Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Christmas Stencils

Hello everyone, 

I hope October finds you well. Steph here today with my Uniko Brand Ambassador post and I am still very much on the Christmas crafting wagon! I do think Christmas craft might be my favourite.

This month I have focussed on stencils because I think you can make cards pretty quickly with stencils (if you exclude the paste drying time!), you can usually get two cards out of one run of the stencil (A6 size cards) and they add interest without adding bulk for lower postage costs.

For my first two cards today I used the Uniko Christmas Folk Snowflake stencil and white stencil paste. 

Once the stencil paste had dried I cut down the panel to make two and adhered to the card bases. I started off with the Kraft card but I definitely prefer the one mounted onto a red card base. To this, I added a heat embossed sentiment from the Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set which I fussy cut, mounted onto velum and fussy cut again.

My next cards use the Uniko In The Forest stencil, one with white stencil paste and one with glitter stencil paste.

As the stencils are detailed and the focal point on the card I didn’t want to add anything more than a simple sentiment, again from the Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set and also heat embossed, fussy cut and layered onto velum.

I hope these designs have given you some ideas for quick Christmas cards and ignite your passion for stencils! 

Much love

Steph x

Brand ambassador inspiration : Stars!

 Hi there!

Hannelie here today with three cards featuring stars !

Stars work so well for masculine cards. I used the same color palette on all the cards. They look so good together as a set!

Card #1

For the first card I used :

• Background-builders-seeing-stars
• Stencil squared
• Everyday sentiments

Card #2

For the second card I used :

• Background blocks splatter
• Simply-said-blocks-iii
• Star die
• Silver glitter card stock

Card #3

On the third card I used :

• Background blocks graffiti texture
• Background blocks stars
• Simply-said-blocks

All the stenciling / stamping were done with Faded Jeans and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink as well as Versafine black ink

Thanks for popping in to take a look at the cards I made to inspire you!

Have a great week ♥

Hannelie

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - using Uniko goodies for Halloween

 Hello!

Are you like me and want to stretch your craft supplies as much as possible? 

Well today I've a couple of Halloween inspired cards to share using those Uniko goodies in ways they perhaps weren't originally intended. 

Check them out!

What do you think?

This first card started with stamping the sentiment using Alphabet Outlined in those immediately recognisable Halloween purple, orange and green colours.

I then placed the Scattered Polka Hearts stencil on top and created a border round. My first attempt at this card I tried to add the stencil border first and then stamp the greeting - didn't work!

I added colour to the outline letters and then matted it all up.

My next card also uses the Alphabet Outlined stamp set, this time stamped onto a scrap of card and placed over the balloon strings. 

I stamped the balloon using Balloon Bash and then added some features using Uniko Style stamps. I also added in some white highlights and black stitching on the mouths using pens.

The striped side strip is a favourite from Background Builders Classics.

I hope you've enjoyed my ideas and will maybe be inspired to create something similar using your stash. Please share any projects using Uniko products on social media using #unikoltd

Thanks for looking.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

x

Hello October, World Card Making Day AND a Winner!

Hello October 🎃

Happy Saturday and Happy World Card Making Day.

I couldn't let the day pass without making and sharing a card! I managed to squeeze in this card between dropping The Beans at a birthday party and before I had to pick them up, amongst getting a few house jobs done in that time too! 

I am obsessed with the Stencil - Mid Century Modern Shapes. I just love coming up with new layering options and using different colours. 

For this card I selected the Altenew Natures Wonders Collection, I think the shades are very Autumnal and I decided to pair the largest sprig from Season Of Beauty with the shapes. Plus I selected this sentiment as it really is an all season sentiment and not just for Christmas. I really do think you can find joy in all the seasons. 

Okay, so how about a winner for The Stamping Together Festival tickets and £10 spend at the Uniko stand. I know a lot of followers here and across social media aren't able to attend, so keep your eyes peeled for another giveaway soon! 

Congratulations Angie D you are the lucky winner! 

I will forward your name to the organisers, so your name is on the door for you and your guest. Please come and see me at Uniko to claim your £10 spend 😊 

Hope you have all had a lovely day & have found some crafty time like me! 

Crafty Hugs

Festive Friday, BA Inspiration using Winter Foliage

Good morning, Julie here with a little bit of inspiration for your Christmas makes. 

Here are a couple of ideas using foliage stamps from Winter Foliage and Season of Beauty.

My first card was inspire by those turnabout stamp sets you can get but without using the jig and no masking!!!

I drew a circle in pencil roughly in the position I would later place my sentiment panel on an A6 panel of white card and stamped a variety of foliage in various green inks. I used some really old foliage stamps that are now sadly retired, Nature's Treasures 1 as well as the two newer sets to get a variety of textures no masking was required here. I simply used my MISTI, stamped one branch of the evergreen bough, then rotated my panel 180' and repeated. I did the rest of the green foliage the same but added the red berries, Season of Beauty and Winter Foliage free hand.  The berry stems were stamped in brown before colouring the berries with Copic marker, the holly berries I simply stamped and then shaded with a darker Copic marker. A few dots of white gel pen complete.

When dry, I rubbed out my pencil circle and added the central panel. I found the die cut circle in my bits box, used the sentiment from Christmas Wishes stamped in black ink and simply covered up the messy bit in the middle by gluing it flat onto the panel!

This second card was inspired by the latest sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches.

This time I cut a mask from a Post it note and then used the same die to emboss my A6 white panel.

I then added the mask and stamped the holly leaves and evergreen foliage. I stamped the holly berries and a couple of pine cones and used the dies to cut them out. The evergreen boughs were coloured in with a couple of green pencil crayons as were the veins on the holly leaves for extra interest.

Removing the mask, I stamped the sentiment from Season of Beauty in Versamark and embossed in gold EP before adding the berries and cones with glue.

So that's it from me for this month, hope I've given you a couple of ideas to kick start your Christmas makes if you haven't started!

Stay safe and keep crafting 'til next time.

Throwback Thursday - Doodle Flower

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Today I thought I would do a little Throwback Thursday.  I chose the Doodle Flowers clear stamp set as my muse and this card...

Do you remember this card? 

On it I used the heat embossing, masking and blending technique and too those to create this new version. 

What do you think?

This time I went for a different layout and different colours. I used scotch masking tape, stamped and embossed the Doodle Flowers and then I used Catherine Pooler Serene, Sparkling Berry and Merlot. 

I finished off the card with these foam mounted sentiments from Everyday Sentiments. A simple design, but I think it has impact. 

It was certainly fun to revisit and give a new spin on a card I have made before.

Crafty Hugs

Two For Tuesday - Pure Florals Cosmos

Happy Tuesday! 

I seem to be on a creative Two For Tuesday roll, and this week it is Pure Florals Cosmos getting the creative attention. 

It's been a while since I took my time and did some Copic colouring. I kept things simple, just choosing a trio of purples to colour the cosmos blooms. But created a little interest by making a window style card and also colouring onto a stone coloured card base. 

Having cut a window on this first card, this sparked the idea for my second card. This one is very CAS and uses the partial cut window for the spotlight effect.

I kept the cosmos colours exactly the same, just shading and adding more of the darker purple for the cosmos layered behind.

Pure Florals Cosmos is just one of the clear stamp sets coming in the next batch of restocks due in the studio, if the order goes to schedule, on Friday. 

Along with Pure Florals Cosmos, there is Background Builders Christmas 2018, Background Builders Seeing Stars, Block Party Christmas, Pattern Building Christmas Tree and Simply Said Blocks II. These are all available on back order.

That's all from me today.

Crafty Hugs