Seasonal Sentiment Saturday - 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Day 9

Happy Seasonal, Sentiment Saturday! 

Welcome to day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways. The days of inspiration and giveaways are just flying by. This time next week we will have started the countdown to the Christmas in July New Release!

Today I thought it would be nice to let those sentiment stamps shine and take the stage for our Christmas cards and here is what I came up with.

I started by selecting my sentiment from Christmas Sentiments, Holly Jolly. And because I chose this one I selected the holly leaves and berries from Winter Foliage. 

And here are the 3 cards I came up with using this combination.

When I know I want to make more than one card with a product or a combination of products like this,  I always sketch out some layouts. That way the creativity flows better. Let's have a closer look at each of them.

One thing I need to start doing, is using more coloured card in my crafting. Even if it's just a little bit like this for a sentiment. I think this just helps draw the focus to the sentiment and adds impact to a CAS card.

Next I wanted a repeating sentiment. I've done this before with the Let it Snow sentiment from this set. You can see the sample on the Christmas Sentiments product page.

Once I stamped the sentiment I created my own stamped patterned paper look with the holly and it was quick and fun to do. 

Lastly I wanted to create a fun focal point with the holly and berries, so I came up with this fun flower style arrangement to add impact to the sentiment.

I started by stamping the holly leaves, 5 of each colour, plus some berries and fussy cut them out. I set these aside until it was time to assemble next to my sentiment once stamped, which I stamped to a thinner panel of white card. This layer again gives a little extra interest to a CAS card. 

If you fancy watching me make these 3 cards in less than a minute, real time 30 mins. Then head on over to YouTube HERE.

Before I go, the giveaway. Be sure to leave a comment by 31st July 2025 for your chance to win the Christmas Sentiments stamp set 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

 

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Stamp & Stencil Combo

Good morning.  Anita here with some Brand Ambassador inspiration for you.  How are you enjoying the birthday month celebrations so far?  We're just past the halfway point and there is so much more to come so don't forget to keep checking back here for more.

For this card I decided to use a technique I love to use when stamping with detailed images.  I've used the gorgeous Pure Florals: Peony stamp set for the image and sentiment, and used the Quilted stencil...

This technique is great if you are short of time or if you're less experienced with colouring...just colour the background instead and it's surprising how this makes the image pop.  So I began by stamping the peony in black ink and I also stamped a mask at the same time which I cut out and then placed over the image.  I then gently ink blended the background starting from the top right corner using two shades of blue ink and fading it out.  I then placed the stencil over the top and used the darkest shade of blue to ink through.

I then removed the mask, stamped the sentiment and added a few flat iridescent sprinkles for some sparkle. 

This card came together pretty fast, the most time consuming part is cutting out the mask but you also then have it for a couple more projects.

Thanks for taking a look and I hope this month of Uniko celebrations is giving you lots of crafty inspiration.  There is so much more to come too!

That's all from me today, I hope you enjoy your week.

 

Mid Century Modern inspiration

 Hi there

Hannelie here... having so much fun creating this set of masculine cards using products from the new release, combined with some older goodies too !

If you are a lover of all things Mid Century Modern, UNIKO is the place you will find everything you need to create wonderfully inspired cards.

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

The set together !

All the cards feature :

• Mid-century-modern-frames-clear-stamp-set

•  On the first card I used Background-blocks-pinstripe-ii-clear-stamp (partially stamped

• On the second cards I used Background-blocks-mid-century-modern-clear-stamp and Anniversaire-arts-decoratifs-clear-stamp

• On the third card I used Background-blocks-linear

• I used my Promarkers for coloring and cut out the frames with my Silhouette cameo and used foam tape to pop up the frames

• Versafine black ink

• Misti

Hope you feel inspired!

Hannelie

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Clean and Simple with Metallic Accents

Good morning

Anita here and today I'm sharing the style of cards I love to make the most...clean and simple.  I thought I'd add some metallic elements and for both cards I've focused on Uniko dies.

 

I'll get straight to it and first up is a shaker card.  Often shakers can be thought of as quite fussy cards but they really don't have to be.  For this one I've used a die from the Designer Dies Passiflora Collection as my starting point...

I started with a die cut panel and used the leaf die from the collection to create an aperture for my shaker.  Before creating the shaker I stamped a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes Clear Stamp Set and heat embossed in gold.  On the card base I masked off a section where the aperture would be positioned and ink blended with three shades of Distress Oxide ink.  I then created the shaker by adhering acetate to the reverse, surrounding the area with foam tape and then trapping a mix of sequins in autumnal shades.  The panel was then adhered to the card base on more 3D foam tape.

For my second card I used the Flower Power #1 Clear Stamp Set and a die from the co-ordinating Designer Dies Flower Power #1 - #6 Collection...

On a white die cut panel I die cut the flower head to create an aperture and then stamped the stem/leaves and the sentiment.  I adhered some textured gold cardstock to the reverse of the aperture.  Then using the die cut, I stamped onto it using VersaMark ink and heat embossed in copper.  This was then adhered, offset, over the aperture.  The panel was then adhered to the card base on 3D foam and I added a single black gem to the centre of the flower.

I really wanted to go back to a true clean and simple style with these and I hope you've got some inspiration from them.  Now I need to shift my focus from autumn to Christmas as time isn't slowing down and I've not even started...yikes!

Enjoy the rest of your week and sending crafty hugs,

 

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 : Nature's Treasures II & Background Builders - Squared

  Hi there!

Hannelie here today with a set of CAS cards using the Nature's Treasure II and Background Builders Squared stamp sets. I think the two sets are a fantastic match and I love the way the cards turned out!

Here they are :

Card #1:

Card #2 :

Card #3 :

I used :

• Natures-treasures II stamp set
• Background-builders-squared
• Anniversaire-arts-decoratifs-clear-stamp (sentiment on card #1)
• Floral-vines-clear-stamp-set ( sentiment on card #2)
• Simply-said-blocks (sentiment on card #3)
• Promarkers
• Altenew ink
• Versafine black ink
• Misti
• Silhouette cameo

The possibilities are endless with these two sets. Even with the same color palette you can achieve so many different looks!

Thank you so much for popping in ... I hope you feel inspired to try different looks with the same stamp set !

Hannelie

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Originally Organic Stamps and Dies

Hello there .....

Happy Friday .... I do hope you're all safe and well. 
It's Linda here with a little bit of Uniko Inspiration for you, using the pretty Originally Organic Clear Stamps and matching dies.

What a crazy world we're living in at the moment ....... everything is changing so fast.  We've been self isolating/social distancing as best we can, and our little island is now in lockdown.
Hubby's working from home and I'm trying to keep myself busy in the craft room ....... although some days are more productive than others!!

For me, CAS is definitley the way to go when the old mojo is keeping it's distance. And this pretty stamp set is made up of lots of different elements, including some fab sentiments, making it easy to create a variety of pretty cards.

Keeping things really simple, using just three of the stamps from the set and a sentiment, along with a bit of masking.

I simply used a piece of low tack stencil tape across my card where I wanted the sentiment to be, and then stamped the stem and leaves along both edges

I added in the flower heads and coloured the images using ZIG Markers, before removing the masking tape
A touch of glitter onto the tiny stamens adds a bit of sparkle .....

I stamped the sentiment in the centre , and then masked off top and bottom of the banner before adding just a touch of Distress Ink along the egdes to add a bit of definition

For my second card I added in the matching Designer Dies ......

CAS again .... this time I stamped directly onto my card using the pretty flourish from the set, and coloured with ZIG markers and a water brush

I added the sentiment and also a few ink splatters onto the background

I then stamped the stem and flower heads onto a seperate piece of white card, watercoloured each piece using ZIG markers, and then used the matching dies to cut them out .......

and attached them with foam pads to add dimension,

That's it from me this month.  Keep safe and well ..... this time at home is what we crafters have been training for!

Thanks for popping by .....

Sending big hugs .....