Quick, Clean & Simple 🌸

Hello & Happy Friday. 

With it being school half term here for The Beans, creative time has been limited. So I set myself a challenge of making a couple of cards, both in less than 15 mins from prep to finishing.

I'm still loving Originally Organic Flower Garden and had this fun fussy cut detail idea.

I shared a reel on Uniko's Instagram HERE making this card, time to make in real time was 11 minutes. And I also shared it as a short on YouTube HERE. 

Today a few stencil restocks arrived, including the Stencil - Layering Bright Butterflies. And I've been waiting to share this idea with you all.

I'm determined to use up lots of coloured card panels and both these layout ideas are good for that! The split panel adds a little interest to a flat card with no embellishment. And with the stencil having 3 different butterflies, instantly you have 3 different designs. 

If you want to see how quick I made this card you can catch the short on Uniko's YouTube Channel HERE. It took me 7 minutes real time. 

Stencil Restocks

These popular stencils are back and available on the website 😀

Have a lovely weekend & hopefully I will be back with more to share tomorrow.

Crafty Hugs

Spring/Summer 2025 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hey & Happy Friday!

I'm super happy you have stopped by today, Uniko is yet again honoured to be invited by the lovely Amy from Tsuruta Designs and proudly sponsoring the 2025 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Hopefully you have hopped on over from HERE, but if you missed the start or get lost along the way, be sure to go to start at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog.

Today, myself and some of the Uniko Brand Ambassadors are joining in and we've created some Uniko coffee and tea inspiration to share with you.

Be sure to hop along the links below and leave a comment to be in the chance to win a £25 eGift Certificate to spend at Uniko. Comments need to be left by 2pm BST Friday 30th May 2025 to be in the chance of being randomly selected as the winner. The winner will be announced Monday 2nd June 2025 here on the Uniko blogspot blog.

Let's have a look at the inspiration.

I couldn't resist pairing the Stencil - Layering Spring Blossom with the I LOVE Coffee cup and friends sentiment from the set. I was channelling coffee vibes and used a trio of browns to ink the 3 layers of the stencil. 

I had to add a little splash of spring colour and decided to add a little cluster of spring blooms from Originally Organic Flower Garden, that I coloured using alcohol markers.                                                                                 

And here are the links to the Uniko Brand Ambassadors for even more inspiration.

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

Thank you for hopping along with us here at Uniko, your next and final stop is HERE.

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Alphabet and Animals!

Good morning, 

Steph her today. Did I mention how much I loved the Uniko Alphabet Solid stamp set during the February birthday release? So, I have used this stamp set as my focus for my Uniko Brand Ambassador inspiration post this month and teamed it with Uniko's animal themed stamps, creating some 'play on words' sentiments to add even more fun! 

First we have a 'Hoppy' birthday card using the bunny from the Uniko Hoppy Easter stamp set and the birthday from the Uniko WILD stamp set (currently unavailable).

I'm particularly pleased with this daft sentiment! The cat stamp is from the Uniko Mid Century Modern Purrfect Day stamp set. The rest of the sentiment is made from parts from the 'From our home to yours' in the Uniko Festive Sentiments stamp set. 

And finally, also a slightly daft sentiment teamed with the paw print from the Uniko Paw Print Hearts stamp set and a heart from the Uniko Falling Hearts Serenade stamp set. 

For all these cards I used VersaMagic chalk inks which give a nice effect to the silhouette style of these cards.

Thanks for visiting today.

Much love

Steph x

Stencil Sunday BA Inspiration - Playing with the Last Release

 Bonjour !

Izzy here with some more inspiration with some of the products from the last release.

Once again, I'm going to show you that Uniko's products are very versatile, above all the stencils, since you only have to change your colour palette to decide which kind of card you want to make.

Just like for the last release, I made a Christmas card but this time with the Ink & Flip Diamonds stencil.

Here I used it with different tones of green to make the background of this Christmas card. Once done, I flat adhered it onto a double white card. 

I used the Season of Beauty set to make the flower in red and some leaves that I gold heat embossed. The sentiment comes from the Christmas Sentiments set.

For my second card, I die cut 4 hearts in white card stock. Then I played with the beautiful Spring Blossom Layering stencil, that I used with different colour palettes. These palettes are supposed to represent the 4 seasons. 

For the sentiment I used the Big & Bold - Love set. I stamped in black and I heat embossed the big Love word, I fussy cut it and I foam mounted it over the hearts. 

I played again with the Spring Blossom Layering stencil to make my third card, but this time with a totally different palette and occasion. 

Once done, I cut the panel in the middle with two square dies. I flat adhered the two parts on a grey double card. 

Then I used the Originally Organic Flower Garden set and I stamped the flower on a white piece of card stock. With coloured pencils I softly coloured it, I fussy cut it and I foam mounted it on the card. For the sentiment I used the Simply Said Block II set.

I couldn't not use the pretty frame obtained from the previous card, so I used it to make my last card.

I cut two other frames to add dimension, plus a lilac one slightly bigger that I inserted behind the top frame. 

To fill this window, I used the Butterfly Serenade set that I partially stamped on a square of white card stock. I stamped a sentiment coming from the Everyday Sentiments set. I coloured the butterflies with coloured pencils, then I flat adhered the image on a lilac double card.

To finish, I glued the stencilled frame.

Well, that's all from me today. Thanks for joining me and hopefully I've given you some more inspiration with the last release.

Have a lovely Sunday and thank you for stopping by.

A Blooming Birthday Card And A Winner!

Hello & Happy Monday.

I'm starting the week off with finally announcing the winner of the April 2025 Release Day Blog Hop. Thank you to everyone that took the time to hop and comment.

I also finished this card in honour of todays post too.

This was a panel I stencilled at Crafterama Lincoln using the Stencil - Layering Spring Blossom and some of the new C9 colours. 

I finished the card with a sentiment and flowers from Originally Organic Flower Garden. My reason for the sentiment is because this month the Uniko VIP Facebook Challenge is Anything Goes Birthday. 

Ok, now onto the winner of the blog hop. 

I used random.org to pick a lucky comment and it chose this comment number

And the lucky comment is...

*Vicki*

28 avril 2025 à 20 h 38 min

All of your creations are just gorgeous! I love your composition of each and how you’ve managed to make so many different styles too! Love your use of the “J” for “JOY” creations so much! Thanks for sharing your lovely creations with us at the Alphabet Challenge!

Congratulations Vicki. Please send me an email at [email protected] no later than 26th May 2025 to claim your £25 eGift code to spend at Uniko.

Did you see the wonderful inspiration from the Brand Ambassadors HERE, yesterday? Don't forget to hop along and comment for your chance to win a £25 eGift code to spend at Uniko.

Crafty Hugs

May 2025 Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to the May 2025 Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY! 

For those of you who are new around these parts I will explain what this post is all about...

Here at Uniko HQ it is just myself behind the screen, blogging, designing, packaging stamps & orders through the Uniko online shop, customer service and all the things in between. I *usually* release new product every other month for a number of reasons, but mainly so I can keep up with everything!

On non - release months like this month I like to set myself and the Brand Ambassadors a challenge to look back at a previously released product and give it some more love. Plus, I think it's always nice to revisit older sets and provide more inspiration and not just from me.

This month I set myself and the Brand Ambassadors a difficult challenge, to choose a favourite or favourites from one of the 2025 Releases! 

So far in 2025 we have had the following products released...

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

Wowsers, that's a lot of products to choose from! Even I found it a challenge to choose, but let's see what the Brand Ambassadors have chosen and created. Don't forget to comment along the hop for your chance to win a £25 eGift code to spend in store. 

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

It's lovely seeing all the different products the Brand Ambassadors have chosen to use, so many wonderful techniques too. 

I know that the April Release is pretty much sold out, it was more popular that I had anticipated. I even ordered more than I normally do with being at Crafterama Lincoln on release day! But, you all blew me away with your orders (thank you 🥰). 

Restocks of stamps are due in the studio on Wednesday 14th May next week and hopefully stencils too, but they could be a couple of days after. There are also other clear stamp and stencil restocks due at the same time. 

I hope you left some comment love along the way, I will randomly select a comment to win the £25 eGift code on Monday 26th May 2025. So be sure to comment before then.

Crafty Hugs

Hello May

Hello May & Happy Thursday. 

I'm finally caught up after the April Release and Crafterama Lincoln, and I found some time yesterday to finish one of the Ink & Flip Delightful Diamonds panels I inked and stamped during the countdown to release.

Don't worry if you missed out on the stencil, I have some more arriving soon. It's a holiday weekend, so it might take a couple of days extra, but more are coming! 

I inked this panel and started stamping the diamonds during my YouTube video HERE. And as it's my husband's birthday today, I finished the card off with the Happy Birthday from Mid Century Modern Birthday. 

I kept some spaces unstamped and minimal fuss. Just fussy cutting the sentiment and adhering using foam tape and a few Poppy enamel dots to finish.

I must have inked this stencil up 6-8 times on Sunday, so I have lots of panels in different colour ways to finish and share.

That's all from me here today, time to celebrate my husband, spend some time together while the boys are at school and then I think it is the traditoinal Birthday ten pin bowling! 

Crafty Hugs