Uniko Brand Ambassador Inspiration - Stamp and Stencil Combo

Good morning.

I'm over on the Uniko blog today, here, with some Brand Ambassador inspiration for you.  How are you enjoying the birthday month celebrations so far?  We're just past the halfway point and there is so much more to come so don't forget to keep checking the Uniko blog posts for inspiration and more.

I won't go into the full details of how this card was made as you can find the step by step information on the post linked above.

For this card I decided to use a technique I love to use when stamping with detailed images.  I've used the gorgeous Pure Florals: Peony stamp set for the image and sentiment, and used the Quilted stencil...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Pure Florals Peony
• Stencil: Uniko - Quilted
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Icy Water, Winter Lake; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Little Dots

This card came together pretty fast, the most time consuming part is cutting out the mask but you also then have it for a couple more projects.

Thanks for taking a look and I hope this month of Uniko celebrations is giving you lots of crafty inspiration.

Enjoy your week.

 

Uniko VIP Facebook Group Challenge

Hi there

I hope you've been keeping up with all the birthday celebrations over at Uniko.  

As part of the birthday month celebrations, Bev is starting monthly challenges over on the VIP Facebook Group which you can find here.  It's a private group but you can request to join if you're not already a member.

This challenge will be to share a Birthday/Celebration card in the challenge album.  To qualify all you need to do is ensure you use Uniko products on your card. The winner will receive a £10 eGift Certificate.

As a Brand Ambassador I'm sharing a card there too and this is the birthday card I made for a special friend recently, using Background Blocks Layered Modern Florals stamp set...

On a die cut panel I stamped the flowers multiple times using my MISTI, adding a darker pink shade in the flower centres.  I then stamped the main leaves using two shades of green ink, before filling in a few gaps with the smaller accent leaf and dots stamps.  I stamped the sentiment which is made up using stamps from the Flower Power #2 and Flower Power #11 stamp sets.  I adhered the panel flat to the card base and finished with a scattering of small silver gemstones.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Blocks Layered Modern Florals, Flower Power #2, Flower Power #11 
• Ink: Altenew - Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles

My fellow Brand Ambassadors will also be sharing some makes over in the Facebook group so there will be lots of inspiration.  

I hope you'll join in with the challenge and good luck!

Don't forget to continue to check out the Uniko blog throughout the rest of February, there is lots more to come!

Uniko - Celebrating 13 Years!

Good morning!

Today marks the start of Uniko's 13th Birthday celebrations.  There will be lots of inspiration throughout the whole of February so we would love for you to join us throughout the month.

We are starting today with a Birthday Card Linky Party.  All you need to do to join in is create a birthday card using any Uniko products (current, retired or digital) and link up in the linky over on the Uniko blog post.  See below for more info.

For my birthday card I've used stamps from two Uniko stamp sets - Up & Away and Sunshine & Rainbows...

On a die cut panel I began by stamping the balloon and basket from the Up & Away set and then masking then off so I could then ink blend the background.  I blended from the top, gradually fading out the blue sky.  With the masks still in place I then stamped the clouds from the Sunshine & Rainbows set using white pigment ink.  I removed the masks and coloured the balloon with Copics before stamping the sentiments in black ink.  The panel was then adhered flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Up & Away, Sunshine & Rainbows
• Ink: Altenew - Caribbean Sky; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Coloured with Copics
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

Take a look at the Uniko blog post, here, to see some more birthday inspiration from Bev and the other Brand Ambassadors.

You can find all the rules of the Linky Party over at the Uniko blog too.  The linky will be open until the end of the month and one lucky winner will receive a £25 eGift Certificate.

And check this out...Bev is offering 15% off all existing products until 9 February if you've had your eye on anything on the webside:

Don't forget to check out the Uniko blog throughout the whole of February, they'll be lots going on.

Uniko January 2025 Reveal, Release, Brand Ambassador Blog Hop & Giveaway

Good morning!

It's release day over at Uniko and I'm here to reveal the whole release and share another card.

Here's the final card I made...

I grabbed the new Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars stencil and inked it up using the shifted stencil technique.  So, on any cardstock other than white (I chose a neutral beige), ink up in a colour first, here I used Distress Oxide Dried Marigold.  Then once dry, shift the stencil slightly, and ink through it with white pigment ink.  I shifted it slightly downward and to the right.  I love the dimensional effect you get with this technique, some colours work better than others.  I die cut the panel and adhered it flat to the card base.  I then stamped a sentiment from the new Flower Power #11 on a die cut strip and popped it up on 3D foam.  A few orange enamel dots and the card was finished.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11
• Stencils: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles and Stars
• Ink: Distress Oxide: Dried Marigold; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accents: Doodlebug Sprinkles
• Cardstock from stash

So, now to reveal the new and reintroduced products in full.

Reintroducing... Background Builders: Flower Power

Now the new stamp sets....Sparkle Sentiments...

And the new addition to the Flower Power series...Flower Power #11

and Simply Said Blocks Occasions...

Two new Ink & Flip stencil sets...Ink & Flip Layering Geometric Gem...

and Ink & Flip Layering Flower...

a new layering stencil set...Layering Picked Posies...

and finally, another stencil to join the Mid Century Modern collection...Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars...

No doubt there is something amongst the above that grabs your creative attention.  Be sure to leave some comments on the Brand Ambassador blogs or social media.  You can find all the links over at the Uniko blog, here.  By leaving comments along the way you will be in with a chance of winning some goodies.  All the details are on the Uniko blog post.

The products are available from the Uniko store now, here. 

Thanks for visiting today and for your lovely comments here and on my socials this week :)

Uniko January 2025 Release - Re-introducing...Background Builders Flower Power

Good morning

As part of the new release coming from Uniko tomorrow, Bev is re-releasing a stamp set which was originally released back in 2013!

It was retired some time ago but now that the Flower Power series has grown somewhat since then, Bev thought it was time to bring it back as it co-ordinates with the other sets so well.

So, here's my card for today, and I've used three of the stamps with a sentiment from the Birthday Wishes stamp set...

I began by die-cutting a white cardstock panel and trimming it at an offset angle with the edge of the card.  This then gave me the angle to position my first of the background stamps and I then stamped the three different designs in three different colours alternately to fill the background.  The sentiment was then stamped on the white panel and this was adhered flat to the card.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Background Builders Flower Power; Birthday Wishes
• Ink: Altenew - Icy Water, Dew Drops, Pink Pearl; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: MFT Die-namics - Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Stax

So, that's all the introductions for this release which will be revealed in its entirety tomorrow morning and will be available to purchase from 9am GMT.  As with all the introductions, there is more to see over at the Uniko blog, here.

So, please do pop back to see the full reveal tomorrow if you can, and as always, there will be a chance to get your hands on some free goodies!

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing...Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil and Simply Said Blocks Occasions

Good morning

More Uniko introductions for you today.  First is another Ink & Flip stencil, Layering Flower Stencil, which is a smaller version of Flower Power #8 and another set to join the sentiment sets already available, Simply Said Blocks Occasions.

My first card is very clean and simple, just using the central part of the Ink & Flip Layering Flower stencil, and a sentiment from the new Flower Power #11 set which was introduced yesterday...

I inked through both sides of the stencil, blending from pink, to purple and blue in both directions.  I then simply stamped the sentiment in black and added a few silver gloss gems.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil
• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #9
• Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Gems from stash

Onto my second card, and here I used just the stencil which inks up the outer background effect and creates a great shape in the centre, and I also used a sentiment from the new Simply Said Blocks Occasions set and also the existing Simply Said Blocks set, and the flower is from Flower Power #11...

I inked up a panel through both sides of the stencil using a blush shade and lemon shade of ink and the overlaps produced the orange shade.  I then simply stamped the flower head and stem in black and the sentiment in the same ink colours.  The small dot is also from the Flower Power #11 set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower
• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11, Simply Said Blocks, Simply Said Blocks Occasions
• Ink: Altenew - Buttercream, Pink Pearl; Versafine Clair - Nocturne

For my last card I used both ink and paste through the stencil...

On a die cut panel I inked up through the first side of the stencil in Milled Lavender Distress Oxide ink.  I then cleaned the stencil, flipped it, and then spread the paste through the second side which had been mixed with some of the Distress Ink for a similar tone.  The "happy" is from the Simply Said Blocks set and the "Mother's Day" stamps are from the new Simply Said Blocks Occasions set.  I stamped these in a co-ordinating grey shade of ink and fussy cut them out and adhered them on 3D foam.  A small enamel dot in the centre finished off the card.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Ink & Flip Layering Flower Stencil
• Stamps: Uniko - Simply Said Blocks, Simply Said Blocks Occasions
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Milled Lavendar; Altenew - Silver Stone
• Stencil Paste: Sweet Poppy - Stencil Dimensions Pearl White
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Accent: Doodlebug Sprinkles - Lilac assortment

Thanks so much for taking a look today.  You can find more projects from the team using these two new products over at the Uniko blog, here.  There are some great creations, I've seen them already.

All the new products will be available from Sunday 5 January 2025.

I hope you'll pop back tomorrow when I will be introducing the final product of this release which is a re-introduction.

Uniko January 2025 Release - Introducing...Flower Power #11 and Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars Stencil

Hi there

Ok, so we're now onto day three of the new Uniko introductions.

And yes, Bev has done it - she's designed another stamp set to join the Flower Power collection - Flower Power #11!  And there is also a new stencil to join the Mid Century Modern series - Mid Century Modern Circles and Stars.

I'll start with the stamp set as I love this new flower design.  Here I've paired the set with a backdrop using the Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes stamp...

On a die cut panel I began by stamping the flower head and stem/leaves in a light coloured ink and then coloured them with Copics.  I then made masks to enable me to stamp the background stripes over the top but to appear behind.  I left the flower and stem stamps in my MISTI so I could then re-stamp them, this time in VersaMark and then heat embossed in white.  As I used both stamps together at the same time, there was a small gap where the flower head met the stem so I used an embossing pen to extend the stem and also heat embossed that section.  I finished by stamping the sentiment, also from the new set, and adhered the panel flat to the card base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Flower Power #11, Background Blocks Solid Wonky Stripes
• Ink: Altenew - Dew Drops; VersaMark; Versfine Clair - Nocturne
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles

And now my second card using the new stencil...

On some mustard cardstock I inked through the stencil, using brown ink for the circles and then masking them off to ink up the blue star sections.  I then used a circle die to cut a section and adhere off the edge of the card base.  For the sentiment, I didn't have any cardstock in the right blue shade so I die cut the strip, ink blended with the same blue ink, left it to thoroughly dry and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, which is from the Mid Century Modern Frames set.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Frames
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo, Uncharted Mariner; VersaMark
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Dies: Hero Arts - Infinity Nested Circles; Altenew - Featured Sentiments

I had some of the stencilled design leftover so I made another card...

I cut a vertical strip of the already inked design and then lined up the stencil on my card base to continue the design, which I inked up in more muted shades to create the design across the whole of the card.  I adhered the vertical strip and then added a die cut panel with a stamped sentiment using stamps from the Mid Century Modern Birthday and Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments sets.  This was popped up on 3D foam.

Materials used:

• Stencil: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Circles & Stars
• Stamps: Uniko - Mid Century Modern Birthday, Mid Century Modern Everyday Sentiments
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo, Uncharted Mariner, Speckled Egg, Scattered Straw; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Rounded Stitched Rectangle Stax

Take a look at the Uniko blog, here, for more inspiration from the rest of the team, the projects are all so different.

All the new products will be available from Sunday 5 January 2025.

Tomorrow I'll be introducing two more products from this new release, I hope you'll join me.