Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Retro Autumn!

Good morning, 

Retro Autumn?! What do I mean by that? Well simply that I have combined the Uniko Layering Retro Lines stencil with a few Uniko autumnal sets. 

I stencilled three panels with the same green shades using part of the Uniko Layering Retro Lines stencil. To all three I added a sentiment from the Uniko Butterfly Serenade stamp set. 

 

For this first card I used a grey ink and added a floral outline from the Uniko Originally Organic stamp set.

Next I added some colour using the Uniko Autumn Serenade stamp set, both the large stamp and some of the smaller elements in the set also. 

Finally I went super simple with just one leaf stem stamped in green from the Uniko Originally Organic Flower Garden stamp set, and added a few dots of colour with Nuvo drops. 

The change in weather in the UK is definitely influencing my crafting this year. I can't remember it doing so in previous years other than I do like to switch over to festive crafting in autumn because they are my favourite cards to make! Do the seasons influence your crafting style?

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Autumn has arrived!

Hi all, 

Welcome to my Uniko Brand Ambassador post for October and given that the weather has now and truly turned, I thought I'd celebrate Autumn rather than moaning about how cold and wet it is! (But I might still moan a bit!).

For this card I have used Uniko I Love Coffee stamp set, just what is needed on a soggy autumnal day! My floral background uses Uniko Beautiful Blooms II stamp set which I think works beautifully in the orange and browns I have chosen for my card. 

Using fawn / brown based colours I turned the Uniko English Country Garden - Butterflies into moths for my next card. I stamped the solid butterfly over the background and added one of each the small and large butterflies using foam pads. 

My final card uses Uniko Winter Botanicals: Sweet Broom stamp set. I masked a section across the upper part of the card on which I later stamped the sentiment from Uniko Floral Vines stamp set. 

So that's my autumnal inspiration to match the autumnal weather (might be nicer if the rain would stop!). Thanks for stopping by.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Let's Have Some FLIPPIN' Seasonal Fun - Introducing Ink & Flip Layering Cobweb

Hiya, 

Oh have we got a great new Uniko Ink & Flip stencil to introduce to you today...Layering Cobweb. Perfect for the up and coming Halloween season, and so much fun to play with! 

Just look at this beauty, and since when did a monochrome card look so great?! I created my spider by stamping one of the 'flower heads' from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Florals stamp set and added the legs and web string with a black gel pen. Quite effective I thought! Please note that the sentiment is NOT from a Uniko set but I'm sure Bev will look at some spooky sentiments to add to the collection soon! 

This is a two part ink & flip stencil and on the above card I have used both the inner and outer stencils, this time adding some colour to the web. Again the spider is created using the Uniko Mid Century Modern Florals stamp set and the sentiment is from the Uniko Floral Vines stamp set. I don't send many (any!) Halloween cards so I thought I could use this as a seasonal birthday card instead!

Don't forget to check out the fantastic creations by the Uniko Brand Ambassadors on the Uniko blog and their own blogs too:

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - you are here!

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

Papercraft Challenges #110 - Fabulous Fall

Hello everyone, 

This month at Papercraft Challenges we have the theme of  'Fabulous Fall', sponsored this month by Little Crafts. The winner of this challenge will receive a surprise gift. 

For my card I have used Uniko Natures Treasures II stamps and matching die set. Head over to the Papercraft Challenges blog to join in the fun and check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the Design Team. 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Oct Release in Review

Morning all, 

Did you enjoy the wonderful and varied Uniko October release? Well we are back today with a release in review post as not all the Brand Ambassadors were able to take part on release day. 

Let’s have a recap of the fabulous products on this release:

Keeping to the order of the product pictures above, these are some more cards I made using them:

As always the Uniko stamps are fabulous quality and really versatile, easily matching with other Uniko products and other brands too. My absolute favourite from this release is the Remembrance set. Those poppies are so lovely to colour (in whatever medium you choose) and pack such an impact on the card. 

There’s lots more inspiration from the rest of the fabulous Uniko Brand Ambassadors over on the Uniko blog, or simply follow the links below. Leave some lovely comments and you could win yourself a £20 eGift voucher. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - that’s me!

Vinita

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Oct Release Reveal, Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

I hope you have all been enjoying Bev’s introductions to the Oct release all this week? If you’ve missed any you can find them here, here, here and here!

So first for the product reveal today we have Uniko Big & Bold Thank / s / ful. This adds to the ‘Big & Bold’ series and has lots of elements to play around with to create the perfect sentiment.

BIG & BOLD thank/s/ful  £11

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I thought the main sentiment might be big enough to hold my Wow! One Hundred and One embossing powder and thankfully (no pun intended) I was right as I hardly get to use this embossing ‘powder’. The grains are much larger than regular powder and it’s really hard to get it to stick to the embossing ink, plus it’s no good for detailed stamps. But it worked great here over my ink blended strip. I wasn’t intending on adding the die cut hearts but I managed to make a smudge to the top left just as I was finishing up (annoying!). 

Next up on the release we have Uniko Autumn Serenade which also adds to the lovely ‘Serenade’ series with its cascading beauty.

Autumn Serenade £11

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Of course I had to use the colours of autumn here and I was able to carefully ink up different parts of the stamp in different colours before stamping onto the white card. I love the script of the word Autumn in this set too. 

Now for an addition to the florals in the Uniko store and this one is a beauty called Remembrance.

Remembrance £11

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This is such a lovely stamp to colour (not so lovely to fussy cut though 😂). I have teamed it with a sentiment from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks II stamp set. 

And finally for this release we have an addition to the ‘Framed’ series in the form of Uniko Framed Snowflakes. 

Framed - Snowflakes £11

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My card is not that dissimilar to Bev’s on the introduction post but I can assure you we hadn’t seen each others cards before we made these!! I created a ombré ink blended panel onto which I heat embossed the Framed Snowflakes stamp. The sentiment is from the Uniko Christmas Wishes stamp set. 

And that’s it for the release this month but don’t forget to join in with the Brand Ambassador blog hop and you could win the entire release! 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph - that’s me!

Hope you have fun along your journey!

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Introducing Stencil MOD Background Builder

Morning everyone, 

Today we are Introducing the Uniko MOD Background Builder stencil. This stencil is right up my street as I love this style. I used autumnal colours as it's looking very much like this in the UK at the moment and the colours are just so inspiring, also a perfect match to this stencil I thought. 

Don't forget to hop over the the Uniko blog to check out the beautiful creations by the rest of the Brand Ambassadors and leave some love! 

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #165

Hi everyone, 

Welcome to this month's challenge at The Male Room. This time we are asking specifically for ATC's or Artist Trading Cards. 

I'm not one for making ATC's I must admit but once I got started on mine, I ended up enjoying the process and making three in the same style. 

What I enjoyed about making these was having to think about how to get as much interesting stuff on there as possible given that they are quite small (2.5 x 3.5 inches). I used some lovely masculine patterned papers and matching toppers that I have had in my stash for quite a while. I also got to use my corner punch as I liked the idea of them being rounded on the corners. As I didn't do any stamping or die cutting these were actually really quick to make. But, as I don't 'trade' my cards I'm not really sure what I'll do with them now! I will likely make them into tags or cards!! 

Hopefully you have a better idea of how to make ATC's and what to do with them so I'd love to see yours and find out more. You can join in the fun over at The Male Room challenge blog. Whilst you are there, check out the fabulous creations by the Design Team and leave them some love on their blogs. It really does brighten a day. 😊

Much love

Steph x

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #468

Welcome! 

For today’s Color My Heart Color Dare challenge #468 we have an interesting inspiration photo:

The style represented by the photo is quite a distance away from my own crafting style and although this is a colour challenge, I usually like to use the photo as my design inspiration. With that in mind I used the patchwork effect of the apron and tried to match my papers to the patterns and colours too. I went with brown, blue, orange, yellow and white.

The design is not my own, I was inspired by this card on Pinterest. 

I used various papers from my stash and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted. 

The rest of the Design Team are over on the Color My Heart Color Dare blog with their fabulous creations so please do check them out. We would love you to join in with the challenge and see what spin on the inspiration photo you can bring!

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Challenge #67 Reminder

Hey everyone,

I’m just back with a quick reminder of the current Uniko challenge #67. The theme is ‘Anything Goes’ with an optional twist of ‘Autumn Colours’. 

Again I have chosen to go with Autumn colours (or at least what I think are Autumn colours!) but I have used them to make a Christmas card in non traditional colours.

I used the Uniko Sparkling Snowflake die and cut it from the mustard and dark red card. I inlaid the red snowflake into the mustard cut out and added back the negative die cuts. I cut the mustard panel with a stitched border square die and adhered the panel to a dark blue card blank. Finally I stamped the sentiment from the Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas stamp set in dark blue ink onto mustard card, fussy cut and adhered with foam pads.

Of course I was then left with a dark red aperture panel and a mustard snowflake so I put these to use making a second card!

I hope you have managed to join in with the challenge already but if not, or if you want to enter again, please head over to the Uniko blog and link up your card. Be sure to check out the fantastic creations from the Brand Ambassadors too. And if you are feeling extra generous, hop over to their blogs and leave a lovely comment. ☺️

Much love

Steph x

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #462

Good afternoon! 

This week's Color My Heart Color Dare challenge #462 has a very autumnal theme:

The challenge is a TicTacToe so make sure you choose a row, column or diagonal and please detail which you have chosen to make it easy on us! As usual we have referenced Close To My Heart colours but you can use any brand as long as it is a very close match.

I chose the diagonal from top left to bottom right (Harbour, Gold and Nectarine) and also added Paprika.

I stamped several types of leaves in Harbour, Nectarine and Paprika before stamping the sentiment in Harbour too. I layered the piece onto gold card and then Harbour card (which is ink blended as I didn't have a near enough match). To add a little further gold and 'bling', I added three gold pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you join in with the challenge over at Color My Heart Color Dare. Visit the blog for more fantastic inspiration from the rest of the Design Team too.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Challenge #67

Good morning everyone!

I hope this morning finds you well? I’m here to tell you about a new Uniko challenge #67 which goes live today. The theme is ‘Anything Goes’ with an optional twist of ‘Autumn Colours’. 

‘Anything Goes’ is always a popular challenge theme and I decided to use the optional twist as it gave me somewhere to start. 

I pulled out Uniko Framed Floral Vines and stamped it in the lightest grey ink I have. I then grabbed some Autumn coloured alcohol markers and proceeded to colour the stamp to give a ‘no line’ effect. I really like the size of this stamp and how I didn’t need to add much more to complete my card. I wanted to bring blue into the colour mix so I stamped my sentiment from the Uniko Originally Organic Additions set in dark blue. I layered the panel onto dark blue card stock to emphasise the blue in the sentiment and finally adhered it to a burgundy card base (which looks like a very dark brown here!). 

To join in with the challenge all you have to do is head over to the Uniko blog and link up your card. Check out the rest of the amazing inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors while you are there too. 

Don’t forget that there are randomly selected prizes for those that use Uniko products and those that ‘twist’ with us as well as for the main winner chosen by the Brand Ambassadors. 

Much love

Steph x