy cut small elements from the stamp set.

And finally a super quick card made using the outline tree from the Uniko Christmas Pop stamp set and coloured using alcohol markers. I then teamed this with a sentiment from the Uniko Christmas Wishes set.

It's never too early to start your Christmas cards! And hopefully there is a style here to suit most tastes. 

Much love

Steph x