Uniko VIP Facebook Group Challenge

Hello everyone!

Happy Tuesday!

As a part of the month-long celebrations at Uniko, Bev started monthly challenges on the VIP Facebook Group here. You can request to join if you aren't a member and then can add your card to the album. To qualify you need to make a Birthday card using Uniko products and the winner will receive a £10 eGift Certificate.

Here is my card!

I love the variety of Happy Birthday elements and Big & Bold sentiments Uniko has, so I mixed and matched the various stamp sets and here is my card!

I created a one-layer CAS card with my background for Birthday celebrations and men in your life. I went with some boyish color balloons. I started by stamping the Big & Bold Happy Birthday sentiment using Jet Black Versaink.

 I stamped the balloons in different Little Birdie French rose, passion flower, green olive, lemon squeeze, aqua, and primrose Pigment inks using a masking technique. Added the strings for the balloons.

I have used the party elements for stamping in between the space left using olive green pigment ink.

I finished with some silver glass glitters to the balloons for some sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by. There is still much time to join at the Birthday Linky Party at Uniko!

I hope you will join the FB group too! Good Luck!

Happy crafting!

Birthday Celebration at Uniko : Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Hello everyone!

Happy Monday!

Today I am on Uniko blog. Uniko is celebrationg it's 13 Birthday!

I hope you are enjoying the celebrations with Uniko!

Here is my take on the card!

I started by stamping the Background Blocks Grid on a white CS. I watercolored a few of the grid blocks.

I inked up the big butterfly using the English Country Garden Butterflies stamp &die set and watercolored it with my ZIG markers.

The leaf flourishes are die-cut from some green scraps using the Nature's Treasure II stamp and die set.  I created a clear window using an acetate sheet and added that sweet butterfly and green foliage.

If you want a chance to win, link your card to the Uniko blog. Then, check out all the other posts to comment and win!

Don't forget to visit every day for more giveaways and the chance to win more surprises by Bev!

Happy crafting!

Celebrating 13 Years - Let The Celebrations Begin 🎉

 Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

It's time for the 13th Birthday Celebrations 🎉 over at Uniko!

Let the celebration begin with a birthday card linky party. It will run a full month, giving you plenty of time to play along. So I wish Uniko a very Happy Birthday and get creative with your birthday projects for the Birthday linky party challenge.

I created a Cas-style layered card with a masculine theme.

I started with birthday present elements from the Mid-Century Modern Birthday stamp set and inked it in the shade of aqua bay and midnight blue pigment inks at the bottom in a line on a white CS.

I added a torn-edged die-cut frame on my white card base with a happy birthday sentiment with dimension.

On a square die-cut base I stamped some candles in aqua bay and midnight blue inks and flame in yellow ink. This set is super sweet and perfect for a birthday celebration with many elements. I added that stamped candle square panel between the window.

Not to forget a mess of white thread and some blue rhinestones for added sparkle.

Now you are off to see what fabulous creative fun other teammates have for you at Uniko!

To celebrate Uniko's Birthday there is an awesome offer too!

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

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

There is plenty of time to join in on the fun. The winner gets a prize - £25 e Gift Certificate to spend at Uniko. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge. Winners will announced on Saturday 8th March 2025.

Party rules: Use Uniko Products Only, no backlinking and it should be new. Maximum Entries 3 per person.

And there you have it from me today! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you soon!

Happy crafting!

Snow

Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

 Are you ready for a beautiful winter card with snowflakes............ Snow love is here, my Uniko Brand Ambassador inspiration!

  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!

 

January 2025 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway 🎉

Hello everyone!

Happy Sunday! I hope your day is going well!

Super excited today! Finally, it's  January 2025 Release Day!

 let me formally introduce these beauties...

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Background Builders: Flower Power Clear Stamp Set £11.50

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Flower Power #11 Clear Stamp Set £6.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

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Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set £6.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

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Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set £11.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Ink & Flip Layering Flower Power #8 Stencil £8.00

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

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Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil £8.00

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

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Layering Picked Posies Stencils £13.75

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

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Stencil - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars £4.50

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

Let's see what I came up with.......

My first card

 I used these Distress inks for rainbow colored impacts: tumbled grass, weathered wood, shaded lilac, villainous potion, mustard seeds, picked raspberry, lumberjack plaid, victorian velvet, and saltwater taffy for my Layering Picked Posies florals. I started with the biggest floral first, then the other ones and then the tiniest ones. The sentiments from the Flower Power #11 stamp set.

Second card

Who doesn't love sparkle and shine!

 I created a shaker card. I die-cut the front and base panels using a pillow die. Then on a white die-cut pillow base panel, I placed the gem stencil as a guide to trace the gem with pencil marks. I stamped many small diamonds in rainbow colors using DI. Then I added tiny transparent tape around the big diamond shape and applied white crystal glitter powder. Voila, I love the result.

 I stamped the sentiment with Staz on Black ink on the acetate sheet, sprinkled Wow Midnight Dreams EP and heat embossed it. I filled some shaker elements with white crystals. Then, I covered it with the Pillow frame and adhered it to my card panel.

Third card

I created a stencilled background using Mid-century Modern Circles and Stars stencil. I mixed the dark pink lunar paste into the white texture paste to lighten it in light pink shades and applied it through the stencil.

Then, I stamped the outlined flowers with leaves in black from the Flower Power #11 stamp set. I stamped one flower in its original form and the other one I joined the last petals on both sides of the flower to show it bigger. I watercolored them using Pink DI and fussy cut both. The sentiments are from the same set. I added some sequins to bling my card.

Fourth card

For this card, I created my own patterned paper. I placed a quilted stencil on a textured white CS panel and applied crushed olive DO. After that, I stamped a floral background into the white space left using rustic wilderness DO and pine needle DI. I tried to create a monochrome look in green. I heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set using opaque bright white EP. I placed my panel on the black CS. Then, I added some twine across the top and black rhinestones to the stencilled flowers.

Final card

I first time tried a scrambled Blocks technique card and loved the results!

It's the perfect way to spread love, and happiness and make someone's day extra special. Enjoy its simplicity and beauty!

I stamped the Background Blocks Scattered Hearts on the pink and red CS and heat embossed them using Wow white puff twinkle embossing glitter. It's hard to take a picture of this card but it has a lot of shine in real life.

Then, I cut them into rectangular blocks and lined them up on my basic white CS. I die-cut a heart and added Abandoned coral ink all around the edges of the heart. I die cut a happy word from a holographic sheet. I attached it to the heart and put my heart in the centre of the blocks. I stamped and added the Valentine's Day sentiment from the Simply Said Blocks Occasions sentiment set using lumberjack Plaid and picked raspberry DI. I embellished it with a few enamel hearts.

I hope you all enjoyed the new release. Hurry up and complete your stash with this new collection before it is out of stock. Check out the rest of the Uniko Brand Ambassador's projects today.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie 

Steph

Vinita( me)

Leave a comment on all the blogs or social media for your chance to win a £25 eGift Certificate to spend in-store. Winners of this giveaway and the stencils from the first couple of days' introductions will be announced here on the blog, Monday 13th January 2025. All the products that the Uniko Brand Ambassadors and I have been introducing this week are now available to purchase on the website here.

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Reintroducing... Background Builders Flower Power

 Hello everyone!

Happy Saturday!

Welcome to the final re-introducing day:  Release of the Background Builders Flower Power stamp set!

I love them.............!. They are a unique floral set that will receive lots of love from me! This stamp set has several pieces with solid and outlined tiny flowers which you can use to create pretty patterns.

I created a one-layer card in rainbow colors. Before stamping the flowers I masked my card base using a masking tape strip and stamped the sentiment from the Flower Power #11 stamp set. I inked the flowers using stormy sky, villainous potion, candied apple, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon and evergreen bough DI. This stamp was a breeze to line up with each additional ink color! This is a perfect card for friendship!

You can find more inspirations here.

Thanks for visiting! Don't forget to return for the Final Blog hop, which includes a giveaway; it's release day!

Happy crafting!

January 2025 Release - Introducing Day 4... Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil AND Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

Welcome to Day 4! Today we are introducing the new Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil and Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set which can be used for many occasions.

I love this stencil and how easy it is to make a card with a big impact! It is an innovative and creative stencil that can be used to build a flower using a rotating technique!

I chose three distress inks for the stencilling. You can vary the amount of ink and the pressure you put on the brush to achieve the various inking effects you want from lighter to dark.

First, I started using shaded lilac DI through the stencil and rotating the stencil to create various color effects using the same ink.

I overlapped my second flower stencilling using picked raspberry ink.

 Again I overlapped my second flower by using the villainous potion DI to create the third flower.

I liked the variation of colors and interest this stencil brought! Sometimes, you have to experiment and try things.

It was fun to play!

I hope you definitely love this stencil and create something soon! You can find more inspirations here.

Thank you for visiting and come back for the fourth reveal tomorrow!

Happy crafting!