Picture Perfect Pals

Good morning! How about a brand new challenge from Cardz4Guyz to get you back into crafting mode after all the holiday hubbub? This time for our first challenge of the new year we have something different a -

TIC TAC TOE BOARD!

Choose any line to inspire your card making process.

I chose the diagonal for my inspiration card.

Animal/Blue/Plaid

The image is from MFTs Picture Perfect set which I framed with an MFT die cut frame after colouring with Copics. For the background I used a plaid EF with some denim blue card, adding some Faded Jeans DI over the top to darken the raised elements.

The panel was trimmed, added to an A6 white base card, s strip of matching card was added at the join with a simple LOTV sentiment on the remaining card panel. The framed pals were popped up on pads to complete.

So where will this board take you? We're looking forward to seeing your makes in our gallery. For more inspiration why not check out the rest of the team here.

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Uniko Release Day Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Good morning, hope the weather is improving where you are, it's rain falling on frozen ground here in the Welsh borders so treacherous out and about! 

It's finally release day and all the products we've been introducing this week are now available to purchase on the Uniko website.

However, if you need some more inspirational persuasion, get comfy grab a cuppa and keep on reading. 

This card is another using the Flower Power #11 stamp set very like the one on intro day but more tightly grouped. I like the blend of colours this gives but the down side is that the final panel is a tad small.

To compensate for the small panel size, I die cut it with two stacking dies to create the frame and mounted it onto a black base card, then added the leftover as an outer frame. It also means a I have a slim, white square frame to use later!! Another of my ready made Doodle Flower sentiments completes, this time simply stamped on white with black and mounted on a circle of black to match the rest.

Flower Power #11 Clear Stamp Set £6.50

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Do you remember my intro for MCM Stars and Circles? Well there was a half a panel left over and here it is!

This time I mounted it on a panel of black, trimmed it down and added it to a square white base card, I also incorporated that leftover frame from the first project! The little coloured circles are also a left over from my Sparkles Sentiments card.

Stencil - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars £4.50

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My next card uses three of this weeks release in one card! Central panel Ink n Flip Flower Power #8 stencil, Background Builders Flower Power and the Simply Said Blocks Occasion, plus Happy from a previous set.

You could put any sentiment you wanted to in the center, there are lots of combinations in the Simply Said Blocks series!

Background Builders: Flower Power Clear Stamp Set £11.50

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Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set £6.50

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Ink & Flip Layering Flower Power #8 Stencil £8.00

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After years of making A6 cards, I seem to be embracing the small square format, or is it the tight Yorkshire Lass I am!! 

The leftover from a circle die cut, was stamped repeatedly with one of the Flower Power strips, mounted over a stencilled Flower Power #8 and a die cut frame on a 41/4" base card, simples!!

This card was influenced by one I saw on Pinterest, just a simple gem on kraft.

Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem Stencil £8.00

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This time I used some Dreamweavers Embossing Paste to create my gem onto a Home Bargains Kraft base card! I could have added something from the Sparkles sentiment set but in the end left it with just the gem!

Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set £11.50

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Finally we have the fab Picked Posies stencils. Remember that panel I had left from my first intro card, well here it is, mounted on some gold mirror card mounted on a 5 x 7 white card with a vellum sentiment panel embossed in gold.

Quite a different look to the first one, it will soon be winging it's way to my Sister in Law, whose birthday is later this month. I glued the vellum onto the stencilled panel by adding glue directly behind the large stamped and embossed sentiment, a great way to hide those dots of glue!!

Layering Picked Posies Stencils £13.75

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Well that was a release and a half don't you think? Time to hop along to see what the other BAs have been up to.

Be sure to comment along the hop for your chance to win a £25 eGift Certificate to spend in store. Winners of this giveaway and the stencils from the first couple of days introductions will be announced here on the blog, Monday 13th January 2025.

 Anita

Bev

Julie -that's me

Izzy

Steph

Vinita

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Reintroducing... Background Builders Flower Power

Good morning!

Welcome to the final day of introductions of Uniko's January release.

Today we are focusing on a RErelease, Background Builders Flower Power. Like others in the series, it consists of strips of floral images that you can use singularly or to cover a larger area. They also coordinate with the Flower Power sets.

Here's my card which uses one of the strip stamps and the matching Flower Power #7 flower head.

I started by stamping a panel of white card with a rainbow of array of daisies, rainbow colours appears to be my theme for this release! I stamped out some of the outline daisies from Flower Power #7 and cut them out using a die from an old Sizzix set that almost matched the outline, adding some Copic to the centers. I stamped the sentiment, THANK on black with Versamark then heat embossed with white EP, the you was simply stamped in black and both were fussy cut. I chose the sentiment as perhaps you might need inspiration for a card at this time of year and it is also the challenge over at MAWTT!

The stamped panel was die cut and mounted onto a slightly larger circle and then onto a small square card.

So what have the rest of the team been up to? Why not check them out?

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie -that's me

Steph

Vinita

Tomorrow we will be back with the full release and of course our traditional Blog Hop and Giveaway, so until then....

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Introducing... Ink & Flip Layering Flower Power #8 Stencil and Simply Said Blocks Occasions Clear Stamp Set

Morning all.

Day 4 of the intros for the new Uniko January release sees us focusing on another Ink and Flip stencil and an addition to the Simply Said Block series. 

First off I have a couple of cards made using the stencil, no fancy tricks just two cards, one square, one A6. 

This one is inked with Twisted Citron DI for the outside and the flower is a mix of Kitch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry DI. 

For this rainbow I used a variety of DIs and the central motif was done with Hickory Smoke DI.

I found a couple more of my Doodle Flower sentiments, I need to make some more as they have been getting a battering this week, and added them to the centers of the stencilled flowers.

Although the stencil and technique is the same the end results are so different. One is soft and feminine and the other more jazzy and masculine.

The next card uses the previously introduced Picked Posies Stencil and a sentiment made by combining one of the stamps from Simply Said Blocks Occasions. There are far too many different panels that coordinate with other sets in the series to mention them all here but I've combined the EASTER block with the older HAPPY one.

I had a panel of white card left over from another stencil inking, so used the stencil to fill it before adding to a panel of fresh green card and a couple of strips of silver glitter paper to bling it up. Happy and Easter are popped up on slithers of foam pads. Simples!

So what do you think? Why not check out what the rest of the team have been up to. 

 Anita

Bev

Julie -that's me

Izzy

Steph

Vinita

See you back here tomorrow for the final introduction.

January 2025 Release - Introducing... Flower Power #11and Stencil - Mid Century Modern Stars & Circles

Good morning and welcome to another introduction for the Uniko January release.

Today we are focusing on two new releases a stamp set and a stencil.

My first offering uses the stamp set, Flower Power #11, another in the Flower Power series that you can use with many of the others, especially the themed sentiments. 

Looking for something a little different to make to hi light the versatility of the stamp, I used the sold flower image and stamped it into a wreath style pattern.

No wreath builder required for this simple design simply my MISTI but I did cut my card to be square so that I could rotate it within my MISTI.

Once I'd decided on the position of my first flower head, I stamped the red head, then rotated my paper 90' and stamped again, missing out the next rainbow colour, repeating until four of the heads were stamped. I then removed the stamp and placed it between two of the stamped heads. Closing my MISTI door, I picked up the stamp and inked it with the colour that fit between each colour, rotaing as before to complete the round. A simple sentiment from yesterday's Sparkle Sentiments and a gem complete. 

My finished panel was mounted on some black card and then added to a 41/4" white base card.

This card uses the Mid Century Modern Stars and Circles stencil and is based on a card I saw on Ardyth Percy Robb's You Tube channel. 

I began by inking an A5 panel of white card with rainbow colours and then placed the stencil over the top. More of the same colour was added through to give a tone on tone effect. Thinking what to do with the pretty panel was now uppermost in my mind and whilst I was looking through Pinterest I came across Ardyth's idea. 

I began by cutting a circle from the center of the inked panel and then cut it half. I found it easier to do this whilst the die cut circle was still in place secured with a little tape. On a scrap of thin card, I attached the semi circle and half of the panel and then used the Memory Box die to cut the pattern. 

The MB die I used reminded me of a sparkly sun so the sentiment chose itself really! The sparkle was stamped and embossed with WOW Black Sparkle EP and fussy cut before adding to the center of the sunburst and the other parts simply stamped in black. 

The panel was trimmed and added to an A6 white base card, a few sequins for extra sparkle and I still have half of my panel left for another project!

So that's all from me for the moment but please come back tomorrow for another new intro. In the meantime please check out the rest of the team here -

 Anita

Bev

Julie -that's me

Izzy

Steph

Vinita

 

Color Hues #101

 Good afternoon and Happy New Year!

Today sees the start of 2025 as well as a brand new challenge from Color Hues. The new colour combo gives me the chance to share this Christmas card.

When I saw the colour choices, I knew that the DP used here would be perfect. The DP is actually an A4 sheet of card I picked up many moons ago and has been languishing at the bottom of my Christmas stash box. It's a panel of kraft and red squares with a touch of cream which I've cut up to make the front of my card. Some of the squares have been embellished with buttons, jute string and some Crystal Glaze, mounted on a panel of kraft and added to a cream base card. The greeting was die cut from an ancient Tim Holtz strip die from off white card scraps.

So what will you make of the new colours? For more inspiration why not check out the rest of the team and our GD Steph here. Looking forward to seeing your makes in the Color Hues gallery.

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing - Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem and Sparkle Sentiments Clear Stamp Set

Morning and Happy New Year!!

So it's also day 2 of introductions for Uniko's New Year release. Today we are featuring another of Bev's ingenious Ink n Flip stencils and a sentiment set that will hopefully add some extra sparkle to your designs!

Firstly here's my take on the stencil.

After my initial play with the stencil, I was quite pleased with the result of using a WOW embossing pen in the spaces of the gem instead of inking with a dauber and Versamark. I added sparkly silver  WOW EP to the first stencilled area and heat set before wiping the stencil and flipping. This time I used silver glitter EP, I love the effect using the different powders gives. The central panel was then cut from my stencilled panel and a die cut semi circle arc from a scrap of gold mirror card using 2 stacked circle dies, creates the suggestion of a gold ring. A simple sentiment in black Memento completes the panel. The panel was then popped up on pads to leave a border over an A6 note card.

My second card uses the Sparkle Sentiments stamp set. As you can see it would link really well with the stencilled diamond but for this card I've used the two different sizes of text and a stamped diamond which I've stamped and embossed with white EP and a few sparkle hi lights in silver sparkle.

Once I'd embossed the text onto a panel of MM paper, I added some Sea Grass Brusho and spritzed with water and let it stand until dry. The excess ink on the embossing was removed with a damp paintbrush and some kitchen towel before the silver sparkles were added. Panel trimmed it was added to an off white base card. 

I'm sure there are lots of wordy sentiments you could come up with using this set and a simple treatment like this will show them off, no artistic input required.

So that's all for today but be sure to check out the rest of the team below.

 Anita

Bev

Julie -that's me

Izzy

Steph

Vinita

I'll be back tomorrow with plenty more inspiration.

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