23 January 2024

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Big & Bold Happy

Good morning everyone, 

This month I'm using Uniko Big & Bold - Happy stamp and co-ordinating die set to make masculine birthday cards.


My first card teams the Uniko Big & Bold - Happy bundle with Uniko Bee Happy stamp set. I stamped the gorgeous little bees, the honeycomb hearts and the ‘bee day’ sentiment using the Bee Happy stamp set and fussy cut each one before adhering to the base panel which I had die cut using a generic honeycomb die. I then used blue ink to stamp the ‘happy’ sentiment and die cut using the coordinating die. 


My next card uses the ‘happy’ die cut as an aperture with coloured strips of card adhered behind. This is a great way to use up card scraps. The stamped elements are all from the Big & Bold - Happy stamp set. 


Taking inspiration from my previous card, I created a striped background and added a die cut ‘happy’ using both the inner more detailed die and the outer edging die. Again the sentiments are from Uniko Big & Bold - Happy stamp set and I finished the card with a die cut frame. 

Hopefully I’ve given you some new inspiration and you are digging out the Big & Bold - Happy stamp and / or die set for a play soon. 


Much love
Steph x

15 January 2024

Papercraft Challenges #102 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for joining us today where we are launching the first Papercraft Challenges challenge for 2024. Challenge #102 has a theme of ‘Anything Goes’. Always a popular theme so I expect lots of lovely entries to keep us busy commenting on! 

For my card I used the Concord & 9th Color Me Happy Dies (sorry for the American spelling!). These are great fun to die cut and play around with on cards. I wanted a clean looking sentiment so I opted for stamps which I had in my stash from Uniko (stamp sets now retired).

If you’d like more inspiration head over to the Papercraft Challenges blog where you will also be able to find out how to join in.


Much love
Steph x


11 January 2024

Uniko Beautiful Blooms I & Dies Revisited Blog Hop & Giveaway

Good morning all, 

Who fancies a GIVEAWAY?! You do? Well read on… 

This year at Uniko we will be revisiting so older but still much loved Uniko products and doing a Brand Ambassador blog hop and giveaway as we go. The intention is to do this every other month.

This month we are revisiting Uniko Beautiful Blooms I stamp set and matching dies. These can be purchased as a bundle or as separate items. This is one of my favourite Uniko sets so I’m very pleased to be kicking off the year with it.

With my first card I wanted to create a bouquet of flowers so I used the smaller of the two blooms, stems and leaves and stamped each three times using various different colours or shades. For the bloom heads I inked the whole stamp in a lighter shade and the inner section in a darker tone. Once dry I die cut the elements and adhered them onto a piece of watercolour card which I had inked in one corner. Finally I stamped the sentiment in a bold black ink using Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set. It has such a lovely font it works well in the open space at the top of the card. 

Initially I was going to create a floating frame on my second card but then I remembered the last time I tried this and how it was quite tricky with the middle cut out so I opted to do the floating elements to one side instead. I wanted to ink the florals up in black as I knew they would still look superb. (I just love the style of this bloom!). I decided this would work well as a sympathy card so I took the sentiment from the Uniko Paw Print Hearts stamp set.

My final card uses only the smaller leaves from the set to show how you can make great cards using the smaller elements of a stamp set. Again I have used Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set for the fun sentiment.

Now as promised, here is the blog hop for you to leave lovely comments and you will be entered into a draw to win the Uniko Beautiful Blooms I stamp and dies (or an alternative prize to the same value if you already own this set):



Steph - that’s me!



Much love
Steph x

5 January 2024

Happy New Year

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you’ve had a peaceful Christmas and New Year and you have set your goals for 2024! 

I also wanted to let those of you who subscribe to my newsletter know that this will be ending from 1st Feb 2024. The newsletter host that I use is changing and I have taken the decision not to upgrade at this time. Thank you for being a subscriber and I hope you are still able to follow me via another route.

Much love

Steph x