Card Of The Week - Pure Florals Chrysanthemum

Happy FriYAY! 

I thought I would pop by and share a card using this week's Card Of The Week clear stamp set, Pure Florals Chrysanthemum.

This is my original card featured on the website...

And here is how I used the set today.

I love this flower, but I often don't have the patience to colour it! So I am always looking for fun ways to add colour. 

I came across THIS card on Pinterest and really liked the idea of adding a splash of colour with the sentiment strips over black & white stamped image. And I thought it would perfect with the Chrysanthemum.

I was going to use the sentiments from the stamp set, but knew I wanted three colours like my original card for the strips of card. So I had a look through my stash and came across the Sentiments Outlined and this sentiment was perfect. 

Shame I couldn't adhere them straight! Oh well, I still love how it came out. 

Don't forget that the Pure Florals Chrysanthemum is 15% off this week, until Monday morning when it'll change to a new product.

Also, did you see that a whole bunch of clear stamp restocks arrived yesterday and are now available on the website.

I know there are many of you waiting for the Christmas in July and August 2025 Releases to come back in stock. These are in my next batch due on 26th November. 

The best and quickest way to know when a product is back in stock is to sign up for the notify me when back in stock feature. This also helps me with ordering restocks.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs

Stencil Sunday - Bright Pure Florals Chrysanthemum with matching stamp & die

Bonjour & Happy (Sunny) Sunday !

Izzy here with a card that makes echo to my recent inspiration post (see HERE). This time I used the Pure Florals Chrysanthemum stencil. It is designed to fit with the Pure Florals Chrysanthemum collection (stamp & dies).

 

I've been inspired by some challenges but above all by the pretty colours we can lately see in the trees as well as those of the blooming chrysanthemums.

First I stamped and gold heat embossed the outlines of the two blooms on watercolour paper. Then I watercolored them with some orange Brusho's powders that I melt with water.  I did the same for the leaves by stamping them in green and clear embossing them.

I finally cut everything with the matching dies.

On a square piece of Bristol paper, I blended orange inks through the Chrysanthemum stencil. I splattered some green Brusho and when dry I adhered the panel on a double green card.

To finish, I foam mounted the two blooms and the leaves on top of the stencilled background. For the sentiment, I used one stamp of the Simply Said Blocks.

That is all I have to share today but I hope I inspired you with my card.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous (& crafty) day !

DT inspiration - Pure Florals coasters

Bonjour !

Izzy here. To start June month, I wanted to share with you what I've offered to my mother for Mother's day which was last Sunday.

A few years ago, I bought some coasters in ceramic that were waiting to be decorated. As I was looking for an idea for this special day, I wanted to try stamping on them and what better than the Pure Florals collection to do it !

 As the coasters have a porous texture, I had to use Memento Luxe ink to stamp the images, and I coloured them with Fabrico markers from Tsukineko . These two mediums, once dry do not blend with water, so that you can clean the coasters with a wet cloth when dirty.

For this coaster, I used the large outline rose of the Pure Florals : Rose set. As for a card, I used the masking technique on this coaster. I first stamp the rose, then with a post-it note I mask it to stamp the leaves and the bud. Then I coloured the image with two red (#114 &#156) Fabrico markers for the flowers, and two green (#110 & #167) markers for the leaves.

For this one, I used the gorgeous lily of the Pure Florals : Lily set. As I didn't want the outlines of the flowers to be too dark, for all the coasters, I used second generation stamping to stamp the images. I used the Memento Luxe Gray flannel ink. I coloured the Lily with (#106, 110, 134 & 161) Fabrico markers. 

Next is the beautiful chrysanthemum from the Pure Florals : Chrysanthemum set. I used the large outlined stamp. I think this one is my favourite since I succeeded to blend perfectly both colours. This ceramic absorbs very quickly the ink so that it is quite difficult to blend inks together and that's why it's hard to hide the markers lines. I coloured this one with (#111 & #132) Fabrico markers.

Of course I had to also make one with the stunning gerbera from the Pure Florals : Gerbera set. My mother loves flowers and except the lily, they have all these gorgeous flowers blooming in their garden. For this coaster, I used the two outlined stamps and I tried to make a gradient pink tone, the wide open one being clearer than the one we only see in profil. As I told you before, it's hard to perfectly blend the colours without lines marking. But I finally like the result. This one is coloured with ( #106, 115, 134, 161) Fabrico markers.

I love how they finally look all together, so I hope that Bev will design other Pure Florals flowers to make new ones for me ! 😉

I hope you get inspired with these coasters, I wanted to show you the versatility of the Uniko stamps which can be used also on other medium than cards. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous June month !

Izzy xx

Gerbara Shaker

Hello friends Rahmat here.
I am up with a shaker card today for Inspiration.
Please watch the video to see what was used and how it was made.

         Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind  feedback :) Have a great day!
                                                                     

Introducing... Uniko Stencils Seeing Stars and Pure Florals Chrysanthemum

Hey!

Welcome back to day three of the product introductions. This is the exciting bit, where you get to see the sneak peeks in action!

So far we have had 2 wonderful days of inspiration and creativity introducing 4 of the new products being released. If you missed the fun you can catch up HERE and HERE.

Today the Design Team are here to introduce 3 of the new Uniko Stencils coming on the 28th February. 

It's a hop full of wonderful inspiration and techniques, I can't wait to read how they've created all their samples! So get comfy, grab a drink and be sure to hop around all the Design Team blogs for a TON of inspiration and leave comments along your way to be in the chance of winning some random prizes! 

Carol 

Deborah 

Jane 

Julie

Linda

Lindsey

Rahmat

Sarah G

Sarah P

Wiebke 

So many wonderful techniques and ideas using the new stencils! I'd love to know your favourite technique or medium to use when using stencils?!

That's all for today, but be sure to pop back tomorrow for the next product introductions and LOTS more inspiration.

Release Schedule...

Sneak Peeks 20th - 22nd February, these little teasers give you hints at what is in store!

Introducing 23rd - 27th, here you will see a closer look at the products being released with a daily blog hop with the Uniko DT.

Release Day! Wednesday 28th February 9am GMT you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As usual there will be a Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Hugs

February 2018 & Uniko's 6th Birthday Release Sneak Peeks Day 3

Hey!

Welcome back to Day 3 and the last day of the Sneak Peeks for the February 2018 & Uniko's 6th Birthday Release! I hope you enjoyed the first two days peeks, but if you missed them, you can catch up HERE and HERE. 

Hopefully you have enjoyed the 6th Birthday Celebrations so far too, with the Treasure Hunt and the current Birthday Linky Party, there is still time to join in on this HERE.

Anyway, how about these last peeks at the new products available on the 28th. Todays peeks all have a floral theme...

How about an addition to the Spring Botanicals floral series? This one is set to be a 'go to' for a variety of Spring themed cards, including the Uniko Welsh customers and those who celebrate St. Davids Day out there! 

The last of the clear stamp sets for this release is a super fun doodle floral with some kind sentiments, it has become my current 'go to' floral set! 

Lastly for this release here are the final two stencil sneak peeks...

I'll give a random prize to someone who can guess the clear stamp sets these stencils coordinate with from the peeks! If you know your Uniko products you are sure to guess them both from this little peeks ;)

That's all the peeks I have to share with you, which means that tomorrow the Design Team & I will be introducing the new products with some beautiful inspiration!

Release Schedule...

Sneak Peeks 20th - 22nd February, these little teasers give you hints at what is in store!

Introducing 23rd - 27th, here you will see a closer look at the products being released with a daily blog hop with the Uniko DT.

Release Day! Wednesday 28th February 9am GMT you will get to see the products in their entirety and purchase them HERE on the website! As usual there will be a Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY!

Thank you for stopping by today and I'd LOVE to hear your initial thoughts on the Sneak Peeks!

Hugs

The Saturday Show Returns!

Hey & Happy Weekend!

Do you remember the feature I used to do called The Saturday Show? I used to have a lot more time on my hands to peruse the internet and blogland to find and comment on all the wonderful Uniko customer projects. I also liked to choose a few and share them here on the Uniko blog.

Now that I am 'slowly' getting some time back and the beauty of places like Facebook and Instagram especially, I am able to find and see Uniko customer projects more easily :) So I thought it would be nice to kick start this feature again once a month.

So without further ado it's over to YOU...

First up is this beautiful Happy Succulents card by Julia, which I spotted over on Instagram. Those beautiful purple hues are so striking. Thank you so much for tagging #uniko over on IG Julia.

Next are two cards also spotted on Instagram by Julie, a wonderful customer at Uniko for many years  (thank you)...

First this pretty Originally Organic card. The designer paper Julie has paired with the swirly foliage image from the clear stamp set is just perfect. The colours are just so happy and summery too.

This next card by Julie really packs a punch with the bold colours and awesome CAS design...

Here Julie has combined the SUPER popular Background Blocks Halftone with the Explosion! clear stamp set. What a super masculine card, don't you think? 

Thank you so much Julie for sharing and tagging #uniko on Instagram.

Next I have some more floral designs to share from Elaine who has also been a loyal customer at Uniko for many years. Elaine never ceases to amaze me with how she uses Uniko's floral stamps...

On this first card Elaine has used Background Blocks Doodle Flower and the emboss resist technique, which is the current game over at AAA Cards. Just look at those happy summery sunshine colours :)

On this next card Elaine has used Pure Florals: Lily paired with a sentiment from Originally Organic...

A beautiful CAS design. The layout, gold embossing and beautiful watercoloring really made this card stand out. Which lastly leads me onto to this stunner...

Just a quirky die cut technique really adds interest and pizzaz to this already beautiful coloured Lily. Be sure to pop by Elaine's blog Craft-E-Place and checkout all the beautiful and inspiring projects.

Continuing the floral beauties is Sharon...

Sharon created this Neapolitan coloured shaker card using Background Blocks Doodle Flower, aren't those colours just scrumptious? A huge congratulations to Sharon for her Top 5 placing for this card over at Passion for Promarkers too :)

Continuing the theme of flowers, Sharon also used the Pure Florals: Lily to make this shimmery beauty...

Just look at the beautiful pink Lily and overall stunning design. Lastly, I have one more card by Sharon I wanted to share...

The die cut curves of this card design really draws focus to the floral heart wreath from Originally Organic Additions. Such a beautiful CAS showcase of this clear stamp set. Thank you for sharing your Uniko creations Sharon and be sure to head on over to From My Craft Desk to be inspired even more.

There seems to be a floral theme occurring, as I share this next card...

This card is by Nonni from Nonni's Handmade Cards and features the popular Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum. This design is beautifully stamped, masked and coloured. The added die cut technique really keeps the focus on the flower but gets the sentiment across. Thank you for sharing this beautiful showcase Nonni.

Lastly and by no means least I have a two cards to share by Izzy from Izzy scrap. Again, I couldn't help but continue this floral theme...

So many of you are enjoying the recently release Pure Florals: Lily and the array of designs show how versatile this set is. Keeping the leaves and buds as black and white outlines really makes the embossed watercolored Lilly POP from the card. The added sentiment helps highlight the warmth from the design too. LOVE this split layout too.

Next up is this Beautiful Blooms III beauty...

Yellow and Grey is a wonderful combintion and I love how Izzy used the colours. The subtle splattering and mirrored stamping of the floral frames the 'happy' sentiment. Thank you for these beautiful showcase's Izzy.

I hope you have enjoyed this months The Saturday Show and I really could have shared so many more wonderful customer designs. It was so hard choosing what to share here on the blog today. I will continue to keep a look out for your wonderful designs using Uniko products and don't forget to #hashtag me using the following, so I can find you! 

#uniko

#unikoltd

#unikostamps

Don't do social media or blog? Why not drop me an email (bev@uniko.co.uk) with a photo of what you create using your Uniko goodies. I'd LOVE to see them and be able to share them here on the blog :) 

THANK YOU to everyone that has purchased Uniko clear stamps and designer dies, you make me so happy and you keep this little business and dream of mine alive. I appreciate YOU more than you will ever know.

Hugs 

My Five Faves From Year 3 of Uniko

Hey!

Are you enjoying the Birthday Celebrations here at Uniko? I sure hope so and there is EVEN more to come as the February Release Sneak Peeks begin on Saturday - WhoooHoo! 

Yesterday, I shared a Digital FREEBIE download, if you missed it be sure to check out the post HERE.

Anyway, today I am back to share my FIVE favourite projects from Year 3 of Uniko. This was the year where the beans were still tiny babies and took A LOT of my time. I remember sneaking off to the studio one evening for a little creative time and only being there 5 minutes before being called back for mummy duties! Even with that I still took me a little while to narrow down my favourites ;)

Let's see what I chose...

This was the year Neons made a come back and were trending during the February 2014 Release. This card uses the Explosion! clear stamp set, a set perfect for your hard to make masculine cards. I have another reason for highlighting this card and clear stamp set, you will find out next week ;)

My second card I chose because I love the Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum clear stamp set, but also because of the technique I used on the card. I've used a technique called White Wash Watercoloring and you can see my original post HERE. 

I chose this next card because I simply LOVE it! The colours, layout and clear stamps I have used really show off this stamp set.

This was the year I introduced Background Builders: Vines and Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions clear stamp sets, another two popular sets which sold out on it's debut! Currently out of stock due to popular demand recently, but will be back in again soon. There are also plans for other follow up sets in this series ;)

Ah, Paradise Hummingbird. I chose this card as it reminds me of the most amazing time of my life, getting married in Hawaii! Again the card uses my 'go to' colour combo and I can't resist cards using it ;)

Lastly, I chose another technique card...

This card uses the baby wipe technique and you can read the original post HERE. On the card I have used Flower Power #5, but any clear stamp which has more of a solid appearance will work and is best for this technique.

Looking back through my creations has reminded me of some awesome techniques I had forgotten about and which would look just as good using newer stamps from Uniko. You might just see these techniques in the coming week ;)

To see more using the clear stamp sets I have highlighted today, check out the Pinterest pages for them via the links below...

Background Builders: Vines

Background Builders: Vines Winter Additions

Explosion!

Flower Power Series

Paradise Hummingbird

Pure Florals: Chrysanthemum

That's all I have to share today, but I will be back tomorrow with more. Design Team member Lindsey is also here on the blog with some more Design Team Inspiration for you. 

Until then, thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs