Brand Ambassador Birthday Inspiration Cards!

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

Vinita here, We are celebrating Uniko's 12th Birthday this month! Bev has so many surprises this month with some new releases, blog hops, and giveaways as well! So keep an eye on all upcoming events!

I made two Birthday cards with CAS style to celebrate this fab Birthday month!!

I have used the Background blocks Mid-Century Modern II design on a grey panel. I love this background block, it is so cool!

This is a great retro design for creating a card in one go. I heat-embossed the design using Wow Primary Ebony EP. I colored the semi-circle blocks using my Chameleon pens. Adhered that panel to another black panel on a grey card base.

The birthday sentiment completes the design from the Up & away stamp set.

Now my other card has some shimmery touch in pastel colors.

The white pearl embossing powder looks so well on this textured white paper. Again colored the semi-circle blocks using Chameleon pens. Adhered the white panel to shimmery peach CS and again on a textured white card base. The sentiment is from the Mid-Century Modern Frames set.

Simple card but perfect for celebrations! I hope you feel inspired to make some Birthday cards.

If you missed any Feb month posts at Uniko, here is the link to visit and comment to win a special giveaway Bev is offering!

Happy crafting!

Uniko Birthday Inspiration - 12th Birthday Celebrations

Morning all, 

Steph here with my Uniko Birthday Inspiration post. Each one of the Brand Ambassadors is sharing birthday inspiration as we celebrate Uniko's 12th Birthday!! 

I decided to dig out some of the older Uniko stamp sets here and also realised that some of these are ones I haven’t used before. It’s always lovely to ink up a new stamp, even if it’s been sat in your stash for a while 🤦🏻‍♀️!!

For my first card I inked up the Uniko Large Background Tropical Paradise stamp using green ink. I coloured the leaves using various shades of green alcohol markers and coloured the open spaces with a pale yellow. On another piece of card I stamped the toucan and flower from Uniko Paradise stamp set and coloured with some bright oranges and yellows before fussy cutting and adhering to the background. I stamped the sentiment from Uniko Floral Vines stamp set onto a strip of card coloured the same as the background and adhered everything onto a Kraft card base. 

Sticking with the same stamp sets I created my next card with a watercolour style.

Again I inked up the background using green inks but before I stamped, I sprayed the inked stamp with water and stamped onto watercolour card. I did the same with the flowers and additional leaves from the Uniko Paradise set and fussy cut before adhering with foam pads. The sentiment this time is from the Uniko Anniversaire Arts Decoratifs stamp set.

Don’t forget to check out the other Brand Ambassador Birthday Inspiration posts and come back to join in all the fun with the linky party, sneak peeks, introductions and blog hop with giveaway. 

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Birthday Inspiration

 Good morning everyone Julie here. We are well into our birthday celebrations here at Uniko. The Brand Ambassadors have all been sharing some birthday inspiration all week and today it's my turn to share some too. I've gone with a pretty, feminine birthday card using Pure Florals - Rose.

This card uses the small rose and leaves from Pure Florals - Rose and some DP from my stash. I decided to use watercolour for this design, stamping in black ink onto MM paper before heat embossing with clear EP. The raised embossing creates little cells for the colour to sit in and is much quicker and easier if you aren't that confident with a paint brush.

I could have got my watercolours out but instead decided to use some Altenew inks that I smooshed onto and acrylic block, then used as watercolours. Adding a thin layer of water to each petal in turn before adding colour allows the ink to spread and not leave harsh edges to the colour. I wasn't too bothered about completely filling in each petal as the white left adds life to the rose, I think. Once dry, I fussy cut the flower and the two leaf sprigs.

The blue dotted DP is some NitWits paper which I glued onto a DL note card, then added the frame which was hanging around from another project. In another card here with the same layout, I did use the BB Dots stamp to create my own background which gives you another option. The leaves were glued flat but I popped up the rose on some foam pads before adding the simple stamped sentiment.

One more thing before I go, don't forget Bev's birthday present to you. The discount code 'birthday12' is valid for the whole month of February 2024 and can be used on any order placed, even if you place multiple orders during the month!

Hope you are enjoying the birthday celebrations here at Uniko and there'll be some more birthday inspiration tomorrow, so for now happy crafting!

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Flowers and Confetti

Good morning!

Anita here with some BA inspiration for you.  As you will be aware, if you've seen Bev's most recent posts, Uniko is celebrating it's 12th Birthday this month!  So it will be birthday inspiration aplenty this month.  Please do check back over the posts of the last few days to find out all about the Uniko Giveaways, and there's much more to come this month too.

On to my card, and I've mixed a few different products to create this one.

On a panel of white cardstock, slightly smaller than my card base, I began by masking off a "swoosh" and lightly ink blending using Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold.  I then laid the Party Confetti Stencil over the top and ink blended using Dried Marigold (over the Squeezed Lemonade) and Abandoned Coral (over the Dried Marigold).  I then removed the masks and stamped the large peonies image from the Hello Lovely Clear Stamp Set.  I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Flower Power #2 Clear Stamp set and heat embossed in white onto a strip of coral cardstock.  The panel was then adhered on 3D foam.

I think the floral image, along with the swoosh of colour and confetti stencilling is a great mix for a feminine birthday card.  And I think you can tell from these sunny colours that I can't wait for Spring to arrive!

There will be lots more inspiration in the coming days and throughout the rest of February so I encourage you to check in and see lots more from the team.

Thanks for taking a look and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Let The Celebrations Begin 🎉

 

Hello February & Happy Thursday 😃

This month at Uniko we are Celebrating Twelve Years 🎉 all month long. I've planned lots of inspiration, fun giveaways & creative competitions. PLUS we have a Brand New Release 👏🏻

Today I am kicking things off with a little Throwback Thursday, looking back at year eleven and a few things you may or may not have missed. 

In year eleven Uniko released 18 new clear stamp sets...

Six Stencil Designs, three of which are unique and innovative. And we had one new Designer Die Collection. 

Along with all these new products I stepped out of my comfort zone and explored some new avenues and collaborations. 

In May 2023 the Exclusive Uniko Picked Posies Collection with CraftStash was launched and is still currently available HERE.

And to top that The Uniko Papercraft Society Box was launched in November on subscription and is now available to purchase as a stand alone box HERE.

I know I haven't shared much about this fun box of goodies, I have been meaning to do a YouTube video, so be on the look out over the next couple of days for that. But for now, how about a card using some of the collection...

Now, if you've been around here for previous Uniko Birthday celebrations, you'll know that it is a month full of fun and of course, lots of giveaways. 

Today's giveaway is a Uniko Papercraft Society Box for one lucky comment winner. Simply leave a comment on this post or any of todays social media posts (Instagram/Facebook) by midnight GMT 29th February 2024. Winners for todays prize and all the upcoming ones will be announced Monday 4th March 2024.

Before I go today, I just want to say THANK YOU 🥰 

Thank you for supporting Uniko, for your love, comments, support and purchases. Everything helps to keep my dream alive and moving forward. I appreciate you all ❤️

Crafty Hugs