Spring/ Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2025

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

Uniko is a Proud super sponsor of the Spring/ Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2025 hosted by the talented Amy! 

Be sure to start at the Coffee loving paper crafters!

Today, all the Uniko Brand Ambassadors are joining with coffee and tea theme inspirations cards to share with you!

Here is my coffee card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop in Muscular style. I made it using the I Love Tea stamp set.

First, I created a number background with a distressed look using the Alphabet Solid stamp set using Distress inks. 

I stamped my teacup image on a piece of white CS, I left uncolored it along with a tiny flower branch from the set and fussy cut them. The sentiment is also from the same set. I adhered them all using double adhesive foam tape.

Be sure to hop along the links below and leave a comment for and chance to win a £25 e-gift certificate to spend at Uniko. The winner will be announced on Monday,  June 2nd 2025, on the Uniko Blogspot.

Bev

Izzy

Julie 

Steph

Vinita (me)

Hopped along and linked up your projects at Coffee Lovers Paper Craft blog!

Happy crafting!

Every age can be enchanted- 2D Art Journaling!

 Hello to all!

Happy Saturday!

"what could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it." - Brigette Bardot

It doesn't mean giving into our age, it simply means adapting to it. Ageing is inevitable. Our hair will turn grey and our skin and our joints will loosen so just make sure you choose earrings and lipstick to match your hair color, and wear clothes that will hold you in a little - no big deal.

At your age, you become more relaxed with yourself, more accepting of others, less judgemental and less worried about what people think. You are less restricted and can therefore be much more impulsive - if you want to wear spots, stripes and flowers all the same time you can. If you do pass wind people will think you are too old and polite to do that so won't believe for a moment it was you - so you can let it go and smile! Most of all enjoy the freedom to do all these things - you.ve earned it and you're allowed to now!

So here is my 2D Art Journal page!

First of all, I collected all the materials I need to create this page and fussy cut all the elements for both the pages.

I added some torn sticker rolls and a handmade paper randomly. Did some stamping.

Added those beautiful fussy cut flowers. with the frame to create a window.

A closer look:

The next page-

Added a seal wax stamp in dual-colour with a dried flower and highlighted it with a silver marker.

Finished off both the pages by adding some half pearls and splatters.

Hope you enjoyed the page!

Happy crafting!

Supply List by

 Art Journal Diary

Snippets of Blue textured Patterned sheet and vintage paper from my stash 

Punch paper: a snippet of sky blue sheet

Stamp: boutique set from Craftadda 

Dies: postcard rectangles from CrafTangles; Parisian lace prima dies

Memento inks: summer sky and Danube blue

Sticker rolls: ruler prints, traveller, and vintage frames 1 from CrafTangles 

Decoupage papers: retro chic 2 from hndmd

Creative sentiments 2  from CrafTangles 

clear sticker: frames and JSdS02A, JSDS05A from Craftadda 

Element packs: watercolor florals 1 and colorful butterflies 2 from CrafTangles

Transfer sheet: birds from CrafTangles

Stickers: prima watercolor floral set from Craftadda 

Seal wax and stamp: blue and silver wax, floral stamp from Craftadda 

Washi tape: Gilt set from Craftadda

Craft knife

Pearl half beads from my stash

Silver marker and fine black pen from my stash

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://www.morethanwordschallenge.com/2022/06/june-2022-main-challenge-enchanting.html

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

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-430.html

Jungle Party!

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

Today's card is my take on the sketch challenge as the theme at Cut It Up Challenges to use any favourite sketch! It's a Jungle Birthday party card with animal friends.

Here is the sketch!

I stamped the various cute animal faces on a watercoloured cardstock and coloured them with my ZIG brushes, fussy cut them all. 

Then on a white panel, I used a leafy stencil and applied DI.

Die-cut a stitched scallop border from a PP, grass border, some balloons and coloured them. Die-cut number 3 and Party text from the snippet of a black CS.

And finally arranged the whole celebration party animals with dimension.

Have fun with these cute animals. Hope you like it!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Cardstocks: Whisper White CS, Dark green CS, black CS, watercolored sheet

Pattern Paper: Animal Crackers paper pad from DCWV

Stamps: Poppin' over stamp set from Create a Smile 

Stencil: Leaf from Tubby craft

Dies: Stitched scallop edges from Die-namics; Let's Party from Sizzix Sizzlits; Balloons from Joy Crafts; Grass border from IO dies, Number set small from Kaisercraft

Distress inks: Cracked Pistachio, candied apple, carved pumpkin, wilted violet 

Archival ink: jet Black

ZIG watercolour brushes

white gel pen

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://createasmilestamps.blogspot.com/2021/08/we-dare-you-to-create-smile-august.html

https://mijnhobbyhonkchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/08/mhh-34-feest-3-jaar.html

https://www.welovechocolatebaroque.uk/2021/08/august-favourite-stamps.html

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/08/craftyhazelnuts-pattenered-paper-august.html

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2021/08/cardz-tv-anything-goes-challenge-148.html