Wonderful Wednesday - A Winner & A Card

Hello & Happy Wednesday. 

I'm here to get you over the mid week hump with some inspiration and the winner of the August Release Blog Hop.

First up my card...

My card was inspired by being out in the garden this morning doing the outside jobs before we go on holiday, like mow the lawns, dead head the flowers in the baskets and sort the chickens too. 

I've not inked up the Layering Picked Posies for a bit, so I thought it would be nice to use for this quick, clean and simple card. 

I recorded a YouTube Short of me making the card, you can watch it HERE. 

I used random.org to select a lucky comment and the winner is...

Melissa Leftrick

Awesome cards!!!

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

Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment and hop along with us.

Before I go, a little friendly reminder.

Crafty Hugs

Spring/Summer 2025 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop WINNER

Hello & Happy FriYAY! 

Today I am popping by to announce the winner of the Spring/Summer 2025 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Thank you to everyone that took the time to hop along and comment. But before I get to the winner I have one more hot drink card to inspire you.

For my card I dusted off I LOVE Tea. I had this fun idea to stamp the garden of flowers from Originally Organic Flower Garden inside the cup and I was delighted to see the stems fit inside perfectly.

I stamped the solid flower from the set onto the side of the tea cup and added one of the sentiment options from I LOVE Tea, before colouring with alcohol markers.

Isn't it great when you can combine new and old products for more creative options?

Ok, now onto the winner. I used random.org to select a lucky comment. 

And the lucky winning comment for the £25 Uniko eGift Code is...

Judy Rozema23 May 2025 at 17:27

Sun fun cards from everyone - they're all so wonderful. I especially like your second with the pink flowers! Thanks for being a sponsor!

Congratulations Judy! 

Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than Saturday 21st June to claim your prize. 

Crafty Hugs

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 bev@uniko.co.uk 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

Blog Hop Winner, Restocks & a Card!

Happy Wednesday! 

Apologies for being late with announcing the winner of the June Release Blog Hop, but without further ado, the winner is...

Dee Earnshaw said...

OMG what amazing looking cards - the first one with the butterfly is stunning - thanks for sharing

Congratulations Dee, please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than 30th June 2022 to claim your £20 eGift code. 

In other news...

A fabulous and highly requested bunch of restocks have arrived in the studio, these include Background Blocks Mid Century Modern, Background Builders Round In Circles, Mid Century Modern Florals and Sentiments Outlined. 

The Stencil, Layering Zesty will arrive by the end of the week too. All backorders awaiting this stencil will be posted this week too.

Lastly for today I have a card using the new Background Builders Hearts paired with a sentiment from Simply Said Blocks III.

I'm still on my rainbow colour kick. I've had these hearts stamped and cut for a while, it's just taken me longer to decide on an arrangement! Do you find that the layout is often the trickiest part of creating? 

 

That's all for today, now time to enjoy this sunshine as we never know how long its going to stay around for! 

Crafty Hugs 

Lots of Lovely Restocks AND a WINNER!

 Hello & Happy Thursday! 

I hope you are all well, staying warm and safe. It's a chilly one here in the North East of the UK, there are definitely signs of Autumn in the air. Only ONE more week before The Beans head back to school, unfortunately on their 7th Birthday! Can you believe that, SEVEN?! 

I'm a total mix of emotions, my babies growing up SO fast, the end of Summer and lots of fun days out, but then I am looking forward to gaining some of my time and day back to be in The Studio! I have more NEWNESS coming in September - yay! 

So, incase you missed it on social media or via the newsletter, there is still time to take advantage of this...

With the newness coming I have also received a few festive restocks this week that have now been added to the website. This includes, the popular Christmas Wishes from last year. Background Blocks Scandinavian Christmas, Background Blocks Horizontal Stripe, Season Of Beauty and our ever popular Winter Foliage. 

Christmas Wishes

Background Blocks Scandinavian Christmas

Background Blocks Horizontal Stripe

Season Of Beauty

Winter Foliage

Now before I go today, I have the WINNER of the July 2021 Release Revisited Brand Ambassador Blog Hop HERE. Thank you to everyone again who took the time to hop along and leave such lovely comments. 

Without further ado, the lucky comment selected randomly is...

Carole Dixon

15 AOÛT 2021 À 14 H 29 MIN

Fabulous design and I like the corner positioning and zingy colours. Clever!

Congratulations Carole! 

You have won a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in store. Please email me by Saturday Sept 11th 2021 at bev@uniko.co.uk to claim your prize.

That's all I have to share today, but as I am Bean Free today thanks to Grandparents taking them out for an early birthday treat - yay! I now have some time to create some of the ideas that have been building up in my head.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs

 

Two For Tuesday & a WINNER!

 Hello & Happy Tuesday 😊 

I'm back today with another Two For Tuesday to share with you, but first I have the randomly selected comment winner to announce from the recent June 2021 Stencil Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY we had HERE.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to join in on the hop and for all the lovely comments left. Thank you also for all the wonderful orders, I look forward to seeing Uniko stencil creations pop up on social media.

So, without further ado let's get to the winner. I used a random number generator to select the lucky comment after I went through and totted up. AND the lucky comment is...

Tiina Kalliokoski / tweety.cardworld 

Hi Bev. I just love what you have done with the Pure Floral Rose and with the Butterfly. Gorgeous colours and so skilled colouring. Can’t really decide which of them would be my fav if I had to choose – luckily I don’t have to. I’m so happy I found your products and this blog. At the moment I have only one big gorgeous Uniko stamp but when I need to refill my stash I know where to find what I need. Regards, Tiina a.k.a tweety.cardworld (on IG).

Congratulations Tiina! 

Please send me an email (bev@uniko.co.uk) no later than10th July 2021, with your postal address to claim your prize.

Okay, now for some creative eye candy! 

Today I decided to ink up English Country Garden Butterflies clear stamps & dust of the coordinating Designer Dies too to create two cards. Both have a CAS feel to them but I've used colour in different ways on them.

For this first card I thought it would be fun to double up the large & small butterflies. I rarely reach to stamp on coloured card these days, so reached for my favourite trio of colours in my scraps box and got to stamping & die cutting. I added a little contrast by stamping the smaller butterfly on white card.

I haven't been one to jump fully on board with the slimline card, but in order to fit 3 larger butterflies on a card the slimline style was perfect. I added sentiments from the Simply Said Blocks series and some eagle eyes might notice something on this card?! 

Next up I wanted to use the butterflies more as and accent to a sentiment. It's been ages since I inked up BIG & BOLD Hello and it seemed the perfect choice. 

The bold hello is inked and heat embossed in clear sparkling embossing powder. I then stamped the trio of large butterflies and selectively coloured them in three colours using three shades of each colour. Super quick and simple colouring. 

I finished off this almost one layer card with an accompanying sentiment from BIG & BOLD Hello stamped and embossed in white, popped up with foam adhesive and a trio of rhinestones. 

It's been lovely inking up and playing with these older Uniko stamps & Designer Dies again. That's all from me today, thanks for stopping by today.

Crafty Hugs

 

Countdown to Christmas Day 17 - Throwback Thursday & Winner!

 Hey!

Okay, so I am playing catch up! Life just simply got in the way.

I spent Thursday mainly stressed with getting the oven fitted. We had one guy not turn up and spent the afternoon getting someone else to come out the same day. I am pleased to report that it did FINALLY get fitted and just in time for it to 'do its thing' before cooking tea! 

How about a throwback to another Christmas past before I announce a the comment winner from my Time Hop Tuesday post HERE.

Rustic Wreath has been sitting on the shelf next to my work area since starting on my Christmas makes with the intention of inking it up again, which I still plan on doing at some point! So how about a little throwback to November 2016 when it was introduced and a look at the trio of cards I made...

Another classic Christmas stamp set that will stand the test of time. Ok, so wreaths often get a little more elaborate these days, but I don't think you can ever get tired of a classic foliage wreath. Along with the wreath this set contains mini foliage accents along with sentiments. The small poinsettia flowers are from Background Builders: Winter Vines.

It was and always is a joy to read everyones lovely comments on the blog, it does make me smile and my heart happy, so a BIG thank you to everyone that takes the time to stop by and comment :)

The lucky comment chosen by random number generator is no.9...

Vicky Hayes17 December 2020 at 11:56

Such beautiful cards Bev! If I were to hop back to a favourite Uniko product release it would be when Winter Foliage was released. It remains my all time most used and most useful stamp set for Christmas and can be combined with so many of my other stamps! It was the stamp set that first introduced me to Uniko too, and I've been a fan ever since!! Vicky x

Congratulations Vicky! 

Drop me an email with your postal address and I will pop a prize in the mail to you. 

Thanks for stopping by, I will be back a bit later today with Countdown to Christmas Day 18! 

Crafty Hugs Bev x

Countdown to Christmas - Wednesday WINNER!

 Happy Wednesday!

I'm here today to announce the WINNER of the Cracking Christmas Prize from THIS blog post here! If you snooze you loose so they say ;) The odds were really good for these lucky entrants.

Anyway, without further ado, random number generator on Google selected No.10 as the winning entry. 

Congratulations too Dee Earnshaw!

Dee, please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk along with your postal address so that I can get your goodies on their way to you.

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway, your continued support, comments & love here at Uniko are much appreciated. There is another chance to WIN Uniko goodies on Saturday with our 2020 Christmas Party, so be sure to stop by & join in on the fun.

Before I go today I do have a quick wintery Christmas card to share with you...

I'm still dreaming of that white Christmas! I was organising some of my non Uniko stencils and came across the MFT Square Extraordinaire stencil and decided to have a play with it. I used Distress Oxide Speckled Egg to ink through the stencil and then before removing the stencil I stamped the Background Block Falling Snowflakes over the top with the same colour.

The large snowflakes and sentiment are from Stunning Snowflakes and I stamped them in Altenew Dark Night ink. I finished the snowflakes off with a little White Blizzard Nuvo Drops to the centres. 

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday! 

Crafty Hugs Bev x

Release in Review Blog Hop Winner!

Happy Sunday!

Just popping in quick to announce the winner of the January Release in Review Blog Hop we had HERE. Apologies I am late, it slipped my mind on Friday!

Thank you to everyone who hopped along with myself and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors leaving such lovely comments.

The lucky comment winner is...

Lynn Dawson30 January 2020 at 12:25

Very pretty cards. I am totally in love with the scatter heart background <3

Congratulations Lynn. Please send me your postal address in an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than Sunday 23rd February 2020 and I will get your prize in the post to you.

That's all today, but more to share and a HUGE prize announcement this week! Be sure to check back soon ;)

Crafty Hugs

January 2020 Release WINNER!

Happy Sunday!

I'm here today to announce the winner of the January 2020 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY we had HERE. 

Before I announce the winner of the ENTIRE release, I just want to firstly say a HUGE thank you and give each of my Brand Ambassadors a hug for being awesome and so inspiring. With a mess up my end before Christmas they each only received one/two of the release sets to work with for this hop. But they showcased each of the products so creatively. 

Secondly I want to thank each of you who took the time to hop along with us and leave such lovely comments. I know I can speak for all the Brand Ambassadors as I do for myself, that each comment left means a lot & gives us warm fuzzies inside.

Okay, so who is the lucky winner? 

I have been round myself and commented along the hop whilst counting up the comments & random number generator helped me select a lucky comment from those left before the cut off AND the lucky comment is...

Sue D19 January 2020 at 02:39

Pretty heart cards. I like your choice of colors.

Congratulations Sue D. You are the lucky winner of the ENTRIE January 2020 Release! Please send an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than Sunday 2nd February 2020. Please include your postal address in the email and I will get your prize on its way to you.

Hands up, who wants another chance to win something from the January 2020 Release?? 

I thought there might be a few hands in the virtual air, so myself and my awesome Brand Ambassadors have a Release in Review Blog Hop for you on Thursday 30th January at 9am GMT. Hopefully most, if not all of the Brand Ambassadors will have received their January Release stamps in time and will have more inspiration using the stamp sets to share with you :) AND as you know, when we have a blog hop, we have a giveaway! 

Until the next inspiration post, thank you so much for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs 

WINNER!

Happy Friday!

It's almost the weekend and we have a lovely long daylight day today - YAY! Happy Summer Solstice, to those that celebrate the occasion. 

I'm here today to announce the winner of the recent Non-Release Design Team Blog Hop & GIVEAWAY we had HERE. 

Random.org helped me to select a lucky winner from all the comments left, so without further ado.... let's congratulate Tracey, who left this comment on Carol's blog...

madhatter said...

Awesome cards Carol.Great colours and love the reveal wheel sentiments.
Tracey.x

Congratulations Tracey! 

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

Thank you to everyone that hopped along with us and for all the lovely comments left, they are truly appreciated by myself and all the team.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs

March 2019 Non Release Design Team Blog Hop WINNER!!

Hey!

Just a quick post from me this evening to announce the WINNER of the March 2019 Non Release Design Team Blog Hop!

I used random.org to help me...

And the lucky comment winner is...

Kirsty Vittetoe9 March 2019 at 22:57

Great cards - the colors and designs are so inspirational!

Congratulations Kirsty! Please email me at bev@uniko.co.uk along with your postal address and I will get your prize on its way to you!

Thank you so much to everyone who commented and hopped along with myself and the design team, we really appreciate your lovely comments. 

Thank you also for being patient with me in announcing the winner, I have been poorly (again) with a horrible cold and sinusitis (The Beans are so generous in sharing their germs - lol!) and today I had a Bean free day to catch up on all my work! 

Hugs

January 2019 Non Release Blog Hop WINNER!

Hey!

I'm popping in today to announce the Winner of the January 2019 Non Release Blog Hop! With the help of random.org the lucky comment was no.77 and the lucky commenter is...

Congratulations Sathya! Please send me an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than 31st January 2019. I will then get your prize in an email to you!

Thank you to everyone that joined in on the fun and took the time to comment and hop along with us :) 

Next month we are celebrating our 7th Birthday, with the FUN beginning on the 1st and a NEW Release on 11th! 

Hugs

December 2018 Release WINNER!

Hey!

I'm popping in today to announce the Winner of the December 2018 Release Blog Hop! With the help of random.org the lucky comment was no.94 and the lucky commenter is...

Becca Yahrling11 December 2018 at 23:56

Snowflake Serenade is my favorite as well. :-) And your card is so lovely with minimal coloring. I also love the stencils and what you have done with them. The flower - stunning!

Congratulations Becca! Please send me an email to bev@uniko.co.uk no later than 31st January 2019, along with your mailing address. I will then get your prize in the mail to you!

Thank you to everyone that joined in on the release celebrations and took the time to comment and hop along with us :) 

We will be having a revisit of this release in the New Year, with another chance to win the clear stamps, so stay tuned!! 

Hugs