Uniko April 2025 Release Introducing - Originally Organic Flower Garden

Welcome back! 

As we continue the Uniko April 2025 release, we have another stamp set today called Originally Organic Flower Garden.

My first card started with me stamping the floral arrangement twice along the bottom of a blank piece of card. There was some overlap, which I did not mask as I knew I was going to stamp a further floral arrangement to fussy cut and lay over the top on foam pads. I coloured in all the flowers and added the sentiment strip, also with foam pads.

This stamp set also has separate elements to enable you to make up an arrangement yourself, which is what I did here. I stamped with a very light colour ink so I could colour and create a no line effect. The sentiment is from the Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set. 

More absolutely stunning uses of this stamp set over on the Uniko blog, so hop over and leave some love.

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Holly

Morning! 

Welcome to my Nov Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post and this month I wanted to focus on Holly.

My first card uses Uniko Framed Holly stamp set and Uniko Most Wonderful stamp set for the sentiment.

I stamped the large frame stamp using very light ink and drew over the lines with an alcohol marker, colouring in the leaves as I went. I have coloured the background in light grey and added Wink of Stella all over for sparkle. I used the extra stamps in the set to stamp individual holly leaves, fussy cut and adhered these to the card front using foam pads. 

My second card uses Uniko Snowflake Serenade stamp set and inked it in light blue. I then used alcohol markers to draw in the holly and berries. The sentiment for this card is from Uniko Christmas Sentiments stamp set. Again I added some Wink of Stella to the holly leaves for sparkle. 

Finally I have used the holly stamps from the Uniko Winter Foliage stamp set and Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set for the lovely large sentiment. I have added snowflakes from the Uniko Stunning Snowflakes stamp set and used the Wink of Stella on these. 

How are you all getting along with your Christmas crafting? The final card here today is very quick and easy to make if you need to get a few cards done in a short amount of time. 

Much love

Steph x

Papercraft Challenges #96 - Summer Fun

Hi everyone, 

This month at Papercraft Challenges our theme is 'Summer Fun'. 

When I think of summer, this fantastic Block Party Summer stamp from Uniko pops into my mind as it captures the essence of summer at the beach. 

I wanted to create a 'no line' look so I inked the stamp up in bands of colour and then used the same colours of alcohol markers to fill in the images. I then continued the banded theme by layering the main image onto a panel made up of three bands of coloured card. 

Head over to the Papercraft Challenges blog and check out the fantastic inspiration from the rest of the design team and join in with challenge #96. This month's challenge is sponsored by Little Crafts and the winners prize this month is a surprise! 

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