Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release day!

Good morning friends and welcome back to my blog. Today is the day that you can purchase the new goodies from Uniko's Christmas *almost* in July release. I've had so much fun this week as brand ambassador and I do have one more card for you using the new release products. Before I show you my card I thought I would re-cap the new products that are now available.

And that wraps up the new Release. I hope you love the products as much as I do. But, as always, the Brand Ambassadors are here to tempt and inspire you a little bit more.

For my final card I used the Winter Garlands clear stamp to create a get well card.  I went with a horizontal A2 card for a change and I think it turned out great.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping 3 of the garlands onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I didn't use my usual green combo and this time went with a more olive toned colour scheme.  I initially had a different idea in my head for this card so fussy cut all three garlands and also separated them into 3 smaller pieces.  My idea was initially to have a wreath style arrangement but didn't want to make a Christmas card as I wanted to showcase how this particular stamp is suitable for all year round.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and arranged the garlands coming in from the sides leaving a space in the centre for my sentiment.  In hindsight I could have just stamped them directly onto the card in this arrangement but hey-ho the fussy cutting wasn't too bad.  I added the garlands with liquid glue.  I stamped the get well message in the centre with black ink and also added black spatter.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel before adhering it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and as I had two pieces of the garland left over adhered them to the top left and bottom right corners with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and also added some black spatters just in the corners.  The panel was added to my card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Alphabet challenge - H is for horticulture 

CAS on Friday challenge - get well

Colorful Options challenge - option 2 yellow-green spectrum

Girlz and the Art of Letters challenge - Letter G (get well, green)

Paper Rocks Scissors - I fussy cut the leaves

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme nature

We Love Stamping challenge - summer blooms (I'm playing the ATG option) 

For more inspiration please check out what Bev and the rest of the team have created by clicking the links below:

Bev

Julie

Natalie

Bev is generously offering one lucky commenter a £20 eGift Certificate to spend in store, just make sure you comment on all the brand ambassador blogs/socials for a chance to win.  The winner will be announced on Wednesday, 26th August 2026 along with the winner of the Christmas in July FB challenge.  

Have a great weekend; enjoy the nice weather if you still have it. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Uniko - winter garlands (now available in the store)

Uniko - flower power #6 (for both sentiments)

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - detail craft scissors (for my fussy cutting)

Hero Arts - black acrylic speckle (for my spatter)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store sadly closed

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Uniko - Christmas in July Brand Ambassador Inspiration

Hello friends; Bev at Uniko is doing a fun Christmas in July celebration with lots of great cards from herself and the brand ambassadors ahead of her new Christmas themed release at the end of the month. There will also be prizes up for grabs. Check out the Uniko blog for all the details.

I'm back with my second inspiration card, this time using Background Blocks: Scandinavian Christmas clear stamp (which will be back in stock very soon).  I did some gold heat embossing onto dark cardstock and although it was difficult to photograph it turned out really elegant.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a dark green panel to 4" x 5 1/4" (although I did cut it down later), stamped the background blocks image using versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold detail embossing powder.  I also stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and cut it out with a sentiment strips die.  I die cut a frame from gold mirror card and also cut 3 more frames from the dark green card so that I could stack them using liquid glue.  It was at this point that I cut down the green panel using a rectangle die from master layouts 2 which left a tiny border around the frame.  I adhered the frame over the embossed panel using liquid glue.  I added the panel onto my card base using double sided tape.  The sentiment was added overlapping the frame using a mix of liquid glue and foam squares and I finished off with some tiny gold pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel using a stitched rectangle die and a green panel from the slightly larger plain rectangle die and adhered them together using liquid glue.  I had some tiny pieces of heat embossed panel left over so cut them into 1 1/8" squares and then cut these on the diagonal, placing one in each corner of the white panel using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in dark green ink and adhered the panel to the card base using double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist any holiday

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - Christmas

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist any holiday

CRAFT challenge - Christmas

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional Christmas in July

Creative Moments challenge - shimmer and shine

Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas in July with glitter or sparkle

Inkspirational challenge - Christmas in July

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas optional mood board

Not long now until the new release at the end of the month and I hope you've enjoyed the inspiration from Bev and my fellow brand ambassadors as we celebrate Christmas in July. 

I'll be back later with my card for the Just Us Girls challenge.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Love & hugs, 

card supplies:

Uniko - Background Blocks: Scandinavian Christmas

Uniko - Pure Florals: Poinsettia (for sentiments)

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

Versamark - embossing and watermark ink pad

Gina K Designs - master layouts 18 (for frame)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 (for stitched and plain rectangles)

Gina K Designs - black gold & silver mini pearl mix

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Gina K Designs - Christmas pine ink pad (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

dark green card & gold mirror card from my stash

I now have an Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as they will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - July 26

Hello friends, welcome back to my little blog. I'm here today to share my card for this month's Patterned Paper Party Instagram Hop. Do you love patterned paper? Do you have a huge stash that needs using? Well so do we and it's time to get it used! We will be hopping on the 20th of each month to share our ideas. We will definitely be creating cards, but maybe sometimes tags, ATCs, gift bags/boxes, mini albums and scrapbook pages too. We want our patterned paper to be used.

The theme is always 'anything goes' but each month we will have an optional twist that can be used if you like; this month the twist is 'Christmas in July' which I'm sure will be very popular. I went with traditional colours and stamped my trees onto foiled patterned paper, which I had ink blended with three different shades of green ink.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the trees:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by choosing my papers; which were white with silver foiling.  I decided to make them green so ink blended over the papers using green ink pads.  I stamped the tree image over the papers and fussy cut them out; I also stamped the trunks onto kraft card using brown ink and again fussy cut them out. I adhered the trunks onto the trees using liquid glue.  I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and embossed it using a script embossing folder.  I matted this onto a green layer using liquid glue and then also added another layer cut from red gingham paper which was cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I felt that my card needed something else so used a lace die and cut it from red card.  It's actually quite a thick lacy border so I cut it down so that I was left with just the lace edges and added them to the top and bottom of the embossed panel with liquid glue and added the trees in the centre with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment onto red card using black ink and cut it out with a sentiment strips die and added it over the trees using foam squares.  I used the tiny circles that fell out of the lace die cut as 'baubles' on my tree and added them with liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and added a strip of the gingham paper along the bottom with liquid glue.  I added this onto a green mat layer.  I originally only added the one tree but managed to smudge some black ink so covered it up with a second tree and for balance added the smaller tree as well.  Again I added the waste 'baubles' using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment onto red card using black ink and cut it out with a sentiments strip die.  I added it next to the trees using liquid glue.  The panel was added to the card base with double sided tape. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist 'any holiday'

Alphabet challenge - F is for festivities (Christmas)

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an EF optional theme stars or stripes 

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line B - Christmas, red, plaid/check/gingham

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist 'any holiday'

The Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional 'Christmas in July'

Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas in July

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - Christmas in July

INKspirational challenge - Christmas in July

Make My Monday challenge - Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I fussy cut my trees

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas optional inspiration board

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - add some text (one of my trees is cut from text paper and I used a script embossing folder)

Tic Tac Toe challenge - middle row: any color, free, sentiment and bottom row: any shape die, layers, embossing

We hope you will be inspired by our Patterned Paper Party IG Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous creations along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopjune2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Uniko - Christmas pop stamp (for tree)

Uniko - pure florals: poinsettia stamp (for sentiments)

Cuttlebug/Provo Craft - script embossing folder

Gina K Designs - master layouts 21 (for lace die)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - lucky clover, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Creative Papers - festive feeling 6" x 6" paper pad

Memory Box Co - cranberry gingham card

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x

Uniko - Christmas in July Brand Ambassador inspiration

Hello friends; Bev at Uniko is doing a fun Christmas in July celebration with lots of great cards from herself and the brand ambassadors ahead of her new Christmas themed release at the end of the month.  There will also be prizes up for grabs.  Check out the Uniko blog for all the details.  

For my first inspiration card I am using the gorgeous Rustic Wreath stamp set and created a very clean and simple design which would be perfect for mass producing.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the wreath twice using two different shades of green ink pads.  I used some of the smaller images in the set to fill out the wreath (the berries, acorn and extra leafery) using red, brown and a Christmas pine ink pad.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink below the wreath and finished off with a few gold pearls.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and stamped the wreath, the same way as on the front, but went over the edge of the panel.  I stamped the sentiment overlapping the wreath using black ink.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional theme any holiday

Creative Knockouts challenge - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas in July with glitter or sparkle

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional inspiration board

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas in July

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme birthday

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Christmas in July

The Dream Factory challenge - inspired by The Cleaner - clean and simple cards

Join us over on the Uniko blog throughout the month for lots of inspiration from Bev and my fellow brand ambassadors as we continue to celebrate Christmas in July and countdown to the new release.  

I'll be back later with my card for the Just Us Girls challenge.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Love & hugs, 

card supplies:

Uniko - Rustic Wreath stamp set 

Gina K Designs - ink pads - cherry red, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, Christmas pine, warm cocoa

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver metallic pearl mix

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - July 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends. I hope you've had a great weekend and my US friends had a wonderful 4th of July.  It's time for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, which takes place on the 5th of each month. You always have the option to go for anything goes but the extra prompt this month is 'Christmas in July' so we want to see all your Christmas themed tags. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

I decided to go with cool colours for a change instead of the traditional red and green and opted for blue and grey.  I used some cute images and embossed my background and I think it turned out adorable.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting my tag from light blue card and embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder.  I took a white pigment ink cube and lightly rubbed it over the raised areas of the embossing to give a subtle white design on the blue.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers, also adding some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut the images.  I die cut two 'hills' from white card and stamped the sentiment onto white card using a blue ink pad.  I added the hills to the bottom of the tag with double sided tape and the tree, bunny and sentiments were added with foam squares.  I also added a white hole reinforcer with liquid glue.  For the back of the tag I cut another tag from blue card, partially embossed the snowflake design on the bottom and stamped the sentiments using the same blue ink pad.  I also added a white hole reinforcer with liquid glue.  I adhered both the tags together using liquid glue.  I threaded some blue & white ribbon through the hole and added some white twine, which I tied into a bow.  

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist any holiday 

Alphabet challenge - E for embossing; wet or dry

As You Like It challenge - favourite non card project (I love making tags, they are like cards but with much less space to fill!)

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an EF optional twist use purple

CRAFT challenge - Christmas

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Cut It Up challenge - critters

Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas in July

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Moving Along with the Times challenge - use a colouring medium (alcohol markers)

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I used scissors to fussy cut my images

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas in July 

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Christmas in July

Tag-Along (& ATC's) challenge - favourite colours or ATG (I love non traditional colours for Christmas)

The Little Things challenge - ATG

We hope you will be inspired by our Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagsjuly2026 and we will find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

card supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting tag dies

MFT - Christmas cheer stamp

Gina K Designs - snowflakes embossing folder

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - create-a-tag holiday mini stamp

Gina K Designs - white pigment ink cube

Gina K Designs - powder blue ink pad

Lawn Fawn - stitched hillside border dies

Promarkers

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

blue card from stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x