12 Days of Christmas at Uniko, Inspiration and a Giveaway!

 This year Bev is hosting 12 Days of Christmas Inspiration & Giveaways up until 12th December, with the winners announced on Friday 13th December. There will also be videos, so be sure to check out Uniko's YouTube Channel.

Today we are starting things off by having a Christmas Party, card making style, with a linky link up to enter a new Christmas card using Uniko products. Even if you are super organised and have finished all your cards for this year, it's a great way to get a head start for next year!

Here's my inspiration for you!

I was inspired to create this card after I had seen a cut out design by Bev recently, it reminded me of a card I made a few years ago. To make this, I first stamped the Framed Snowflakes stamp with Altenew Turquoise ink and then again with Versamark and white EP on Turquoise card. I then infilled the open area using some extra snowflakes and a few dotty stamps. I kept the small stamps in my MISTI until I had stamped BOTH images, if not you can't match up when you die cut the openings!

To create the baubles, I used a balloon die and cut both panels simultaneously, also important to be able to add the darker baubles into the openings! This way you get a twofer but if you want you can just cut one and place the uncut one underneath to show through the openings. 

A few lengths of silver string created the hangers and bows and the white panel was then popped up with foam pads. A simple sentiment in matching turquoise completes.

That's it from me but there's lots more inspiration from the team to check out below, but don't forget to leave some love as you go!

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie - that's me

Steph

Vinita

Christmas party rules are easy, simply create a new Christmas card using Uniko products. You can use sentiments, embellishments, dies, papers etc. from other brands, but Uniko products must be the MAIN focus of your card.

Maximum 3 entries per person.

The Linky is open now and will close 23:59 GMT Wednesday 11th December 2024 and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors will vote for their Top 3 with the prizes as follows -

1st Prize - £25 eGift Code

2nd Prize - £15 eGift Code

3rd Prize - £10 eGift Code 

Plus a bonus prize For a lucky comment along the hop - £10 eGift Code.

Looking forward to seeing all the festive inspiration in the gallery on the Uniko blog.

Merry Christmas!

Flippin' Seasonal Fun at Uniko Day 2, Snowflake Revisit

Good morning, over at Uniko we are continuing our Ink n Flip revisit with a new look at Snowflake.

Here are a couple of ideas I came up with.

Firstly I used a similar technique to the Christmas Star card from yesterday but used a stamp this time.

On a panel of white card, I stamped the BB Falling snow stamp over it with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink, then when completely dry inked lightly over both sides of the stencil with Salty Ocean DI to create the snowflake.

The panel was then trimmed down, added to a top fold A6 card, a strip of holographic card and sentiment complete.

This second card uses the Framed Snowflakes and I repeated the technique.

This time I trimmed away the excess and mounted the stencilled panel onto silver card and then onto a side fold blue card. I found a die cut snowflake in my stash and added it to the center before my sentiment, stamped in black on a strip of white card.

For more fab ideas why not pop along to see what the rest of the team have been up to.

Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie

Steph

Vinita

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek at the new release.

Color Hues #76

Afternoon all. 

Halfway through November already, these weeks are whizzing by and I'm nowhere near sorted with my Christmas card stash. Well the new Color Hues pairing has given me the opportunity to make a least one more card for the stash! Here's my take on the new duo.

My inspiration for this card was one I saw on Pinterest using a Gina K stamp. I loved the bauble effect, so decided to make my own version of it using my Uniko stash.

To begin, I drew around a circle die cut lightly with a pencil to create the bauble on a panel of red card and then stamped an arrangement of snowflakes with in it. I tried to keep it symmetrical but it is slightly off! Each stamp was inked with Versamark then the image heat embossed with Metallic Gold EP. To infill the spaces, I used a WOW embossing pen and more gold EP. 

To make the image complete, I used a freebie stamp and freehand drew the string and bow with the WOW pen before heat embossing with gold EP.

I had envisaged a one layer card but I ended up trimming the panel down before adding some ink blending around the edges to put the bauble in focus. I used a mix of red DIs, Festive Berries, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany.

So where will these new festive colours take you, you don't have to go down the Christmas route but it would be a good excuse to expand your Christmas stash!

For more red and gold inspiration why not check out the rest of the Color Hues team here along with our GD Claire.

Joining in over at:-

Get ready for Christmas

Use Red (Thanks Chris for the heads up)

Color Hues #75 and Uniko BA Inspiration

Afternoon all. 

It's a new month so it must mean a new colour combo at Color Hues.

This time I chose quite a wintery palette, so chose a wintery stamp to go with it!

I've used the Snowflakes Framed stamp from Uniko, simply stamped with Versamark then heat embossed with detail white EP on a panel of white card.

Once cooled down, I added the colour, blending Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean DI across the panel. After stamping my sentiment on a scrap of white card, I fussy cut it and raised it up on pads, adding a few PPP sequins for some sparkle.

All in all a pretty simple, almost one layer design, perfect for batch making.

So where will these new colours take you? We'd all love to see your take in pour gallery and if you need more inspiration please check out the rest of the DT here.

Over on the Uniko blog, I've got another idea using the same stamp but a different colourway, why not check it out?

Don't forget the GIVEAWAY for the release in review at Uniko, a chance to win a £20 eGift code to spend in store. Commenting will close for the giveaway at midnight GMT Sunday 5th November 2023 and Bev will randomly select a winner and announce on Monday 6th November.

Joining in over at:-

Contemporary Christmas Colours

Embossing Wet or Dry

Uniko Release Day Giveaway and BA Blog Hop

Good morning.

It's release day for Uniko's October release and of course as is traditional we are having our bog hop and giveaway. Comment on all the blogs for a chance to win the WHOLE release! All the stamps will be available from 9pm tonight, if you can't wait and if you are lucky enough to win and you already have the release, then Bev will happily provide an alternative!

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We are doing things a little differently for this release with Bev having done the intros and the BAs joining in for today as it's World Card Making Day too!

First off we have another addition to the Big and Bold series, Thank/s/ful.

BIG & BOLD thank/s/ful  £11

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www.uniko.co.uk

Here I've stamped an array of leaves from assorted Uniko sets including Autumn Serenade and Nature's Treasures I, in shades of autumn onto a panel of white card to which I had first stamped the thanks in a pale matching colour, Altenew's Misty Moor. This showed me where to stamp my leaves and where to stick my fussy cut sentiment. This I stamped on some matching card with Memento Rich Cocoa and embossed with clear EP.  The leaves were inked randomly with a mix of Memento, Canteloupe, Tangelo, Peanut Brittle, Potter's Clay and Rich Cocoa. The SENDING, also stamped with Rich Cocoa, is from the Picked Posies set.

Next up is this card using the new Autumn Serenade. It follows the similar designs of the other Serenade sets, Love and Snowflakes, plus a few extra leaves.

Autumn Serenade £11

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I tried to get my stamping to bleed into my paper but was only marginally successful. So I decided to ink the stamped panel with some Scattered Straw DI and stamped one of the sentiments with more Rich Cocoa. The other colours are the same as for the previous card.

Next is my favourite of the release, Remembrance. It contains a couple of poppy stems and accompanying sentiments. Here I've used watercolour and masking fluid to create my central panel.

I'm afraid that I had intended for the stems to be part of the design but my masking was a bit hit and miss, and the watercolour had bled through, so went with a close crop and a square die cut frame. No sentiment as I wanted the image to shine!

Remembrance £11

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

I love this stamp so much I couldn't wait to colour up another, this time using Copic markers.

You never know when you'll need a sympathy card and they are always hard to make at short notice, so I like to have a couple ready in my stash.

Finally here is another in the Framed series, this time snowflakes with 4 additional snowflakes to play with.

 

Framed - Snowflakes £11

Copyright Uniko Ltd 2012 - To Date

www.uniko.co.uk

I started by embossing the frame with white EP onto white card, then added some DOx colour with a blending brush, splashing on some water and then lifting it with a paper towel to get even more dimension. On some scrap card, I stamped and embossed in white some of the other snowflakes, inked as before, fussy cut them and placed them on my design with pads after stamping and embossing the sentiment from Christmas Wishes. The whole panel was trimmed to leave a small inky border and mounted on a white base card.

Now the formal introductions are done, let's give you some more inspiration for using them. Be sure to leave some comment love either on the BA blogs or social media. You have until midnight Saturday 14th October 2023 to comment and then Bev will randomly select a winner to win the entire release, or equivilant.

 Anita

Bev

Izzy

Julie 

Steph

Hope you have enjoyed this release and happy hopping!

I'd like to join in over at:-

 

 

                                                               Option of Autumn

 

                                               Autumn or Halloween