Uniko February 2022 Release - Introducing...Big & Bold You & Stencil Flower Power #7

Good morning

Are you ready for more Uniko goodness?  Today, for Day 2 of the February 2022 release, the team are introducing you to a new stamp set and stencil.  All the products in this release will be available to purchase from the Uniko shop on Sunday, 27 February 2022.

The stamp set is another in the Big & Bold series...Big & Bold You.

And the stencil is another in the super popular Flower Power series...Flower Power #7.  This stencil also includes the masks.

Here are my makes...

I wanted to have a play using the shifted stencil technique as it's been a while since I did it and I always think this works so well on a kraft background.  I began by stamping the sentiment so I could then add the flowers around it.  For this technique you need to ink blend your coloured flowers first, clean the stencil and then re-ink over the top, slightly shifting the stencil.  It creates these great drop shadows.  Your blending tool/brush is likely to contaminate your white ink pad by taking coloured ink back to it so I find it's best to squidge your white ink pad onto your work surface and take it from there.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold You
• Stencil: Uniko - Flower Power #7
• Ink: Distress Ink: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch; Hero Arts - Unicorn; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles

For the next card I tried some emboss resist combined with the stencil and masks...

I stamped the 'you' first and heat embossed in white.  I then stencilled the large flower in the lighter blue.  With the stencil still in place I anchored the smaller mask with some low tack adhesive and inked up the large flower again with the darker blue.  I then used the large flower mask and added the green ink around the edges.  I then wiped the embossed sentiment with a dry cloth to brighten the white back up.  The 'thank' is from the same set and was heat embossed in white on black.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Uniko - Big & Bold You
• Stencil: Uniko - Flower Power #7
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina, Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster
• Die: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles

For more inspiration please pop over to the Uniko blog where the Brand Ambassadors are sharing more makes.  

I hope you like what you've seen so far, please do stop by tomorrow for Day 3 of the introductions.

(AD - some products kindly gifted for Design Team purposes)