Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Watercolour Emboss Resist

Morning all, 

Steph here today with some watercolour emboss resist which I was inspired to do following this lovely example by Anita. I started off with the Uniko Background Builders Arts Decoratifs stamp set and repeatedly heat emboss one line of the set in white. I then used metallic watercolours to create a wash across the card in various colours.

For my next card I heat embossed the Uniko Large Background: Scattered Polka Hearts stamp in white and did an ombre wash using four different blue inks. I white heat embossed one of the hearts from Uniko Always & Forever set, ink washed and fussy cut before adhering to the background with foam pads.

Finally, I remembered this fantastic card from Jules and was inspired to try the resist embossing with the Uniko Remembrance stamp set. 

I definitely need to work on my watercolour skills so that's on the list for this year! 

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Love Cards

Bonjour ! 

Izzy here today. January is almost finished and Valentine's Day is not far so I've created three Love Cards using, among others, the Big & Bold Love stamp set.

For my first card, I decided to pair it with the Beautiful Blooms I stamp set, recently revisited by all the Brand Ambassadors (see HERE), and with the Always and Forever stamp since one of the hearts in this set has the same bloom on.

I die cut a stitched rectangle in a white card stock and I stamped the blooms in soft pink and the leaves in soft green. I flat adhered this panel on a double white card. I stamped the heart with brighter pink ink on an heavier white card stock and I fussy cut it. Then I stamped the word LOVE and I also fussy cut it. To finish I foam mounted both the word and the heart.

For my next card, I paired the Big & Bold Love set together with the Large Background Scattered Polka Heart Stamp. By the way, if you are interested, this background stamp is on sale (-50%). It's time to treat yourself before it is retired from the website.

Here I simply stamped this background in red hues on a stitched white rectangle card stock and I flat adhered this panel on a double white card.

To finish I stamped and I black heat embossed the word Love, I fussy cut it and I foam mounted it on the card. 

Finally I made a shaker card. This time the Big & Bold Love stamp set is combined with the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts set.

I stamped the background in soft grey on a square of white card stock and I opened a heart window with a die. On the back I adhered a piece of clear acetate. 

I stamped and I black heat embossed the word love and I fussy cut it.

To finish, I put some red sequins on a double white card, I foam mounted the panel and the word Love on top.

Et voilà ! Thanks for joining me today and hopefully I've given you some inspiration for your Valentine's cards.

Have a lovely week-end and thank you so much for stopping by.

 

 

Uniko's Customer Top 10 of 2023 - Number 5

Hello.

Now comes the time between Christmas & New Year where we no longer know what day it is, or what we are supposed to be doing! Though saying that, it is a time of year I actually love. Today The Beans have been enjoying their Christmas gifts and this afternoon they have gone to spend time with their grandparents. So I have come into the studio to create and make cards. 

Plus, I am here today to share Uniko's Customer Top 10 of 2023. Today we have the 5th most purchased product and it might be no surprise, it is another Mid Century Modern one. Today is a Stencil - MOD Background Builders Circles.

Designed just like the Stencil - MOD Background Builder, this one however features quarter circles and fun semi circle accents. 

Here is how I decided to use it today...

I think I was inspired by the weather today with shades of grey! This one was a little easier to mask and ink each section of 4 quarter circles. I used Altenew inks for this, Silver Stone, Industrial Diamond and Pure Graphite.

I then decided accent the background with the Love You heart from Always & Forever which I stamped in Cranberry ink.

Thanks for joining me again today.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - One Layer Love

Good morning

Anita here and today I have a trio of clean and simple, one layer cards, all with a love theme and using a selection of products.  Valentine's Day is just around the corner so I hope I can inspire you with these.

Ok, here's my first card...

I began by stamping the heart from the Always and Forever clear stamp set and then I stamped the same heart on a mask and covered up the image.  I then blended two shades of pink ink through the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil, fading it out.  To finished I stamped the sentiment in black, also from the Always and Forever stamp set, manipulating the stamp slightly to follow the curve of the heart.

My second card...

I chose a hammered card base for this one and began by stamping a selection of hearts from the Always and Forever and Big & Bold - Love stamp sets in Versamark before heat embossing in white.  I then used a technique I've not used in years, I blended the pink background against a piece of torn paper.  I then stamped more hearts in red, pink and grey and the sentiment in black, which is from the Always and Forever set.

And my final make...

I stamped the floral heart from the Always and Forever stamp set in black and then masked it off with the same mask I used for the first card.  Next I positioned the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts stamp to the top right but masked off a few of the hearts before inking and stamping.  I then repeated this in the bottom left so the hearts flowed down across the card diagonally.  The card was finished with a sentiment from the Always and Forever set.

So the above are all completely flat with just a little masking involved to create them.  Thanks for taking a look, Happy Monday and I hope you have a wonderful week! 

 

Brand ambassador inspiration post : Hearts all over !

 Hi there!

Hannelie here today sharing a handful of cards with ideas for using hearts as the focal point on your cards ! I also hope you will find inspiration to look at your stamp sets with new eyes ! I used a few Christmas sets as well in some of the cards below. Showing the versatility of Uniko's products :)

 For the first two cards I turned the hearts into cacti !

For the first card I used :

• Big-bold-love-clear-stamps (hearts)
• Background-blocks-grid
• Pattern-building-Christmas-tree-clear-stamp-set ( Planter pots and "shelf")
• Always & forever (sentiment)
• Altenew ink and Versafine black ink
• Silhouette cameo
• Foam squares for dimension
• Misti

... with googly eyes... 

For the second card I used :

• Big-bold-love-clear-stamps (hearts)
• Background-blocks-scattered-hearts
  
• Pattern-building-Christmas-tree-clear-stamp-set (Planter pots and shelves)
• You-are-yes-you-clear-stamp-set (sentiment)
  
• Speech bubbles and images cut out with my Silhouette cameo
• Googly eyes
• Foam squares for dimension
• Altenew ink and Versafine black ink
• Misti

Pulling the heart strings...

For the third card I used :

• Big-bold-love-clear-stamps (hearts)
• Pattern-building-Christmas-tree-clear-stamp-set (string)
• Sentiments-outlined-clear-stamp-set-2
• Altenew inks and Versafine black ink
• Rhinestones
• Foam squares for dimension
• Misti
• Silhouette cameo

Some encouragement...

For the fourth card I used :

• Big-bold-love-clear-stamps (hearts)
• Background-blocks-graffiti-texture-clear-stamp
• Simply-said-blocks-iii-clear-stamps
  
• Altenew inks
• Misti
• Silhouette cameo
• Foam squares for dimension
• Heart shaped enamel embellishment

... and a very traditional Valentine's card !

For the fifth card I used :

• Simply-said-blocks-iii-clear-stamps
• Always & forever stamp set (heart)
• Big-bold-love-clear-stamps  (small hearts
  
• Altenew inks and Versafine black ink
• Memory Box pinpoint rectangle die
• Foam squares for dimension

I hope these cards will inspire you! 

Thank you so much for popping in today ♥

Hannelie

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Even more love...

 Bonjour !

Izzy here. First I wish you all a very Happy New Year full of love, happiness, health and a lot of craft !

To echo Steph's post (see HERE) and her cards full of love, today it's my turn to show you two cards.  They can be used for Valentine's Day, for a loved one or for a friend.

The first uses again the Always and Forever set that I associated here with the Beautiful Blooms I set and its matching dies. 

I stamped the heart on a scrap of white card stock, I coloured the flower with a colour pencil and I fussy cut it.

I die cut the small flower of the set 4 times then I stamped the flower in two colours using the second generation stamping technique.

I adhered the flowers and the heart on the double white card with glue dots and to finish I stamped a sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks III set that I foam mounted.

For my second card, I used the Big & Bold Love set together with the Background Blocks Nautical Stripes and the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts sets.

First I scored two lines on the double white card and I used the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts set on the left part of the scored lines.

On a piece of white card stock, I stamped the striped heart and I fussy cut it. Then, on another piece of card stock I stamped the Background Blocks Nautical Stripes that I die cut with a heart shape.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment and some tiny hearts on the double card and I adhered the two striped hearts with glue dots.

That's all for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Take care and give your Uniko's products some love !

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Always and Forever

Hey Everyone, 

Steph here today with some light relief from Christmas! I do love Christmas but I definitely get to a point where I’m ready to move on from it so today I’m taking a break from Christmas cards and looking ahead, perhaps to Valentine’s, with these cards.

All three cards use the Uniko Always and Forever stamp set and the same set of rainbow coloured inks or coordinating card stock. In addition the first card uses the straight line stamp from the Uniko Pattern Building Christmas Tree stamp set (darn it, I didn’t quite manage to move away from the Christmas stamps after all!). 

For the first card I used some light pencil lines and a stamping platform to keep everything straight whilst stamping the background in rainbow colours. I added a fussy cut heart which was heat embossed in white onto black card. 

The second card also has the coloured diagonals but this time I used card to create the background before stamping and heat embossing the heart and sentiment in white on black card. 

For my final card I stamped the hearts in the rainbow inks before fussy cutting and adhering to black card with foam pads. For added interest I have filled in the gaps with drops of glossy accents.

I hope you get a little time to craft over the festive period and I wish you all a great New Year whatever your plans may be. 

Much love

Steph x

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Happy Valentine's Day

 Bonjour !

Izzy here with two cards for this Valentine's Day.

For my first card I combined the following products ...

 

I got inspired by the colours of the Colour Throwdown challenge and by the Time Out challenge photo inspiration.

First I stamped the background stripes block in black ink on a white card stock. I cut it and I foam mounted it on a white double card.

 Then I decided to make a gradient from pink to red when stamping the hearts. I fussy cut them and I glued them on the striped background. 

I finished by stamping the sentiment the same way, I fussy cut it and I glued it. 

For my second card I used :

 

For this card I got inspired by the sketch of A Place to Start challenge. I started with the background, using the stencil over a white card stock and blending distress inks. I flat adhered it to the fuchsia card base.

For the heart, I used a leftover of an alcohol ink panel that was still on my desk from a previous card. I stamped the heart with Versamark and I heat embossed it with Silver Pearl powder. I love how it lets see through the alcohol ink mouvement.

I die cut a label that I glued onto the stencilled background. Then I fussy cut the heart and I foam mounted it.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment in black and I glued some tiny hearts die cuts coming from the same Alcohol ink panel.

And since it's Uniko's birthday too, I couldn't finish this post without a birthday card ! For that I had fun using on the same card the products of the February releases of the last three years.

 

 

I kept the same shades of colour for this card. I placed the stencil on a double white card and I coloured with Distress inks. 

Then I stamped the flowers silhouette in black and I heat embossed with glitter powder. I also stamped the sentiment the same way and I cut it with the matching die. I used the sentiment die background on Vellum paper.

On this picture it is easier to see the shimmery of the black silhouette and sentiment.

To finish I glued the sentiment on the card and I added three sequins. 

That's all from me today. I wish you all a lovely day ! 

Thank you for stopping by.

Brand Ambassador Inspiration : Always & Forever

Hi there!

Hannelie here today with not one, but four cards to show you a variety of designs and color ways with the Always & Forever clear stamps set!

Lots of photos to follow 💕

Card #1:

Card #2 :

Card #3:

Card #4:

For all the cards I used : 

Always & Forever clear stamp set

For Card #1 , I used the Alphabet-outlined stamp set to create the background. I used a heart shape mask (die cut) and stamped the X's and O's randomly .

A single black rhinestone to finish off the card.

For Card #2, I used the Quilted stencil as background.

For Card #1 & 2 :

• Inks used : Altenew Ruby Red & Versafine black ink

I used my Silhouette cameo to cut out the stamped images and popped it up with foam squares over the stamped/stenciled BG

For Card #3: 

• Inks used : Spun Sugar, Faded Jeans & Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Inks
• Sentiment from Simply-said-blocks

For Card #4 : 

• Inks used : Spun Sugar & Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks
• Flat back pearls

For Cards #3 & 4 I used the Quilted stencil as BG and my Silhouette cameo to cut out the stamped images. Foam squares were used to pop up the stamped hearts over the stenciled BG.

Thank you so much for popping in to take a look... I hope you feel inspired 😊

Hannelie