Uniko's 14th Birthday Linky Party

 Hello everyone!

Happy Wednesday!

 

Today is Uniko's 14th Birthday officially. Simply create a birthday card using any Uniko products (current, retired or digital) and link up in the linky at the Uniko blog.

Now, let's have a look at the inspiration.....

Do you create your own designs using Geometric shapes?

This card featured simple geometric shapes with a limited color palette and clean lines. This was absolutely fun to create!

An abstract character built using layering the Bauhaus Spring Blocks Stencil and combining it with the MCM Background Builders stamp set using Jet Black archival inks, fossilized amber, and abandoned coral DO inks.

The sentiment is from the Bauhaus Blocks stamp set.

This creation explores balance, playfulness, and rhythm with a strong visual scene and is perfect for a birthday occasion.

I hope you enjoyed the retro abstract card design I created today, and are inspired to give them a try!

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

The deadline for submission is 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday, 8th March 2026.

 Prize - £25 eGift Certificate 

Open Worldwide

Party Rules

Use Uniko Products Only*.

No backlinking. Linked cards/projects must be new.

Maximum Entries 3 Per Person.

*If you don't own any physical Uniko products, you are welcome to use free Uniko Digital images to create your card. 

Don't use social media or have a blog to upload your card & link from? 

No worries, drop an email to bev@uniko.co.uk, titled Uniko's 14th Birthday, including a card photo, and she will upload it for you.

Winners will be chosen by Brand Ambassador votes and will be announced on Wednesday, 11th March 2026, along with all the winners. 

Have fun and happy crafting!

Jellyfish fun in summer!

 Hello friends!

Happy Monday!

A new theme at Cut It Up Challenges: Summer fun!

Yayy! First place winner:

https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/2022/08/july-winnners-cards.html

http://craft-alnica.blogspot.com/2022/08/zmagovalke-315-izziva.html

I created this underwater scene with summer fun and cute jellyfish in rainbow colors!

Started with the slimline panel. Added sunburst stencilling at the bottom of the panel.

Die cut some a bunch of Jellyfish.

Inking all in rainbow colors.

Die cut some abstract circles and inked them too. Added them all to create my underwater fun scene.

Added some sentiment stickers.

Finished it off with some water droplets.

Hope you all liked it!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Cardstock: whisper white CS

Notelets: Plain white Slimline Notelets from CrafTangles

Stencil: Sunburst from CrafTangles

Dies: abstract circles and creatures from craftadda

Distress inks: faded jeans, dried marigold

Distress Oxides: Wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral, kitsch flamingo

Sentiment stickers: Handmade LF-CF from hndmd store

Clear Water droplets and glossy accents

Would love to join these fun challenges:

Scrappelyst: Summer Challenge - Everything is allowed

Colorful Options: July 2022

InspirationStation: Inspiration Station Challenge #34 - Picnic- I am inspired by summer season and colors!

bastel-traum: #115 Everything is possible | Anything is possible

CRAFT-alnica: Challenge #315: SUMMER
Ally's Angels: Challenge #60 and Winner of Challenge #59 (alessandrasangels.blogspot.com)

Girlz Creative Crafts: Challenge 27 beach

You will reap what you saw!

Hello everyone!

Happy Thursday!

This time I explored Art Journaling with Mixed Media.

Here I created a vintage + Nature themed spread in blue hues for this page.

This Journal page has so many things that are my favourite and it also took me out of my comfort level. I wanted to give this page such wonderful textures.

I struggle a bit with a few things. This piece also has a rich meaning and I spent a lot of time searching for the papers, elements, and stickers that I used in this because they tell the story and the meaning.

The saying "you will reap what you saw" just hung in my heart this week so I knew I needed to create with it. The saying means "if you plant seeds or do something good, you should expect to reap rewards later."

I started playing with my liquid watercolours using a vintage damask stencil.

I wanted an aged and smudged look, I didn't want it to be perfect.

I added lots of textures, and interests to reveal underlayer papers where I wanted to show my stencilling parts. I added liquid watercolours poolside and evergreen with lots of water. Then outlined the areas with a black pen using the same stencil and some old script newspaper stamping using DO.

Well I found some Khaki paper bags and grey jute bags and decided to would give it a makeover.

 I recycled them to make my own little envelope by adding an old script sticker roll inside the envelope and cutting a jute bag piece for backing the envelope. Die-cut some wildflowers, sprigs.

Whilst I left my page to dry I started to gather some ephemera and a photo for my focal element and I layered it and glued them together ready to put on the pages.

Added some dried bunch of flowers to the hand with a piece os little vintage script sticker.

Before applying all the ephemera labels I applied golden texture paste for a mysterious look.

 I added different ephemera stickers with lots of paper layers, journaling labels, washi tapes.

Gave it some distressed, faded and scratched look by adding some pearl white acrylic colour.

I just love how it turned out.

I really wanted to tell the story through papers and journaling stickers. 

I added that envelope at my focal point to pop up.  to create with my wildflower garden. I wanted some dark flowers with soft look wild flowers as well.

I really discover and practise new ideas and put down some labels with my thoughts.

I added some white splatters to bring this piece together.

Adding quotes or texts is a good way to enhance the aesthetics. So I finished it up by writing this message!

Added those journaling labels.

I wanted the unfinished look of wax seal stamping saying You make me Happy.

Then distressed all along the page using Hickory smoke ink for the faded look as well and have some contrast.

This is a really cool feeling with cool colours for me with a vintage feel what this piece is all about. So every single piece related has meaning to my saying. 

The flowers are the growth, new buds, new beginnings, new life and those ephemeras tickets are the part of travel, the hand is representing my dream, creativity, pour some tender love and watch it grow. All those washi touches and splatters are the art of this nature's creative journey. Be patient and dreaming a good life!

It's not too late........You're not too young or too old...... It's just the right time to do what you've always wanted to do.........CREATE!

I hope this project inspired you!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Art Journal Diary

Paper pack: Wild about blue 6"x 6" from CrafTangles, Beautiful flowers paper pack from Jags

Cardstocks: Rosewood CS from CrafTangles, Black CS

Liquid watercolours: Poolside and evergreen from CrafTangles

Stamp: Old newspaper from CrafTangles

Stencil: Vintage Damask from CrafTangles

Dies: Floral Springs (set of 5) and Line art flowers (set of 4) from CrafTangles

Texture paste: Golden Dragon from CrafTangles 

Sticker Rolls: Pretty plaid 1 and Old script from CrafTangles

Journal Stickers: Traveller from CrafTangles

Creativity Sentiments 2 from CrafTangles

Dry flowers: RAWDF-2 from CrafTangles

Wax seal beads: Metallic Blue from Craftangles

Wax spoon from CrafTangles

Sealing stamp: You make me happy

Acrylic Chalk Paint: Buttermilk from Little Birdie

Acrylic colour: pearl white Camlin brand

Distress Oxides: Mermaid lagoon and Hickory smoke

Add gel soft line black pen

Handmade paper Steel grey, washi tapes from my stash

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://www.hndmd.com/articles/craftangles-monthly-challenge-2022-april/

https://www.morethanwordschallenge.com/2022/04/april-2022-main-challenge-vintage.html

CAS Birthday card!

Hi everyone!

Happy Thursday!

These beautiful blooms are from Uniko stamps have naturally found their place 

and a birthday to wish! I hope you all agree that sometimes less is more.

Yayyy! I recognised at these places:

https://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/02/january-winner-and-top-selections.html

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/01/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge_01163980067.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/winner-and-top-5-for-anything-goes-with.html

Firstly I partially dry embossed some areas using a scoring board on a white panel.

I inked up the outline image with aged mahogany DI and watercolored the flowers to achieve the dark to light look. Added some watercolor splatters on the flowers after drying. Watercoloring these fun, whimsical flowers is a dream!:)

 I fussy cut them and highlighted them with my white gel pen.

Then die cut a stitched scalloped rectangle panel. Die-cut some sprigs and added watercolored ink smooshing technique to them.

I heat embossed a Birthday sentiment on a black strip with some flutters by. And there you have it....... a card perfect for any occasion! 

I am loving the simplicity!

Happy crafting!

Supply list

Cardstocks: Snippets of ultra-smooth white CS from Itsy Bitsy and snippets of black CS

Stamps: Beautiful blooms III stamp set and Cosmos set is from Uniko stamps

Dies: Stitched scalloped slimline dies from Crafters Corner; Floral spring set of 5 from CrafTangles

Distress Inks: Aged Mahogany from CrafTangles

Distress Oxides: crushed olive and rustic wilderness from CrafTangles

Glass Media Mat: Tonic Studio Tim Holtz from CrafTangles

Embossing Powder: Opaque Bright White from Wow

Scoring Board: Martha Stewart

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2022/01/game-33-two-favourite-colours-micro.html- deep red and hint of greens

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/january-ag-with-stamping-and-option-add.html

https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/2022/01/january-anything-stamped-with-option-of.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/week-658-ag-with-option-something-new.html- Glass media mat, distress ink, distress oxides and sprig die are new in my stash

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/01/snippets-playground-challenge-419.html

https://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-flower-challenge-64-monochrome.html

Cosmos in summery colors and dry embossing!

Hello everyone!

Happy Tuesday!

When I invest in a craft supply, it always makes me extra happy when I find that I get a lot of use out of it. We all have made those impulse purchases that resulted in a product that collect dust in our craft area, Right? I want to show you a little something different that I have used the heck out of!

I used an embossing folder which dusted for so many years with good use of it. I want to share them with you, so you too can emboss and crank out some all occasion cards!

 Firstly I stamped the floral images with Misti using DO as shown below.

I coloured them with my Polychromos.

Then I inked my embossing folder and sandwich it through my embossing machine where I wanted that design with some colours.

Here is where the magic happens! Isn't that cool!

Then I placed my card on a white card base and trimmed a corner, Splattered some black ink with a sentiment.

I am sure you can think of many more! 

And give it a try yourself.

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Cardstock: Coconut white CS

Stamp: Pure Florals- Cosmos from Uniko stamps

Embossing Folder: Garden floral set from Sizzix

Distress Oxides: Picked raspberry, abandoned coral, crushed olive

Polychromos colour pencils set of 120

Archival ink: jet black

Misti

Corner punch

Would love to join these fun challenges:

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/week-6356-anything-goes-with-option-of.html

https://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-any-celebration.html

https://unikostudio.blogspot.com/2021/07/uniko-challenge-66-flowers-optional.html

http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/07/challenge-193.html

http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-challenge-44-and-july-winner.html

http://kreativtanten-challenge.blogspot.com/2021/08/56-alles-geht-anything-goes.html