Mid Century Monday - Custom Age Birthday

Hello!

I'm starting the week off with a Mid Century Modern card, which is also a custom age birthday card. Last week I shared a quick, fun, clean & simple Christmas card idea on YouTube HERE and seen below. 

I used Alphabet Solid to create my own custom sentiment. I love being able to do this for all kinds of occasions. 

For this Christmas card I accented the HO HO HO with the holly and berries from Winter Foliage and sentiment from Christmas Sentiments. 

This got my creative juices flowing and I was in need of a custom age card for my dad, who's birthday it is today. And this is what I came up with...

I was excited that lots of Uniko Stencil restocks arrived in the studio at the end of last week, including the MOD Circle Builder. 

This is such a fun stencil and is also perfect for masculine cards. I inked through 3 times on various angles with Blueberry and Oceanside ink.

I stamped the EIGHTH using Alphabet Solid, fussy cut the letters and adhered using foam tape. I accented this with the happy from Happy Succulents and birthday from Birthday Sentiments, before adhering the panel to an Oceanside card base. 

I'd love to know if you use Alphabet stamps for custom sentiments and age cards. 

That's all from me today. I will be back later in the week with more to share.

Crafty Hugs

Masculine Monday, Card Of The Week AND a Winner!

Hello & Happy Monday. 

How are we into the second half of June already? The days and weeks just seem to be going by so fast. But I'm back in the studio today after a jam packed weekend to kick this new week off with this week's Card Of The Week.

Continuing with masculine makes for June, I chose this card from way back from February 2014 when Explosion! was originally introduced. 

This small but mighty clear stamp set packs a punch and is perfect for masculine cards. As always this clear stamp set is 15% off this week in the Card Of The Week section on the website.

I'm going to have some fun inking this set up again this week and I'll be sharing inspiration across social media when I do.

Before I go today, I was reminded that I hadn't announced the winner of the May Non-Release Brand Ambassador Blog Hop. My apologies for my brain fog! 

The lucky winning comment is from Kailash.

Kailash

May 14, 2025

Your cards are gorgeous!

Congratulations Kailash! 

Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your £25 eGift Code. 

Thank you to all that take the time to hop along with us and leave such lovely comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Brand Ambassador Inspiration: Nautical cards

  Hello friends!

Happy Monday! 

Vinita here with a new month and new inspirations!  

I love this nautical stamp from Uniko, it is perfect for creating Masculine cards! 

Card 1

I inked the bottom edge of the card using Background Blocks splatter in various blue inks. Then, I created waves in circles using Background Builders" Round in circle stamp set and placed the Yacht in a wavy sea.

The compass stamp and a sentiment finished the card with simplicity!

Card 2

For this card, I came out of my comfort zone and created this simple card with a mix of patterns.

I created the bottom edge using Round in circle stamp set 2 times leaving some space to fill the red color in between. 

I stamped the Yacht and paper pieced it to create the pattern and placed a pattern paper strip on a red space too and was pleased with the result! The sentiment is from the same set.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy crafting!