Uniko 10th Birthday Celebrations - Quest 5

Hi again! 

We are continuing the Uniko 10th birthday celebrations with another Quest and today's quest is really going to test your memory! (There are some useful links to help you over on the Uniko blog though!).

(Card uses: Uniko Squared stencil and Uniko Anniversaire Arts Decoratifs stamp set)

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 10th Birthday Celebrations - Quest 4

Welcome back for another Uniko birthday celebration. Today's quest involves cracking a code so be sure to head over to the Uniko blog to give it a go! Don't forget there are prizes to be won so make sure you join in all the Quests if you can. 😊

(Card uses: Uniko English Country Garden Butterflies Bundle stencil and Uniko English Country Garden Butterflies stamp set)

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 10th Birthday Celebrations - Quest 3

Hey everyone, 

Don't forget (like you could!) that Uniko are celebrating their 10th birthday this month with lots of gorgeous creations from the Uniko Alumni. Additionally there are 10 quests where you can win fabulous Uniko goodies. Quest 3 today is a quiz about Uniko so head on over to the Uniko blog and have a go! 

(Card uses Uniko Beautiful Blooms I stamp and die bundle with Uniko Sentiments Outlined stamp set)

Much love

Steph x

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #482

Welcome! 

Come on in to see this week's Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #482. As Valentine's Day is just around the corner, we have a Valentine's themed inspiration photo for you this week. 

Don't forget to use at least three of the colours featured, you may use more but ONLY the ones in the photo plus the free ones as shown. 

Initially I was going to do something with hearts but then I remembered I had the XOXO turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th and I thought that would be perfect. I selected turquoise, lilac, pink and peach and stamped the background. I die cut it with a stitched rectangle and layered it onto a larger turquoise stitched rectangle. The jam jar is also a Concord & 9th stamp which I coloured with matching alcohol markers and die cut. I layered this onto another die cut turquoise piece and added this to the card front. 

I hope the inspiration photo fills you full of ideas and hop over to the Color My Heart Color Dare blog to join in. Check out the rest of the very talented Design Team's creations too. You won't be disappointed! 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko 10th Birthday Celebrations - Quest 2

Morning all, 

I'm just here to let you know that the Uniko 10th Birthday celebrations are continuing over on the Uniko blog and today is the second of 10 quests (here is the first if you missed it) so head on over to the Uniko blog and let us know what ten words you would use to describe Uniko. 

And to get you started...fabulous, amazing, wonderful...😜

(Card uses Uniko Background Blocks Party Confetti stamp, Uniko Balloon Bash stamp set and Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set)

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #159 - Clocks

Welcome all, 

Thanks for stopping by today as we launch the new challenge for The Male Room with the theme of ‘Clocks’ this month. 

For this challenge I didn’t have much choice of stamps because I only own one clock stamp! It came with an issue of Creative Stamping magazine. I decided to team it with some torn hexagon dies from Daisy Mae Designs. I dug through my stash and discovered some patterned papers I thought suitable and sort of made this card up as I went along!! 

I hope you like it and I hope you choose to join in with our challenge. Hop over to The Male Room blog to check out the rest of The Design Teams fabulous makes and join in the fun. 

Much love

Steph x

Happy 10th Birthday UNIKO!! - Quest 1

 

Hi everyone, 

Today we are celebrating a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Uniko. But this is not any old birthday, we are 10 years old...yes double digits! 

(Card uses Uniko Background Blocks Party Confetti stamp, Uniko Balloon Bash stamp set and Uniko Birthday Sentiments stamp set)

As with all very important birthdays, it's only right to make them last as long a possible, so spread over the rest of the month there will be lots of exciting posts from our Uniko Alumni as well as TEN quests where you can win some wonderful Uniko goodies. And what’s more, if you complete all 10 quests correctly you could win a £100 eGift certificate. WOW!!

All this fabulousness will then be followed by a Birthday release. Oh my goodness what a fun month its going to be. 

So lets start off with Quest 1 which is a Birthday Linky Party and you can find it over on the Uniko blog. Don't forget to keep checking back here or the Uniko blog to find out how to enter all the quests and Good Luck! 

Much love

Steph x

Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Background Blocks Mid Century Modern

Good morning all, 

I hope this blog post finds you well? Welcome to my first Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration post of 2022! 

I am starting the year off with Uniko Background Blocks Mid Century Modern stamp. I love the Mid Century Modern sets and this one is particularly good for masculine cards, however I have applied a mix of styles here.

My first card teams the background block with a mix of sentiments from Uniko Simply Said Blocks and Simply Said Blocks II stamp sets. The sentiments are heat embossed onto black card using blue embossing powder while the background block was stamped and heat embossed in yellow powder. I used the stamp twice, slightly overlapping, to give a longer edge to the card and I trimmed it before adhering to the card base.

For my second card I wanted a softer and more feminine feel so I teamed the background block with florals from the Uniko Originally Organic Additions stamp set. The elements of this card are all stamped in dye ink which gives a softer look than the heat embossing above. 

Possibly my favourite of the three cards, here I have heat embossed the background block in black onto yellow card. I have used the block twice to show how nicely the background blocks fit into a slimline card. I have added some enamel dots over some of the 'terminals' (I often think of this stamp as an underground map!!). The sentiment is from the Uniko Doodle Flowers stamp set and is white heat embossed onto a black card strip before being adhered with foam pads. 

Hopefully there's something here to kickstart your New Year crafting. I know I found it hard getting back into it after a very lazy break between Christmas and New Year! 

Take care and keep crafting!

Much love

Steph x

Christmas in January?!!!

Hi everyone, 

Usually by this point I’ve had enough of Christmas crafting but this year I made the cutest card for my daughters and as I was making it I though it would be easy to replicate. So, 20 Christmas cards later…

I really love the combination of teal and red card. The die cut wreath is from Simon Says Stamps and is a eucalyptus wreath. The animal stamps and matching dies are from Concord & 9th called Furry Friends. These stamps are so versatile! I added the hats from a set I got with a UK card making magazine. Finally the sentiment is from the Simply Winter Sentiments by Lawn Fawn. I added some stickles to the hats which can’t be seen well on the photos on the white trim but looks amazing in real life!

It’s so rare I actually get time to create something not for my own design team obligations so I’m entering these into the following:

Happy Little Stampers January Christmas Challenge

Freshly Made Sketches #519

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #578

Much love

Steph x

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #480

Good afternoon all, 

Thanks for joining me for Color My Heart Color Dare challenge #480. This week's challenge is a triple colour grid so I'm sure you will want to play along. 

All you need to do is use ALL three colours and you can also add in black, white and greys (grays!) for free. We reference Close To My Heart colours but you can use any brand as long as it is a VERY close match.

For my card I chose to use the wonderful Capri as my card base colour. I've got a slight obsession with coloured card bases at the moment! To this I added two die cut circle frames cut from Wild Berry cardstock. The florals are from a very sweet little stamp set from Uniko called You Are, Yes You. I stamped the flower several times and coloured them with shades of all three of the challenge colours. The top sentiment is die cut from white and Wild Berry card whereas the lower sentiment is stamped in black ink on white card. 

Please do head over to the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge blog and check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the Design Team. Show us what fantastic papercraft the colour selection inspired you to create. 

Much love

Steph x

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #478

Hi everyone, 

Welcome to this week’s Color My Heart Color Dare challenge #478. This week we have a colour theme which includes neutrals and just ONE other colour. Gold and silver can be added too but do not count as either your neutral or your colour choice.

For my neutrals I chose Kraft card (box), dark brown (coffee beans) and white and for my one colour I used burgundy. I needed to make a gift box for a gift card present to a well known coffee shop (can you guess which one?!). 

First I wrapped my ready made box with burgundy card and secured in place. I then used a coffee bean stencil and dark brown ink to create the pattern at the bottom. I heat embossed the coffee cup in white before cutting out. The lid is die cut along with the ‘steam’ swirls. This was a quick make as I didn’t have a great deal of time but I’m pleased with the result and under daylight it’s a much better colour match to the coffee brand than this photo seems to show.

Head over to the Color My Heart Color Dare blog to check out the other Design Team makes and to join in the fun. Be sure to let your friends know about our challenge too.

Also, I note that we have not yet had any entries into challenge #477 which is such a shame as the inspiration photo is so beautiful. Will you be inspired to create something as lovely as the photo? 

Much love

Steph x

The Male Room Challenge #158 - For a Teenager

Good morning, 

Today’s challenge is for The Male Room and the theme is ‘For a Teenager’. 

Oh my goodness, not an easy challenge but certainly one that gets the grey matter going! 

I always seem to go for bright colours with my ‘teenager’ cards. Here I have used Funky Fossil Snap Happy stamp set and white heat embossed it onto coloured card. I added detail by stencilling small ‘splatters’ onto the camera images themselves along with a larger one onto the Kraft card base. I fussy cut the cameras and adhered using foam pads. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I masked the inner area of the film strip so I could add the sentiment to it. 

I hope this helps inspire you and you will join in with our challenge. Go check out The Male Room challenge blog for more fantastic creations from the Design Team. 

Much love

Steph x

Funky Fossil Gnomes Part II

Morning all, 

I didn’t think I’d have time to post Part II of my Funky Fossil Gnomes this week but if I don’t do it now I won’t get round to it for ages and then the Christmas spirit may have passed!

As with the last trio, I have used acrylic paints and a mixture of stencils, texture paste and Nuvo drops.

I will be entering into the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #574

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas challenge #106

Happy New Year to you all wherever you are and whatever you will be doing…I’ll be in bed! 😂

Much love

Steph x