Papercraft Challenges #113 - Under the Mistletoe

Good morning, 

And welcome to the final challenge from Papercraft Challenges for 2024. This month we have the theme of 'Under the Mistletoe'. We have kindly been provided digi stamps by our sponsor Mirtillamente craft shop.

For this card I have used the digi stamp Christmas Town for the above card. I like the simple design of this digi and decided to use the paper piecing technique, printing the image onto green, blue and yellow card. To finish I added red Nuvo drops to the centre tree, crystal Stickles to the star and windows and 3d Pearl Effects to the 'snow' on the houses and trees. 

This stamp is called Christmas Home. Here I have simply coloured the scene with alcohol markers and layered onto coloured card mats. 

Looking forward to seeing you join in the fun over at Papercraft Challenges. 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #193 - Anything Goes

Good morning, 

Welcome to the last challenge from The Male Room for 2024...and to see the year out we have an 'Anything Goes' theme.

Rather than make a Christmas card, I decided to try and increase my masculine birthday card stash which is running a little low. 

Here I have used Stampin Up! Foxy Friends stamp set with matching punch. 

Will you have time to create us a card and join in the fun or is the Christmas period too busy for crafting? What will you create for the 'anything goes' theme? Join in over at The Male Room blog. 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 12 Days Of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways 2024 - Christmas Linky Party

Good morning, 

Welcome to the start of Uniko's 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration and Giveaways 2024. 

Today we have the Linky Party for you to join with a Christmas card made using Uniko products. 

I made both these cards at the same time by stamping the Uniko Mid Century Modern Wreath Builder stamp set. I stamped the wreath in the middle of an A5 piece of card before cutting it down the middle to create two A6 pieces. I trimmed these a little further before sitting them back together again on my stamping platform but this time with the two blank edges together to create the second wreath. I stamped the wreath in the middle of the two pieces and added the sentiments. I then stamped the additional elements (bows and holly), fussy cut and adhered to the wreaths before matting the image panel to a red / green card base. 

Now it's your time to get creating and join the Linky Party but please ensure you adhere to the rules:

Simply create a new Christmas card using Uniko products. You can use sentiments, embellishments, dies, papers etc from other brands. As long as Uniko is prominent or the main focus of the card.

Maximum 3 entries per person.

Linky is open now, over on the Uniko blog, and will close 23:59 GMT Wednesday 11th December 2024. The Uniko Brand Ambassadors will vote for their Top 3 and the prizes are as follows:

1st Prize - £25 eGift Code

2nd Prize - £15 eGift Code

3rd Prize - £10 eGift Code 

Bonus Prize For a Lucky Comment Along The Hop Above - £10 eGift Code

Make sure you follow the Uniko blog for the rest of the 12 Days of Christmas inspiration and the giveaway details which will be given at the end of the 12 days. 

May I take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I will see you in 2025!

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Background Builders Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas! 

Hopefully everyone is in full Christmas mode now but don't panic if not. I have used Uniko's Background Builders Christmas 2018 stamps to create some fairly quick cards (the heat embossing makes these a take a little longer but you could reduce time by simply stamping with ink instead).

Here I lined up four of the stamp strips and carefully inked and stamped them one at a time. The sentiment is from the Uniko Christmas Sentiments stamp set. 

This card took only slightly longer to make than the last as the striped stamp was used twice so it had to be cleaned and repositioned between colours.

On this card I have used clear embossing powder over the red and green ink and gold embossing powder for the centre strip but of course you could just use the ink and leave out the heat embossing. The sentiment this time is from the rereleased Uniko Pure Florals Poinsettia stamp set. 

Following on from making my last card I discovered that I had red and green embossing powder in my stash (doh!) so I made the card again using these rather than ink and clear embossing powder, changing the rotation of the background builder strips. 

Hopefully these have helped if you are a little pushed for time or behind in your Christmas card making.

Much love

Steph x

Papercraft Challenges #112 - Monochrome

Good morning, 

Welcome to Papercraft Challenges where this month's theme is 'Monochrome'.

Although we are well past the Halloween season, I thought it was a good one for sticking to the theme and using only shades of black. The fabulous stencil is from Uniko and it's one of their very clever ink and flip stencils. You ink through one side of the stencil, wipe it clean, flip it and ink through the other side to complete the cobweb. The sentiment is also created using the Uniko Alphabet Outlined stamp set. 

Interested to see what colour and theme you will choose for your monochrome card. Join in the fun over on the Papercraft Challenges blog. This month the winner will win a surprise prize as provided by Little Crafts.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Fairy Lights

Good morning, 

Following on from the lovely new release from Uniko at the end of Oct, one stamp really called out to me and that was Uniko Framed - Fairy Lights. I have used this stamp for my Brand Ambassador inspiration post this month and found that it teams very nicely with Uniko Mid Century Modern Baubles. 

Here I have heat embossed the fairy lights using red glitter embossing powder and coloured the lights in using a green alcohol marker and silver and gold gel pens. The bauble and sentiment are also heat embossed. 

This card is similar to the last one but I have used green glitter embossing powder instead and also used the embossing powders for the bauble and sentiment. 

Switching to gold embossing powder and colouring the background in meant I could leave the bauble white to let it stand out. 

Finally I used the fairy lights stamp in a landscape setting and stamped using dye ink. I coloured the lights using alcohol markers and added some shimmer with a Wink of Stella brush pen. 

I hope you loved the new Uniko release as much as I did. Look back on the Uniko blog to see lots and lots of brilliant inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors during the release introductions.

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #192 - Kinetic Cards

Good morning and welcome, 

This morning we have a new challenge for you at The Male Room. Challenge #192 is all about 'Kinetic Cards' or cards that move in some way. 

This is my take on the challenge:

Obviously my moving part is the camper van, done using a slider die and a 1p piece! There's not a huge amount of movement in my card but I have wanted to make a slider card for so long so I'm glad I finally got around to it. It's actually easier than I was expecting so I will likely have a go at a few more. The stamps and dies are all from the recently closed down Heffy Doodle. 

There is some absolutely fantastic inspiration over on The Male Room blog so pop over there and check it out, and of course join us by making a kinetic card. Don't forget to share our challenge graphic to be eligible for votes.

Much love

Steph x

It's Beginning To Look Like... Uniko October/November Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Welcome! 

We have finally made it to the Uniko Oct / Nov reveal, release and Brand Ambassador blog hop with GIVEAWAY.

Lets start with the reveal:

Christmas Pop (Re-released)

I have teamed the re-released Christmas Pop stamp set with the Uniko Background Builders: Winter Wonderland stamp set. 

Pure Florals Poinsettia

Firstly I stamped the poinsettia in a light ink so I could follow the outlines loosely with watercolour inks. Once dry I stamped and heat embossed the poinsettia and sentiment.

Background Blocks Snow Flurry

I have stamped the BB Snow Flurry twice and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. To this I added the Uniko Big & Bold Snow sentiment and heat embossed also. Finally I ink blended three colours of distress oxide ink down the panel. 

Big & Bold Joy

The 'Joy' is heat embossed using gold powder and to this I have added stamped the rest of the sentiments in dark green. The further elements are from the Uniko Peace On Earth stamp set.

Framed - Fairy Lights

I firstly created the background using Uniko In the Forest stencil. Over this I stamped the Framed - Fairy Lights stamp. I then carefully filled the lights in using Nuvo drops. 

The release should now be live on the Uniko blog and for the GIVEAWAY please follow the Brand Ambassador blog hop, where if you leave some love you are in with a chance of winning the whole release.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you're here

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

It's Beginning To Look Like... Introducing Uniko Framed - Fairy Lights

Hello, 

Welcome to our last introduction post before we reveal everything in full tomorrow. But for now, we are introducing Uniko Framed - Fairy Lights.

I had lots of fun painting in the lights and adding a 'halo' to each one. I did this using my ink cubes but you could also use watercolour paints. The sentiment is also from this lovely new stamp set. 

I focused on a blue theme for my second card and added the sentiment from the Uniko Big & Bold Joy stamp set, introduced yesterday. 

Lots of lovely projects from the Uniko Brand Ambassadors if you follow the blog links below, and don't forget to come back tomorrow for the reveal, release and GIVEAWAY!

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

It's Beginning To Look Like... Introducing Uniko BIG & BOLD Joy

Morning, 

Here we are with another introduction post for the Uniko Oct / Nov release. Today we are introducing Uniko Big & Bold Joy stamp set.

There are lots of lovely sentiments to add to the big 'Joy', all of which make me start singing Christmas songs in my head! I heat embossed the sentiments in black glitter embossing powder and stamped the other elements from the set below it.

Some more heat embossing but this time white glitter sparkle on dark blue card and even more of the additional elements from the new stamp set. I fussy cut them all and raised them up using foam pads. 

Do follow the hop along the Uniko Brand Ambassadors links below to see the fantastic creations from the rest of the team.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

It's Beginning To Look Like... Introducing Uniko Background Blocks Snow Flurry

Welcome, 

We are currently on day three of the Uniko Oct / Nov release introductions and today we have Uniko Background Blocks Snow Flurry.

Here I have double stamped the background block, side by side. I have then used the individual snowflakes from the Uniko Framed - Snowflakes stamp set which is complimentary to this new stamp.

For this card I used distress oxide inks to create a rainbow background. I then stamped the Background Blocks Snow Flurry and heat embossed using black glitter powder. Some of the detail has been lost on the photo but the card looks super sparkly and perfect for that Christmas party vibe. 

Well that's all from me today but the Uniko Brand Ambassadors have some great stuff for you to check out:

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

It's Beginning To Look Like... Reintroducing Uniko Pure Florals Poinsettia

Hi there, 

Thanks for joining us today as we reintroduce Uniko Pure Florals Poinsettia stamp set. 

The fine detail on the poinsettia makes this a perfect stamp to heat emboss and here I have used gold embossing powder on dark blue card. I have then shaded the petals using a white polychromo pencil. The sentiment is also from this reintroduced set. 

For this card I have used a dark green card base and added branches from the Uniko Winter Foliage stamp set. I have then stamped and coloured the poinsettia twice, fussy cutting the inner layer and adding to the second image using foam pads, in a decoupage style. 

Much more lovely introductions over on the Brand Ambassadors blog pages:

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Much love

Steph x