Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Christmas Blossom

Good morning, 

As with our revisit of the 2025 Uniko release products earlier this month, I have focussed my Brand Ambassador inspiration on Christmas and a 2025 release product, namely Uniko Layering Spring Blossom stencil.

I have used one inking of the Spring Blossom stencil to create all three cards and added elements to the last card using Uniko Layering Bauhaus Christmas stencil. 

Once I had inked the panel in Christmas colours, I placed a stitched die so that half of it contained the florals and half did not. I then stamped the 'Peace, Love &' part of the sentiment onto the blank half. On another piece of card I stamped 'joy' from the Uniko Big & Bold Joy stamp set, fussy cut, adhered to vellum and fussy cut leaving a border. 

From the remaining inked panel I die cut a circle and mat it to a larger die cut circle of dark green card. I stamped the sentiment from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas stamp set and adhered this using foam pads.

This left me with just a small amount of the inked panel remaining so I die cut an oval and used the Uniko Mid Century Modern Baubles stamp set to add a bauble hanger. I inked up two circles using elements from the Uniko Bauhaus Christmas Blocks stencil and added bauble hangers. I threaded all three 'baubles' with twine and adhered to a rectangle of card which I then adhered to the card blank using foam pads. Finally I added a sentiment from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas stamp set.

Hopefully I've given you some inspiration today and shown you how you can create Christmas cards without necessarily using Christmas stencils or stamps. 

Much love

Steph x

AAA Colourful Colourboard #20

Good morning, 

Today at AAA Colourful challenge we have a very interesting colourboard for you:

I don't know about you but these colours were difficult for me...until I discovered this cute little stamp by Clearly Besotted in my stash. Green for the frogs, tick! And the rest of the colours used on the books and colouring pencil.

So what will you create with this colourboard? You can get plenty of inspiration from the rest of the AAA Colourful Design Team over on the blog, and I've noticed there are a few Halloween style cards in the mix...now why didn't I think of that?!

Much love

Steph x

Uniko September 2025 Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Good morning, 

As this is a non release month at Uniko we are having a Brand Ambassador product revisit, blog hop and GIVEAWAY. 

This month we are revisiting our favourite products from all those release so far in 2025, listed here for reference.

January 2025

Background Builders Flower Power

Flower Power #11 

Simply Said Blocks Occasions

Sparkle Sentiments

Stencil - Ink & Flip Layering Flower 

Stencil - Ink & Flip Geometric Gem

Stencil - Layering Picked Posies

February 2025

Alphabet Solid

Background Blocks Waves

Bright Butterflies

Stencil - Layering Bright Butterflies

Stencil - Layering Organic Blooms

Organic Blooms

Spring Botanicals Primrose

Stencil - Geometric Happy Birthday

April 2025

Butterfly Serenade 

Originally Organic Flower Garden

Stencil - Layering Flower Fusion

Stencil - Layering Spring Blossom

Stencil - Ink & Flip Diamonds

July 2025

Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble

Background Blocks My Favourite Colour

Flower Power #12

Stencil - Layering Bauhaus Christmas Blocks

Stencil - Ink & Flip Christmas Tree Pattern

Stencil - Ink & Flip Snowflake Pattern

August 2025

Background Blocks Bauhaus

Background Blocks MOD Builder Circles

Background Blocks Swiss Dots

Background Builders Mid Century Modern

Stencil - Ink & Flip Mid Century Leaves

Stencil - Layering Retro Lines 

Wow there's more products there than I expected!  

I decided to focus on Uniko Background Blocks Merry Christmas Scramble. For all my cards I stamped the Merry Christmas Scramble and masked it before stamping a series of background / frame stamps. For my first card I used another of the new release stamps, Uniko Background Blocks Swiss Dots

To finish my card I simply coloured the large letters in two shades of green. 

I then wanted to see how the stamp would look with the Uniko Framed - Fairy Lights stamped around the large lettering. 

For this card I fussy cut some extra letters and adhered them using foam pads. 

And finally, I used the same method of masking and stamped the Uniko Framed - Holly over the top.

To make this image stand out more I also coloured outside the frame. 

I hope you like this revisit and encourage you to follow the Brand Ambassador blog hop. If you leave lovely comments along the way you could win a £25 eGift code for the Uniko store. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - that's me!

Vinita

Just a reminder that Bev is currently on holiday so any orders placed will be a little delayed in being sent.

And finally, today we also have a new challenge over on the Uniko VIP facebook page. If you enter a card, you could win a £10 eGift code to spend in the Uniko store.

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #202 - Create Your Own Background

Morning! 

Welcome to this month's fund challenge from The Male Room where we are asking you to 'Create Your Own Background'.

Lots of options to play about with here. I went for a technique I saw on Instagram earlier in the year...but of course I can't remember who did it now. Mention it in the comments below if you know who it was!

So firstly I laid down strips of double sided tape and added the green embossing powder. I set this with the heat gun before using an embossing folder to create the leaf pattern. I decided to keep the rest of the card simple with a die cut sentiment and make the background the feature of the card. 

I'm excited to see what backgrounds you come up with and how you choose to create yours. Join in the fun over at The Male Room, and check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team. 

Much love

Steph x