Pure Florals Inspiration with Uniko Alumni Brand Ambassador Rahmat Gouse

 

Happy Monday.

I hope you are enjoying all the festivities and inspiration so far, and I am delighted to be starting the week off with some Alumni Brand Ambassador inspiration from the one and only Rahmat Gouse.

Rahmat joined Uniko in September 2016 having been a avid follower, participant in Uniko challenges and customer. Rahmat soon fell in love with the Pure Florals collection and worked her beautiful colouring skills with the florals. 

So I am delighted to share some more stunning cards Rahmat coloured and made especially for today...

I love Rahmat's colouring, and fussy cutting, and creative talent brings these florals to life. Be sure to follow Rahmat on Instagram HERE if you use that social media platform.

Products Used

Pure Florals Rose

Pure Florals Gerbera

Anniversaire Arts Décoratifs

Sentiments Outlined

Stencil - Quilted

Stencil - Stylised Floral

A big thank you to Rahmat for joining us today and taking part in the Uniko 13th Birthday Celebrations. Be sure to leave some comment love here on the Uniko blog and across social media platforms if you use them. I will be randomly selecting comments through the month to win some prizes.

Crafty Hugs

Uniko Birthday Inspiration Through The Years - Part 1

 

Happy Sunday.

I'm here today continuing the 13th Birthday Celebrations with some more inspiration. It's took me a while to think of a theme of some kind, but I finally got there. The other week, I finally got round to cateloging all the Uniko Releases, I will have a product PDF available soon. 

So I thought I would share a birthday card using a product that was released that year. Today I am sharing three cards using a product from 2012, 2013 and 2014. I've then made a new card inspired by the original.

Let's have a look.

First up 2012 and I chose this card using Pure Florals Gerbera. Pure Florals Gerbera was originally released in July 2012 and is the longest standing product that is still available in store when it's not sold out! 

It remains to be one of the most popular florals in the Uniko collection and a favourite of mine too. So it was a delight to ink it up again for my post today. 

Here is how I was inspired by my original card.

I started out by ink blending similar colours to what I used on my original card onto a small panel. The colours I used are Buttercup, Marmalade and Honeysuckle. I adhered the panel to my card base using foam adhesive.

This time I decided to use the outline Gerbera, stamping in black ink and die cutting with the coordinating die. Again, I adhered the flower to the card using foam adhesive and stamped a celebrate sentiment from Everyday Sentiments.

To finish I embellished with some Papertrey Ink buttons like my original card and some sparkly tiny rhinestones. It was lovely to use buttons again, it's been a very long time since I did! 

Next up is 2013 and I chose this card using Bright Butterflies.

And here is how I was inspired by it... 

I was surprised, but also delighted that I kept this little note page die. This time I die cut it from white card and opted for a kraft card base. I also chose one of the other Bright Butterflies to stamp and this time layered with a die cut vellum butterfly.

Eleven years and my favourite trio of colours, all be it a different brand are still going strong! I used the Happy sentiment from Christmas Sentiments and the Birthday from Everyday Sentiments. 

Lastly for today I chose Explosion! clear stamp set released in 2014 and this card to spark new inspiration.

For my remake I decided to use some ink smooshing instead of a halftone background. The original background on my inspiration card was created using Background Builders Round In Circles and an array of blue colours to create an ombre effect. 

For my ink smoosh I stated with Buttercup, then Honeysuckle and then Oceanside. I stamped the Explosion! and again used the coordinating die to cut the explosion out. 

This time I added the OMG! sentiment from the Explosion! clear stamp set and coloured with Copic Markers. I adhered the explosion using foam adhesive and again I used the Happy sentiment from Christmas Sentiments and the Birthday from Everyday Sentiments. 

I really enjoyed revisiting some older much loved Uniko products and looking back at my old makes, techniques and paper crafting supplies. 

I hope that you have enjoyed the inspiration today and this little look back at Uniko's past. I will have more to share in this mini series throughout the month.

Crafty Hugs

Celebrating 13 Years - Let The Celebrations Begin 🎉

 

Celebrating 13 Years - Let The Celebrations Begin 🎉

Happy Saturday and welcome to day 1 of Uniko's month long 13th Birthday celebrations. If you've celebrated with us before over the last 12 years, you'll know that there is lots of inspiration and fun in store.

Today, we are kicking things off with a Birthday Card Linky Party. Simply create a birthday card using any Uniko products (current, retired or digital) and link up in the linky below. More details are at the end of the post including the prize. 

AND, how about this to start the month as well...

Happy Shopping! 

Now, lets have a look at the inspiration...

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

WOW! So much inspiration and it's always fun for me to see what Uniko products the Brand Ambassadors choose to use for their cards. 

There is plenty of time to join in on the fun.

The deadline for submission is 23:59 (GMT) on Friday 28th February 2025.

 Prize - £25 eGift Certificate 

Party Rules

Use Uniko Products Only*.

No back linking. Linked cards/projects must be new.

Maximum Entries 3 Per Person.

*If you don't own any physical Uniko products you are welcome to use THESE FREE Uniko Digital images to create your card. 

Don't use social media or have a blog to upload your card & link from? 

No worries. Just drop me an email bev@uniko.co.uk titled Uniko 13th Birthday with a photo and I will upload for you.

Winners will be chosen by Brand Ambassador votes and will be announced on Saturday 8th March 2025.

Crafty Hugs

Add Your Birthday Cards Below...

Clean & Simple Floral Celebration

Happy Wednesday.

Another week is zooming by, but I was determined to squeeze in a little creative time and give some inky love to the Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Flower. 

It's been ages since I joined in on a card making challenge and today as my creative mojo had taken a wander a couple of challenges came to my rescue! 

Firstly I used CAS Colours & Sketches current sketch for the layout of my card. You can see the sketch HERE and below.

I then decided to use a challenge for my colour choice today and so I went to AAA Colourful for inspiration. Seen HERE and below.

I used Concord & 9th Sweet Pea and Dragonfruit for the stencilling and I added some Cranberry Enamel Dots to add a third colour. My sentiment choice is from Simply Said Blocks. 

Short(ish) and sweet from me today, thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Love Is In The Air

Good morning, 

Steph here with you today. Since we are on the cusp of the month of love (!) I have used this as my theme for my January Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration.

For this card I have used Uniko Big & Bold Love stamp set which includes the two large heart stamps. It’s quite hard to see but I embossed the middle white section using one of the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil and stamped the purple hearts over the larger raised hearts before adding the fussy cut LOVE sentiment.

Continuing with the Uniko Bokeh Layering Hearts stencil I used the second stencil to create an offset design using Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Speckled Egg.

My final card uses Uniko Scattered Polka Hearts stencil and a heat embossed sentiment from the Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set.

Not all my cards are for Valentine’s but hopefully they have given you some inspiration for Valentine’s or just for some birthday or even thank you cards full of love.

Much love

Steph x

Stencil Saturday - Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Bonjour et bon dimanche !

Izzy here with 3 inspiration cards with some of the latest stencils. 

As for many of you, December is a big month concerning card making, and up to now I hadn't take the time to tidy up my craft room among others the Uniko's latest release which was still on my table work. So before putting them away with the other stencils, I wanted to play with 3 of them again.

I will start the show with the beautiful Layering Picked Posies stencil.

I don't know about you, but I can't get enough of all the gorgeous cards made with this new stencil. The possibilities are endless with both colours and design.

Here I used it with Catherine Pooler inks and I just added some more of the smallest flowers to fill the blanks.

I flat adhered the stencilled panel on a double white card, and I used the latest set from the Big & Bold collection : Big & Bold Joy for the sentiment.

For my second card, I chose the new Ink & Flip - Layering Flower Power #8 stencil. I played with two shades that I like together : yellow and pink.

On a rectangle piece of card stock, I then inked & flipped the stencil but only on two diagonally opposite corners.

This time I used a sentiment from the new released Sparkle Sentiments set.

Before adhering this panel on the double white card, I glued some coloured piece of card stock in the opposite corners of the flowers. Love how it turned out.

For my last card, I used the Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars stencil.

Although this is not an Ink & Flip series stencil, I used it as such. I started by inking with a light blue ink on the whole panel. Then I rotated the stencil and I went on with lime green ink. And to finish, I flipped it and I used a turquoise ink.

I like the pretty colour overlays it gives.

For the sentiment, I used the Big & Bold - Hello sentiment that I stamped in black on a jade green piece of card stock and I heat embossed it with clear powder. Then I fussy cut it to glue it on a die cut white circle.

To finish, I flat adhered the stencilled panel on a double white card, and I foam mounted the sentiment on top.

Well, that's all from me today, Thanks for joining me and hopefully I've given you some more inspiration on how to use your new stencils or your future new stencils. 😉

Have a lovey weekend and thank you for stopping by.

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: Snow

 Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

Vinita here, Are you ready for a beautiful winter card with snowflakes............ Snow love is here!

  I stamped my snowflakes from the framed snowflakes stamp set on a white card panel using the Unchanted Mariner DI. Then I ink-blended my background using picked raspberry and lumber plaid DI.

Once again I heat embossed in opaque bright white EP for more snowflake elements from the same set and added some splatters using silver perfect pearl. I love the wholesome look!

I used the bold snow die with outline coverage in a white scrap piece, which was left after blending the background with a glitter silver CS. To finish it off, I added the Let It sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed this card!

Happy crafting!

Two For Tuesday & Winners

Hello & Happy Tuesday.

I'm a little later than expected announcing the winners from the Uniko January 2025 Release, but before I get to that I have two cards to share using the new Stencil - Mid Century Modern Circles & Squares.

I'm working my way through pairing the stencil with other products in the Mid Century Modern Collection. Today I was inspired to pair it with Mid Century Modern Florals.

I started by inking the stencil with Honeysuckle and then I moved the stencil slightly and inked again with Buttercup. This created a beautiful orange tone in the overlap.

I then trimmed the panel to adhere to my card base using foam tape. I added a stamped my favourite Mid Century Floral flower combo, fussy cutting and again adhering using foam tape. 

My sentiment choice is from Bauhaus Blocks and I added a little colour using Copic Markers and an enamel dot to finish.

Next I was inspired by a previous card I made using Mid Century Modern Frames. I took the inspiration and colours to create this. 

Usually I don't use a product that is currently out of stock, but as the Background Block Mid Century Modern is one I restock quite regularly, I decided to use it.

I created a mask for each of the sizes of circle and star in the stencil to be available to selectively ink areas of the stencil.

I then added a small panel stamped with another Mid Century Modern Floral flower combination. I kept my card sentiment free this time. 

Now onto the winners.

Firstly, the January 2025 Release Blog Hop. 

Thank you for all the lovely comments, random.org helped me to pick a winner and the winner for the £25 eGift code is...

TraceyA

5 JANVIER 2025 À 18 H 28 MIN

Love your final cards Izzy, they really show off the release well and they are lovely vibrant colours. It’s such a fabulous collection for the first release of 2025 and all the Design team have done an amazing job with the stamps and stencils, thank you for all your inspiration.

Next up are the two stencil giveaways I had on New Years Eve and New Years Day respectively.

The randomly selected winner from New Years Eve for the Stencil - Layering Picked Posies is...

Nancy Elrick @nauntie 

The randomly selected winner from New Years Day for the Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem is...

Aunty Sue3 January 2025 at 04:20

Bev these are amazing such clever and creative designs and samples. your designs are so different from the crowd and shines out from them.

Congratulations to all the winners! 

Please email me at bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your prize.

Crafty Hugs

Feature Friday - Uniko On Trend with Ink & Flips and More!

Hello & Happy Friday. 

It's been a wonderful, although busy week packing all your lovely release orders, thank you! I am delighted to come by today and share the first Uniko Feature Friday of 2025. 

You might of heard me say or mention an upcoming feature in Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine during the release. Well, the issue has finally been published and I can share a little peek at the Uniko 'On Trend' feature. 

Issue 266 is now available in most UK supermarkets and online at CraftStash. And my newest innovative and unique Ink & Flip Stencils, Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem and Layering Flower are featured. 

It's always an honour to be asked to make cards for a feature and even more so when I am able to tie in two new products. Here's a little peek at the 4 page feature. I give you some more fun ideas and ways to use these stencils.

This inspired me to get inky and give some more love to the Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil and I have a new video over on the Uniko YouTube Channel, HERE.

As you know, when I design products, I am always thinking of how they can be paired with others that I have previously released. One idea I had was pairing the gem with the Stencil - Bokeh Layering Hearts to create a loved up card. 

I decided to create a Valentine's Day card, that I might actually for once give to my husband! But you could easily change out the sentiment for an engagement, anniversary or wedding card. 

Anyway, that's all from me today.

Crafty Hugs